diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetGraphCanvas.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetGraphCanvas.svelte
index 15ea720a60..7e442f1d04 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetGraphCanvas.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetGraphCanvas.svelte
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	import { layoutAssetGraph, PIPELINE_NODE_EXTRA_ROW } from './assetGraphLayout'
 	import { assetsOnlyView, type AssetUpstream } from './assetsOnlyView'
 	import { TRIGGER_NODE_STYLE } from './TriggerNode.svelte'
-	import { describeCron } from '$lib/utils/describeCron'
+	import { describeSchedule } from '$lib/utils/describeCron'
 	import Toggle from '$lib/components/Toggle.svelte'
 	import { computeMutedReadKeys, dbtAssociations } from './resolveGraph'
 	import { buildDownstreamMap } from './graphTraversal'
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@
 				missing: boolean
 				draft: boolean
 				schedule?: string
+				timezone?: string
 				summary?: string
 				// First target script (drives the per-script create/edit flows).
 				runnable_path?: string
@@ -751,6 +752,7 @@
 			draft: boolean,
 			runnable_path?: string,
 			schedule?: string,
+			timezone?: string,
 			summary?: string
 		) {
 			const prev = triggerSourceNodes.get(id)
@@ -762,6 +764,7 @@
 					missing,
 					draft,
 					schedule,
+					timezone,
 					summary,
 					runnable_path,
 					runnable_paths: runnable_path ? [runnable_path] : []
@@ -820,6 +823,7 @@
 				// on every attached native trigger.
 				t.runnable_path,
 				t.schedule,
+				t.timezone,
 				t.summary
 			)
 			edges.push({
@@ -850,6 +854,7 @@
 					missing: info.missing,
 					draft: info.draft,
 					schedule: info.schedule,
+					timezone: info.timezone,
 					summary: info.summary,
 					runnable_path: info.runnable_path,
 					// data_upload nodes go green once a file is staged for their
@@ -910,7 +915,7 @@
 		const style = TRIGGER_NODE_STYLE[t.kind as TriggerNodeKind]
 		const label =
 			t.kind === 'schedule' && t.data?.schedule
-				? (describeCron(t.data.schedule) ?? `Schedule (${t.data.schedule})`)
+				? (describeSchedule(t.data.schedule, t.data.timezone) ?? `Schedule (${t.data.schedule})`)
 				: (style?.label ?? t.kind)
 		return {
 			label,
@@ -1450,7 +1455,7 @@
 		{#if assetsOnlyToggle}
 			<Panel
 				position="top-left"
-				class="!m-3 px-2 py-1 rounded-md bg-surface border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700 shadow-sm"
+				class="!m-3"
 			>
 				<Toggle bind:checked={assetsOnly} size="xs" options={{ right: 'Assets only' }} />
 			</Panel>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineInsertMenu.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineInsertMenu.svelte
index b6105c5207..e32b2c2fa9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineInsertMenu.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineInsertMenu.svelte
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 	import DateTimeInput from '$lib/components/DateTimeInput.svelte'
 	import ScheduleAdvancedOptions, {
 		emptyScheduleAdvanced,
+		loadDefaultScheduleAdvanced,
 		scheduleAdvancedCfg
 	} from '$lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleAdvancedOptions.svelte'
 	import { workspaceStore } from '$lib/stores'
@@ -147,14 +148,31 @@
 		tableEdited: false
 	})
 	let config = $state(buildEmptyConfig())
+	loadAdvancedDefaults()
+
+	// The workspace's default handlers, as the schedule drawer applies to a new schedule.
+	function loadAdvancedDefaults() {
+		const ws = $workspaceStore
+		if (!ws) return
+		const target = config
+		loadDefaultScheduleAdvanced(ws)
+			.then((d) => {
+				if (config === target) config.advanced = d
+			})
+			.catch(() => {})
+	}
 
 	function resetWizard() {
 		selected = buildEmptySelected()
 		config = buildEmptyConfig()
+		loadAdvancedDefaults()
 		step = 0
 	}
 
 	const TABLE_NAME_RE = /^[^/\s]+$/
+	// The path grammar of `Path.svelte`: word segments, no empty or trailing ones.
