diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary.yml b/.github/workflows/canary.yml
index 2f1776a..33600c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary.yml
@@ -34,12 +34,8 @@ name: canary
 # and there is no commented-out line for someone to forget to uncomment.
 on:
   schedule:
-    # Once a day, off the hour, so it is not competing with everyone else's
+    # Once a week (Mondays), off the hour, so it is not competing with everyone else's
     # on-the-hour cron jobs for runner availability.
-    - cron: "23 6 * * *"
-    # Mondays: the same jobs, WITH the paid secrets (proxy, Scraping Browser,
-    # captcha key). On the daily run above those secrets read as empty, so
-    # it takes the free no-secret route and bills nothing.
     - cron: "23 6 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -88,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           # Empty when the secret is not set, which env_config.py treats as
           # unset — so this line is correct in both cases and needs no edit
           # when the secret arrives. See the header.
-          AMAZON_PROXY: ${{ (github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.event.schedule == '23 6 * * 1') && secrets.AMAZON_PROXY || '' }}
+          AMAZON_PROXY: ${{ secrets.AMAZON_PROXY }}
         run: |
           set +e
           python3 playwright_scraper.py \
@@ -271,7 +267,7 @@ jobs:
         # interpretation step.
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
-          AMAZON_PROXY: ${{ (github.event_name != 'schedule' || github.event.schedule == '23 6 * * 1') && secrets.AMAZON_PROXY || '' }}
+          AMAZON_PROXY: ${{ secrets.AMAZON_PROXY }}
         run: |
           set +e
           python3 playwright_scraper.py --mode product \
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6725a70..487395b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ one, and when it does the release notes say so first.
 
 ### Changed
 
-- CI only: the canary's optional paid secret `AMAZON_PROXY` now reaches it only on a new weekly
-  run (Mondays 06:23 UTC) and on a manual dispatch. The daily run keeps its
-  schedule and takes the free route without them, so it bills nothing.
+- CI only: the canary now runs weekly (Mondays 06:23 UTC) and on a manual dispatch, with its optional secret `AMAZON_PROXY` passed on every run; the daily schedule is removed.
 
 ## [0.2.0] — 2026-10-15
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 29ad24e..3c0fdd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ before they are committed. Two exceptions, both stated in the file itself:
   a real account id ever arrives with a future capture.
 
 Two workflows: `tests.yml` is offline only and never touches amazon.com or a
-credential; `canary.yml` runs one real 3-page listing daily and asserts
+credential; `canary.yml` runs one real 3-page listing weekly (Mondays) and asserts
 `pages_completed`, `status == "complete"`, a product floor and a price-coverage
 floor. Three pages, not one, because with one page pagination is never
 exercised at all. Its first manual run, from a GitHub runner with no proxy at