diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76c018e69..985854bd3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "./build/releases/OneSignalSDK.page.es6.js",
-      "limit": "44.49 kB",
+      "limit": "44.58 kB",
       "gzip": true
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/core/executors/SubscriptionOperationExecutor.ts b/src/core/executors/SubscriptionOperationExecutor.ts
index cf3e6f3a9..33404af81 100644
--- a/src/core/executors/SubscriptionOperationExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/core/executors/SubscriptionOperationExecutor.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ export class SubscriptionOperationExecutor implements IOperationExecutor {
             }),
           ],
         };
+      case ResponseStatusType._Unauthorized:
+        return this._unsignedRouteRejected('update');
       default:
         return { _result: ExecutionResult._FailNoretry };
     }
@@ -315,9 +317,18 @@ export class SubscriptionOperationExecutor implements IOperationExecutor {
           _result: ExecutionResult._FailRetry,
           _retryAfterSeconds: retryAfterSeconds,
         };
+      case ResponseStatusType._Unauthorized:
+        return this._unsignedRouteRejected('delete');
 
       default:
         return { _result: ExecutionResult._FailNoretry };
     }
   }
+
+  // The SDK never signs PATCH or DELETE subscriptions/{id}, so a 401 here means the
+  // server contract changed. The operation is dropped; make the loss visible.
+  private _unsignedRouteRejected(route: 'update' | 'delete'): ExecutionResponse {
+    Log._error(`SubOpExec: 401 on unsigned ${route}`);
+    return { _result: ExecutionResult._FailNoretry };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/executors/executorsIv.test.ts b/src/core/executors/executorsIv.test.ts
index f2eeb2d66..d8ac50756 100644
--- a/src/core/executors/executorsIv.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/executors/executorsIv.test.ts
@@ -269,6 +269,36 @@ describe('executors under Identity Verification', () => {
     expect(Log._error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('no externalId'));
   });
 
+  describe('routes the server does not sign', () => {
+    // PATCH subscriptions/{id} rejects a bearer; DELETE subscriptions/{id} ignores it.
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      setGates(true, JwtRequirement._Required);
+      tokens._putJwt(EXTERNAL_ID, JWT);
+    });
+
+    test('update subscription sends no Authorization header', async () => {
+      const response = await subscription._execute([
+        new UpdateSubscriptionOperation({ ...owner, ...sub }),
+      ]);
+
+      expect(response._result).toBe(ExecutionResult._Success);
+      const { headers, url } = lastRequest();
+      expect(headers).not.toHaveProperty('authorization');
+      expect(url.endsWith(`/apps/${APP_ID}/subscriptions/${SUB_ID}`)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    test('delete subscription sends no Authorization header', async () => {
+      const response = await subscription._execute([
+        new DeleteSubscriptionOperation({ ...owner, subscriptionId: SUB_ID }),
+      ]);
+
+      expect(response._result).toBe(ExecutionResult._Success);
+      const { headers, url } = lastRequest();
+      expect(headers).not.toHaveProperty('authorization');
+      expect(url.endsWith(`/apps/${APP_ID}/subscriptions/${SUB_ID}`)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('401 under IV', () => {
     const unauthorized = (method: 'post' | 'patch' | 'delete') =>
       getHandler({ uri: '*', method, status: 401, retryAfter: 15 });
@@ -308,22 +338,24 @@ describe('executors under Identity Verification', () => {
 
     // These routes carry no token, so a 401 says nothing about the stored JWT
     // and must not reach the unauthorized handler that invalidates it.
-    test('unsigned update subscription stays _FailNoretry', async () => {
+    test('unsigned update subscription stays _FailNoretry and logs an error', async () => {
       unauthorized('patch');
       const response = await subscription._execute([
         new UpdateSubscriptionOperation({ ...owner, ...sub }),
       ]);
       expect(lastRequest().headers).not.toHaveProperty('authorization');
       expect(response).toEqual({ _result: ExecutionResult._FailNoretry });
+      expect(Log._error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('401 on unsigned update'));
     });
 
