diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/server-startup-feedback-export.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/server-startup-feedback-export.test.ts
index ec7f09bc3ac..e00c8519df7 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/server-startup-feedback-export.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/server-startup-feedback-export.test.ts
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ describe("startServer feedback export wiring", () => {
       expect(heartbeatServiceMock.sweepStaleIssueLocks).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
       expect(heartbeatServiceMock.reapOrphanedRuns).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ staleThresholdMs: 300_000, skipScheduledRetryCancellation: true, skipCapturedInstructionCommit: true, skipInstructionDirectoryCleanup: true, skipStoppedInstructionCollection: true, skipCancelledWorkspacePreservation: true, skipObsoletePolicyReviews: true, skipAutomaticCompletionReviews: true, skipUnsafeWorkspaceExports: true, skipNativePendingEffects: true, skipNativeResponsePresentation: true, skipNativeReviewResponse: true, skipNativeStatusReassessment: true, skipRetainedNativeSessionCleanup: true, skipNativeWorkspaceFinalization: true, skipNativeResultCommit: true, skipNativeRunProjection: true, skipNativeRecoveryNotices: true, skipExternalConversationSettlement: true, skipExternalAgentSettlement: true, skipNativeEnvironmentSettlement: true });
       expect(heartbeatServiceMock.reconcileCostAccounting).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(heartbeatServiceMock.promoteDueScheduledRetries).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(heartbeatServiceMock.promoteDueScheduledRetries).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(retiredDetector).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     } finally {
       delete (runtime as Partial<typeof runtime>).reconcileProductivityReviews;
diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 879ac991182..cd8bb951946 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -1778,7 +1778,6 @@ async function startServerWithDatabaseTeardown(
           }
         }
 
-        const promotion = await timeStartupRecovery("scheduled_retries", () => heartbeat.promoteDueScheduledRetries());
         await timeStartupRecovery("queued_runs", () => heartbeat.resumeQueuedRuns());
         const recoveredGoalActions = await timeStartupRecovery("goal_actions", () => heartbeat.recoverPendingSessionGoalActions());
         if (
@@ -1799,7 +1798,6 @@ async function startServerWithDatabaseTeardown(
         }
         const reconciled = await heartbeat.reconcileStrandedAssignedIssues();
         if (
-          promotion.promoted > 0 ||
           reconciled.assignmentDispatched > 0 ||
           reconciled.dispatchRequeued > 0 ||
           reconciled.continuationRequeued > 0 ||
@@ -1808,7 +1806,7 @@ async function startServerWithDatabaseTeardown(
           reconciled.escalated > 0
         ) {
           logger.warn(
-            { promotedScheduledRetries: promotion.promoted, promotedScheduledRetryRunIds: promotion.runIds, ...reconciled },
+            { ...reconciled },
             "startup heartbeat recovery changed assigned issue state",
           );
         }