diff --git a/cli/server.go b/cli/server.go
index 98a318cf53..5fc25d2558 100644
--- a/cli/server.go
+++ b/cli/server.go
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ func (r *RootCmd) Server(newAPI func(context.Context, *coderd.Options) (*coderd.
 			defer shutdownConns()
 
 			// Ensures that old database entries are cleaned up over time!
-			purger := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger.Named("dbpurge"), options.Database, options.DeploymentValues, options.PrometheusRegistry, &coderAPI.Auditor)
+			purger := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger.Named("dbpurge"), options.Database, options.DeploymentValues, options.PrometheusRegistry, &coderAPI.Auditor, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(options.NotificationsEnqueuer))
 			defer purger.Close()
 
 			// Updates workspace usage
diff --git a/coderd/database/dbpurge/dbpurge.go b/coderd/database/dbpurge/dbpurge.go
index 61d0ccbd30..38c3ac00ce 100644
--- a/coderd/database/dbpurge/dbpurge.go
+++ b/coderd/database/dbpurge/dbpurge.go
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 package dbpurge
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"slices"
+	"strconv"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
@@ -15,7 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/database"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/database/dbauthz"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/database/dbtime"
+	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/notifications"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/pproflabel"
+	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/util/slice"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/codersdk"
 	"github.com/coder/quartz"
 )
@@ -41,6 +49,12 @@ const (
 	// chat_files rows carry bytea blobs.
 	chatsBatchSize     = 1000
 	chatFilesBatchSize = 1000
+	// chatAutoArchiveDigestMaxChats bounds how many chat titles a
+	// single digest body lists. Past the cap, surplus titles are
+	// summarized as "...and N more". 25 is a readable email-friendly
+	// length; the cap is unrelated to chatAutoArchiveBatchSize, which
+	// bounds work per tick.
+	chatAutoArchiveDigestMaxChats = 25
 )
 
 // defaultChatAutoArchiveBatchSize bounds how many root chats one
@@ -62,12 +76,26 @@ func WithChatAutoArchiveBatchSize(n int32) Option {
 	return func(i *instance) { i.chatAutoArchiveBatchSize = n }
 }
 
+// WithNotificationsEnqueuer sets the enqueuer used for digest
+// notifications. Defaults to notifications.NewNoopEnqueuer(). Panics
+// if e is nil: a nil enqueuer would NPE on the first dispatch tick,
+// and failing fast at option-apply time surfaces the misuse at
+// startup rather than minutes later.
+func WithNotificationsEnqueuer(e notifications.Enqueuer) Option {
+	if e == nil {
+		panic("developer error: WithNotificationsEnqueuer called with nil enqueuer")
+	}
+	return func(i *instance) { i.enqueuer = e }
+}
+
 // New creates a new periodically purging database instance.
 // Callers must Close the returned instance.
 //
 // The auditor pointer is loaded on each dispatch tick so runtime
 // entitlement changes (e.g. toggling the audit-log feature) take
-// effect without restarting the process.
+// effect without restarting the process. Notifications enqueuer
+// defaults to no-op. Use WithNotificationsEnqueuer to pass a real
+// one.
 func New(ctx context.Context, logger slog.Logger, db database.Store, vals *codersdk.DeploymentValues, reg prometheus.Registerer, auditor *atomic.Pointer[audit.Auditor], opts ...Option) io.Closer {
 	closed := make(chan struct{})
 
@@ -107,6 +135,7 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, logger slog.Logger, db database.Store, vals *coder
 		vals:                     vals,
 		clk:                      quartz.NewReal(),
 		auditor:                  auditor,
+		enqueuer:                 notifications.NewNoopEnqueuer(),
 		iterationDuration:        iterationDuration,
 		recordsPurged:            recordsPurged,
 		chatAutoArchiveRecords:   chatAutoArchiveRecords,
@@ -151,30 +180,29 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, logger slog.Logger, db database.Store, vals *coder
 // purgeTick performs a single purge iteration. It returns an error if the
 // purge fails.
 func (i *instance) purgeTick(ctx context.Context, db database.Store, start time.Time) error {
-	// Read chat retention config outside the transaction to
-	// avoid poisoning the tx if the stored value is corrupt.
-	// A SQL-level cast error (e.g. non-numeric text) puts PG
-	// into error state, failing all subsequent queries in the
-	// same transaction.
-	chatRetentionDays, err := db.GetChatRetentionDays(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		i.logger.Warn(ctx, "failed to read chat retention config, skipping chat purge", slog.Error(err))
-		chatRetentionDays = 0
+	// Read chat configs outside the tx so a corrupt value can't
+	// poison subsequent queries. On error we log and stash, then
+	// run unrelated purges best-effort and skip only chat work;
+	// purgeTick returns chatConfigErr after the tx so the failed
+	// iteration is operator-visible via metric and logs.
+	chatRetentionDays, chatRetentionErr := db.GetChatRetentionDays(ctx)
+	if chatRetentionErr != nil {
+		i.logger.Error(ctx, "failed to read chat retention config: skipping chat purge and auto-archive this tick", slog.Error(chatRetentionErr))
 	}
 
-	// Same rationale as chat_retention_days: read outside the tx.
-	chatAutoArchiveDays, err := db.GetChatAutoArchiveDays(ctx, codersdk.DefaultChatAutoArchiveDays)
-	if err != nil {
-		i.logger.Warn(ctx, "failed to read chat auto-archive config, skipping auto-archive", slog.Error(err))
-		chatAutoArchiveDays = 0
+	chatAutoArchiveDays, chatAutoArchiveErr := db.GetChatAutoArchiveDays(ctx, codersdk.DefaultChatAutoArchiveDays)
+	if chatAutoArchiveErr != nil {
+		i.logger.Error(ctx, "failed to read chat auto-archive config: skipping chat purge and auto-archive this tick", slog.Error(chatAutoArchiveErr))
 	}
 
+	chatConfigErr := errors.Join(chatRetentionErr, chatAutoArchiveErr)
+
 	// Populated inside the tx; dispatched post-commit.
 	var archivedChats []database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow
 
 	// Start a transaction to grab advisory lock, we don't want to run
 	// multiple purges at the same time (multiple replicas).
-	err = db.InTx(func(tx database.Store) error {
+	err := db.InTx(func(tx database.Store) error {
 		// Acquire a lock to ensure that only one instance of the
 		// purge is running at a time.
 		ok, err := tx.TryAcquireLock(ctx, database.LockIDDBPurge)
@@ -276,46 +304,11 @@ func (i *instance) purgeTick(ctx context.Context, db database.Store, start time.
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Chat retention is configured via site_configs. When
-		// enabled, old archived chats are deleted first, then
-		// orphaned chat files. Deleting a chat cascades to
-		// chat_file_links (removing references) but not to
-		// chat_files directly, so files from deleted chats
-		// become orphaned and are caught by DeleteOldChatFiles
-		// in the same tick.
-		var purgedChats int64
-		var purgedChatFiles int64
-		if chatRetentionDays > 0 {
-			chatRetention := time.Duration(chatRetentionDays) * 24 * time.Hour
-			deleteChatsBefore := start.Add(-chatRetention)
-
-			purgedChats, err = tx.DeleteOldChats(ctx, database.DeleteOldChatsParams{
-				BeforeTime: deleteChatsBefore,
-				LimitCount: chatsBatchSize,
-			})
+		var purgedChats, purgedChatFiles int64
+		if chatConfigErr == nil {
+			purgedChats, purgedChatFiles, archivedChats, err = i.purgeChatsInTx(ctx, tx, start, chatRetentionDays, chatAutoArchiveDays)
 			if err != nil {
-				return xerrors.Errorf("failed to delete old chats: %w", err)
-			}
-
-			purgedChatFiles, err = tx.DeleteOldChatFiles(ctx, database.DeleteOldChatFilesParams{
-				BeforeTime: deleteChatsBefore,
-				LimitCount: chatFilesBatchSize,
-			})
-			if err != nil {
-				return xerrors.Errorf("failed to delete old chat files: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Auto-archive runs after the delete pass so newly
-		// archived chats aren't eligible for deletion this tick.
-		if chatAutoArchiveDays > 0 {
-			archiveCutoff := start.Add(-time.Duration(chatAutoArchiveDays) * 24 * time.Hour)
-			archivedChats, err = tx.AutoArchiveInactiveChats(ctx, database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsParams{
-				ArchiveCutoff: archiveCutoff,
-				LimitCount:    i.chatAutoArchiveBatchSize,
-			})
-			if err != nil {
-				return xerrors.Errorf("failed to auto-archive inactive chats: %w", err)
+				return xerrors.Errorf("failed to purge chats: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -351,15 +344,24 @@ func (i *instance) purgeTick(ctx context.Context, db database.Store, start time.
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Dispatch audits post-commit on a detached context so ticker
-	// cancellation doesn't interrupt the loop. No timeout: every root
-	// must be audited to avoid gaps in the trail. Children inherit
-	// their root's archival decision and are not audited individually,
-	// matching the manual archive path (patchChat audits the root only).
+	// Surface the deferred chat-config error so doTick records
+	// the failed iteration metric.
+	if chatConfigErr != nil {
+		return xerrors.Errorf("chat config read failed this tick: %w", chatConfigErr)
+	}
+
+	// Dispatch audits and digests post-commit. Detached context for audit
+	// so that ticker cancellation cannot truncate the audit trail.
+	// Notification enqueue uses the cancellable parent context to avoid
+	// stalling shutdown.
+	// Owners with more eligible chats than batch size will get a
+	// notification per tick until their backlog drains.
+	// If this is deemed too noisy, users can disable the
+	// "Chats Auto-Archived" template from their notification preferences.
 	if len(archivedChats) > 0 {
 		i.chatAutoArchiveRecords.Add(float64(len(archivedChats)))
-		dispatchCtx := context.WithoutCancel(ctx)
-		i.dispatchChatAutoArchive(dispatchCtx, archivedChats)
+		auditCtx := context.WithoutCancel(ctx)
+		i.dispatchChatAutoArchive(auditCtx, ctx, start, chatAutoArchiveDays, chatRetentionDays, archivedChats)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -372,6 +374,7 @@ type instance struct {
 	vals                     *codersdk.DeploymentValues
 	clk                      quartz.Clock
 	auditor                  *atomic.Pointer[audit.Auditor]
+	enqueuer                 notifications.Enqueuer
 	iterationDuration        *prometheus.HistogramVec
 	recordsPurged            *prometheus.CounterVec
 	chatAutoArchiveRecords   prometheus.Counter
@@ -428,20 +431,69 @@ func chatFromAutoArchiveRow(logger slog.Logger, r database.AutoArchiveInactiveCh
 	}
 }
 
