diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
index d4864c1..985535f 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
@@ -1621,6 +1621,13 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
     /// to the first live Mac. Demo has no connections and mutates the seeded aggregate directly.
     private func send(_ msg: ClientMsg) {
         if demoMode { demoHandle(msg); return }
+        // Optimistic window (post launch/foreground): if no Mac is live yet but we're presenting a
+        // pretend-connected UI, hold the user's intent and replay it the instant a link comes up
+        // rather than dropping it silently. Discarded if the window lapses without a connection.
+        if !hasLiveConnection, isOptimisticActive, isQueueableIntent(msg) {
+            pendingActions.append((msg, Date()))
+            return
+        }
         switch msg {
         // Session-owning intents → the Mac that has this session.
         case .subscribe(let s):