diff --git a/cmd/hardlink/main.go b/cmd/hardlink/main.go
index 131253e..eec2c0e 100644
--- a/cmd/hardlink/main.go
+++ b/cmd/hardlink/main.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	buildVersion     = "v2.1.2"
+	buildVersion     = "v2.1.3"
 	serviceName      = "hardlink"
 	pollingFrequency = 8 * time.Second
 )
diff --git a/internal/logging/logging.go b/internal/logging/logging.go
index 3cc9e97..b098204 100644
--- a/internal/logging/logging.go
+++ b/internal/logging/logging.go
@@ -2,17 +2,22 @@ package logging
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-// setupLogging ensures log directory, opens log file, and configures logrus.
-// Returns the *os.File so caller can defer its Close().
-func SetupLogging(logDir, serviceName, buildVersion string) (*os.File, error) {
-	fileName := logDir + serviceName + ".log"
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(fileName, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
+// SetupLogging ensures the log directory, opens the rotating log writer, and configures logrus.
+func SetupLogging(logDir, serviceName, buildVersion string) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(logDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("create log directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fileName := filepath.Join(logDir, serviceName+".log")
+	f, err := newWeeklyLogWriter(fileName, time.Local, defaultWeeklyLogRuntime())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open log file: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/logging/weekly_writer.go b/internal/logging/weekly_writer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c0ce00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/logging/weekly_writer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+package logging
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/fs"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+	_ "time/tzdata"
+)
+
+const weeklyLogRetention = 13
+
+type logRotationTimer interface {
+	C() <-chan time.Time
+	Stop() bool
+}
+
+type realLogRotationTimer struct {
+	*time.Timer
+}
+
+func (t realLogRotationTimer) C() <-chan time.Time {
+	return t.Timer.C
+}
+
+type weeklyLogRuntime struct {
+	now        func() time.Time
+	newTimer   func(time.Duration) logRotationTimer
+	rename     func(string, string) error
+	diagnostic io.Writer
+}
+
+func defaultWeeklyLogRuntime() weeklyLogRuntime {
+	return weeklyLogRuntime{
+		now: time.Now,
+		newTimer: func(duration time.Duration) logRotationTimer {
+			return realLogRotationTimer{Timer: time.NewTimer(duration)}
+		},
+		rename:     os.Rename,
+		diagnostic: os.Stderr,
+	}
+}
+
+type weeklyLogWriter struct {
+	path       string
+	location   *time.Location
+	now        func() time.Time
+	newTimer   func(time.Duration) logRotationTimer
+	rename     func(string, string) error
+	diagnostic io.Writer
+
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+	file      *os.File
+	weekStart time.Time
+	closed    bool
+	stop      chan struct{}
+	done      chan struct{}
+	closeOnce sync.Once
+	closeErr  error
+}
+
+func newWeeklyLogWriter(path string, location *time.Location, runtime weeklyLogRuntime) (*weeklyLogWriter, error) {
+	if location == nil {
+		location = time.Local
+	}
+	if runtime.now == nil {
+		runtime.now = time.Now
+	}
+	if runtime.newTimer == nil {
+		runtime.newTimer = defaultWeeklyLogRuntime().newTimer
+	}
+	if runtime.rename == nil {
+		runtime.rename = os.Rename
+	}
+	if runtime.diagnostic == nil {
+		runtime.diagnostic = os.Stderr
+	}
+
+	now := runtime.now().In(location)
+	weekStart := logWeekStart(now, location)
+	if info, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
+		weekStart = logWeekStart(info.ModTime(), location)
+	} else if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("inspect active log: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o666)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	writer := &weeklyLogWriter{
+		path:       path,
+		location:   location,
+		now:        runtime.now,
+		newTimer:   runtime.newTimer,
+		rename:     runtime.rename,
+		diagnostic: runtime.diagnostic,
+		file:       file,
+		weekStart:  weekStart,
+		stop:       make(chan struct{}),
+		done:       make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+	writer.rotateIfNeeded(now)
+	go writer.run()
+	return writer, nil
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) Write(data []byte) (int, error) {
