diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/ui/notifier/Notifier.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/ui/notifier/Notifier.kt
index 8844ae078d..63592e1e61 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/ui/notifier/Notifier.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/ui/notifier/Notifier.kt
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ import com.tailscale.ipn.util.PendingInlineShare
 import com.tailscale.ipn.util.TSLog
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
-import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.update
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
@@ -60,20 +61,58 @@ object Notifier {
   val incomingFiles: StateFlow<List<Ipn.PartialFile>?> = MutableStateFlow(null)
   val filesWaiting: StateFlow<Empty.Message?> = MutableStateFlow(null)
 
-  // Seeded from disk so pending shares survive process death, e.g. if the app is killed
+  // Saved to disk so pending shares survive process death, e.g. if the app is killed
   // in the background before the user acts on a share that couldn't be surfaced as a
   // notification because POST_NOTIFICATIONS was denied.
-  private val _inlineShareInbox = MutableStateFlow(InlineShareInboxStore.load())
+  private val _inlineShareInbox = MutableStateFlow<List<PendingInlineShare>>(emptyList())
   val inlineShareInbox: StateFlow<List<PendingInlineShare>> = _inlineShareInbox
 
+  private val pendingInboxChanges =
+      mutableListOf<(List<PendingInlineShare>) -> List<PendingInlineShare>>()
+  private val inboxWrites = Channel<Unit>(Channel.CONFLATED)
+  private val inboxScope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.IO)
+
+  init {
+    inboxScope.launch {
+      inboxWrites.trySend(Unit)
+      for (ignored in inboxWrites) {
+        val stored = InlineShareInboxStore.load() ?: continue
+        val changes = synchronized(this@Notifier) { pendingInboxChanges.toList() }
+        if (changes.isEmpty()) {
+          synchronized(this@Notifier) {
+            _inlineShareInbox.value =
+                pendingInboxChanges.fold(stored) { inbox, change -> change(inbox) }
+          }
+          continue
+        }
+
+        val merged = changes.fold(stored) { inbox, change -> change(inbox) }
+        if (InlineShareInboxStore.save(merged)) {
+          synchronized(this@Notifier) {
+            pendingInboxChanges.subList(0, changes.size).clear()
+            _inlineShareInbox.value =
+                pendingInboxChanges.fold(merged) { inbox, change -> change(inbox) }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Synchronized
+  private fun changeInlineShareInbox(
+      change: (List<PendingInlineShare>) -> List<PendingInlineShare>
+  ) {
+    pendingInboxChanges.add(change)
+    _inlineShareInbox.value = change(_inlineShareInbox.value)
+    inboxWrites.trySend(Unit)
+  }
+
   fun appendInlineShare(p: PendingInlineShare) {
-    _inlineShareInbox.update { it + p }
-    InlineShareInboxStore.save(_inlineShareInbox.value)
+    changeInlineShareInbox { it + p }
   }
 
   fun removeInlineShare(id: String) {
-    _inlineShareInbox.update { list -> list.filterNot { it.id == id } }
-    InlineShareInboxStore.save(_inlineShareInbox.value)
+    changeInlineShareInbox { list -> list.filterNot { it.id == id } }
   }
 
   private val userProfiles = mutableMapOf<String, Tailcfg.UserProfile>()
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/util/InlineShareInboxStore.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/util/InlineShareInboxStore.kt
index ae2a6bbd9d..0415eb633b 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/util/InlineShareInboxStore.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/tailscale/ipn/util/InlineShareInboxStore.kt
@@ -10,31 +10,32 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 
 // Persists the inline-share inbox so pending shares survive process death.
 //
-// UninitializedApp.get() rather than App.get(): loaded from Notifier's field initializer,
-// which runs inside App's initOnce() before isInitialized is set. App.get() would re-enter
-// initOnce() and start Libtailscale a second time.
+// Use UninitializedApp.get() rather than App.get() to avoid re-entering app
+// initialization when Notifier starts before App.initOnce() completes.
 object InlineShareInboxStore {
   private const val PREF_KEY_INBOX = "inline_share_inbox"
   private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
 
   private fun encryptedPrefs() = (UninitializedApp.get() as App).getEncryptedPrefs()
 
-  // apply(), not commit(): the saved file is the durable record, this is just UI state.
-  fun save(inbox: List<PendingInlineShare>) {
-    val encoded = json.encodeToString(inbox)
-    runCatching { encryptedPrefs().edit().putString(PREF_KEY_INBOX, encoded).apply() }
-        .onFailure { TSLog.w("InlineShareInboxStore", "save failed: $it") }
+  fun save(inbox: List<PendingInlineShare>): Boolean {
+    return try {
+      encryptedPrefs().edit().putString(PREF_KEY_INBOX, json.encodeToString(inbox)).commit()
+    } catch (e: Exception) {
+      TSLog.w("InlineShareInboxStore", "save failed: $e")
+      false
+    }
   }
 
-  fun load(): List<PendingInlineShare> {
-    val prefs = encryptedPrefs()
-    val raw = prefs.getString(PREF_KEY_INBOX, null) ?: return emptyList()
+  // null means storage was unavailable; do not treat it as an empty inbox.
+  fun load(): List<PendingInlineShare>? {
     return try {
+      val prefs = encryptedPrefs()
+      val raw = prefs.getString(PREF_KEY_INBOX, null) ?: return emptyList()
       json.decodeFromString(raw)
     } catch (e: Exception) {
-      TSLog.w("InlineShareInboxStore", "load: invalid inbox in prefs; clearing")
-      prefs.edit().remove(PREF_KEY_INBOX).apply()
-      emptyList()
+      TSLog.w("InlineShareInboxStore", "load failed: $e")
+      null
     }
   }
 }