diff --git a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
index a0db6751d..ccdbeaec1 100644
--- a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
+++ b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
@@ -386,6 +386,35 @@ def _query_requeue_dead_jobs(self):
             RETURNING uuid
             """
 
+    def _query_requeue_orphaned_jobs(self):
+        """Query to requeue jobs stuck in 'enqueued' state without a lock.
+
+        This handles the edge case where the runner marks a job as 'enqueued'
+        but the HTTP request to start the job never reaches the Odoo server
+        (e.g., due to server shutdown/crash between setting enqueued and
+        the controller receiving the request). These jobs have no lock record
+        because set_started() was never called, so they are invisible to
+        _query_requeue_dead_jobs().
+        """
+        return """
+            UPDATE
+                queue_job
+            SET
+                state='pending'
+            WHERE
+                state = 'enqueued'
+                AND date_enqueued < (now() AT TIME ZONE 'utc' - INTERVAL '10 sec')
+                AND NOT EXISTS (
+                    SELECT
+                        1
+                    FROM
+                        queue_job_lock
+                    WHERE
+                        queue_job_id = queue_job.id
+                )
+            RETURNING uuid
+            """
+
     def requeue_dead_jobs(self):
         """
         Set started and enqueued jobs but not locked to pending
@@ -414,6 +443,14 @@ def requeue_dead_jobs(self):
             for (uuid,) in cr.fetchall():
                 _logger.warning("Re-queued dead job with uuid: %s", uuid)
 
+            # Requeue orphaned jobs (enqueued but never started, no lock)
+            query = self._query_requeue_orphaned_jobs()
+            cr.execute(query)
+            for (uuid,) in cr.fetchall():
+                _logger.warning(
+                    "Re-queued orphaned job (enqueued without lock) with uuid: %s", uuid
+                )
+
 
 class QueueJobRunner:
     def __init__(
diff --git a/queue_job/tests/test_requeue_dead_job.py b/queue_job/tests/test_requeue_dead_job.py
index c6c82a2f4..5c6ca47e5 100644
--- a/queue_job/tests/test_requeue_dead_job.py
+++ b/queue_job/tests/test_requeue_dead_job.py
@@ -131,3 +131,34 @@ def test_requeue_dead_jobs(self):
         # because we committed the cursor, the savepoint of the test method is
         # gone, and this would break TransactionCase cleanups
         self.cr.execute("SAVEPOINT test_%d" % self._savepoint_id)
+
+    def test_requeue_orphaned_jobs(self):
+        uuid = "test_enqueued_job"
+        queue_job = self.create_dummy_job(uuid)
+        job_obj = Job.load(self.env, queue_job.uuid)
+
+        # Only enqueued job, don't set it to started to simulate the scenario
+        # that system shutdown before job is starting
+        job_obj.set_enqueued()
+        job_obj.date_enqueued = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=1)
+        job_obj.store()
+
+        # job ins't actually picked up by the first requeue attempt
+        query = Database(self.env.cr.dbname)._query_requeue_dead_jobs()
+        self.env.cr.execute(query)
+        uuids_requeued = self.env.cr.fetchall()
+        self.assertFalse(uuids_requeued)
+
+        # job is picked up by the 2nd requeue attempt
+        query = Database(self.env.cr.dbname)._query_requeue_orphaned_jobs()
+        self.env.cr.execute(query)
+        uuids_requeued = self.env.cr.fetchall()
+        self.assertTrue(queue_job.uuid in j[0] for j in uuids_requeued)
+
+        # clean up
+        queue_job.unlink()
+        self.env.cr.commit()  # pylint: disable=E8102
+
+        # because we committed the cursor, the savepoint of the test method is
+        # gone, and this would break TransactionCase cleanups
+        self.cr.execute("SAVEPOINT test_%d" % self._savepoint_id)