-// dispatchChatAutoArchive audits every archived root chat. Children
-// inherit their root's archival decision and are skipped, matching
-// the manual archive path (patchChat audits the root only). Runs on
-// a detached context so ticker cancellation cannot truncate the trail.
-func (i *instance) dispatchChatAutoArchive(ctx context.Context, archived []database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow) {
-	auditor := *i.auditor.Load()
-	for _, row := range archived {
-		if row.ParentChatID.Valid {
-			continue // Children inherit root's archival; audit roots only.
+// purgeChatsInTx MUST BE CALLED WITH A TRANSACTION
+func (i *instance) purgeChatsInTx(ctx context.Context, tx database.Store, start time.Time, chatRetentionDays, chatAutoArchiveDays int32) (purgedChats, purgedChatFiles int64, archivedChats []database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow, err error) {
+	// Delete old archived chats first, then orphaned files
+	// (cascade clears chat_file_links but not chat_files).
+	if chatRetentionDays > 0 {
+		deleteChatsBefore := start.Add(-time.Duration(chatRetentionDays) * 24 * time.Hour)
+		purgedChats, err = tx.DeleteOldChats(ctx, database.DeleteOldChatsParams{
+			BeforeTime: deleteChatsBefore,
+			LimitCount: chatsBatchSize,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, 0, nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to delete old chats: %w", err)
 		}
+
+		purgedChatFiles, err = tx.DeleteOldChatFiles(ctx, database.DeleteOldChatFilesParams{
+			BeforeTime: deleteChatsBefore,
+			LimitCount: chatFilesBatchSize,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, 0, nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to delete old chat files: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Auto-archive runs after the delete pass so newly
+	// archived chats aren't eligible for deletion this tick.
+	if chatAutoArchiveDays > 0 {
+		archiveCutoff := start.Add(-time.Duration(chatAutoArchiveDays) * 24 * time.Hour)
+		archivedChats, err = tx.AutoArchiveInactiveChats(ctx, database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsParams{
+			ArchiveCutoff: archiveCutoff,
+			LimitCount:    i.chatAutoArchiveBatchSize,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, 0, nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to auto-archive inactive chats: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return purgedChats, purgedChatFiles, archivedChats, nil
+}
+
+// dispatchChatAutoArchive audits every archived root chat and enqueues one
+// notification per owner covering the roots archived in this tick. Children
+// inherit their root's archival decision and are skipped for audit, matching
+// the manual archive path (patchChat audits the root only). Enqueue is
+// per-tick: owners whose backlog spans multiple ticks receive multiple
+// notifications; notification_messages dedupe does not collapse them because
+// each tick's payload differs.
+//
+// auditCtx is detached from the ticker so audits always complete. enqueueCtx
+// is the cancellable parent: on shutdown we abandon any remaining digests
+// rather than blocking Close.
+func (i *instance) dispatchChatAutoArchive(auditCtx, enqueueCtx context.Context, tickStart time.Time, autoArchiveDays, retentionDays int32, archived []database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow) {
+	// Children inherit their root's archival decision and are skipped
+	// for both audit and digest. Partition once so the two loops
+	// cannot drift apart if the cascade shape ever changes.
+	roots := slice.Filter(archived, func(r database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow) bool {
+		return !r.ParentChatID.Valid
+	})
+
+	auditor := *i.auditor.Load()
+	for _, row := range roots {
 		after := chatFromAutoArchiveRow(i.logger, row)
 		before := after
 		before.Archived = false
-		audit.BackgroundAudit(ctx, &audit.BackgroundAuditParams[database.Chat]{
+		audit.BackgroundAudit(auditCtx, &audit.BackgroundAuditParams[database.Chat]{
 			Audit:            auditor,
 			Log:              i.logger,
 			UserID:           row.OwnerID,
@@ -450,7 +502,94 @@ func (i *instance) dispatchChatAutoArchive(ctx context.Context, archived []datab
 			Old:              before,
 			New:              after,
 			Status:           http.StatusOK,
-			AdditionalFields: audit.BackgroundTaskFieldsBytes(ctx, i.logger, audit.BackgroundSubsystemChatAutoArchive),
+			AdditionalFields: audit.BackgroundTaskFieldsBytes(auditCtx, i.logger, audit.BackgroundSubsystemChatAutoArchive),
 		})
 	}
+
+	// Group archived roots by owner. Inline because this is the
+	// only call site and the loop body is self-explanatory.
+	rootsByOwner := make(map[uuid.UUID][]database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow, len(roots))
+	for _, row := range roots {
+		rootsByOwner[row.OwnerID] = append(rootsByOwner[row.OwnerID], row)
+	}
+
+	// Sort owner IDs so shutdown abandons a deterministic tail of the dispatch list.
+	ownerIDs := make([]uuid.UUID, 0, len(rootsByOwner))
+	for id := range rootsByOwner {
+		ownerIDs = append(ownerIDs, id)
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(ownerIDs, func(a, b uuid.UUID) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(a.String(), b.String())
+	})
+
+	dispatched := 0
+	for _, ownerID := range ownerIDs {
+		// Check between iterations so shutdown unblocks promptly. A
+		// hung in-flight enqueue is unblocked by enqueueCtx propagating
+		// cancellation into the DB call. Skipped owners are not
+		// re-notified on the next tick because AutoArchiveInactiveChats
+		// only returns rows with archived = false; we accept that
+		// tradeoff over hanging shutdown.
+		if err := enqueueCtx.Err(); err != nil {
+			i.logger.Warn(enqueueCtx, "chat auto-archive digest dispatch canceled",
+				slog.F("remaining_owners", len(ownerIDs)-dispatched),
+				slog.Error(err))
+			return
+		}
+		dispatched++
+
+		ownerRoots := rootsByOwner[ownerID]
+		data := buildDigestData(ownerRoots, autoArchiveDays, retentionDays, tickStart)
+
+		// nolint:gocritic // Background digest runs as the notifier subject.
+		if _, err := i.enqueuer.EnqueueWithData(
+			dbauthz.AsNotifier(enqueueCtx),
+			ownerID,
+			notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest,
+			map[string]string{},
+			data,
+			string(audit.BackgroundSubsystemChatAutoArchive),
+		); err != nil {
+			i.logger.Warn(enqueueCtx, "failed to enqueue chat auto-archive digest",
+				slog.F("owner_id", ownerID),
+				slog.Error(err))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// buildDigestData builds the notification payload; shape mirrors the
+// golden fixtures in coderd/notifications/testdata. Truncation keeps
+// the oldest archived roots (created_at ASC from the query) to
+// preserve index-driven ordering; revisit if the digest becomes the
+// primary surface for reviewing archived chats.
+func buildDigestData(rows []database.AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow, autoArchiveDays, retentionDays int32, tickStart time.Time) map[string]any {
+	// Cap titles; overflow surfaces as "...and N more" via the template.
+	overflow := 0
+	if len(rows) > chatAutoArchiveDigestMaxChats {
+		overflow = len(rows) - chatAutoArchiveDigestMaxChats
+		rows = rows[:chatAutoArchiveDigestMaxChats]
+	}
+
+	chats := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(rows))
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		chats = append(chats, map[string]any{
+			"title":                   r.Title,
+			"last_activity_humanized": humanize.RelTime(r.LastActivityAt, tickStart, "ago", "from now"),
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Stringify the int32 config values: the template's
+	// {{if eq .Data.retention_days "0"}} branch requires both
+	// operands to share a type, and Go templates do not coerce
+	// numeric ↔ string. Storing a raw int here would silently
+	// take the deletion-warning branch on every notification.
+	data := map[string]any{
+		"auto_archive_days": strconv.Itoa(int(autoArchiveDays)),
+		"retention_days":    strconv.Itoa(int(retentionDays)),
+		"archived_chats":    chats,
+	}
+	if overflow > 0 {
+		data["additional_archived_count"] = strconv.Itoa(overflow)
+	}
+	return data
 }
diff --git a/coderd/database/dbpurge/dbpurge_test.go b/coderd/database/dbpurge/dbpurge_test.go
index 69b9d34428..166ed12bc0 100644
--- a/coderd/database/dbpurge/dbpurge_test.go
+++ b/coderd/database/dbpurge/dbpurge_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/database/dbrollup"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/database/dbtestutil"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/database/dbtime"
+	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/notifications"
+	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/notifications/notificationsmock"
+	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/notifications/notificationstest"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/provisionerdserver"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/codersdk"
 	"github.com/coder/coder/v2/provisionerd/proto"
@@ -177,6 +180,92 @@ func TestMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 		require.Nil(t, successHist, "should not have success=true metric on failure")
 	})
+
+	// A failed retention read must not block unrelated purges,
+	// but must skip the chat passes and surface as a failed
+	// iteration via the metric.
+	t.Run("FailedChatRetentionRead", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), testutil.WaitShort)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+		clk := quartz.NewMock(t)
+		now := clk.Now()
+		clk.Set(now).MustWait(ctx)
+
+		ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+		mDB := dbmock.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+		mDB.EXPECT().GetChatRetentionDays(gomock.Any()).
+			Return(int32(0), xerrors.New("simulated retention read error")).
+			MinTimes(1)
+		// Both reads happen before the bail; InTx still runs
+		// so unrelated purges commit best-effort.
+		mDB.EXPECT().GetChatAutoArchiveDays(gomock.Any(), codersdk.DefaultChatAutoArchiveDays).
+			Return(int32(0), nil).AnyTimes()
+		mDB.EXPECT().InTx(gomock.Any(), database.DefaultTXOptions().WithID("db_purge")).
+			Return(nil).MinTimes(1)
+
+		logger := slogtest.Make(t, &slogtest.Options{IgnoreErrors: true})
+
+		done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
+		closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, mDB, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, reg, nopAuditorPtr(t), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+		defer closer.Close()
+		testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
+
+		hist := promhelp.HistogramValue(t, reg, "coderd_dbpurge_iteration_duration_seconds", prometheus.Labels{
+			"success": "false",
+		})
+		require.NotNil(t, hist)
+		require.Greater(t, hist.GetSampleCount(), uint64(0),
+			"failed retention read must record a failed iteration")
+
+		successHist := promhelp.MetricValue(t, reg, "coderd_dbpurge_iteration_duration_seconds", prometheus.Labels{
+			"success": "true",
+		})
+		require.Nil(t, successHist, "should not have success=true metric on retention read failure")
+	})
+
+	// Same contract as FailedChatRetentionRead, but the
+	// auto-archive read is the half that fails.
+	t.Run("FailedChatAutoArchiveRead", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), testutil.WaitShort)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+		clk := quartz.NewMock(t)
+		now := clk.Now()
+		clk.Set(now).MustWait(ctx)
+
+		ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+		mDB := dbmock.NewMockStore(ctrl)
+		mDB.EXPECT().GetChatRetentionDays(gomock.Any()).Return(int32(30), nil).AnyTimes()
+		mDB.EXPECT().GetChatAutoArchiveDays(gomock.Any(), codersdk.DefaultChatAutoArchiveDays).
+			Return(int32(0), xerrors.New("simulated auto-archive read error")).
+			MinTimes(1)
+		// InTx still runs so unrelated purges commit; chat
+		// passes inside the tx are skipped.
+		mDB.EXPECT().InTx(gomock.Any(), database.DefaultTXOptions().WithID("db_purge")).
+			Return(nil).MinTimes(1)
+
+		logger := slogtest.Make(t, &slogtest.Options{IgnoreErrors: true})
+
+		done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
+		closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, mDB, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, reg, nopAuditorPtr(t), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+		defer closer.Close()
+		testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
+
+		hist := promhelp.HistogramValue(t, reg, "coderd_dbpurge_iteration_duration_seconds", prometheus.Labels{
+			"success": "false",
+		})
+		require.NotNil(t, hist)
+		require.Greater(t, hist.GetSampleCount(), uint64(0),
+			"failed auto-archive read must record a failed iteration")
+
+		successHist := promhelp.MetricValue(t, reg, "coderd_dbpurge_iteration_duration_seconds", prometheus.Labels{
+			"success": "true",
+		})
+		require.Nil(t, successHist, "should not have success=true metric on auto-archive read failure")
+	})
 }
 