+	now := w.now().In(w.location)
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	rotationErr := w.rotateIfNeededLocked(now)
+	if w.closed || w.file == nil {
+		w.mu.Unlock()
+		w.reportRotationError(rotationErr)
+		return 0, os.ErrClosed
+	}
+	n, writeErr := w.file.Write(data)
+	w.mu.Unlock()
+	w.reportRotationError(rotationErr)
+	return n, writeErr
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) Close() error {
+	w.closeOnce.Do(func() {
+		close(w.stop)
+		<-w.done
+
+		w.mu.Lock()
+		w.closed = true
+		if w.file != nil {
+			w.closeErr = w.file.Close()
+			w.file = nil
+		}
+		w.mu.Unlock()
+	})
+	return w.closeErr
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) run() {
+	defer close(w.done)
+	for {
+		now := w.now().In(w.location)
+		next := nextLogWeekStart(now, w.location)
+		duration := next.Sub(now)
+		if duration <= 0 {
+			duration = time.Nanosecond
+		}
+		timer := w.newTimer(duration)
+		select {
+		case <-timer.C():
+			w.rotateIfNeeded(w.now().In(w.location))
+		case <-w.stop:
+			timer.Stop()
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) rotateIfNeeded(now time.Time) {
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	err := w.rotateIfNeededLocked(now)
+	w.mu.Unlock()
+	w.reportRotationError(err)
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) rotateIfNeededLocked(now time.Time) error {
+	if w.closed {
+		return nil
+	}
+	targetWeek := logWeekStart(now, w.location)
+	if !targetWeek.After(w.weekStart) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Record the attempted week even if rotation fails so every write in a
+	// broken environment does not retry and emit another diagnostic.
+	w.weekStart = targetWeek
+	return w.rotateLocked()
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) rotateLocked() error {
+	if w.file == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("active log file is unavailable")
+	}
+	if err := w.file.Close(); err != nil {
+		w.file = nil
+		return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("close active log: %w", err), w.reopenActiveLocked())
+	}
+	w.file = nil
+
+	if err := w.cleanupOlderGenerationsLocked(); err != nil {
+		return errors.Join(err, w.reopenActiveLocked())
+	}
+	if err := removeIfExists(w.generationPath(weeklyLogRetention)); err != nil {
+		return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("remove oldest weekly log: %w", err), w.reopenActiveLocked())
+	}
+	for generation := weeklyLogRetention - 1; generation >= 1; generation-- {
+		source := w.generationPath(generation)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(source); err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+				continue
+			}
+			return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("inspect weekly log generation %d: %w", generation, err), w.reopenActiveLocked())
+		}
+		if err := w.rename(source, w.generationPath(generation+1)); err != nil {
+			return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("shift weekly log generation %d: %w", generation, err), w.reopenActiveLocked())
+		}
+	}
+
+	activeRenamed := false
+	if _, err := os.Stat(w.path); err == nil {
+		if err := w.rename(w.path, w.generationPath(1)); err != nil {
+			return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("archive active log: %w", err), w.reopenActiveLocked())
+		}
+		activeRenamed = true
+	} else if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("inspect active log: %w", err), w.reopenActiveLocked())
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(w.path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o666)
+	if err == nil {
+		w.file = file
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	rotationErr := fmt.Errorf("open new active log: %w", err)
+	if activeRenamed {
+		if rollbackErr := w.rename(w.generationPath(1), w.path); rollbackErr != nil {
+			rotationErr = errors.Join(rotationErr, fmt.Errorf("restore archived active log: %w", rollbackErr))
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.Join(rotationErr, w.reopenActiveLocked())
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) cleanupOlderGenerationsLocked() error {
+	directory := filepath.Dir(w.path)
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(directory)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("list weekly log directory: %w", err)
+	}
+	base := filepath.Base(w.path)
+	extension := filepath.Ext(base)
+	stem := strings.TrimSuffix(base, extension)
+	prefix := stem + "."
