diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetGraphCanvas.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetGraphCanvas.svelte
index 856d796379..2bc8121180 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetGraphCanvas.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetGraphCanvas.svelte
@@ -1462,9 +1462,9 @@
 				foldedIds,
 				...(toDelete
 					? {
-							deleteCount: toDelete.trigger ? 2 : 1,
+							upstreamDelete: toDelete,
 							deleteVerb: assetDeleteVerb,
-							onDeleteUpstream: () => onDeleteAssetUpstream?.(toDelete)
+							onDeleteUpstream: (t: AssetUpstreamDelete) => onDeleteAssetUpstream?.(t)
 						}
 					: onDeleteAssetUpstream && u
 						? {
@@ -1705,8 +1705,13 @@
 				.map((id) => toFix(nodeFixes?.get(id)))
 				.filter((f) => f != undefined)
 			const scriptsToDrag = onAddAssetTrigger ? dragScripts(n) : []
+			// Assets-only: a folded script with an error reddens the header naming it.
+			const scriptError = ((n.data.foldedIds ?? []) as string[]).some(
+				(id) => id.startsWith('script:') && nodeFixes?.has(id)
+			)
 			const data = {
 				...withUpstream,
+				...(scriptError ? { scriptError } : {}),
 				...(fix ? { fix } : {}),
 				...(foldedFixes.length ? { foldedFixes } : {}),
 				...(scriptsToDrag.length
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetNode.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetNode.svelte
index c031e5c554..d023691f67 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetNode.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/AssetNode.svelte
@@ -171,14 +171,16 @@
 			noAssetName?: string
 			/** Assets-only: the node is only its script's banner. */
 			bannerOnly?: boolean
+			/** Assets-only: a script folded into the node has an error. */
+			scriptError?: boolean
 			/** No script in the workspace writes it; a flow's write fires no asset trigger. */
 			neverWritten?: boolean
 			/** Card width in the assets-only view, sized to its text. */
 			width?: number
-			/** Assets-only view: deletes the producing script and trigger no other
-			 * asset shares; `deleteCount` is how many that is. */
-			onDeleteUpstream?: () => void
-			deleteCount?: number
+			/** Assets-only view: the producing script and trigger no other asset
+			 * shares, which the menu offers to delete one by one or together. */
+			upstreamDelete?: import('./assetsOnlyView').AssetUpstreamDelete
+			onDeleteUpstream?: (target: import('./assetsOnlyView').AssetUpstreamDelete) => void
 			deleteVerb?: 'Delete' | 'Archive'
 			/** Why nothing can be deleted, when the producer is shared. */
 			deleteBlocked?: string
@@ -229,15 +231,8 @@
 	// and a step downstream of what nothing writes would never run on its writes.
 	let showAdd = $derived(data.onAddScript != undefined && !data.error && !data.neverWritten)
 	let menuItems: Item[] = $derived(
-		data.onDeleteUpstream
-			? [
-					{
-						displayName: `${data.deleteVerb ?? 'Delete'} ${data.deleteCount} item${data.deleteCount === 1 ? '' : 's'}`,
-						icon: Trash2,
-						type: 'delete' as const,
-						action: () => data.onDeleteUpstream?.()
-					}
-				]
+		data.onDeleteUpstream && data.upstreamDelete
+			? deleteItems(data.upstreamDelete, data.onDeleteUpstream)
 			: data.deleteBlocked
 				? [
 						{
@@ -248,6 +243,42 @@
 					]
 				: []
 	)
+	const lastSegment = (p: string) => p.split('/').pop() ?? p
+	// A script is archived rather than deleted when the user may not delete it;
+	// a trigger is always deleted.
