Why does my iPhone SOMETIMES not sound alert for new Messages?

Sometimes the iPhone (7.1) will peep with whatever sound is selected and sometimes not. I expect there's some pattern to this, maybe even a setting but I've not been able to dope that out. The two iPhones in my family both behave similarly, so I don't think it's a hardware or software error.
At first, I thought no-peeping happened when Messages was open on the screen, but then I caught it peeping like that. Now I'm puzzled - can anyone clue me in on what rule/algorithm/controls are for this?
Thanks!

Go to Settings>Notifications>Messages>Repeat Alerts
Change this to "Never" and it might help. If not, then you may have the same alert sound you use for messages for another app such as Mail, meaning whenever you were to get mail, it would make the sound, yet no notification pops up due to your default settings. This is the most likely possibility.

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