+	const SCRIPT_NAME_RE = /^[\w-]+(\/[\w-]+)*$/
+	let scriptNameValid = $derived(SCRIPT_NAME_RE.test(selected.scriptPath.trim()))
 	let assetValid = $derived(
 		!!config.asset?.store && TABLE_NAME_RE.test(config.asset.table.trim())
 	)
@@ -163,7 +181,7 @@
 			? config.validCron && !!config.schedule.trim() && !config.schedulePathError
 			: currentConfigStep === 'asset'
 				? assetValid
-				: !!selected.scriptPath.trim()
+				: scriptNameValid && !!selected.triggerId && !!selected.language && !!selected.outputId
 	)
 
 	function enterAssetStep() {
@@ -428,14 +446,30 @@
 {#snippet bottomSection(close: () => void)}
 	<Label label="Path">
 		<!-- svelte-ignore a11y_no_static_element_interactions -->
-		<div bind:this={pathEl} class="flex" onkeydown={selectAndAdvanceTo(() => aiPromptEl ?? saveEl)}>
+		<div
+			bind:this={pathEl}
+			class="flex"
+			onkeydown={(e) =>
+				(e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && e.key === 'Enter'
+					? (e.preventDefault(), e.stopPropagation(), confirm(close))
+					: selectAndAdvanceTo(() => aiPromptEl ?? saveEl)(e)}
+		>
 			<div
 				class="border rounded-md rounded-r-none border-r-0 text-xs w-fit shrink-0 whitespace-nowrap flex items-center px-2 text-secondary bg-surface-input"
 			>
 				{pathPrefix}
 			</div>
-			<TextInput bind:value={selected.scriptPath} class="rounded-l-none" />
+			<TextInput
+				bind:value={selected.scriptPath}
+				class="rounded-l-none"
+				error={!scriptNameValid && !!selected.scriptPath.trim()}
+			/>
 		</div>
+		{#if !scriptNameValid && selected.scriptPath.trim()}
+			<span class="text-2xs text-red-600 dark:text-red-400">
+				Letters, digits, <code>_</code> and <code>-</code>, in <code>/</code>-separated segments
+			</span>
+		{/if}
 	</Label>
 	{#if !$copilotInfo.workspaceDisabled}
 		<Label label="AI Prompt (optional)">
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineTriggerEditors.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineTriggerEditors.svelte
index fba438ed70..33654f0d88 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineTriggerEditors.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineTriggerEditors.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { sendUserToast } from '$lib/utils'
+	import { workspaceStore } from '$lib/stores'
 	import ConfirmationModal from '$lib/components/common/confirmationModal/ConfirmationModal.svelte'
 	import type { NativeTriggerKind, PipelineTriggerDraftKind } from './types'
 	import {
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@
 	import GcpTriggerEditor from '$lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditor.svelte'
 	import EmailTriggerEditor from '$lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditor.svelte'
 	import ScheduleEditor from '$lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditor.svelte'
+	import {
+		loadDefaultScheduleAdvanced,
+		scheduleAdvancedCfg
+	} from '$lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleAdvancedOptions.svelte'
 	import WebhookEditor from '$lib/components/triggers/webhook/WebhookEditor.svelte'
 	import { setOperatingWorkspace } from '$lib/components/operatingWorkspace.svelte'
 	import { useOperatingWorkspace } from '$lib/components/operatingWorkspace.svelte'
@@ -111,21 +116,37 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	/** The kind's full editor over a pipeline-local draft; Save hands the config back.
+	/** The kind's full editor over a pipeline-local draft; Save hands the config back,
+	 * and the drawer stays open when `onSave` refuses it.
 	 * `saved` is the draft being edited (absent for a new one), applied over `defaults`. */
 	export function openTriggerDraft(
 		kind: PipelineTriggerDraftKind,
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSave: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSave: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		switch (kind) {
-			case 'schedule':
-				return scheduleEditor?.openDraft(
-					{ is_flow: false, args: {}, ...defaults, ...saved, script_path: scriptPath } as Schedule,
-					onSave
-				)
+			case 'schedule': {
+				// A new draft starts from the workspace's default handlers, like a new
+				// schedule does; the drawer only applies them when it opens without one.
+				const open = (advanced: Record<string, any>) =>
+					scheduleEditor?.openDraft(
+						{
+							is_flow: false,
+							args: {},
+							...advanced,
+							...defaults,
+							...saved,
+							script_path: scriptPath
+						} as Schedule,
+						onSave
+					)
+				if (saved || !$workspaceStore) return open({})
+				return loadDefaultScheduleAdvanced($workspaceStore)
+					.then((a) => open(scheduleAdvancedCfg(a)))
+					.catch(() => open({}))
+			}
 			case 'kafka':
 				return kafkaEditor?.openDraft(scriptPath, defaults, saved, onSave)
 			case 'mqtt':
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/TriggerNode.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/TriggerNode.svelte
index fc2cbe3904..a379fe9a28 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/TriggerNode.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/TriggerNode.svelte
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { Handle, Position } from '@xyflow/svelte'
 	import PipelineNodeCard from './PipelineNodeCard.svelte'
-	import { describeCron } from '$lib/utils/describeCron'
+	import { describeSchedule } from '$lib/utils/describeCron'
 	import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge'
 	import { AlertTriangle, CheckCircle2, EllipsisVertical, Target, Trash2 } from 'lucide-svelte'
 	import DropdownV2 from '$lib/components/DropdownV2.svelte'
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 			draft?: boolean
 			// The cron, for a schedule: the node names its cadence instead of "Schedule".
