diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NotificationsPane.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NotificationsPane.test.tsx
index a085ad3f3..08d43709a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NotificationsPane.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NotificationsPane.test.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
 import type { GlobalSettings, NotificationDispatchRequest } from '../../../../shared/types'
 import { getNotificationSoundOptions } from '@/components/notification-sound-options'
-import { NotificationsPane, sendNotificationSettingsTestNotification } from './NotificationsPane'
+import {
+  createNotificationVolumeDraftState,
+  NotificationsPane,
+  resolveNotificationVolumeDraftState,
+  sendNotificationSettingsTestNotification
+} from './NotificationsPane'
 
 const { toastError, toastMessage, toastSuccess } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   toastError: vi.fn(),
@@ -54,6 +59,17 @@ describe('NotificationsPane', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('resets the volume draft only when the persisted volume changes', () => {
+    const state = createNotificationVolumeDraftState(50)
+    state.draft = 75
+
+    expect(resolveNotificationVolumeDraftState(state, 50)).toBe(state)
+    expect(resolveNotificationVolumeDraftState(state, 25)).toEqual({
+      sourceVolume: 25,
+      draft: 25
+    })
+  })
+
   it('uses native main-process delivery even when renderer permission is stale denied on macOS', async () => {
     const notifications = {
       getPermissionStatus: vi.fn(async () => ({
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NotificationsPane.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NotificationsPane.tsx
index 1e9330074..f19831314 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NotificationsPane.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/NotificationsPane.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,29 @@ type SystemNotificationSettingsCopy = {
   failureDescription: string
 }
 
+type NotificationVolumeDraftState = {
+  sourceVolume: number
+  draft: number
+}
+
+export function createNotificationVolumeDraftState(
+  sourceVolume: number
+): NotificationVolumeDraftState {
+  return {
+    sourceVolume,
+    draft: sourceVolume
+  }
+}
+
+export function resolveNotificationVolumeDraftState(
+  state: NotificationVolumeDraftState,
+  sourceVolume: number
+): NotificationVolumeDraftState {
+  return state.sourceVolume === sourceVolume
+    ? state
+    : createNotificationVolumeDraftState(sourceVolume)
+}
+
 function getSystemNotificationSettingsCopy(
   platform: NodeJS.Platform
 ): SystemNotificationSettingsCopy | null {
@@ -161,15 +184,32 @@ export function NotificationsPane({
     })
   }
 
-  // Why: keep dragging local and persist only on Radix's commit event. That
-  // avoids IPC on every tick without a debounce timer that can race settings updates.
-  const [volumeDraft, setVolumeDraft] = useState(notificationSettings.customSoundVolume)
-
   useEffect(() => {
     notificationSettingsRef.current = notificationSettings
-    setVolumeDraft(notificationSettings.customSoundVolume)
   }, [notificationSettings])
 
+  // Why: keep dragging local and persist only on Radix's commit event. That
+  // avoids IPC on every tick without a debounce timer that can race settings updates.
+  const [volumeDraftState, setVolumeDraftState] = useState(() =>
+    createNotificationVolumeDraftState(notificationSettings.customSoundVolume)
+  )
+  const resolvedVolumeDraftState = resolveNotificationVolumeDraftState(
+    volumeDraftState,
+    notificationSettings.customSoundVolume
+  )
+  if (resolvedVolumeDraftState !== volumeDraftState) {
+    // Why: external settings writes should update the slider before paint, but
+    // unrelated notification toggles should not restart an in-progress drag.
+    setVolumeDraftState(resolvedVolumeDraftState)
+  }
+  const volumeDraft = resolvedVolumeDraftState.draft
+  const setVolumeDraft = (value: number): void => {
+    setVolumeDraftState((current) => ({
+      ...resolveNotificationVolumeDraftState(current, notificationSettings.customSoundVolume),
+      draft: value
+    }))
+  }
+
   const handleVolumeCommit = (value: number): void => {
     if (notificationSettingsRef.current.customSoundVolume !== value) {
       void updateNotificationSettings({ customSoundVolume: value })