+
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if entry.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		name := entry.Name()
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(name, prefix) || !strings.HasSuffix(name, extension) {
+			continue
+		}
+		generationText := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(name, prefix), extension)
+		generation, err := strconv.Atoi(generationText)
+		if err != nil || generation <= weeklyLogRetention {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := os.Remove(filepath.Join(directory, name)); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("remove weekly log generation %d: %w", generation, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) reopenActiveLocked() error {
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(w.path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o666)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("reopen active log: %w", err)
+	}
+	w.file = file
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) generationPath(generation int) string {
+	extension := filepath.Ext(w.path)
+	stem := strings.TrimSuffix(w.path, extension)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d%s", stem, generation, extension)
+}
+
+func (w *weeklyLogWriter) reportRotationError(err error) {
+	if err == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(w.diagnostic, nil)).Warn(
+		"weekly log rotation failed",
+		"module", "logging",
+		"action", "weekly_log_rotation_failed",
+		"path", w.path,
+		"error.message", err.Error(),
+	)
+}
+
+func logWeekStart(value time.Time, location *time.Location) time.Time {
+	local := value.In(location)
+	daysSinceMonday := (int(local.Weekday()) + 6) % 7
+	monday := local.AddDate(0, 0, -daysSinceMonday)
+	return time.Date(monday.Year(), monday.Month(), monday.Day(), 0, 0, 0, 0, location)
+}
+
+func nextLogWeekStart(value time.Time, location *time.Location) time.Time {
+	return logWeekStart(value, location).AddDate(0, 0, 7)
+}
+
+func removeIfExists(path string) error {
+	err := os.Remove(path)
+	if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/internal/logging/weekly_writer_test.go b/internal/logging/weekly_writer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af764d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/logging/weekly_writer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,387 @@
+package logging
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func TestWeeklyLogRotationShiftsAndRetainsExactGenerations(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.log")
+	writeLogTestFile(t, path, "active")
+	for generation := 1; generation <= 14; generation++ {
+		writeLogTestFile(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, generation), fmt.Sprintf("generation-%d", generation))
+	}
+	writeLogTestFile(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 19), "generation-19")
+	for name, contents := range map[string]string{
+		"hardlink.backup.14.log": "related-looking backup",
+		"another.14.log":         "unrelated log",
+		"hardlink.14.log.bak":    "different extension",
+	} {
+		writeLogTestFile(t, filepath.Join(directory, name), contents)
+	}
+
+	sunday := time.Date(2026, time.August, 9, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	setLogTestModTime(t, path, sunday)
+	writer := newLogTestWriter(t, path, sunday, weeklyLogRuntime{})
+	writer.rotateIfNeeded(time.Date(2026, time.August, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	requireLogTestContents(t, path, "")
+	requireLogTestContents(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 1), "active")
+	requireLogTestContents(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 2), "generation-1")
+	requireLogTestContents(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 13), "generation-12")
+	for _, generation := range []int{14, 19} {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, generation)); !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			t.Errorf("generation %d exists after rotation, want removed: %v", generation, err)
+		}
+	}
+	for name, contents := range map[string]string{
+		"hardlink.backup.14.log": "related-looking backup",
+		"another.14.log":         "unrelated log",
+		"hardlink.14.log.bak":    "different extension",
+	} {
+		requireLogTestContents(t, filepath.Join(directory, name), contents)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWeeklyLogRotationOccursOncePerWeek(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.log")
+	writeLogTestFile(t, path, "week-zero\n")
+	sunday := time.Date(2026, time.January, 4, 18, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	setLogTestModTime(t, path, sunday)
+	writer := newLogTestWriter(t, path, sunday, weeklyLogRuntime{})
+
+	writer.rotateIfNeeded(time.Date(2026, time.January, 4, 23, 59, 59, 0, time.UTC))
+	if _, err := os.Stat(weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 1)); !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Fatalf("rotation before Monday: %v, want no generation", err)
+	}
+	writer.rotateIfNeeded(time.Date(2026, time.January, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	if _, err := writer.Write([]byte("week-one\n")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	writer.rotateIfNeeded(time.Date(2026, time.January, 6, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	requireLogTestContents(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 1), "week-zero\n")