 			schedule?: string
+			timezone?: string
 			// Shown as the title over the trigger's path, when the trigger has one.
 			summary?: string
 			runnable_path?: string
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@
 	// when it has no plain reading); every other kind names its kind.
 	let kindName = $derived(
 		data.kind === 'schedule' && data.schedule
-			? (describeCron(data.schedule) ?? `Schedule (${data.schedule})`)
+			? (describeSchedule(data.schedule, data.timezone) ?? `Schedule (${data.schedule})`)
 			: style.label
 	)
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/pipelineEditorState.svelte.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/pipelineEditorState.svelte.ts
index 785bba3c14..4e2cbcab77 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/pipelineEditorState.svelte.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/pipelineEditorState.svelte.ts
@@ -142,13 +142,17 @@ export class PipelineEditorState {
 		})
 	}
 
-	/** Add or replace a trigger draft; `previousKey` drops the entry it was saved
-	 * under when an edit renamed it. */
-	setTriggerDraft = (d: PipelineTriggerDraft, previousKey?: string) => {
+	/** Add or replace a trigger draft; `previousKey` is the entry being edited, which
+	 * a rename drops. False, and nothing changes, when the path is another draft's:
+	 * both would deploy to one trigger. */
+	setTriggerDraft = (d: PipelineTriggerDraft, previousKey?: string): boolean => {
+		const key = triggerDraftKey(d.kind, d.config.path)
+		if (key !== previousKey && this.triggerDrafts.has(key)) return false
 		const next = new Map(this.triggerDrafts)
 		if (previousKey) next.delete(previousKey)
-		next.set(triggerDraftKey(d.kind, d.config.path), d)
+		next.set(key, d)
 		this.triggerDrafts = next
+		return true
 	}
 
 	discardTriggerDraft = (key: string) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/pipelineEditorState.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/pipelineEditorState.test.ts
index d21a959b2c..a98d3818f5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/pipelineEditorState.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/pipelineEditorState.test.ts
@@ -124,4 +124,17 @@ describe('PipelineEditorState trigger drafts', () => {
 		pe.discardDraft('f/x/m')
 		expect(pe.triggerDrafts.size).toBe(0)
 	})
+
+	it('refuse a path another draft holds, but let a draft keep its own', () => {
+		const pe = new PipelineEditorState()
+		const a = { kind: 'kafka' as const, config: { path: 'f/x/k', script_path: 'f/x/a' } }
+		expect(pe.setTriggerDraft(a)).toBe(true)
+		expect(
+			pe.setTriggerDraft({ kind: 'kafka', config: { path: 'f/x/k', script_path: 'f/x/b' } })
+		).toBe(false)
+		expect(pe.triggerDrafts.get('kafka:f/x/k')?.config.script_path).toBe('f/x/a')
+		expect(pe.setTriggerDraft({ ...a, config: { ...a.config, topics: ['t'] } }, 'kafka:f/x/k')).toBe(
+			true
+		)
+	})
 })
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/resolveGraph.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/resolveGraph.ts
index 1292f53697..369850a983 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/resolveGraph.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/resolveGraph.ts
@@ -309,7 +309,9 @@ function withTriggerDrafts(
 			runnable_path: d.config.script_path,
 			unsaved: true,
 			draft: true,
-			...(d.kind === 'schedule' ? { schedule: d.config.schedule as string } : {}),
+			...(d.kind === 'schedule'
+				? { schedule: d.config.schedule as string, timezone: d.config.timezone as string }
+				: {}),
 			...(d.config.summary ? { summary: d.config.summary as string } : {})
 		}))
 	]
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/types.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/types.ts
index 5a6eda3fc2..c7c9f831a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/types.ts
@@ -214,8 +214,9 @@ export type AssetGraphTrigger =
 			// A pipeline-local `PipelineTriggerDraft`: `path` is the trigger it
 			// will be deployed as, and no row exists yet.
 			draft?: boolean
-			// A schedule's cron and summary, filled in client-side, for the node's labels.
