diff --git a/doc/embedding-app-browser.md b/doc/embedding-app-browser.md
index a2a834b28..e1aee0286 100644
--- a/doc/embedding-app-browser.md
+++ b/doc/embedding-app-browser.md
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@ the desktop and dashboard send `utm_campaign=desktop` and `utm_campaign=dashboar
 ## Session and framing
 
 Only show the iframe after the user has signed in. The embed reads the existing
-GUI session from local storage on its own origin. It does not create accounts,
-show a login dialog, or accept a token from its parent. A missing session or
-failed load displays an unavailable/error state. Being signed in on a subdomain
-alone does not populate the main GUI origin's storage; the main GUI session must
-already exist.
+GUI session from local storage on its own origin. If that storage holds no
+session, the embed gets the session from the GUI origin's session cookie through
+`/get-gui-token`. This matters in Safari, which gives a framed origin separate
+local storage under each top-level origin, so even a sibling subdomain's iframe
+can't see the GUI's stored token. The session cookie is still sent, because the
+host is on the same site. The embed doesn't write that token back to storage. It
+does not create accounts, show a login dialog, or accept a token from its parent.
+A missing session or failed load displays an unavailable/error state. Being
+signed in on a subdomain alone does not create a session on the main GUI origin;
+the main GUI session must already exist.
 
 The route's `Content-Security-Policy: frame-ancestors` allows the GUI origin and
 the embedding page's origin when it is exactly one label under `config.domain`
diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/AppBrowser.browser.test.js b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/AppBrowser.browser.test.js
index f0d4a35ce..9c01fa970 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/AppBrowser.browser.test.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/Dashboard/AppBrowser.browser.test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ let port;
 const requests = [];
 const guiRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../', import.meta.url));
 const sessionToken = 'app-browser-test-session';
+const sessionCookie = 'app-browser-test-cookie';
 const appRows = Array.from({ length: 105 }, (_, i) => ({
     name: `app-${i}`, title: `App ${i}`, icon: null,
 }));
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
         const offset = (Number(req.query.page) - 1) * 100;
         res.json(appRows.slice(offset, offset + 100));
     });
+    app.get('/get-gui-token', (req, res) => {
+        if ( ! req.headers.cookie?.includes(`puter_auth_token=${sessionCookie}`) ) return res.sendStatus(401);
+        res.json({ token: sessionToken });
+    });
     app.get('/get-launch-apps', (_req, res) => res.json({ recommended: [{ name: 'removed', title: 'Removed' }] }));
     app.get('/cache/last-change-timestamp', (_req, res) => res.json({ timestamp: 0 }));
     app.post('/drivers/call', (req, res) => {
@@ -163,6 +168,27 @@ describe('embedded app browser', () => {
         }, 30000,
     );
 
+    it('falls back to the session cookie when its local storage holds no session', async () => {
+        // Safari gives the frame its own empty storage under a sibling subdomain.
+        const context = await browser.newContext({ storageState: {
+            cookies: [{
+                name: 'puter_auth_token', value: sessionCookie, domain: 'puter.localhost', path: '/',
+                expires: -1, httpOnly: true, secure: false, sameSite: 'Lax',
+            }],
+            origins: [],
+        } });
+        try {
+            const page = await context.newPage();
+            page.setDefaultTimeout(6000);
+            await page.goto(`http://spreadsheet.puter.localhost:${port}/host`);
+            const frame = page.frameLocator('iframe');
+            await frame.locator('.myapps-group-tile').waitFor();
+            expect(await frame.locator('[data-app-name="app-104"]').count()).toBe(1);
+        } finally {
+            await context.close();
+        }
+    });
+
     it('opens the desktop landing, cut off from the embed, for an app it can\'t launch itself', async () => {
         const context = await browser.newContext({ storageState: {
             cookies: [], origins: [{ origin, localStorage: [{ name: 'auth_token_v2', value: sessionToken }] }],
diff --git a/src/gui/src/appsEmbed.js b/src/gui/src/appsEmbed.js
index d4bd5ad40..68440cc26 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/appsEmbed.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/appsEmbed.js
@@ -85,8 +85,21 @@ function launchTile ({ appName, targetLink }) {
         .finally(() => launching.delete(appName));
 }
 
+/**
+ * The GUI session, from local storage or else the session cookie. Safari keys a
+ * frame's local storage by the top-level origin, so under a sibling subdomain
+ * the GUI's stored token is out of reach while its cookie is still sent.
+ */
+async function readSession () {
+    const stored = localStorage.getItem('auth_token_v2');
+    if ( stored ) return stored;
+    const response = await fetch('/get-gui-token', { credentials: 'include' });
+    if ( ! response.ok ) return null;
+    return (await response.json())?.token || null;
+}
+
 async function mount () {
-    window.auth_token = localStorage.getItem('auth_token_v2');
+    window.auth_token = await readSession();
     if ( ! window.auth_token ) throw new Error('Missing session');
 
     await Promise.all([new Promise((resolve, reject) => {