diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditor.svelte
index 7af4061937..bec8b28e4b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditor.svelte
@@ -336,9 +336,12 @@
 		if (!ws || !initialPath) return
 		if (ws in states) return
 		untrack(() => {
+			// `actingUserIn` answers from `$userStore` for the navigation workspace, so only
+			// another one is worth asking.
+			const needsUser = ws !== $workspaceStore
 			Promise.all([
 				ResourceService.getResource({ workspace: ws, path: initialPath, getDraft: true }),
-				getUserExt(ws)
+				needsUser ? getUserExt(ws) : undefined
 			]).then(([r, user]) => {
 				// `.draft` already holds the editor's `ResourceState` shape.
 				const savedDraftState = (r as any).draft as ResourceState | undefined
@@ -366,7 +369,7 @@
 				// Draft-only paths (`no_deployed`) have no row — saving must
 				// CREATE, not update (update 404s).
 				existedInitially[ws] = !(r as any).no_deployed
-				perWsUser[ws] = user
+				if (needsUser) perWsUser[ws] = user
 				// Keep resource_type in sync for the base workspace (controls the schema)
 				if (ws === effectiveWorkspace) {
 					resource_type = r.resource_type
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditorDrawer.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditorDrawer.svelte
index 3f7022fa41..ea3bd1407c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditorDrawer.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/ResourceEditorDrawer.svelte
@@ -69,9 +69,13 @@
 		() => (path && historyWorkspace !== $workspaceStore ? historyWorkspace : undefined),
 		async (ws) => (ws ? await getUserExt(ws) : undefined)
 	)
-	const historyUser = $derived(
-		historyWorkspace === $workspaceStore ? $userStore : otherWsUser.current
-	)
+	const historyUser = $derived.by(() => {
+		if (historyWorkspace === $workspaceStore) return $userStore
+		const u = otherWsUser.current
+		// `resource` keeps the previous result across a refetch, and a superseded lookup can
+		// still land last, so a user only answers for the workspace they were fetched for.
+		return u?.workspace_id === historyWorkspace ? u : undefined
+	})
 	// Clearing is irreversible and the backend gates it on ownership, not write access, so the
 	// verdict has to come from the membership `historyWorkspace` knows about. An unresolved
 	// user gets no Clear button rather than one computed from another workspace's rights.
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte
index 0e0f8369b5..d1cc858fc4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/VariableEditor.svelte
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@
 		if (!ws || !p) return
 		if (ws in states) return
 		untrack(() => {
+			// `actingUserIn` answers from `$userStore` for the navigation workspace, so only
+			// another one is worth asking.
+			const needsUser = ws !== $workspaceStore
 			Promise.all([
 				VariableService.getVariable({
 					workspace: ws,
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@
 					decryptSecret: false,
 					getDraft: true
 				}),
-				getUserExt(ws)
+				needsUser ? getUserExt(ws) : undefined
 			]).then(([v, user]) => {
 				// `.draft` already holds the editor's `VariableState` shape.
 				const savedDraftState = (v as any).draft as VariableState | undefined
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@
 				// CREATE, not update (update 404s).
 				existedInitially[ws] = !(v as any).no_deployed
 				extraPerms[ws] = v.extra_perms ?? {}
-				perWsUser[ws] = user
+				if (needsUser) perWsUser[ws] = user
 			})
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
index f2ce5dd186..1a1b2421ae 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/triggers/schedules/ScheduleEditorInner.svelte
@@ -147,9 +147,13 @@
 	)
 	// `undefined` while that lookup is in flight or after it failed; the checks below then
 	// refuse rather than fall back to rights that belong to another workspace.
-	const actingUser: UserExt | undefined = $derived(
-		wsId === $workspaceStore ? $userStore : otherWsUser.current
-	)
+	const actingUser: UserExt | undefined = $derived.by(() => {
+		if (wsId === $workspaceStore) return $userStore
+		const u = otherWsUser.current
+		// `resource` keeps the previous result across a refetch, and a superseded lookup can
+		// still land last, so a user only answers for the workspace they were fetched for.
+		return u?.workspace_id === wsId ? u : undefined
+	})
 	const can_write = $derived(
 		permsPath === undefined ? true : canWrite(permsPath, extraPerms, actingUser)
 	)
@@ -859,7 +863,7 @@
 								namePlaceholder="schedule"
 								kind="schedule"
 								disableEditing={!can_write}
-								{actingUser}
+								actingUser={actingUser ?? null}
 							/>
 						{:else}
 							<div class="flex justify-start w-full">