diff --git a/src/puter-js/src/modules/notifications/index.js b/src/puter-js/src/modules/notifications/index.js
index ed4dc7af3..d2342c13e 100644
--- a/src/puter-js/src/modules/notifications/index.js
+++ b/src/puter-js/src/modules/notifications/index.js
@@ -78,12 +78,19 @@ const warnStorage = (error) => {
     );
 };
 
-/** Runs `run` alone among the site's tabs, where the browser has Web Locks. */
-const withPushLock = (run) => {
-    const locks = globalThis.navigator?.locks;
-    return typeof locks?.request === 'function'
-        ? locks.request(PUSH_LOCK, () => run())
-        : run();
+/** Runs `run` alone among the site's tabs, or as is where Web Locks refuse. */
+const withPushLock = async (run) => {
+    let started = false;
+    const start = () => {
+        started = true;
+        return run();
+    };
+    try {
+        return await globalThis.navigator.locks.request(PUSH_LOCK, start);
+    } catch (error) {
+        if (started) throw error;
+        return await start();
+    }
 };
 
 /** Hidden, or in a window without focus. */
diff --git a/src/puter-js/src/modules/notifications/webPush.test.js b/src/puter-js/src/modules/notifications/webPush.test.js
index d3d8ba374..a9d96296d 100644
--- a/src/puter-js/src/modules/notifications/webPush.test.js
+++ b/src/puter-js/src/modules/notifications/webPush.test.js
@@ -2250,6 +2250,47 @@ describe('sign-out', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('where the browser refuses Web Locks, as in a sandboxed frame', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        Object.defineProperty(globalThis.navigator, 'locks', {
+            value: {
+                request: vi.fn(async () => {
+                    throw new Error('The request was denied');
+                }),
+            },
+            configurable: true,
+        });
+    });
+    afterEach(() => {
+        delete globalThis.navigator.locks;
+    });
+
+    it('signs out without rejecting and still ends the subscription', async () => {
+        store.set(OPT_IN, true);
+        store.set(SERVER_KEY, KEY);
+        const subscription = makeSubscription();
+        withBrowser(makeNav({ existing: subscription }));
+        mockRequest.mockResolvedValue({ removed: true });
+        const { module } = makeModule();
+        await expect(
+            module._forgetPush('leaving-token'),
+        ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+        expect(subscription.unsubscribe).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(store.has(OPT_IN)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('still ends a subscription left here without an opt-in on load', async () => {
+        store.set(SERVER_KEY, KEY);
+        const subscription = makeSubscription();
+        withBrowser(makeNav({ existing: subscription }));
+        const { module } = makeModule();
+        await module.onPush('chat', () => {}, { onError: () => {} });
+        await vi.waitFor(() =>
+            expect(subscription.unsubscribe).toHaveBeenCalled(),
+        );
+    });
+});
+
 describe('a different user signing in', () => {
     const USERS = { 'token-a': 'u-1', 'token-a2': 'u-1', 'token-b': 'u-2' };
     /** A page signed in as u-1, whose tokens name their user in `uu`. */