diff --git a/internal/store/alerts.go b/internal/store/alerts.go
index 42fb2d1..ef9036f 100644
--- a/internal/store/alerts.go
+++ b/internal/store/alerts.go
@@ -66,9 +66,32 @@ func (s *Store) RaiseOrTouch(ctx context.Context, hostID, kind, severity, messag
 	if err := tx.Commit(); err != nil {
 		return "", false, err
 	}
+	_ = s.refreshHostOpenAlertCount(ctx, s.db, hostID)
 	return id, true, nil
 }
 
+// refreshHostOpenAlertCount recomputes hosts.open_alert_count from the
+// alerts table for one host. Self-healing: idempotent and survives
+// out-of-order edits. Best-effort — errors are returned but callers
+// generally discard them since the projection is non-critical.
+func (s *Store) refreshHostOpenAlertCount(ctx context.Context, exec interface {
+	ExecContext(context.Context, string, ...any) (sql.Result, error)
+}, hostID string,
+) error {
+	if hostID == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	_, err := exec.ExecContext(ctx,
+		`UPDATE hosts SET open_alert_count = (
+		    SELECT COUNT(*) FROM alerts
+		    WHERE host_id = ? AND resolved_at IS NULL
+		 ) WHERE id = ?`, hostID, hostID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("store: refresh open_alert_count: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Acknowledge sets acknowledged_at + acknowledged_by; does NOT set
 // resolved_at. Idempotent — re-acknowledging just refreshes the timestamp.
 func (s *Store) Acknowledge(ctx context.Context, id, userID string, when time.Time) error {
@@ -89,6 +112,8 @@ func (s *Store) Acknowledge(ctx context.Context, id, userID string, when time.Ti
 // Resolve marks the alert resolved. Idempotent on already-resolved rows
 // (no-op).
 func (s *Store) Resolve(ctx context.Context, id string, when time.Time) error {
+	var hostID sql.NullString
+	_ = s.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, `SELECT host_id FROM alerts WHERE id = ?`, id).Scan(&hostID)
 	_, err := s.db.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`UPDATE alerts SET resolved_at = ?
 		 WHERE id = ? AND resolved_at IS NULL`,
@@ -96,6 +121,9 @@ func (s *Store) Resolve(ctx context.Context, id string, when time.Time) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("store: resolve alert: %w", err)
 	}
+	if hostID.Valid {
+		_ = s.refreshHostOpenAlertCount(ctx, s.db, hostID.String)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -110,6 +138,7 @@ func (s *Store) AutoResolve(ctx context.Context, hostID, kind string, when time.
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("store: auto-resolve: %w", err)
 	}
+	_ = s.refreshHostOpenAlertCount(ctx, s.db, hostID)
 	return nil
 }