diff --git a/barstyles/imi/GlobalStates.qml b/barstyles/imi/GlobalStates.qml
index 28689f3a..00bc42ee 100644
--- a/barstyles/imi/GlobalStates.qml
+++ b/barstyles/imi/GlobalStates.qml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import "modules/common"
 import "modules/common/functions"
 import "services"
 import shell.services as ShellState
-import shell.services as HostServices
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
 import Quickshell.Io
@@ -1629,17 +1628,6 @@ Singleton {
     // and the close grace, exactly as StyledPopup does for the other popups.
     property bool mediaWidgetHovered: false
 
-    // background.wallpaperPath follows the host Session wallpaper.
-    function syncWallpaperPath() {
-        const live = HostServices.Session.wallpaper || "";
-        if (live !== "" && Config.ready && Config.options.background.wallpaperPath !== live)
-            Config.options.background.wallpaperPath = live;
-    }
-    Connections {
-        target: HostServices.Session
-        function onWallpaperChanged() { root.syncWallpaperPath(); }
-    }
-
     function setMediaWidgetHovered(hovered) {
         root.mediaWidgetHovered = hovered;
     }
@@ -2581,7 +2569,6 @@ Singleton {
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
-        Qt.callLater(root.syncWallpaperPath);
         animatedLeftSidebarWidth = leftSidebarTargetWidth;
         animatedRightSidebarWidth = rightSidebarTargetWidth;
         root.enforceSidebarStyle();
diff --git a/barstyles/imi/Scene.qml b/barstyles/imi/Scene.qml
index e44319c7..c4313760 100644
--- a/barstyles/imi/Scene.qml
+++ b/barstyles/imi/Scene.qml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pragma ComponentBehavior: Bound
 
 import QtQuick
 import Quickshell
+import shell.services as HostServices
 import Quickshell.Io
 import "modules/common"
 import "modules/ii/bar"
@@ -119,6 +120,19 @@ Scope {
         sourceComponent: SettingsWindow {}
     }
 
