diff --git a/app/lib/utils/audio/wav_combiner.dart b/app/lib/utils/audio/wav_combiner.dart
index f5de05bc638..0509a313e1e 100644
--- a/app/lib/utils/audio/wav_combiner.dart
+++ b/app/lib/utils/audio/wav_combiner.dart
@@ -18,16 +18,27 @@ class WavCombiner {
       throw Exception('No WAV files to combine');
     }
 
-    if (wavFiles.length == 1) {
-      final outputFile = File(outputPath);
-      await wavFiles.first.copy(outputPath);
-      return outputFile;
-    }
-
+    // Skip parts that aren't valid WAV so one corrupt artifact doesn't fail the
+    // whole export; combine the parts that do parse.
+    final validFiles = <File>[];
     final metadataList = <WavMetadata>[];
     for (final file in wavFiles) {
-      final metadata = await getMetadata(file);
-      metadataList.add(metadata);
+      try {
+        metadataList.add(await getMetadata(file));
+        validFiles.add(file);
+      } catch (e) {
+        Logger.debug('Skipping unreadable WAV part ${file.path}: $e');
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (validFiles.isEmpty) {
+      throw Exception('No valid WAV files to combine');
+    }
+
+    if (validFiles.length == 1) {
+      final outputFile = File(outputPath);
+      await validFiles.first.copy(outputPath);
+      return outputFile;
     }
 
     final isCompatible = await validateCompatibility(metadataList);
@@ -50,7 +61,7 @@ class WavCombiner {
       );
       sink.add(header);
 
-      for (final file in wavFiles) {
+      for (final file in validFiles) {
         final stream = file.openRead(44);
         await sink.addStream(stream);
       }
diff --git a/app/test/utils/wav_combiner_test.dart b/app/test/utils/wav_combiner_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59735e70eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/utils/wav_combiner_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:typed_data';
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+import 'package:omi/utils/audio/wav_combiner.dart';
+
+Uint8List _wav(int dataBytes, {int sampleRate = 16000, int channels = 1, int bits = 16}) {
+  final byteRate = sampleRate * channels * (bits ~/ 8);
+  final blockAlign = channels * (bits ~/ 8);
+  final b = BytesBuilder();
+  void str(String s) => b.add(s.codeUnits);
+  void u32(int v) => b.add((ByteData(4)..setUint32(0, v, Endian.little)).buffer.asUint8List());
+  void u16(int v) => b.add((ByteData(2)..setUint16(0, v, Endian.little)).buffer.asUint8List());
+
+  str('RIFF');
+  u32(36 + dataBytes);
+  str('WAVE');
+  str('fmt ');
+  u32(16);
+  u16(1);
+  u16(channels);
+  u32(sampleRate);
+  u32(byteRate);
+  u16(blockAlign);
+  u16(bits);
+  str('data');
+  u32(dataBytes);
+  b.add(List.filled(dataBytes, 1));
+  return b.toBytes();
+}
+
+void main() {
+  late Directory dir;
+
+  setUp(() async {
+    dir = await Directory.systemTemp.createTemp('wav_combiner_test');
+  });
+
+  tearDown(() async {
+    if (await dir.exists()) await dir.delete(recursive: true);
+  });
+
+  File _write(String name, List<int> bytes) => File('${dir.path}/$name')..writeAsBytesSync(bytes);
+
+  test('combines valid WAV parts', () async {
+    final a = _write('a.wav', _wav(100));
+    final b = _write('b.wav', _wav(60));
+
+    final out = await WavCombiner.combineWavFiles([a, b], '${dir.path}/out.wav');
+    final bytes = await out.readAsBytes();
+
+    expect(String.fromCharCodes(bytes.sublist(0, 4)), 'RIFF');
+    expect(bytes.length, 44 + 100 + 60);
+  });
+
+  test('skips a corrupt part (missing RIFF) and combines the rest', () async {
+    final a = _write('a.wav', _wav(100));
+    final bad = _write('bad.wav', List.filled(200, 7)); // no RIFF header
+    final c = _write('c.wav', _wav(60));
+
+    final out = await WavCombiner.combineWavFiles([a, bad, c], '${dir.path}/out.wav');
+    final bytes = await out.readAsBytes();
+
+    expect(String.fromCharCodes(bytes.sublist(0, 4)), 'RIFF');
+    expect(bytes.length, 44 + 100 + 60);
+  });
+
+  test('one valid part among corrupt parts is returned as-is', () async {
+    final bad = _write('bad.wav', List.filled(200, 7));
+    final tooSmall = _write('small.wav', List.filled(10, 3));
+    final good = _write('good.wav', _wav(80));
+
+    final out = await WavCombiner.combineWavFiles([bad, good, tooSmall], '${dir.path}/out.wav');
+    final bytes = await out.readAsBytes();
+
+    expect(bytes.length, 44 + 80);
+  });
+
+  test('throws when no part is a valid WAV', () async {
+    final bad1 = _write('b1.wav', List.filled(200, 7));
+    final bad2 = _write('b2.wav', List.filled(10, 3));
+
+    expect(
+      () => WavCombiner.combineWavFiles([bad1, bad2], '${dir.path}/out.wav'),
+      throwsException,
+    );
+  });
+}