+	function deleteItems(
+		t: import('./assetsOnlyView').AssetUpstreamDelete,
+		run: (target: import('./assetsOnlyView').AssetUpstreamDelete) => void
+	): Item[] {
+		const items: Item[] = []
+		if (t.script) {
+			const script = t.script
+			items.push({
+				displayName: `${data.deleteVerb ?? 'Delete'} script ${lastSegment(script.path)}`,
+				icon: Trash2,
+				type: 'delete' as const,
+				action: () => run({ script })
+			})
+		}
+		if (t.trigger) {
+			const trigger = t.trigger
+			items.push({
+				displayName: `Delete ${trigger.kind} trigger ${lastSegment(trigger.path)}`,
+				icon: Trash2,
+				type: 'delete' as const,
+				action: () => run({ trigger })
+			})
+		}
+		if (t.script && t.trigger) {
+			items.push({
+				displayName: `${data.deleteVerb === 'Archive' ? 'Remove' : 'Delete'} all 2 items`,
+				icon: Trash2,
+				type: 'delete' as const,
+				action: () => run(t)
+			})
+		}
+		return items
+	}
 	let upstream = $derived(data.upstream)
 	const HEADER_SELECTED = 'bg-surface-accent-selected hover:bg-surface-accent-selected text-accent'
 	const CHIP_SELECTED =
@@ -335,7 +366,9 @@
 	     naming it, which opens it. Several scripts open a menu to pick one. -->
 	{@const one = producer ?? (coProducers.length === 1 ? coProducers[0] : undefined)}
 	{@const headerClass = twMerge(
-		'flex items-center gap-1.5 w-full min-w-0 px-2 text-3xs font-normal leading-none text-secondary hover:bg-surface-hover hover:text-primary'
+		'flex items-center gap-1.5 w-full min-w-0 px-2 text-3xs font-normal leading-none text-secondary hover:bg-surface-hover hover:text-primary',
+		data.scriptError &&
+			'bg-red-100 dark:bg-red-700 text-red-700 dark:text-red-200 hover:bg-red-200 dark:hover:bg-red-600 hover:text-red-800'
 	)}
 	{#if one}
 		{@const isSelected = producer ? !!producer.selected : coSelected}
@@ -501,6 +534,7 @@
 				? upstreamRow
 				: undefined}
 			header={hasHeader ? scriptHeader : undefined}
+			headerTone={data.scriptError ? 'error' : undefined}
 			headerSelected={producer ? !!producer.selected : coSelected}
 			width={data.width}
 			surface={upstream ? 'primary' : 'secondary'}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineNodeCard.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineNodeCard.svelte
index f9c5b944c4..b6041db145 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineNodeCard.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/PipelineNodeCard.svelte
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ and the controls hung around the card.
 		header?: Snippet
 		/** The header's script is selected: its edge takes the selected colour. */
 		headerSelected?: boolean
+		/** The header's script has an error: its edge goes red. */
+		headerTone?: 'error'
 	}
 
 	let {
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ and the controls hung around the card.
 		subtitle,
 		header,
 		headerSelected = false,
+		headerTone,
 		width = NODE.width
 	}: Props = $props()
 
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ and the controls hung around the card.
 		<div
 			class={twMerge(
 				'mx-2 flex items-stretch min-w-0 rounded-t-md overflow-hidden bg-surface border border-b-0 border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700',
+				headerTone === 'error' && 'border-red-300 dark:border-red-600',
 				headerSelected && 'border-border-selected dark:border-border-selected'
 			)}
 			style="height: {PIPELINE_NODE_HEADER}px;"
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/assetsOnlyView.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/assetsOnlyView.ts
index da35498e71..ac2b366a93 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/assetsOnlyView.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/assets/AssetGraph/assetsOnlyView.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ export const noAssetNodeId = (runnableId: string) => `no-asset:${runnableId}`
 export const isNoAssetNode = (id: string) => id.startsWith('no-asset:')
 
 /** The script and trigger an assets-only asset's delete removes. */
+/** What an assets-only delete removes: the script, its trigger, or both. */
 export type AssetUpstreamDelete = {
-	script: { path: string; unsaved: boolean }
+	script?: { path: string; unsaved: boolean }
 	trigger?: { kind: NativeTriggerKind; path: string; draft: boolean }
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/pipeline/[folder]/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/pipeline/[folder]/+page.svelte
index de668da1f4..46b11dc76f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/pipeline/[folder]/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/pipeline/[folder]/+page.svelte
@@ -1282,26 +1282,12 @@
 		if (!target || !ws) return
 		assetDeleteLoading = true
 		const { script, trigger } = target
+		const n = (script ? 1 : 0) + (trigger ? 1 : 0)
 		try {
 			// The script first: when it is refused, nothing else has changed.