 //nolint:paralleltest // It uses LockIDDBPurge.
@@ -2348,15 +2437,19 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				auditor := audit.NewMock()
 				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
 				done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
-				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
 				defer closer.Close()
 				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
 
+				// Not archived, no audits, no digests.
 				refreshed, err := db.GetChatByID(ctx, staleChat.ID)
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.False(t, refreshed.Archived, "chat should stay active when auto-archive is disabled")
+
 				require.Empty(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), "no audit log entries expected")
+				require.Empty(t, enqueuer.Sent(), "no digest notifications expected")
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -2365,7 +2458,10 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 				h := newArchiveHarness(t, now)
 				ctx, clk, db, rawDB, logger, deps := h.ctx, h.clk, h.db, h.rawDB, h.logger, h.deps
 
+				// Regression guard: ensure that both auto-archive and retention
+				// are both set to a distinct non-zero value.
 				require.NoError(t, db.UpsertChatAutoArchiveDays(ctx, int32(90)))
+				require.NoError(t, db.UpsertChatRetentionDays(ctx, int32(30)))
 
 				// Inactive root: newest message 100 days old.
 				staleChat := createArchiveChat(ctx, t, db, rawDB, deps, "stale-chat", now.Add(-120*24*time.Hour))
@@ -2377,8 +2473,9 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				auditor := audit.NewMock()
 				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
 				done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
-				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
 				defer closer.Close()
 				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
 
@@ -2390,6 +2487,7 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.False(t, refreshedActive.Archived, "active chat should stay live")
 
+				// Exactly one audit entry, for the stale root.
 				logs := auditor.AuditLogs()
 				require.Len(t, logs, 1, "expected one audit entry")
 				require.Equal(t, staleChat.ID, logs[0].ResourceID)
@@ -2397,6 +2495,15 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, database.AuditActionWrite, logs[0].Action)
 				require.Contains(t, string(logs[0].AdditionalFields), "chat_auto_archive",
 					"audit entry must carry the auto-archive subsystem tag")
+
+				// Exactly one digest, addressed to the owner.
+				sent := enqueuer.Sent()
+				require.Len(t, sent, 1, "expected one digest notification")
+				require.Equal(t, notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest, sent[0].TemplateID)
+				require.Equal(t, deps.user.ID, sent[0].UserID)
+				// Ensure that config-derived fields flow through to payload.
+				require.Equal(t, "90", sent[0].Data["auto_archive_days"])
+				require.Equal(t, "30", sent[0].Data["retention_days"])
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -2498,8 +2605,9 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				auditor := audit.NewMock()
 				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
 				done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
-				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
 				defer closer.Close()
 				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
 
@@ -2512,6 +2620,7 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 				require.False(t, refreshedChild.Archived, "child must stay active")
 
 				require.Empty(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), "no chats should be archived")
+				require.Empty(t, enqueuer.Sent(), "no notifications should be sent")
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -2552,8 +2661,9 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				auditor := audit.NewMock()
 				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
 				done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
-				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
 				defer closer.Close()
 				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
 
@@ -2580,6 +2690,12 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 				logs := auditor.AuditLogs()
 				require.Len(t, logs, 1, "only the completed chat should produce an audit entry")
 				require.Equal(t, completedChat.ID, logs[0].ResourceID)
+
+				// Assert number of sent notifications to catch dispatch regressions.
+				sent := enqueuer.Sent()
+				require.Len(t, sent, 1, "expected one digest notification for the completed chat")
+				require.Equal(t, notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest, sent[0].TemplateID)
+				require.Equal(t, deps.user.ID, sent[0].UserID)
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -2608,8 +2724,9 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				auditor := audit.NewMock()
 				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
 				done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
-				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
 				defer closer.Close()
 				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
 
@@ -2628,6 +2745,62 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 				// One audit entry for the root; the cascaded child is
 				// not audited individually.
 				require.Len(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), 1)
+
+				// Digest should list only the root (one row).
+				sent := enqueuer.Sent()
+				require.Len(t, sent, 1)
+				data := sent[0].Data
+				require.NotNil(t, data)
+				chats, ok := data["archived_chats"].([]map[string]any)
+				require.True(t, ok, "archived_chats should be []map[string]any")
+				require.Len(t, chats, 1, "digest should only list the root")
+				require.Equal(t, "root-chat", chats[0]["title"])
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "DigestOverflowCap",
+			run: func(t *testing.T) {
+				// 27 inactive roots exceed chatAutoArchiveDigestMaxChats
+				// (25). All 27 should archive, but the digest payload
+				// lists at most 25 titles and surfaces the rest via
+				// additional_archived_count so the template can render
+				// "...and N more".
+				h := newArchiveHarness(t, now)
+				ctx, clk, db, rawDB, logger, deps := h.ctx, h.clk, h.db, h.rawDB, h.logger, h.deps
+
+				require.NoError(t, db.UpsertChatAutoArchiveDays(ctx, int32(30)))
+
+				const total = 27
+				for i := range total {
+					createArchiveChat(ctx, t, db, rawDB, deps,
+						fmt.Sprintf("stale-%02d", i),
+						now.Add(-60*24*time.Hour))
+				}
+
+				auditor := audit.NewMock()
+				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
+				done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				defer closer.Close()
+				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
+
+				// All 27 roots archived (one audit each).
+				require.Len(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), total)
+
+				sent := enqueuer.Sent()
+				require.Len(t, sent, 1, "one digest per owner")
+				chats, ok := sent[0].Data["archived_chats"].([]map[string]any)
+				require.True(t, ok, "archived_chats should be []map[string]any")
+				require.Len(t, chats, 25, "digest caps titles at 25")
+				require.Equal(t, "2", sent[0].Data["additional_archived_count"],
+					"overflow count is total - cap")
+				// Humanized timestamp is computed from LastActivityAt
+				// and the tick-start time, not a static fixture, so we
+				// only assert the suffix the humanizer emits.
+				humanized, _ := chats[0]["last_activity_humanized"].(string)
+				require.Contains(t, humanized, "ago",
+					"last_activity_humanized should be a past relative time")
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -2640,8 +2813,8 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				require.NoError(t, db.UpsertChatAutoArchiveDays(ctx, int32(30)))
 
