diff --git a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/src/internal/ActionDispatcher.ts b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/src/internal/ActionDispatcher.ts
index eae860841c..9c000eb8cf 100644
--- a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/src/internal/ActionDispatcher.ts
+++ b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/src/internal/ActionDispatcher.ts
@@ -82,13 +82,19 @@ export const make = <
 					] as (
 						envelope: ActionRequest<typeof action>,
 					) => Action.ResultFrom<typeof action, any>;
-					// Raw RivetKit clients call no-argument actions with an
-					// absent first argument. The Effect JSON Void codec expects
-					// null, so adapt only actions that declared no payload.
-					const payloadForDecode =
-						!action.hasPayload && payload === undefined
-							? null
-							: payload;
+					// RivetKit appends schedule metadata after positional arguments.
+					// For actions without payloads, this metadata occupies the payload
+					// slot. Effect's JSON Void codec expects that slot to contain null.
+					const actionExpectsVoid = !action.hasPayload;
+					const payloadWasOmitted = payload === undefined;
+					const scheduleMetadataIsPayload =
+						actionExpectsVoid &&
+						meta === undefined &&
+						isScheduledFireInfo(payload);
+					const shouldDecodeAsVoid =
+						(actionExpectsVoid && payloadWasOmitted) ||
+						scheduleMetadataIsPayload;
+					const payloadForDecode = shouldDecodeAsVoid ? null : payload;
 					const decodedPayload = yield* decodePayload(
 						payloadForDecode,
 					).pipe(
@@ -183,6 +189,17 @@ export const make = <
 		];
 	});
 
+const ScheduledFireInfoSchema: Schema.Schema<Rivetkit.ScheduledFireInfo> =
+	Schema.Struct({
+		kind: Schema.Literals(["at", "cron", "every"]),
+		id: Schema.String,
+		name: Schema.optionalKey(Schema.UndefinedOr(Schema.String)),
+		scheduledAt: Schema.Finite,
+		firedAt: Schema.Finite,
+	});
+
+const isScheduledFireInfo = Schema.is(ScheduledFireInfoSchema);
+
 const makeActorAbortedError = () =>
 	new Rivetkit.RivetError("actor", "aborted", "Actor aborted", {
 		public: true,
diff --git a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/test/e2e.test.ts b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/test/e2e.test.ts
index 3bb7dced1a..30810e29a5 100644
--- a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/test/e2e.test.ts
+++ b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/test/e2e.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import {
 	Pinger,
 	PingerLive,
 	ScaledOverflowError,
+	ScheduledNoPayload,
+	ScheduledNoPayloadLive,
 	Strict,
 	StrictLive,
 	TransformedStateActor,
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ const TestLayer = ReadyForEnvoy.pipe(
 					WakeDecodeFailLive,
 					BuildSetRejectedLive,
 					TransformedStateActorLive,
+					ScheduledNoPayloadLive,
 				),
 			),
 			Layer.provideMerge(Flags.layer),
@@ -135,6 +138,49 @@ layer(TestLayer)("end-to-end", (it) => {
 			}),
 	);
 
+	it.effect("runs scheduled actions without payloads", () =>
+		Effect.gen(function* () {
+			const key = "t-scheduled-no-payload";
+			const actor = (yield* ScheduledNoPayload.client).getOrCreate(key);
+			const flags = yield* Flags;
+			const firedFlag = `scheduled-no-payload:${key}`;
+
+			yield* actor.ScheduleExpiration({ delay: 25 });
+
+			const fired = yield* Effect.sync(() => flags.get(firedFlag)).pipe(
+				Effect.repeat({
+					until: (value) => value === true,
+					schedule: Schedule.spaced("100 millis"),
+				}),
+				Effect.timeout("5 seconds"),
+				TestClock.withLive,
+			);
+			assert.strictEqual(fired, true);
+			assert.strictEqual(yield* actor.GetExpirationCount(), 1);
+
+			const client = yield* Effect.acquireRelease(
+				Effect.sync(() => createClient({ endpoint, token, namespace })),
+				(client) => Effect.promise(() => client.dispose()),
+			);
+			const rawActor = client.ScheduledNoPayload.getOrCreate(
+				"t-invalid-no-payload",
+			);
+			const error = yield* Effect.promise(async () => {
+				try {
+					await Reflect.apply(rawActor.Expire, rawActor, [
+						{ unexpected: true },
+					]);
+					throw new Error("expected arbitrary payload to fail");
+				} catch (error) {
+					return RawRivetErrors.toRivetError(error);
+				}
+			});
+
+			assert.strictEqual(error.group, "request");
+			assert.strictEqual(error.code, "invalid");
+		}),
+	);
+
 	it.effect("rejects malformed raw action payloads as request.invalid", () =>
 		Effect.gen(function* () {
 			const client = yield* Effect.acquireRelease(
diff --git a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/test/fixtures/actors.ts b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/test/fixtures/actors.ts
index 06da8cf362..9e2d1ae02c 100644
--- a/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/test/fixtures/actors.ts
+++ b/rivetkit-typescript/packages/effect/test/fixtures/actors.ts
@@ -526,6 +526,52 @@ export const CounterLive = Counter.toLayer(
 		}),
 	},
 );
+// --- ScheduledNoPayload ---
+
+export const ScheduleExpiration = Action.make("ScheduleExpiration", {
+	payload: { delay: Schema.Number },
+	success: Schema.String,
+});
+
+export const Expire = Action.make("Expire");
+
+export const GetExpirationCount = Action.make("GetExpirationCount", {
+	success: Schema.Number,
+});
+
+export const ScheduledNoPayload = Actor.make("ScheduledNoPayload", {
+	actions: [ScheduleExpiration, Expire, GetExpirationCount],
+});
+
+export const ScheduledNoPayloadLive = ScheduledNoPayload.toLayer(
+	({ rawRivetkitContext }) =>
+		Effect.gen(function* () {
+			const expirationCount = yield* Ref.make(0);
+			const flags = yield* Flags;
+			const address = yield* Actor.CurrentAddress;
+			const firedFlag = `scheduled-no-payload:${address.key.join("/")}`;
+
+			return ScheduledNoPayload.of({
+				ScheduleExpiration: ({ payload }) =>
+					Effect.promise(() =>
+						rawRivetkitContext.schedule.after(
+							payload.delay,
+							"Expire",
+						),
+					),
+				Expire: () =>
+					Ref.update(expirationCount, (count) => count + 1).pipe(
+						Effect.tap(() =>
+							Effect.sync(() => {
+								flags.set(firedFlag, true);
+							}),
+						),
+						Effect.asVoid,
+					),
+				GetExpirationCount: () => Ref.get(expirationCount),
+			});
+		}),
+);
 
 // --- Strict ---