diff --git a/desktop/src/app/AppShell.tsx b/desktop/src/app/AppShell.tsx
index ff21b07a6..05f8e2581 100644
--- a/desktop/src/app/AppShell.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/app/AppShell.tsx
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ export function AppShell() {
       threadActivityFeedItems,
       getThreadReadAt,
       getMessageReadAt,
+      channels,
     );
 
   const dueReminderBadge = useDueReminderBadgeCount(
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/notifications/hooks.ts b/desktop/src/features/notifications/hooks.ts
index e039d0eae..ccc9544f9 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/notifications/hooks.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/features/notifications/hooks.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { useHomeFeedQuery } from "@/features/home/hooks";
 import { useUsersBatchQuery } from "@/features/profile/hooks";
 import type { UserProfileLookup } from "@/features/profile/lib/identity";
-import type { FeedItem, HomeFeedResponse } from "@/shared/api/types";
+import type { Channel, FeedItem, HomeFeedResponse } from "@/shared/api/types";
 import {
   getDesktopNotificationPermissionState,
   requestDesktopNotificationAccess,
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ export function useHomeFeedNotificationState(
   // has been revealed in-channel, even if the aggregate `thread:<root>` marker
   // has not been advanced by opening Home.
   getMessageReadAt: (messageId: string) => number | null = () => null,
+  channels: ReadonlyArray<Pick<Channel, "id" | "name" | "channelType">> = [],
 ) {
   useFeedDesktopNotifications(
     feed,
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ export function useHomeFeedNotificationState(
     setDesktopEnabled,
     profiles,
     mutedChannelIds,
+    channels,
   );
   const normalizedPubkey = pubkey?.trim().toLowerCase() ?? "";
   const [seenFeedIds, setSeenFeedIds] = React.useState<string[]>(() =>
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/notifications/lib/feed.test.mjs b/desktop/src/features/notifications/lib/feed.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f1c40f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/features/notifications/lib/feed.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+import { enrichFeedItemChannel, notificationTitle } from "./feed.ts";
+
+const feedItem = (overrides = {}) => ({
+  id: "event-id",
+  kind: 46011,
+  pubkey: "author",
+  content: "Please review",
+  createdAt: 1,
+  channelId: "channel-id",
+  channelName: "",
+  channelType: undefined,
+  tags: [["h", "channel-id"]],
+  category: "needs_action",
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const channels = [
+  { id: "channel-id", name: "ship-room", channelType: "stream" },
+];
+
+test("enriches a feed notification with its loaded channel name", () => {
+  const item = enrichFeedItemChannel(feedItem(), channels);
+
+  assert.equal(item.channelName, "ship-room");
+  assert.equal(item.channelType, "stream");
+  assert.equal(notificationTitle(item), "Needs Action in #ship-room");
+});
+
+test("preserves feed-provided channel metadata", () => {
+  const original = feedItem({
+    channelName: "backend-name",
+    channelType: "forum",
+  });
+  const item = enrichFeedItemChannel(original, channels);
+
+  assert.equal(item, original);
+  assert.equal(notificationTitle(item), "Needs Action in #backend-name");
+});
+
+test("falls back safely when the channel list has not loaded the channel", () => {
+  const original = feedItem();
+  const item = enrichFeedItemChannel(original, []);
+
+  assert.equal(item, original);
+  assert.equal(notificationTitle(item), "Needs Action");
+});
+
+test("does not replace direct-message notification titles", () => {
+  const original = feedItem({ channelType: "dm" });
+  const item = enrichFeedItemChannel(original, [
+    { id: "channel-id", name: "not-a-title", channelType: "dm" },
+  ]);
+
+  assert.equal(notificationTitle(item, "Taylor"), "Taylor");
+});
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/notifications/lib/feed.ts b/desktop/src/features/notifications/lib/feed.ts
index ff468e841..85a0680ad 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/notifications/lib/feed.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/features/notifications/lib/feed.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,31 @@
-import type { FeedItem, HomeFeedResponse } from "@/shared/api/types";
+import type { Channel, FeedItem, HomeFeedResponse } from "@/shared/api/types";
 import {
   formatNotificationTitle,
   truncateNotificationBody,
 } from "@/features/notifications/lib/notificationFormat";
 
+export type NotificationChannel = Pick<Channel, "id" | "name" | "channelType">;
+
+export function enrichFeedItemChannel(
+  item: FeedItem,
+  channels: readonly NotificationChannel[],
+): FeedItem {
+  if (!item.channelId || item.channelName.trim()) {
+    return item;
+  }
+
+  const channel = channels.find((candidate) => candidate.id === item.channelId);
+  if (!channel) {
+    return item;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...item,
+    channelName: channel.name,
+    channelType: item.channelType ?? channel.channelType,
+  };
+}
+
 export function notificationTitle(item: FeedItem, senderName?: string) {
   const channelLabel =
     item.channelType !== "dm" && item.channelName.trim()
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/notifications/use-feed-desktop-notifications.ts b/desktop/src/features/notifications/use-feed-desktop-notifications.ts
index ac2373c31..501a8fb65 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/notifications/use-feed-desktop-notifications.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/features/notifications/use-feed-desktop-notifications.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import type { FeedItem, HomeFeedResponse } from "@/shared/api/types";
 import {
   collectHomeAlertItems,
   eligibleFeedNotificationItems,
+  enrichFeedItemChannel,
+  type NotificationChannel,
   notificationBody,
   notificationTitle,
 } from "./lib/feed";
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ export function useFeedDesktopNotifications(
   setDesktopEnabled: (enabled: boolean) => Promise<boolean>,
   profiles?: UserProfileLookup,
   mutedChannelIds?: ReadonlySet<string>,
+  channels: readonly NotificationChannel[] = [],
 ) {
   const normalizedPubkey = pubkey?.trim().toLowerCase() ?? "";
   const seenItemIdsRef = React.useRef<Set<string>>(
@@ -192,7 +195,8 @@ export function useFeedDesktopNotifications(
       void autoRequestPermissionIfNeeded();
     }
 
-    for (const item of newItems) {
+    for (const rawItem of newItems) {
+      const item = enrichFeedItemChannel(rawItem, channels);
       const resolvedLabel = profiles
         ? resolveUserLabel({
             pubkey: item.pubkey,
@@ -209,6 +213,7 @@ export function useFeedDesktopNotifications(
     }
   }, [
     feed,
+    channels,
     mutedChannelIds,
     normalizedPubkey,
     profiles,