diff --git a/src/storage/utils/object.js b/src/storage/utils/object.js
index 18ca3e36..fc5367da 100644
--- a/src/storage/utils/object.js
+++ b/src/storage/utils/object.js
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ export async function notifyCollab(api, url, env) {
     // method: 'POST',
     headers,
   });
-  resp.body.cancel();
+  resp.body?.cancel();
 }
diff --git a/test/storage/utils/object.test.js b/test/storage/utils/object.test.js
index 4606f34f..026b2c35 100644
--- a/test/storage/utils/object.test.js
+++ b/test/storage/utils/object.test.js
@@ -64,4 +64,29 @@ describe('Storage Object Utils tests', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(called.length, 1);
     assert.strictEqual(called[0], 'https://localhost/api/v1/syncadmin?doc=https://admin.da.live/source/a/b/c.html');
   });
+
+  it('Should not throw when collab returns a null-body response (e.g. 204)', async () => {
+    // Reproduces the case where da-collab's deleteAdmin handler returns
+    // `new Response(null, { status: 204 })` — common when a doc is open in
+    // another window and gets invalidated. In that case `resp.body` is null,
+    // and calling `.cancel()` on it would throw if not optional-chained.
+    const called = [];
+    const env = {
+      dacollab: {
+        fetch: async (url) => {
+          called.push(url);
+          // Mirror the shape of a Workers Response with a 204 status:
+          // body is null, so resp.body.cancel() would TypeError without `?.`.
+          return { status: 204, body: null };
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    await assert.doesNotReject(
+      () => notifyCollab('deleteadmin', 'https://admin.da.live/source/a/b/c.html', env),
+      'notifyCollab must tolerate a null response body',
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(called.length, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(called[0], 'https://localhost/api/v1/deleteadmin?doc=https://admin.da.live/source/a/b/c.html');
+  });
 });