diff --git a/app/models/room/message_pusher.rb b/app/models/room/message_pusher.rb
index 77f6778..e5e3c64 100644
--- a/app/models/room/message_pusher.rb
+++ b/app/models/room/message_pusher.rb
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ class Room::MessagePusher
       relevant_subscriptions.merge(Membership.involved_in_mentions).where(user_id: mentionees.ids)
     end
 
+    # Banning keeps the user's subscriptions, so that unbanning brings their notifications back,
+    # but nobody who can't sign in should be sent what's said in their rooms meanwhile.
     def relevant_subscriptions
       Push::Subscription
         .joins(user: :memberships)
+        .merge(User.active)
         .merge(Membership.visible.disconnected.where(room: room).where.not(user: message.creator))
     end
 
diff --git a/test/models/room/push_test.rb b/test/models/room/push_test.rb
index 8ecfdc6..9d83c73 100644
--- a/test/models/room/push_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/room/push_test.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,44 @@ class Room::PushTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  test "does not notify banned users" do
+    users(:kevin).ban
+
+    assert_not_includes pushed_users { post_to_designers_mentioning_kevin }, users(:kevin)
+  end
+
+  test "notifies users again once they're unbanned" do
+    users(:kevin).ban
+    users(:kevin).unban
+
+    assert_includes pushed_users { post_to_designers_mentioning_kevin }, users(:kevin)
+  end
+
+  test "does not notify banned users of direct messages" do
+    users(:kevin).ban
+
+    pushed = pushed_users do
+      rooms(:david_and_kevin).messages.create! body: "Just between us", client_message_id: "earth", creator: users(:david)
+    end
+    assert_not_includes pushed, users(:kevin)
+  end
+
+  test "notifies active users mentioned" do
+    assert_includes pushed_users { post_to_designers_mentioning_kevin }, users(:kevin)
+  end
+
   private
+    def post_to_designers_mentioning_kevin
+      rooms(:designers).messages.create! body: "Hey #{mention_attachment_for(:kevin)}", client_message_id: "earth", creator: users(:david)
+    end
+
+    def pushed_users(&block)
+      queued = []
+      Rails.configuration.x.web_push_pool.stubs(:queue).with { |_payload, subscriptions| queued.concat subscriptions.to_a }
+      perform_enqueued_jobs(only: Room::PushMessageJob, &block)
+      queued.map(&:user).uniq
+    end
+
     def wait_for_web_push_delivery_pool_tasks(count)
       wait_for_pool_tasks(Rails.configuration.x.web_push_pool.delivery_pool, count)
     end