diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/timeline/EventForm.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/timeline/EventForm.svelte
index 36184adf..3cce8d3e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/timeline/EventForm.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/timeline/EventForm.svelte
@@ -110,15 +110,6 @@ function markDirty() {
 	dirty = true;
 }
 
-// Guards a submit with a blank title client-side. The server re-validates and
-// owns the authoritative fail(400) with per-field flags.
-function handleSubmit(e: SubmitEvent) {
-	titleTouched = true;
-	if (titleEmpty) {
-		e.preventDefault();
-	}
-}
-
 async function confirmDelete(e: SubmitEvent) {
 	e.preventDefault();
 	const { confirm } = getConfirmService();
@@ -153,8 +144,15 @@ async function confirmDelete(e: SubmitEvent) {
 	<form
 		method="POST"
 		action="?/save"
-		onsubmit={handleSubmit}
-		use:enhance={() => {
+		use:enhance={({ cancel }) => {
+			// Client-side guard against a blank title. enhance ignores onsubmit
+			// preventDefault(), so cancel() is the only thing that actually stops the
+			// POST; the server still re-validates and owns the authoritative fail(400).
+			titleTouched = true;
+			if (titleEmpty) {
+				cancel();
+				return;
+			}
 			submitting = true;
 			return async ({ update }) => {
 				submitting = false;
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/timeline/EventForm.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/timeline/EventForm.svelte.spec.ts
index 4e3a0d96..b473c703 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/timeline/EventForm.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/timeline/EventForm.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ describe('EventForm — required-field error (REQ-010)', () => {
 		await expect.element(page.getByText('Bitte einen Titel eingeben.')).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
 
+	it('cancels the submission — fires no network POST — when title is blank', async () => {
+		// The client-side guard must actually CANCEL the enhance submission, not just
+		// show a message: enhance ignores onsubmit preventDefault(), so without cancel()
+		// a blank-title Save still POSTs (and update()->applyAction crashes with no app).
+		const fetchSpy = vi.fn(() => new Promise<Response>(() => {}));
+		vi.stubGlobal('fetch', fetchSpy);
+		render(EventForm, {});
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Speichern' }).click();
+		await expect.element(page.getByText('Bitte einen Titel eingeben.')).toBeInTheDocument();
+		expect(fetchSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
 	it('rehydrates the pickers from the fail payload (Decision 6)', async () => {
 		render(EventForm, {
 			form: {