diff --git a/internal/loop/gate_test.go b/internal/loop/gate_test.go
index 09bcb62..ed0cb1c 100644
--- a/internal/loop/gate_test.go
+++ b/internal/loop/gate_test.go
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ func TestRemindersBypassEverySuppressor(t *testing.T) {
 // passes every due reminder straight through with no snooze check, so a snoozed
 // reminder fires anyway. The test below is what the contract asks for.
 func TestRemindersStillHonourSnooze(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("snooze is not applied to reminders — RemindDecisions ignores SnoozeUntil, internal/loop/loop.go:120")
 
 	now := refTime()
 	s := State{
@@ -292,7 +291,6 @@ func TestRemindersStillHonourSnooze(t *testing.T) {
 // unit tests above pass while nothing can ever populate the map. This asserts
 // the Gatherer actually produces a snooze map.
 func TestGathererPopulatesSnoozeUntil(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip("Gatherer never populates SnoozeUntil, so snooze cannot suppress anything at runtime, internal/loop/gather.go:153")
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	st, err := store.Open(ctx, t.TempDir()+"/m.db")
diff --git a/internal/loop/gather.go b/internal/loop/gather.go
index 405aa0f..c55919f 100644
--- a/internal/loop/gather.go
+++ b/internal/loop/gather.go
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ func (g *Gatherer) GatherState(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) (State, []sto
 		return State{}, nil, err
 	}
 
+	// live snoozes — "leave me alone until X", per rule. The `snoozed` outcome
+	// on the nudges table is the whole record; the store turns it into an
+	// expiry. Absent rules mean "not snoozed", which is what the gate reads.
+	snoozeUntil, err := g.store.SnoozedUntil(ctx, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		return State{}, nil, err
+	}
+
 	// env flags — QuietHours / CalendarBusy as config facts.
 	// QuietHours: presence != reachability, sleep/quiet-hours handled separately
 	// in the gate. We read a config `quiet_hours` fact for the boolean.
@@ -150,7 +158,7 @@ func (g *Gatherer) GatherState(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) (State, []sto
 		PresenceScore: score,
 		Facts:         facts,
 		LastNudge:     lastNudge,
-		SnoozeUntil:   nil, // no snooze persistence yet — daemon wires in
+		SnoozeUntil:   snoozeUntil,
 		CooldownUntil: cooldownUntil,
 		QuietHours:    quiet,
 		CalendarBusy:  calBusy,
diff --git a/internal/loop/loop.go b/internal/loop/loop.go
index bc884fe..ae572d9 100644
--- a/internal/loop/loop.go
+++ b/internal/loop/loop.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package loop
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
@@ -106,25 +107,53 @@ func Tick(s State, rules []Rule) *Candidate {
 
 // ReminderDecision — a due reminder the daemon should deliver now.
 // NOT gated by the universal Gate (per spec: "wake me 7" fires in quiet hours;
-// that's the point). Snooze still applies — represented by a separate
-// snooze-until the gatherer consults; for the scaffold, fired-reminders move
-// straight to MarkReminder(fired).
+// that's the point). Snooze is the one part of restraint that still applies.
 type ReminderDecision struct {
 	Reminder store.Reminder
 	State    State
 }
 
