diff --git a/services/notify.py b/services/notify.py
index 1fcba34..eb72260 100644
--- a/services/notify.py
+++ b/services/notify.py
@@ -47,14 +47,22 @@ async def notify(
     category: str | None = None,
 ):
     alerts_cfg = cfg.get("alerts", {})
+    suppressed_reason = None
     if category and is_muted(category):
-        return
-    if category and is_auto_muted(cfg, category):
-        return
-    if _in_quiet_hours(alerts_cfg):
+        suppressed_reason = "muted"
+    elif category and is_auto_muted(cfg, category):
+        suppressed_reason = "auto_mute"
+    elif _in_quiet_hours(alerts_cfg):
         allow_critical = bool(alerts_cfg.get("quiet_hours", {}).get("allow_critical", True))
         if not (allow_critical and level == "critical"):
-            return
+            suppressed_reason = "quiet_hours"
+
+    if suppressed_reason:
+        try:
+            log_incident(cfg, f"[suppressed:{suppressed_reason}] {text}", category=category)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return
 
     dedup_sec = int(alerts_cfg.get("notify_cooldown_sec", alerts_cfg.get("cooldown_sec", 900)))
     if dedup_sec > 0: