diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/tasks/js/tasks-manager.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/tasks/js/tasks-manager.js
index 2a89bfc..bbafde5 100755
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/tasks/js/tasks-manager.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/tasks/js/tasks-manager.js
@@ -411,6 +411,30 @@ class TasksManager {
       // and backup-manager so started/completed look like a matched pair.
       if (window.notificationSystem && task) {
         const { appName, actionTitle, displayName, icon, typeIcon } = this._taskNotificationDescriptor(task);
+
+        // Background (self-surfacing) task — e.g. the updater check repaints its
+        // own page, so the standard "View Task" completion toast is just noise.
+        // Drop it; if the user launched this run by hand (executeTask marked its
+        // id pending) show one small plain result line instead. Backend/auto runs
+        // aren't pending, so they finish silently.
+        const bg = window.LP_BACKGROUND_TASKS;
+        if (bg && bg.match(task.type, task.command)) {
+          const handLaunched = bg.pending.delete(String(task.id));
+          if (handLaunched && (task.status === 'completed' || task.status === 'failed')) {
+            const m = bg.messages(task.type);
+            window.notificationSystem.show(
+              task.status === 'completed' ? m.done : m.fail,
+              task.status === 'completed' ? 'success' : 'error'
+            );
+          }
+          // Still re-enable app buttons defensively (a no-op for the updater's
+          // pseudo-app), matching the standard path below.
+          if (appName && window.appTabbedManager && typeof window.appTabbedManager.enableAppButtons === 'function') {
+            try { window.appTabbedManager.enableAppButtons(appName); } catch {}
+          }
+          return;
+        }
+
         const onAppPage = window.location.pathname.startsWith('/app') && !window.location.pathname.startsWith('/apps');
         const url = (onAppPage && appName)
           ? window.appPath(appName, 'tasks', null, taskId)
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/tasks/js/task-actions.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/tasks/js/task-actions.js
index 8864be0..dfcf5cd 100755
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/tasks/js/task-actions.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/tasks/js/task-actions.js
@@ -438,7 +438,16 @@ async configUpdate(changes) {
         taskUrl = window.taskPath('all', task.id);
       }
       
-      if (window.notificationSystem) {
+      // Background (self-surfacing) tasks — e.g. the updater check — skip the
+      // standard "View Task" started toast. The launcher already showed a small
+      // "…" line and the result repaints its own page; remember the id so the
+      // completion handler can show one small plain result line for this
+      // hand-launched run.
+      const bg = window.LP_BACKGROUND_TASKS;
+      const isBackgroundTask = !!(bg && bg.match(action, command));
+      if (isBackgroundTask) {
+        if (task && task.id != null) bg.pending.add(String(task.id));
+      } else if (window.notificationSystem) {
         // `appName === 'system'` is a category sentinel (config_update,
         // system_update — no real app). Resolve it to the LibrePortal
         // logo + name so the toast doesn't read "App: System" with a
@@ -496,3 +505,32 @@ async configUpdate(changes) {
 
 // Export for use
 window.TaskActions = TaskActions;
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Background (self-surfacing) task notifications
+//
+// A "background" task is a scan/refresh whose result lands back in the page it
+// was launched from — e.g. the updater check repaints the Updates/Overview tab
+// on its own. For those the standard "View Task" started/finished toasts are
+// pure noise: there is no reason to open the Tasks page. So we drop the standard
+// task toasts for them and — ONLY when the user launched it by hand — show one
+// small plain result line instead. The launcher keeps its own small "…" start
+// line (e.g. the updater's "Checking apps for updates…"). Backend-initiated runs
+// (the periodic auto-scan) never enter `pending`, so they stay fully silent.
+//
+// Classified by task action/type; the command regex also catches backend
+// variants (e.g. `libreportal updater check auto`). Add a `byAction` entry to
+// make another self-surfacing action quiet — the mechanism is generic.
+window.LP_BACKGROUND_TASKS = window.LP_BACKGROUND_TASKS || {
+  byAction: {
+    updater_check: { done: 'Apps checked for updates & vulnerabilities.', fail: 'Update check failed.' },
+  },
+  commandRe: /^libreportal\s+updater\s+check\b/,
+  pending: new Set(),   // ids of hand-launched background tasks awaiting a quiet finish toast
+  match(action, command) {
+    return !!((action && this.byAction[action]) || (command && this.commandRe.test(command)));
+  },
+  messages(action) {
+    return this.byAction[action] || { done: 'Done.', fail: 'Failed.' };
+  },
+};