-				// Two stale roots per owner, backdated well past the
-				// 30-day cutoff.
+				// Two stale roots per owner, backdated well past
+				// the 30-day cutoff.
 				u1Deps := deps
 				u2Deps := chatAutoArchiveDeps{user: user2, org: deps.org, modelConfig: deps.modelConfig}
 				createArchiveChat(ctx, t, db, rawDB, u1Deps, "u1-a", now.Add(-60*24*time.Hour))
@@ -2651,22 +2824,45 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				auditor := audit.NewMock()
 				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
 				done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
-				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
 				defer closer.Close()
 				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
 
-				// Four audit rows, one per archived root. Each entry
-				// carries the owning UserID so downstream consumers can
+				// Four audit rows, one per archived root, attributed
+				// to the owning user so downstream consumers can
 				// correlate per-owner activity.
 				logs := auditor.AuditLogs()
 				require.Len(t, logs, 4)
-				byUser := map[uuid.UUID]int{}
+				auditsByUser := map[uuid.UUID]int{}
 				for _, l := range logs {
-					byUser[l.UserID]++
+					auditsByUser[l.UserID]++
 				}
-				require.Equal(t, 2, byUser[deps.user.ID])
-				require.Equal(t, 2, byUser[user2.ID])
+				require.Equal(t, 2, auditsByUser[deps.user.ID])
+				require.Equal(t, 2, auditsByUser[user2.ID])
+
+				// One digest per owner, each listing only that owner's
+				// two chats.
+				sent := enqueuer.Sent()
+				require.Len(t, sent, 2, "expected one digest per owner")
+
+				byUser := map[uuid.UUID][]string{}
+				for _, s := range sent {
+					require.Equal(t, notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest, s.TemplateID)
+					chats, ok := s.Data["archived_chats"].([]map[string]any)
+					require.True(t, ok, "archived_chats should be []map[string]any")
+					for _, c := range chats {
+						title, _ := c["title"].(string)
+						byUser[s.UserID] = append(byUser[s.UserID], title)
+					}
+				}
+				require.Contains(t, byUser, deps.user.ID)
+				require.Contains(t, byUser, user2.ID)
+				slices.Sort(byUser[deps.user.ID])
+				slices.Sort(byUser[user2.ID])
+				require.Equal(t, []string{"u1-a", "u1-b"}, byUser[deps.user.ID])
+				require.Equal(t, []string{"u2-a", "u2-b"}, byUser[user2.ID])
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -2683,8 +2879,9 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				auditor := audit.NewMock()
 				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
 				driver := newTickDriver(t, clk)
-				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
 				// Defer driver.close() after closer.Close(): defers
 				// run LIFO, so this frees shutdown's ticker.Stop()
 				// before the dbpurge goroutine blocks on it.
@@ -2692,8 +2889,9 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 				defer driver.close()
 				driver.awaitInitial(ctx, t)
 
-				// Tick 1: both archived.
+				// Tick 1: both archived, one digest.
 				require.Len(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), 2, "tick 1 audits")
+				require.Len(t, enqueuer.Sent(), 1, "tick 1 digests")
 
 				// Seed a third stale root between ticks so tick 2 has
 				// genuine work and we can distinguish "ignored already
@@ -2702,11 +2900,17 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				driver.awaitNext(ctx, t)
 
-				// Tick 2: exactly one new audit for the third chat;
-				// tick 1's rows must not be re-archived.
+				// Tick 2: exactly one new audit + one new digest for
+				// the third chat; tick 1's rows must not be re-archived.
 				require.Len(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), 3, "tick 2 cumulative audits")
+				sent := enqueuer.Sent()
+				require.Len(t, sent, 2, "tick 2 cumulative digests")
+				chats, ok := sent[1].Data["archived_chats"].([]map[string]any)
+				require.True(t, ok, "archived_chats should be []map[string]any")
+				require.Len(t, chats, 1, "tick 2 digest lists only the new chat")
+				require.Equal(t, "second-c", chats[0]["title"])
 
-				// All three chats should remain archived.
+				// First-tick chats stayed archived.
 				for _, id := range []uuid.UUID{firstA.ID, firstB.ID, third.ID} {
 					refreshed, err := db.GetChatByID(ctx, id)
 					require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -2718,10 +2922,18 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "BatchSizePagination",
 			run: func(t *testing.T) {
 				// With 27 stale roots and batch size 20, tick 1
-				// archives 20, tick 2 archives the remaining 7, tick 3
-				// archives none. We assert the audit dispatch follows
-				// the same pattern: no dispatch runs when rows == 0,
-				// so tick 3 emits no new audits.
+				// archives 20, tick 2 archives the remaining 7, and
+				// tick 3 archives none. We assert the dispatch side
+				// effects (audits, digests) follow the same pattern:
+				// dispatch only runs when rows > 0, so tick 3 emits
+				// no new audits or digests.
+				//
+				// The two-digest count asserted here is a consequence
+				// of the per-tick enqueue model, not a product
+				// invariant. notification_messages dedupe does not
+				// collapse these because each tick's payload differs.
+				// If enqueue is ever restructured to one notification
+				// per owner per day, this assertion changes with it.
 				h := newArchiveHarness(t, now)
 				ctx, clk, db, rawDB, logger, deps := h.ctx, h.clk, h.db, h.rawDB, h.logger, h.deps
 
@@ -2736,8 +2948,9 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 
 				auditor := audit.NewMock()
 				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+				enqueuer := notificationstest.NewFakeEnqueuer()
 				driver := newTickDriver(t, clk)
-				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithClock(clk), dbpurge.WithChatAutoArchiveBatchSize(20))
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(enqueuer), dbpurge.WithClock(clk), dbpurge.WithChatAutoArchiveBatchSize(20))
 				// Defer driver.close() after closer.Close() so trap
 				// cleanup frees shutdown's ticker.Stop() before the
 				// dbpurge goroutine blocks on it.
@@ -2745,15 +2958,137 @@ func TestAutoArchiveInactiveChats(t *testing.T) {
 				defer driver.close()
 				driver.awaitInitial(ctx, t)
 
+				// Tick 1: first batch (20) archived.
 				require.Len(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), 20, "tick 1 audits")
+				sent := enqueuer.Sent()
+				require.Len(t, sent, 1, "tick 1 digests")
+				chats1, ok := sent[0].Data["archived_chats"].([]map[string]any)
+				require.True(t, ok, "archived_chats should be []map[string]any")
+				require.Len(t, chats1, 20, "tick 1 digest lists all 20 titles")
+				require.NotContains(t, sent[0].Data, "additional_archived_count",
+					"no overflow when batch <= digest cap; 20 <= 25")
 
 				driver.awaitNext(ctx, t)
+
+				// Tick 2: remaining 7 archived.
 				require.Len(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), 27, "tick 2 cumulative audits")
+				sent = enqueuer.Sent()
+				require.Len(t, sent, 2, "tick 2 cumulative digests")
+				chats2, ok := sent[1].Data["archived_chats"].([]map[string]any)
+				require.True(t, ok, "archived_chats should be []map[string]any")
+				require.Len(t, chats2, 7, "tick 2 digest lists remaining 7")
 
