diff --git a/internal/orchestrator/orchestrator.go b/internal/orchestrator/orchestrator.go
index b6b0be0..2836b85 100644
--- a/internal/orchestrator/orchestrator.go
+++ b/internal/orchestrator/orchestrator.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (o *Orchestrator) Run(ctx context.Context, taskID int64) (int64, error) {
 		_ = o.store.SetTaskStatus(ctx, taskID, "error")
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	runID, err := o.store.CreateRun(ctx, taskID)
+	runID, err := o.store.CreateRun(ctx, taskID, "manual")
 	if err != nil {
 		_ = o.store.SetTaskStatus(ctx, taskID, "error")
 		return 0, err
diff --git a/internal/store/crud_test.go b/internal/store/crud_test.go
index 1b865dc..fdf3392 100644
--- a/internal/store/crud_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/crud_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestDeleteTaskCascades(t *testing.T) {
 	ep2, _ := s.CreateEndpoint(ctx, Endpoint{RoleLabel: "d", Host: "b", Port: 993, TLSMode: "ssl"})
 	taskID, _ := s.CreateTask(ctx, Task{Name: "t", SrcEndpointID: ep1, DstEndpointID: ep2})
 	accID, _ := s.CreateAccount(ctx, Account{TaskID: taskID, SrcLogin: "u", SrcPassEnc: "x", DstLogin: "v", DstPassEnc: "y"})
-	_, _ = s.CreateRun(ctx, taskID)
+	_, _ = s.CreateRun(ctx, taskID, "manual")
 
 	if err := s.DeleteTask(ctx, taskID); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("delete task: %v", err)
diff --git a/internal/store/runs.go b/internal/store/runs.go
index ac0075a..43ba984 100644
--- a/internal/store/runs.go
+++ b/internal/store/runs.go
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 package store
 
-import "context"
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+)
 
 type Run struct {
-	ID           int64
-	TaskID       int64
-	Status       string
-	TotalCopied  int64
-	TotalSkipped int64
-	TotalErrors  int64
+	ID           int64      `json:"id"`
+	TaskID       int64      `json:"task_id"`
+	Status       string     `json:"status"`
+	StartedAt    time.Time  `json:"started_at"`
+	FinishedAt   *time.Time `json:"finished_at"`
+	TotalCopied  int64      `json:"total_copied"`
+	TotalSkipped int64      `json:"total_skipped"`
+	TotalErrors  int64      `json:"total_errors"`
+	Trigger      string     `json:"trigger"`
 }
 
-func (s *Store) CreateRun(ctx context.Context, taskID int64) (int64, error) {
+func (s *Store) CreateRun(ctx context.Context, taskID int64, trigger string) (int64, error) {
 	var id int64
 	err := s.Pool.QueryRow(ctx,
-		`INSERT INTO runs (task_id) VALUES ($1) RETURNING id`, taskID).Scan(&id)
+		`INSERT INTO runs (task_id, trigger) VALUES ($1,$2) RETURNING id`, taskID, trigger).Scan(&id)
 	return id, err
 }
 
