diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/agendula/data/tasks/room/RoomTasksDataSourceTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/agendula/data/tasks/room/RoomTasksDataSourceTest.kt
index 4c9970a..eb7b748 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/agendula/data/tasks/room/RoomTasksDataSourceTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/agendula/data/tasks/room/RoomTasksDataSourceTest.kt
@@ -369,6 +369,23 @@ class RoomTasksDataSourceTest {
         assertThat(db.tasks().allOverrides(listId)).isEmpty()
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun aForkedOccurrenceCarriesTheSeriesReminder() {
+        val id = source.insertTask(form())
+        makeRecurring(id, now)
+        source.setAlarm(id, minutesBeforeDue = 30)
+        val target = source.tasks(TaskQuery(listId = listId))
+            .filter { it.taskId == id }
+            .first { it.distanceFromCurrent == 1 }
+
+        source.updateInstance(id, target.occurrenceStart!!, form(title = "moved"))
+
+        // The fork copies the master's properties, which is what carries the
+        // reminder across — the repository is what puts the series' own back.
+        val override = db.tasks().override(id, target.occurrenceStart)!!
+        assertThat(db.alarms().forTask(override.id).single().minutesBefore).isEqualTo(30)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun anOccurrenceCannotBeMovedOutOfItsSeriesList() {
         val other = source.createLocalList("Work", 0)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/agendula/data/tasks/TasksRepositoryImpl.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/agendula/data/tasks/TasksRepositoryImpl.kt
index ab2ef75..7075d84 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/agendula/data/tasks/TasksRepositoryImpl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/agendula/data/tasks/TasksRepositoryImpl.kt
@@ -102,18 +102,26 @@ class TasksRepositoryImpl @Inject constructor(
                 val seen = current?.lastModified
                 if (seen != null && seen != expectedLastModified) throw TaskConflictException(taskId)
             }
-            // Write the reminder first: forking a recurring occurrence copies the
-            // task's properties onto the new override row, so setting the alarm
-            // beforehand is what carries it across.
-            dataSource.setAlarm(taskId, form.reminderMinutesBeforeDue)
             // A recurring task's start/due are one occurrence's resolved times, so
             // writing them back to the task row would re-anchor the whole series.
             // Going through the occurrence forks an override instead.
             val occurrence = current?.takeIf { it.isRecurring }?.occurrenceStart
-            if (occurrence != null) {
-                dataSource.updateInstance(taskId, occurrence, form)
-            } else {
+            if (occurrence == null) {
+                dataSource.setAlarm(taskId, form.reminderMinutesBeforeDue)
                 dataSource.updateTask(taskId, form)
+                return@withContext
+            }
+            // ⚠️ Written to the series, and then put back. Forking an occurrence
+            // copies the task's *current* properties onto the new override row,
+            // so setting the alarm beforehand is the only way to carry it
+            // across — and leaving it there would silently give every other
+            // occurrence in the series the reminder the user set on one of them.
+            val seriesReminder = dataSource.alarms()[taskId]?.minutesBefore
+            dataSource.setAlarm(taskId, form.reminderMinutesBeforeDue)
+            try {
+                dataSource.updateInstance(taskId, occurrence, form)
+            } finally {
+                dataSource.setAlarm(taskId, seriesReminder)
             }
         }