 				driver.awaitNext(ctx, t)
-				// Tick 3: nothing left to archive; dispatch is gated
-				// on len(archivedChats) > 0 so no new audits.
+
+				// Tick 3: nothing left to archive. The dispatch is
+				// gated on len(archivedChats) > 0, so no new audits
+				// or digests are produced. If that gate is ever
+				// removed, update this assertion intentionally.
 				require.Len(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), 27, "tick 3 cumulative audits unchanged")
+				require.Len(t, enqueuer.Sent(), 2, "tick 3 cumulative digests unchanged")
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ShutdownCancelsDigestDispatch",
+			run: func(t *testing.T) {
+				// Two owners with one stale root each. The first
+				// EnqueueWithData call blocks until ctx is canceled.
+				// Closing the purger must propagate cancellation
+				// into the in-flight call and short-circuit the
+				// rest of the loop, so Close returns promptly
+				// instead of hanging on dispatch.
+				h := newArchiveHarness(t, now)
+				ctx, clk, db, rawDB, logger, deps := h.ctx, h.clk, h.db, h.rawDB, h.logger, h.deps
+				user2 := dbgen.User(t, db, database.User{})
+				_ = dbgen.OrganizationMember(t, db, database.OrganizationMember{UserID: user2.ID, OrganizationID: deps.org.ID})
+
+				require.NoError(t, db.UpsertChatAutoArchiveDays(ctx, int32(30)))
+
+				u1Deps := deps
+				u2Deps := chatAutoArchiveDeps{user: user2, org: deps.org, modelConfig: deps.modelConfig}
+				createArchiveChat(ctx, t, db, rawDB, u1Deps, "u1-stale", now.Add(-60*24*time.Hour))
+				createArchiveChat(ctx, t, db, rawDB, u2Deps, "u2-stale", now.Add(-60*24*time.Hour))
+
+				// Dispatch iterates owner IDs in ascending UUID order (convention).
+				expectedFirst := deps.user.ID
+				if user2.ID.String() < deps.user.ID.String() {
+					expectedFirst = user2.ID
+				}
+
+				ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+				mockEnq := notificationsmock.NewMockEnqueuer(ctrl)
+				started := make(chan struct{})
+				mockEnq.EXPECT().EnqueueWithData(gomock.Any(), gomock.Eq(expectedFirst), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).
+					DoAndReturn(func(ctx context.Context, _, _ uuid.UUID, _ map[string]string, _ map[string]any, _ string, _ ...uuid.UUID) ([]uuid.UUID, error) {
+						close(started)
+						<-ctx.Done()
+						return nil, ctx.Err()
+					}).Times(1)
+
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), nopAuditorPtr(t), dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(mockEnq), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+
+				// Wait for the forced initial tick to reach the first
+				// enqueue, which then blocks on ctx.Done().
+				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, started)
+
+				// Blocked enqueue receives ctx cancellation via the parent context.
+				// Loop-head check abandons the remaining owner instead of trying to enqueue.
+				done := make(chan error)
+				go func() { done <- closer.Close() }()
+				testutil.RequireReceive(ctx, t, done)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// A transient enqueue failure for one owner must not abort the dispatch loop.
+			name: "TransientEnqueueFailureDoesNotAbortLoop",
+			run: func(t *testing.T) {
+				h := newArchiveHarness(t, now)
+				ctx, clk, db, rawDB, logger, deps := h.ctx, h.clk, h.db, h.rawDB, h.logger, h.deps
+				user2 := dbgen.User(t, db, database.User{})
+				_ = dbgen.OrganizationMember(t, db, database.OrganizationMember{UserID: user2.ID, OrganizationID: deps.org.ID})
+
+				require.NoError(t, db.UpsertChatAutoArchiveDays(ctx, int32(30)))
+
+				u1Deps := deps
+				u2Deps := chatAutoArchiveDeps{user: user2, org: deps.org, modelConfig: deps.modelConfig}
+				createArchiveChat(ctx, t, db, rawDB, u1Deps, "u1-stale", now.Add(-60*24*time.Hour))
+				createArchiveChat(ctx, t, db, rawDB, u2Deps, "u2-stale", now.Add(-60*24*time.Hour))
+
+				auditor := audit.NewMock()
+				auditorPtr := mockAuditorPtr(auditor)
+
+				ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+				mockEnq := notificationsmock.NewMockEnqueuer(ctrl)
+				var calls atomic.Int32
+				var successUserID uuid.UUID
+				mockEnq.EXPECT().EnqueueWithData(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).
+					DoAndReturn(func(_ context.Context, userID, _ uuid.UUID, _ map[string]string, _ map[string]any, _ string, _ ...uuid.UUID) ([]uuid.UUID, error) {
+						if calls.Add(1) == 1 {
+							return nil, xerrors.New("simulated transient enqueue failure")
+						}
+						successUserID = userID
+						return nil, nil
+					}).Times(2)
+
+				done := awaitDoTick(ctx, t, clk)
+				closer := dbpurge.New(ctx, logger, db, &codersdk.DeploymentValues{}, prometheus.NewRegistry(), auditorPtr, dbpurge.WithNotificationsEnqueuer(mockEnq), dbpurge.WithClock(clk))
+				defer closer.Close()
+				testutil.TryReceive(ctx, t, done)
+
+				// Both owners must have been audited regardless of
+				// digest enqueue outcomes; the audit and digest
+				// paths are independent.
+				require.Len(t, auditor.AuditLogs(), 2, "both archived roots must be audited")
+
+				// gomock's .Times(2) already enforces both calls
+				// happened; this assertion makes the contract
+				// explicit at the test site.
+				require.Equal(t, int32(2), calls.Load(),
+					"loop must attempt every owner even when one fails")
+
+				// The second attempt succeeded for one of the two owners.
+				require.Contains(t, []uuid.UUID{deps.user.ID, user2.ID}, successUserID,
+					"successful digest must belong to one of the two owners")
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/coderd/database/migrations/000480_chat_auto_archive_notification_template.down.sql b/coderd/database/migrations/000480_chat_auto_archive_notification_template.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcd3692485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/database/migrations/000480_chat_auto_archive_notification_template.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DELETE FROM notification_templates WHERE id = '764031be-4863-4220-867b-6ce1a1b7a5f5';
diff --git a/coderd/database/migrations/000480_chat_auto_archive_notification_template.up.sql b/coderd/database/migrations/000480_chat_auto_archive_notification_template.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64eafba63a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/database/migrations/000480_chat_auto_archive_notification_template.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+-- Template for the per-owner chat auto-archive notification. Enqueue is
+-- per-tick (see dbpurge.dispatchChatAutoArchive): owners whose backlog
+-- spans multiple ticks receive multiple notifications, and
+-- notification_messages dedupe does not collapse them because each
+-- tick's payload differs. Users who find this noisy can disable the
+-- template from their notification preferences. The SMTP/webhook
+-- wrappers prepend "Hi {{.UserName}},", so body_template must not.
+INSERT INTO notification_templates (
+    id,
+    name,
+    title_template,
+    body_template,
+    actions,
+    "group",
+    method,
+    kind,
+    enabled_by_default
+)
+VALUES (
+    '764031be-4863-4220-867b-6ce1a1b7a5f5',
+    'Chats Auto-Archived',
+    E'Chats auto-archived after {{.Data.auto_archive_days}} days of inactivity',
+    E'The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n{{range .Data.archived_chats}}* "{{.title}}" (last active {{.last_activity_humanized}})\n{{end}}{{with .Data.additional_archived_count}}\n...and {{.}} more.\n\n{{end}}\n{{if eq .Data.retention_days "0"}}You can restore any of them from the Agents page; archived chats are kept indefinitely.{{else}}You can restore any of them from the Agents page within {{.Data.retention_days}} days, after which they will be permanently deleted.{{end}}',
+    '[
+        {
+            "label": "View chats",
+            "url": "{{base_url}}/agents?archived=archived"
+        }
+    ]'::jsonb,
+    'Chat Events',
+    NULL,
+    'system'::notification_template_kind,
+    true
+);
diff --git a/coderd/database/querier.go b/coderd/database/querier.go
index a31d7e3813..49ac2243be 100644
--- a/coderd/database/querier.go
+++ b/coderd/database/querier.go
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ type sqlcQuerier interface {
 	// Archives inactive root chats (pinned and already-archived chats skipped),
 	// cascading to children via root_chat_id. Limits apply to roots, not total
 	// rows. Used by dbpurge.
+	// created_at ASC flows through to dbpurge's digest truncation; see
+	// buildDigestData in dbpurge.go for the tradeoff rationale.
 	AutoArchiveInactiveChats(ctx context.Context, arg AutoArchiveInactiveChatsParams) ([]AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow, error)
 	BackoffChatDiffStatus(ctx context.Context, arg BackoffChatDiffStatusParams) error
 	BatchUpdateWorkspaceAgentMetadata(ctx context.Context, arg BatchUpdateWorkspaceAgentMetadataParams) error
diff --git a/coderd/database/queries.sql.go b/coderd/database/queries.sql.go
index 7dd5657ee6..98c7383989 100644
--- a/coderd/database/queries.sql.go
+++ b/coderd/database/queries.sql.go
@@ -5419,6 +5419,8 @@ type AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow struct {
 // Archives inactive root chats (pinned and already-archived chats skipped),
 // cascading to children via root_chat_id. Limits apply to roots, not total
 // rows. Used by dbpurge.
+// created_at ASC flows through to dbpurge's digest truncation; see
+// buildDigestData in dbpurge.go for the tradeoff rationale.
 func (q *sqlQuerier) AutoArchiveInactiveChats(ctx context.Context, arg AutoArchiveInactiveChatsParams) ([]AutoArchiveInactiveChatsRow, error) {
 	rows, err := q.db.QueryContext(ctx, autoArchiveInactiveChats, arg.ArchiveCutoff, arg.LimitCount)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/coderd/database/queries/chats.sql b/coderd/database/queries/chats.sql
index 09bdda356a..790b9657d6 100644
--- a/coderd/database/queries/chats.sql
+++ b/coderd/database/queries/chats.sql
@@ -1482,4 +1482,6 @@ SELECT
     )::timestamptz AS last_activity_at
 FROM archived a
 LEFT JOIN to_archive t ON t.id = a.id
+-- created_at ASC flows through to dbpurge's digest truncation; see
+-- buildDigestData in dbpurge.go for the tradeoff rationale.
 ORDER BY (a.root_chat_id IS NULL) DESC, a.owner_id ASC, a.created_at ASC, a.id ASC;
diff --git a/coderd/inboxnotifications.go b/coderd/inboxnotifications.go
index 454aefee79..e9fc9e34c5 100644
--- a/coderd/inboxnotifications.go
+++ b/coderd/inboxnotifications.go
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ var fallbackIcons = map[uuid.UUID]string{
 	notifications.TemplateTemplateDeleted:             codersdk.InboxNotificationFallbackIconTemplate,
 	notifications.TemplateTemplateDeprecated:          codersdk.InboxNotificationFallbackIconTemplate,
 	notifications.TemplateWorkspaceBuildsFailedReport: codersdk.InboxNotificationFallbackIconTemplate,
+
+	// chat related notifications
+	notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest: codersdk.InboxNotificationFallbackIconOther,
 }
 
