diff --git a/docs/web-ui.md b/docs/web-ui.md
index dd681aca..76853b0c 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui.md
@@ -227,10 +227,7 @@ they share enough conceptual ground to live together).
 **N3W SCH3DUL3 / QU3U3D SCH3DUL3S** — operator-managed
 scheduled prompts (#444 / #459). Lists every schedule with
 its description, targets, body, recurrence interval, next-fire
-time, and per-target last-result. Per-row controls: a
-`↯ fire now` button sends an out-of-band manual pulse to
-every active target (#467 — recurring schedules keep their
-cadence; one-shots are consumed after the manual fire), an
+time, and per-target last-result. Per-row controls: an
 `✎ edit` button opens an inline edit form (#474 — body /
 description / interval / next-fire editable, targets stay
 immutable; submit PATCHes `/api/schedules/{id}`), and a
@@ -503,14 +500,6 @@ not ours.
 - `POST /api/schedules/{id}/cancel` — cancel a schedule. Body
   `{ targets?: ["name", …] }` cancels just those recipients;
   absent or empty body cancels the whole schedule.
-- `POST /api/schedules/{id}/fire-now` — out-of-band manual
-  pulse (#467). Fires the schedule body once immediately to
-  every active target. Recurring schedules: `next_fire_at_unix`
-  is untouched; the regular cadence continues. One-shots: the
-  schedule is consumed (cancelled) after the manual fan-out.
-  Per-target `last_result` is annotated as a manual fire so
-  the audit trail distinguishes scheduled fires from operator-
-  triggered ones.
 - `POST /meta-update` — `nix flake update` the selected
   `meta/flake.lock` inputs, then rebuild the affected agents.
 - `GET /dashboard/stream` — unified live event channel:
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/app.js
index 7056579c..48c78aa5 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/app.js
@@ -2345,23 +2345,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
 
     if (!cancelled) {
       const actions = el('div', { class: 'schedule-actions' });
-      // Fire-now (#467): out-of-band manual pulse. Recurring schedules
-      // get an extra fan-out without disturbing `next_fire_at`; one-shots
-      // are consumed (cancelled after fan-out), per damocles's design.
-      // Disabled when every target is cancelled — there's nothing to
-      // fire to. Backend: POST /api/schedules/{id}/fire-now.
-      const activeTargets = (s.targets || []).filter((t) => !t.cancelled_at_unix);
-      const fireBtn = el('button', { type: 'button', class: 'btn btn-fire-now' }, '↯ fire now');
-      const isOneShot = !s.interval_seconds;
-      fireBtn.title = isOneShot
-        ? 'fire this schedule once, immediately (one-shot — schedule is consumed after the manual fire)'
-        : 'fire this schedule once, immediately (recurring — next regularly-scheduled fire is unaffected)';
-      if (!activeTargets.length) {
-        fireBtn.disabled = true;
-        fireBtn.title = 'every target is cancelled — nothing to fire';
-      }
-      fireBtn.addEventListener('click', () => fireScheduleNow(s.id, isOneShot, activeTargets.map((t) => t.target), fireBtn));
-      actions.append(fireBtn);
       const editBtn = el('button', { type: 'button', class: 'btn btn-edit-schedule' },
         editingSchedules.has(s.id) ? '✎ close edit' : '✎ edit');
       editBtn.title = 'edit body / description / interval / next-fire (targets stay immutable)';
@@ -2568,68 +2551,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
       if (submitBtn) { submitBtn.disabled = false; submitBtn.textContent = originalLabel; }
     }
   }
-  async function fireScheduleNow(id, isOneShot, targets, btn) {
-    const targetList = targets.length ? targets.join(', ') : '(no active targets)';
-    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 (!confirm(prompt)) return;
-    // Capture child nodes so we can restore on error, then replace
-    // with DOM-built content (textContent + element children rather
-    // than innerHTML — per argus's review note on #471, the format
-    // string only carries server-side ints/bool today but textContent
-    // is the safer pattern if a stringy field ever lands).
-    const originalChildren = btn ? Array.from(btn.childNodes) : [];
-    const restoreBtn = () => {
-      if (!btn) return;
-      btn.disabled = false;
-      while (btn.firstChild) btn.removeChild(btn.firstChild);
-      for (const n of originalChildren) btn.appendChild(n);
-    };
-    if (btn) {
-      btn.disabled = true;
-      while (btn.firstChild) btn.removeChild(btn.firstChild);
-      btn.append(el('span', { class: 'spinner' }, '◐'), ' firing…');
-    }
-    try {
-      const resp = await fetch('/api/schedules/' + encodeURIComponent(id) + '/fire-now', {
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-      });
-      if (!resp.ok) {
-        const text = await resp.text().catch(() => '');
-        alert('fire-now failed: http ' + resp.status + (text ? '\n\n' + text : ''));
-        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
-      // authoritative per-target `last_result` annotations.
-      let report = null;
-      try { report = await resp.json(); } catch { /* shape drift / empty body — ignore */ }
-      if (btn && report) {
-        const bits = [];
-        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' : '';
-        while (btn.firstChild) btn.removeChild(btn.firstChild);
-        btn.textContent = '↯ fired: ' + (bits.join(', ') || 'no targets') + suffix;
-        btn.classList.add('btn-fire-now-flashed');
-      }
-      // Hold the flash briefly so the operator can read it before the
-      // refresh wipes the row in place.
-      setTimeout(() => { refreshSchedules(); }, 1500);
-    } catch (err) {
-      alert('fire-now failed: ' + err);
-      restoreBtn();
-    }
-  }
   async function cancelScheduleAll(id) {
     if (!confirm(`cancel schedule #${id}? this stops all future fires for every target.`)) return;
     await postScheduleCancel(id, null);
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
index 1c00ae6c..117ed785 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
@@ -850,16 +850,6 @@ ul form.inline { display: inline-block; }
 .btn-start   { color: var(--green); border-color: var(--green); font-size: 0.75em; padding: 0.15em 0.5em; margin-left: 0.6em; }
 .btn-talk { color: var(--cyan); border-color: var(--cyan); }
 .btn-spawn { color: var(--amber); border-color: var(--amber); }
-.btn-fire-now { color: var(--mauve, #cba6f7); border-color: var(--mauve, #cba6f7); }
-/* Post-fire flash: report renders directly on the button for ~1.5s
-   so the operator sees ok/failed/missing/consumed counts inline
-   without a modal. Green when at least one ok; muted otherwise. */
-.btn-fire-now-flashed {
-  color: var(--green);
-  border-color: var(--green);
-  text-shadow: 0 0 6px currentColor;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 8px -2px currentColor;
-}
 /* #474: inline edit button on each schedule row. Yellow reads as a
    parallel destructive-adjacent action (edit changes state, but
    isn't deletion). */