diff --git a/src/cron/service.one-shot-schedule-ownership.test.ts b/src/cron/service.one-shot-schedule-ownership.test.ts
index 9112cbb3ed23..bbe623767673 100644
--- a/src/cron/service.one-shot-schedule-ownership.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/service.one-shot-schedule-ownership.test.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import {
   setCommandLaneConcurrency,
 } from "../process/command-queue.js";
 import { CommandLane } from "../process/lanes.js";
+import { openOpenClawStateDatabase } from "../state/openclaw-state-db.js";
 import { CronService } from "./service.js";
 import { setupCronServiceSuite } from "./service.test-harness.js";
 import type { CronEvent, CronServiceDeps } from "./service/state.js";
 import { loadCronStore, saveCronStore } from "./store.js";
+import { cronStoreKey } from "./store/key.js";
+import { readCronTaskRunHistoryPage } from "./task-run-history.js";
 import type { CronJob } from "./types.js";
 
 const { logger, makeStorePath } = setupCronServiceSuite({
@@ -167,19 +170,44 @@ describe("cron one-shot schedule ownership", () => {
           expect(replacement?.state.runningAtMs).toBeUndefined();
         }
 
-        if (mode === "queued") {
-          // Removal aborts the in-flight run: the original run must end as the
-          // operator's explicit stop, never finalize "ok" into the replacement.
-          expect(
-            events.filter((event) => event.action === "finished" && event.jobId === original.id),
-          ).toEqual([
-            expect.objectContaining({
-              status: "error",
-              error: "Cron job removed by operator.",
-              job: expect.objectContaining({ name: "removed original one-shot" }),
-            }),
-          ]);
-        }
+        // Removal aborts the in-flight run: both direct and queued callers need
+        // one durable, visible terminal result for the original run.
+        const finishedEvents = events.filter(
+          (event) => event.action === "finished" && event.jobId === original.id,
+        );
+        expect(finishedEvents).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            status: "error",
+            error: "Cron job removed by operator.",
+            job: expect.objectContaining({ name: "removed original one-shot" }),
+          }),
+        ]);
+        const history = readCronTaskRunHistoryPage({
+          storeKey: cronStoreKey(store.storePath),
+          jobId: original.id,
+        });
+        expect(history.entries).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            status: "error",
+            error: "Cron job removed by operator.",
+            runId: finishedEvents[0]?.runId,
+          }),
+        ]);
+        const receipts = openOpenClawStateDatabase()
+          .db.prepare(
+            "SELECT receipt_id AS receiptId, status, error_text AS error FROM cron_run_receipts WHERE store_key = ? AND job_id = ?",
+          )
+          .all(cronStoreKey(store.storePath), original.id) as Array<{
+          receiptId: string;
+          status: string;
+          error: string | null;
+        }>;
+        expect(receipts).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            status: "error",
+            error: "Cron job removed by operator.",
+          }),
+        ]);
       } finally {
         release.resolve({ status: "ok", summary: "original run finished" });
         cron.stop();
diff --git a/src/cron/service/ops-run.ts b/src/cron/service/ops-run.ts
index f8ffa3dec78e..ec76c3133d77 100644
--- a/src/cron/service/ops-run.ts
+++ b/src/cron/service/ops-run.ts
@@ -182,17 +182,17 @@ async function finishPreparedManualRun(
     }
     const endedAt = state.deps.nowMs();
     const triggerSkipped = coreResult.status === "ok" && coreResult.triggerEval?.fired === false;
-    const emitMissingQueuedTerminal = () => {
+    const emitMissingTerminal = (required = false) => {
       const tracker = prepared.terminalTracker;
-      if (!tracker || tracker.emitted) {
+      if ((!tracker && !required) || tracker?.emitted) {
         return;
       }
       const job =
         prepared.activeJobMarker?.jobRemoved === true
           ? executionJob
           : state.store?.jobs.find((entry) => entry.id === jobId);
-      // enqueueRun acknowledges a concrete run id, so every accepted request
-      // needs one terminal event even if the job or service owner changes mid-run.
+      // Queued calls carry a tracker for dedupe. A removed direct run has no
+      // tracker, but still needs one durable terminal event/history/task outcome.
       emitCronRunFinished(
         state,
         {
@@ -236,11 +236,11 @@ async function finishPreparedManualRun(
         error: coreResult.error,
       });
       finalized = true;
-      emitMissingQueuedTerminal();
+      emitMissingTerminal(true);
       return;
     }
     if (!isCronActiveJobMarkerCurrent(prepared.activeJobMarker)) {
-      emitMissingQueuedTerminal();
+      emitMissingTerminal();
       return;
     }
 
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ async function finishPreparedManualRun(
     if (finalized) {
       armTimer(state);
     }
-    emitMissingQueuedTerminal();
+    emitMissingTerminal();
   } finally {
     // Terminal receipt persistence is fallible; local liveness and admission
     // ownership must still retire or this process permanently self-fences the job.