diff --git a/server/api/defects.post.ts b/server/api/defects.post.ts
index 7bbf48e..5ddf3f5 100644
--- a/server/api/defects.post.ts
+++ b/server/api/defects.post.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { getDb } from '../db/client'
 import { createDefect } from '../db/repositories/defects'
 import { DefectInput } from '../utils/defectInput'
 import { getReporter } from '../utils/getReporter'
+import { sendPushOnDefectFiled } from '../utils/sendPush'
 
 // File a defect against a board section (F2). Reporter comes from the seam,
 // not the client; the timestamp defaults in the DB.
@@ -11,5 +12,24 @@ export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
   if (input instanceof type.errors) {
     throw createError({ statusCode: 400, statusMessage: input.summary })
   }
-  return createDefect(getDb(), { ...input, reporterEmail: await getReporter(event) })
+
+  const db = getDb()
+  const defect = await createDefect(db, { ...input, reporterEmail: await getReporter(event) })
+
+  // Notify subscribed devices (F7) — fire-and-forget so filing stays fast.
+  // `waitUntil` keeps the runtime alive for the send without delaying the response.
+  const config = useRuntimeConfig(event)
+  event.waitUntil(
+    sendPushOnDefectFiled(
+      db,
+      {
+        subject: config.vapidSubject,
+        publicKey: config.public.vapidPublicKey,
+        privateKey: config.vapidPrivateKey,
+      },
+      { sectionId: defect.sectionId, projectId: defect.projectId, verbatim: defect.verbatim },
+    ),
+  )
+
+  return defect
 })
diff --git a/server/db/repositories/defects.ts b/server/db/repositories/defects.ts
index 643ef53..85b2ca0 100644
--- a/server/db/repositories/defects.ts
+++ b/server/db/repositories/defects.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface NewDefect {
 /** Persist a filed defect and return the stored row. */
 export async function createDefect(db: Db, input: NewDefect) {
   const [row] = await db.insert(defects).values(input).returning()
-  return row
+  return row!
 }
 
 /** Recent defects, newest first — the dashboard feed (F5/F6). */