diff --git a/src/lib/daily/__tests__/digest.test.ts b/src/lib/daily/__tests__/digest.test.ts
index 5283974a8..1ae88dcbd 100644
--- a/src/lib/daily/__tests__/digest.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/daily/__tests__/digest.test.ts
@@ -1354,7 +1354,10 @@ describe("buildDailyDigest — due check-ups and today's visits hold their place
 
   it("keeps a due check-up on a full rail", () => {
     const d = buildDailyDigest(
-      input({ ...crowd, preventiveDue: [{ label: "Skin check" }] }),
+      input({
+        ...crowd,
+        preventiveDue: [{ label: "Skin check", staysDue: true }],
+      }),
       t,
     );
     expect(d.worthALook).toHaveLength(MAX_WORTH_A_LOOK);
@@ -1363,6 +1366,14 @@ describe("buildDailyDigest — due check-ups and today's visits hold their place
     expect(d.worthALook[0].kind).toBe("dose_window");
   });
 
+  it("does not pin a short-cycle reminder: it rolls on anyway", () => {
+    const d = buildDailyDigest(
+      input({ ...crowd, preventiveDue: [{ label: "Weigh-in" }] }),
+      t,
+    );
+    expect(d.worthALook.map((i) => i.kind)).not.toContain("preventive_care");
+  });
+
   it("keeps today's visit on a full rail", () => {
     const d = buildDailyDigest(
       input({ ...crowd, upcomingVisits: [visit()] }),
@@ -1375,7 +1386,7 @@ describe("buildDailyDigest — due check-ups and today's visits hold their place
     const d = buildDailyDigest(
       input({
         ...crowd,
-        preventiveDue: [{ label: "Skin check" }],
+        preventiveDue: [{ label: "Skin check", staysDue: true }],
         upcomingVisits: [visit()],
       }),
       t,
diff --git a/src/lib/daily/__tests__/load-digest.test.ts b/src/lib/daily/__tests__/load-digest.test.ts
index d08d83728..c52a90995 100644
--- a/src/lib/daily/__tests__/load-digest.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/daily/__tests__/load-digest.test.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,22 @@ describe("loadDailyDigest — AI parts", () => {
   });
 });
 
+/** A reminder row as the preventive read selects it; due this morning. */
+function reminderRow(over: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+  return {
+    label: "Skin check",
+    origin: "VORSORGE",
+    intervalDays: null,
+    rrule: "FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1",
+    anchorDate: null,
+    notifyHour: 9,
+    lastSatisfiedAt: null,
+    createdAt: new Date("2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"),
+    nextDueAt: new Date("2026-07-17T07:00:00.000Z"),
+    ...over,
+  };
+}
+
 // v1.39.2 — the two reads behind the check-up and visit rail items. NOW is
 // 11:00 in Berlin on 2026-07-17, so the local day runs 2026-07-16T22:00Z to
 // 2026-07-17T22:00Z.
@@ -370,8 +386,8 @@ describe("loadDailyDigest — due check-ups and today's visits", () => {
       await import("@/lib/i18n/server-translator");
     vi.mocked(getServerTranslator).mockReturnValueOnce({ t } as never);
     vi.mocked(prisma.measurementReminder.findMany).mockResolvedValueOnce([
-      { label: "coach.cadence.bp7day.label", origin: "COACH" },
-      { label: "coach.cadence.bp7day.label", origin: "VORSORGE" },
+      reminderRow({ label: "coach.cadence.bp7day.label", origin: "COACH" }),
+      reminderRow({ label: "coach.cadence.bp7day.label" }),
     ] as never);
 
     await loadDailyDigest(USER, NOW);
@@ -380,4 +396,56 @@ describe("loadDailyDigest — due check-ups and today's visits", () => {
       labels: "Blood pressure week, coach.cadence.bp7day.label",
     });
   });
+
+  // Watched red: with every reminder due before the end of the day on the
+  // rail, a daily weigh-in at 20:00 read "check-up due" from the morning on.
