diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/InstanceActor.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/InstanceActor.cs
index 9d53897e..327cf6e9 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/InstanceActor.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime/Actors/InstanceActor.cs
@@ -1117,9 +1117,11 @@ public class InstanceActor : ReceiveActor
                 _alarmTimestamps.GetValueOrDefault(name, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow)));
         }
 
-        // Native source bindings with no live condition: emit a placeholder so the
-        // Debug View tree shows the configured binding node even when quiet. A binding
-        // is "quiet" when no retained event carries its canonical name.
+        // A native binding is "already represented" if any retained event carries its
+        // canonical name — it renders in the Debug View via those condition rows. The
+        // placeholder below covers ONLY bindings with zero retained events (truly quiet
+        // since startup). Do NOT narrow this to State==Active: a binding holding a
+        // retained Normal/resolved condition would then be rendered twice.
         var liveBindings = _latestAlarmEvents.Values
             .Where(e => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.NativeSourceCanonicalName))
             .Select(e => e.NativeSourceCanonicalName)
@@ -1130,7 +1132,8 @@ public class InstanceActor : ReceiveActor
             if (liveBindings.Contains(binding)) continue;
 
             states.Add(new AlarmStateChanged(
-                _instanceUniqueName, binding, AlarmState.Normal, 0, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow)
+                _instanceUniqueName, binding, AlarmState.Normal, 0,
+                _alarmTimestamps.GetValueOrDefault(binding, DateTimeOffset.MinValue))
             {
                 Kind = _nativeAlarmKinds.GetValueOrDefault(binding, AlarmKind.NativeOpcUa),
                 NativeSourceCanonicalName = binding,
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Tests/Actors/InstanceActorNativeAlarmTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Tests/Actors/InstanceActorNativeAlarmTests.cs
index c76daedc..33b7bd37 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Tests/Actors/InstanceActorNativeAlarmTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.SiteRuntime.Tests/Actors/InstanceActorNativeAlarmTests.cs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class InstanceActorNativeAlarmTests : TestKit, IDisposable
     {
         var dcl = CreateTestProbe();
         var actor = CreateInstanceActorWithDcl("inst", ConfigWithNativeSource("inst"), dcl.Ref);
+        dcl.ExpectMsg<SubscribeAlarmsRequest>();
 
         // No live condition is emitted: the configured "Pressure" binding is quiet.
         actor.Tell(new SubscribeDebugViewRequest("inst", "c"));
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ public class InstanceActorNativeAlarmTests : TestKit, IDisposable
     {
         var dcl = CreateTestProbe();
         var actor = CreateInstanceActorWithDcl("inst", ConfigWithNativeSource("inst"), dcl.Ref);
+        dcl.ExpectMsg<SubscribeAlarmsRequest>();
 
         // The NativeAlarmActor emits a live condition stamped with the binding's
         // canonical name (DV-1: NativeSourceCanonicalName), so the binding is "active".