diff --git a/src/cron/schedule.test.ts b/src/cron/schedule.test.ts
index 143f6b52607..d6493999070 100644
--- a/src/cron/schedule.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/schedule.test.ts
@@ -39,22 +39,22 @@ describe("cron schedule", () => {
     const dailyNoon = { kind: "cron" as const, expr: "0 0 12 * * *", tz: "UTC" };
     const noonMs = Date.parse("2026-02-08T12:00:00.000Z");
 
-    it("returns current occurrence when nowMs is exactly at the match", () => {
+    it("advances past current second when nowMs is exactly at the match", () => {
+      // Fix #14164: must NOT return the current second — that caused infinite
+      // re-fires when multiple jobs triggered simultaneously.
       const next = computeNextRunAtMs(dailyNoon, noonMs);
-      expect(next).toBe(noonMs);
+      expect(next).toBe(noonMs + 86_400_000); // next day
     });
 
-    it("returns current occurrence when nowMs is mid-second (.500) within the match", () => {
-      // This is the core regression: without the second-floor fix, a 1ms
-      // lookback from 12:00:00.499 still lands inside the matching second,
-      // causing croner to skip to the *next day*.
+    it("advances past current second when nowMs is mid-second (.500) within the match", () => {
+      // Fix #14164: returning the current second caused rapid duplicate fires.
       const next = computeNextRunAtMs(dailyNoon, noonMs + 500);
-      expect(next).toBe(noonMs);
+      expect(next).toBe(noonMs + 86_400_000); // next day
     });
 
-    it("returns current occurrence when nowMs is late in the matching second (.999)", () => {
+    it("advances past current second when nowMs is late in the matching second (.999)", () => {
       const next = computeNextRunAtMs(dailyNoon, noonMs + 999);
-      expect(next).toBe(noonMs);
+      expect(next).toBe(noonMs + 86_400_000); // next day
     });
 
     it("advances to next day once the matching second is fully past", () => {
diff --git a/src/cron/schedule.ts b/src/cron/schedule.ts
index 1c245988ec3..0ef221c2a89 100644
--- a/src/cron/schedule.ts
+++ b/src/cron/schedule.ts
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ export function computeNextRunAtMs(schedule: CronSchedule, nowMs: number): numbe
     catch: false,
   });
   // Cron operates at second granularity, so floor nowMs to the start of the
-  // current second.  This prevents the lookback from landing inside a matching
-  // second — if nowMs is e.g. 12:00:00.500 and the pattern fires at second 0,
-  // a 1ms lookback (12:00:00.499) is still *within* that second, causing
-  // croner to skip ahead to the next occurrence (e.g. the following day).
-  // Flooring first ensures the lookback always falls in the *previous* second.
+  // current second.  We ask croner for the next occurrence strictly *after*
+  // nowSecondMs so that a job whose schedule matches the current second is
+  // never re-scheduled into the same (already-elapsed) second.
+  //
+  // Previous code used `nowSecondMs - 1` which caused croner to return the
+  // current second as a valid next-run, leading to rapid duplicate fires when
+  // multiple jobs triggered simultaneously (see #14164).
   const nowSecondMs = Math.floor(nowMs / 1000) * 1000;
-  const next = cron.nextRun(new Date(nowSecondMs - 1));
+  const next = cron.nextRun(new Date(nowSecondMs));
   if (!next) {
     return undefined;
   }
   const nextMs = next.getTime();
-  return Number.isFinite(nextMs) && nextMs >= nowSecondMs ? nextMs : undefined;
+  return Number.isFinite(nextMs) && nextMs > nowSecondMs ? nextMs : undefined;
 }