diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
index 0ed2631..ee99985 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ final class LiveActivityManager {
             if let existing = Activity<NucleicSessionAttributes>.activities.first {
                 activity = existing
                 observePushToken(existing)
+                // Dismiss any duplicates so only the adopted Activity renders. iOS stacks multiple
+                // Activities of one type in the Dynamic Island — an orphan (from a prior launch that
+                // was killed before `end()`) then shows *its* stale state in the collapsed pill while
+                // expanding reveals the fresh one, and `end()` on completion would leave it lingering
+                // on the last "needs attention" glance. Keep exactly one.
+                endStrays(keeping: existing.id)
                 enqueue(state)
             } else {
                 // `pushType: .token` opts the activity into APNs updates — the Macs push new