diff --git a/hermes_cli/kanban_db.py b/hermes_cli/kanban_db.py
index 28ea93aa4e8..da5703240d9 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/kanban_db.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/kanban_db.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ from toolsets import get_toolset_names
 # Constants
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-VALID_STATUSES = {"triage", "todo", "ready", "running", "blocked", "done", "archived"}
+VALID_STATUSES = {"triage", "todo", "scheduled", "ready", "running", "blocked", "done", "archived"}
 VALID_WORKSPACE_KINDS = {"scratch", "worktree", "dir"}
 KNOWN_TOOLSET_NAMES = frozenset(name.casefold() for name in get_toolset_names())
 _IS_WINDOWS = sys.platform == "win32"
diff --git a/plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py b/plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py
index d8ad71e9e24..5ed0e6144d2 100644
--- a/plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py
+++ b/plugins/kanban/dashboard/plugin_api.py
@@ -129,8 +129,14 @@ def _conn(board: Optional[str] = None):
 
 # Columns shown by the dashboard, in left-to-right order. "archived" is
 # available via a filter toggle rather than a visible column.
+#
+# Keep this in sync with kanban_db.VALID_STATUSES.  In particular,
+# ``scheduled`` is a first-class waiting column used for time-based follow-ups;
+# if it is omitted here, the board-level fallback below mis-buckets scheduled
+# tasks into ``todo`` and makes the dashboard look like the Scheduled column
+# disappeared.
 BOARD_COLUMNS: list[str] = [
-    "triage", "todo", "ready", "running", "blocked", "done",
+    "triage", "todo", "scheduled", "ready", "running", "blocked", "done",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py b/tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py
index 6b9acac3a87..50da5071e3c 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_kanban_dashboard_plugin.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ def test_board_empty(client):
     data = r.json()
     # All canonical columns present (triage + the rest), each empty.
     names = [c["name"] for c in data["columns"]]
-    for expected in ("triage", "todo", "ready", "running", "blocked", "done"):
+    assert set(names) == kb.VALID_STATUSES - {"archived"}
+    for expected in ("triage", "todo", "scheduled", "ready", "running", "blocked", "done"):
         assert expected in names, f"missing column {expected}: {names}"
     assert all(len(c["tasks"]) == 0 for c in data["columns"])
     assert data["tenants"] == []
@@ -113,6 +114,31 @@ def test_create_task_appears_on_board(client):
     assert "researcher" in data["assignees"]
 
 
+def test_scheduled_tasks_have_their_own_column_not_todo(client):
+    """Scheduled/time-delay tasks must not be silently bucketed into todo."""
+
+    task = client.post(
+        "/api/plugins/kanban/tasks",
+        json={"title": "wait for indexed data", "assignee": "ops"},
+    ).json()["task"]
+
+    conn = kb.connect()
+    try:
+        with kb.write_txn(conn):
+            conn.execute(
+                "UPDATE tasks SET status = 'scheduled' WHERE id = ?",
+                (task["id"],),
+            )
+    finally:
+        conn.close()
+
+    r = client.get("/api/plugins/kanban/board")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    columns = {c["name"]: c["tasks"] for c in r.json()["columns"]}
+    assert any(t["id"] == task["id"] for t in columns["scheduled"])
+    assert not any(t["id"] == task["id"] for t in columns["todo"])
+
+
 def test_tenant_filter(client):
     client.post("/api/plugins/kanban/tasks", json={"title": "A", "tenant": "t1"})
     client.post("/api/plugins/kanban/tasks", json={"title": "B", "tenant": "t2"})