diff --git a/src/fabledassistant/services/rss.py b/src/fabledassistant/services/rss.py
index 1c02f16..39457a4 100644
--- a/src/fabledassistant/services/rss.py
+++ b/src/fabledassistant/services/rss.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ async def fetch_and_cache_feed(feed_id: int, url: str) -> int:
         return 0
 
     new_count = 0
+    feed_user_id: int | None = None
+
     async with async_session() as session:
         for entry in parsed.entries:
             item_data = extract_item(entry)
@@ -91,14 +93,38 @@ async def fetch_and_cache_feed(feed_id: int, url: str) -> int:
         feed_row = await session.get(RssFeed, feed_id)
         if feed_row:
             feed_row.last_fetched_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+            feed_user_id = feed_row.user_id
             # Auto-populate title from feed metadata if blank
             if not feed_row.title and parsed.feed.get("title"):
                 feed_row.title = parsed.feed.title[:200]
 
         await session.commit()
 
+        # Collect IDs of unclassified items after commit.
+        # We query classified_at IS NULL (not just the items inserted above) because
+        # classification is best-effort and may have failed on previous fetches.
+        # Re-queuing all unclassified items for this feed on each fetch is intentional:
+        # it provides automatic retry without a separate retry loop. The classifier
+        # only writes to items it successfully classifies, so already-classified items
+        # are not re-processed (they have classified_at set).
+        unclassified_ids: list[int] = []
+        if new_count > 0:
+            result = await session.execute(
+                select(RssItem.id).where(
+                    RssItem.feed_id == feed_id,
+                    RssItem.classified_at.is_(None),
+                )
+            )
+            unclassified_ids = list(result.scalars().all())
+
     # Prune old items to keep DB tidy
     await _prune_old_items(feed_id)
+
+    # Fire-and-forget classification for unclassified items
+    if unclassified_ids and feed_user_id is not None:
+        from fabledassistant.services.rss_classifier import classify_and_store
+        asyncio.create_task(classify_and_store(unclassified_ids, feed_user_id))
+
     return new_count