diff --git a/changes.d/6976.feat.md b/changes.d/6976.feat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf4bedef4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes.d/6976.feat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+broadcast: Broadcasts to inactive historical cycles will no longer expire while
+the scheduler is paused. This, combined with the newly extended broadcast
+expiry limit removes the need for the "cylc trigger --on-resume" option.
diff --git a/cylc/flow/scheduler.py b/cylc/flow/scheduler.py
index c63311990b..6731d95e98 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/scheduler.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/scheduler.py
@@ -1682,16 +1682,20 @@ async def _main_loop(self) -> None:
             self.reset_inactivity_timer()
 
         # auto expire broadcasts
-        with suppress(TimePointDumperBoundsError):
-            # NOTE: TimePointDumperBoundsError will be raised for negative
-            # cycle points, we skip broadcast expiry in this circumstance
-            # (pre-initial condition)
-            if min_point := self.pool.get_min_point():
-                # NOTE: the broadcast expire limit is the oldest active cycle
-                # MINUS the longest cycling interval
-                self.broadcast_mgr.expire_broadcast(
-                    min_point - self.config.interval_of_longest_sequence
-                )
+        if not self.is_paused:
+            # NOTE: Don't auto-expire broadcasts whilst the scheduler is paused.
+            # This allows broadcast-and-trigger beyond the expiry limit, by
+            # pausing before doing it (after which the expiry limit moves back).
+            with suppress(TimePointDumperBoundsError):
+                # NOTE: TimePointDumperBoundsError will be raised for negative
+                # cycle points, we skip broadcast expiry in this circumstance
+                # (pre-initial condition)
+                if min_point := self.pool.get_min_point():
+                    # NOTE: the broadcast expire limit is the oldest active
+                    # cycle MINUS the longest cycling interval
+                    self.broadcast_mgr.expire_broadcast(
+                        min_point - self.config.interval_of_longest_sequence
+                    )
 
         self.late_tasks_check()
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_broadcast_mgr.py b/tests/integration/test_broadcast_mgr.py
index ae5e8aabde..0f60662fda 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_broadcast_mgr.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_broadcast_mgr.py
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@
 
 """Tests for Broadcast Manager."""
 
+import asyncio
 
 import pytest
+
+from cylc.flow import commands
 from cylc.flow.cycling.integer import IntegerInterval, IntegerPoint
 from cylc.flow.cycling.iso8601 import ISO8601Interval, ISO8601Point
+from cylc.flow.task_state import TASK_STATUS_FAILED
 
 
 async def test_reject_valid_broadcast_is_remote_clash_with_config(
@@ -212,3 +216,69 @@ async def test_broadcast_expiry_async(
 
     # no auto-expiry should take place
     assert expires == []
+
+
+async def test_broadcast_old_cycle(flow, scheduler, run, complete):
+    """It should not expire broadcasts whilst the scheduler is paused.
+
+    This tests the use case of broadcasting to a historical cycle (whilst the
+    workflow is paused) before triggering it to run to ensure that the
+    broadcast is not expired before the operator is able to run the trigger
+    command.
+
+    For context, see https://github.com/cylc/cylc-flow/pull/6499 and
+    https://github.com/cylc/cylc-flow/pull/6192#issuecomment-2486785465
+    """
+    id_ = flow({
+        'scheduling': {
+            'initial cycle point': '1',
+            'cycling mode': 'integer',
+            'graph': {
+                'P1': 'a[-P1] => a',
+            },
+        },
+    })
+    schd = scheduler(id_, paused_start=False)
+    async with run(schd):
+        # issue a broadcast into the first cycle
+        schd.broadcast_mgr.put_broadcast(
+            point_strings=['1'],
+            namespaces=['a'],
+            settings=[{'environment': {'ANSWER': '42'}}]
+        )
+        assert list(schd.broadcast_mgr.broadcasts) == ['1']
+
+        # the broadcast should expire after the workflow passes cycle "3"
+        await complete(schd, '3/a')
+        assert list(schd.broadcast_mgr.broadcasts) == []
+
+        # pause the workflow
+        await commands.run_cmd(commands.pause(schd))
+
+        # issue a broadcast into the first cycle (now behind the broadcast
+        # expire point)
+        schd.broadcast_mgr.put_broadcast(
+            point_strings=['1'],
+            namespaces=['a'],
+            settings=[{'simulation': {'fail cycle points': '1'}}]
+        )
+
+        # this should not be expired whilst the scheduler is paused
+        await schd._main_loop()  # run one iteration of the main loop
+        assert list(schd.broadcast_mgr.broadcasts) == ['1']
+
+        # trigger the first cycle and resume the workflow
+        await commands.run_cmd(commands.force_trigger_tasks(schd, ['1'], []))
+        await commands.run_cmd(commands.resume(schd))
+
+        # the broadcast should still be there
+        await schd._main_loop()  # run one iteration of the main loop
+        assert list(schd.broadcast_mgr.broadcasts) == ['1']
+
+        # and should take effect
+        a_1 = schd.pool._get_task_by_id('1/a')
+        async with asyncio.timeout(5):
+            while True:
+                await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+                if a_1.state(TASK_STATUS_FAILED):
+                    break