+  it("shows a reminder that stays due from the morning of its day", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.measurementReminder.findMany).mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      reminderRow({
+        label: "PHQ-9",
+        measurementType: "PHQ9_SCORE",
+        rrule: null,
+        intervalDays: 14,
+        nextDueAt: new Date("2026-07-17T16:00:00.000Z"), // 18:00 today
+      }),
+    ] as never);
+
+    const digest = await loadDailyDigest(USER, NOW);
+
+    expect(digest.worthALook.map((i) => i.kind)).toContain("preventive_care");
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a short-cycle reminder due later today off until its time", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.measurementReminder.findMany).mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      reminderRow({
+        label: "Weigh-in",
+        measurementType: "WEIGHT",
+        rrule: null,
+        intervalDays: 1,
+        notifyHour: 20,
+        nextDueAt: new Date("2026-07-17T18:00:00.000Z"), // 20:00 today
+      }),
+    ] as never);
+
+    const digest = await loadDailyDigest(USER, NOW);
+
+    expect(digest.worthALook.map((i) => i.kind)).not.toContain(
+      "preventive_care",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("shows a short-cycle reminder once its time has come", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.measurementReminder.findMany).mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      reminderRow({
+        label: "Weigh-in",
+        rrule: null,
+        intervalDays: 1,
+        nextDueAt: new Date("2026-07-17T06:00:00.000Z"), // 08:00 today
+      }),
+    ] as never);
+
+    const digest = await loadDailyDigest(USER, NOW);
+
+    expect(digest.worthALook.map((i) => i.kind)).toContain("preventive_care");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/daily/digest.ts b/src/lib/daily/digest.ts
index 9441f5344..ad03736fd 100644
--- a/src/lib/daily/digest.ts
+++ b/src/lib/daily/digest.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ export interface DailyDigestSyncIssue {
 export interface DailyDigestPreventiveDue {
   /** Display label, already resolved (a Coach cadence key is translated). */
   label: string;
+  /**
+   * Whether this reminder stays due after it is sent (a cycle longer than a
+   * week, or none). Only such a reminder earns the check-up item a place
+   * under the rail cap; a short-cycle rhythm rolls on by itself.
+   */
+  staysDue?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -670,8 +676,9 @@ function buildUpcomingVisitItems(
 /**
  * The bounded rail: at most `max` items, in priority order, with the pinned
  * items guaranteed a place. A pinned item is one a person can miss for good if
- * the cap drops it today: a check-up that is due or overdue (its reminder has
- * already gone out) and a visit booked for today (the day ends). The rest fill
+ * the cap drops it today: a reminder that stays due and is due or overdue
+ * (its notification has already gone out, and it will not roll on by itself)
+ * and a visit booked for today (the day ends). The rest fill
  * the remaining slots in order, and the result keeps the priority order, so an
  * overdue dose still leads.
  */
@@ -1116,9 +1123,10 @@ export function buildDailyDigest(
   // Due check-ups and today's visits keep their place under the cap (see
   // `capWithPinned`); they still sit below a dose in the displayed order.
   const pinned = new Set<PriorityItem>(
-    [preventive, visits.today].filter(
-      (item): item is PriorityItem => item !== null,
-    ),
+    [
+      input.preventiveDue.some((due) => due.staysDue) ? preventive : null,
+      visits.today,
+    ].filter((item): item is PriorityItem => item !== null),
   );
   // S11 — the calm, informational tension marker sits last: it is context, not
   // an action that expires, so a time-sensitive dose / sync / check-in wins the
diff --git a/src/lib/daily/load-digest.ts b/src/lib/daily/load-digest.ts
index 97c164a58..b85fb5311 100644
--- a/src/lib/daily/load-digest.ts
+++ b/src/lib/daily/load-digest.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 import { userDayKey } from "@/lib/tz/format";
 import { getUserTodayBounds } from "@/lib/tz/local-day";
 import { calendarDaysUntil } from "@/lib/measurement-reminders/due-day";
+import { holdsOpenAfterReminder } from "@/lib/measurement-reminders/holds-open";
 import { cachedSwr, caches, type ServerCache } from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
 import { DASHBOARD_REFETCH_INTERVAL_MS } from "@/lib/queries/refetch-interval";
 import { isArrivalKind } from "@/lib/arrivals/types";
@@ -407,10 +408,11 @@ export async function loadDailyDigest(
       // proves every one of them, and the DTO mapper refuses such a row
       // outright so a site that lost its filter fails loudly.
       //
-      // Due TODAY or overdue: anything whose due instant falls before the end
-      // of the person's local day, not only what has passed by now. Since
-      // v1.39.2 an open check-up keeps its due date after the reminder, so
-      // the overdue ones stay here until they are done, skipped or snoozed.