+	requireLogTestContents(t, path, "week-one\n")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 2)); !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Errorf("same-week rotation created generation 2: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWeeklyLogStartupRotatesOnceAfterSeveralMissedWeeks(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.log")
+	writeLogTestFile(t, path, "old active")
+	writeLogTestFile(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 1), "older history")
+	setLogTestModTime(t, path, time.Date(2026, time.January, 5, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+
+	now := time.Date(2026, time.February, 23, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	writer := newLogTestWriter(t, path, now, weeklyLogRuntime{})
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	requireLogTestContents(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 1), "old active")
+	requireLogTestContents(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 2), "older history")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 3)); !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Errorf("missed weeks created generation 3: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWeeklyLogSchedulerUsesLocalMondayBoundary(t *testing.T) {
+	location, err := time.LoadLocation("Europe/London")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.log")
+	writeLogTestFile(t, path, "sunday")
+	sunday := time.Date(2026, time.March, 29, 0, 0, 0, 0, location)
+	setLogTestModTime(t, path, sunday)
+
+	clock := &atomic.Pointer[time.Time]{}
+	clock.Store(&sunday)
+	created := make(chan *logTestTimer, 2)
+	rotated := make(chan struct{})
+	runtime := weeklyLogRuntime{
+		now: func() time.Time { return *clock.Load() },
+		newTimer: func(duration time.Duration) logRotationTimer {
+			timer := &logTestTimer{duration: duration, ch: make(chan time.Time, 1)}
+			created <- timer
+			return timer
+		},
+		rename: func(oldPath, newPath string) error {
+			err := os.Rename(oldPath, newPath)
+			if oldPath == path && err == nil {
+				close(rotated)
+			}
+			return err
+		},
+	}
+	writer, err := newWeeklyLogWriter(path, location, runtime)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	timer := <-created
+	if timer.duration != 23*time.Hour {
+		t.Fatalf("timer duration = %v, want 23h across DST boundary", timer.duration)
+	}
+	monday := time.Date(2026, time.March, 30, 0, 0, 0, 0, location)
+	clock.Store(&monday)
+	timer.ch <- monday
+	<-rotated
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	requireLogTestContents(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 1), "sunday")
+}
+
+func TestWeeklyLogConcurrentWritesRemainCompleteAcrossRotation(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.log")
+	sunday := time.Date(2026, time.August, 9, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	writer := newLogTestWriter(t, path, sunday, weeklyLogRuntime{})
+
+	const goroutines = 8
+	const recordsPerGoroutine = 100
+	writeErrors := make(chan error, goroutines)
+	var writers sync.WaitGroup
+	writers.Add(goroutines)
+	for worker := 0; worker < goroutines; worker++ {
+		go func() {
+			defer writers.Done()
+			for record := 0; record < recordsPerGoroutine; record++ {
+				if _, err := writer.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d\n", worker, record))); err != nil {
+					writeErrors <- err
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+	writer.rotateIfNeeded(time.Date(2026, time.August, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	writers.Wait()
+	close(writeErrors)
+	for err := range writeErrors {
+		t.Errorf("weeklyLogWriter.Write() error = %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	contents := readLogTestFile(t, weeklyLogTestGeneration(path, 1)) + readLogTestFile(t, path)
+	lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(contents), "\n")
+	if len(lines) != goroutines*recordsPerGoroutine {
+		t.Fatalf("record count = %d, want %d", len(lines), goroutines*recordsPerGoroutine)
+	}
+	seen := make(map[string]bool, len(lines))
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if _, _, ok := strings.Cut(line, ":"); !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("record %q has no separator", line)
+		}
+		seen[line] = true
+	}
+	if len(seen) != goroutines*recordsPerGoroutine {
+		t.Errorf("unique record count = %d, want %d", len(seen), goroutines*recordsPerGoroutine)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWeeklyLogCloseWaitsForRotationAndIsIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.log")
+	writeLogTestFile(t, path, "active")
+	sunday := time.Date(2026, time.August, 9, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	setLogTestModTime(t, path, sunday)
+	started := make(chan struct{})
+	release := make(chan struct{})
+	runtime := weeklyLogRuntime{rename: func(oldPath, newPath string) error {
+		if oldPath == path {
+			close(started)
+			<-release
+		}
+		return os.Rename(oldPath, newPath)
+	}}
+	writer := newLogTestWriter(t, path, sunday, runtime)
+	rotationDone := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		writer.rotateIfNeeded(time.Date(2026, time.August, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+		close(rotationDone)
+	}()
+	<-started
+
+	closeDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() { closeDone <- writer.Close() }()
+	select {
+	case err := <-closeDone:
+		t.Fatalf("weeklyLogWriter.Close() during rotation returned %v, want blocked", err)
+	case <-time.After(20 * time.Millisecond):
+	}
+	close(release)
+	<-rotationDone
