diff --git a/appview/notify/merged_notifier.go b/appview/notify/merged_notifier.go
index deaf57e5..fbdb1646 100644
--- a/appview/notify/merged_notifier.go
+++ b/appview/notify/merged_notifier.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ func (m *mergedNotifier) fanout(method string, ctx context.Context, args ...any)
 			v.Call(in)
 		}(n)
 	}
-	wg.Wait()
 }
 
 func (m *mergedNotifier) NewRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {
diff --git a/appview/pulls/pulls.go b/appview/pulls/pulls.go
index d73aa78a..bce62607 100644
--- a/appview/pulls/pulls.go
+++ b/appview/pulls/pulls.go
@@ -1366,6 +1366,7 @@ func (s *Pulls) createStackedPullRequest(
 			s.pages.Notice(w, "pull", "Failed to create pull request. Try again later.")
 			return
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	if err = tx.Commit(); err != nil {
@@ -1374,6 +1375,13 @@ func (s *Pulls) createStackedPullRequest(
 		return
 	}
 
+	// notify about each pull
+	//
+	// this is performed after tx.Commit, because it could result in a locked DB otherwise
+	for _, p := range stack {
+		s.notifier.NewPull(r.Context(), p)
+	}
+
 	ownerSlashRepo := reporesolver.GetBaseRepoPath(r, repo)
 	s.pages.HxLocation(w, fmt.Sprintf("/%s/pulls", ownerSlashRepo))
 }