diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 352763c..d7631f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The project is under active development. Core blogging workflows are broadly ava
 - Persistent conversational AI with safe Markdown, streamed and cancellable responses, model/session/token tracking, bounded project-aware blog tools, and localized conversation management in the Chat workspace. Allowlisted render tools add persistent native cards, charts, forms, lists, metrics, mind maps, tables, and tabs without executing assistant-provided HTML or JavaScript.
 - SSH-agent-based SCP or rsync publishing.
 - Integrated Git workflow with repository initialization, Git LFS image tracking, status and diffs, branch/file history, commits, remotes, cancellable fetch/pull/push, and post-pull filesystem reconciliation; network actions respect airplane mode.
-- Site, media, and translation validation plus `ruds://new-post` Blogmark capture and Lua transforms; captures open directly in the post editor and defer automatic translation until an explicit save or publish, which queues one task per still-missing language. bDS2 keeps its separate `bds2://` bookmarklet protocol.
+- Site, media, and translation validation plus `ruds://new-post` Blogmark capture and Lua transforms; captures open directly in the post editor and defer automatic translation until an explicit manual save, which queues one task per still-missing language. Publishing never starts automatic translation. bDS2 keeps its separate `bds2://` bookmarklet protocol.
 
 RuDS uses no JavaScript application runtime and loads no CSS or JavaScript from CDNs. The preview is served by the Rust application and displayed by the operating-system webview.
 
diff --git a/crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs b/crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs
index 379e7e7..0ef924a 100644
--- a/crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs
@@ -6048,7 +6048,6 @@ impl BdsApp {
                     }
                 }
                 self.notify(ToastLevel::Success, &t(self.ui_locale, "editor.published"));
-                return self.schedule_post_auto_translation(post_id);
             }
             Err(e) => {
                 self.notify_operation_failed("editor.publish", e);
@@ -11921,6 +11920,21 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn publish_does_not_enqueue_missing_translations() {
+        let (mut app, post_id, _tmp) = auto_translation_test_app(&[]);
+
+        let _ = app.publish_post_editor(&post_id);
+
+        assert_eq!(app.post_editors[&post_id].status, PostStatus::Published);
+        assert!(
+            app.task_manager
+                .snapshots()
+                .iter()
+                .all(|task| task.group_name.as_deref() != Some("AI"))
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn later_manual_save_enqueues_no_translation_task_when_languages_exist() {
         let (mut app, post_id, _tmp) = auto_translation_test_app(&["de", "fr"]);
diff --git a/specs/action_patterns.allium b/specs/action_patterns.allium
index 8e3decd..0202eb2 100644
--- a/specs/action_patterns.allium
+++ b/specs/action_patterns.allium
@@ -113,9 +113,8 @@ rule CancelAiSuggestions {
 
 rule AutoTranslationChain {
     when: PostSaved(post_id)
-    -- Triggered only by explicit manual save or publish, never by
-    -- auto-save, unmount/tab-switch persistence, post creation, import,
-    -- or scripting.
+    -- Triggered only by explicit manual save, never by publish, auto-save,
+    -- unmount/tab-switch persistence, post creation, import, or scripting.
     let saved_post = post/Post{id: post_id}
     requires: active_endpoint_configured
     requires: not saved_post.do_not_translate
diff --git a/specs/translation.allium b/specs/translation.allium
index e5bade5..f58481f 100644
--- a/specs/translation.allium
+++ b/specs/translation.allium
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ invariant FtsIncludesTranslations {
 --
 -- Two entry points share one translation primitive:
 --   1. ScheduleAutoTranslation - reactive, fired only by an explicit manual
---      save (or publish) in the post editor — never by post creation or
+--      save in the post editor — never by publish, post creation, or
 --      auto-save. One background task per missing language produces a DRAFT
 --      translation, then cascades to the post's linked media.
 --   2. FillMissingTranslations - batch maintenance action. Scans every
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ surface AutoTranslationControlSurface {
 
     provides:
         -- Reactive trigger: emitted only when a post is updated with
-        -- auto_translate enabled (the editor's manual save/publish path);
-        -- post creation and auto-save never emit it.
+        -- auto_translate enabled (the editor's manual save path); publish,
+        -- post creation, and auto-save never emit it.
         PostSavedForAutoTranslation(post)
         -- Batch trigger: "fill missing translations" maintenance action.
         FillMissingTranslationsRequested(project)