diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte
index 355aece019..e827bfbe67 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte
@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@
 		</div>
 		{#snippet actions()}
 			<OpenInSessionButton source={sessionSource} />
-			{#if edit && curWs}
+			<!-- Only for a variable opened for editing: one created here holds the other workspaces
+				under its temporary key, which names nothing in them. -->
+			{#if editPath !== undefined && curWs}
 				<WsSpecificVersions kind="variable" workspaceId={curWs} {initialPath} bind:selected />
 			{/if}
 			<Button
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/scheduleCfg.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/scheduleCfg.ts
index 9bcd1058da..b55950b993 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/scheduleCfg.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/scheduleCfg.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ export async function newScheduleCfg(opts: NewScheduleOptions): Promise<Schedule
 		cron_version: s?.cron_version ?? 'v2',
 		timezone: s?.timezone ?? Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone,
 		paused_until: s?.paused_until ?? undefined,
-		enabled: s?.enabled ?? false,
+		// A create always enables the schedule (`writeScheduleCfg`), so that is where a new one
+		// starts: the deployed side a create records is the value it sent.
+		enabled: true,
 		summary: s?.summary ?? '',
 		labels: s?.labels ?? undefined,
 		description: s?.description ?? '',