diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 502e2eb..9489035 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -365,30 +365,6 @@ export default function App() {
       saveLayoutLocal(l);
     }
     if (isSupported(prefs.language)) setLanguage(prefs.language);
-    // Nudge admins when access requests are waiting (in lieu of a server-push bell).
-    const pending = meQuery.data?.pending_invites ?? 0;
-    if (meQuery.data?.role === "admin") {
-      // Keep a single, current nudge: drop any prior one (persisted copies reload as dismissed
-      // history, so they'd otherwise pile up one-per-reload) before re-issuing the live notice.
-      removeByMetaKind("access-requests");
-      if (pending > 0) {
-        notify({
-          level: "warning",
-          title: t("common.accessRequestsTitle"),
-          message: t("common.accessRequestsMessage", { count: pending }),
-          // Durable inbox link (survives reload, unlike a live action callback); the toast also
-          // gets a click via the action.
-          meta: { kind: "access-requests" },
-          action: {
-            label: t("common.accessRequestsReview"),
-            onClick: () => {
-              focusAccessRequestsTab();
-              setPage("users");
-            },
-          },
-        });
-      }
-    }
     // The demo account is shared: there are no subscriptions, so default it to the whole
     // library (the "my" feed would be empty). The communal-state warning is a permanent
     // banner (see DemoBanner below), not a toast that re-pops on every reload.
@@ -398,6 +374,35 @@ export default function App() {
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [meQuery.data?.id]);
 
+  // Nudge admins when access requests are waiting (in lieu of a server-push bell). Keyed on the
+  // pending COUNT so it re-resolves the moment an approval/denial changes it — not only on a
+  // fresh load (which is why the notice used to linger until F5 after an approval).
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (meQuery.data?.role !== "admin") return;
+    // Keep a single, current nudge: drop any prior one (persisted copies reload as dismissed
+    // history, so they'd otherwise pile up one-per-reload) before re-issuing the live notice.
+    removeByMetaKind("access-requests");
+    const pending = meQuery.data.pending_invites ?? 0;
+    if (pending > 0) {
+      notify({
+        level: "warning",
+        title: t("common.accessRequestsTitle"),
+        message: t("common.accessRequestsMessage", { count: pending }),
+        // Durable inbox link (survives reload, unlike a live action callback); the toast also
+        // gets a click via the action.
+        meta: { kind: "access-requests" },
+        action: {
+          label: t("common.accessRequestsReview"),
+          onClick: () => {
+            focusAccessRequestsTab();
+            setPage("users");
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [meQuery.data?.role, meQuery.data?.pending_invites]);
+
   // Theme is part of the Settings draft: apply locally for preview, persist on Save.
   function setTheme(next: ThemePrefs) {
     setThemeState(next);