diff --git a/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Jobs/JobsPage.tsx b/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Jobs/JobsPage.tsx
index af95e1a8..6cb9202f 100644
--- a/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Jobs/JobsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Jobs/JobsPage.tsx
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ import {
   Inbox,
   Square,
   Trash2,
+  Bell,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { WorkspaceLayout } from 'officerdev';
 import type { LayoutNode, PanelComponents } from 'officerdev';
 import { useClient } from 'hooks/useClient';
+import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import { useDashboardState } from 'state/useDashboardState';
 import { Card } from '@/components/Card';
 import { ScriptJobDetail } from './ScriptJobDetail';
@@ -138,6 +140,47 @@ const PanelHeader = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => (
 );
 
 // Top-left panel: running first, then the FIFO queue (oldest pending on top — next to run).
+// TEMPORARY. The first producer for officer-notify, so the pipe can be exercised from the UI before any
+// real event is wired to it. Sends { type: 'test' }, which reaches every configured channel — Discord
+// today, APNs and FCM once their credentials exist. Delete this once a real producer replaces it.
+const TestNotificationButton = () => {
+  const client = useClient();
+  const [sending, setSending] = useState(false);
+
+  const send = async () => {
+    setSending(true);
+    try {
+      // userId is omitted deliberately: the sidecar takes it from the header the proxy injects.
+      const res = await client.post<{ results?: { channel: string; sent: number; failed: number }[] }>(
+        '/notify/_officer/notify',
+        { type: 'test' },
+      );
+      const results = res?.results ?? [];
+      if (results.length === 0) {
+        toast.warning('No channels configured');
+      } else {
+        toast.success(results.map((r) => `${r.channel}: ${r.sent} sent`).join(', '));
+      }
+    } catch {
+      toast.error('Failed to send notification');
+    } finally {
+      setSending(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      onClick={send}
+      disabled={sending}
+      title="Send a test notification to every configured channel"
+      className="ml-auto shrink-0 flex items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium text-duck-dark/50 hover:text-duck-teal cursor-pointer disabled:opacity-40"
+    >
+      <Bell className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+      {sending ? 'Sending…' : 'Test notify'}
+    </button>
+  );
+};
+
 const ActiveJobsPanel = () => {
   const { jobs, isLoading, act } = useJobsData();
   const active = [
@@ -150,6 +193,7 @@ const ActiveJobsPanel = () => {
         <PanelHeader>
           <h2 className="text-sm font-semibold text-duck-dark">Running &amp; Queued</h2>
           {active.length > 0 && <span className="text-xs text-duck-dark/40">{active.length}</span>}
+          <TestNotificationButton />
         </PanelHeader>
         <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto">
           {isLoading ? (
diff --git a/src/servers/sidecar/notify/index.ts b/src/servers/sidecar/notify/index.ts
index 72e745e9..9502ffda 100644
--- a/src/servers/sidecar/notify/index.ts
+++ b/src/servers/sidecar/notify/index.ts
@@ -61,13 +61,16 @@ const server = Bun.serve({
       if (!body.type || !VALID_TYPES.includes(body.type)) {
         return Response.json({ error: `type must be one of ${VALID_TYPES.join(', ')}` }, { status: 400 });
       }
-      // Producers inside the tailnet are trusted, but a userId typo would silently notify nobody, so it
-      // is required rather than defaulted.
-      if (typeof body.userId !== 'number') {
-        return Response.json({ error: 'userId is required' }, { status: 400 });
+      // Producers inside the tailnet POST directly and say who to notify. A browser reaching this
+      // through /api/notify cannot know its own id, so the proxy's injected header stands in — the
+      // platform already authenticated whoever sent it.
+      const headerUser = Number(req.headers.get('X-Officer-User'));
+      const userId = typeof body.userId === 'number' ? body.userId : headerUser;
+      if (!Number.isFinite(userId) || userId <= 0) {
+        return Response.json({ error: 'userId is required (body or X-Officer-User)' }, { status: 400 });
       }
 
-      const results = await dispatch(body as Notification);
+      const results = await dispatch({ ...body, userId } as Notification);
       return Response.json({ ok: true, results });
     }