 func ensureNotificationIcon(notif codersdk.InboxNotification) codersdk.InboxNotification {
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/events.go b/coderd/notifications/events.go
index 1754b93b0e..46063d97c6 100644
--- a/coderd/notifications/events.go
+++ b/coderd/notifications/events.go
@@ -62,3 +62,8 @@ var (
 	TemplateTaskPaused    = uuid.MustParse("2a74f3d3-ab09-4123-a4a5-ca238f4f65a1")
 	TemplateTaskResumed   = uuid.MustParse("843ee9c3-a8fb-4846-afa9-977bec578649")
 )
+
+// Chat-related events.
+var (
+	TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest = uuid.MustParse("764031be-4863-4220-867b-6ce1a1b7a5f5")
+)
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/notifications_test.go b/coderd/notifications/notifications_test.go
index 33c70b94b5..a59e64be42 100644
--- a/coderd/notifications/notifications_test.go
+++ b/coderd/notifications/notifications_test.go
@@ -1332,6 +1332,89 @@ func TestNotificationTemplates_Golden(t *testing.T) {
 				Data: map[string]any{},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// Default branch: multiple visible chats, retention enabled,
+			// no overflow. Body phrasing is number-neutral so this also
+			// covers the n>1 grammar shape without a dedicated branch in
+			// the template.
+			name: "TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest",
+			id:   notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest,
+			payload: types.MessagePayload{
+				UserName:     "Bobby",
+				UserEmail:    "bobby@coder.com",
+				UserUsername: "bobby",
+				Labels:       map[string]string{},
+				Data: map[string]any{
+					"auto_archive_days": "90",
+					"retention_days":    "30",
+					"archived_chats": []map[string]any{
+						{"title": "Onboarding kickoff", "last_activity_humanized": "3 months ago"},
+						{"title": "Quarterly planning draft", "last_activity_humanized": "4 months ago"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// Pins the n=1 rendering so future edits to the body cannot
+			// reintroduce a count-conditional that breaks the singular
+			// case. The list-introduction sentence and retention sentence
+			// both use plural-form pronouns ("them", "they") that read
+			// naturally for a single item.
+			name: "TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestSingular",
+			id:   notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest,
+			payload: types.MessagePayload{
+				UserName:     "Bobby",
+				UserEmail:    "bobby@coder.com",
+				UserUsername: "bobby",
+				Labels:       map[string]string{},
+				Data: map[string]any{
+					"auto_archive_days": "90",
+					"retention_days":    "30",
+					"archived_chats": []map[string]any{
+						{"title": "Onboarding kickoff", "last_activity_humanized": "3 months ago"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// Covers the retention_days="0" indefinite-retention branch.
+			name: "TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestRetentionZero",
+			id:   notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest,
+			payload: types.MessagePayload{
+				UserName:     "Bobby",
+				UserEmail:    "bobby@coder.com",
+				UserUsername: "bobby",
+				Labels:       map[string]string{},
+				Data: map[string]any{
+					"auto_archive_days": "90",
+					"retention_days":    "0",
+					"archived_chats": []map[string]any{
+						{"title": "Onboarding kickoff", "last_activity_humanized": "3 months ago"},
+						{"title": "Quarterly planning draft", "last_activity_humanized": "4 months ago"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// Covers the additional_archived_count overflow sentence.
+			name: "TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestOverflow",
+			id:   notifications.TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest,
+			payload: types.MessagePayload{
+				UserName:     "Bobby",
+				UserEmail:    "bobby@coder.com",
+				UserUsername: "bobby",
+				Labels:       map[string]string{},
+				Data: map[string]any{
+					"auto_archive_days": "90",
+					"retention_days":    "30",
+					"archived_chats": []map[string]any{
+						{"title": "Onboarding kickoff", "last_activity_humanized": "3 months ago"},
+						{"title": "Quarterly planning draft", "last_activity_humanized": "4 months ago"},
+					},
+					"additional_archived_count": "6",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	// We must have a test case for every notification_template. This is enforced below:
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/notificationsmock/doc.go b/coderd/notifications/notificationsmock/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f59cbb5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/notificationsmock/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Package notificationsmock contains a mocked implementation of the
+// notifications.Enqueuer interface for use in tests.
+package notificationsmock
+
+//go:generate mockgen -destination ./notificationsmock.go -package notificationsmock github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/notifications Enqueuer
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/notificationsmock/notificationsmock.go b/coderd/notifications/notificationsmock/notificationsmock.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c969e1774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/notificationsmock/notificationsmock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// Code generated by MockGen. DO NOT EDIT.
+// Source: github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/notifications (interfaces: Enqueuer)
+//
+// Generated by this command:
+//
+//	mockgen -destination ./notificationsmock.go -package notificationsmock github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/notifications Enqueuer
+//
+
+// Package notificationsmock is a generated GoMock package.
+package notificationsmock
+
+import (
+	context "context"
+	reflect "reflect"
+
+	uuid "github.com/google/uuid"
+	gomock "go.uber.org/mock/gomock"
+)
+
+// MockEnqueuer is a mock of Enqueuer interface.
+type MockEnqueuer struct {
+	ctrl     *gomock.Controller
+	recorder *MockEnqueuerMockRecorder
+	isgomock struct{}
+}
+
+// MockEnqueuerMockRecorder is the mock recorder for MockEnqueuer.
+type MockEnqueuerMockRecorder struct {
+	mock *MockEnqueuer
+}
+
+// NewMockEnqueuer creates a new mock instance.
+func NewMockEnqueuer(ctrl *gomock.Controller) *MockEnqueuer {
+	mock := &MockEnqueuer{ctrl: ctrl}
+	mock.recorder = &MockEnqueuerMockRecorder{mock}
+	return mock
+}
+
+// EXPECT returns an object that allows the caller to indicate expected use.
+func (m *MockEnqueuer) EXPECT() *MockEnqueuerMockRecorder {
+	return m.recorder
+}
+
+// Enqueue mocks base method.
+func (m *MockEnqueuer) Enqueue(ctx context.Context, userID, templateID uuid.UUID, labels map[string]string, createdBy string, targets ...uuid.UUID) ([]uuid.UUID, error) {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	varargs := []any{ctx, userID, templateID, labels, createdBy}
+	for _, a := range targets {
+		varargs = append(varargs, a)
+	}
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "Enqueue", varargs...)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].([]uuid.UUID)
+	ret1, _ := ret[1].(error)
+	return ret0, ret1
+}
+
+// Enqueue indicates an expected call of Enqueue.
+func (mr *MockEnqueuerMockRecorder) Enqueue(ctx, userID, templateID, labels, createdBy any, targets ...any) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	varargs := append([]any{ctx, userID, templateID, labels, createdBy}, targets...)
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "Enqueue", reflect.TypeOf((*MockEnqueuer)(nil).Enqueue), varargs...)
+}
+
+// EnqueueWithData mocks base method.
+func (m *MockEnqueuer) EnqueueWithData(ctx context.Context, userID, templateID uuid.UUID, labels map[string]string, data map[string]any, createdBy string, targets ...uuid.UUID) ([]uuid.UUID, error) {
+	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	varargs := []any{ctx, userID, templateID, labels, data, createdBy}
+	for _, a := range targets {
+		varargs = append(varargs, a)
+	}
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "EnqueueWithData", varargs...)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].([]uuid.UUID)
+	ret1, _ := ret[1].(error)
+	return ret0, ret1
+}
+
+// EnqueueWithData indicates an expected call of EnqueueWithData.
+func (mr *MockEnqueuerMockRecorder) EnqueueWithData(ctx, userID, templateID, labels, data, createdBy any, targets ...any) *gomock.Call {
+	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
+	varargs := append([]any{ctx, userID, templateID, labels, data, createdBy}, targets...)
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "EnqueueWithData", reflect.TypeOf((*MockEnqueuer)(nil).EnqueueWithData), varargs...)
+}
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest.html.golden b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest.html.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5104fb7122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest.html.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+From: system@coder.com
+To: bobby@coder.com
+Subject: Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity
+Message-Id: 02ee4935-73be-4fa1-a290-ff9999026b13@blush-whale-48
+Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:03:06 +0000
+Content-Type: multipart/alternative;  boundary=bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+
+Hi Bobby,
+
+The following chats were automatically archived:
+
+"Onboarding kickoff" (last active 3 months ago)
+"Quarterly planning draft" (last active 4 months ago)
+
+You can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after whic=
+h they will be permanently deleted.
+
+
+View chats: http://test.com/agents?archived=3Darchived
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
+
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang=3D"en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset=3D"UTF-8" />
+    <meta name=3D"viewport" content=3D"width=3Ddevice-width, initial-scale=
+=3D1.0" />
+    <title>Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity</title>
+  </head>
+  <body style=3D"margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: -apple-system, system-=
+ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarel=
+l', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; color: #020617=
+; background: #f8fafc;">
+    <div style=3D"max-width: 600px; margin: 20px auto; padding: 60px; borde=
+r: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; background-color: #fff; text-alig=
+n: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">
+      <div style=3D"text-align: center;">
+        <img src=3D"https://coder.com/coder-logo-horizontal.png" alt=3D"Cod=
+er Logo" style=3D"height: 40px;" />
+      </div>
+      <h1 style=3D"text-align: center; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; m=
+argin: 8px 0 32px; line-height: 1.5;">
+        Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity
+      </h1>
+      <div style=3D"line-height: 1.5;">
+        <p>Hi Bobby,</p>
+        <p>The following chats were automatically archived:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>&ldquo;Onboarding kickoff&rdquo; (last active 3 months ago)<br>
+</li>
+<li>&ldquo;Quarterly planning draft&rdquo; (last active 4 months ago)<br>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>You can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after w=
+hich they will be permanently deleted.</p>
+      </div>
+      <div style=3D"text-align: center; margin-top: 32px;">
+       =20
+        <a href=3D"http://test.com/agents?archived=3Darchived" style=3D"dis=
+play: inline-block; padding: 13px 24px; background-color: #020617; color: #=
+f8fafc; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 4px;">
+          View chats
+        </a>
+       =20
+      </div>
+      <div style=3D"border-top: 1px solid #e2e8f0; color: #475569; font-siz=
+e: 12px; margin-top: 64px; padding-top: 24px; line-height: 1.6;">
+        <p>&copy;&nbsp;2024&nbsp;Coder. All rights reserved&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a =
+href=3D"http://test.com" style=3D"color: #2563eb; text-decoration: none;">h=
+ttp://test.com</a></p>
+        <p><a href=3D"http://test.com/settings/notifications" style=3D"colo=
+r: #2563eb; text-decoration: none;">Click here to manage your notification =
+settings</a></p>
+        <p><a href=3D"http://test.com/settings/notifications?disabled=3D764=
+031be-4863-4220-867b-6ce1a1b7a5f5" style=3D"color: #2563eb; text-decoration=
+: none;">Stop receiving emails like this</a></p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </body>
+</html>
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4--
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestOverflow.html.golden b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestOverflow.html.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b7236a56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestOverflow.html.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+From: system@coder.com
+To: bobby@coder.com
+Subject: Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity
+Message-Id: 02ee4935-73be-4fa1-a290-ff9999026b13@blush-whale-48
+Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:03:06 +0000
+Content-Type: multipart/alternative;  boundary=bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+
+Hi Bobby,
+
+The following chats were automatically archived:
+
+"Onboarding kickoff" (last active 3 months ago)
+"Quarterly planning draft" (last active 4 months ago)
+
+...and 6 more.
+
+You can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after whic=
+h they will be permanently deleted.
+
+
+View chats: http://test.com/agents?archived=3Darchived
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
+
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang=3D"en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset=3D"UTF-8" />
+    <meta name=3D"viewport" content=3D"width=3Ddevice-width, initial-scale=
+=3D1.0" />
+    <title>Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity</title>
+  </head>
+  <body style=3D"margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: -apple-system, system-=
+ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarel=
+l', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; color: #020617=
+; background: #f8fafc;">
+    <div style=3D"max-width: 600px; margin: 20px auto; padding: 60px; borde=
+r: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; background-color: #fff; text-alig=
+n: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">
+      <div style=3D"text-align: center;">
+        <img src=3D"https://coder.com/coder-logo-horizontal.png" alt=3D"Cod=
+er Logo" style=3D"height: 40px;" />
+      </div>
+      <h1 style=3D"text-align: center; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; m=
+argin: 8px 0 32px; line-height: 1.5;">
+        Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity
+      </h1>
+      <div style=3D"line-height: 1.5;">
+        <p>Hi Bobby,</p>
+        <p>The following chats were automatically archived:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>&ldquo;Onboarding kickoff&rdquo; (last active 3 months ago)<br>
+</li>
+<li>&ldquo;Quarterly planning draft&rdquo; (last active 4 months ago)<br>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>&hellip;and 6 more.</p>
+
+<p>You can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after w=
+hich they will be permanently deleted.</p>
+      </div>
+      <div style=3D"text-align: center; margin-top: 32px;">
+       =20
+        <a href=3D"http://test.com/agents?archived=3Darchived" style=3D"dis=
+play: inline-block; padding: 13px 24px; background-color: #020617; color: #=
+f8fafc; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 4px;">
+          View chats
+        </a>
+       =20
+      </div>
+      <div style=3D"border-top: 1px solid #e2e8f0; color: #475569; font-siz=
+e: 12px; margin-top: 64px; padding-top: 24px; line-height: 1.6;">
+        <p>&copy;&nbsp;2024&nbsp;Coder. All rights reserved&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a =
+href=3D"http://test.com" style=3D"color: #2563eb; text-decoration: none;">h=
+ttp://test.com</a></p>
+        <p><a href=3D"http://test.com/settings/notifications" style=3D"colo=
+r: #2563eb; text-decoration: none;">Click here to manage your notification =
+settings</a></p>
+        <p><a href=3D"http://test.com/settings/notifications?disabled=3D764=
+031be-4863-4220-867b-6ce1a1b7a5f5" style=3D"color: #2563eb; text-decoration=
