diff --git a/apps/chanora_flutter/lib/main.dart b/apps/chanora_flutter/lib/main.dart
index 3f9e350..e1dc44f 100644
--- a/apps/chanora_flutter/lib/main.dart
+++ b/apps/chanora_flutter/lib/main.dart
@@ -648,11 +648,18 @@ class _BetaHomeState extends State<_BetaHome> with WidgetsBindingObserver {
         action: SnackBarAction(
           label: l10n.networkPermissionOpenSettings,
           onPressed: () {
-            try {
-              Process.run('open', [
-                'x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_LocalNetwork',
-              ]);
-            } catch (_) {}
+            // Fire-and-forget: don't block snackbar dismissal on the
+            // child process. `Process.run` may throw synchronously
+            // (e.g. exec ENOENT) or return a future that rejects
+            // (e.g. macOS denies fork); both paths are swallowed
+            // because the user can still open Settings manually.
+            unawaited(
+              Future<void>(() async {
+                await Process.run('open', [
+                  'x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_LocalNetwork',
+                ]);
+              }).catchError((_) {}),
+            );
           },
         ),
       ),
diff --git a/apps/chanora_flutter/test/services/macos_permissions_service_test.dart b/apps/chanora_flutter/test/services/macos_permissions_service_test.dart
index 9a58126..7bebce3 100644
--- a/apps/chanora_flutter/test/services/macos_permissions_service_test.dart
+++ b/apps/chanora_flutter/test/services/macos_permissions_service_test.dart
@@ -557,4 +557,30 @@ void main() {
       svc.dispose();
     },
   );
+
+  test(
+    'SWE4-UV / SRS-300: checkLocalNetworkAccess() returns cached state '
+    'when the channel throws',
+    () async {
+      final svc = MacOSPermissionsService(channel: channel)..start();
+
+      outgoingResponder = (call) async {
+        if (call.method == methodCheckLocalNetworkAccess) {
+          throw PlatformException(code: 'probe-failed');
+        }
+        return null;
+      };
+
+      // Probe path failures (e.g. NWConnection couldn't establish a
+      // listener, or the Swift side threw) must not crash callers
+      // — they must fall back to whatever the service already cached.
+      final result = await svc.checkLocalNetworkAccess(
+        host: '127.0.0.1',
+        port: 9987,
+      );
+
+      expect(result, isNotNull);
+      svc.dispose();
+    },
+  );
 }