diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/components/ItemContextMenu.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/components/ItemContextMenu.kt
index ecde6f85..41921066 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/components/ItemContextMenu.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/components/ItemContextMenu.kt
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ class ContextMenuHost {
     var actions by mutableStateOf(ItemActions())
         private set
 
-    private val transientDismissals = MutableSharedFlow<Unit>(extraBufferCapacity = 1)
+    // Replay one so a screen recreated by the notification (whose collector subscribes after the
+    // event fires) still sees the dismissal; every onDismiss is a harmless no-op on default state.
+    private val transientDismissals = MutableSharedFlow<Unit>(replay = 1)
 
     // Fires when an external event (opening now playing) should close menu-like UI the host does
     // not own, such as the library's list options sheet.
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/library/LibraryScreen.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/library/LibraryScreen.kt
index 2e53ffda..9b52f895 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/library/LibraryScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/library/LibraryScreen.kt
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ fun LibraryScreen(
     var searchActive by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(false) }
     val searchFocus = remember { FocusRequester() }
 
+    // Search mode is left open so the typed query survives; MainNavigation dismisses the keyboard.
     DismissOnRequest(dismissals) { showOptions = false }
 
     LaunchedEffect(pagerState) {
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/components/ContextMenuHostTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/components/ContextMenuHostTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ea83d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/subtracks/ui/components/ContextMenuHostTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.subtracks.ui.components
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.first
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withTimeoutOrNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class ContextMenuHostTest {
+    @Test
+    fun aDismissalBeforeCollectionIsStillDelivered() =
+        runTest {
+            val host = ContextMenuHost()
+
+            host.dismissTransients()
+
+            assertEquals(Unit, withTimeoutOrNull(1_000) { host.dismissals.first() })
+        }
+}