+			// A schedule's cron, zone and summary, filled in client-side, for the node's labels.
 			schedule?: string
+			timezone?: string
 			summary?: string
 	  }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/amqp/AmqpTriggerEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/amqp/AmqpTriggerEditor.svelte
index 45e5f3e5f8..055e9b3be3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/amqp/AmqpTriggerEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/amqp/AmqpTriggerEditor.svelte
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await tickPainted()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/amqp/AmqpTriggerEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/amqp/AmqpTriggerEditorInner.svelte
index 8e359061a3..4de2463b95 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/amqp/AmqpTriggerEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/amqp/AmqpTriggerEditorInner.svelte
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 
 	// Set by `openNew(…, { onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the trigger as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	export async function openEdit(
 		ePath: string,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 		fixedScriptPath_?: string,
 		defaultValues?: Record<string, any>,
 		opts: {
-			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 			/** A config this editor saved before, re-applied over the defaults. */
 			draftConfig?: Record<string, any>
 		} = {}
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
 
 	async function updateTrigger(): Promise<void> {
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditor.svelte
index 4b9bfc7803..57ed70f6e7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditor.svelte
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await tickPainted()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditorInner.svelte
index 5fff3067f4..5bf213a79a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/email/EmailTriggerEditorInner.svelte
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
 	// Set by `openNew(…, { onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the trigger as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	export async function openEdit(
 		ePath: string,
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 		fixedScriptPath_?: string,
 		defaultValues?: Partial<EmailTrigger>,
 		opts: {
-			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 			/** A config this editor saved before, re-applied over the defaults. */
 			draftConfig?: Record<string, any>
 		} = {}
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 
 	async function triggerScript(): Promise<void> {
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getEmailTriggerConfig()))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getEmailTriggerConfig()))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditor.svelte
index ee3af7941a..9c3111b0fb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditor.svelte
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await tickPainted()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditorInner.svelte
index 41d494b8ed..a6292bda86 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/gcp/GcpTriggerEditorInner.svelte
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 
 	// Set by `openNew(…, { onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the trigger as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	export async function openEdit(
 		ePath: string,
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 		fixedScriptPath_?: string,
 		defaultValues?: Record<string, any>,
 		opts: {
-			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 			/** A config this editor saved before, re-applied over the defaults. */
 			draftConfig?: Record<string, any>
 		} = {}
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 
 	async function updateTrigger(): Promise<void> {
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getGcpConfig()))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getGcpConfig()))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/kafka/KafkaTriggerEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/kafka/KafkaTriggerEditor.svelte
index bbce2315e6..0769c8ed0e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/kafka/KafkaTriggerEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/kafka/KafkaTriggerEditor.svelte
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await tickPainted()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/kafka/KafkaTriggerEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/kafka/KafkaTriggerEditorInner.svelte
index 3e21cc2124..dfc5357728 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/kafka/KafkaTriggerEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/kafka/KafkaTriggerEditorInner.svelte
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
 	// Set by `openNew(…, { onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the trigger as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	export async function openEdit(
 		ePath: string,
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 		fixedScriptPath_?: string,
 		nDefaultValues?: Record<string, any>,
 		opts: {
-			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 			/** A config this editor saved before, re-applied over the defaults. */
 			draftConfig?: Record<string, any>
 		} = {}
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 
