diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
index e97793d..fd39e6d 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ final class LiveActivityManager {
     /// latest through one serial task means the newest data always wins — firing an unstructured
     /// `Task` per `sync` let a later update lose a race to an earlier one and freeze the glance.
     private var pendingState: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState?
+    /// The alert the next applied update should carry (sound/haptic when a backgrounded session newly
+    /// needs the user). Latched alongside `pendingState` so an update coalesced away by a fresher one
+    /// can't drop the alert; consumed (and cleared) when an update is applied.
+    private var pendingAlert: AlertConfiguration?
     private var updateTask: Task<Void, Never>?
 
     /// Set by `RemoteStore` to ship the activity's APNS push token to the paired Macs (and to tell