+: none;">Stop receiving emails like this</a></p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </body>
+</html>
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4--
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestRetentionZero.html.golden b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestRetentionZero.html.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10b4b74874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestRetentionZero.html.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+From: system@coder.com
+To: bobby@coder.com
+Subject: Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity
+Message-Id: 02ee4935-73be-4fa1-a290-ff9999026b13@blush-whale-48
+Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:03:06 +0000
+Content-Type: multipart/alternative;  boundary=bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+
+Hi Bobby,
+
+The following chats were automatically archived:
+
+"Onboarding kickoff" (last active 3 months ago)
+"Quarterly planning draft" (last active 4 months ago)
+
+You can restore any of them from the Agents page; archived chats are kept i=
+ndefinitely.
+
+
+View chats: http://test.com/agents?archived=3Darchived
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
+
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang=3D"en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset=3D"UTF-8" />
+    <meta name=3D"viewport" content=3D"width=3Ddevice-width, initial-scale=
+=3D1.0" />
+    <title>Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity</title>
+  </head>
+  <body style=3D"margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: -apple-system, system-=
+ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarel=
+l', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; color: #020617=
+; background: #f8fafc;">
+    <div style=3D"max-width: 600px; margin: 20px auto; padding: 60px; borde=
+r: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; background-color: #fff; text-alig=
+n: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">
+      <div style=3D"text-align: center;">
+        <img src=3D"https://coder.com/coder-logo-horizontal.png" alt=3D"Cod=
+er Logo" style=3D"height: 40px;" />
+      </div>
+      <h1 style=3D"text-align: center; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; m=
+argin: 8px 0 32px; line-height: 1.5;">
+        Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity
+      </h1>
+      <div style=3D"line-height: 1.5;">
+        <p>Hi Bobby,</p>
+        <p>The following chats were automatically archived:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>&ldquo;Onboarding kickoff&rdquo; (last active 3 months ago)<br>
+</li>
+<li>&ldquo;Quarterly planning draft&rdquo; (last active 4 months ago)<br>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>You can restore any of them from the Agents page; archived chats are kep=
+t indefinitely.</p>
+      </div>
+      <div style=3D"text-align: center; margin-top: 32px;">
+       =20
+        <a href=3D"http://test.com/agents?archived=3Darchived" style=3D"dis=
+play: inline-block; padding: 13px 24px; background-color: #020617; color: #=
+f8fafc; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 4px;">
+          View chats
+        </a>
+       =20
+      </div>
+      <div style=3D"border-top: 1px solid #e2e8f0; color: #475569; font-siz=
+e: 12px; margin-top: 64px; padding-top: 24px; line-height: 1.6;">
+        <p>&copy;&nbsp;2024&nbsp;Coder. All rights reserved&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a =
+href=3D"http://test.com" style=3D"color: #2563eb; text-decoration: none;">h=
+ttp://test.com</a></p>
+        <p><a href=3D"http://test.com/settings/notifications" style=3D"colo=
+r: #2563eb; text-decoration: none;">Click here to manage your notification =
+settings</a></p>
+        <p><a href=3D"http://test.com/settings/notifications?disabled=3D764=
+031be-4863-4220-867b-6ce1a1b7a5f5" style=3D"color: #2563eb; text-decoration=
+: none;">Stop receiving emails like this</a></p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </body>
+</html>
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4--
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestSingular.html.golden b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestSingular.html.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70d179ceb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/smtp/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestSingular.html.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+From: system@coder.com
+To: bobby@coder.com
+Subject: Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity
+Message-Id: 02ee4935-73be-4fa1-a290-ff9999026b13@blush-whale-48
+Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:03:06 +0000
+Content-Type: multipart/alternative;  boundary=bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+
+Hi Bobby,
+
+The following chats were automatically archived:
+
+"Onboarding kickoff" (last active 3 months ago)
+
+You can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after whic=
+h they will be permanently deleted.
+
+
+View chats: http://test.com/agents?archived=3Darchived
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
+
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang=3D"en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset=3D"UTF-8" />
+    <meta name=3D"viewport" content=3D"width=3Ddevice-width, initial-scale=
+=3D1.0" />
+    <title>Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity</title>
+  </head>
+  <body style=3D"margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: -apple-system, system-=
+ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarel=
+l', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; color: #020617=
+; background: #f8fafc;">
+    <div style=3D"max-width: 600px; margin: 20px auto; padding: 60px; borde=
+r: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; background-color: #fff; text-alig=
+n: left; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;">
+      <div style=3D"text-align: center;">
+        <img src=3D"https://coder.com/coder-logo-horizontal.png" alt=3D"Cod=
+er Logo" style=3D"height: 40px;" />
+      </div>
+      <h1 style=3D"text-align: center; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; m=
+argin: 8px 0 32px; line-height: 1.5;">
+        Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity
+      </h1>
+      <div style=3D"line-height: 1.5;">
+        <p>Hi Bobby,</p>
+        <p>The following chats were automatically archived:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>&ldquo;Onboarding kickoff&rdquo; (last active 3 months ago)<br>
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>You can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after w=
+hich they will be permanently deleted.</p>
+      </div>
+      <div style=3D"text-align: center; margin-top: 32px;">
+       =20
+        <a href=3D"http://test.com/agents?archived=3Darchived" style=3D"dis=
+play: inline-block; padding: 13px 24px; background-color: #020617; color: #=
+f8fafc; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 4px;">
+          View chats
+        </a>
+       =20
+      </div>
+      <div style=3D"border-top: 1px solid #e2e8f0; color: #475569; font-siz=
+e: 12px; margin-top: 64px; padding-top: 24px; line-height: 1.6;">
+        <p>&copy;&nbsp;2024&nbsp;Coder. All rights reserved&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a =
+href=3D"http://test.com" style=3D"color: #2563eb; text-decoration: none;">h=
+ttp://test.com</a></p>
+        <p><a href=3D"http://test.com/settings/notifications" style=3D"colo=
+r: #2563eb; text-decoration: none;">Click here to manage your notification =
+settings</a></p>
+        <p><a href=3D"http://test.com/settings/notifications?disabled=3D764=
+031be-4863-4220-867b-6ce1a1b7a5f5" style=3D"color: #2563eb; text-decoration=
+: none;">Stop receiving emails like this</a></p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </body>
+</html>
+
+--bbe61b741255b6098bb6b3c1f41b885773df633cb18d2a3002b68e4bc9c4--
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest.json.golden b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest.json.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..192a0c47c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigest.json.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "_version": "1.1",
+  "msg_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+  "payload": {
+    "_version": "1.2",
+    "notification_name": "Chats Auto-Archived",
+    "notification_template_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "user_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "user_email": "bobby@coder.com",
+    "user_name": "Bobby",
+    "user_username": "bobby",
+    "actions": [
+      {
+        "label": "View chats",
+        "url": "http://test.com/agents?archived=archived"
+      }
+    ],
+    "labels": {},
+    "data": {
+      "archived_chats": [
+        {
+          "last_activity_humanized": "3 months ago",
+          "title": "Onboarding kickoff"
+        },
+        {
+          "last_activity_humanized": "4 months ago",
+          "title": "Quarterly planning draft"
+        }
+      ],
+      "auto_archive_days": "90",
+      "retention_days": "30"
+    },
+    "targets": null
+  },
+  "title": "Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity",
+  "title_markdown": "Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity",
+  "body": "The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n\"Onboarding kickoff\" (last active 3 months ago)\n\"Quarterly planning draft\" (last active 4 months ago)\n\nYou can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after which they will be permanently deleted.",
+  "body_markdown": "The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n* \"Onboarding kickoff\" (last active 3 months ago)\n* \"Quarterly planning draft\" (last active 4 months ago)\n\nYou can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after which they will be permanently deleted."
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestOverflow.json.golden b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestOverflow.json.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06703b8b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestOverflow.json.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  "_version": "1.1",
+  "msg_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+  "payload": {
+    "_version": "1.2",
+    "notification_name": "Chats Auto-Archived",
+    "notification_template_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "user_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "user_email": "bobby@coder.com",
+    "user_name": "Bobby",
+    "user_username": "bobby",
+    "actions": [
+      {
+        "label": "View chats",
+        "url": "http://test.com/agents?archived=archived"
+      }
+    ],
+    "labels": {},
+    "data": {
+      "additional_archived_count": "6",
+      "archived_chats": [
+        {
+          "last_activity_humanized": "3 months ago",
+          "title": "Onboarding kickoff"
+        },
+        {
+          "last_activity_humanized": "4 months ago",
+          "title": "Quarterly planning draft"
+        }
+      ],
+      "auto_archive_days": "90",
+      "retention_days": "30"
+    },
+    "targets": null
+  },
+  "title": "Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity",
+  "title_markdown": "Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity",
+  "body": "The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n\"Onboarding kickoff\" (last active 3 months ago)\n\"Quarterly planning draft\" (last active 4 months ago)\n\n...and 6 more.\n\nYou can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after which they will be permanently deleted.",
+  "body_markdown": "The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n* \"Onboarding kickoff\" (last active 3 months ago)\n* \"Quarterly planning draft\" (last active 4 months ago)\n\n...and 6 more.\n\n\nYou can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after which they will be permanently deleted."
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestRetentionZero.json.golden b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestRetentionZero.json.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e1400e842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestRetentionZero.json.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  "_version": "1.1",
+  "msg_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+  "payload": {
+    "_version": "1.2",
+    "notification_name": "Chats Auto-Archived",
+    "notification_template_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "user_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "user_email": "bobby@coder.com",
+    "user_name": "Bobby",
+    "user_username": "bobby",
+    "actions": [
+      {
+        "label": "View chats",
+        "url": "http://test.com/agents?archived=archived"
+      }
+    ],
+    "labels": {},
+    "data": {
+      "archived_chats": [
+        {
+          "last_activity_humanized": "3 months ago",
+          "title": "Onboarding kickoff"
+        },
+        {
+          "last_activity_humanized": "4 months ago",
+          "title": "Quarterly planning draft"
+        }
+      ],
+      "auto_archive_days": "90",
+      "retention_days": "0"
+    },
+    "targets": null
+  },
+  "title": "Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity",
+  "title_markdown": "Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity",
+  "body": "The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n\"Onboarding kickoff\" (last active 3 months ago)\n\"Quarterly planning draft\" (last active 4 months ago)\n\nYou can restore any of them from the Agents page; archived chats are kept indefinitely.",
+  "body_markdown": "The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n* \"Onboarding kickoff\" (last active 3 months ago)\n* \"Quarterly planning draft\" (last active 4 months ago)\n\nYou can restore any of them from the Agents page; archived chats are kept indefinitely."
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestSingular.json.golden b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestSingular.json.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2793812db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coderd/notifications/testdata/rendered-templates/webhook/TemplateChatAutoArchiveDigestSingular.json.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  "_version": "1.1",
+  "msg_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+  "payload": {
+    "_version": "1.2",
+    "notification_name": "Chats Auto-Archived",
+    "notification_template_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "user_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+    "user_email": "bobby@coder.com",
+    "user_name": "Bobby",
+    "user_username": "bobby",
+    "actions": [
+      {
+        "label": "View chats",
+        "url": "http://test.com/agents?archived=archived"
+      }
+    ],
+    "labels": {},
+    "data": {
+      "archived_chats": [
+        {
+          "last_activity_humanized": "3 months ago",
+          "title": "Onboarding kickoff"
+        }
+      ],
+      "auto_archive_days": "90",
+      "retention_days": "30"
+    },
+    "targets": null
+  },
+  "title": "Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity",
+  "title_markdown": "Chats auto-archived after 90 days of inactivity",
+  "body": "The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n\"Onboarding kickoff\" (last active 3 months ago)\n\nYou can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after which they will be permanently deleted.",
+  "body_markdown": "The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n* \"Onboarding kickoff\" (last active 3 months ago)\n\nYou can restore any of them from the Agents page within 30 days, after which they will be permanently deleted."
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/ai-coder/agents/platform-controls/chat-auto-archive.md b/docs/ai-coder/agents/platform-controls/chat-auto-archive.md
index ad458dbda5..9483a4512e 100644
--- a/docs/ai-coder/agents/platform-controls/chat-auto-archive.md
+++ b/docs/ai-coder/agents/platform-controls/chat-auto-archive.md
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ root regardless of individual pin status. Admins and users who want
 to retain a conversation long after its last message should pin the
 root.
 
