diff --git a/apps/next/src/app/layout.tsx b/apps/next/src/app/layout.tsx
index 54ce440..927925c 100644
--- a/apps/next/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/next/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import '@/styles/globals.css';
 import { ConvexAuthNextjsServerProvider } from '@convex-dev/auth/nextjs/server';
 import {
   ConvexClientProvider,
+  LunchReminder,
+  NotificationsPermission,
   ThemeProvider,
   TVModeProvider,
 } from '@/components/providers';
@@ -22,11 +24,11 @@ const geistMono = Geist_Mono({
 });
 export const metadata: Metadata = generateMetadata();
 
-export default function RootLayout({
+const RootLayout = async ({
   children,
 }: Readonly<{
   children: React.ReactNode;
-}>) {
+}>) => {
   return (
     <ConvexAuthNextjsServerProvider>
       <PlausibleProvider
@@ -47,7 +49,11 @@ export default function RootLayout({
                 <TVModeProvider>
                   <Header />
                   {children}
-                  <Toaster />
+                  <NotificationsPermission />
+                  <LunchReminder
+                    lunchTime='15:24'
+                  />
+                  <Toaster richColors />
                 </TVModeProvider>
               </ConvexClientProvider>
             </ThemeProvider>
@@ -57,3 +63,4 @@ export default function RootLayout({
     </ConvexAuthNextjsServerProvider>
   );
 }
+export default RootLayout;
diff --git a/apps/next/src/components/providers/index.tsx b/apps/next/src/components/providers/index.tsx
index cd9677c..c4905f6 100644
--- a/apps/next/src/components/providers/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/next/src/components/providers/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export { ConvexClientProvider } from './ConvexClientProvider';
+export { LunchReminder } from './lunch-reminder';
+export { NotificationsPermission } from './notification-permission';
 export {
   ThemeProvider,
   ThemeToggle,
diff --git a/apps/next/src/components/providers/lunch-reminder.tsx b/apps/next/src/components/providers/lunch-reminder.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a96b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/next/src/components/providers/lunch-reminder.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+'use client';
+
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { toast } from 'sonner';
+import { useMutation } from 'convex/react';
+import { api } from '~/convex/_generated/api';
+
+type Props = {
+  lunchTime: string;
+  enabled?: boolean;
+};
+
+const nextOccurrenceMs = (hhmm: string, from = new Date()): number => {
+  const [hStr, mStr] = hhmm.split(':');
+  const target = new Date(from);
+  target.setHours(Number(hStr), Number(mStr), 0, 0);
+  if (target <= from) target.setDate(target.getDate() + 1);
+  return target.getTime() - from.getTime();
+};
+
+export const LunchReminder = ({ lunchTime, enabled = true }: Props) => {
+  const setStatus = useMutation(api.statuses.create);
+  const timeoutRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  console.log('LunchReminder is running!')
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled) return;
+    const schedule = () => {
+      const ms = nextOccurrenceMs(lunchTime);
+      console.log('Ms = ', ms)
+      if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+
+      timeoutRef.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
+        void (async () => {
+          try {
+            if (
+              'Notification' in window &&
+                Notification.permission === 'granted'
+            ) {
+              new Notification('Lunch time?', {
+                body: 'Update your status to "At lunch"?',
+                tag: 'tech-tracker-lunch',
+              });
+            }
+          } catch {}
+
+          toast('Lunch time?', {
+            description:
+              'Would you like to set your status to "At lunch"?',
+            action: {
+              label: 'Set to lunch',
+              onClick: () => void setStatus({ message: 'At lunch' }),
+            },
+            cancel: {
+              label: 'Not now',
+              onClick: () => console.log('User declined lunch suggestion'),
+            },
+            id: 'lunch-reminder',
+          });
+          schedule();
+        })();
+      }, ms);
+    };
+
+    schedule();
+    return () => {
+      if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+    };
+  }, [enabled, lunchTime, setStatus]);
+
+  return null;
+};
diff --git a/apps/next/src/components/providers/notification-permission.tsx b/apps/next/src/components/providers/notification-permission.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..539f58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/next/src/components/providers/notification-permission.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+'use client';
+
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { toast } from 'sonner';
+
+const STORAGE_KEY = 'notif.permission.prompted.v1';
+
+export const NotificationsPermission = () => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (typeof window === 'undefined') return;
+    if (!('Notification' in window)) return;
+
+    // Only ask once; tweak logic to your taste.
+    const prompted = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY) === '1';
+    if (prompted) return;
+
+    if (Notification.permission === 'default') {
+      toast('Enable system notifications?', {
+        id: 'enable-notifications',
+        description:
+          'Get a native notification at lunch time (optional).',
+        action: {
+          label: 'Enable',
+          onClick: () => {
+            // Must be called during the click handler.
+            const p = Notification.requestPermission();
+            p.then((perm) => {
+              localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, '1');
+              if (perm === 'granted') {
+                toast.success('System notifications enabled');
+              } else {
+                toast('Okay, we will use in-app toasts instead.');
+              }
+            }).catch(() => {
+              localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, '1');
+              toast('Failed to request notification permission.');
+            });
+          },
+        },
+        cancel: {
+          label: 'Not now',
+          onClick: () => {
+            localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, '1');
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  return null;
+};
diff --git a/apps/next/src/middleware.ts b/apps/next/src/middleware.ts
index fce771e..f8588f4 100644
--- a/apps/next/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/apps/next/src/middleware.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,19 @@ import { banSuspiciousIPs } from '@/lib/middleware/ban-suspicious-ips';
 const isSignInPage = createRouteMatcher(['/signin']);
 const isProtectedRoute = createRouteMatcher(['/', '/profile']);
 
-export default convexAuthNextjsMiddleware(async (request, { convexAuth }) => {
-  const banResponse = banSuspiciousIPs(request);
-  if (banResponse) return banResponse;
-  if (isSignInPage(request) && (await convexAuth.isAuthenticated())) {
-    return nextjsMiddlewareRedirect(request, '/');
-  }
-  if (isProtectedRoute(request) && !(await convexAuth.isAuthenticated())) {
-    return nextjsMiddlewareRedirect(request, '/signin');
-  }
-});
+export default convexAuthNextjsMiddleware(
+  async (request, { convexAuth }) => {
+    const banResponse = banSuspiciousIPs(request);
+    if (banResponse) return banResponse;
+    if (isSignInPage(request) && (await convexAuth.isAuthenticated())) {
+      return nextjsMiddlewareRedirect(request, '/');
+    }
+    if (isProtectedRoute(request) && !(await convexAuth.isAuthenticated())) {
+      return nextjsMiddlewareRedirect(request, '/signin');
+    }
+  },
+  { cookieConfig: { maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 30 }},
+);
 
 export const config = {
   // The following matcher runs middleware on all routes