diff --git a/mobile/ios/Runner/PushSnapshotBridge.swift b/mobile/ios/Runner/PushSnapshotBridge.swift
index b735539c8e..09f599cf0e 100644
--- a/mobile/ios/Runner/PushSnapshotBridge.swift
+++ b/mobile/ios/Runner/PushSnapshotBridge.swift
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ final class BuzzPushSnapshotBridge {
   private let endpointGrantStore: BuzzPushEndpointGrantKeychainStore
   private let interactionDeletionDeadline: BuzzInteractionDeletionDeadline
   private let keychainAccessGroup: String?
+  // Flutter awaits every call here, and the age-gate restore runs during app
+  // launch, when this process is busiest. At utility QoS these replies were the
+  // lowest-priority work in the process and stalled for over 10 s on saturated
+  // CI hosts while main-thread work kept moving; user-initiated is the class
+  // for work a caller is waiting on.
   private let queue = DispatchQueue(
     label: "xyz.block.buzz.push-snapshot",
-    qos: .utility
+    qos: .userInitiated
   )
   private lazy var store: BuzzPushPresentationCacheStore? = {
     guard let container = containerURL() else { return nil }
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ final class BuzzPushSnapshotBridge {
           INInteraction.deleteAll(completion: completion)
         },
         scheduleTimeout: { delay, action in
-          DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).asyncAfter(
+          DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).asyncAfter(
             deadline: .now() + delay,
             execute: action
           )
diff --git a/mobile/ios/RunnerTests/BuzzCommunicationNotificationTests.swift b/mobile/ios/RunnerTests/BuzzCommunicationNotificationTests.swift
index a9960a70b5..8ade99d81f 100644
--- a/mobile/ios/RunnerTests/BuzzCommunicationNotificationTests.swift
+++ b/mobile/ios/RunnerTests/BuzzCommunicationNotificationTests.swift
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ final class BuzzPushSnapshotEnrichmentTests: XCTestCase {
     let snapshotURL = directory.appendingPathComponent(BuzzPushPresentationCacheStore.fileName)
     let original = try Data(contentsOf: snapshotURL)
     var deletionCalls = 0
+    var deletionQoS: [qos_class_t] = []
     let bridge = BuzzPushSnapshotBridge(
       appGroupIdentifier: nil,
       endpointGrantStore: BuzzPushEndpointGrantKeychainStore(accessGroup: nil),
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ final class BuzzPushSnapshotEnrichmentTests: XCTestCase {
         timeout: 5,
         deleteAllInteractions: { completion in
           deletionCalls += 1
+          deletionQoS.append(qos_class_self())
           completion(deletionCalls == 1 ? NSError(domain: "InjectedCleanupFailure", code: 1) : nil)
         },
         scheduleTimeout: { _, _ in }
@@ -370,6 +372,8 @@ final class BuzzPushSnapshotEnrichmentTests: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertNil(restoreResult)
     XCTAssertFalse(BuzzAgeRestrictionSession.isRestricted(containerURL: directory))
     XCTAssertEqual(deletionCalls, 2)
+    // Flutter awaits these replies; a lower QoS left them starved on busy hosts.
+    XCTAssertEqual(deletionQoS, [QOS_CLASS_USER_INITIATED, QOS_CLASS_USER_INITIATED])
     XCTAssertEqual(try Data(contentsOf: snapshotURL), original)
   }