diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/schedules.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/schedules.js
index 07011a56..6bb5cf7b 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/schedules.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/schedules.js
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ function renderScheduleRow(s, agents) {
     }, '↯');
     fireBtn.title = isOneShot
       ? 'fire once — one-shot, consumed after the manual fire'
-      : 'fire once now — recurring, next regular fire unaffected';
+      : 'fire once now — recurring; choose whether to reset the next-fire timer';
     if (!activeTargets.length) {
       fireBtn.disabled = true;
       fireBtn.title = 'every target is cancelled — nothing to fire';
@@ -986,14 +986,25 @@ async function submitEditSchedule(originalSchedule, form_) {
 }
 async function fireScheduleNow(id, isOneShot, targets, btn) {
   const targetList = targets.length ? targets.join(', ') : '(no active targets)';
+  // Recurring schedules get a "reset timer" checkbox (default on): firing
+  // now also re-arms the next regular fire to now + interval. One-shot is
+  // consumed regardless, so the flag is moot there (no checkbox).
+  const checkboxes = isOneShot ? [] : [{
+    name: 'reset_timer',
+    label: 'reset timer — re-arm next fire to now + interval',
+    checked: true,
+  }];
   const prompt = isOneShot
     ? `fire schedule #${id} now to ${targetList}?\n\n`
       + 'this is a ONE-SHOT — firing now consumes the schedule. '
       + 'the scheduled fire time will no longer trigger.'
     : `fire schedule #${id} now to ${targetList}?\n\n`
       + 'this is RECURRING — sends an extra pulse out-of-band. '
-      + 'the regular cadence keeps firing on schedule.';
-  if (!(await themedConfirm({ message: prompt, danger: true }))) return;
+      + 'leave "reset timer" on to re-arm the next regular fire to '
+      + 'now + interval; uncheck it to keep the existing cadence.';
+  const confirmRes = await themedConfirm({ message: prompt, danger: true, checkboxes });
+  if (!confirmRes) return;
+  const resetTimer = !!confirmRes.reset_timer;
   // Capture child nodes so we can restore on error, then replace
   // with DOM-built content (textContent + element children rather
   // than innerHTML — the format string only carries server-side
@@ -1015,6 +1026,7 @@ async function fireScheduleNow(id, isOneShot, targets, btn) {
     const resp = await fetch('/api/schedules/' + encodeURIComponent(id) + '/fire-now', {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ reset_timer: resetTimer }),
     });
     if (!resp.ok) {
       const text = await resp.text().catch(() => '');
@@ -1022,9 +1034,9 @@ async function fireScheduleNow(id, isOneShot, targets, btn) {
       restoreBtn();
       return;
     }
-    // Backend returns FireNowReport { ok, failed, missing, one_shot_consumed }.
-    // Flash the per-target outcome on the button itself so the operator
-    // sees the result immediately, then refresh to pick up the
+    // Backend returns FireNowReport { ok, failed, missing, one_shot_consumed,
+    // timer_reset }. Flash the per-target outcome on the button itself so the
+    // operator sees the result immediately, then refresh to pick up the
     // authoritative per-target `last_result` annotations.
     let report = null;
     try { report = await resp.json(); } catch { /* shape drift / empty body — ignore */ }
@@ -1033,7 +1045,8 @@ async function fireScheduleNow(id, isOneShot, targets, btn) {
       if (report.ok) bits.push(report.ok + ' ok');
       if (report.failed) bits.push(report.failed + ' failed');
       if (report.missing) bits.push(report.missing + ' missing');
-      const suffix = report.one_shot_consumed ? ' — consumed' : '';
+      const suffix = report.one_shot_consumed ? ' — consumed'
+        : (report.timer_reset ? ' — timer reset' : '');
       while (btn.firstChild) btn.removeChild(btn.firstChild);
       btn.textContent = '↯ fired: ' + (bits.join(', ') || 'no targets') + suffix;
       btn.classList.add('btn-fire-now-flashed');