diff --git a/components/meeting/CallRoom.tsx b/components/meeting/CallRoom.tsx
index 1345079..0613648 100644
--- a/components/meeting/CallRoom.tsx
+++ b/components/meeting/CallRoom.tsx
@@ -70,9 +70,19 @@ export function CallRoom({ slug }: { slug: string }) {
   const intentionalCloseRef = useRef(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const raw = sessionStorage.getItem(MEETING_SESSION_KEY);
     const hashToken = new URLSearchParams(window.location.hash.replace(/^#/, "")).get("token");
-    const rawSession = hashToken ? JSON.stringify({ token: hashToken }) : raw;
+    let rawSession: string | null = hashToken ? JSON.stringify({ token: hashToken }) : null;
+
+    // Hash-based links (for example the admin test call) must work even when
+    // browser privacy settings deny access to Web Storage.
+    if (!rawSession) {
+      try {
+        rawSession = sessionStorage.getItem(MEETING_SESSION_KEY);
+      } catch {
+        rawSession = null;
+      }
+    }
+
     if (!rawSession) {
       queueMicrotask(() => {
         setPhase("error");