added safe guards to all scripts that need it. all reference comm.sh like it should be

Orchestrators/daily_sync.sh

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ echo "━━━ $ICON_GEAR Setup ━━━"
 detect_hosts
 resolve_remote_ip
 
+acquire_lock
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # ━━━ $ICON_SHIELD Pre-flight Checks ━━━
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Orchestrators/media_management.sh

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 success "Running as root"
+
+acquire_lock
 [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && warn "DRY RUN — passing --dry-run to all child scripts"
 
 # Validate job list

Orchestrators/transcode_management.sh

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ fi
 
 [[ "$DRY_RUN" == true ]] && warn "DRY RUN — passing to child scripts"
 
+acquire_lock
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # HELPERS
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------