diff --git a/src/hooks/session-notification.test.ts b/src/hooks/session-notification.test.ts
index cf895ba98..3bee39f0b 100644
--- a/src/hooks/session-notification.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/session-notification.test.ts
@@ -365,4 +365,99 @@ describe("session-notification", () => {
     // then - only one notification should be sent
     expect(notificationCalls).toHaveLength(1)
   })
+
+  test("should use terminal-notifier with -activate when available on darwin", async () => {
+    // given - terminal-notifier is available and __CFBundleIdentifier is set
+    spyOn(sender, "sendSessionNotification").mockRestore()
+    const notifyCalls: string[] = []
+    const mockCtx = {
+      $: async (cmd: TemplateStringsArray | string, ...values: any[]) => {
+        const cmdStr = typeof cmd === "string"
+          ? cmd
+          : cmd.reduce((acc, part, i) => acc + part + (values[i] ?? ""), "")
+        notifyCalls.push(cmdStr)
+        return { stdout: "", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 }
+      },
+    } as any
+    spyOn(utils, "getTerminalNotifierPath").mockResolvedValue("/usr/local/bin/terminal-notifier")
+    const originalEnv = process.env.__CFBundleIdentifier
+    process.env.__CFBundleIdentifier = "com.mitchellh.ghostty"
+
+    // when - sendSessionNotification is called directly on darwin
+    await sender.sendSessionNotification(mockCtx, "darwin", "Test Title", "Test Message")
+
+    // then - notification uses terminal-notifier with -activate flag
+    expect(notifyCalls.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1)
+    const tnCall = notifyCalls.find(c => c.includes("terminal-notifier"))
+    expect(tnCall).toBeDefined()
+    expect(tnCall).toContain("-activate")
+    expect(tnCall).toContain("com.mitchellh.ghostty")
+
+    // cleanup
+    if (originalEnv !== undefined) {
+      process.env.__CFBundleIdentifier = originalEnv
+    } else {
+      delete process.env.__CFBundleIdentifier
+    }
+  })
+
+  test("should fall back to osascript when terminal-notifier is not available", async () => {
+    // given - terminal-notifier is NOT available
+    spyOn(sender, "sendSessionNotification").mockRestore()
+    const notifyCalls: string[] = []
+    const mockCtx = {
+      $: async (cmd: TemplateStringsArray | string, ...values: any[]) => {
+        const cmdStr = typeof cmd === "string"
+          ? cmd
+          : cmd.reduce((acc, part, i) => acc + part + (values[i] ?? ""), "")
+        notifyCalls.push(cmdStr)
+        return { stdout: "", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 }
+      },
+    } as any
+    spyOn(utils, "getTerminalNotifierPath").mockResolvedValue(null)
+    spyOn(utils, "getOsascriptPath").mockResolvedValue("/usr/bin/osascript")
+
+    // when - sendSessionNotification is called directly on darwin
+    await sender.sendSessionNotification(mockCtx, "darwin", "Test Title", "Test Message")
+
+    // then - notification uses osascript (fallback)
+    expect(notifyCalls.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1)
+    const osascriptCall = notifyCalls.find(c => c.includes("osascript"))
+    expect(osascriptCall).toBeDefined()
+    const tnCall = notifyCalls.find(c => c.includes("terminal-notifier"))
+    expect(tnCall).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  test("should use terminal-notifier without -activate when __CFBundleIdentifier is not set", async () => {
+    // given - terminal-notifier available but no bundle ID
+    spyOn(sender, "sendSessionNotification").mockRestore()
+    const notifyCalls: string[] = []
+    const mockCtx = {
+      $: async (cmd: TemplateStringsArray | string, ...values: any[]) => {
+        const cmdStr = typeof cmd === "string"
+          ? cmd
+          : cmd.reduce((acc, part, i) => acc + part + (values[i] ?? ""), "")
+        notifyCalls.push(cmdStr)
+        return { stdout: "", stderr: "", exitCode: 0 }
+      },
+    } as any
+    spyOn(utils, "getTerminalNotifierPath").mockResolvedValue("/usr/local/bin/terminal-notifier")
+    const originalEnv = process.env.__CFBundleIdentifier
+    delete process.env.__CFBundleIdentifier
+
+    // when - sendSessionNotification is called directly on darwin
+    await sender.sendSessionNotification(mockCtx, "darwin", "Test Title", "Test Message")
+
+    // then - terminal-notifier used but without -activate flag
+    expect(notifyCalls.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1)
+    const tnCall = notifyCalls.find(c => c.includes("terminal-notifier"))
+    expect(tnCall).toBeDefined()
+    expect(tnCall).not.toContain("-activate")
+
+    // cleanup
+    if (originalEnv !== undefined) {
+      process.env.__CFBundleIdentifier = originalEnv
+    }
+  })
+
 })