diff --git a/charts/terdut-server/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/terdut-server/templates/deployment.yaml
index f394ff1..e12ec2f 100644
--- a/charts/terdut-server/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/terdut-server/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ spec:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "terdut-server.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
   # Recreate, not RollingUpdate, even though the PVC that forced it is gone: the
-  # sweeper and notifier now take a Postgres advisory lock for each pass, so two
-  # replicas overlapping during a rollout no longer both page for the same
-  # incident, but DB migrations and new-incident creation on first webhook are
-  # still unguarded — a second replica starting concurrently with the first can
-  # still race either of those.
+  # sweeper, notifier and migration runner now take a Postgres advisory lock
+  # each, so two replicas overlapping during a rollout no longer both page for
+  # the same incident or race applying a migration, but new-incident creation
+  # on the first webhook for a brand-new groupKey is still unguarded.
   strategy:
     type: Recreate
   template:
diff --git a/internal/db/db.go b/internal/db/db.go
index acb5120..c43bce8 100644
--- a/internal/db/db.go
+++ b/internal/db/db.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package db
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"embed"
 	"fmt"
@@ -62,6 +63,16 @@ func Open(dsn string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+// migrationLockKey is the Postgres advisory lock Migrate holds for its whole
+// run. Two replicas starting at once would otherwise race the check-then-apply
+// loop below against schema_migrations: the loser could crash on a
+// duplicate-key insert, or contend with the winner's uncommitted DDL. Blocking
+// (pg_advisory_lock, not pg_try_advisory_lock as the archiver and notifier
+// use): on boot there is no later tick to defer to, so the right behaviour is
+// to wait for the other replica to finish migrating, not to skip ahead and
+// start serving against an unmigrated schema.
+const migrationLockKey int64 = 7265_0003
+
 // Migrate applies every embedded migration that has not been applied yet, in
 // filename order, recording each in schema_migrations.
 //
@@ -69,6 +80,22 @@ func Open(dsn string) (*sql.DB, error) {
 // migration that failed half way used to leave the schema in whatever state it
 // had reached. Postgres has transactional DDL, so the rollback is real.
 func Migrate(db *sql.DB) error {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	conn, err := db.Conn(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("migrate: acquire connection: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+
+	if _, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx, "SELECT pg_advisory_lock($1)", migrationLockKey); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("migrate: acquire advisory lock: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if _, err := conn.ExecContext(ctx, "SELECT pg_advisory_unlock($1)", migrationLockKey); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("migrate: release advisory lock: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	if _, err := db.Exec(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS schema_migrations (
 		version    TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
 		applied_at BIGINT NOT NULL DEFAULT FLOOR(EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM now()))::bigint
diff --git a/internal/db/db_test.go b/internal/db/db_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b50af8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/db/db_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+package db_test
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.ryuvia.com/niklas/terdut-server/internal/db"
+
+	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
+)
+
+// TERDUT_TEST_DSN must point at a database the test role may create schemas
+// in; see internal/api/testdb_test.go for the fuller rationale this mirrors.
+// An unset DSN fails rather than skips, deliberately.
+const testDSNEnv = "TERDUT_TEST_DSN"
+
+// TestMigrate_ConcurrentCallersDoNotRace reproduces two replicas starting at
+// once against a brand-new, unmigrated schema: both call db.Migrate at the
+// same time. Before migrationLockKey, the loser could crash on a
+// duplicate-key insert into schema_migrations, or contend with the winner's
+// uncommitted DDL; with the advisory lock, one blocks until the other
+// finishes and both return cleanly.
+func TestMigrate_ConcurrentCallersDoNotRace(t *testing.T) {
+	dsn := os.Getenv(testDSNEnv)
+	if dsn == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("%s is not set: these tests need Postgres.\n"+
+			"Run `make test-db` for a local one, then\n"+
+			"  export %s=postgres://terdut:terdut@localhost:5432/terdut_test?sslmode=disable",
+			testDSNEnv, testDSNEnv)
+	}
+
+	schema := fmt.Sprintf("migrate_race_%d", os.Getpid())
+	admin, err := sql.Open("pgx", dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("connect to %s: %v", testDSNEnv, err)
+	}
+	defer admin.Close()
+	if _, err := admin.Exec("CREATE SCHEMA " + schema); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create schema %s: %v", schema, err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		cleanup, err := sql.Open("pgx", dsn)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		defer cleanup.Close()
+		if _, err := cleanup.Exec("DROP SCHEMA " + schema + " CASCADE"); err != nil {
+			t.Logf("drop schema %s: %v", schema, err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	scoped := withSearchPath(dsn, schema)
+
+	const callers = 2
+	errs := make([]error, callers)
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := range callers {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(i int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			database, err := db.Open(scoped)
+			if err != nil {
+				errs[i] = fmt.Errorf("open: %w", err)
+				return
+			}
+			defer database.Close()
+			errs[i] = db.Migrate(database)
+		}(i)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	for i, err := range errs {
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Migrate #%d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir("migrations")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read migrations dir: %v", err)
+	}
+	var want int
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if !e.IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(e.Name(), ".sql") {
+			want++
+		}
+	}
+
+	check, err := sql.Open("pgx", scoped)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("connect for verification: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer check.Close()
+
+	var got int
+	if err := check.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM schema_migrations").Scan(&got); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("count schema_migrations: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != want {
+		t.Fatalf("schema_migrations has %d row(s) after two concurrent Migrate calls, want %d (one per migration file, no duplicates)", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+// withSearchPath pins a DSN to one schema. Copied from
+// internal/api/testdb_test.go rather than shared: that helper lives in the
+// api_test package, a separate compiled package this one cannot import.
+func withSearchPath(dsn, schema string) string {
+	opt := "-csearch_path=" + schema
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(dsn, "postgres://") || strings.HasPrefix(dsn, "postgresql://") {
+		u, err := url.Parse(dsn)
+		if err == nil {
+			q := u.Query()
+			q.Set("options", opt)
+			u.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+			return u.String()
+		}
+	}
+	return dsn + " options='" + opt + "'"
+}