diff --git a/docs/Client.CLI.md b/docs/Client.CLI.md
index e72d6403..f87604f9 100644
--- a/docs/Client.CLI.md
+++ b/docs/Client.CLI.md
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ otopcua-cli alarms -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/OtOpcUa \
 | `-i` / `--interval` | Publishing interval in milliseconds (default: 1000) |
 | `--refresh` | Request a `ConditionRefresh` after subscribing to get current retained alarm states |
 
+The active/acknowledged columns come from the standard `ActiveState/Id`, `AckedState/Id` and
+`EnabledState/Id` event fields. Before the 2026-10 fix the client's filter selected them with a single
+QualifiedName named `ActiveState/Id` (a `/`-joined string passed to `EventFilter.AddSelectClause` is **not**
+split into a browse path), which matched nothing — so every event printed inactive and unacknowledged
+whatever the condition's real state. A direct Read of the condition was always correct.
+
 ### ack
 
 Acknowledges an active alarm condition via the OPC UA Part 9 `Acknowledge` method. The server gates this on the **`AlarmAck`** role (fail-closed — a session whose API-key principal holds no `AlarmAck`-conferring `NodeAcl` grant gets `BadUserAccessDenied`; the data plane does not use LDAP; see [ScriptedAlarms.md](ScriptedAlarms.md) §"AlarmAck gate"). The `--event-id` is the hex-encoded `EventId` taken from a prior `alarms` subscription notification for the same condition.
diff --git a/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/OpcUaClientService.cs b/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/OpcUaClientService.cs
index b64741ff..88cb407c 100644
--- a/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/OpcUaClientService.cs
+++ b/src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared/OpcUaClientService.cs
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientService : IOpcUaClientService
         catch { return false; }
     }
 
-    private static EventFilter CreateAlarmEventFilter()
+    internal static EventFilter CreateAlarmEventFilter()
     {
         var filter = new EventFilter();
         // 0: EventId
@@ -886,12 +886,18 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientService : IOpcUaClientService
         filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.ConditionType, BrowseNames.ConditionName);
         // 7: Retain
         filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.ConditionType, BrowseNames.Retain);
+        // 8-10: the two-state /Id booleans. Each browse path is TWO QualifiedNames. Passing "AckedState/Id" as a
+        // string to AddSelectClause does not split it — it selects one element NAMED "AckedState/Id", which no
+        // event carries, so all three arrived null and every alarm read inactive + unacknowledged.
         // 8: AckedState/Id
-        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.AcknowledgeableConditionType, "AckedState/Id");
+        filter.SelectClauses.Add(new SimpleAttributeOperand(
+            ObjectTypeIds.AcknowledgeableConditionType, [BrowseNames.AckedState, BrowseNames.Id]));
         // 9: ActiveState/Id
-        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.AlarmConditionType, "ActiveState/Id");
+        filter.SelectClauses.Add(new SimpleAttributeOperand(
+            ObjectTypeIds.AlarmConditionType, [BrowseNames.ActiveState, BrowseNames.Id]));
         // 10: EnabledState/Id
-        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.AlarmConditionType, "EnabledState/Id");
+        filter.SelectClauses.Add(new SimpleAttributeOperand(
+            ObjectTypeIds.ConditionType, [BrowseNames.EnabledState, BrowseNames.Id]));
         // 11: SuppressedOrShelved
         filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.AlarmConditionType, "SuppressedOrShelved");
         // 12: SourceNode (ConditionId for acknowledgment)
diff --git a/tests/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/AlarmEventFilterTests.cs b/tests/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/AlarmEventFilterTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0349bc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/AlarmEventFilterTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using Opc.Ua;
+using Shouldly;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Pins the browse paths of the alarm subscription's select clauses. <c>EventFilter.AddSelectClause(type,
+///     "ActiveState/Id")</c> does NOT split the string — it yields ONE QualifiedName named <c>ActiveState/Id</c>,
+///     which matches nothing — so the client reported every alarm inactive and unacknowledged. The over-the-wire
+///     proof is <c>ClientAlarmMethodTests.The_client_alarm_subscription_reports_active_acked_and_exact_severity</c>.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class AlarmEventFilterTests
+{
+    /// <summary>No select clause carries a QualifiedName with a path separator in it.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void No_browse_path_element_contains_a_separator()
+    {
+        var filter = OpcUaClientService.CreateAlarmEventFilter();
+
+        filter.SelectClauses.SelectMany(c => c.BrowsePath).ShouldAllBe(q => !q.Name.Contains('/'));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>The two-state ids are selected by their two-element browse paths, at the indices the parser reads.</summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void Two_state_ids_are_two_element_browse_paths()
+    {
+        var clauses = OpcUaClientService.CreateAlarmEventFilter().SelectClauses;
+
+        string Path(int i) => string.Join("/", clauses[i].BrowsePath.Select(q => q.Name));
+        Path(8).ShouldBe("AckedState/Id");
+        clauses[8].BrowsePath.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        Path(9).ShouldBe("ActiveState/Id");
+        clauses[9].BrowsePath.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+        Path(10).ShouldBe("EnabledState/Id");
+        clauses[10].BrowsePath.Count.ShouldBe(2);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ClientAlarmMethodTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ClientAlarmMethodTests.cs
index 615ed60a..24dfeff8 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ClientAlarmMethodTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ClientAlarmMethodTests.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Shouldly;
 using Xunit;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.Shared.Models;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons.OpcUa;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Enums;
 using static ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests.ServerEventRig;
 