@@ -25,3 +31,34 @@ func (s *Store) FinishRun(ctx context.Context, id int64, status string, copied,
 		id, status, copied, skipped, errs)
 	return err
 }
+
+// ListRunsByTask returns a task's runs, newest first, for the run-log modal.
+func (s *Store) ListRunsByTask(ctx context.Context, taskID int64) ([]Run, error) {
+	rows, err := s.Pool.Query(ctx,
+		`SELECT id, task_id, started_at, finished_at, status,
+		        total_copied, total_skipped, total_errors, trigger
+		 FROM runs WHERE task_id=$1 ORDER BY id DESC`, taskID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	out := []Run{}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var r Run
+		if err := rows.Scan(&r.ID, &r.TaskID, &r.StartedAt, &r.FinishedAt, &r.Status,
+			&r.TotalCopied, &r.TotalSkipped, &r.TotalErrors, &r.Trigger); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out = append(out, r)
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// LastFinishedRunAt returns the most recent finished run's timestamp, or nil if
+// the task has never completed a run — the baseline for the next scheduled run.
+func (s *Store) LastFinishedRunAt(ctx context.Context, taskID int64) (*time.Time, error) {
+	var t *time.Time
+	err := s.Pool.QueryRow(ctx,
+		`SELECT max(finished_at) FROM runs WHERE task_id=$1 AND finished_at IS NOT NULL`, taskID).Scan(&t)
+	return t, err
+}
diff --git a/internal/store/scheduling_test.go b/internal/store/scheduling_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f98f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/store/scheduling_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestTaskScheduleAndBroken(t *testing.T) {
+	s := testStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	epSrc, _ := s.CreateEndpoint(ctx, Endpoint{RoleLabel: "src", Host: "a", Port: 993, TLSMode: "ssl"})
+	epDst, _ := s.CreateEndpoint(ctx, Endpoint{RoleLabel: "dst", Host: "b", Port: 993, TLSMode: "ssl"})
+	taskID, _ := s.CreateTask(ctx, Task{Name: "t", SrcEndpointID: epSrc, DstEndpointID: epDst})
+
+	// Defaults: no schedule, not broken.
+	tk, _ := s.GetTask(ctx, taskID)
+	if tk.ScheduleIntervalSeconds != 0 || tk.Broken || tk.ScheduleAnchor != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("defaults: interval=%d broken=%v anchor=%v", tk.ScheduleIntervalSeconds, tk.Broken, tk.ScheduleAnchor)
+	}
+
+	// Enable → interval set, anchor stamped, appears in schedulable list.
+	if err := s.SetTaskSchedule(ctx, taskID, 3600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("set schedule: %v", err)
+	}
+	tk, _ = s.GetTask(ctx, taskID)
+	if tk.ScheduleIntervalSeconds != 3600 || tk.ScheduleAnchor == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("after enable: interval=%d anchor=%v", tk.ScheduleIntervalSeconds, tk.ScheduleAnchor)
+	}
+	sch, _ := s.ListSchedulableTasks(ctx)
+	if len(sch) != 1 || sch[0].ID != taskID || sch[0].IntervalSeconds != 3600 || sch[0].LastFinished != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("schedulable: %+v", sch)
+	}
+
+	// Breaker → broken true, interval 0, drops out of schedulable list.
+	if err := s.SetTaskBroken(ctx, taskID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("set broken: %v", err)
+	}
+	tk, _ = s.GetTask(ctx, taskID)
+	if !tk.Broken || tk.ScheduleIntervalSeconds != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("after break: broken=%v interval=%d", tk.Broken, tk.ScheduleIntervalSeconds)
+	}
+	if sch, _ := s.ListSchedulableTasks(ctx); len(sch) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("broken task still schedulable: %+v", sch)
+	}
+
+	// Re-enable clears broken.
+	_ = s.SetTaskSchedule(ctx, taskID, 21600)
+	if tk, _ = s.GetTask(ctx, taskID); tk.Broken {
+		t.Fatalf("re-enable did not clear broken")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListRunsByTaskWithTrigger(t *testing.T) {
+	s := testStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	epSrc, _ := s.CreateEndpoint(ctx, Endpoint{RoleLabel: "src", Host: "a", Port: 993, TLSMode: "ssl"})
+	epDst, _ := s.CreateEndpoint(ctx, Endpoint{RoleLabel: "dst", Host: "b", Port: 993, TLSMode: "ssl"})
+	taskID, _ := s.CreateTask(ctx, Task{Name: "t", SrcEndpointID: epSrc, DstEndpointID: epDst})
+
+	r1, _ := s.CreateRun(ctx, taskID, "manual")
+	_ = s.FinishRun(ctx, r1, "done", 5, 1, 0)
+	_, _ = s.CreateRun(ctx, taskID, "scheduled") // still running (no finish)
+
+	runs, err := s.ListRunsByTask(ctx, taskID)
+	if err != nil || len(runs) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("list runs: %v len=%d", err, len(runs))
+	}
+	// newest first
+	if runs[0].Trigger != "scheduled" || runs[0].FinishedAt != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("run[0]: %+v", runs[0])
+	}
+	if runs[1].Trigger != "manual" || runs[1].FinishedAt == nil || runs[1].TotalCopied != 5 {
+		t.Fatalf("run[1]: %+v", runs[1])
+	}
+
+	// Last finished-at reflects the finished manual run.
+	lf, _ := s.LastFinishedRunAt(ctx, taskID)
+	if lf == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LastFinishedRunAt nil, want the finished run's time")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/store/tasks.go b/internal/store/tasks.go
index b0b8b86..4646aa6 100644
--- a/internal/store/tasks.go
+++ b/internal/store/tasks.go
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 package store
 
-import "context"
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+)
 
 type Task struct {
-	ID            int64             `json:"id"`
-	Name          string            `json:"name"`
-	SrcEndpointID int64             `json:"src_endpoint_id"`
-	DstEndpointID int64             `json:"dst_endpoint_id"`
-	Status        string            `json:"status"`
-	FolderMapping map[string]string `json:"folder_mapping"`
+	ID                      int64             `json:"id"`
+	Name                    string            `json:"name"`
+	SrcEndpointID           int64             `json:"src_endpoint_id"`
+	DstEndpointID           int64             `json:"dst_endpoint_id"`
+	Status                  string            `json:"status"`
+	FolderMapping           map[string]string `json:"folder_mapping"`
+	ScheduleIntervalSeconds int64             `json:"schedule_interval_seconds"`
+	ScheduleAnchor          *time.Time        `json:"-"`
+	Broken                  bool              `json:"broken"`
 }
 