-// RemindDecisions — returns all due reminders (without gating their delivery
-// by restraint). Pure: accepts an already-filtered (due) list. The Gatherer
-// produces that list from `fire_ts <= now AND pending`.
+// ReminderSnoozeKey — the SnoozeUntil key that holds back every due reminder.
+// Reminders have no rule name, so they share one key. A snooze aimed at a
+// single reminder uses ReminderSnoozeKeyFor instead.
+const ReminderSnoozeKey = "reminder"
+
+// ReminderSnoozeKeyFor — the SnoozeUntil key for one reminder by id.
+func ReminderSnoozeKeyFor(id int64) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ReminderSnoozeKey, id)
+}
+
+// RemindDecisions — returns the due reminders the daemon should deliver.
+// Pure: accepts an already-filtered (due) list. The Gatherer produces that
+// list from `fire_ts <= now AND pending`.
+//
+// Quiet hours, presence and cooldown are deliberately NOT consulted — a
+// reminder must wake you at 7 even in the middle of quiet hours. Only snooze
+// holds one back. A held reminder stays pending, so it comes back once the
+// snooze runs out.
 func RemindDecisions(s State, due []store.Reminder) []ReminderDecision {
 	out := make([]ReminderDecision, 0, len(due))
 	for _, r := range due {
+		if reminderSnoozed(s, r) {
+			continue
+		}
 		out = append(out, ReminderDecision{Reminder: r, State: s})
 	}
 	return out
 }
 
+// reminderSnoozed — true when a snooze on this reminder, or on reminders as a
+// class, is still running.
+func reminderSnoozed(s State, r store.Reminder) bool {
+	keys := []string{ReminderSnoozeKey, ReminderSnoozeKeyFor(r.ID)}
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		if until, ok := s.SnoozeUntil[k]; ok && s.Now.Before(until) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // CooldownFor — helper for the Gatherer: given the active cooldown base
 // (the rule's static Base, OR the feedback tuner's persisted tuning) and the
 // last send ts, compute the wall-clock "cooldown-until" the gate will check.
diff --git a/internal/store/migrations.go b/internal/store/migrations.go
index c19d52f..325dd4d 100644
--- a/internal/store/migrations.go
+++ b/internal/store/migrations.go
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ ALTER TABLE reminders ADD COLUMN next_fire_ts INTEGER;`, // #2
 		CHECK (resolution_state IN ('none','pending','resolved','ambiguous','not_found'));
 	CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_facts_entity_id ON facts (entity_id) WHERE entity_id IS NOT NULL;
 	CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_facts_resolution_pending ON facts (resolution_state) WHERE resolution_state = 'pending';`, // #7 — entity-aware memory (Vikunja #279): facts about a subject get resolved to a Nexus entity_id async
+
+	`CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_nudges_snoozed ON nudges (outcome_ts) WHERE outcome = 'snoozed';`, // #8 — SnoozedUntil runs every tick; keep it off a full scan (Vikunja #364)
 }
 
 // migrate applies every migration with a number greater than the DB's current
diff --git a/internal/store/nudges.go b/internal/store/nudges.go
index 2a0db37..a295050 100644
--- a/internal/store/nudges.go
+++ b/internal/store/nudges.go
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ const (
 	NudgeIgnored = "ignored"
 )
 
+// SnoozeDuration — how long one `snoozed` outcome keeps its rule quiet.
+//
+// The nudges table records THAT a snooze happened and when, never for how
+// long: nothing upstream can supply a length. ResolveNudge takes only
+// (id, outcome, ts), and so do the IPC method and the web/telegram callers
+// behind it. So a fixed default it is, rather than a new column no writer
+// could fill.
+//
+// Two hours: longer than every rule's base cooldown (15–60m) so a snooze
+// actually buys quiet instead of being swallowed by the cooldown, and short
+// enough that a snooze the operator forgets about clears the same day. A
+// snooze can never outlive this window, so Maven cannot go quiet forever.
+const SnoozeDuration = 2 * time.Hour
+
 var (
 	ErrNudgeNotFound = errors.New("store: nudge not found")
 	ErrNudgeOutcome  = errors.New("store: nudge already resolved")
@@ -138,6 +152,37 @@ func (s *Store) UnackedTelegramRules(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 	return out, rows.Err()
 }
 
