diff --git a/decnet/profiler/worker.py b/decnet/profiler/worker.py
index 383582a6..9ac19098 100644
--- a/decnet/profiler/worker.py
+++ b/decnet/profiler/worker.py
@@ -248,6 +248,17 @@ async def _update_profiles(
                 record = _build_record(ip, events, traversal, bounties, commands)
             attacker_uuid = await repo.upsert_attacker(record)
 
+            # Backfill Credential.attacker_uuid for every credential row
+            # captured before the profiler had minted this Attacker. The
+            # capture path runs before the profiler — coupling them would
+            # create a chicken-and-egg ordering bug. Soft-fail so a backfill
+            # error never blocks the next attacker.
+            try:
+                await repo.update_credential_attacker_uuid(ip, attacker_uuid)
+            except Exception as exc:
+                _span.record_exception(exc)
+                logger.error("attacker worker: credential backfill failed for %s: %s", ip, exc)
+
             _span.set_attribute("is_traversal", traversal is not None)
             _span.set_attribute("bounty_count", len(bounties))
             _span.set_attribute("command_count", len(commands))
diff --git a/tests/profiler/test_attacker_worker.py b/tests/profiler/test_attacker_worker.py
index 1c144a30..416eb28e 100644
--- a/tests/profiler/test_attacker_worker.py
+++ b/tests/profiler/test_attacker_worker.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def _make_repo(logs=None, bounties=None, bounties_for_ips=None, max_log_id=0, sa
     repo.set_state = AsyncMock()
     repo.upsert_attacker = AsyncMock(return_value="mock-uuid")
     repo.upsert_attacker_behavior = AsyncMock()
+    repo.update_credential_attacker_uuid = AsyncMock(return_value=0)
     return repo
 
 
@@ -697,6 +698,78 @@ class TestAttackerProfileWorker:
         assert initialized is False
 
 
+# ─── Credential.attacker_uuid backfill ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestCredentialBackfill:
+    """Profiler must call repo.update_credential_attacker_uuid(ip, uuid)
+    after every successful upsert_attacker so credentials captured before
+    the attacker was minted get retroactively linked.
+    """
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_backfill_called_per_attacker(self):
+        rows = [
+            _make_log_row(
+                row_id=i + 1,
+                raw_line=_make_raw_line("ssh", "decky-01", "conn", ip, _TS1),
+                attacker_ip=ip,
+            )
+            for i, ip in enumerate(["1.1.1.1", "2.2.2.2"])
+        ]
+        repo = _make_repo(logs=rows, max_log_id=2)
+        state = _WorkerState()
+
+        await _incremental_update(repo, state)
+
+        assert repo.update_credential_attacker_uuid.await_count == 2
+        called_with = {
+            (c.args[0], c.args[1])
+            for c in repo.update_credential_attacker_uuid.call_args_list
+        }
+        assert called_with == {("1.1.1.1", "mock-uuid"), ("2.2.2.2", "mock-uuid")}
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_backfill_uses_returned_uuid(self):
+        """The (ip, uuid) pair passed to backfill must match the upsert result."""
+        raw = _make_raw_line("ssh", "decky-01", "conn", "9.9.9.9", _TS1)
+        repo = _make_repo(
+            logs=[_make_log_row(row_id=1, raw_line=raw, attacker_ip="9.9.9.9")],
+            max_log_id=1,
+        )
+        repo.upsert_attacker = AsyncMock(return_value="uuid-for-9999")
+        state = _WorkerState()
+
+        await _incremental_update(repo, state)
+
+        repo.update_credential_attacker_uuid.assert_awaited_once_with(
+            "9.9.9.9", "uuid-for-9999"
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_backfill_failure_does_not_crash_worker(self):
+        """Soft-fail: a backfill error must not block subsequent attackers."""
+        rows = [
+            _make_log_row(
+                row_id=i + 1,
+                raw_line=_make_raw_line("ssh", "decky-01", "conn", ip, _TS1),
+                attacker_ip=ip,
+            )
+            for i, ip in enumerate(["1.1.1.1", "2.2.2.2"])
+        ]
+        repo = _make_repo(logs=rows, max_log_id=2)
+        repo.update_credential_attacker_uuid = AsyncMock(
+            side_effect=RuntimeError("DB exploded")
+        )
+        state = _WorkerState()
+
+        await _incremental_update(repo, state)
+
+        # Both attackers were still upserted and the behavior rollup ran.
+        assert repo.upsert_attacker.await_count == 2
+        assert repo.upsert_attacker_behavior.await_count == 2
+
+
 # ─── JA3 bounty extraction from ingester ─────────────────────────────────────
 
 class TestJA3BountyExtraction: