diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/html/backup-content.html b/containers/libreportal/frontend/html/backup-content.html
index 6945117..d1679a0 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/html/backup-content.html
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/html/backup-content.html
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
               <div class="backup-card">
                 <div class="backup-card-header">
                   <h2>Backup status <span class="tooltip" title="Latest backup per app + System config. Back up System first — it's needed to restore the rest." style="font-size:.75em;opacity:.7;cursor:help">ℹ️</span></h2>
+                  <span class="backup-card-hint" id="backup-next-run" title="Next scheduled backup run (from the app backup crontab)">—</span>
                 </div>
                 <!-- The "System config" tile is rendered FIRST inside this grid
                      by renderDashboard() / renderSystemTile(), styled the same
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/backup/backup-page.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/backup/backup-page.js
index 3642e11..371d996 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/backup/backup-page.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/backup/backup-page.js
@@ -633,6 +633,26 @@ class BackupPage {
             ${this.tile('Total stored', this.formatBytes(totalSize), 'deduplicated, encrypted')}
         `;
 
+        // Next-run hint in the "Backup status" card header — derived from
+        // CFG_BACKUP_CRONTAB_APP (the cron expression the app-backup
+        // scheduler uses). Pure client-side computation; no backend
+        // surface needed.
+        const nextRunEl = document.getElementById('backup-next-run');
+        if (nextRunEl) {
+            const cron = (window.systemConfigs?.CFG_BACKUP_CRONTAB_APP || '').trim();
+            const next = cron ? this.nextCronFireTime(cron) : null;
+            if (next) {
+                nextRunEl.textContent = `Next backup ${this.formatRelativeFuture(next)} · ${this.formatScheduleClock(next)}`;
+                nextRunEl.title = `Next scheduled backup: ${next.toLocaleString()}\nSchedule: ${cron}`;
+            } else if (cron) {
+                nextRunEl.textContent = `Schedule: ${cron}`;
+                nextRunEl.title = `Couldn't parse the schedule "${cron}" to compute the next run.`;
+            } else {
+                nextRunEl.textContent = 'No schedule set';
+                nextRunEl.title = 'CFG_BACKUP_CRONTAB_APP is empty — backups only run when triggered manually.';
+            }
+        }
+
         // System config tile is rendered FIRST so the bare-metal-restore
         // prerequisite is always at eye-level — without it, the user's
         // backups exist but the credentials needed to reach them don't.
@@ -2300,6 +2320,124 @@ class BackupPage {
         if (d < 30)  return `${d}d ago`;
         return new Date(iso).toLocaleDateString();
     }
+
+    // formatRelative's future-tense sibling — "in 6h", "tomorrow at 5am", etc.
+    // Used by the backup-status header to summarise the next scheduled run.
+    formatRelativeFuture(when) {
+        if (!when) return '';
+        const t = when.getTime();
+        const diff = t - Date.now();
+        if (diff <= 0) return 'imminent';
+        const s = Math.floor(diff / 1000);
+        if (s < 60) return 'in less than a minute';
+        const m = Math.floor(s / 60);
+        if (m < 60) return `in ${m}m`;
+        const h = Math.floor(m / 60);
+        if (h < 24) return `in ${h}h`;
+        const sameDay = (a, b) => a.toDateString() === b.toDateString();
+        const tomorrow = new Date(Date.now() + 86400000);
+        if (sameDay(when, tomorrow)) return 'tomorrow';
+        const days = Math.floor(h / 24);
+        return `in ${days}d`;
+    }
+
+    // "05:00" or "Mon 05:00" depending on whether it's later today or not.
+    formatScheduleClock(when) {
+        if (!when) return '';
+        const sameDay = (new Date()).toDateString() === when.toDateString();
+        const t = when.toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' });
+        if (sameDay) return `at ${t}`;
+        const day = when.toLocaleDateString([], { weekday: 'short' });
+        return `${day} ${t}`;
+    }
+
+    // Tiny cron-next utility — given a 5-field crontab expression
+    // (minute hour dom month dow) returns a Date for the next fire after
+    // now, or null if the expression is unparseable / never fires within
+    // the lookahead window. Supports the common syntax: *, N, lists
+    // (N,M,O), ranges (N-M), and steps (* /N or N-M/S). Doesn't try to
+    // be a full cron implementation — just enough for the
+    // CFG_BACKUP_CRONTAB_APP value the WebUI shows in the header.
+    nextCronFireTime(expr) {
+        const fields = String(expr || '').trim().split(/\s+/);
+        if (fields.length !== 5) return null;
+        const ranges = [[0, 59], [0, 23], [1, 31], [1, 12], [0, 6]];
+        let sets;
+        try {
+            sets = fields.map((f, i) => this._cronFieldSet(f, ranges[i][0], ranges[i][1]));
+        } catch (_) { return null; }
+        if (sets.some(s => !s.length)) return null;
+
+        const [minSet, hourSet, domSet, monSet, dowSet] = sets;
+        const minOk  = new Set(minSet);
+        const hourOk = new Set(hourSet);
+        const domOk  = new Set(domSet);
+        const monOk  = new Set(monSet);
+        const dowOk  = new Set(dowSet);
+        const domStar = fields[2] === '*';
+        const dowStar = fields[4] === '*';
+
+        // Start one minute from now (rounded down to the minute) and walk
+        // forward checking each candidate. Cap at ~366 days so a totally
+        // unmatchable expression doesn't loop forever.
+        const start = new Date();
+        start.setSeconds(0, 0);
+        start.setMinutes(start.getMinutes() + 1);
+        const limit = start.getTime() + 366 * 86400 * 1000;
+        const cur = new Date(start);
+        while (cur.getTime() < limit) {
+            const m = cur.getMinutes();
+            const h = cur.getHours();
+            const dom = cur.getDate();
+            const mon = cur.getMonth() + 1;
+            const dow = cur.getDay();   // 0 = Sun
+            // POSIX cron: if both DOM and DOW are restricted, fire when
+            // EITHER matches. If only one is restricted, that one must
+            // match. If both are *, day passes.
+            let dayMatch;
+            if (domStar && dowStar)       dayMatch = true;
+            else if (domStar)             dayMatch = dowOk.has(dow);
+            else if (dowStar)             dayMatch = domOk.has(dom);
+            else                          dayMatch = domOk.has(dom) || dowOk.has(dow);
+            if (dayMatch && monOk.has(mon) && hourOk.has(h) && minOk.has(m)) {
+                return new Date(cur);
+            }
+            cur.setMinutes(cur.getMinutes() + 1);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    // Expand one cron field into a sorted list of valid numeric values.
+    // Throws on bad syntax so nextCronFireTime can drop back to null.
+    _cronFieldSet(field, lo, hi) {
+        const out = new Set();
+        for (const part of String(field).split(',')) {
+            // step (every-Nth): "value/step" — value is "*", a single
+            // number, or a range "a-b".
+            let stepBase = part, step = 1;
+            const slash = part.indexOf('/');
+            if (slash !== -1) {
+                stepBase = part.slice(0, slash);
+                step = parseInt(part.slice(slash + 1), 10);
+                if (!Number.isFinite(step) || step < 1) throw new Error('bad step');
+            }
+            let from = lo, to = hi;
+            if (stepBase === '*' || stepBase === '') {
+                // range stays lo..hi
+            } else if (stepBase.includes('-')) {
+                const [a, b] = stepBase.split('-').map(n => parseInt(n, 10));
+                if (!Number.isFinite(a) || !Number.isFinite(b)) throw new Error('bad range');
+                from = a; to = b;
+            } else {
+                const n = parseInt(stepBase, 10);
+                if (!Number.isFinite(n)) throw new Error('bad value');
+                from = n; to = n;
+            }
+            if (from < lo || to > hi || from > to) throw new Error('out of range');
+            for (let v = from; v <= to; v += step) out.add(v);
+        }
+        return [...out].sort((a, b) => a - b);
+    }
 }
 
 window.BackupPage = BackupPage;