+      // Read up to the end of the person's local day; the filter below keeps
+      // what is due now, plus what is due later today when it is a reminder
+      // that stays due (see `holdsOpenAfterReminder`). Since v1.39.2 such a
+      // reminder keeps its due date after it is sent, so the overdue ones
+      // stay here until they are satisfied, skipped or snoozed.
       where: {
         userId: user.id,
         enabled: true,
@@ -418,7 +420,17 @@ export async function loadDailyDigest(
         origin: { not: "ENCOUNTER" },
         nextDueAt: { not: null, lt: todayEndExclusive },
       },
-      select: { label: true, origin: true },
+      select: {
+        label: true,
+        origin: true,
+        intervalDays: true,
+        rrule: true,
+        anchorDate: true,
+        notifyHour: true,
+        lastSatisfiedAt: true,
+        createdAt: true,
+        nextDueAt: true,
+      },
       orderBy: { nextDueAt: "asc" },
       take: PREVENTIVE_DUE_READ_LIMIT,
     }),
@@ -637,11 +649,24 @@ export async function loadDailyDigest(
   // A Coach-suggested measurement cadence stores its label as a bundle key;
   // the checkups page and the dashboard card translate it, and so does this
   // line. A free-text label (every other row) is the person's own words.
-  const preventiveDue: DailyDigestPreventiveDue[] = dueReminders.map((row) => {
-    if (row.origin !== "COACH") return { label: row.label };
-    const translated = t(row.label);
-    return { label: translated === row.label ? row.label : translated };
-  });
+  //
+  // A reminder that stays due after it is sent (a cycle longer than a week,
+  // a fortnightly questionnaire, a yearly check-up) is on the rail for its
+  // whole due day and keeps its place under the cap. A short-cycle one (a
+  // daily weigh-in, a twice-daily course) is a rhythm: it shows only once its
+  // time has come, is not pinned, and its next reading moves it on.
+  const preventiveDue: DailyDigestPreventiveDue[] = [];
+  for (const row of dueReminders) {
+    if (row.nextDueAt === null) continue;
+    const staysDue = holdsOpenAfterReminder(row, user.timezone, row.nextDueAt);
+    if (!staysDue && row.nextDueAt.getTime() > now.getTime()) continue;
+    let label = row.label;
+    if (row.origin === "COACH") {
+      const translated = t(row.label);
+      if (translated !== row.label) label = translated;
+    }
+    preventiveDue.push({ label, staysDue });
+  }
 
   // Group the two figures for the reader. `Intl.NumberFormat` is the only
   // locale-aware step the digest takes on its own; everything else it renders
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/measurement-reminder.test.ts b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/measurement-reminder.test.ts
index a2a644d30..76e43553e 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/measurement-reminder.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/__tests__/measurement-reminder.test.ts
@@ -878,4 +878,49 @@ describe("runMeasurementReminderTick", () => {
     // The evening slot of the same day.
     expect(updates[0].data.nextDueAt).toEqual(new Date("2026-06-15T17:00:00Z"));
   });
+
+  it("skips an already-reminded open slot outside its hour before any read", async () => {
+    const { prisma } = makePrisma({
+      reminders: [
+        checkup({
+          nextDueAt: new Date("2026-06-14T07:00:00Z"),
+          lastNotifiedAt: new Date("2026-06-14T07:00:04Z"),
+        }),
+      ],
+      labMatch: null,
+    });
+    const dispatch = vi.fn<DispatchFn>(async () => OK);
+
+    const summary = await runMeasurementReminderTick(
+      prisma as never,
+      new Date("2026-06-15T12:00:00Z"), // 14:00 Berlin
+      { dispatch },
+    );
+
+    expect(summary.skippedOutsideWindow).toBe(1);
+    expect(prisma.labResult.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("still polls an already-reminded open slot for a result in its hour", async () => {
+    const takenAt = new Date("2026-06-14T18:00:00Z");
+    const { prisma, updates } = makePrisma({
+      reminders: [
+        checkup({
+          nextDueAt: new Date("2026-06-14T07:00:00Z"),
+          lastNotifiedAt: new Date("2026-06-14T07:00:04Z"),
+        }),
+      ],
+      labMatch: { takenAt },
+    });
+    const dispatch = vi.fn<DispatchFn>(async () => OK);
+
+    const summary = await runMeasurementReminderTick(
+      prisma as never,
+      NINE_LOCAL,
+      { dispatch },
+    );
+
+    expect(summary.autoResolved).toBe(1);
+    expect(updates[0].data.lastSatisfiedAt).toEqual(takenAt);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/measurement-reminder.ts b/src/lib/jobs/measurement-reminder.ts
index 6da948ecd..93ca3e0a0 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/measurement-reminder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/measurement-reminder.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *      gated on `lastNotifiedAt` (see `isCheckupRepeatHeld`). A reminder on
  *      a weekly or shorter cycle rolls on to its next slot, which is the
  *      next nudge anyway, and an appointment (`origin: ENCOUNTER`) is
- *      one-shot and closes (see `staysDueAfterReminder`). The per-day claim
+ *      one-shot and closes (see `holdsOpenAfterReminder`). The per-day claim
  *      in `notification_events` stays the guard against a second send on
  *      the same local day.
