diff --git a/NSE/Sources/NotificationServiceExtension.swift b/NSE/Sources/NotificationServiceExtension.swift
index baac463055..11cd835361 100644
--- a/NSE/Sources/NotificationServiceExtension.swift
+++ b/NSE/Sources/NotificationServiceExtension.swift
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ private let keychainController = KeychainController(service: .sessions,
 class NotificationServiceExtension: UNNotificationServiceExtension {
     private var handler: ((UNNotificationContent) -> Void)?
     private var modifiedContent: UNMutableNotificationContent?
-
+    
+    // Used to create one single UserSession across process/instances/runs
+    private static let serialQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "io.element.elementx.nse")
+    private static var userSession: NSEUserSession?
+    
     override func didReceive(_ request: UNNotificationRequest,
                              withContentHandler contentHandler: @escaping (UNNotificationContent) -> Void) {
         guard !DataProtectionManager.isDeviceLockedAfterReboot(containerURL: URL.appGroupContainerDirectory),
@@ -73,6 +77,24 @@ class NotificationServiceExtension: UNNotificationServiceExtension {
         MXLog.info("\(tag) #########################################")
         NSELogger.logMemory(with: tag)
         MXLog.info("\(tag) Payload came: \(request.content.userInfo)")
+        
+        Self.serialQueue.sync {
+            if Self.userSession == nil {
+                // This function might be run concurrently and from different processes
+                // It's imperative that we create **at most** one UserSession/Client per process
+                Task.synchronous {
+                    do {
+                        Self.userSession = try await NSEUserSession(credentials: credentials, clientSessionDelegate: keychainController)
+                    } catch {
+                        MXLog.error("Failed creating user session with error: \(error)")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if Self.userSession == nil {
+                return discard(unreadCount: request.unreadCount)
+            }
+        }
 
         Task {
             await run(with: credentials,
@@ -94,12 +116,13 @@ class NotificationServiceExtension: UNNotificationServiceExtension {
                      eventId: String,
                      unreadCount: Int?) async {
         MXLog.info("\(tag) run with roomId: \(roomId), eventId: \(eventId)")
+        
+        guard let userSession = Self.userSession else {
+            MXLog.error("Invalid NSE User Session, discarding.")
+            return discard(unreadCount: unreadCount)
+        }
 
         do {
-            // This function might be run concurrently and from different processes, let the SDK handle race conditions
-            // on fetching user sessions
-            let userSession = try await NSEUserSession(credentials: credentials, clientSessionDelegate: keychainController)
-            
             guard let itemProxy = await userSession.notificationItemProxy(roomID: roomId, eventID: eventId) else {
                 MXLog.info("\(tag) no notification for the event, discard")
                 return discard(unreadCount: unreadCount)
@@ -219,3 +242,20 @@ class NotificationServiceExtension: UNNotificationServiceExtension {
         return false
     }
 }
+
+// https://stackoverflow.com/a/77300959/730924
+private extension Task where Failure == Error {
+    /// Performs an async task in a sync context.
+    ///
+    /// - Note: This function blocks the thread until the given operation is finished. The caller is responsible for managing multithreading.
+    static func synchronous(priority: TaskPriority? = nil, operation: @escaping @Sendable () async throws -> Success) {
+        let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
+
+        Task(priority: priority) {
+            defer { semaphore.signal() }
+            return try await operation()
+        }
+
+        semaphore.wait()
+    }
+}