diff --git a/mobile/src/main/java/net/activitywatch/android/watcher/AlarmReceiver.kt b/mobile/src/main/java/net/activitywatch/android/watcher/AlarmReceiver.kt
index 7c0942da..af92f54e 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main/java/net/activitywatch/android/watcher/AlarmReceiver.kt
+++ b/mobile/src/main/java/net/activitywatch/android/watcher/AlarmReceiver.kt
@@ -7,10 +7,31 @@ import android.content.Intent
 import android.util.Log
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import net.activitywatch.android.widget.AsyncBroadcast
 
 private const val TAG = "AlarmReceiver"
 
+/** The receiver's heartbeat/completion path, with its existing unbounded IO lifetime. */
+internal fun launchAlarmHeartbeats(
+    finish: () -> Unit,
+    scope: CoroutineScope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO),
+    log: (String, Throwable?) -> Unit = { message, error -> Log.e(TAG, message, error); Unit },
+    work: suspend () -> Unit,
+): Job {
+    val once = AsyncBroadcast.FinishOnce(finish, log)
+    return scope.launch {
+        try {
+            work()
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            log("Failed to send heartbeats from alarm", e)
+        } finally {
+            once.finish()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 class AlarmReceiver : BroadcastReceiver() {
     override fun onReceive(context: Context, intent: Intent) {
         Log.w(TAG, "AlarmReceiver called")
@@ -40,14 +61,8 @@ class AlarmReceiver : BroadcastReceiver() {
             Log.w(TAG, "Action ${intent.action}, running sendHeartbeats")
             if (UsageStatsWatcher.isUsageAllowed(context)) {
                 val pendingResult = goAsync()
-                CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
-                    try {
-                        usw.sendHeartbeatsSuspend()
-                    } catch (e: Exception) {
-                        Log.e(TAG, "Failed to send heartbeats from alarm", e)
-                    } finally {
-                        pendingResult.finish()
-                    }
+                launchAlarmHeartbeats(finish = pendingResult::finish) {
+                    usw.sendHeartbeatsSuspend()
                 }
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/mobile/src/test/java/net/activitywatch/android/watcher/AlarmReceiverFinishOnceTest.kt b/mobile/src/test/java/net/activitywatch/android/watcher/AlarmReceiverFinishOnceTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..072f13c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/src/test/java/net/activitywatch/android/watcher/AlarmReceiverFinishOnceTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package net.activitywatch.android.watcher
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineExceptionHandler
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertSame
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/** Tests the completion path called by AlarmReceiver, not a copy of its coroutine. */
+class AlarmReceiverFinishOnceTest {
+    private val uncaught = CopyOnWriteArrayList<Throwable>()
+    private val logged = CopyOnWriteArrayList<Pair<String, Throwable?>>()
+    private val log: (String, Throwable?) -> Unit = { msg, error -> logged.add(msg to error) }
+
+    private fun scope() = CoroutineScope(
+        SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.IO + CoroutineExceptionHandler { _, e -> uncaught.add(e) }
+    )
+
+    /** Simulates the framework finishing first, so the receiver's finish attempt throws. */
+    @Test
+    fun oemDoubleFinish_doesNotEscapeCoroutine() = runBlocking {
+        val finishCalls = AtomicInteger()
+        val alreadyFinished = java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean(false)
+        val pendingFinish = {
+            finishCalls.incrementAndGet()
+            check(alreadyFinished.compareAndSet(false, true)) { "Broadcast already finished" }
+        }
+        pendingFinish() // Framework/OEM finishes the broadcast before our coroutine completes.
+
+        launchAlarmHeartbeats(
+            finish = pendingFinish,
+            scope = scope(),
+            log = log,
+            work = {},
+        ).join()
+
+        assertEquals("one framework finish and one receiver attempt", 2, finishCalls.get())
+        assertTrue("IllegalStateException escaped the coroutine: $uncaught", uncaught.isEmpty())
+        assertTrue(logged.any { it.first.contains("already finished") && it.second is IllegalStateException })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun normalHeartbeat_finishesExactlyOnceAfterWork() = runBlocking {
+        val events = CopyOnWriteArrayList<String>()
+        launchAlarmHeartbeats(
+            finish = { events.add("finish"); Unit },
+            scope = scope(),
+            log = log,
+            work = { events.add("heartbeat") },
+        ).join()
+
+        assertEquals(listOf("heartbeat", "finish"), events.toList())
+        assertTrue(uncaught.isEmpty())
+        assertTrue(logged.isEmpty())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun heartbeatException_stillFinishesAndLogsFailure() = runBlocking {
+        val finishCalls = AtomicInteger()
+        val failure = RuntimeException("server unreachable")
+        launchAlarmHeartbeats(
+            finish = { finishCalls.incrementAndGet(); Unit },
+            scope = scope(),
+            log = log,
+            work = { throw failure },
+        ).join()
+
+        assertEquals(1, finishCalls.get())
+        assertTrue(uncaught.isEmpty())
+        assertEquals(1, logged.size)
+        assertSame(failure, logged.single().second)
+    }
+}