  *   2. Auto-resolve from an incoming measurement. Before deciding to
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import { findSatisfyingEvent } from "@/lib/measurement-reminders/resolve";
 import { satisfyReminder } from "@/lib/measurement-reminders/satisfy";
 import { evaluateCoachContextReminders } from "@/lib/ai/coach/context-reminders";
 import { calendarDaysUntil } from "@/lib/measurement-reminders/due-day";
+import { holdsOpenAfterReminder } from "@/lib/measurement-reminders/holds-open";
 
 /**
  * v1.18.0 — map a reminder's `measurementType` to the toggleable module
@@ -96,46 +97,9 @@ function moduleForMeasurementType(
  */
 const DUE_QUERY_SLACK_MS = 15 * 60_000;
 
-/**
- * Calendar days an open reminder waits before it is sent again, and the cycle
- * length at or under which a reminder rolls on instead of staying due: a
- * weekly or daily reminder's own next slot comes round at least as soon as the
- * repeat would.
- */
+/** Calendar days an open reminder waits before it is sent again. */
 export const CHECKUP_REPEAT_DAYS = 7;
 
-/**
- * v1.39.2 — whether a delivered reminder leaves the row due.
- *
- * Decided by the cycle length, not by what the reminder asks for. A reminder
- * whose next slot is more than a week away stays due until it is satisfied (a
- * matching reading or lab result, or "done"), skipped or snoozed: rolling it
- * on would file an open task under a slot weeks or a year away. That held for
- * free-text check-ups and for measurement reminders alike; the report that
- * led here was a fortnightly PHQ-9 and GAD-7 pair that each rolled two weeks
- * forward the morning they were reminded, without either questionnaire being
- * filled. A one-shot (no interval, no rule) has no next slot and also stays
- * due. A reminder on a weekly or shorter cycle rolls on as before, because its
- * next slot is the next reminder anyway; holding a daily course on a missed
- * slot would stall it. A cadence with no next slot left rolls to nothing as
- * before. An appointment (`ENCOUNTER`) always stays one-shot.
- */
-export function staysDueAfterReminder(
-  reminder: {
-    origin?: string | null;
-    intervalDays: number | null;
-    rrule: string | null;
-  },
-  rolledTo: Date | null,
-  timezone: string,
-  now: Date,
-): boolean {
-  if (reminder.origin === "ENCOUNTER") return false;
-  if (reminder.intervalDays === null && reminder.rrule === null) return true;
-  if (rolledTo === null) return false;
-  return calendarDaysUntil(rolledTo, now, timezone) > CHECKUP_REPEAT_DAYS;
-}
-
 /**
  * v1.39.2 — whether an open check-up's repeat nudge is still being held.
  *
@@ -322,6 +286,24 @@ export async function runMeasurementReminderTick(
     try {
       const timezone = reminder.user.timezone || "Europe/Berlin";
 
+      // v1.39.2 — a reminder already sent for its current slot stays in
+      // this scan every tick until it is satisfied. Outside its notify hour
+      // there is nothing it could do this tick, so skip it before the
+      // auto-resolve read: the eventful `reminder-satisfy` worker resolves it
+      // the moment a reading or lab result lands, and the safety-net poll
+      // below still runs for it once a day, in the notify hour. The weekly
+      // hold stays after that poll on purpose, so the safety net is daily
+      // rather than weekly.
