diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index e00ebd1b..b47da80c 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -149,6 +149,14 @@ class _EagerInitializationState extends ConsumerState<_EagerInitialization>
   void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) {
     if (state == AppLifecycleState.resumed) {
       _maybeAutoScanLocalLibrary();
+    } else if (state == AppLifecycleState.paused) {
+      // Last reliable moment before the OS may kill the process: make sure
+      // any debounced download-queue persistence reaches disk.
+      if (ref.exists(downloadQueueProvider)) {
+        unawaited(
+          ref.read(downloadQueueProvider.notifier).flushQueuePersistence(),
+        );
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/providers/download_queue_provider.dart b/lib/providers/download_queue_provider.dart
index f247827a..69fe5de7 100644
--- a/lib/providers/download_queue_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/providers/download_queue_provider.dart
@@ -2039,6 +2039,16 @@ class DownloadQueueNotifier extends Notifier<DownloadQueueState> {
     return const DownloadQueueState();
   }
 
+  /// Flush any debounced queue persistence to disk immediately. Called when
+  /// the app is backgrounded: the OS may kill the process without a graceful
+  /// teardown, and a pending debounce timer would silently drop the most
+  /// recent queue mutations.
+  Future<void> flushQueuePersistence() async {
+    if (_queuePersistDebounce?.isActive != true) return;
+    _queuePersistDebounce?.cancel();
+    await _flushQueueToStorage();
+  }
+
   Future<void> _loadQueueFromStorage() async {
     if (_isLoaded) return;
     _isLoaded = true;