diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
index 3f2419f..21044f5 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
@@ -595,6 +595,53 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Handle the host's silent "reconnect" nudge (SYNC_PROTOCOL §3.2): the Mac noticed our LAN link
+    /// drop and is asking us to re-dial over a non-local transport before the connection silently
+    /// goes dark. Called from `PushAppDelegate` on a `content-available` background push, which may
+    /// relaunch the app with no scene, so this does the setup `onAppear` normally would. Re-running
+    /// `reconnect()` walks each host's LAN→tailnet→relay candidate loop — LAN just failed, so it
+    /// lands on tailnet or relay from wherever the phone now is. Holds a background-task assertion
+    /// until a host is live again or the window closes. Best-effort: iOS may deny background runtime
+    /// (budget, force-quit), in which case the reconnect simply happens on the next foreground.
+    func handleReconnectWake(completion: @escaping () -> Void) {
+        guard !demoMode, isPaired else { completion(); return }
+        // A silent wake means we're background (possibly cold-launched with no scene, where
+        // `isForeground`'s default would read stale-true); record that so the reconnect reports
+        // background and the host keeps owning the Live Activity via push-to-start (UX_IOS §5.3).
+        setForegroundState(false)
+        startNetworkingIfNeeded()
+        #if canImport(UIKit)
+        var bgTask: UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier = .invalid
+        var finished = false
+        let finish = {
+            guard !finished else { return }
+            finished = true
+            if bgTask != .invalid {
+                UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(bgTask)
+                bgTask = .invalid
+            }
+            completion()
+        }
+        bgTask = UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(withName: "nucleic.sync.reconnect") {
+            finish()   // the OS reclaimed the grant before we finished — report what we have
+        }
+        #else
+        let finish = completion
+        #endif
+        pathMonitor.refresh()
+        reconnect()
+        // Poll until at least one host is live again (the dial loop found a working path), or we run
+        // out of background runtime.
+        Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            for _ in 0..<50 {   // ~25s at a 0.5s cadence, inside iOS's ~30s background grant
+                guard let self, !self.connections.values.contains(where: { $0.connectivity.isLive })
+                else { break }
+                try? await Task.sleep(for: .milliseconds(500))
+            }
+            finish()
+        }
+    }
+
     private func seedDemo() {
         connectivity = .connected(.lan)
         hostName = "Andrew's Mac"
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/PushRegistrar.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/PushRegistrar.swift
index 1e9e16a..7381eb8 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/PushRegistrar.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/PushRegistrar.swift
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ final class PushAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
         // Best-effort: no token → the phone still works on LAN, just no remote wake.
     }
 
-    /// Silent pushes (content-available). Two kinds route here:
+    /// Silent pushes (content-available). Three kinds route here:
     /// - `clear`: recall the "waiting for your approval" tickle once the approval is resolved on
     ///   another device — wake briefly to withdraw the stale notification.
     /// - `adopt`: a Mac push-started a Live Activity while the app was closed; come online long
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ final class PushAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
     ///   resume without the user opening the app (UX_IOS §5.3). This one holds the completion handler
     ///   until the token is registered (or the background window closes), so the process isn't
     ///   suspended mid-connect.
+    /// - `reconnect`: the Mac noticed our LAN link drop and is nudging us to re-dial over a non-local
+    ///   transport (tailnet/relay). Come online long enough to re-run the candidate loop so the
+    ///   connection follows the phone off-LAN without the user opening the app (SYNC_PROTOCOL §3.2).
     /// Other pushes (e.g. the approval wake tickle, which is an alert) don't route here.
     func application(
         _ application: UIApplication,
@@ -68,6 +71,14 @@ final class PushAppDelegate: NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
             }
             return
         }
+        if userInfo["reconnect"] != nil {
+            // The store holds its own background-task assertion while it re-dials; report .newData
+            // once a link is back up (or the background window closed).
+            Task { @MainActor in
+                RemoteStore.shared.handleReconnectWake { completionHandler(.newData) }
+            }
+            return
+        }
         if userInfo["clear"] != nil {
             // Fire-and-forget on the main actor (NotificationRouter is @MainActor); the removal is a
             // quick UNUserNotificationCenter call, so we can report .noData right away.