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.