 func (s *Store) CreateTask(ctx context.Context, t Task) (int64, error) {
@@ -26,9 +32,11 @@ func (s *Store) CreateTask(ctx context.Context, t Task) (int64, error) {
 func (s *Store) GetTask(ctx context.Context, id int64) (Task, error) {
 	var t Task
 	err := s.Pool.QueryRow(ctx,
-		`SELECT id, name, src_endpoint_id, dst_endpoint_id, status, folder_mapping
+		`SELECT id, name, src_endpoint_id, dst_endpoint_id, status, folder_mapping,
+		        schedule_interval_seconds, schedule_anchor, broken
 		 FROM tasks WHERE id=$1`, id).
-		Scan(&t.ID, &t.Name, &t.SrcEndpointID, &t.DstEndpointID, &t.Status, &t.FolderMapping)
+		Scan(&t.ID, &t.Name, &t.SrcEndpointID, &t.DstEndpointID, &t.Status, &t.FolderMapping,
+			&t.ScheduleIntervalSeconds, &t.ScheduleAnchor, &t.Broken)
 	return t, err
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +48,8 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteTask(ctx context.Context, id int64) error {
 
 func (s *Store) ListTasks(ctx context.Context) ([]Task, error) {
 	rows, err := s.Pool.Query(ctx,
-		`SELECT id, name, src_endpoint_id, dst_endpoint_id, status, folder_mapping
+		`SELECT id, name, src_endpoint_id, dst_endpoint_id, status, folder_mapping,
+		        schedule_interval_seconds, schedule_anchor, broken
 		 FROM tasks ORDER BY id DESC`)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -49,7 +58,8 @@ func (s *Store) ListTasks(ctx context.Context) ([]Task, error) {
 	out := []Task{}
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var t Task
-		if err := rows.Scan(&t.ID, &t.Name, &t.SrcEndpointID, &t.DstEndpointID, &t.Status, &t.FolderMapping); err != nil {
+		if err := rows.Scan(&t.ID, &t.Name, &t.SrcEndpointID, &t.DstEndpointID, &t.Status, &t.FolderMapping,
+			&t.ScheduleIntervalSeconds, &t.ScheduleAnchor, &t.Broken); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		out = append(out, t)
@@ -80,3 +90,54 @@ func (s *Store) TryMarkTaskRunning(ctx context.Context, id int64) (bool, error)
 	}
 	return ct.RowsAffected() == 1, nil
 }
+
+// SetTaskSchedule sets the recurrence interval (0 = off), stamps the anchor when
+// enabling (the first run is one interval after this), and clears broken — any
+// explicit schedule change un-breaks the task.
+func (s *Store) SetTaskSchedule(ctx context.Context, id, intervalSeconds int64) error {
+	_, err := s.Pool.Exec(ctx,
+		`UPDATE tasks SET schedule_interval_seconds=$2,
+		 schedule_anchor = CASE WHEN $2 > 0 THEN now() ELSE schedule_anchor END,
+		 broken = false
+		 WHERE id=$1`, id, intervalSeconds)
+	return err
+}
+
+// SetTaskBroken trips the schedule breaker: disables the schedule and flags the
+// task for operator attention.
+func (s *Store) SetTaskBroken(ctx context.Context, id int64) error {
+	_, err := s.Pool.Exec(ctx,
+		`UPDATE tasks SET broken=true, schedule_interval_seconds=0 WHERE id=$1`, id)
+	return err
+}
+
+// SchedulableTask is the per-tick decision input for the scheduler.
+type SchedulableTask struct {
+	ID              int64
+	IntervalSeconds int64
+	Anchor          time.Time
+	LastFinished    *time.Time
+}
+
+// ListSchedulableTasks returns tasks eligible to auto-run: schedule on, not
+// broken, not currently running — each joined with its last finished run time.
+func (s *Store) ListSchedulableTasks(ctx context.Context) ([]SchedulableTask, error) {
+	rows, err := s.Pool.Query(ctx,
+		`SELECT t.id, t.schedule_interval_seconds, t.schedule_anchor,
+		        (SELECT max(finished_at) FROM runs r WHERE r.task_id=t.id AND r.finished_at IS NOT NULL)
+		 FROM tasks t
+		 WHERE t.schedule_interval_seconds > 0 AND NOT t.broken AND t.status <> 'running'`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	out := []SchedulableTask{}
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var st SchedulableTask
+		if err := rows.Scan(&st.ID, &st.IntervalSeconds, &st.Anchor, &st.LastFinished); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out = append(out, st)
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
diff --git a/migrations/0004_task_scheduling.down.sql b/migrations/0004_task_scheduling.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6973261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0004_task_scheduling.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ALTER TABLE runs  DROP COLUMN trigger;
+ALTER TABLE tasks DROP COLUMN broken;
+ALTER TABLE tasks DROP COLUMN schedule_anchor;
+ALTER TABLE tasks DROP COLUMN schedule_interval_seconds;
diff --git a/migrations/0004_task_scheduling.up.sql b/migrations/0004_task_scheduling.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..526e4f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/0004_task_scheduling.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ALTER TABLE tasks ADD COLUMN schedule_interval_seconds INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
+ALTER TABLE tasks ADD COLUMN schedule_anchor TIMESTAMPTZ;
+ALTER TABLE tasks ADD COLUMN broken BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false;
+ALTER TABLE runs  ADD COLUMN trigger TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'manual';