diff --git a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/declarative.flow.ts b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/declarative.flow.ts
index bdf22189e6..fc00a22126 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/declarative.flow.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/declarative.flow.ts
@@ -88,13 +88,16 @@ export function legacyClassifyDeclarativeCompatibilityGap(opts: {
   const ambiguousRemovals = extensions.filter(
     (extension) => !LEGACY_IMPLICIT_EXTENSIONS.some((implicit) => implicit === extension),
   );
-  const extensionIntents = opts.removals.extensionIntents;
+  // Removing a pg_cron job or pgmq queue declaration is an ordinary delete or
+  // rename on a maintained tree, not legacy-export evidence: only a dropped
+  // extension trips the gate (CLI-2282). Their removals are kept as evidence
+  // solely to enumerate the objects a dropped owning extension takes with it.
+  const extensionIntents = opts.removals.extensionIntents.filter((intent) =>
+    extensions.includes(intent.extension),
+  );
 
-  if (extensions.length === 0 && extensionIntents.length === 0) return emptyCompatibilityGap();
-  const repairable =
-    repairableExtensions.length > 0 &&
-    ambiguousRemovals.length === 0 &&
-    extensionIntents.length === 0;
+  if (extensions.length === 0) return emptyCompatibilityGap();
+  const repairable = repairableExtensions.length > 0 && ambiguousRemovals.length === 0;
   return {
     repairableExtensions,
     extensionIntents,
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/declarative.flow.unit.test.ts b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/declarative.flow.unit.test.ts
index 198f9459e2..7d35d95c97 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/declarative.flow.unit.test.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/declarative.flow.unit.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const stuck = (message: string) => ({
 });
 
 const removals = {
-  extensions: ["pgcrypto", "uuid-ossp"],
+  extensions: ["pg_cron", "pgcrypto", "pgmq", "uuid-ossp"],
   extensionIntents: [
     { extension: "pg_cron", intentKind: "job", key: "refresh download metrics" },
     { extension: "pgmq", intentKind: "queue", key: "emails" },
@@ -72,9 +72,25 @@ describe("legacyClassifyDeclarativeCompatibilityGap", () => {
       },
     },
     {
-      name: "stages extension intents",
+      name: "stages dropped extensions along with the objects they manage",
       overrides: {},
-      expected: { recommendedAction: "stage-next-export" },
+      expected: {
+        recommendedAction: "stage-next-export",
+        ambiguousRemovals: ["pg_cron", "pgmq"],
+        extensionIntents: removals.extensionIntents,
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "ignores cron job and pgmq queue removals whose extension stays",
+      overrides: {
+        removals: { extensions: ["pgcrypto"], extensionIntents: removals.extensionIntents },
+      },
+      expected: { recommendedAction: "repair-extensions", extensionIntents: [] },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "never gates on cron job and pgmq queue removals alone",
+      overrides: { removals: { extensions: [], extensionIntents: removals.extensionIntents } },
+      expected: { recommendedAction: "none" },
     },
     {
       name: "trusts a next export manifest",
@@ -153,6 +169,7 @@ describe("legacyFormatDeclarativeUpgradeGate", () => {
         "platform extensions and extension-managed objects like cron jobs.",
         "",
         "  Legacy-implicit extensions: pgcrypto, uuid-ossp",
+        "  Extensions: pg_cron, pgmq",
         "  Extension-managed objects: pg_cron job refresh download metrics, pgmq queue emails",
         "",
         "Do not apply a sync generated from this tree — it can drop extensions or unschedule jobs.",
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/SIDE_EFFECTS.md b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/SIDE_EFFECTS.md
index b340f4d61f..456a5c1276 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/SIDE_EFFECTS.md
+++ b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/SIDE_EFFECTS.md
@@ -92,12 +92,13 @@ without prompting; both override the global `--yes`. `--no-apply` and `--apply`
 are mutually exclusive.
 
 A manifest-less legacy tree is refused by two compatibility gates — one when the
-tree fails to load on the bundled engine's shadow, one when the plan's removals
-reveal legacy-implicit extensions or extension-managed objects. Both render the
-same message (`This <declarative-dir> tree looks like a legacy pg-delta export.`
-plus an indented evidence block) and both carry the staged-upgrade recipe on the
-error's suggestion, so the generic `Try rerunning the command with --debug`
-footer is **not** printed. Non-interactive execution (including `--yes`) stops
+tree fails to load on the bundled engine's shadow, one when the plan drops an
+extension the tree no longer declares (removing or renaming a `pg_cron` job or
+`pgmq` queue declaration is an ordinary change and is never refused). Both
+render the same message (`This <declarative-dir> tree looks like a legacy
+pg-delta export.` plus an indented evidence block) and both carry the
+staged-upgrade recipe on the error's suggestion, so the generic `Try rerunning
+the command with --debug` footer is **not** printed. Non-interactive execution (including `--yes`) stops
 there and modifies nothing; the only recommended recovery is regenerating into
 `<declarative-dir>-next`, reviewing it, and adopting it.
 
