diff --git a/raven/cli/_cron_handler.py b/raven/cli/_cron_handler.py
index 91a27d4..01e8860 100644
--- a/raven/cli/_cron_handler.py
+++ b/raven/cli/_cron_handler.py
@@ -151,10 +151,11 @@ def make_on_cron_job(
     fires AND Sentinel proactively reminds at 5/22).
 
     ``system_events`` / ``wake`` are optional. When wired (gateway path),
-    each completed or failed cron run enqueues a system event and requests
-    an early heartbeat tick, so the main heartbeat session learns what
-    happened in the isolated ``cron:<job_id>`` session and can decide on
-    follow-ups.
+    a failed cron run or a successful silent run enqueues a system event and
+    requests an early heartbeat tick, so the main heartbeat session learns
+    what happened in the isolated ``cron:<job_id>`` session and can decide on
+    follow-ups. A successful user-facing run is already delivered directly,
+    so it must not be re-enqueued for Heartbeat to deliver a second time.
     Only effective for jobs executed in this process — a CLI test-fire
     runs in its own process and cannot reach the gateway's queue.
     """
@@ -246,9 +247,11 @@ async def on_cron_job(job: "CronJob") -> str | None:
         if sentinel_runner is not None:
             _record_cron_dispatch_to_ledger(sentinel_runner, job)
 
-        # Event wake: let the main heartbeat session learn what this isolated cron
-        # run produced (and end its sleep early).
-        if system_events is not None and wake is not None:
+        # Event wake: silent jobs need the main heartbeat session to learn what
+        # this isolated cron run produced. A delivering job already reached the
+        # user through the hub/broadcast path; re-enqueuing its response would let
+        # Heartbeat deliver the same reminder a second time.
+        if system_events is not None and wake is not None and not job.payload.deliver:
             _emit_cron_event(system_events, wake, job, (response or "(no response)").strip(), failed=False)
 
         # Broadcast a multi-target delivering job to every resolved target: the hub
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_cron_handler.py b/tests/test_cli_cron_handler.py
index b73524e..b36bd2e 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_cron_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_cron_handler.py
@@ -362,10 +362,9 @@ def _make_config():
 
 
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# Spine read-back: a delivering single-target job runs as a CRON turn; the
-# reply is read back from readback_texts for the system event (the submitter
-# cannot pass run_turn's text_sink — the gateway's capturing runner stores it
-# before result() resolves).
+# Spine read-back: a silent job runs as a CRON turn; the reply is read back from
+# readback_texts for the system event (the submitter cannot pass run_turn's
+# text_sink — the gateway's capturing runner stores it before result() resolves).
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 
@@ -403,9 +402,9 @@ def _submit(req):
         wake=wake,
     )
 
-    await handler(_make_job(channel="telegram", to="c1", name="t1"))
+    await handler(_make_job(channel="cli", deliver=False, name="t1"))
 
-    # Single target → rides the hub; no explicit broadcast post.
+    # Silent source is ephemeral; no explicit user delivery occurs.
     fake_hub.post.assert_not_awaited()
     assert captured["req"].origin is Origin.CRON
     assert captured["req"].conversation == "cron:job_t1"
@@ -415,6 +414,42 @@ def _submit(req):
     assert "cron:job_t1" not in readback_texts
 
 
+async def test_delivered_cron_does_not_enqueue_duplicate_heartbeat_event(
+    fake_agent,
+    fake_hub,
+    fake_session_mgr,
+    patch_cron_config,
+):
+    """A user-facing cron reply already rode the hub and must not be resent."""
+    patch_cron_config(["*"])
+    channel_manager = SimpleNamespace(enabled_channels=["telegram"])
+    system_events = MagicMock()
+    wake = MagicMock()
+    readback_texts: dict[str, str] = {}
+
+    class _Handle:
+        async def result(self):
+            readback_texts["cron:job_t1"] = "already delivered reminder"
+            return None
+
+    handler = make_on_cron_job(
+        fake_agent,
+        fake_hub,
+        submit=lambda req: _Handle(),
+        readback_texts=readback_texts,
+        channel_manager=channel_manager,
+        session_manager=fake_session_mgr,
+        system_events=system_events,
+        wake=wake,
+    )
+
+    await handler(_make_job(channel="telegram", to="c1", name="t1"))
+
+    system_events.enqueue.assert_not_called()
+    wake.request_wake_now.assert_not_called()
+    assert "cron:job_t1" not in readback_texts
+
+
 async def test_spine_path_no_reply_falls_back_to_no_response(
     fake_agent,
     fake_hub,
@@ -442,7 +477,7 @@ async def result(self):
         wake=wake,
     )
 
-    await handler(_make_job(channel="telegram", to="c1", name="t2"))
+    await handler(_make_job(channel="cli", deliver=False, name="t2"))
 
     system_events.enqueue.assert_called_once()
     assert "(no response)" in system_events.enqueue.call_args.args[0].text