diff --git a/src/app.cpp b/src/app.cpp
index 50ba895..b222982 100644
--- a/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app.cpp
@@ -988,7 +988,10 @@ void App::update()
                                 // saw the rescan running. Without the confirmed-active gate, the first
                                 // poll (which hits the still-running pre-restart daemon, rescanning=false)
                                 // would fire a false "complete" the instant rescan was clicked.
-                                ui::Notifications::instance().success("Blockchain rescan complete");
+                                if (user_initiated_rescan_) {
+                                    ui::Notifications::instance().success("Blockchain rescan complete");
+                                    user_initiated_rescan_ = false;   // surfaced once; not for background rebuilds
+                                }
                                 resetWitnessRescanProgress();
                                 state_.sync.rescan_progress = 1.0f;
                             }
@@ -1091,8 +1094,9 @@ void App::update()
                     // Apply results directly — we are already on the main thread.
                     const std::string& status = scan.lastStatus;
                         if (scan.finished) {
-                            if (state_.sync.rescanning) {
+                            if (state_.sync.rescanning && user_initiated_rescan_) {
                                 ui::Notifications::instance().success("Blockchain rescan complete");
+                                user_initiated_rescan_ = false;   // surfaced once; not for background rebuilds
                             }
                             // Witness rebuild finishes with the rescan it's part of.
                             resetWitnessRescanProgress();
@@ -5464,6 +5468,7 @@ void App::rescanBlockchain()
     // pre-restart daemon and see rescanning=false) can't be misread as instant completion.
     state_.sync.rescanning = true;
     rescan_confirmed_active_ = false;
+    user_initiated_rescan_ = true;   // user-triggered rescan → its completion should toast
     state_.sync.rescan_progress = 0.0f;
     state_.sync.rescan_status = decision.status;
     transactions_dirty_ = true;
@@ -5515,6 +5520,7 @@ void App::repairWallet()
     // confirmed-active gating as rescan: the first poll may still reach the pre-restart daemon.
     state_.sync.rescanning = true;
     rescan_confirmed_active_ = false;
+    user_initiated_rescan_ = true;   // user-triggered repair (implies rescan) → completion should toast
     state_.sync.rescan_progress = 0.0f;
     state_.sync.rescan_status = decision.status;
     transactions_dirty_ = true;
@@ -6930,6 +6936,7 @@ void App::reindexBlockDatabase()
     }
     if (!daemon_controller_) return;
     daemon_controller_->setReindexOnNextStart(true);
+    user_initiated_rescan_ = true;   // reindex implies a rescan → its completion should toast
     daemon_controller_->resetCrashCount();      // the abort no longer counts against the restart budget
     show_block_db_reindex_confirm_ = false;
     block_db_reindex_available_ = false;         // un-gate → the connect loop restarts the node with -reindex
diff --git a/src/app.h b/src/app.h
index 75460ec..9509600 100644
--- a/src/app.h
+++ b/src/app.h
@@ -1302,6 +1302,11 @@ private:
     // the per-second mining/rescan-status pollers are suppressed (the daemon holds cs_main for
     // the whole scan and would block them); completion is signalled by the rescan RPC callback.
     bool runtime_rescan_active_ = false;
+    // True only for a rescan the WALLET/USER initiated (the Rescan button, a -rescan/salvage/zap/reindex
+    // restart, key import, seed migration) — not an autonomous background witness rebuild the daemon does
+    // on its own. Gates the "Blockchain rescan complete" toast so background rebuilds don't fire it;
+    // cleared when the toast is shown.
+    std::atomic<bool> user_initiated_rescan_{false};   // atomic: some rescan triggers run on worker threads
     // Set when a bootstrap completes; consumed once the daemon is connected to auto-run a rescan
     // that reconciles the preserved wallet.dat against the freshly-imported chain.
     bool post_bootstrap_rescan_pending_ = false;
diff --git a/src/app_network.cpp b/src/app_network.cpp
index 06fda63..57a1c23 100644
--- a/src/app_network.cpp
+++ b/src/app_network.cpp
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ void App::switchToWallet(const std::string& walletFile, bool stopDaemonConfirmed
                 if (daemon_controller_) daemon_controller_->clearExternalDaemonDetected();
                 if (salvage && daemon_controller_)      daemon_controller_->setSalvageOnNextStart(true);  // repair a corrupt wallet
                 else if (needRescan && daemon_controller_) daemon_controller_->setRescanOnNextStart(true); // (salvage implies rescan)
+                if (salvage || needRescan) user_initiated_rescan_ = true;   // wallet-triggered repair/rescan → completion should toast
                 // Start ONCE. Do NOT retry-spawn: a second start while the first is still shutting down leaves
                 // two dragonxd holding wallet.dat against each other (BDB "Failed to rename … Error"). The
                 // stopDaemonForWalletSwitch() wait already ensured the old node's process is gone, so a valid
@@ -1680,7 +1681,10 @@ void App::refreshCoreData()
                         transactions_dirty_ = true;
                         last_tx_block_height_ = -1;
                         invalidateShieldedHistoryScanProgress(true);
-                        ui::Notifications::instance().success("Blockchain rescan complete");
+                        if (user_initiated_rescan_) {
+                            ui::Notifications::instance().success("Blockchain rescan complete");
+                            user_initiated_rescan_ = false;   // surfaced once; not for background rebuilds
+                        }
                     }
 
                     NetworkRefreshService::applyConnectionInfoResult(state_, result.info);
@@ -4831,7 +4835,7 @@ void App::beginAdoptSeedWallet()
 
             // 3. Rescan on next start (only if the swap happened) and bring the daemon back up —
             //    unless we're quitting, in which case don't resurrect it.
-            if (swapDone && daemon_controller_) daemon_controller_->setRescanOnNextStart(true);
+            if (swapDone && daemon_controller_) { daemon_controller_->setRescanOnNextStart(true); user_initiated_rescan_ = true; }
             if (!shutting_down_) {
                 // We stopped the daemon ourselves (port_free) — clear the adopted-external latch so the
                 // relaunched process is treated as owned (stop/isRunning/exit behave normally afterward).
@@ -5130,7 +5134,7 @@ void App::rebuildWalletDatabase()
                             fs::rename(datadir + "/database", datadir + "/database.prerebuild-" + std::string(ts) + ".bak", e2);
                         for (const auto& e : fs::directory_iterator(datadir, e2))
                             if (e.path().filename().string().rfind("__db.", 0) == 0) { std::error_code e3; fs::remove(e.path(), e3); }
-                        if (daemon_controller_) daemon_controller_->setRescanOnNextStart(true);
+                        if (daemon_controller_) { daemon_controller_->setRescanOnNextStart(true); user_initiated_rescan_ = true; }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -5558,6 +5562,7 @@ void App::runtimeRescan(int startHeight)
     runtime_rescan_active_ = true;
     state_.sync.rescanning = true;
     rescan_confirmed_active_ = true;
+    user_initiated_rescan_ = true;   // user clicked Rescan → completion should toast
     state_.sync.rescan_progress = 0.0f;
     state_.sync.rescan_status = "Rescanning from block " + std::to_string(startHeight) + "...";
     transactions_dirty_ = true;