diff --git a/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertModels.kt b/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertModels.kt
index df1c7d2..a6be411 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertModels.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertModels.kt
@@ -150,6 +150,22 @@ data class AlertDecision(
     val allowDuringDnd: Boolean,
 )
 
+/** Resolved at match time so queued alerts never point at mutable settings. */
+data class AlertSnapshot(
+    val soundUri: String?,
+    val vibrationPattern: List<Long>,
+    val playToCompletion: Boolean,
+    val allowDuringDnd: Boolean,
+) {
+    init {
+        require(soundUri != null || vibrationPattern.any { it > 0 })
+    }
+}
+
+fun AlertDecision.snapshot(): AlertSnapshot? = profile?.let {
+    AlertSnapshot(it.soundUri, it.vibrationPattern, playToCompletion, allowDuringDnd)
+}
+
 data class AlertEvaluation(
     val decisions: List<AlertDecision>,
     val silenceUnmatchedDirectAlert: Boolean,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertQueueController.kt b/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertQueueController.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f7aa7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertQueueController.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package se.ajpanton.notificationsmaster.alerts
+
+data class QueuedAlert(
+    val ruleId: String,
+    val snapshot: AlertSnapshot,
+)
+
+/** The first alert is playing; any following alerts are waiting. */
+data class AlertQueue(
+    val alerts: List<QueuedAlert> = emptyList(),
+) {
+    val current get() = alerts.firstOrNull()
+}
+
+data class AlertQueueTransition(
+    val queue: AlertQueue,
+    val started: QueuedAlert? = null,
+    val interrupted: QueuedAlert? = null,
+    val dropped: QueuedAlert? = null,
+    val completed: QueuedAlert? = null,
+)
+
+object AlertQueueController {
+    fun enqueue(
+        queue: AlertQueue,
+        incoming: QueuedAlert,
+        settings: AlertQueueSettings,
+    ): AlertQueueTransition {
+        val alerts = queue.alerts
+        if (alerts.isEmpty()) return AlertQueueTransition(AlertQueue(listOf(incoming)), started = incoming)
+
+        val tail = alerts.last()
+        val appended = if (tail.snapshot.playToCompletion) alerts + incoming else alerts.dropLast(1) + incoming
+        val interrupted = tail.takeUnless { tail.snapshot.playToCompletion }
+        if (appended.size <= settings.maximumLength) {
+            return AlertQueueTransition(
+                AlertQueue(appended),
+                started = incoming.takeIf { tail == alerts.first() && interrupted != null },
+                interrupted = interrupted,
+            )
+        }
+        return when (settings.overflow) {
+            AlertQueueOverflow.DROP_NEWEST -> AlertQueueTransition(queue, dropped = incoming)
+            AlertQueueOverflow.DROP_OLDEST -> {
+                val next = appended.drop(1)
+                AlertQueueTransition(
+                    AlertQueue(next),
+                    started = next.first(),
+                    interrupted = alerts.first(),
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun completeCurrent(queue: AlertQueue): AlertQueueTransition {
+        val current = queue.current ?: return AlertQueueTransition(queue)
+        val next = queue.alerts.drop(1)
+        return AlertQueueTransition(AlertQueue(next), started = next.firstOrNull(), completed = current)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertQueueControllerTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertQueueControllerTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96d7124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/alerts/AlertQueueControllerTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package se.ajpanton.notificationsmaster.alerts
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class AlertQueueControllerTest {
+    private val normal = alert("normal")
+    private val protected = alert("protected", protected = true)
+    private val settings = AlertQueueSettings()
+
+    @Test
+    fun startsImmediatelyWhenQueueIsEmpty() {
+        val result = AlertQueueController.enqueue(AlertQueue(), normal, settings)
+
+        assertEquals(listOf(normal), result.queue.alerts)
+        assertEquals(normal, result.started)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun replacesAndInterruptsAnInterruptibleCurrentAlert() {
+        val result = AlertQueueController.enqueue(AlertQueue(listOf(normal)), alert("next"), settings)
+
+        assertEquals(listOf("next"), result.queue.alerts.map { it.ruleId })
+        assertEquals(normal, result.interrupted)
+        assertEquals("next", result.started?.ruleId)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun keepsProtectedCurrentAlertAndReplacesOnlyInterruptibleTail() {
+        val first = protected
+        val replaced = alert("replaced")
+        val result = AlertQueueController.enqueue(AlertQueue(listOf(first, normal)), replaced, settings)
+
+        assertEquals(listOf("protected", "replaced"), result.queue.alerts.map { it.ruleId })
+        assertEquals(normal, result.interrupted)
+        assertNull(result.started)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun droppingOldestInterruptsCurrentAndStartsNextAlert() {
+        val first = protected
+        val second = alert("second", protected = true)
+        val third = alert("third", protected = true)
+        val incoming = alert("incoming")
+        val queue = AlertQueue(listOf(first, second, third))
+
+        val result = AlertQueueController.enqueue(queue, incoming, settings)
+
+        assertEquals(listOf("second", "third", "incoming"), result.queue.alerts.map { it.ruleId })
+        assertEquals(first, result.interrupted)
+        assertEquals(second, result.started)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun droppingNewestKeepsExistingQueue() {
+        val queue = AlertQueue(listOf(protected))
+        val incoming = alert("incoming")
+        val result = AlertQueueController.enqueue(
+            queue,
+            incoming,
+            AlertQueueSettings(1, AlertQueueOverflow.DROP_NEWEST),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(queue, result.queue)
+        assertEquals(incoming, result.dropped)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun completingCurrentStartsNextWaitingAlert() {
+        val next = alert("next")
+        val result = AlertQueueController.completeCurrent(AlertQueue(listOf(protected, next)))
+
+        assertEquals(listOf(next), result.queue.alerts)
+        assertEquals(protected, result.completed)
+        assertEquals(next, result.started)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun snapshotDoesNotPointAtTheOriginalProfile() {
+        val profile = AlertProfile("profile", "Original", "content://original")
+        val decision = AlertDecision("rule", AlertOutcome.PLAY_PROFILE, profile, false, false)
+
+        assertEquals("content://original", decision.snapshot()?.soundUri)
+    }
+
+    private fun alert(id: String, protected: Boolean = false) = QueuedAlert(
+        id,
+        AlertSnapshot("content://" + id, emptyList(), protected, false),
+    )
+}