Does relevanceScore apply to a Live Activity after it has ended (event: end)?

I have several Live Activities running concurrently for different trips in a delivery app (same app, multiple active Live Activities, each with its own activity ID). I update relevance-score via ActivityKit push notifications at each status change:

  • Trip picked up → 20
  • route to destination → 40
  • Arrived at destination → 60
  • Delivery delayed → 80
  • Confirmed → 100 (sent with "event": "end")

Per Displaying live data with Live Activities, "the relevanceScore also determines the order of your Live Activities on the Lock Screen."

However, when the Confirmed Live Activity is sent with "event": "end" and "relevance-score": 100, it does not move to the top of the Lock Screen stack, even though other still-active trips have lower relevance scores (20–80).

Questions:

  1. Does relevanceScore only apply to ordering among currently active Live Activities, and get ignored (or treated differently) once a Live Activity has ended?
  2. Is there a separate/implicit ordering rule for ended Live Activities during their dismissal window (e.g., always sorted below active ones, or sorted by end time instead of relevanceScore)?
  3. Is there a recommended pattern for making a Live Activity appear prominently right as it ends — e.g., sending a high relevanceScore via update first, then a separate end shortly after?

This isn't documented explicitly in either the "Configure the Live Activity" or "End the Live Activity" sections, so I wanted to confirm the intended behavior rather than rely on trial and error.

Does relevanceScore apply to a Live Activity after it has ended (event: end)?
 
 
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