 	async function updateTrigger(): Promise<void> {
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/mqtt/MqttTriggerEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/mqtt/MqttTriggerEditor.svelte
index b5af1243d6..c8300ee81e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/mqtt/MqttTriggerEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/mqtt/MqttTriggerEditor.svelte
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await tickPainted()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/mqtt/MqttTriggerEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/mqtt/MqttTriggerEditorInner.svelte
index 16bd38d8fd..d2e25dd7a8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/mqtt/MqttTriggerEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/mqtt/MqttTriggerEditorInner.svelte
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 
 	// Set by `openNew(…, { onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the trigger as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	export async function openEdit(
 		ePath: string,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 		fixedScriptPath_?: string,
 		defaultValues?: Record<string, any>,
 		opts: {
-			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 			/** A config this editor saved before, re-applied over the defaults. */
 			draftConfig?: Record<string, any>
 		} = {}
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 
 	async function updateTrigger(): Promise<void> {
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/nats/NatsTriggerEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/nats/NatsTriggerEditor.svelte
index 0e38be90f4..add8b43d75 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/nats/NatsTriggerEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/nats/NatsTriggerEditor.svelte
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await tickPainted()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/nats/NatsTriggerEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/nats/NatsTriggerEditorInner.svelte
index 96b8fbb493..6685021aea 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/nats/NatsTriggerEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/nats/NatsTriggerEditorInner.svelte
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 
 	// Set by `openNew(…, { onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the trigger as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	export async function openEdit(
 		ePath: string,
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 		fixedScriptPath_?: string,
 		nDefaultValues?: Record<string, any>,
 		opts: {
-			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 			/** A config this editor saved before, re-applied over the defaults. */
 			draftConfig?: Record<string, any>
 		} = {}
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 
 	async function updateTrigger(): Promise<void> {
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/postgres/PostgresTriggerEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/postgres/PostgresTriggerEditor.svelte
index 195829dda0..c9ec98881c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/postgres/PostgresTriggerEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/postgres/PostgresTriggerEditor.svelte
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await tickPainted()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/postgres/PostgresTriggerEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/postgres/PostgresTriggerEditorInner.svelte
index 762f13735b..20530ea0bf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/postgres/PostgresTriggerEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/postgres/PostgresTriggerEditorInner.svelte
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 
 	// Set by `openNew(…, { onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the trigger as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	export async function openEdit(
 		ePath: string,
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 		defaultValues?: Record<string, any>,
 		newDraft?: boolean,
 		opts: {
-			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 			/** A config this editor saved before, re-applied over the defaults. */
 			draftConfig?: Record<string, any>
 		} = {}
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 
 	async function updateTrigger(): Promise<void> {
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleAdvancedOptions.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleAdvancedOptions.svelte
index 116828a3de..5756d0a172 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleAdvancedOptions.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleAdvancedOptions.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts" module>
 	import { handlerFullPath } from '$lib/components/ErrorOrRecoveryHandler.svelte'
-	import type { ErrorHandler, Retry } from '$lib/gen'
+	import { SettingService, type ErrorHandler, type Retry } from '$lib/gen'
 
 	export type ScheduleAdvancedState = {
 		errorHandlerSelected: ErrorHandler
@@ -48,6 +48,79 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/** Which built-in handler a hub path is, or `custom`. */
+	export function getHandlerType(
+		isHandler: 'error' | 'recovery' | 'success',
+		scriptPath: string
+	): ErrorHandler {
+		const handlerMap = {
+			error: {
+				teams: '/workspace-or-schedule-error-handler-teams',
+				slack: '/workspace-or-schedule-error-handler-slack',