+    // background.wallpaperPath follows the host Session wallpaper (used by
+    // the sidebar banner and search previews).
+    function syncWallpaperPath() {
+        const live = HostServices.Session.wallpaper || "";
+        if (live !== "" && Config.ready && Config.options.background.wallpaperPath !== live)
+            Config.options.background.wallpaperPath = live;
+    }
+    Component.onCompleted: Qt.callLater(scene.syncWallpaperPath)
+    Connections {
+        target: HostServices.Session
+        function onWallpaperChanged() { scene.syncWallpaperPath(); }
+    }
+
     // Handoff for Ryoku Hub > Bar Studio.
     IpcHandler {
         target: "imi"
diff --git a/barstyles/imi/VERSION b/barstyles/imi/VERSION
index 227cea21..38f77a65 100644
--- a/barstyles/imi/VERSION
+++ b/barstyles/imi/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0
+2.0.1
diff --git a/barstyles/imi/assets/preview.png b/barstyles/imi/assets/preview.png
index 262db789..5b8101ab 100644
Binary files a/barstyles/imi/assets/preview.png and b/barstyles/imi/assets/preview.png differ
diff --git a/barstyles/imi/manifest.json b/barstyles/imi/manifest.json
index 7714a326..7cda41ca 100644
--- a/barstyles/imi/manifest.json
+++ b/barstyles/imi/manifest.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "schema": 1,
   "id": "imi",
   "category": "barstyles",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.1",
   "destination": "ryoku/barstyles/imi",
   "files": [
     {
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
       "source": "GlobalStates.qml",
       "destination": "GlobalStates.qml",
       "mode": "0644",
-      "size": 153864,
-      "sha256": "b8955110b9dea3e14e72608ddf19bce8ecccf602a618b89f42f0783af361e3d5",
+      "size": 153329,
+      "sha256": "3defad1dd43b947c86cc78bb41dc398268d3b4715e3b3d85b5f1eb3a20c58d72",
       "install": true
     },
     {
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
       "source": "Scene.qml",
       "destination": "Scene.qml",
       "mode": "0644",
-      "size": 4003,
-      "sha256": "59a0f4b31e81e99ae841f1579b3f4cfb5bb0baabc68189c1e4c59cbc5b6f786c",
+      "size": 4614,
+      "sha256": "fcb5c5829557c186a4fe2c052b385c57653ff745548b1a68ff3ba015be97bb5c",
       "install": true
     },
     {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       "destination": "VERSION",
       "mode": "0644",
       "size": 6,
-      "sha256": "c28fcca53637bc88e124af1725df13cb98c69dedefd62fb3cdbe1cdb6b760624",
+      "sha256": "fe840f52fb5578d3f77eb497115eb02c6036601c3a53e60df7995c7276baa77a",
       "install": true
     },
     {
@@ -2281,8 +2281,8 @@
       "source": "assets/preview.png",
       "destination": "assets/preview.png",
       "mode": "0644",
-      "size": 1048017,
-      "sha256": "621dc0329d095ee25edebdb9e8070ef64c9a6a4f62a6fb2107dccedda63b2969",
+      "size": 659831,
+      "sha256": "d8a626ca7ab84d9913e0634ddce8fe7d4a6b18d17e749d48e128394571a9a9a4",
       "install": false
     },
     {
@@ -7761,8 +7761,8 @@
       "source": "modules/ii/bar/popups/bluetooth/ExpressiveBluetoothDevicesPopup.qml",
       "destination": "modules/ii/bar/popups/bluetooth/ExpressiveBluetoothDevicesPopup.qml",
       "mode": "0644",
-      "size": 23495,
-      "sha256": "4152a3fed6a92a958608f477a36a5ad90c7096dd31fa2fca50cfe472064b1ec7",
+      "size": 23520,
+      "sha256": "5458730faea12d15433180b4d34f76e480eb65b8be23f984ccb2b16bd05f51ea",
       "install": true
     },
     {
@@ -12770,7 +12770,7 @@
       "destination": "modules/settings/configs/AboutConfig.qml",
       "mode": "0644",
       "size": 31950,
-      "sha256": "ee016658e0614ed502566f028c06ffce5aa8e41f15010de0bfe751fc8ffa7d97",
+      "sha256": "f2dc2dee7f54adb471d883f6001bcec7b61f69d17de8a3f1cf09cea7fd188960",
       "install": true
     },
     {
@@ -14665,8 +14665,8 @@
       "source": "services/Notifications.qml",
       "destination": "services/Notifications.qml",
       "mode": "0644",
-      "size": 21334,
-      "sha256": "65a75705253ad6b85b512eebe8a930b8c281295202d1fdd3da485e4b54c3b43e",
+      "size": 24097,
+      "sha256": "4fd91d21be039ec2d2e0e42c3e2124c010afc576318ad4ed231495723a380804",
       "install": true
     },
     {
diff --git a/barstyles/imi/modules/ii/bar/popups/bluetooth/ExpressiveBluetoothDevicesPopup.qml b/barstyles/imi/modules/ii/bar/popups/bluetooth/ExpressiveBluetoothDevicesPopup.qml
index e03f73c6..a17e51af 100644
--- a/barstyles/imi/modules/ii/bar/popups/bluetooth/ExpressiveBluetoothDevicesPopup.qml
+++ b/barstyles/imi/modules/ii/bar/popups/bluetooth/ExpressiveBluetoothDevicesPopup.qml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import "../../../../../"
 import "../../shared"
 import "../../../../common"
 import "../../../../common/functions"
diff --git a/barstyles/imi/modules/settings/configs/AboutConfig.qml b/barstyles/imi/modules/settings/configs/AboutConfig.qml
index b605de8c..81362deb 100644
--- a/barstyles/imi/modules/settings/configs/AboutConfig.qml
+++ b/barstyles/imi/modules/settings/configs/AboutConfig.qml
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ Item {
 