-			const deployed = graphRes.current?.runnables.some(
-				(r) => r.path === script.path && !r.unsaved
-			)
-			if (deployed) {
-				if (canHardDeleteScripts) {
-					await ScriptService.deleteScriptByPath({ workspace: ws, path: script.path })
-				} else {
-					await ScriptService.archiveScriptByPath({ workspace: ws, path: script.path })
-				}
-			}
-			if (pe.drafts.has(script.path)) discardDraft(script.path)
-			if (deployed) {
-				pe.discardTriggerDraftsFor(script.path)
-				forgetPath(script.path)
-				forgetScriptCache(script.path)
-			}
+			if (script) await removeScript(script, ws)
 		} catch (e: any) {
-			sendUserToast(`Could not remove ${script.path}: ${e?.body ?? e?.message ?? String(e)}`, true)
+			sendUserToast(`Could not remove ${script?.path}: ${e?.body ?? e?.message ?? String(e)}`, true)
 			assetDeleteLoading = false
 			return
 		}
@@ -1311,11 +1297,10 @@
 				if (pe.triggerDrafts.has(key)) pe.discardTriggerDraft(key)
 				if (!trigger.draft) await deleteTriggerRow(trigger.kind, trigger.path, ws)
 			}
-			const n = trigger ? 2 : 1
 			sendUserToast(`Removed ${n} item${n === 1 ? '' : 's'}`)
 		} catch (e: any) {
 			sendUserToast(
-				`Removed ${script.path}, but not its ${trigger?.kind} trigger ${trigger?.path}: ${e?.body ?? e?.message ?? String(e)}`,
+				`${script ? `Removed ${script.path}, but not its` : 'Could not remove the'} ${trigger?.kind} trigger ${trigger?.path}: ${e?.body ?? e?.message ?? String(e)}`,
 				true
 			)
 		} finally {
@@ -1324,6 +1309,24 @@
 			await graphRes.refetch()
 		}
 	}
+	async function removeScript(script: { path: string }, ws: string) {
+		const deployed = graphRes.current?.runnables.some(
+			(r) => r.path === script.path && !r.unsaved
+		)
+		if (deployed) {
+			if (canHardDeleteScripts) {
+				await ScriptService.deleteScriptByPath({ workspace: ws, path: script.path })
+			} else {
+				await ScriptService.archiveScriptByPath({ workspace: ws, path: script.path })
+			}
+		}
+		if (pe.drafts.has(script.path)) discardDraft(script.path)
+		if (deployed) {
+			pe.discardTriggerDraftsFor(script.path)
+			forgetPath(script.path)
+			forgetScriptCache(script.path)
+		}
+	}
 
 	// ===================== Fixes for misconfigured nodes =====================
 	// Rewrites a script's annotation header and keeps the result as a draft, opened
@@ -3523,7 +3526,11 @@
 <ConfirmationModal
 	open={assetDeleteTarget != undefined}
 	loading={assetDeleteLoading}
-	title={assetDeleteTarget?.trigger ? 'Delete 2 items?' : 'Delete 1 item?'}
+	title={assetDeleteTarget?.script && assetDeleteTarget.trigger
+		? 'Delete 2 items?'
+		: assetDeleteTarget?.script
+			? `${canHardDeleteScripts ? 'Delete' : 'Archive'} script?`
+			: 'Delete trigger?'}
 	confirmationText="Delete"
 	onConfirmed={confirmAssetUpstreamDelete}
 	onCanceled={() => {
@@ -3534,16 +3541,22 @@
 		{@const t = assetDeleteTarget}
 		<div class="flex flex-col gap-2 text-xs text-secondary">
 			<p>
-				{canHardDeleteScripts
-					? 'The script is deleted, with every version'
-					: 'The script is archived'}{t.trigger ? ', and its trigger deleted' : ''}. The tables it
-				wrote stay.
+				{#if t.script}
+					{canHardDeleteScripts
+						? 'The script is deleted, with every version'
+						: 'The script is archived'}{t.trigger ? ', and its trigger deleted' : ''}. The tables
+					it wrote stay.
+				{:else}
+					The trigger is deleted: its script stays, and no longer runs this way.
+				{/if}
 			</p>
 			<ul class="flex flex-col gap-1">
-				<li class="flex flex-col">
-					<span class="text-emphasis truncate">{t.script.path}</span>
-					<span class="text-2xs text-hint">Script{t.script.unsaved ? ' · draft' : ''}</span>
-				</li>
+				{#if t.script}
+					<li class="flex flex-col">
+						<span class="text-emphasis truncate">{t.script.path}</span>
+						<span class="text-2xs text-hint">Script{t.script.unsaved ? ' · draft' : ''}</span>
+					</li>
+				{/if}
 				{#if t.trigger}
 					<li class="flex flex-col">
 						<span class="text-emphasis truncate">{t.trigger.path}</span>