diff --git a/config/hwlab-web-probe-sentinel/profiles.yaml b/config/hwlab-web-probe-sentinel/profiles.yaml
index 081c1c37..460be77c 100644
--- a/config/hwlab-web-probe-sentinel/profiles.yaml
+++ b/config/hwlab-web-probe-sentinel/profiles.yaml
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ nodes:
             scenarioId: workbench-dsflash-go-hwpod-two-turn-freeze-repro
             maxSeconds: 360
             serviceUnavailablePolicy: structured-failure
+            cadenceScheduler:
+              enabled: false
+              reason: cicd-health-endpoint-only
         secrets:
           sources:
             - <<: *jd01-bootstrap-source
diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-sentinel-cicd.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-sentinel-cicd.ts
index b780f33f..773bb842 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-sentinel-cicd.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-web-sentinel-cicd.ts
@@ -1102,6 +1102,8 @@ function sentinelCadenceCronJobPlan(
   imageRef: string,
   sentinelEnv: readonly Record<string, unknown>[],
 ): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+  const cadenceSchedulerEnabled = booleanAtNullable(cicd, "targetValidation.cadenceScheduler.enabled") === true;
+  if (!cadenceSchedulerEnabled) return null;
   const scenarioId = stringAtNullable(cicd, "targetValidation.scenarioId");
   if (scenarioId === null) return null;
   const scenario = scenarioRows(scenarios).find((item) => item.id === scenarioId && item.enabled !== false) ?? null;
@@ -3440,6 +3442,11 @@ export function numberAtNullable(value: unknown, path: string): number | null {
   return typeof found === "number" && Number.isFinite(found) ? found : null;
 }
 
+function booleanAtNullable(value: unknown, path: string): boolean | null {
+  const found = valueAtPath(value, path);
+  return typeof found === "boolean" ? found : null;
+}
+
 export function displayPath(pathValue: string): string {
   if (pathValue.startsWith(`${repoRoot}/`)) return pathValue.slice(repoRoot.length + 1);
   const marker = "/.worktree/";