             StyledText {
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
-                text: "Imi 2.0.0 - maintained by Dodo986"
+                text: "Imi 2.0.1 - maintained by Dodo986"
                 color: Appearance.colors.colSubtext
                 font.pixelSize: Appearance.font.pixelSize.small
             }
diff --git a/barstyles/imi/services/Notifications.qml b/barstyles/imi/services/Notifications.qml
index b38d040c..da697e18 100644
--- a/barstyles/imi/services/Notifications.qml
+++ b/barstyles/imi/services/Notifications.qml
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ Singleton {
     // null entries ("Cannot append Notif(...) to a QML list").
     property list<QtObject> list: []
     property var _livePopups: []
+    property var _mirrored: []
+    property bool _releasingHostPopups: false
     // The sidebar covering the bar holds the banners back, exactly as the
     // upstream popups were never armed while it was open.
     readonly property var popupList: root.popupInhibited ? [] : root._livePopups
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ Singleton {
             if (!wrapper)
                 return null;
             root._serverWrappers[key] = wrapper;
+            raw.closed.connect(function() { root.forgetPopup(raw.id); });
             root._handleShellNotification(wrapper);
         }
         return wrapper;
@@ -169,6 +172,10 @@ Singleton {
             if (notif && !notif.internal)
                 alive[String(notif.notificationId)] = true;
         });
+        root._mirrored.forEach((notif) => {
+            if (notif && !notif.internal)
+                alive[String(notif.notificationId)] = true;
+        });
         for (const id in root._serverWrappers) {
             if (!alive[id]) {
                 const gone = root._serverWrappers[id];
@@ -180,32 +187,81 @@ Singleton {
 
     function rebuildPopups() {
         const popups = HostServices.Notifs.popups ?? [];
-        const out = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < popups.length; i++) {
-            if (!popups[i])
+            const raw = popups[i];
+            if (!raw)
                 continue;
-            const wrapper = root.ensureWrapper(popups[i]);
+            const wrapper = root.ensureWrapper(raw);
             if (!wrapper)
                 continue;
+            for (const entry of root._mirrored) {
+                if (entry && entry !== wrapper && entry.popup && root.sameContent(entry.notification ?? {}, raw)) {
+                    root.stopTimeout(entry);
+                    entry.popup = false;
+                }
+            }
+            if (root._mirrored.indexOf(wrapper) === -1)
+                root._mirrored = root._mirrored.concat([wrapper]);
             wrapper.popup = true;
-            out.push(wrapper);
+            root.armNotificationTimeout(wrapper);
             // Count each popup once, no matter how often the host re-fronts it.
-            const key = String(popups[i].id);
+            const key = String(raw.id);
             if (!(key in root._countedPopupIds)) {
                 root._countedPopupIds[key] = true;
                 root.unread++;
             }
         }
+
+        const out = root._mirrored.filter(entry => entry && entry.popup);
+        root._mirrored = out.filter(entry => !entry.internal);
         for (let j = 0; j < root._internalList.length; j++) {
             if (root._internalList[j].popup)
                 out.push(root._internalList[j]);
         }
+        out.sort((a, b) => (b?.time ?? 0) - (a?.time ?? 0));
         root._livePopups = out;
         for (const id in root._serverWrappers) {
             const wrapper = root._serverWrappers[id];
             if (wrapper.popup && out.indexOf(wrapper) === -1)
                 wrapper.popup = false;
         }
+
+        // The host banner window draws from this list.
+        if (!root._releasingHostPopups) {
+            root._releasingHostPopups = true;
+            for (let k = 0; k < popups.length; k++) {
+                if (popups[k])
+                    HostServices.Notifs.removePopup(popups[k]);
+            }
+            root._releasingHostPopups = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    function stopTimeout(notifObject) {
+        if (!notifObject)
+            return;
+        const timer = notifObject.timer ?? null;
+        notifObject.timer = null;
+        if (timer) {
+            timer.stop();
+            timer.destroy();
+        }
+    }
+
+    function sameContent(a, b) {
+        return (a?.appName || "") === (b?.appName || "")
+            && (a?.summary || "") === (b?.summary || "")
+            && (a?.body || "") === (b?.body || "");
+    }
+
+    function forgetPopup(id) {
+        const wrapper = root._serverWrappers[String(id)];
+        if (!wrapper || !wrapper.popup)
+            return;
+        root.stopTimeout(wrapper);
+        wrapper.popup = false;
+        root._mirrored = root._mirrored.filter(entry => entry !== wrapper);
+        root.rebuildPopups();
     }
 
