diff --git a/packages/liveblocks-react/src/__tests__/useInboxNotifications.test.tsx b/packages/liveblocks-react/src/__tests__/useInboxNotifications.test.tsx
index c054e311dc..43090ad491 100644
--- a/packages/liveblocks-react/src/__tests__/useInboxNotifications.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/liveblocks-react/src/__tests__/useInboxNotifications.test.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   waitFor,
 } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { setupServer } from "msw/node";
-import { Suspense } from "react";
+import { Suspense, useEffect } from "react";
 import { ErrorBoundary, type FallbackProps } from "react-error-boundary";
 
 import {
@@ -1484,4 +1484,159 @@ describe("useInboxNotifications: pagination", () => {
 
     unmount();
   });
+
+  test("should auto-paginate all pages when fetchMore is called from useEffect", async () => {
+    const roomId = nanoid();
+
+    const thread1 = dummyThreadData({ roomId, createdAt: new Date("2021-01-01") }); // prettier-ignore
+    const thread2 = dummyThreadData({ roomId, createdAt: new Date("2021-01-02") }); // prettier-ignore
+    const thread3 = dummyThreadData({ roomId, createdAt: new Date("2021-01-03") }); // prettier-ignore
+
+    const notificationsPage1 = [
+      dummyThreadInboxNotificationData({
+        roomId,
+        threadId: thread1.id,
+        notifiedAt: new Date("2021-01-03"),
+      }),
+    ];
+    const notificationsPage2 = [
+      dummyThreadInboxNotificationData({
+        roomId,
+        threadId: thread2.id,
+        notifiedAt: new Date("2021-01-02"),
+      }),
+    ];
+    const notificationsPage3 = [
+      dummyThreadInboxNotificationData({
+        roomId,
+        threadId: thread3.id,
+        notifiedAt: new Date("2021-01-01"),
+      }),
+    ];
+
+    let requestCount = 0;
+
+    server.use(
+      mockGetInboxNotifications(async (req, res, ctx) => {
+        requestCount++;
+        const url = new URL(req.url);
+        const cursor = url.searchParams.get("cursor");
+
+        if (cursor === "cursor-1") {
+          return res(
+            ctx.json({
+              threads: [thread2],
+              inboxNotifications: notificationsPage2,
+              subscriptions: [dummySubscriptionData({ subjectId: thread2.id })],
+              groups: [],
+              meta: {
+                requestedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+                nextCursor: "cursor-2",
+              },
+            })
+          );
+        } else if (cursor === "cursor-2") {
+          return res(
+            ctx.json({
+              threads: [thread3],
+              inboxNotifications: notificationsPage3,
+              subscriptions: [dummySubscriptionData({ subjectId: thread3.id })],
+              groups: [],
+              meta: {
+                requestedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+                nextCursor: null,
+              },
+            })
+          );
+        } else {
+          return res(
+            ctx.json({
+              threads: [thread1],
+              inboxNotifications: notificationsPage1,
+              subscriptions: [dummySubscriptionData({ subjectId: thread1.id })],
+              groups: [],
+              meta: {
+                requestedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+                nextCursor: "cursor-1",
+              },
+            })
+          );
+        }
+      }),
+      mockGetInboxNotificationsDelta(async (_req, res, ctx) => {
+        return res(
+          ctx.json({
+            threads: [],
+            inboxNotifications: [],
+            subscriptions: [],
+            deletedThreads: [],
+            deletedInboxNotifications: [],
+            deletedSubscriptions: [],
+            meta: {
+              requestedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+            },
+          })
+        );
+      })
+    );
+
+    const {
+      liveblocks: {
+        suspense: { LiveblocksProvider, useInboxNotifications },
+      },
+    } = createContextsForTest();
+
+    // Component that auto-paginates using useEffect, matching the reported
+    // user pattern that triggered the microtask ordering bug.
+    function AutoPaginator({
+      onResult,
+    }: {
+      onResult: (result: { count: number; hasFetchedAll: boolean }) => void;
+    }) {
+      const result = useInboxNotifications();
+      const { isFetchingMore, hasFetchedAll, fetchMore } = result;
+
+      useEffect(() => {
+        onResult({
+          count: result.inboxNotifications.length,
+          hasFetchedAll,
+        });
+      }, [result.inboxNotifications.length, hasFetchedAll, onResult]);
+
+      useEffect(() => {
+        if (!hasFetchedAll && !isFetchingMore) {
+          fetchMore();
+        }
+      }, [hasFetchedAll, isFetchingMore, fetchMore]);
+
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    let latestResult = { count: 0, hasFetchedAll: false };
+    const handleResult = (r: { count: number; hasFetchedAll: boolean }) => {
+      latestResult = r;
+    };
+
+    const { unmount } = render(
+      <LiveblocksProvider>
+        <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading</div>}>
+          <AutoPaginator onResult={handleResult} />
+        </Suspense>
+      </LiveblocksProvider>
+    );
+
+    // All 3 pages should be fetched automatically without getting stuck.
+    // Before the fix, this would stop at 2 items (page 1 + page 2) because
+    // .finally() clearing #pendingFetchMore ran in a later microtask than
+    // React's re-render flush, causing the 3rd fetchMore() call to be skipped.
+    await waitFor(() => expect(latestResult.hasFetchedAll).toBe(true), {
+      timeout: 5000,
+    });
+    expect(latestResult.count).toBe(3);
+
+    // Initial page + 2 fetchMore calls = 3 requests total
+    expect(requestCount).toBe(3);
+
+    unmount();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/liveblocks-react/src/umbrella-store.ts b/packages/liveblocks-react/src/umbrella-store.ts
index 686f9a1192..59eb0af6f5 100644
--- a/packages/liveblocks-react/src/umbrella-store.ts
+++ b/packages/liveblocks-react/src/umbrella-store.ts
@@ -430,6 +430,16 @@ export class PaginatedResource {
     this.#patch({ isFetchingMore: true });
     try {
       const nextCursor = await this.#fetchPage(state.data.cursor);
+
+      // Clear #pendingFetchMore BEFORE #patch, so that when the signal
+      // notification triggers a synchronous React re-render (via
+      // useSyncExternalStore), any useEffect calling fetchMore() will see
+      // #pendingFetchMore as null and be able to start a new fetch.
+      // Previously, this was done in a .finally() on the promise chain, but
+      // that always runs in a later microtask — after React's flush microtask
+      // — causing the next fetchMore() call to be silently skipped.
+      this.#pendingFetchMore = null;
+
       this.#patch({
         cursor: nextCursor,
         hasFetchedAll: nextCursor === null,
@@ -437,6 +447,8 @@ export class PaginatedResource {
         isFetchingMore: false,
       });
     } catch (err) {
+      this.#pendingFetchMore = null;
+
       this.#patch({
         isFetchingMore: false,
         fetchMoreError: err as Error,
@@ -454,9 +466,7 @@ export class PaginatedResource {
 
     // Case (3)
     if (!this.#pendingFetchMore) {
-      this.#pendingFetchMore = this.#fetchMore().finally(() => {
-        this.#pendingFetchMore = null;
-      });
+      this.#pendingFetchMore = this.#fetchMore();
     }
     return this.#pendingFetchMore;
   }