+	if err := <-closeDone; err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("second weeklyLogWriter.Close() error = %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := writer.Write([]byte("after close")); !errors.Is(err, os.ErrClosed) {
+		t.Errorf("weeklyLogWriter.Write() after close error = %v, want os.ErrClosed", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWeeklyLogRotationFailureIsNonRecursiveAndPreservesWrites(t *testing.T) {
+	directory := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.log")
+	writeLogTestFile(t, path, "before\n")
+	sunday := time.Date(2026, time.August, 9, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	setLogTestModTime(t, path, sunday)
+	var diagnostics bytes.Buffer
+	runtime := weeklyLogRuntime{
+		rename: func(oldPath, newPath string) error {
+			if oldPath == path {
+				return errors.New("injected rename failure")
+			}
+			return os.Rename(oldPath, newPath)
+		},
+		diagnostic: &diagnostics,
+	}
+	writer := newLogTestWriter(t, path, sunday, runtime)
+	writer.rotateIfNeeded(time.Date(2026, time.August, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	if _, err := writer.Write([]byte("after\n")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("weeklyLogWriter.Write() after failed rotation error = %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	requireLogTestContents(t, path, "before\nafter\n")
+	if !strings.Contains(diagnostics.String(), "weekly_log_rotation_failed") || !strings.Contains(diagnostics.String(), "injected rename failure") {
+		t.Errorf("rotation diagnostic = %q, want action and injected error", diagnostics.String())
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(readLogTestFile(t, path), "weekly log rotation failed") {
+		t.Error("rotation diagnostic recursively entered active log")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetupLoggingKeepsFilenameAndJSONFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := log.StandardLogger()
+	previousOutput := logger.Out
+	previousFormatter := logger.Formatter
+	previousLevel := logger.Level
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		logger.SetOutput(previousOutput)
+		logger.SetFormatter(previousFormatter)
+		logger.SetLevel(previousLevel)
+	})
+
+	directory := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "nested", "logs")
+	writer, err := SetupLogging(directory, "hardlink", "v-test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.WithField("probe", "value").Info("test record")
+	if err := writer.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	contents := readLogTestFile(t, filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.log"))
+	for _, want := range []string{`"buildVersion":"v-test"`, `"msg":"Logging initialized"`, `"probe":"value"`, `"msg":"test record"`} {
+		if !strings.Contains(contents, want) {
+			t.Errorf("hardlink.log contents missing %q: %s", want, contents)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(directory, "hardlink.1.log")); !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		t.Errorf("SetupLogging() created archive during current week: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+type logTestTimer struct {
+	duration time.Duration
+	ch       chan time.Time
+	stopped  atomic.Bool
+}
+
+func (t *logTestTimer) C() <-chan time.Time {
+	return t.ch
+}
+
+func (t *logTestTimer) Stop() bool {
+	return !t.stopped.Swap(true)
+}
+
+func newLogTestWriter(t *testing.T, path string, now time.Time, overrides weeklyLogRuntime) *weeklyLogWriter {
+	t.Helper()
+	runtime := defaultWeeklyLogRuntime()
+	runtime.now = func() time.Time { return now }
+	if overrides.now != nil {
+		runtime.now = overrides.now
+	}
+	if overrides.newTimer != nil {
+		runtime.newTimer = overrides.newTimer
+	}
+	if overrides.rename != nil {
+		runtime.rename = overrides.rename
+	}
+	if overrides.diagnostic != nil {
+		runtime.diagnostic = overrides.diagnostic
+	}
+	writer, err := newWeeklyLogWriter(path, now.Location(), runtime)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return writer
+}
+
+func weeklyLogTestGeneration(path string, generation int) string {
+	extension := filepath.Ext(path)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d%s", strings.TrimSuffix(path, extension), generation, extension)
+}
+
+func writeLogTestFile(t *testing.T, path, contents string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(contents), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func setLogTestModTime(t *testing.T, path string, value time.Time) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if err := os.Chtimes(path, value, value); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func readLogTestFile(t *testing.T, path string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	contents, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return string(contents)
+}
+
+func requireLogTestContents(t *testing.T, path, want string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	if got := readLogTestFile(t, path); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("%s contents = %q, want %q", filepath.Base(path), got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+var _ io.WriteCloser = (*weeklyLogWriter)(nil)
diff --git a/release notes.md b/release notes.md
index 8d662ba..5fb86f7 100644
--- a/release notes.md	
+++ b/release notes.md	
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 builtVersion is a const in main.go
 
+#### v2.1.3 - 30 September 2026
+feat(logging): add weekly log rotation and retention
+
 #### v2.1.2 - 30 September 2026
 fix(dispenser): scan ACK responses without assuming 3-byte reads