     function releaseNotificationObject(notifObject) {
@@ -308,14 +364,23 @@ Singleton {
     }
 
     function armNotificationTimeout(notifObject) {
-        if (root.popupInhibited)
+        if (notifObject.internal && root.popupInhibited)
             return;
-        const expireTimeout = notifObject.internalExpireTimeout;
+        const fallback = Config?.options.notifications.timeout ?? 7000;
+        let expireTimeout;
+        if (notifObject.internal) {
+            expireTimeout = notifObject.internalExpireTimeout;
+        } else {
+            const raw = notifObject.notification;
+            if (!raw)
+                return;
+            expireTimeout = raw.urgency === NotificationUrgency.Critical ? 0 : raw.expireTimeout;
+        }
         if (expireTimeout === 0)
             return;
         const interval = expireTimeout < 0
-            ? (Config?.options.notifications.timeout ?? 7000)
-            : expireTimeout;
+            ? fallback
+            : (notifObject.internal ? expireTimeout : Math.min(fallback, expireTimeout));
         notifObject.popup = true;
         if (notifObject.timer) {
             notifObject.timer.interval = interval;
@@ -407,6 +472,8 @@ Singleton {
         const internals = root._internalList.slice();
         root._internalList = [];
         internals.forEach(notif => root.releaseNotificationObject(notif));
+        root._mirrored.forEach(notif => root.stopTimeout(notif));
+        root._mirrored = [];
         // History items first (the host marks them seen), then whatever
         // transient popups are still up - they never entered history.
         HostServices.Notifs.clearAll();
@@ -421,24 +488,28 @@ Singleton {
 
     function cancelTimeout(id) {
         const wrapper = root.findNotification(id);
-        if (wrapper && wrapper.internal) {
-            // The timer is gone once it has fired.
-            wrapper.timer?.stop();
-        } else {
-            HostServices.Notifs.cancelPopupTimeout(id);
+        if (!wrapper)
+            return;
+        // The timer is gone once it has fired.
+        if (wrapper.timer) {
+            wrapper.timer.stop();
+            wrapper.timer.destroy();
+            wrapper.timer = null;
         }
+        if (!wrapper.internal)
+            HostServices.Notifs.cancelPopupTimeout(id);
     }
 
     function timeoutNotification(id) {
         const wrapper = root.findNotification(id);
         if (!wrapper)
             return;
-        if (wrapper.internal) {
-            wrapper.popup = false;
-        } else if (wrapper.notification) {
+        root.stopTimeout(wrapper);
+        wrapper.popup = false;
+        if (!wrapper.internal && wrapper.notification)
             HostServices.Notifs.removePopup(wrapper.notification);
-            wrapper.popup = false;
-        }
+        root._mirrored = root._mirrored.filter(entry => entry !== wrapper);
+        root.rebuildPopups();
         root.timeout(id);
     }
 
diff --git a/barstyles/registry.json b/barstyles/registry.json
index 745e0842..e6f8b22e 100644
--- a/barstyles/registry.json
+++ b/barstyles/registry.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     {
       "id": "imi",
       "name": "Imi",
-      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "version": "2.0.1",
       "path": "barstyles/imi",
       "author": "dodo986",
       "upstream": "https://github.com/ryoku-dev/ryostore/tree/main/barstyles/imi",
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
       "preview": "assets/preview.png",
       "screenshots": [],
       "manifest": "manifest.json",
-      "manifestSha256": "c97045cef32156f8e3f419e304559ecc3f3a579ca4576a60315f9a7d51487da9",
-      "lastUpdated": "2026-11-03",
+      "manifestSha256": "b78d4b81cd186d049c426c8414a3cd2ca0f90882de0abb314d586165c017744e",
+      "lastUpdated": "2026-11-05",
       "official": false,
       "license": "GPL-3.0-only"
     },