diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
index 4d388f5..4753405 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
@@ -634,6 +634,9 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
             // the glance cold when work starts before the app is opened.
             self.syncLiveActivityRegistration()
             self.syncPushToStartRegistration()
+            // …and the current foreground state, so it push-to-starts the glance itself when the app
+            // is backgrounded rather than waiting on a self-create that can't happen (UX_IOS §5.3).
+            self.syncForegroundState()
         }
         cb.openSnapshot = { [weak self] snap in
             guard let self, hostID == self.openSessionHostID, snap.summary.sessionID == self.openSessionID else { return }