+      if (
+        reminder.lastNotifiedAt != null &&
+        reminder.nextDueAt !== null &&
+        reminder.lastNotifiedAt.getTime() >= reminder.nextDueAt.getTime() &&
+        wallClockInTz(now, timezone).hour !== reminder.notifyHour
+      ) {
+        summary.skippedOutsideWindow += 1;
+        continue;
+      }
+
       // ── Auto-resolve from an incoming event ────────────────────────
       // Cheap safety-net poll, in the cron (the eventful `reminder-satisfy`
       // worker is the fast path). A typed reminder resolves from a matching
@@ -485,12 +467,14 @@ export async function runMeasurementReminderTick(
       // Dispatch succeeded. Record the delivery; a check-up keeps its due
       // date (it is still open, and `lastNotifiedAt` holds the repeat to a
       // week), everything else rolls on past this slot.
-      const rolledTo = nextSlotAfterReminder(reminder, timezone, now);
       await prisma.measurementReminder.update({
         where: { id: reminder.id },
-        data: staysDueAfterReminder(reminder, rolledTo, timezone, now)
+        data: holdsOpenAfterReminder(reminder, timezone, now)
           ? { lastNotifiedAt: now }
-          : { nextDueAt: rolledTo, lastNotifiedAt: now },
+          : {
+              nextDueAt: nextSlotAfterReminder(reminder, timezone, now),
+              lastNotifiedAt: now,
+            },
       });
       summary.dispatched += 1;
     } catch (err: unknown) {
diff --git a/src/lib/measurement-reminders/__tests__/holds-open.test.ts b/src/lib/measurement-reminders/__tests__/holds-open.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c63f2d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/measurement-reminders/__tests__/holds-open.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/**
+ * v1.39.2 — which reminders stay due after they are sent. One predicate for
+ * the reminder tick, the daily digest and the edit route, so the three cannot
+ * disagree about whether a reminder is an open task or a rhythm.
+ */
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  HOLD_OPEN_MIN_CYCLE_DAYS,
+  holdsOpenAfterReminder,
+} from "../holds-open";
+
+const TZ = "Europe/Berlin";
+const SLOT = new Date("2026-09-26T07:00:00.000Z");
+
+function r(over: Partial<Parameters<typeof holdsOpenAfterReminder>[0]> = {}) {
+  return {
+    origin: "VORSORGE",
+    intervalDays: null as number | null,
+    rrule: null as string | null,
+    anchorDate: null,
+    notifyHour: 9,
+    lastSatisfiedAt: null,
+    createdAt: new Date("2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"),
+    ...over,
+  };
+}
+
+describe("holdsOpenAfterReminder", () => {
+  it("holds a cycle longer than a week open", () => {
+    expect(HOLD_OPEN_MIN_CYCLE_DAYS).toBe(7);
+    expect(holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ intervalDays: 14 }), TZ, SLOT)).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ intervalDays: 8 }), TZ, SLOT)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("lets a weekly or shorter interval roll on", () => {
+    expect(holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ intervalDays: 7 }), TZ, SLOT)).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ intervalDays: 1 }), TZ, SLOT)).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("reads a rule by the gap to its next occurrence", () => {
+    expect(
+      holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ rrule: "FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1" }), TZ, SLOT),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ rrule: "FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=1" }), TZ, SLOT),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ rrule: "FREQ=WEEKLY" }), TZ, SLOT)).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(
+      holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ rrule: "FREQ=DAILY;BYHOUR=9,19" }), TZ, SLOT),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("holds a rule with no occurrence left open: its last slot is the task", () => {
+    expect(
+      holdsOpenAfterReminder(
+        r({ rrule: "FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20260926T235959Z" }),
+        TZ,
+        SLOT,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("holds a reminder with no cadence open", () => {
+    expect(holdsOpenAfterReminder(r(), TZ, SLOT)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("never holds an appointment", () => {
+    expect(holdsOpenAfterReminder(r({ origin: "ENCOUNTER" }), TZ, SLOT)).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(
+      holdsOpenAfterReminder(
+        r({ origin: "ENCOUNTER", intervalDays: 365 }),
+        TZ,
+        SLOT,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("holds the last occurrence open when it is sent", () => {
+    // The tick passes the send instant, a few seconds past the occurrence.
+    expect(
+      holdsOpenAfterReminder(
+        r({ rrule: "FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20260926T235959Z" }),
+        TZ,
+        new Date(SLOT.getTime() + 20_000),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("measures the gap that follows the slot, not the one after it", () => {
+    // Twice a month, on the 3rd and on the 1st: from a slot on the 3rd the
+    // next occurrence is four weeks out, and it is that cycle that is open.
