diff --git a/docs/authored-thread-reply-push.md b/docs/authored-thread-reply-push.md
index 7b66f940bd..2db5d3a620 100644
--- a/docs/authored-thread-reply-push.md
+++ b/docs/authored-thread-reply-push.md
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ push capability. Supporting mobile clients add a single self-scoped
 for the first activation. They do not enumerate or synchronize thread follows.
 Old relays retain the existing mention/DM policy.
 
+The existing lease capacity limits still apply. If the authored rule cannot
+represent all channel mutes (more than 350) or no subscription slot remains,
+the client omits that rule while continuing to synchronize mention/DM policies.
+It never truncates mute exclusions or abandons the whole update. The authored
+rule returns when capacity is available again.
+
 The authenticated `/query` bridge accepts the same predicate and derives the
 recipient from the authenticated identity. Historical query filtering and batch
 wake matching share the database root-author relation, including community,
diff --git a/mobile/lib/shared/push/push_subscription.dart b/mobile/lib/shared/push/push_subscription.dart
index 90dee1b5e0..40de6b839d 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/shared/push/push_subscription.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/shared/push/push_subscription.dart
@@ -528,26 +528,6 @@ List<BuzzPushSubscription> buildDesiredBuzzPushSubscriptions({
     ),
   ];
 
-  if (authoredThreadReplies) {
-    final muted = normalizedMuted.toList()..sort();
-    subscriptions.add(
-      BuzzPushSubscription(
-        filter: BuzzPushFilter(
-          kinds: buzzPushEligibleKinds,
-          authoredThreadReplies: true,
-          since: authoredThreadRepliesSince,
-        ),
-        notificationClass: 'default',
-        ignore: [
-          selfAuthored,
-          for (final chunk in _chunks(muted, buzzPushChannelChunkSize))
-            BuzzPushFilter(kinds: buzzPushEligibleKinds, hTags: chunk),
-        ],
-        suppress: suppression,
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-
   final channels = normalizedChannelIds.difference(normalizedMuted).toList()
     ..sort();
   for (final chunk in _chunks(channels, buzzPushChannelChunkSize)) {
@@ -563,6 +543,32 @@ List<BuzzPushSubscription> buildDesiredBuzzPushSubscriptions({
   if (subscriptions.length > buzzPushMaxSubscriptions) {
     throw const FormatException('Too many channels for a push lease.');
   }
+  // Existing relay limits may leave no room for a fully muted authored rule.
+  // Omit that rule rather than dropping exclusions or aborting mention/DM sync.
+  final muted = normalizedMuted.toList()..sort();
+  final authoredMuteChunks = _chunks(muted, buzzPushChannelChunkSize);
+  if (authoredThreadReplies &&
+      authoredMuteChunks.length + 1 <= buzzPushMaxIgnoreFilters &&
+      subscriptions.length < buzzPushMaxSubscriptions) {
+    subscriptions.insert(
+      1,
+      BuzzPushSubscription(
+        filter: BuzzPushFilter(
+          kinds: buzzPushEligibleKinds,
+          authoredThreadReplies: true,
+          since: authoredThreadRepliesSince,
+        ),
+        notificationClass: 'default',
+        ignore: [
+          selfAuthored,
+          for (final chunk in authoredMuteChunks)
+            BuzzPushFilter(kinds: buzzPushEligibleKinds, hTags: chunk),
+        ],
+        suppress: suppression,
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
   return List.unmodifiable(subscriptions);
 }
 
diff --git a/mobile/test/shared/push/push_subscription_test.dart b/mobile/test/shared/push/push_subscription_test.dart
index 54e061fb3f..019f882bfd 100644
--- a/mobile/test/shared/push/push_subscription_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/shared/push/push_subscription_test.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,62 @@ void main() {
   const channelA = '123e4567-e89b-42d3-a456-426614174000';
   const channelB = '123e4567-e89b-42d3-a456-426614174001';
 
+  List<String> channels(int count) => [
+    for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
+      '00000000-0000-4000-8000-${i.toString().padLeft(12, '0')}',
+  ];
+
+  test(
+    'authored mute capacity preserves every exclusion or omits the rule',
+    () {
+      final mutes = channels(351);
+      final atLimit = buildDesiredBuzzPushSubscriptions(
+        myPubkey: me,
+        authoredThreadReplies: true,
+        mutedChannelIds: mutes.take(350),
+      ).singleWhere((s) => s.filter.authoredThreadReplies);
+      expect(atLimit.ignore, hasLength(buzzPushMaxIgnoreFilters));
+      expect(atLimit.ignore.skip(1).expand((f) => f.hTags!), mutes.take(350));
+
+      final overLimit = buildDesiredBuzzPushSubscriptions(
+        myPubkey: me,
+        channelIds: [channelA],
+        authoredThreadReplies: true,
+        mutedChannelIds: mutes,
+      );
+      final baseline = buildDesiredBuzzPushSubscriptions(
+        myPubkey: me,
+        channelIds: [channelA],
+        mutedChannelIds: mutes,
+      );
+      expect(
+        buzzPushSubscriptionsFingerprint(overLimit),
+        buzzPushSubscriptionsFingerprint(baseline),
+      );
+      expect(overLimit.last.filter.hTags, [channelA]);
+    },
+  );
+
+  test('authored rule never consumes a required DM subscription slot', () {
+    final dms = channels(750);
+    final withRoom = buildDesiredBuzzPushSubscriptions(
+      myPubkey: me,
+      channelIds: dms.take(700),
+      authoredThreadReplies: true,
+    );
+    expect(withRoom, hasLength(buzzPushMaxSubscriptions));
+    expect(withRoom.any((s) => s.filter.authoredThreadReplies), isTrue);
+
+    final full = buildDesiredBuzzPushSubscriptions(
+      myPubkey: me,
+      channelIds: dms,
+      authoredThreadReplies: true,
+    );
+    expect(full, hasLength(buzzPushMaxSubscriptions));
+    expect(full.any((s) => s.filter.authoredThreadReplies), isFalse);
+    expect(full.skip(1).expand((s) => s.filter.hTags!), dms);
+  });
+
   test(
     'authored replies opt in without enumerating roots and honor all mutes',
     () {