+				email: '/workspace-or-error-handler-email'
+			},
+			recovery: {
+				teams: '/schedule-recovery-handler-teams',
+				slack: '/schedule-recovery-handler-slack',
+				email: '/workspace-or-error-handler-email'
+			},
+			success: {
+				teams: '/schedule-success-handler-teams',
+				slack: '/schedule-success-handler-slack',
+				email: '/workspace-or-error-handler-email'
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (const [type, suffix] of Object.entries(handlerMap[isHandler])) {
+			if (scriptPath.startsWith('hub/') && scriptPath.endsWith(suffix)) {
+				return type as ErrorHandler
+			}
+		}
+		return 'custom'
+	}
+
+	const splitHandler = (path: string) => {
+		const [kind, ...rest] = path.split('/')
+		return { kind: kind as 'flow' | 'script', path: rest.join('/') }
+	}
+
+	/** The Advanced tabs of a new schedule: the workspace's default error, recovery
+	 * and success handlers, where it sets them. */
+	export async function loadDefaultScheduleAdvanced(wsId: string): Promise<ScheduleAdvancedState> {
+		const a = emptyScheduleAdvanced()
+		const [err, rec, suc] = (await Promise.all(
+			['error', 'recovery', 'success'].map((k) =>
+				SettingService.getGlobal({ key: `default_${k}_handler_${wsId}` })
+			)
+		)) as any[]
+		if (err) {
+			const h = splitHandler(err.errorHandlerPath)
+			a.wsErrorHandlerMuted = err.wsErrorHandlerMuted
+			a.errorHandleritemKind = h.kind
+			a.errorHandlerPath = h.path
+			a.errorHandlerExtraArgs = err.errorHandlerExtraArgs
+			a.errorHandlerSelected = getHandlerType('error', h.path)
+			a.failedTimes = err.failedTimes
+			a.failedExact = err.failedExact
+		}
+		if (rec) {
+			const h = splitHandler(rec.recoveryHandlerPath)
+			a.recoveryHandlerItemKind = h.kind
+			a.recoveryHandlerPath = h.path
+			a.recoveryHandlerExtraArgs = rec.recoveryHandlerExtraArgs
+			a.recoveryHandlerSelected = getHandlerType('recovery', h.path)
+			a.recoveredTimes = rec.recoveredTimes
+		}
+		if (suc) {
+			const h = splitHandler(suc.successHandlerPath)
+			a.successHandlerItemKind = h.kind
+			a.successHandlerPath = h.path
+			a.successHandlerExtraArgs = suc.successHandlerExtraArgs
+			a.successHandlerSelected = getHandlerType('success', h.path)
+		}
+		return a
+	}
+
 	/** The schedule fields the Advanced tabs own, as the schedule API takes them. */
 	export function scheduleAdvancedCfg(a: ScheduleAdvancedState) {
 		return {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditor.svelte
index 648250e52b..295498f428 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditor.svelte
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 	/** Edit a schedule that exists only as the caller's draft; Save hands it back. */
 	export async function openDraft(
 		cfg: Schedule,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await loadInner()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
index 8f87e9d0d3..b0f18e6bde 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 	} from '$lib/components/sessions/pageDrawerSession'
 	import { SCHEDULES_PATH } from '$lib/components/sessions/previewPaths'
 	import TriggerAdvancedBadges from '../TriggerAdvancedBadges.svelte'
-	import ScheduleAdvancedOptions, { scheduleAdvancedCfg } from './ScheduleAdvancedOptions.svelte'
+	import ScheduleAdvancedOptions, {
+		emptyScheduleAdvanced,
+		getHandlerType,
+		loadDefaultScheduleAdvanced,
+		scheduleAdvancedCfg
+	} from './ScheduleAdvancedOptions.svelte'
 	import Drawer from '$lib/components/common/drawer/Drawer.svelte'
 	import DrawerContent from '$lib/components/common/drawer/DrawerContent.svelte'
 	import CronInput from '$lib/components/CronInput.svelte'
@@ -24,7 +29,6 @@
 		type Script,
 		ScriptService,
 		type Flow,
-		SettingService,
 		type Retry,
 		type Schedule,
 		type ErrorHandler
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@
 	// Set by `openNew({ onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the schedule as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it, and nothing may
 	// autosave a workspace trigger draft for a path that is not deployed.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 	let permissionedAs = $state<string | undefined>(undefined)
 	let selectedPermissionedAs = $state<string | undefined>(undefined)
 	let preservePermissionedAs = $state(false)
@@ -248,66 +252,23 @@
 				successHandlerExtraArgs = {}
 			}
 		} else {
-			let defaultErrorHandlerMaybe = undefined
-			let defaultRecoveryHandlerMaybe = undefined
-			let defaultSuccessHandlerMaybe = undefined
-			if (wsId) {
-				defaultErrorHandlerMaybe = (await SettingService.getGlobal({
-					key: 'default_error_handler_' + wsId!
-				})) as any
-				defaultRecoveryHandlerMaybe = (await SettingService.getGlobal({
-					key: 'default_recovery_handler_' + wsId!
-				})) as any
-				defaultSuccessHandlerMaybe = (await SettingService.getGlobal({
-					key: 'default_success_handler_' + wsId!
-				})) as any
-			}
-
-			if (defaultErrorHandlerMaybe !== undefined && defaultErrorHandlerMaybe !== null) {
-				wsErrorHandlerMuted = defaultErrorHandlerMaybe['wsErrorHandlerMuted']
-				let splitted = (defaultErrorHandlerMaybe['errorHandlerPath'] as string).split('/')
-				errorHandleritemKind = splitted[0] as 'flow' | 'script'
-				errorHandlerPath = splitted.slice(1)?.join('/')
-				errorHandlerExtraArgs = defaultErrorHandlerMaybe['errorHandlerExtraArgs']
-				errorHandlerSelected = getHandlerType('error', errorHandlerPath)
-				failedTimes = defaultErrorHandlerMaybe['failedTimes']
