diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 18d27b0..39ec2f0 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ lock; `GET /api/status` reports `euicc` and `eid` for the PWA.
   card sent no icon.
 - `GET /api/esim/notifications` — `{"notifications": [{"seq_number": 3,
   "operations": ["enable"], "address": "smdp.example.org",
-  "iccid": "8970…"}], "error": null}`.
+  "iccid": "8970…"}], "error": null}`.  `operations` are the decoded
+  `ProfileMgmtOperation` flags (`install`, `enable`, `disable`, `delete`, in
+  that order) — one or more per notification.
 - `POST /api/esim/profile` — `{"action": "enable"|"disable", "iccid"?: …,
   "isdp_aid"?: …, "refresh"?: true}` (one identifier required).  With the
   refresh flag set the ISD-R returns OK *before* the REFRESH (SGP.22 v2.6
diff --git a/pysim_simple_server/esim.py b/pysim_simple_server/esim.py
index 5999ee9..cf3056a 100644
--- a/pysim_simple_server/esim.py
+++ b/pysim_simple_server/esim.py
@@ -436,6 +436,21 @@ def profiles(app):
     return {'profiles': out, 'error': None}
 
 
+# ProfileMgmtOperation flags in bit order (SGP.22 §5.7.9).  The TLV carries a
+# padding-bits octet followed by the flags octet, so a TLV parsed from the
+# card nests the flags under 'pmo' while an object built from decoded flags
+# carries them directly.
+PROFILE_MGMT_OPERATIONS = ('install', 'enable', 'disable', 'delete')
+
+
+def _profile_operations(op):
+    """ProfileMgmtOperation flags -> operation names ([] when unknown)."""
+    if not isinstance(op, dict):
+        return []
+    flags = op.get('pmo') if isinstance(op.get('pmo'), dict) else op
+    return [name for name in PROFILE_MGMT_OPERATIONS if flags.get(name)]
+
+
 def notifications(app):
     """ES10b ListNotification: read-only list of pending notifications."""
     resp = _transceive(app, ListNotificationReq(), ListNotificationResp)
@@ -446,11 +461,9 @@ def notifications(app):
     lst = flat.get('notification_metadata_list')
     out = []
     for n in _repeated(lst, 'notification_metadata'):
-        op = n.get('profile_mgmt_operation')
-        operations = sorted(k for k, v in op.items() if v) if isinstance(op, dict) else []
         out.append({
             'seq_number': n.get('seq_number'),
-            'operations': operations,
+            'operations': _profile_operations(n.get('profile_mgmt_operation')),
             'address': n.get('notification_address'),
             'iccid': n.get('iccid'),
         })
diff --git a/tests/test_esim.py b/tests/test_esim.py
index 3936669..ba258a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_esim.py
+++ b/tests/test_esim.py
@@ -161,6 +161,34 @@ class EsimTests(unittest.TestCase):
             'address': 'smdp.example.org', 'iccid': '8970119000004002667',
         }])
 
+    def test_notifications_parses_operations_from_the_card_tlv(self):
+        # The card's ProfileMgmtOperation TLV (padding octet + flags octet,
+        # SGP.22 5.7.9) nests the flags under 'pmo' when pySim parses it.
+        app, _ = make_app()
+        address = '6D6E6F2D30302E6573696D73657276696365732E636F6D'  # mno-00.esimservices.com
+        meta = _tlv(0xBF2F, _tlv(0x80, '00') + _tlv(0x81, '0140')
+                    + _tlv(0x0C, address) + _tlv(0x5A, '980711090000042066F7'))
+        resp = ListNotificationResp()
+        resp.from_tlv(bytes.fromhex(_tlv(0xBF28, _tlv(0xA0, meta))))
+        self.patch([resp])
+        out = esim.notifications(app)
+        self.assertIsNone(out['error'])
+        self.assertEqual(out['notifications'], [{
+            'seq_number': 0, 'operations': ['enable'],
+            'address': 'mno-00.esimservices.com',
+            'iccid': '8970119000004002667',
+        }])
+
+    def test_profile_operations_handles_both_shapes(self):
+        self.assertEqual(esim._profile_operations(
+            {'pmo': {'install': False, 'enable': True, 'disable': False,
+                     'delete': True}}), ['enable', 'delete'])
+        self.assertEqual(esim._profile_operations(
+            {'install': True, 'enable': False, 'disable': False, 'delete': False}),
+            ['install'])
+        self.assertEqual(esim._profile_operations(None), [])
+        self.assertEqual(esim._profile_operations('pmo'), [])
+
     def test_chip_info_collects_parts_and_errors(self):
         app, _ = make_app()
         self.patch_eid('89049032000000000000000000000001')