diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDone.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDone.cpp
index bd802d769..a9216f159 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDone.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDone.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,17 @@ int CmdDone::execute(std::string&) {
 
         updateRecurrenceMask(task);
 
-        // Auto-complete all pending/waiting descendants (no prompt).
+        // Auto-complete all pending/waiting descendants (no prompt, no hooks).
+        // RAII guard ensures hooks are re-enabled even if tdb2.modify() throws.
+        struct HooksGuard {
+          Hooks& hooks;
+          bool saved;
+          explicit HooksGuard(Hooks& h, bool val) : hooks(h), saved(h.enable(val)) {}
+          ~HooksGuard() { hooks.enable(saved); }
+          HooksGuard(const HooksGuard&) = delete;
+          HooksGuard& operator=(const HooksGuard&) = delete;
+        };
+        HooksGuard hooksGuard(Context::getContext().hooks, false);
         auto desc = Context::getContext().tdb2.descendants(task.get("uuid"));
         for (auto& d : desc) {
           if (d.getStatus() == Task::pending || d.getStatus() == Task::waiting) {
diff --git a/test/hooks.on-modify.test.py b/test/hooks.on-modify.test.py
index f9d5e346b..2c1c7fd40 100755
--- a/test/hooks.on-modify.test.py
+++ b/test/hooks.on-modify.test.py
@@ -176,6 +176,41 @@ def test_onmodify_revert_changes(self):
         hook.assertTriggeredCount(1)
         hook.assertExitcode(0)
 
+    def test_recursive_done_suppresses_child_hooks(self):
+        """on-modify hook fires once for parent only when recursively completing descendants."""
+        hookname = "on-modify-accept"
+        self.t.hooks.add_default(hookname, log=True)
+
+        # Create a parent → child → grandchild tree to exercise multi-level recursion.
+        self.t("add Parent Task")
+        all_tasks = self.t.export()
+        parent_uuid = next(t["uuid"] for t in all_tasks if t["description"] == "Parent Task")
+
+        self.t(f"add Child Task parent_id:{parent_uuid}")
+        all_tasks = self.t.export()
+        child_uuid = next(t["uuid"] for t in all_tasks if t["description"] == "Child Task")
+
+        self.t(f"add Grandchild Task parent_id:{child_uuid}")
+
+        # Complete the parent — should recursively complete child and grandchild.
+        self.t(f"{parent_uuid} done")
+
+        # Hook must have fired exactly once (for the parent only, not descendants).
+        hook = self.t.hooks[hookname]
+        hook.assertTriggeredCount(1)
+
+        # The single hook invocation must be for the parent task, not a descendant.
+        logs = hook.get_logs()
+        hooked_uuid = logs["input"]["json"][1]["uuid"]  # second JSON = new task
+        self.assertEqual(hooked_uuid, parent_uuid)
+
+        # All three tasks must be completed in the DB.
+        tasks = self.t.export("+COMPLETED")
+        descriptions = [t["description"] for t in tasks]
+        self.assertIn("Parent Task", descriptions)
+        self.assertIn("Child Task", descriptions)
+        self.assertIn("Grandchild Task", descriptions)
+
     def test_onmodify_escaped_backslash(self):
         """on-modify-accept - a well-behaved, successful, on-modify hook."""
         # Create a task with a slash-escaped tab in it, avoiding TaskWarrior to ensure