diff --git a/apps/sim/app/api/schedules/execute/route.test.ts b/apps/sim/app/api/schedules/execute/route.test.ts
index 2fe434e87b2..2d0fa95ff55 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/api/schedules/execute/route.test.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/api/schedules/execute/route.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ vi.mock('@/background/schedule-execution', () => ({
   executeScheduleJob: mockExecuteScheduleJob,
   executeJobInline: mockExecuteJobInline,
   releaseScheduleLock: mockReleaseScheduleLock,
+  buildScheduleFailureUpdate: (now: Date, nextRunAt: Date | null) => ({
+    updatedAt: now,
+    lastQueuedAt: null,
+    nextRunAt,
+    failedCount: { type: 'sql' },
+    lastFailedAt: now,
+    status: { type: 'sql' },
+    infraRetryCount: 0,
+  }),
 }))
 
 vi.mock('@/lib/core/config/feature-flags', () => mockFeatureFlags)
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/api/schedules/execute/route.ts b/apps/sim/app/api/schedules/execute/route.ts
index 6dedd8d7494..414ae81047b 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/api/schedules/execute/route.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/api/schedules/execute/route.ts
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ import {
   SCHEDULE_WORKFLOW_ENQUEUE_LIMIT,
 } from '@/lib/workflows/schedules/execution-limits'
 import {
+  buildScheduleFailureUpdate,
   executeJobInline,
   executeScheduleJob,
   releaseScheduleLock,
   type ScheduleExecutionPayload,
 } from '@/background/schedule-execution'
-import { MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES } from '@/triggers/constants'
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic'
 export const maxDuration = 3600
@@ -321,15 +321,7 @@ async function markClaimedScheduleFailed(
   const now = new Date()
   await db
     .update(workflowSchedule)
-    .set({
-      updatedAt: now,
-      lastQueuedAt: null,
-      lastFailedAt: now,
-      nextRunAt: getScheduleNextRunAt(schedule, now),
-      failedCount: sql`COALESCE(${workflowSchedule.failedCount}, 0) + 1`,
-      status: sql`CASE WHEN COALESCE(${workflowSchedule.failedCount}, 0) + 1 >= ${MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES} THEN 'disabled' ELSE 'active' END`,
-      infraRetryCount: 0,
-    })
+    .set(buildScheduleFailureUpdate(now, getScheduleNextRunAt(schedule, now)))
     .where(
       and(
         eq(workflowSchedule.id, schedule.id),
@@ -482,15 +474,7 @@ async function recoverStaleDatabaseScheduleJobs(now: Date): Promise<void> {
 
       await tx
         .update(workflowSchedule)
-        .set({
-          updatedAt: now,
-          lastQueuedAt: null,
-          lastFailedAt: now,
-          nextRunAt: getScheduleNextRunAt(payload, now),
-          failedCount: sql`COALESCE(${workflowSchedule.failedCount}, 0) + 1`,
-          status: sql`CASE WHEN COALESCE(${workflowSchedule.failedCount}, 0) + 1 >= ${MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES} THEN 'disabled' ELSE 'active' END`,
-          infraRetryCount: 0,
-        })
+        .set(buildScheduleFailureUpdate(now, getScheduleNextRunAt(payload, now)))
         .where(
           and(
             eq(workflowSchedule.id, payload.scheduleId),
diff --git a/apps/sim/background/schedule-execution.ts b/apps/sim/background/schedule-execution.ts
index 4c240e5f1e7..b90886d7f71 100644
--- a/apps/sim/background/schedule-execution.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/background/schedule-execution.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ function resetScheduleInfraRetryCount(): Pick<WorkflowScheduleUpdate, 'infraRetr
   return { infraRetryCount: 0 }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Builds the schedule update shared by every path that treats a run as a failure:
+ * clears the claim, advances to `nextRunAt`, increments the consecutive-failure
+ * counter, stamps `lastFailedAt`, and auto-disables once `MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES`
+ * is reached. Centralizing this keeps all failure branches (preprocessing,
+ * execution, exhausted infra retries, usage limit) from diverging — only the
+ * `nextRunAt` cadence differs per caller.
+ */
+export function buildScheduleFailureUpdate(
+  now: Date,
+  nextRunAt: Date | null
+): WorkflowScheduleUpdate {
+  return {
+    updatedAt: now,
+    lastQueuedAt: null,
+    nextRunAt,
+    failedCount: incrementScheduleFailedCount(),
+    lastFailedAt: now,
+    status: scheduleStatusAfterFailedCountIncrement(),
+    ...resetScheduleInfraRetryCount(),
+  }
+}
+
 type RunWorkflowResult =
   | {
       status: 'skip'
@@ -191,15 +214,7 @@ async function retryScheduleAfterInfraFailure({
     const nextRunAt = await determineNextRunAfterError(payload, now, requestId)
     await applyScheduleUpdate(
       payload.scheduleId,
-      {
-        updatedAt: now,
-        nextRunAt,
-        lastQueuedAt: null,
-        failedCount: incrementScheduleFailedCount(),
-        lastFailedAt: now,
-        status: scheduleStatusAfterFailedCountIncrement(),
-        ...resetScheduleInfraRetryCount(),
-      },
+      buildScheduleFailureUpdate(now, nextRunAt),
       requestId,
       `Error updating schedule ${payload.scheduleId} after exhausted infrastructure retries`,
       { expectedLastQueuedAt: claimedAt }
@@ -777,17 +792,22 @@ export async function executeScheduleJob(payload: ScheduleExecutionPayload) {
           }
 
