diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/events.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/events.ts
index aef146e..1f675f2 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/events.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/events.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { expandOccurrences } from '../broker/expand.js';
 import { extractRruleString } from '../broker/vevent.js';
 import { getAuth } from '../auth/middleware.js';
 import { upsertUser, deriveDisplayName } from '../auth/user.js';
+import { signalOutboxDrain } from '../lib/outboxTrigger.js';
 // Side-effect import: brings in the ContextVariableMap augmentation for c.get('user')
 import '../auth/devBypass.js';
 
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ eventsRouter.post('/create', zValidator('json', eventFieldsSchema), async (c) =>
       payload: JSON.stringify(payload),
     });
 
+    signalOutboxDrain();
     return c.json({ uid }, 202);
   } catch (err) {
     console.error('[events/create] DB operation failed:', err);
@@ -429,6 +431,7 @@ eventsRouter.patch('/:uid/edit', zValidator('json', eventFieldsSchema), async (c
         });
       });
 
+      signalOutboxDrain();
       return c.json({ uid: newUid }, 202);
     }
 
@@ -444,6 +447,7 @@ eventsRouter.patch('/:uid/edit', zValidator('json', eventFieldsSchema), async (c
       payload: JSON.stringify(payload),
     });
 
+    signalOutboxDrain();
     return c.json({ uid }, 202);
   } catch (err) {
     console.error('[events/edit] DB operation failed:', err);
@@ -518,6 +522,7 @@ eventsRouter.delete('/:uid', async (c) => {
       etag: eventRow.etag ?? undefined,
     });
 
+    signalOutboxDrain();
     return c.json({ uid }, 202);
   } catch (err) {
     console.error('[events/delete] DB operation failed:', err);