diff --git a/ariadne/app_admin_routes.py b/ariadne/app_admin_routes.py
index 175287a..ac33279 100644
--- a/ariadne/app_admin_routes.py
+++ b/ariadne/app_admin_routes.py
@@ -217,6 +217,27 @@ def _register_admin_routes(app: FastAPI, require_auth: Callable, deps: Callable[
         module = deps()
         return JSONResponse(module.run_testing_triage_diagnosis(module.storage))
 
+    # The scheduler runs this every minute, which is cron's finest granularity
+    # and still up to sixty seconds of silence after a build goes red. That is
+    # the single largest delay between a failure happening and the system
+    # visibly reacting to it. Running the same tick on demand collapses it;
+    # the tick is idempotent - incidents dedupe on job and build number - so
+    # an extra run can only ever be a no-op.
+    @app.post("/api/admin/hermes/autotriage/run")
+    def run_hermes_autotriage_now(ctx: AuthContext = Depends(require_auth)) -> JSONResponse:
+        """Run one Hermes auto-triage tick immediately."""
+
+        module = deps()
+        module._require_admin(ctx)
+        return JSONResponse(module.run_hermes_autotriage(module.storage))
+
+    @app.post("/api/internal/hermes/autotriage/run")
+    def run_hermes_autotriage_now_internal() -> JSONResponse:
+        """Run one Hermes auto-triage tick for trusted internal callers."""
+
+        module = deps()
+        return JSONResponse(module.run_hermes_autotriage(module.storage))
+
     @app.post("/api/admin/access/requests/{username}/approve")
     async def approve_access_request(
         username: str,
diff --git a/tests/unit/app/test_app_admin_routes.py b/tests/unit/app/test_app_admin_routes.py
index ecc79f2..c724b85 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app/test_app_admin_routes.py
+++ b/tests/unit/app/test_app_admin_routes.py
@@ -443,3 +443,39 @@ def test_retry_access_request_reports_update_failure(monkeypatch) -> None:
     resp = client.post("/api/access/requests/REQ1/retry")
 
     assert resp.status_code == 502
+
+def test_hermes_autotriage_can_be_run_on_demand(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    """The cron tick is once a minute; a demo should not wait for it."""
+
+    ctx = AuthContext(username="bstein", email="", groups=["admin"], claims={})
+    client = _client(monkeypatch, ctx)
+    calls = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        app_module,
+        "run_hermes_autotriage",
+        lambda storage: calls.append(storage) or {"status": "ok", "jobs": {}},
+    )
+
+    admin_run = client.post(
+        "/api/admin/hermes/autotriage/run",
+        headers={"Authorization": "Bearer token"},
+    )
+    internal_run = client.post("/api/internal/hermes/autotriage/run")
+
+    assert admin_run.status_code == 200
+    assert internal_run.status_code == 200
+    assert admin_run.json()["status"] == "ok"
+    assert len(calls) == 2
+
+
+def test_hermes_autotriage_on_demand_requires_admin(monkeypatch) -> None:
+    ctx = AuthContext(username="nobody", email="", groups=[], claims={})
+    client = _client(monkeypatch, ctx)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(app_module, "run_hermes_autotriage", lambda storage: {"status": "ok"})
+
+    resp = client.post(
+        "/api/admin/hermes/autotriage/run",
+        headers={"Authorization": "Bearer token"},
+    )
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 403