           case 402: {
-            logger.warn(`[${requestId}] Usage limit exceeded, scheduling next run`)
+            /**
+             * Usage limits are a billing state, not a broken workflow, but they only
+             * clear on billing-period rollover or upgrade. Keep retrying at the normal
+             * cadence, but count each hit toward the shared auto-disable threshold so an
+             * abandoned over-limit schedule eventually stops instead of running forever.
+             * A successful run resets failedCount, so transient overages self-heal.
+             */
             const nextRunAt =
               (await calculateNextRunFromDeployment(payload, requestId)) ??
               new Date(now.getTime() + 60 * 60 * 1000)
+            logger.warn(`[${requestId}] Usage limit exceeded, counting as failed run`, {
+              scheduleId: payload.scheduleId,
+              nextRunAt: nextRunAt.toISOString(),
+            })
             await updateClaimedSchedule(
-              {
-                updatedAt: now,
-                lastQueuedAt: null,
-                nextRunAt,
-                ...resetScheduleInfraRetryCount(),
-              },
+              buildScheduleFailureUpdate(now, nextRunAt),
               `Error updating schedule ${payload.scheduleId} after usage limit check`
             )
             return
@@ -809,15 +829,7 @@ export async function executeScheduleJob(payload: ScheduleExecutionPayload) {
             const nextRunAt = await determineNextRunAfterError(payload, now, requestId)
 
             await updateClaimedSchedule(
-              {
-                updatedAt: now,
-                lastQueuedAt: null,
-                nextRunAt,
-                failedCount: incrementScheduleFailedCount(),
-                lastFailedAt: now,
-                status: scheduleStatusAfterFailedCountIncrement(),
-                ...resetScheduleInfraRetryCount(),
-              },
+              buildScheduleFailureUpdate(now, nextRunAt),
               `Error updating schedule ${payload.scheduleId} after preprocessing failure`
             )
             return
@@ -914,15 +926,7 @@ export async function executeScheduleJob(payload: ScheduleExecutionPayload) {
         const nextRunAt = calculateNextRunTime(payload, executionResult.blocks)
 
         await updateClaimedSchedule(
-          {
-            updatedAt: now,
-            lastQueuedAt: null,
-            nextRunAt,
-            failedCount: incrementScheduleFailedCount(),
-            lastFailedAt: now,
-            status: scheduleStatusAfterFailedCountIncrement(),
-            ...resetScheduleInfraRetryCount(),
-          },
+          buildScheduleFailureUpdate(now, nextRunAt),
           `Error updating schedule ${payload.scheduleId} after failure`
         )
       } catch (error: unknown) {
@@ -934,15 +938,7 @@ export async function executeScheduleJob(payload: ScheduleExecutionPayload) {
         const nextRunAt = await determineNextRunAfterError(payload, now, requestId)
 
         await updateClaimedSchedule(
-          {
-            updatedAt: now,
-            lastQueuedAt: null,
-            nextRunAt,
-            failedCount: incrementScheduleFailedCount(),
-            lastFailedAt: now,
-            status: scheduleStatusAfterFailedCountIncrement(),
-            ...resetScheduleInfraRetryCount(),
-          },
+          buildScheduleFailureUpdate(now, nextRunAt),
           `Error updating schedule ${payload.scheduleId} after execution error`
         )
       }