diff --git a/apps/x/apps/main/src/meeting-detect/service.ts b/apps/x/apps/main/src/meeting-detect/service.ts
index 82a19824..91080ee0 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/main/src/meeting-detect/service.ts
+++ b/apps/x/apps/main/src/meeting-detect/service.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,16 @@ export class MeetingDetectService {
             this.pending.add(work);
             void work.finally(() => this.pending.delete(work));
         });
+        this.detector.on("meeting-cleared", (event) => {
+            // Mic released → drop the session's suppression so the next call
+            // (same Chrome process, new Meet) can fire again.
+            this.suppression.clearSession(event.sessionKey).catch((err) => {
+                console.error("[MeetingDetect] clearSession failed:", err);
+            });
+            console.log(`[MeetingDetect] session cleared: ${event.sessionKey}`);
+        });
         this.detector.start();
+        console.log("[MeetingDetect] service started — polling for meeting apps holding the mic");
     }
 
     stop(): void {
@@ -68,7 +77,11 @@ export class MeetingDetectService {
     }
 
     private async handleActive(event: MeetingActiveEvent): Promise<void> {
-        if (!this.suppression.shouldNotify(event.sessionKey, event.executable)) return;
+        console.log(`[MeetingDetect] active: ${event.executable} (kind=${event.kind})`);
+        if (!this.suppression.shouldNotify(event.sessionKey, event.executable)) {
+            console.log(`[MeetingDetect] suppressed (already notified or muted): ${event.sessionKey}`);
+            return;
+        }
 
         // For browsers we MUST confirm the foreground tab is a meeting page —
         // otherwise we'd popup for YouTube, Spotify web, etc.
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/main/src/meeting-detect/suppression.ts b/apps/x/apps/main/src/meeting-detect/suppression.ts
index cdea3648..c2b42ece 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/main/src/meeting-detect/suppression.ts
+++ b/apps/x/apps/main/src/meeting-detect/suppression.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ export class Suppression {
         await this.persist();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clear the notified mark for a session. Called when the detector observes
+     * the mic being released — without this, on Windows (no pid in sessionKey)
+     * the same browser would never re-fire because every new Meet call reuses
+     * the same exe-keyed session.
+     */
+    async clearSession(sessionKey: string): Promise<void> {
+        if (!this.state.notifiedSessions[sessionKey]) return;
+        delete this.state.notifiedSessions[sessionKey];
+        await this.persist();
+    }
+
     async markDismissed(executable: string, now: Date = new Date()): Promise<void> {
         this.state.recentlyDismissed[dismissKeyFor(executable)] = { dismissedAt: now.toISOString() };
         await this.persist();
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
index a35fbca7..c6184e47 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -3968,36 +3968,53 @@ function App() {
     return window.ipc.on('app:openUrl', ({ url }) => handle(url))
   }, [])
 
-  // Triggered by main when the user clicks a calendar-meeting notification.
-  // Reuses the same flow as the in-app "Join meeting & take notes" button.
+  // Triggered by main when the user clicks a meeting-notes notification —
+  // either the calendar-time notification (event populated) or the mic-detect
+  // ad-hoc notification (event=null, title=string). Both routes feed the same
+  // calendar-block flow which kicks off startMeetingNow().
   // When `openMeeting` is true, also opens the meeting URL in the system browser.
   useEffect(() => {
-    return window.ipc.on('app:takeMeetingNotes', ({ event, openMeeting }) => {
-      const e = event as {
-        summary?: string
-        start?: { dateTime?: string; date?: string; timeZone?: string }
-        end?: { dateTime?: string; date?: string; timeZone?: string }
-        location?: string
-        htmlLink?: string
-        hangoutLink?: string
-        conferenceData?: { entryPoints?: Array<{ entryPointType?: string; uri?: string }> }
-      }
-      if (!e || typeof e !== 'object') return
-      const conferenceLink = extractConferenceLink(e as Record<string, unknown>)
-      if (openMeeting && conferenceLink) {
-        window.open(conferenceLink, '_blank')
-      } else if (openMeeting) {
-        console.warn('[take-meeting-notes] openMeeting requested but event has no conference link', e)
-      }
-      window.__pendingCalendarEvent = {
-        summary: e.summary,
-        start: e.start,
-        end: e.end,
-        location: e.location,
-        htmlLink: e.htmlLink,
-        conferenceLink,
-        source: 'calendar-sync',
+    return window.ipc.on('app:takeMeetingNotes', ({ event, openMeeting, title }) => {
+      const payload = event as
+        | {
+            summary?: string
+            start?: { dateTime?: string; date?: string; timeZone?: string }
+            end?: { dateTime?: string; date?: string; timeZone?: string }
+            location?: string
+            htmlLink?: string
+            hangoutLink?: string
+            conferenceData?: { entryPoints?: Array<{ entryPointType?: string; uri?: string }> }
+          }
+        | null
+        | undefined
+
+      if (payload && typeof payload === 'object') {
+        const conferenceLink = extractConferenceLink(payload as Record<string, unknown>)
+        if (openMeeting && conferenceLink) {
+          window.open(conferenceLink, '_blank')
+        } else if (openMeeting) {
+          console.warn('[take-meeting-notes] openMeeting requested but event has no conference link', payload)
+        }
+        window.__pendingCalendarEvent = {
+          summary: payload.summary,
+          start: payload.start,
+          end: payload.end,
+          location: payload.location,
+          htmlLink: payload.htmlLink,
+          conferenceLink,
+          source: 'calendar-sync',
+        }
+      } else if (typeof title === 'string' && title.length > 0) {
+        // Ad-hoc detection — no calendar event matched. Build a minimal
+        // pending event from the title so the meeting flow can still start.
+        window.__pendingCalendarEvent = {
+          summary: title,
+          source: 'meeting-detect',
+        }
+      } else {
+        return
       }
+
       window.dispatchEvent(new Event('calendar-block:join-meeting'))
     })
   }, [])
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/shared/src/ipc.ts b/apps/x/packages/shared/src/ipc.ts
index 230d384c..f61aae7e 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/shared/src/ipc.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/shared/src/ipc.ts
@@ -395,11 +395,13 @@ const ipcSchemas = {
   },
   'app:takeMeetingNotes': {
     req: z.object({
-      // Pass the raw calendar event JSON through; renderer adapts to its existing flow.
+      // Calendar event JSON when correlated; null for mic-detect ad-hoc fires.
       event: z.unknown(),
       // When true, the renderer should also open the meeting URL (Zoom/Meet/etc.)
       // in addition to triggering the take-notes flow.
       openMeeting: z.boolean().optional(),
+      // Fallback title for ad-hoc detection (no calendar event matched).
+      title: z.string().nullable().optional(),
     }),
     res: z.null(),
   },