diff --git a/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts b/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
index ff40d2f4d2..3733f63b4b 100644
--- a/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/heartbeat.ts
@@ -9235,6 +9235,7 @@ export function heartbeatService(db: Db, options: HeartbeatServiceOptions = {})
         assigneeUserId: issues.assigneeUserId,
         executionState: issues.executionState,
         monitorNextCheckAt: issues.monitorNextCheckAt,
+        originKind: issues.originKind,
         projectId: issues.projectId,
       })
       .from(issues)
diff --git a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.test.ts b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.test.ts
index 5aa042b041..9b7cd4e4ae 100644
--- a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.test.ts
@@ -346,6 +346,18 @@ describe("successful run handoff decision", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("does not queue for routine execution issues left in_progress between fires", () => {
+    // A successful orphan-check routine run left its coalesced routine_execution
+    // issue in `in_progress`, and the handoff wrongly treated that steady state
+    // as a missing disposition -> blocked + recovery loop.
+    expect(decide({
+      issue: { ...issue, originKind: "routine_execution" } as any,
+    })).toEqual({
+      kind: "skip",
+      reason: "routine execution owns its own disposition",
+    });
+  });
+
   it("does not queue for successful comment-driven wakes", () => {
     expect(decide({
       run: {
diff --git a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.ts b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.ts
index e6a3533586..3a3015c8a2 100644
--- a/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/recovery/successful-run-handoff.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ export const SUCCESSFUL_RUN_HANDOFF_OPTIONS = [
   "delegate_or_continue_from_checkpoint",
 ] as const;
 
+// Routine execution issues stay `in_progress` between cron fires by design — one
+// open issue is coalesced across dispatches (see issues_open_routine_execution_uq).
+// Their disposition is owned by the routine lifecycle, not by the missing-disposition
+// handoff, so a successful routine run must not be treated as a missing next step.
+const ROUTINE_EXECUTION_ORIGIN_KIND = "routine_execution";
+
 const PRODUCTIVE_SUCCESS_LIVENESS_STATES = new Set<RunLivenessState>([
   "advanced",
   "completed",
@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ type IssueRow = Pick<
   | "assigneeAgentId"
   | "assigneeUserId"
   | "executionState"
+  | "originKind"
 >;
 type AgentRow = Pick<typeof agents.$inferSelect, "id" | "companyId" | "status">;
 type NoticeIssue = Pick<typeof issues.$inferSelect, "id" | "identifier" | "title" | "status">;
@@ -429,6 +436,9 @@ export function decideSuccessfulRunHandoff(input: {
     return { kind: "skip", reason: "missing issue comment retry owns the next action" };
   }
   if (!issue) return { kind: "skip", reason: "issue not found" };
+  if (issue.originKind === ROUTINE_EXECUTION_ORIGIN_KIND) {
+    return { kind: "skip", reason: "routine execution owns its own disposition" };
+  }
   if (!agent) return { kind: "skip", reason: "agent not found" };
   if (issue.companyId !== run.companyId || agent.companyId !== run.companyId) {
     return { kind: "skip", reason: "company scope mismatch" };