diff --git a/mobile/src/navigation/host-stack-navigation.ts b/mobile/src/navigation/host-stack-navigation.ts
index cb3b87cd98f..fa28df9ca12 100644
--- a/mobile/src/navigation/host-stack-navigation.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/navigation/host-stack-navigation.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export type HostStackNavigationState = Readonly<{
 export type HostStackNavigationRoute = Readonly<{
   key?: string
   name: string
-  params?: Readonly<{ hostId?: unknown }>
+  params?: Readonly<{ hostId?: unknown; worktreeId?: unknown }>
   state?: HostStackNavigationState
 }>
 
@@ -27,7 +27,16 @@ export type HostStackReplaceAction = Readonly<{
 
 export type HostStackRootNavigation = {
   addListener: (event: 'state', listener: () => void) => () => void
-  dispatch: (action: HostStackReplaceAction) => void
+  dispatch: (
+    action:
+      | HostStackReplaceAction
+      | Readonly<{
+          type: 'SET_PARAMS'
+          target: string
+          source: string
+          payload: { params: Readonly<Record<string, string>> }
+        }>
+  ) => void
   // Why: the root layout's navigator has no committed state until it hydrates, and a
   // notification tap can arm the transition before that first commit.
   getState: () => HostStackNavigationState | undefined
@@ -124,6 +133,25 @@ export function navigateToHostStackRoute(
   hostId: string,
   target: HostStackRouteTarget
 ): HostStackNavigationController {
+  const state = navigation.getState()
+  const hostState = state && focusedHostRoute(state)?.state
+  const focused = hostState?.routes[hostState.index]
+  if (
+    hostState?.key &&
+    focused?.key &&
+    focused.name === target.name &&
+    hostParamMatches(focused.params?.hostId, hostId) &&
+    hostParamMatches(focused.params?.worktreeId, target.params.worktreeId)
+  ) {
+    navigation.dispatch({
+      type: 'SET_PARAMS',
+      target: hostState.key,
+      source: focused.key,
+      payload: { params: target.params }
+    })
+    return { cancel: () => {}, isActive: () => false, retarget: () => {} }
+  }
+
   let active = true
   let hostRouteSeen = false
   let selectedTarget = target
diff --git a/mobile/src/notifications/NotificationDeliverySection.tsx b/mobile/src/notifications/NotificationDeliverySection.tsx
index df1f3dc0683..73594e66ae7 100644
--- a/mobile/src/notifications/NotificationDeliverySection.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/notifications/NotificationDeliverySection.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function NotificationDeliverySection({ value, disabled, onChange }: Props
         {row(
           'suppressWhileViewing',
           'Suppress while focused',
-          'Skip alerts for the workspace open on this phone.'
+          'Skip alerts for this workspace only while Orca is open.'
         )}
       </View>
       <Text style={styles.footer}>
diff --git a/mobile/src/notifications/notification-route-coordination.test.ts b/mobile/src/notifications/notification-route-coordination.test.ts
index eab13fdc046..6f1b8a4aeec 100644
--- a/mobile/src/notifications/notification-route-coordination.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/notifications/notification-route-coordination.test.ts
@@ -115,3 +115,78 @@ describe('notification route coordination', () => {
     expect(notificationEffect).not.toContain('router.push(')
   })
 })
+
+it('reuses the current workspace screen and targets the notification pane without pushing', () => {
+  const target = getNotificationNavigationTarget({
+    hostId: 'host',
+    worktreeId: 'folder::/workspace',
+    paneKey: 'agent-tab:leaf'
+  })!
+  const harness = navigationHarness(
+    rootLayoutScopedState({
+      index: 1,
+      routes: [
+        { name: 'index' },
+        {
+          name: 'h',
+          state: {
+            key: 'host-stack',
+            index: 0,
+            routes: [
+              {
+                key: 'existing-workspace',
+                name: target.sessionTarget!.name,
+                params: { hostId: 'host', worktreeId: 'folder::/workspace' }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    })
+  )
+  const router = { push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }
+  const controller = navigateToHostStackRoute(
+    harness.navigation,
+    router,
+    target.hostId,
+    target.sessionTarget!
+  )
+  expect(router.push).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  expect(router.replace).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  expect(harness.navigation.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith({
+    type: 'SET_PARAMS',
+    target: 'host-stack',
+    source: 'existing-workspace',
+    payload: { params: target.sessionTarget!.params }
+  })
+  expect(controller.isActive()).toBe(false)
+})
+
+it('does not reuse a different workspace on the same host', () => {
+  const target = getNotificationNavigationTarget({ hostId: 'host', worktreeId: 'workspace-b' })!
+  const harness = navigationHarness(
+    rootLayoutScopedState({
+      index: 0,
+      routes: [
+        {
+          name: 'h',
+          state: {
+            key: 'host-stack',
+            index: 0,
+            routes: [
+              {
+                key: 'workspace-a',
+                name: target.sessionTarget!.name,
+                params: { hostId: 'host', worktreeId: 'workspace-a' }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    })
+  )
+  const router = { push: vi.fn(), replace: vi.fn() }
+  navigateToHostStackRoute(harness.navigation, router, target.hostId, target.sessionTarget!)
+  expect(router.push).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  expect(harness.navigation.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+})
diff --git a/mobile/src/notifications/push-receive.test.ts b/mobile/src/notifications/push-receive.test.ts
index 8bcaef51e83..0af8963d3b2 100644
--- a/mobile/src/notifications/push-receive.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/notifications/push-receive.test.ts
@@ -272,3 +272,28 @@ it('preflight does not consume the final presentation claim and observes later d
   await expect(canPresentForegroundPush(payload)).resolves.toBe(false)
   await expect(shouldSuppressForegroundPush(apnsData(payload))).resolves.toBe(true)
 })
+
+it('allows the viewed workspace after backgrounding during eligibility reads', async () => {
+  const payload = {
+    hostFingerprint,
+    worktreeId: 'workspace',
+    notificationId: 'background-transition',
+    notificationEpoch: 'epoch',
+    notificationSeq: 1
+  }
+  setNotificationViewingWorkspace({ hostId: 'host-1', worktreeId: 'workspace' })
+  AppState.currentState = 'active'
+  await expect(canPresentForegroundPush(payload)).resolves.toBe(false)
+  let resolveHosts!: (value: HostCatalogEntry[]) => void
+  vi.mocked(loadHostCatalog).mockReturnValueOnce(
+    new Promise((resolve) => {
+      resolveHosts = resolve
+    })
+  )
+  const eligibility = canPresentForegroundPush(payload)
+  await vi.waitFor(() => expect(resolveHosts).toBeDefined())
+  AppState.currentState = 'background'
+  resolveHosts(hosts)
+  await expect(eligibility).resolves.toBe(true)
+  await expect(shouldSuppressForegroundPush(apnsData(payload))).resolves.toBe(false)
+})