@@ -135,6 +136,70 @@ public sealed class ClientAlarmMethodTests
         finally { await rig.DisposeAsync(); }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     The client's alarm SUBSCRIPTION (Client.CLI <c>alarms</c>) reads the condition's two-state fields off a
+    ///     real event. Its filter used to pass <c>"ActiveState/Id"</c> to <c>EventFilter.AddSelectClause</c>, which
+    ///     does NOT split the string: the operand's browse path was ONE QualifiedName named <c>ActiveState/Id</c>,
+    ///     which matches nothing, so every event arrived with Active/Acked/Enabled null and the client reported
+    ///     them all inactive and unacknowledged — while a direct Read of the same condition said Active. The
+    ///     fake-adapter unit tests feed field values straight in and so never exercise the filter.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="native">Drive the native (raw device folder) or the scripted (equipment folder) condition.</param>
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(true)]
+    [InlineData(false)]
+    public async Task The_client_alarm_subscription_reports_active_acked_and_exact_severity(bool native)
+    {
+        var ct = TestContext.Current.CancellationToken;
+        var rig = await StartAsync($"ClientAlarmSubscribe{native}", encrypted: false, ct);
+        try
+        {
+            rig.Enforce(false, [Key()], ClusterGrant(KeyPrincipal, "acl-key", All));
+            if (native) rig.MaterialiseNative(); else rig.MaterialiseScripted();
+
+            using var client = await ConnectClientAsync(rig, ct);
+            using var observer = await rig.ConnectAsync(anonymous: false, ct);
+            var source = native
+                ? new NodeId(RawDeviceFolder, (ushort)observer.NamespaceUris.GetIndex(V3NodeIds.RawNamespaceUri))
+                : UnsNodeId(observer, EqA);
+
+            var seen = new List<AlarmEventArgs>();
+            client.AlarmEvent += (_, e) => { lock (seen) seen.Add(e); };
+            await client.SubscribeAlarmsAsync(source, 100, ct);
+
+            AlarmEventArgs? Latest(string message)
+            {
+                lock (seen) return seen.LastOrDefault(e => e.Message == message);
+            }
+
+            // 800 is not one of the SDK's five EventSeverity values (900 is): the node must carry it verbatim.
+            rig.Project(native, new AlarmConditionSnapshot(Active: true, Acknowledged: false, Confirmed: true,
+                Enabled: true, AlarmShelvingKind.Unshelved, 800, "raised"));
+            await RecordedEvents.WaitUntilAsync(() => Latest("raised") is not null);
+            var raised = Latest("raised")!;
+            raised.ActiveState.ShouldBeTrue("the condition is active");
+            raised.AckedState.ShouldBeFalse();
+            raised.Severity.ShouldBe((ushort)800);
+            raised.Retain.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+            rig.Project(native, new AlarmConditionSnapshot(Active: true, Acknowledged: true, Confirmed: true,
+                Enabled: true, AlarmShelvingKind.Unshelved, 800, "acked"));
+            await RecordedEvents.WaitUntilAsync(() => Latest("acked") is not null);
+            Latest("acked")!.AckedState.ShouldBeTrue("the positive control for the Acked field");
+            Latest("acked")!.ActiveState.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+            rig.Project(native, new AlarmConditionSnapshot(Active: false, Acknowledged: true, Confirmed: true,
+                Enabled: true, AlarmShelvingKind.Unshelved, 800, "cleared"));
+            await RecordedEvents.WaitUntilAsync(() => Latest("cleared") is not null);
+            var cleared = Latest("cleared")!;
+            cleared.ActiveState.ShouldBeFalse();
+            cleared.Retain.ShouldBeFalse("an inactive, acknowledged condition is not retained");
+
+            await client.UnsubscribeAlarmsAsync(ct);
+        }
+        finally { await rig.DisposeAsync(); }
+    }
+
     private static async Task<OpcUaClientService> ConnectClientAsync(ServerEventRig rig, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         var client = new OpcUaClientService();
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ServerEventRig.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ServerEventRig.cs
index 1a620b21..c6e4da42 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ServerEventRig.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ServerEventRig.cs
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ internal sealed class RecordedEvents
     public const int ChangesField = 8;
     public const int SourceNodeField = 9;
     public const int UnshelveTimeField = 10;
+    public const int ActiveField = 11;
+    public const int SeverityField = 12;
+    public const int RetainField = 13;
 
     private readonly object _gate = new();
     private readonly List<(uint Handle, VariantCollection Fields)> _events = [];
@@ -374,6 +377,10 @@ internal sealed class RecordedEvents
         filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypes.BaseEventType, BrowseNames.SourceNode);
         filter.SelectClauses.Add(new SimpleAttributeOperand(
             ObjectTypeIds.AlarmConditionType, [BrowseNames.ShelvingState, BrowseNames.UnshelveTime]));
+        filter.SelectClauses.Add(new SimpleAttributeOperand(
+            ObjectTypeIds.AlarmConditionType, [BrowseNames.ActiveState, BrowseNames.Id]));
+        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypes.BaseEventType, BrowseNames.Severity);
+        filter.AddSelectClause(ObjectTypeIds.ConditionType, BrowseNames.Retain);
 
         var item = new MonitoredItem(subscription.DefaultItem)
         {