+## Notifications
+
+When your chats are auto-archived, you receive a digest notification
+listing the titles of the archived conversations and the
+auto-archive window currently configured.
+
+If you find the digest noisy, you can disable the "Chats
+Auto-Archived" notification entirely from your notification preferences.
+
 ## Interaction with retention
 
 Auto-archive and deletion are two independent controls:
@@ -79,6 +88,4 @@ set `auto_archive_days` back to `0`.
 
 Each auto-archived root chat produces an audit log entry with the
 background subsystem tag `chat_auto_archive`. Cascaded children are
-not audited individually. The audit entry records the chat ID, owner
-ID, and organization ID, and the diff shows `archived` flipping from
-`false` to `true`.
+not audited individually.
diff --git a/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/NotificationsPage/NotificationsPage.stories.tsx b/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/NotificationsPage/NotificationsPage.stories.tsx
index ce90dc4109..b3098464d6 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/NotificationsPage/NotificationsPage.stories.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/NotificationsPage/NotificationsPage.stories.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export const Default: Story = {
 
 		await Promise.all([
 			// System notification templates
+			canvas.findByRole("switch", { name: "Chat Events" }),
 			canvas.findByRole("switch", { name: "Task Events" }),
 			canvas.findByRole("switch", { name: "Template Events" }),
 			canvas.findByRole("switch", { name: "User Events" }),
diff --git a/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/NotificationsPage/NotificationsPage.tsx b/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/NotificationsPage/NotificationsPage.tsx
index 14e6862ebb..3600af6aae 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/NotificationsPage/NotificationsPage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/UserSettingsPage/NotificationsPage/NotificationsPage.tsx
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ function canSeeNotificationGroup(
 			return permissions.createUser;
 		case "Workspace Events":
 		case "Task Events":
+		case "Chat Events":
 		case "Custom Events":
 			return true;
 		default:
diff --git a/site/src/testHelpers/entities.ts b/site/src/testHelpers/entities.ts
index 049ae4b3cb..cefb418029 100644
--- a/site/src/testHelpers/entities.ts
+++ b/site/src/testHelpers/entities.ts
@@ -4804,6 +4804,20 @@ export const MockSystemNotificationTemplates: TypesGen.NotificationTemplate[] =
 			kind: "system",
 			enabled_by_default: false,
 		},
+		{
+			id: "764031be-4863-4220-867b-6ce1a1b7a5f5",
+			name: "Chats Auto-Archived",
+			title_template:
+				"Chats auto-archived after {{.Data.auto_archive_days}} days of inactivity",
+			body_template:
+				'The following chats were automatically archived:\n\n{{range .Data.archived_chats}}* "{{.title}}" (last active {{.last_activity_humanized}})\n{{end}}',
+			actions:
+				'[{"label": "View chats", "url": "{{base_url}}/agents?archived=archived"}]',
+			group: "Chat Events",
+			method: "",
+			kind: "system",
+			enabled_by_default: true,
+		},
 	];
 
 export const MockCustomNotificationTemplates: TypesGen.NotificationTemplate[] =