diff --git a/lib/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live.ex b/lib/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live.ex
index 414e2757..73652400 100644
--- a/lib/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live.ex
+++ b/lib/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live.ex
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ defmodule ToweropsWeb.DashboardLive do
   defp load_dashboard_data(socket, organization_id) do
     organization = socket.assigns.current_scope.organization
     summary = Dashboard.get_dashboard_summary(organization_id)
-    active_alerts = Alerts.list_organization_active_alerts(organization_id, limit: 20)
+    active_alerts_all = Alerts.list_organization_active_alerts(organization_id, limit: 20)
     total_alert_count = Alerts.count_active_alerts(organization_id)
     sites_count = if organization.use_sites, do: Sites.count_organization_sites(organization_id), else: 0
 
@@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ defmodule ToweropsWeb.DashboardLive do
     impact_summary = Dashboard.get_impact_summary(organization_id)
     active_incidents = Dashboard.list_active_incidents(organization_id)
 
+    # Exclude device_down alerts for devices already shown as active incidents
+    # to avoid showing the same outage twice in the Active Issues section.
+    incident_device_ids = MapSet.new(active_incidents, & &1.device_id)
+
+    active_alerts =
+      Enum.reject(active_alerts_all, fn alert ->
+        alert.alert_type == "device_down" and
+          MapSet.member?(incident_device_ids, alert.device_id)
+      end)
+
+    deduped_alert_count =
+      total_alert_count - (length(active_alerts_all) - length(active_alerts))
+
     site_impact_summaries =
       if organization.use_sites do
         Dashboard.get_site_impact_summaries(organization_id)
@@ -154,6 +167,7 @@ defmodule ToweropsWeb.DashboardLive do
     |> assign(:summary, summary)
     |> assign(:active_alerts, active_alerts)
     |> assign(:total_alert_count, total_alert_count)
+    |> assign(:deduped_alert_count, deduped_alert_count)
     |> assign(:sites_count, sites_count)
     |> assign(:device_count, device_count)
     |> assign(:device_up, device_up)
diff --git a/lib/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live.html.heex b/lib/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live.html.heex
index 927a7365..3f4c62cf 100644
--- a/lib/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live.html.heex
+++ b/lib/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live.html.heex
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
             {t("Active Issues")}
           </h2>
           <span class="font-mono text-xs text-red-500 dark:text-red-400">
-            {length(@active_incidents) + @total_alert_count}
+            {length(@active_incidents) + @deduped_alert_count}
           </span>
         </div>
 
diff --git a/test/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live_test.exs b/test/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live_test.exs
index 4eec8e7f..130909b4 100644
--- a/test/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live_test.exs
+++ b/test/towerops_web/live/dashboard_live_test.exs
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ defmodule ToweropsWeb.DashboardLiveTest do
   end
 
   describe "alert feed" do
-    test "shows alerts with device links", %{conn: conn, organization: organization, site: site} do
+    test "shows down device as incident (not duplicate in alerts table)", %{
+      conn: conn,
+      organization: organization,
+      site: site
+    } do
       {:ok, device} = create_device(organization, site, "Main Router", "10.0.0.1")
       Towerops.Devices.update_device_status(device, :down)
 
@@ -142,9 +146,11 @@ defmodule ToweropsWeb.DashboardLiveTest do
 
       {:ok, _view, html} = live(conn, ~p"/dashboard")
 
+      # Device appears in the Active Incidents section
       assert html =~ "Main Router"
-      assert html =~ "Device is unreachable"
       assert html =~ ~p"/devices/#{device.id}"
+      # device_down alert is filtered from the alerts table to avoid double-counting
+      refute html =~ "Device is unreachable"
     end
 
     test "shows acknowledge button for unacknowledged alerts", %{