diff --git a/internal/config/store_postgres.go b/internal/config/store_postgres.go
index 6f56d7552..81694fec6 100644
--- a/internal/config/store_postgres.go
+++ b/internal/config/store_postgres.go
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ func (s *PostgresStore) GetPlannedExecutions(ctx context.Context, statuses []str
 		       created_by_user_id, retry_execution_id, retry_attempt_n,
 		       approval_token_expires_at,
 		       executed_by_user_id, executed_at, pre_approval_skip_reason,
-		       idempotency_key
+		       idempotency_key, scheduled_execution_at
 		FROM purchase_executions
 		WHERE status = ANY($1)
 		ORDER BY scheduled_date ASC NULLS LAST, id ASC
diff --git a/internal/config/store_postgres_pgxmock_test.go b/internal/config/store_postgres_pgxmock_test.go
index cebe69d08..3f6482235 100644
--- a/internal/config/store_postgres_pgxmock_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/store_postgres_pgxmock_test.go
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ func TestPGXMock_GetPlannedExecutions_ProjectsAllScanColumns(t *testing.T) {
 		"executed_by_user_id", "executed_at", "pre_approval_skip_reason",
 		"idempotency_key", "scheduled_execution_at",
 	}
+	schedAt := now.Add(2 * time.Hour)
 	rows := pgxmock.NewRows(cols).AddRow(
 		"plan-1", "exec-1", "pending", 1, now,
 		sql.NullTime{}, "tok-123", recsJSON,
@@ -686,16 +687,38 @@ func TestPGXMock_GetPlannedExecutions_ProjectsAllScanColumns(t *testing.T) {
 		nil, sql.NullTime{}, nil,
 		"idem-key-planned",
 		sql.NullTime{}, // scheduled_execution_at (NULL: not on the pre-fire delay path)
+	).AddRow(
+		"plan-1", "exec-2", "pending", 1, now,
+		sql.NullTime{}, "tok-456", recsJSON,
+		100.0, 200.0, sql.NullTime{}, "", sql.NullTime{},
+		nil, "", nil, nil, 100,
+		nil, nil, 0,
+		sql.NullTime{},
+		nil, sql.NullTime{}, nil,
+		"idem-key-delayed",
+		sql.NullTime{Time: schedAt, Valid: true}, // scheduled_execution_at populated (pre-fire delay path)
 	)
-	// Regexp matcher: only matches if the issued SELECT projects idempotency_key.
-	mock.ExpectQuery("idempotency_key").
+	// Regexp matcher: only matches if the issued SELECT projects both
+	// idempotency_key and scheduled_execution_at. The alternation forces both
+	// names to appear; a projection missing either column fails to match, the
+	// mock returns no rows, and the test catches the column-count drift.
+	mock.ExpectQuery(`idempotency_key.*scheduled_execution_at|scheduled_execution_at.*idempotency_key`).
 		WithArgs(pgxmock.AnyArg(), pgxmock.AnyArg()).
 		WillReturnRows(rows)
 
 	execs, err := store.GetPlannedExecutions(ctx, []string{"pending"}, 10)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Len(t, execs, 1)
+	require.Len(t, execs, 2)
 	assert.Equal(t, "idem-key-planned", execs[0].IdempotencyKey)
+	// NULL scheduled_execution_at must deserialise as nil (*time.Time), not a zero
+	// value; applyNullTimesToExecution only sets the pointer when Valid is true.
+	assert.Nil(t, execs[0].ScheduledExecutionAt, "NULL scheduled_execution_at must be nil, not zero time")
+	// Non-NULL scheduled_execution_at must round-trip into the pointer field. This
+	// is the direct regression guard for the fix: with the column absent from the
+	// SELECT projection the value never reaches ScheduledExecutionAt and every
+	// delayed execution reads back as unscheduled.
+	require.NotNil(t, execs[1].ScheduledExecutionAt, "populated scheduled_execution_at must round-trip, not be dropped")
+	assert.Equal(t, schedAt, *execs[1].ScheduledExecutionAt)
 	assert.NoError(t, mock.ExpectationsWereMet())
 }