-				failedExact = defaultErrorHandlerMaybe['failedExact']
-			} else {
-				wsErrorHandlerMuted = false
-				errorHandlerPath = undefined
-				errorHandleritemKind = 'script'
-				errorHandlerExtraArgs = {}
-				errorHandlerSelected = 'slack'
-				failedTimes = 1
-				failedExact = false
-			}
-			if (defaultRecoveryHandlerMaybe !== undefined && defaultRecoveryHandlerMaybe !== null) {
-				let splitted = (defaultRecoveryHandlerMaybe['recoveryHandlerPath'] as string).split('/')
-				recoveryHandlerItemKind = splitted[0] as 'flow' | 'script'
-				recoveryHandlerPath = splitted.slice(1)?.join('/')
-				recoveryHandlerExtraArgs = defaultRecoveryHandlerMaybe['recoveryHandlerExtraArgs']
-				recoveryHandlerSelected = getHandlerType('recovery', recoveryHandlerPath)
-				recoveredTimes = defaultRecoveryHandlerMaybe['recoveredTimes']
-			} else {
-				recoveryHandlerPath = undefined
-				recoveryHandlerItemKind = 'script'
-				recoveryHandlerExtraArgs = {}
-				recoveryHandlerSelected = 'slack'
-				recoveredTimes = 1
-			}
-			if (defaultSuccessHandlerMaybe !== undefined && defaultSuccessHandlerMaybe !== null) {
-				let splitted = (defaultSuccessHandlerMaybe['successHandlerPath'] as string).split('/')
-				successHandlerItemKind = splitted[0] as 'flow' | 'script'
-				successHandlerPath = splitted.slice(1)?.join('/')
-				successHandlerExtraArgs = defaultSuccessHandlerMaybe['successHandlerExtraArgs']
-				successHandlerSelected = getHandlerType('success', successHandlerPath)
-				recoveredTimes = defaultSuccessHandlerMaybe['recoveredTimes']
-			} else {
-				successHandlerPath = undefined
-				successHandlerItemKind = 'script'
-				successHandlerExtraArgs = {}
-				successHandlerSelected = 'slack'
-			}
+			const d = wsId ? await loadDefaultScheduleAdvanced(wsId) : emptyScheduleAdvanced()
+			wsErrorHandlerMuted = d.wsErrorHandlerMuted
+			errorHandlerPath = d.errorHandlerPath
+			errorHandleritemKind = d.errorHandleritemKind
+			errorHandlerExtraArgs = d.errorHandlerExtraArgs
+			errorHandlerSelected = d.errorHandlerSelected
+			failedTimes = d.failedTimes
+			failedExact = d.failedExact
+			recoveryHandlerPath = d.recoveryHandlerPath
+			recoveryHandlerItemKind = d.recoveryHandlerItemKind
+			recoveryHandlerExtraArgs = d.recoveryHandlerExtraArgs
+			recoveryHandlerSelected = d.recoveryHandlerSelected
+			recoveredTimes = d.recoveredTimes
+			successHandlerPath = d.successHandlerPath
+			successHandlerItemKind = d.successHandlerItemKind
+			successHandlerExtraArgs = d.successHandlerExtraArgs
+			successHandlerSelected = d.successHandlerSelected
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -317,7 +278,7 @@
 		defaultValues?: Schedule,
 		schedule_path?: string,
 		fixedScriptPath_?: string,
-		opts: { getDraft?: boolean; onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void } = {}
+		opts: { getDraft?: boolean; onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean } = {}
 	) {
 		const getDraft = opts.getDraft ?? true
 		saveDraftHandler = opts.onSaveDraft
@@ -536,7 +497,7 @@
 		const previousPath = initialPath
 		const scheduleCfg = getScheduleCfg()
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(scheduleCfg))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(scheduleCfg))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
@@ -550,35 +511,6 @@
 		deploymentLoading = false
 	}
 
-	function getHandlerType(
-		isHandler: 'error' | 'recovery' | 'success',
-		scriptPath: string
-	): ErrorHandler {
-		const handlerMap = {
-			error: {
-				teams: '/workspace-or-schedule-error-handler-teams',
-				slack: '/workspace-or-schedule-error-handler-slack',
-				email: '/workspace-or-error-handler-email'
-			},
-			recovery: {
-				teams: '/schedule-recovery-handler-teams',
-				slack: '/schedule-recovery-handler-slack',
-				email: '/workspace-or-error-handler-email'
-			},
-			success: {
-				teams: '/schedule-success-handler-teams',
-				slack: '/schedule-success-handler-slack',
-				email: '/workspace-or-error-handler-email'
-			}
-		}
-
-		for (const [type, suffix] of Object.entries(handlerMap[isHandler])) {
-			if (scriptPath.startsWith('hub/') && scriptPath.endsWith(suffix)) {
-				return type as ErrorHandler
-			}
-		}
-		return 'custom'
-	}
 
 	let drawer: Drawer | undefined = $state()
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/sqs/SqsTriggerEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/sqs/SqsTriggerEditor.svelte
index 907e3c91aa..f2a6a2b630 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/sqs/SqsTriggerEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/sqs/SqsTriggerEditor.svelte
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		scriptPath: string,
 		defaults: Record<string, any>,
 		saved: Record<string, any> | undefined,
-		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+		onSaveDraft: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 	) {
 		open = true
 		await tickPainted()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/sqs/SqsTriggerEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/sqs/SqsTriggerEditorInner.svelte
index d9612e64a5..256948a516 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/sqs/SqsTriggerEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/sqs/SqsTriggerEditorInner.svelte
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 
 	// Set by `openNew(…, { onSaveDraft })`: the caller keeps the trigger as its own
 	// draft, so Save hands it the config instead of writing it.
