diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-04-17-cf7-spam-to-telegram.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-04-17-cf7-spam-to-telegram.md
index ca72e88..b57ad0a 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-04-17-cf7-spam-to-telegram.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-04-17-cf7-spam-to-telegram.md
@@ -2246,6 +2246,13 @@ final class Activator
 
     private static function schedule_events(): void
     {
+        // Register the custom 60-second schedule here — Dispatcher::register_hooks()
+        // runs on plugins_loaded, which is AFTER activation. Without this filter
+        // being in place during activate(), wp_schedule_event with an unknown
+        // recurrence ('cf7stg_every_minute') silently fails and the event never
+        // fires.
+        add_filter('cron_schedules', ['\\Cf7stg\\Dispatcher', 'register_schedule']);
+
         if (!wp_next_scheduled('cf7stg_dispatch')) {
             wp_schedule_event(time() + 60, 'cf7stg_every_minute', 'cf7stg_dispatch');
         }
diff --git a/includes/class-activator.php b/includes/class-activator.php
index 22b1037..a6d8911 100644
--- a/includes/class-activator.php
+++ b/includes/class-activator.php
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ final class Activator
 
     private static function schedule_events(): void
     {
+        // Register the custom 60-second schedule here — Dispatcher::register_hooks()
+        // runs on plugins_loaded, which is AFTER activation. Without this filter
+        // being in place during activate(), wp_schedule_event with an unknown
+        // recurrence ('cf7stg_every_minute') silently fails and the event never
+        // fires.
+        add_filter('cron_schedules', ['\\Cf7stg\\Dispatcher', 'register_schedule']);
+
         if (!wp_next_scheduled('cf7stg_dispatch')) {
             wp_schedule_event(time() + 60, 'cf7stg_every_minute', 'cf7stg_dispatch');
         }