diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7916a4422..c7cfc36a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ v1.4.47 closed the H1 + Mediums punch list. v1.4.49 bundles the deferred v1.4.47
 - Workout-batch integration tests (`workout-batch-create`, `workout-batch-race`) updated to match the v1.4.42 cross-source dedup semantics. The integration suite had been red on `main` since v1.4.45 (three release commits shipped through it). Suite is green again.
 - Twelve stale "migration 0076" references in code comments corrected. `consecutiveFailures` sites read 0077; `disable-coach` sites read 0078. Comment-only sweep, no behavioural change.
 - `docs/ops/attempt-number-semantics.md` referenced migration 0076 for the dropped `consecutiveFailures` column; the actual migration is 0077.
+- Per-channel APNs "Send test" button (Settings → notification channels) now fires with `eventType: "MEDICATION_REMINDER"` so the dispatcher's `time-sensitive` interruption-level + `apns-priority: 10` branch runs. The previous `SYSTEM_ALERT` event-type used the dispatcher's default `active` level, which iOS may summarise into the Notification Center rather than presenting a lock-screen banner — leaving the user with no signal whether a real dose reminder will surface visibly. A successful test now exercises the exact path production reminders take. Title and body strings still read "Test notification" so the push cannot be mistaken for an actual scheduled dose.
 
 ### Performance
 
diff --git a/src/app/api/notifications/apns/test/route.ts b/src/app/api/notifications/apns/test/route.ts
index 23a940667..ec024804b 100644
--- a/src/app/api/notifications/apns/test/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/notifications/apns/test/route.ts
@@ -57,10 +57,18 @@ export const POST = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
     : defaultLocale;
   const t = getServerTranslator(locale).t;
 
+  // Send as MEDICATION_REMINDER so the dispatcher's time-sensitive /
+  // priority-10 branch fires. Otherwise the test runs at the default
+  // `active` interruption-level and iOS may summarise it into the
+  // Notification Center rather than presenting a lock-screen banner —
+  // leaving the user with no signal whether real medication reminders
+  // (which DO use time-sensitive) will surface on the lock screen.
+  // The title/body strings still read "Test notification" so the user
+  // doesn't mistake this for an actual scheduled dose.
   const result = await sendViaApns(user.id, {
     title: t("notifications.admin.testNotificationTitle"),
     message: t("notifications.admin.testNotificationBody"),
-    eventType: "SYSTEM_ALERT",
+    eventType: "MEDICATION_REMINDER",
   });
 
   annotate({