fix(cli): preserve explicit command intent

src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.test.ts

@@ -55,4 +55,24 @@ describe("cron edit command", () => {
       },
     );
   });
+
+  it("does not imply announce mode for --no-best-effort-deliver alone", async () => {
+    const program = createCronProgram();
+
+    await program.parseAsync(["edit", "job-1", "--no-best-effort-deliver"], { from: "user" });
+
+    expect(callGatewayFromCli).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "cron.update",
+      expect.objectContaining({ bestEffortDeliver: false }),
+      {
+        id: "job-1",
+        patch: {
+          payload: { kind: "agentTurn" },
+          delivery: {
+            bestEffort: false,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    );
+  });
 });

src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-edit.ts

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export function registerCronEditCommand(cron: Command) {
             const delivery: Record<string, unknown> = {};
             if (hasDeliveryModeFlag) {
               delivery.mode = opts.announce || opts.deliver === true ? "announce" : "none";
-            } else if (hasBestEffort) {
+            } else if (opts.bestEffortDeliver === true) {
               // Back-compat: toggling best-effort alone has historically implied announce mode.
               delivery.mode = "announce";
             }