diff --git a/src/app/utils/dom.ts b/src/app/utils/dom.ts
index b3ca88bf1..9c06b00e5 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/dom.ts
+++ b/src/app/utils/dom.ts
@@ -268,13 +268,26 @@ export const notificationPermission = (permission: NotificationPermission) => {
  * (with the provided `onClick`) when no service worker is available, preserving
  * the previous behaviour.
  */
+// Tauri v2 injects `__TAURI_INTERNALS__` into the webview. On the desktop build,
+// an injected `window.Notification` shim routes `tag`-bearing message toasts to
+// the native rich WinRT toast, whose click focuses the app AND navigates to the
+// message (via the `lotus-notification-activate` event → useTauriToastActions).
+const isDesktopApp = (): boolean =>
+  (window as unknown as { __TAURI_INTERNALS__?: { invoke?: unknown } }).__TAURI_INTERNALS__
+    ?.invoke !== undefined;
+
 export const showOsNotification = async (
   title: string,
   options: NotificationOptions & { data?: { path?: string } },
   onClick?: () => void,
 ): Promise<void> => {
   try {
-    if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
+    // On desktop, skip the service-worker notification: WebView2 exposes a
+    // service worker, so the SW-owned toast would win here and bypass the
+    // Notification shim above — its click focuses the app but never navigates to
+    // the message. Falling through to `new Notification()` lets the shim route
+    // to the native rich toast, which does navigate.
+    if (!isDesktopApp() && 'serviceWorker' in navigator) {
       const registration = await navigator.serviceWorker.ready;
       if (registration && typeof registration.showNotification === 'function') {
         await registration.showNotification(title, options);