diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersForm.vue b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersForm.vue
index 2aa6b69f56..d86dd002e3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersForm.vue
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersForm.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <slot></slot>
         </div>
         <div class="modal-footer">
-            <ButtonSubmit :title="buttonText" />
+            <ButtonSubmit :title="buttonText" :disabled="disabled" />
             <router-link
                 :to="{
                     name: 'CirculationTriggersList',
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 <script>
 import ButtonSubmit from "../../ButtonSubmit.vue";
 export default {
-    props: ["submitAction", "formTitle", "buttonText"],
+    props: ["submitAction", "formTitle", "buttonText", "disabled"],
     components: { ButtonSubmit },
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersFormConfirmReset.vue b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersFormConfirmReset.vue
index eb195f21a9..74fcfd3268 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersFormConfirmReset.vue
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersFormConfirmReset.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
         :submitAction="resetCircRules"
         formTitle="Confirm circulation rule set reset"
         buttonText="Confirm reset"
+        :disabled="resetWouldLeaveRuleSetWithoutDelay"
     >
         <TriggersTable
             v-if="initialized"
@@ -102,6 +103,18 @@ export default {
             await vm.loadModalData();
         });
     },
+    computed: {
+        // a trigger with no delay is never processed, so a reset that would
+        // leave an inheriting set without one is not allowed
+        resetWouldLeaveRuleSetWithoutDelay() {
+            const delayName = `overdue_${this.triggerNumber}_delay`;
+            return this.projectedDependentEffectiveRuleSets.some(
+                ruleSet =>
+                    ruleSet[delayName]?.value === "" ||
+                    ruleSet[delayName]?.value == null
+            );
+        },
+    },
     methods: {
         async loadModalData() {
             await this.setAllFormattedRuleSets();
@@ -134,6 +147,12 @@ export default {
                 );
             }
 
+            if (this.resetWouldLeaveRuleSetWithoutDelay) {
+                this.alertMessage = this.$__(
+                    "This rule set cannot be reset. One or more sets that inherit from it would be left without a delay, which stops that trigger and every higher numbered trigger from being processed. See the preview below."
+                );
+            }
+
             this.initialized = true;
         },
         async resetCircRules(e) {
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersFormConfirmTriggerDelete.vue b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersFormConfirmTriggerDelete.vue
index 9ff6cf0fcc..23052ea6bb 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersFormConfirmTriggerDelete.vue
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/js/vue/components/Admin/CirculationTriggers/CirculationTriggersFormConfirmTriggerDelete.vue
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
                 : 'Confirm circulation trigger deletion'
         "
         buttonText="Confirm deletion"
+        :disabled="deletionWouldLeaveRuleSetWithoutDelay"
     >
         <fieldset class="rows">
             <TriggersTable
@@ -106,6 +107,18 @@ export default {
             await vm.loadModalData();
         });
     },
+    computed: {
+        // a trigger with no delay is never processed, so a deletion that would
+        // leave an inheriting set without one is not allowed
+        deletionWouldLeaveRuleSetWithoutDelay() {
+            const delayName = `overdue_${this.triggerNumber}_delay`;
+            return this.projectedDependentEffectiveRuleSets.some(
+                ruleSet =>
+                    ruleSet[delayName]?.value === "" ||
+                    ruleSet[delayName]?.value == null
+            );
+        },
+    },
     methods: {
         async loadModalData() {
             await this.setAllFormattedRuleSets();
@@ -129,6 +142,12 @@ export default {
                 );
             }
 
+            if (this.deletionWouldLeaveRuleSetWithoutDelay) {
+                this.alertMessage = this.$__(
+                    "This trigger cannot be deleted. One or more sets that inherit from it would be left without a delay, which stops that trigger and every higher numbered trigger from being processed. See the preview below."
+                );
+            }
+
             this.initialized = true;
         },
         async deleteTrigger(e) {