diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index ba394de..537b526 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ jobs:
           MINIO_BUCKET_WATER_LOGS: ${{ secrets.MINIO_BUCKET_WATER_LOGS }}
           MINIMAX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MINIMAX_API_KEY }}
           MINIMAX_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.MINIMAX_BASE_URL }}
+          SMARTSHEET_TOKEN_ENC_KEY: ${{ secrets.SMARTSHEET_TOKEN_ENC_KEY }}
+          SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET: ${{ secrets.SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET }}
         run: npm run build
 
       - name: Deploy
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ jobs:
           MINIMAX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MINIMAX_API_KEY }}
           MINIMAX_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.MINIMAX_BASE_URL }}
           CRON_SECRET: ${{ secrets.CRON_SECRET }}
+          SMARTSHEET_TOKEN_ENC_KEY: ${{ secrets.SMARTSHEET_TOKEN_ENC_KEY }}
+          SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET: ${{ secrets.SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET }}
           SERVER_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.SERVER_SSH_KEY }}
         run: |
           set -e
@@ -173,6 +177,8 @@ jobs:
             printf 'MINIMAX_API_KEY=%s\n' "$MINIMAX_API_KEY"
             printf 'MINIMAX_BASE_URL=%s\n' "$MINIMAX_BASE_URL"
             printf 'CRON_SECRET=%s\n' "$CRON_SECRET"
+            printf 'SMARTSHEET_TOKEN_ENC_KEY=%s\n' "$SMARTSHEET_TOKEN_ENC_KEY"
+            printf 'SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET=%s\n' "$SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET"
           } > "$ENV_FILE"
 
           # Upload env file and sync build output
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/smartsheet-cron.yml b/.gitea/workflows/smartsheet-cron.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65a2fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/smartsheet-cron.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Smartsheet sync cron
+
+# Replaces the `vercel.json` cron entry (ignored on self-hosted Gitea).
+# Drains the Smartsheet sync queue every 15 minutes via the running
+# Next.js app's POST /api/water-log/smartsheet-sync endpoint.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Every 15 minutes. Gitea Actions uses standard 5-field cron syntax;
+    # `0,15,30,45 * * * *` is the explicit form to avoid `*/15`
+    # parser quirks across older Gitea versions.
+    - cron: "0,15,30,45 * * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  drain-sync-queue:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Hit /api/water-log/smartsheet-sync
+        env:
+          SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET: ${{ secrets.SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET }}
+          SITE_URL: ${{ secrets.NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "$SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET" ]; then
+            echo "SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET secret not set — skipping."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          if [ -z "$SITE_URL" ]; then
+            echo "NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL secret not set — skipping."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          echo "POST $SITE_URL/api/water-log/smartsheet-sync"
+          curl -fsS --max-time 60 -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer $SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -H "User-Agent: gitea-smartsheet-cron/1" \
+            "${SITE_URL%/}/api/water-log/smartsheet-sync" \
+            --data '{}' \
+            -w "\n[http %{http_code} in %{time_total}s]\n"
diff --git a/MEMORY.md b/MEMORY.md
index 24e4371..e912f7c 100644
--- a/MEMORY.md
+++ b/MEMORY.md
@@ -747,3 +747,19 @@ c.commit()
 Gitea is on **SQLite** here (`/home/git/data/gitea.db`), not the
 `HOST = 127.0.0.1:3306` listed in app.ini (that's stale config from
 when the DB was MySQL).
+
+## 2026-07: Smartsheet cron now runs via Gitea Actions, not vercel.json
+
+The `*/15` cron entry in `vercel.json` is silently ignored because
+the host is self-hosted Gitea, not Vercel. Replaced with
+`.gitea/workflows/smartsheet-cron.yml`, schedule `0,15,30,45 * * * *`.
+
+`deploy.yml` now writes `SMARTSHEET_TOKEN_ENC_KEY` and
+`SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET` into the runtime `.env`. Without this,
+any future deploy would silently drop these secrets and break
+runtime sync (encrypted token storage, cron auth).
+
+If the cron ever returns 401, check `SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET`
+matches between Gitea repo secrets and the live `.env`. The
+runtime route at `POST /api/water-log/smartsheet-sync` falls
+back to `CRON_SECRET` if `SMARTSHEET_CRON_SECRET` is unset.
diff --git a/vercel.json b/vercel.json
index 0cc645b..07720d9 100644
--- a/vercel.json
+++ b/vercel.json
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
     {
       "path": "/api/cron/send-scheduled",
       "schedule": "0 9 * * *"
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "/api/water-log/smartsheet-sync",
-      "schedule": "*/15 * * * *"
     }
   ],
   "headers": [