diff --git a/apps/server/src/common/events/event.contants.ts b/apps/server/src/common/events/event.contants.ts
index 3a0ecba17..6f0404c46 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/common/events/event.contants.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/common/events/event.contants.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export enum EventName {
   WORKSPACE_CREATED = 'workspace.created',
   WORKSPACE_UPDATED = 'workspace.updated',
   WORKSPACE_DELETED = 'workspace.deleted',
+  NOTIFICATION_CREATED = 'notification.created',
 
   BASE_CREATED = 'base.created',
   BASE_UPDATED = 'base.updated',
diff --git a/apps/server/src/core/notification/notification.service.ts b/apps/server/src/core/notification/notification.service.ts
index 1f88bf59e..ab1b88e64 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/core/notification/notification.service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/core/notification/notification.service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { InjectKysely } from 'nestjs-kysely';
+import { EventEmitter2 } from '@nestjs/event-emitter';
 import { KyselyDB } from '@docmost/db/types/kysely.types';
 import { NotificationRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/notification/notification.repo';
 import { InsertableNotification } from '@docmost/db/types/entity.types';
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import { WsGateway } from '../../ws/ws.gateway';
 import { MailService } from '../../integrations/mail/mail.service';
 import { NotificationTab, NotificationType, NotificationTypeToSettingKey } from './notification.constants';
 import { PagePermissionRepo } from '@docmost/db/repos/page/page-permission.repo';
+import { EventName } from '../../common/events/event.contants';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class NotificationService {
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ export class NotificationService {
     private readonly pagePermissionRepo: PagePermissionRepo,
     private readonly wsGateway: WsGateway,
     private readonly mailService: MailService,
+    private readonly eventEmitter: EventEmitter2,
     @InjectKysely() private readonly db: KyselyDB,
   ) {}
 
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ export class NotificationService {
 
     const notification = await this.notificationRepo.insert(data);
 
+    this.eventEmitter.emit(EventName.NOTIFICATION_CREATED, notification);
+
     this.wsGateway.server
       .to(`user-${data.userId}`)
       .emit('notification', { id: notification.id, type: notification.type });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/integrations/queue/constants/queue.constants.ts b/apps/server/src/integrations/queue/constants/queue.constants.ts
index 4d2a27515..e43a82440 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/integrations/queue/constants/queue.constants.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/integrations/queue/constants/queue.constants.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ export enum QueueName {
   // Separate queue for /docmost ask: AI work takes seconds and would
   // otherwise starve fast inbound event dispatch.
   SLACK_ASK = '{slack-ask}',
+  // Outbound notification DMs; isolated so Slack API latency and retries
+  // never block inbound event dispatch.
+  SLACK_NOTIFY = '{slack-notify}',
   BASE_QUEUE = '{base-queue}',
 }
 
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ export enum QueueJob {
   INTEGRATION_TOKEN_REFRESH = 'integration-token-refresh',
   SLACK_EVENT = 'slack-event',
   SLACK_ASK = 'slack-ask',
+  SLACK_NOTIFICATION = 'slack-notification',
 
   BASE_TYPE_CONVERSION = 'base-type-conversion',
   BASE_CELL_GC = 'base-cell-gc',