diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d5e295..9ee9ccc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 28.2.0-rc.3
+
+* Added: background push notifications render the server `notification` title, body, and image
+* Added: notification `data` now carries `topic` and `payload`
+* Fixed: a server-sent title dedupes to one notification per topic instead of one per subscription
+* Fixed: malformed push payloads no longer break notification rendering
+
 ## 28.2.0-rc.2
 
 * Added: `Push` service for MQTT realtime push messages
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cac2883..a72dfb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { Client, Account } from 'appwrite';
 To install with a CDN (content delivery network) add the following scripts to the bottom of your <body> tag, but before you use any Appwrite services:
 
 ```html
-<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/appwrite@28.2.0-rc.2"></script>
+<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/appwrite@28.2.0-rc.3"></script>
 ```
 
 ## Getting Started
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 30413c1..80ed902 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "appwrite",
-  "version": "28.2.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "28.2.0-rc.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "appwrite",
-      "version": "28.2.0-rc.2",
+      "version": "28.2.0-rc.3",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "buffer": "6.0.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b338a8..ced404a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "appwrite",
     "homepage": "https://appwrite.io/support",
     "description": "Appwrite is an open-source self-hosted backend server that abstracts and simplifies complex and repetitive development tasks behind a very simple REST API",
-    "version": "28.2.0-rc.2",
+    "version": "28.2.0-rc.3",
     "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
     "main": "dist/cjs/sdk.js",
     "exports": {
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 7cb7557..6ed4147 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class Client {
         'x-sdk-name': 'Web',
         'x-sdk-platform': 'client',
         'x-sdk-language': 'web',
-        'x-sdk-version': '28.2.0-rc.2',
+        'x-sdk-version': '28.2.0-rc.3',
         'X-Appwrite-Response-Format': '2.3.0',
     };
 
diff --git a/src/services/push.ts b/src/services/push.ts
index 5b2162d..fb731dc 100644
--- a/src/services/push.ts
+++ b/src/services/push.ts
@@ -817,16 +817,21 @@ export class Push {
             payload,
             qos: packet.qos,
         };
+        const content = notificationContent(message);
+        const titles = new Set<string>();
         for (const sub of this.subscriptions.values()) {
             if (matches(sub.topic, message.topic)) {
                 await sub.callback(message);
-                // Notification is per-subscription: only subs that opted in post one,
-                // each with its own title.
+                // Notification is per-subscription: only subs that opted in post one, each
+                // with its own title. A title the server sent replaces theirs, so one posts.
                 if (sub.background) {
-                    this.notify(message, sub.title);
+                    titles.add(content.title ?? sub.title ?? message.topic);
                 }
             }
         }
+        for (const title of titles) {
+            this.notify(message, title, content);
+        }
     }
 
     private requestNotificationPermission(): void {
@@ -841,17 +846,26 @@ export class Push {
     }
 
     /** Post a browser notification for a message a background subscription matched. */
-    private notify(message: PushMessage, title?: string): void {
+    private notify(
+        message: PushMessage,
+        title: string,
+        content: NotificationContent,
+    ): void {
         if (
             typeof Notification === 'undefined' ||
             Notification.permission !== 'granted'
         ) {
             return;
         }
+        const raw = !content.present;
+        // `image` is not in the DOM typings, but Chromium-based browsers show it.
+        const options: NotificationOptions & { image?: string } = {
+            body: content.body ?? (raw ? message.data : undefined),
+            image: content.image,
+            data: { topic: message.topic, payload: message.data },
+        };
         try {
-            new Notification(title ?? message.topic, {
-                body: message.data,
-            });
+            new Notification(title, options);
         } catch {
             // Some browsers only allow notifications from a service worker; ignore.
         }
@@ -864,6 +878,39 @@ class SupersededError extends Error {
     }
 }
 
+/** What a message's `notification` block asks a background notification to show. */
+interface NotificationContent {
+    /** Whether the message has a `notification` block at all. */
+    present: boolean;
+    title?: string;
+    body?: string;
+    image?: string;
+}
+
+/** The server's `notification` block in a message; empty when the payload has none or is not JSON. */
+function notificationContent(message: PushMessage): NotificationContent {
+    let notification: unknown;
+    try {
+        notification = (JSON.parse(message.data) as { notification?: unknown })
+            ?.notification;
+    } catch {
+        return { present: false };
+    }
+    if (typeof notification !== 'object' || notification === null) {
+        return { present: false };
+    }
+    const field = (name: string): string | undefined => {
+        const value = (notification as Record<string, unknown>)[name];
+        return typeof value === 'string' && value !== '' ? value : undefined;
+    };
+    return {
+        present: true,
+        title: field('title'),
+        body: field('body'),
+        image: field('image'),
+    };
+}
+
 /** Normalize anything thrown or passed to an error handler into an `Error`. */
 function toError(error: unknown): Error {
     return error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error));