diff --git a/scripts/generate_event_schema.py b/scripts/generate_event_schema.py
index 6c2a309dc..ba8c9ce49 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_event_schema.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_event_schema.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import json
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from artifacts import write_text_atomic
+
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 OUTPUT = ROOT / "schemas" / "install-events.schema.json"
 
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         print(f"{args.output} differs from EVENT_KEYS: run "
               "python scripts/generate_event_schema.py", file=sys.stderr)
         return 1
-    args.output.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+    write_text_atomic(str(args.output), text)
     print(f"Wrote {args.output}")
     return 0
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate_games_index.py b/scripts/generate_games_index.py
index e61db4278..693178b59 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_games_index.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_games_index.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ from romfolders import (  # noqa: E402
     folder_names,
     load_setups,
 )
+from artifacts import write_text_atomic  # noqa: E402
 from safeparse import yaml_load  # noqa: E402
 
 import install  # noqa: E402
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ def main() -> int:
         path.unlink()
     for path in changed:
         path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        path.write_text(files[path], encoding="utf-8")
+        write_text_atomic(str(path), files[path])
     print(f"{len(changed)} written, {len(stale)} removed")
     return 1 if failures else 0
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate_installer_doc.py b/scripts/generate_installer_doc.py
index 5775298e3..d3a1309a4 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_installer_doc.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_installer_doc.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
 from typing import Callable
 
+from artifacts import write_text_atomic
+
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 PAGE = ROOT / "wiki" / "installer.md"
 INSTALLER = ROOT / "install.py"
@@ -643,7 +645,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         print(f"{args.page} differs from install.py and install/*.json: run "
               "python scripts/generate_installer_doc.py", file=sys.stderr)
         return 1
-    args.page.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+    write_text_atomic(str(args.page), text)
     print(f"Wrote {args.page}")
     return 0
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate_launcher_index.py b/scripts/generate_launcher_index.py
index 7da8c7103..6592d26e4 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_launcher_index.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_launcher_index.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import json
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from artifacts import write_text_atomic
 from build_port import (
     BATOCERA_ZIP,
     MUOS_APP,
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
               "python scripts/generate_launcher_index.py", file=sys.stderr)
         return 1
     args.output.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    args.output.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+    write_text_atomic(str(args.output), text)
     print(f"Wrote {args.output}")
     return 0
 
diff --git a/tests/test_atomic_artifacts.py b/tests/test_atomic_artifacts.py
index f54363823..ad3868035 100644
--- a/tests/test_atomic_artifacts.py
+++ b/tests/test_atomic_artifacts.py
@@ -83,6 +83,27 @@ class EveryWriterGoesThroughIt(unittest.TestCase):
         ]
         self.assertEqual(offenders, [])
 
+    def test_generators_publish_whole_files(self):
+        """install/games/ (12 MB, read by install.py --for-games), the event
+        schema, the launcher index and wiki/installer.md were truncated at
+        their final name: an interrupted run left a committed-looking file
+        holding part of a JSON document. The installer doc's sandbox writes
+        throwaway fixtures under tmp/ and is not published."""
+        import ast
+
+        sandbox = {"write_small_list", "Sandbox"}
+        offenders = []
+        for path in sorted((REPO_ROOT / "scripts").glob("generate_*.py")):
+            tree = ast.parse(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+            for top in tree.body:
+                if path.name == "generate_installer_doc.py" and getattr(top, "name", "") in sandbox:
+                    continue
+                for node in ast.walk(top):
+                    if (isinstance(node, ast.Call) and isinstance(node.func, ast.Attribute)
+                            and node.func.attr in ("write_text", "write_bytes")):
+                        offenders.append(f"{path.name}:{node.lineno}")
+        self.assertEqual(offenders, [])
+
     def test_the_text_is_utf8_whatever_the_locale(self):
         import tempfile