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/sync.e2e.test.ts b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/sync.e2e.test.ts
index 947664f7fc..76d7e86889 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/sync.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/sync.e2e.test.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ describe("db schema declarative sync (e2e)", () => {
         `CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "${extension}" WITH SCHEMA "extensions";\n`,
       );
     }
+    // Both install into a fixed schema, so no `WITH SCHEMA` clause.
+    for (const extension of ["pg_cron", "pgmq"]) {
+      writeFileSync(
+        path.join(extensionsDir, `${extension}.sql`),
+        `CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "${extension}";\n`,
+      );
+    }
 
     const start = await runSupabase(
       [
@@ -171,4 +178,66 @@ describe("db schema declarative sync (e2e)", () => {
       expect(`${converged.stdout}${converged.stderr}`).toContain("No schema changes found");
     },
   );
+
+  test(
+    "renames a cron job and drops a pgmq queue declared in the tree",
+    { timeout: SCENARIO_TIMEOUT_MS },
+    async () => {
+      const projectDir = project?.dir;
+      if (projectDir === undefined) throw new Error("declarative sync project was not initialized");
+      const jobsPath = path.join(projectDir, "supabase", "schemas", "jobs.sql");
+      const sync = (name: string) =>
+        runSupabase(
+          ["db", "schema", "declarative", "sync", "--no-apply", "--name", name, "--experimental"],
+          {
+            entrypoint: "legacy",
+            cwd: projectDir,
+            env: NEXT_ENV,
+            exitTimeoutMs: SCENARIO_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS,
+          },
+        );
+      // A next-engine plan may span several ordered migration files; read every
+      // file a sync added rather than only the last one.
+      const syncAndReadSql = async (name: string) => {
+        const before = new Set(migrationFiles(projectDir));
+        const result = await sync(name);
+        expect(result.exitCode, commandFailure(result)).toBe(0);
+        const added = migrationFiles(projectDir).filter((file) => !before.has(file));
+        expect(added.length, "sync did not write a migration").toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        return {
+          result,
+          sql: added
+            .map((file) =>
+              readFileSync(path.join(projectDir, "supabase", "migrations", file), "utf8"),
+            )
+            .join("\n"),
+        };
+      };
+
+      writeFileSync(
+        jobsPath,
+        [
+          "select cron.schedule('nightly_cleanup', '0 3 * * *', $$delete from public.disposable_note$$);",
+          "select pgmq.create('emails');",
+          "",
+        ].join("\n"),
+      );
+      const added = await syncAndReadSql("add_jobs");
+      expect(added.sql).toContain("cron.schedule('nightly_cleanup'");
+      expect(added.sql).toContain("pgmq.create('emails')");
+
+      // Rename the job and drop the queue: previously refused as a legacy export.
+      writeFileSync(
+        jobsPath,
+        "select cron.schedule('weekly_cleanup', '0 3 * * 0', $$delete from public.disposable_note$$);\n",
+      );
+      const removed = await syncAndReadSql("rename_job_drop_queue");
+      expect(`${removed.result.stdout}${removed.result.stderr}`).not.toContain(
+        "legacy pg-delta export",
+      );
+      expect(removed.sql).toContain("cron.unschedule('nightly_cleanup')");
+      expect(removed.sql).toContain("cron.schedule('weekly_cleanup'");
+      expect(removed.sql).toContain("pgmq.drop_queue('emails')");
+    },
+  );
 });
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/sync.integration.test.ts b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/sync.integration.test.ts
index 267a9c6b69..9642ad8b97 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/sync.integration.test.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/legacy/commands/db/schema/declarative/sync/sync.integration.test.ts
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ describe("legacy db schema declarative sync integration", () => {
       diffSql:
         "select cron.unschedule('refresh download metrics');\nDROP EXTENSION \"pgcrypto\";\n",
       removals: {
-        extensions: ["pgcrypto", "uuid-ossp"],
+        extensions: ["pg_cron", "pgcrypto", "uuid-ossp"],
         extensionIntents: [
           { extension: "pg_cron", intentKind: "job", key: "refresh download metrics" },
         ],
@@ -1255,6 +1255,31 @@ describe("legacy db schema declarative sync integration", () => {
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(s.layer));
   });
 
+  it.effect("writes cron job and pgmq queue removals without a legacy-export refusal", () => {
+    seedDeclarative(tmp.current);
+    const s = setup(tmp.current, {
+      engineImplementation: "next",
+      yes: true,
+      diffSql: "select cron.unschedule('refresh metrics');\nselect pgmq.drop_queue('emails');\n",
+      removals: {
+        extensions: [],
+        extensionIntents: [
+          { extension: "pg_cron", intentKind: "job", key: "refresh metrics" },
+          { extension: "pgmq", intentKind: "queue", key: "emails" },
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    return Effect.gen(function* () {
+      yield* legacyDbSchemaDeclarativeSync(flags({ noApply: Option.some(true) }));
+      const migrationsDir = join(tmp.current, "supabase", "migrations");
+      const [migration] = readdirSync(migrationsDir);
+      const sql = readFileSync(join(migrationsDir, migration ?? ""), "utf8");
+      expect(sql).toContain("cron.unschedule('refresh metrics')");
+      expect(sql).toContain("pgmq.drop_queue('emails')");
+      expect(stripAnsi(s.out.stderrText)).not.toContain("legacy pg-delta export");
+    }).pipe(Effect.provide(s.layer));
+  });
+
   it.effect("directs pg_net users to enable Database Webhooks before writing", () => {
     seedDeclarative(tmp.current);
     const s = setup(tmp.current, {