diff --git a/cron/jobs.py b/cron/jobs.py
index 313002ce3a..10524da5c4 100644
--- a/cron/jobs.py
+++ b/cron/jobs.py
@@ -3724,13 +3724,39 @@ def _get_due_jobs_locked() -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
                                     times,
                                 )
                                 continue
-                            logger.info(
-                                "Job '%s': one-shot dispatch limit reached (%d/%d) "
-                                "— removing stale due entry",
-                                job.get("name", job.get("id", "?")),
-                                completed,
-                                times,
-                            )
+                            if job.get("last_run_at") is not None:
+                                # A record with last_run_at completed a real
+                                # run and was later re-armed without a budget
+                                # reset (e.g. a schedule edit before the
+                                # #93524 fix, or a hand-edited store). This is
+                                # NOT the dead-tick recovery case this guard
+                                # was built for, and the wedged-oneshot
+                                # diagnostic below will (correctly) not fire
+                                # — so removing it silently at INFO would
+                                # vanish the user's rescheduled run without a
+                                # trace. Make it operator-visible.
+                                logger.warning(
+                                    "Job '%s': one-shot dispatch limit reached "
+                                    "(%d/%d) on a record that already completed "
+                                    "a run (last_run_at=%s) — removing it "
+                                    "WITHOUT firing. This record was re-armed "
+                                    "without a budget reset (pre-#93615 store "
+                                    "or hand edit); re-run it with "
+                                    "'hermes cron resume <job> --run-now' "
+                                    "(#93524).",
+                                    job.get("name", job.get("id", "?")),
+                                    completed,
+                                    times,
+                                    job.get("last_run_at"),
+                                )
+                            else:
+                                logger.info(
+                                    "Job '%s': one-shot dispatch limit reached (%d/%d) "
+                                    "— removing stale due entry",
+                                    job.get("name", job.get("id", "?")),
+                                    completed,
+                                    times,
+                                )
                             for rj in raw_jobs:
                                 if rj["id"] == job["id"]:
                                     raw_jobs.remove(rj)
diff --git a/tests/cron/test_oneshot_guard_warning.py b/tests/cron/test_oneshot_guard_warning.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bea47f3d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cron/test_oneshot_guard_warning.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+"""Due-scan dispatch-limit guard: removal of a re-armed consumed one-shot is
+operator-visible (#93524 follow-up to #93615).
+
+Pre-#93615 stores (or hand edits) can hold a record that already completed a
+run (last_run_at set) but was re-armed without a budget reset. The due-scan
+guard removes it without firing — correct, since #93615's policy routes
+re-runs through `cron resume` — but the removal must log at WARNING with a
+remediation hint, never a silent INFO delete.
+"""
+
+import logging
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+import pytest
+
+from cron.jobs import (
+    claim_dispatch,
+    create_job,
+    get_due_jobs,
+    load_jobs,
+    mark_job_run,
+    save_jobs,
+    _hermes_now,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def temp_home(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Redirect cron storage to a temp dir (same pattern as the sibling
+    grace-gate tests)."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr("cron.jobs.CRON_DIR", tmp_path / "cron")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("cron.jobs.JOBS_FILE", tmp_path / "cron" / "jobs.json")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("cron.jobs.OUTPUT_DIR", tmp_path / "cron" / "output")
+    return tmp_path
+
+
+def test_guard_warns_on_rearmed_consumed_record(temp_home, caplog):
+    job = create_job(
+        prompt="x",
+        schedule=(_hermes_now() + timedelta(hours=1)).isoformat(),
+        name="warn-guard",
+        deliver="local",
+    )
+    jid = job["id"]
+    assert claim_dispatch(jid)
+    mark_job_run(jid, True)
+
+    # Simulate a pre-#93615 re-arm: enabled+scheduled+due, budget still spent.
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    for j in jobs:
+        if j["id"] == jid:
+            j["enabled"] = True
+            j["state"] = "scheduled"
+            j["next_run_at"] = (_hermes_now() - timedelta(seconds=5)).isoformat()
+    save_jobs(jobs)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="cron"):
+        due = get_due_jobs()
+
+    assert jid not in [d["id"] for d in due]
+    assert jid not in [j["id"] for j in load_jobs()]
+    warnings = [
+        r for r in caplog.records
+        if r.levelno == logging.WARNING and "WITHOUT firing" in r.getMessage()
+    ]
+    assert warnings, "expected WARNING on removal of a re-armed consumed one-shot"
+    assert "cron resume" in warnings[0].getMessage()
+
+
+def test_guard_stays_info_for_never_ran_stale_record(temp_home, caplog):
+    """The dead-tick recovery case (no last_run_at) keeps its quiet INFO."""
+    job = create_job(
+        prompt="x",
+        schedule=(_hermes_now() + timedelta(hours=1)).isoformat(),
+        name="quiet-guard",
+        deliver="local",
+    )
+    jid = job["id"]
+
+    jobs = load_jobs()
+    for j in jobs:
+        if j["id"] == jid:
+            j["repeat"] = {"times": 1, "completed": 1}
+            j["last_run_at"] = None
+            j["next_run_at"] = (_hermes_now() - timedelta(seconds=5)).isoformat()
+    save_jobs(jobs)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="cron"):
+        get_due_jobs()
+
+    warns = [
+        r for r in caplog.records
+        if r.levelno == logging.WARNING and "WITHOUT firing" in r.getMessage()
+    ]
+    assert not warns, "never-ran stale record must not trip the WARNING path"