+    const rule = r({ rrule: "FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=1,3" });
+    expect(
+      holdsOpenAfterReminder(rule, TZ, new Date("2026-09-03T07:00:00.000Z")),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      holdsOpenAfterReminder(rule, TZ, new Date("2026-09-01T07:00:00.000Z")),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/measurement-reminders/holds-open.ts b/src/lib/measurement-reminders/holds-open.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f66138528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/measurement-reminders/holds-open.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * v1.39.2 — whether a reminder stays due after it is sent.
+ *
+ * Decided by the cycle length, not by what the reminder asks for. A reminder
+ * whose next slot is more than {@link HOLD_OPEN_MIN_CYCLE_DAYS} days after the
+ * current one stays due until it is satisfied (a matching reading or lab
+ * result, or "done"), skipped or snoozed: rolling it on would file an open
+ * task under a slot weeks or a year away. That holds for free-text check-ups
+ * and measurement reminders alike; the report that led here was a fortnightly
+ * PHQ-9 and GAD-7 pair. A reminder with no cadence, or a rule with no
+ * occurrence left, has no next slot and also stays due: its last slot is the
+ * task. A weekly or shorter cycle rolls on, because its next slot is the next
+ * reminder anyway, and holding a daily course on a missed slot would stall it.
+ * An appointment (`ENCOUNTER`) is always one-shot.
+ *
+ * The one definition. The reminder tick decides with it whether a delivered
+ * reminder rolls on; the daily digest decides with it whether a reminder due
+ * later today belongs on the start page already and keeps its place there;
+ * the edit route decides with it whether re-enabling keeps the open slot.
+ *
+ * A course window (`endsOn`) is deliberately not consulted: it ends a
+ * Coach-suggested measurement course, which is a short-cycle rhythm and rolls
+ * on regardless.
+ */
+import { calendarDaysUntil } from "@/lib/measurement-reminders/due-day";
+import { computeReminderNextDueAt } from "@/lib/measurement-reminders/scheduling";
+
+/** A cycle of at most this many calendar days rolls on after its reminder. */
+export const HOLD_OPEN_MIN_CYCLE_DAYS = 7;
+
+export interface HoldOpenInput {
+  origin?: string | null;
+  intervalDays: number | null;
+  rrule: string | null;
+  anchorDate: Date | null;
+  notifyHour: number;
+  lastSatisfiedAt: Date | null;
+  createdAt: Date;
+}
+
+/**
+ * `slot` is the instant of the current slot: the send instant in the tick
+ * (a few seconds past the occurrence it sends), the stored `nextDueAt`
+ * elsewhere. For a rule the cycle is the calendar-day gap between its next
+ * two occurrences from `slot` on, so the answer does not depend on where
+ * between two occurrences `slot` sits. With one occurrence left the gap is
+ * measured from `slot` to it; with none left the reminder holds open.
+ */
+export function holdsOpenAfterReminder(
+  reminder: HoldOpenInput,
+  timezone: string,
+  slot: Date,
+): boolean {
+  if (reminder.origin === "ENCOUNTER") return false;
+  if (reminder.intervalDays !== null) {
+    return reminder.intervalDays > HOLD_OPEN_MIN_CYCLE_DAYS;
+  }
+  if (reminder.rrule === null) return true;
+  const input = {
+    intervalDays: null,
+    rrule: reminder.rrule,
+    anchorDate: reminder.anchorDate,
+    notifyHour: reminder.notifyHour,
+    lastSatisfiedAt: reminder.lastSatisfiedAt,
+    createdAt: reminder.createdAt,
+  };
+  // At or after `slot`: a stored slot sits exactly on an occurrence.
+  const first = computeReminderNextDueAt(
+    input,
+    timezone,
+    new Date(slot.getTime() - 1),
+  );
+  if (first === null) return true;
+  const second = computeReminderNextDueAt(input, timezone, first);
+  if (second === null) {
+    // `slot` is the last occurrence: nothing to roll on to.
+    if (first.getTime() <= slot.getTime()) return true;
+    return calendarDaysUntil(first, slot, timezone) > HOLD_OPEN_MIN_CYCLE_DAYS;
+  }
+  return calendarDaysUntil(second, first, timezone) > HOLD_OPEN_MIN_CYCLE_DAYS;
+}