+// SnoozedUntil — per rule, when its most recent snooze runs out. This is the
+// read behind the gate's snooze check: the `snoozed` outcome already in the
+// nudges table IS the restraint memory, so there is no snooze table.
+//
+// Rules with no live snooze are absent from the map, which is what the gate
+// wants (a missing key means "not snoozed"). Expired snoozes are filtered out
+// in SQL, so an old snooze can never come back as a silent forever-mute.
+//
+// Called every tick (~60s). One indexed lookup over the snoozed rows only.
+func (s *Store) SnoozedUntil(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) (map[string]time.Time, error) {
+	cutoff := now.Add(-SnoozeDuration).UnixMilli()
+	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx,
+		`SELECT rule, MAX(outcome_ts) FROM nudges
+		  WHERE outcome = 'snoozed' AND outcome_ts > ?
+		  GROUP BY rule`, cutoff)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("snoozed until: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	out := make(map[string]time.Time)
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var rule string
+		var tsMilli int64
+		if err := rows.Scan(&rule, &tsMilli); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		out[rule] = time.UnixMilli(tsMilli).UTC().Add(SnoozeDuration)
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
+
 // RecentNudges — the newest n nudges across all rules, with outcomes, for the
 // monitoring dash. Newest first.
 func (s *Store) RecentNudges(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]Nudge, error) {
diff --git a/internal/store/nudges_snooze_test.go b/internal/store/nudges_snooze_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9321ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/store/nudges_snooze_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package store
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// snoozeNudge records a nudge and immediately snoozes it at ts.
+func snoozeNudge(t *testing.T, s *Store, rule string, ts time.Time) {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	id, err := s.RecordNudge(ctx, rule, "voice", "drink water", ts)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RecordNudge: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := s.ResolveNudge(ctx, id, NudgeSnoozed, ts); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResolveNudge: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSnoozedUntilPerRule(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	now := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(time.Millisecond)
+
+	snoozeNudge(t, s, "water", now.Add(-10*time.Minute))
+	snoozeNudge(t, s, "break", now.Add(-30*time.Minute))
+
+	got, err := s.SnoozedUntil(context.Background(), now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SnoozedUntil: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(got) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 2 snoozed rules, got %v", got)
+	}
+	wantWater := now.Add(-10 * time.Minute).Add(SnoozeDuration)
+	if !got["water"].Equal(wantWater) {
+		t.Fatalf("water until = %v, want %v", got["water"], wantWater)
+	}
+}
+
+// The map must only ever hold the newest snooze for a rule, so a stale one
+// can't shorten (or lengthen) the live one.
+func TestSnoozedUntilUsesNewestSnooze(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	now := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(time.Millisecond)
+
+	snoozeNudge(t, s, "water", now.Add(-90*time.Minute))
+	snoozeNudge(t, s, "water", now.Add(-5*time.Minute))
+
+	got, err := s.SnoozedUntil(context.Background(), now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SnoozedUntil: %v", err)
+	}
+	want := now.Add(-5 * time.Minute).Add(SnoozeDuration)
+	if !got["water"].Equal(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("water until = %v, want %v", got["water"], want)
+	}
+}
+
+// A snooze must expire. If this ever regresses Maven goes quiet forever and
+// nobody can tell why.
+func TestSnoozedUntilExpires(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	now := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(time.Millisecond)
+
+	snoozeNudge(t, s, "water", now.Add(-SnoozeDuration-time.Minute))
+
+	got, err := s.SnoozedUntil(context.Background(), now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SnoozedUntil: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, ok := got["water"]; ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expired snooze still active: %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// Other outcomes are not snoozes.
+func TestSnoozedUntilIgnoresOtherOutcomes(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := time.Now().UTC().Truncate(time.Millisecond)
+
+	for _, outcome := range []string{NudgeActed, NudgeIgnored} {
+		id, err := s.RecordNudge(ctx, "water", "voice", "drink water", now)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("RecordNudge: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := s.ResolveNudge(ctx, id, outcome, now); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("ResolveNudge: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := s.RecordNudge(ctx, "break", "voice", "stand up", now); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RecordNudge: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := s.SnoozedUntil(ctx, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SnoozedUntil: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("want no snoozes, got %v", got)
+	}
+}