-	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => void) | undefined = $state(undefined)
+	let saveDraftHandler: ((cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean) | undefined = $state(undefined)
 
 	export async function openEdit(
 		ePath: string,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
 		fixedScriptPath_?: string,
 		defaultValues?: Record<string, any>,
 		opts: {
-			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => void
+			onSaveDraft?: (cfg: Record<string, any>) => boolean
 			/** A config this editor saved before, re-applied over the defaults. */
 			draftConfig?: Record<string, any>
 		} = {}
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 
 	async function updateTrigger(): Promise<void> {
 		if (saveDraftHandler) {
-			saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))
+			if (!saveDraftHandler($state.snapshot(getSaveCfg()))) return
 			drawer?.closeDrawer()
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils/describeCron.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils/describeCron.test.ts
index 0a628daaed..b24ac883b6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils/describeCron.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils/describeCron.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { describeCron } from './describeCron'
+import { describeCron, describeSchedule } from './describeCron'
 
 describe('describeCron', () => {
 	it.each([
@@ -28,3 +28,10 @@ describe('describeCron', () => {
 		}
 	)
 })
+
+describe('describeSchedule', () => {
+	it('names the zone of a wall-clock time only', () => {
+		expect(describeSchedule('0 0 12 * * *', 'UTC')).toBe('Every day at 12:00 UTC')
+		expect(describeSchedule('0 0 * * * *', 'UTC')).toBe('Every hour')
+	})
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils/describeCron.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils/describeCron.ts
index bcf043f9d9..96debb2589 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/utils/describeCron.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/utils/describeCron.ts
@@ -106,3 +106,23 @@ export function describeCron(cron: string): string | undefined {
 	}
 	return undefined
 }
+
+function shortZone(timezone: string): string {
+	try {
+		return (
+			new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: timezone, timeZoneName: 'short' })
+				.formatToParts(new Date())
+				.find((p) => p.type === 'timeZoneName')?.value ?? timezone
+		)
+	} catch {
+		return timezone
+	}
+}
+
+/** `describeCron` of a schedule, naming its zone whenever the text states a
+ * wall-clock time: "Every day at 12:00 UTC". */
+export function describeSchedule(cron: string, timezone?: string): string | undefined {
+	const text = describeCron(cron)
+	if (!text || !timezone || !/ at \d/.test(text)) return text
+	return `${text} ${shortZone(timezone)}`
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/pipeline/[folder]/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/pipeline/[folder]/+page.svelte
index 64c8b080a3..868900bcc5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/pipeline/[folder]/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/pipeline/[folder]/+page.svelte
@@ -452,14 +452,17 @@
 		pe.activeDraftPath = scriptPath
 		pe.selection = undefined
 		if (options?.schedule) {
-			pe.setTriggerDraft({
+			const path = options.schedule.path || defaultTriggerPath(scriptPath, 'schedule')
+			const saved = pe.setTriggerDraft({
 				kind: 'schedule',
-				config: {
-					...options.schedule,
-					path: options.schedule.path || defaultTriggerPath(scriptPath, 'schedule'),
-					script_path: scriptPath
-				}
+				config: { ...options.schedule, path, script_path: scriptPath }
 			})
+			if (!saved) {
+				sendUserToast(
+					`Another draft schedule already uses the path ${path}; the new script has no schedule`,
+					true
+				)
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Follow the new node with a smooth pan. The id matches the runnable
@@ -2372,11 +2375,13 @@
 		const defaults = { path: defaultTriggerPath(scriptPath, kind) }
 		triggerEditors?.openTriggerDraft(kind, scriptPath, defaults, draft?.config, (cfg) => {
 			const { extra_perms: _, ...config } = cfg
-			pe.setTriggerDraft(
+			const saved = pe.setTriggerDraft(
 				{ kind, config: { ...config, path: cfg.path, script_path: scriptPath, is_flow: false } },
 				// The editor's Path field can rename it; drafts are keyed by path.
 				draft ? triggerDraftKey(kind, draft.config.path) : undefined
 			)
+			if (!saved) sendUserToast(`Another draft trigger already uses the path ${cfg.path}`, true)
+			return saved
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -2467,12 +2472,12 @@
 		}
 	)
 
-	// Cron and summary of the deployed schedules on the graph, for their nodes'
+	// Cron, zone and summary of the deployed schedules on the graph, for their nodes'
 	// labels. Re-read with every graph load, so an edit in the schedule drawer shows.
 	let scheduleInfo = resource(
 		[() => $workspaceStore, () => graphRes.current],
 		async ([ws, g]) => {
-			const info = new Map<string, { schedule: string; summary?: string }>()
+			const info = new Map<string, { schedule: string; timezone: string; summary?: string }>()
 			if (!ws || !g) return info
 			const paths = new Set<string>()
 			for (const t of g.triggers) {
@@ -2482,7 +2487,11 @@
 				[...paths].map(async (path) => {
 					try {
 						const s = await ScheduleService.getSchedule({ workspace: ws, path })
-						info.set(path, { schedule: s.schedule, summary: s.summary || undefined })
+						info.set(path, {
+							schedule: s.schedule,
+							timezone: s.timezone,
+							summary: s.summary || undefined
+						})
 					} catch {
 						// Unreadable schedule: its node keeps the plain "Schedule" label.
 					}