-    test('unsigned delete subscription stays _FailNoretry', async () => {
+    test('unsigned delete subscription stays _FailNoretry and logs an error', async () => {
       unauthorized('delete');
       const response = await subscription._execute([
         new DeleteSubscriptionOperation({ ...owner, subscriptionId: SUB_ID }),
       ]);
       expect(lastRequest().headers).not.toHaveProperty('authorization');
       expect(response).toEqual({ _result: ExecutionResult._FailNoretry });
+      expect(Log._error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('401 on unsigned delete'));
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/core/operationRepo/OperationRepo.test.ts b/src/core/operationRepo/OperationRepo.test.ts
index 1087c300b..40d4567d9 100644
--- a/src/core/operationRepo/OperationRepo.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/operationRepo/OperationRepo.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi, type Mock } from 'vi
 import { JwtTokenStore } from '../JwtTokenStore';
 import { OperationModelStore } from '../modelRepo/OperationModelStore';
 import { CreateSubscriptionOperation } from '../operations/CreateSubscriptionOperation';
+import { DeleteSubscriptionOperation } from '../operations/DeleteSubscriptionOperation';
 import { LoginUserOperation } from '../operations/LoginUserOperation';
 import {
   GroupComparisonType,
@@ -246,6 +247,21 @@ describe('OperationRepo', () => {
       expect(mockOperationModelStore._list()).toEqual([identified]);
     });
 
+    test('IV active: keeps an anonymous operation that needs no JWT', async () => {
+      setJwtRequirement(JwtRequirement._Required);
+      const remove = new DeleteSubscriptionOperation({
+        appId: APP_ID,
+        onesignalId: ONESIGNAL_ID,
+        subscriptionId: SUB_ID,
+      });
+      seedSaved(new Operation('anon'), remove);
+
+      await opRepo._start();
+
+      expect(queued()).toEqual([remove]);
+      expect(mockOperationModelStore._list()).toEqual([remove]);
+    });
+
     test('IV active: clears existingOnesignalId on a surviving LoginUserOperation', async () => {
       setJwtRequirement(JwtRequirement._Required);
       const localId = IDManager._createLocalId();
@@ -445,6 +461,19 @@ describe('OperationRepo', () => {
           expect(warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
+        test('an anonymous operation that needs no JWT is queued and dispatches', () => {
+          const op = new DeleteSubscriptionOperation({
+            appId: APP_ID,
+            onesignalId: ONESIGNAL_ID,
+            subscriptionId: SUB_ID,
+          });
+          opRepo._enqueue(op);
+
+          expect(opRepo._queue).toEqual([{ operation: op, bucket: 0, retries: 0 }]);
+          expect(warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(opRepo._getNextOps(0)).toEqual([{ operation: op, bucket: 0, retries: 0 }]);
+        });
+
         test('an identified operation is queued', () => {
           const op = identifiedOp();
           opRepo._enqueue(op);
@@ -555,6 +584,27 @@ describe('OperationRepo', () => {
         expect(mockOperationModelStore._list()).toEqual([]);
       });
 
+      test('IV active: an operation that needs no JWT is dropped and keeps the token', async () => {
+        setJwtRequirement(JwtRequirement._Required);
+        jwtTokenStore._putJwt(EXTERNAL_ID, 'kept');
+        failUnauthorized();
+
+        class NoJwtOperation extends Operation {
+          override get _requiresJwt() {
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+        const op = ownedBy(new NoJwtOperation('no-jwt'), EXTERNAL_ID);
+        const waiter = rejectionOf(opRepo._enqueueAndWait(op));
+        await executeOps(opRepo);
+
+        expect((await waiter)._result).toBe(ExecutionResult._FailUnauthorized);
+        expect(invalidated).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(jwtTokenStore._getJwt(EXTERNAL_ID)).toBe('kept');
+        expect(opRepo._queue).toEqual([]);
+        expect(mockOperationModelStore._list()).toEqual([]);
+      });
+
       test('IV inactive with the new code path on: drops the operation and fires no event', async () => {
         setJwtRequirement(JwtRequirement._NotRequired);
         localStorage.setItem('os_feature_overrides', 'sdk_identity_verification');
diff --git a/src/core/operationRepo/OperationRepo.ts b/src/core/operationRepo/OperationRepo.ts
index ba8245053..e09b77117 100644
--- a/src/core/operationRepo/OperationRepo.ts
+++ b/src/core/operationRepo/OperationRepo.ts
@@ -141,13 +141,14 @@ export class OperationRepo implements IOperationRepo, IStartableService {
    * An anonymous operation can never dispatch while IV behavior is active: the gate
    * needs a token and an anonymous user has none. Drop it at enqueue instead of
    * holding it forever. LoginUserOperation is exempt; login and the push grant
-   * enqueue it on purpose, and the load-time purge removes a stale one.
+   * enqueue it on purpose, and the load-time purge removes a stale one. An
+   * operation that needs no JWT is exempt too; the gate lets it through.
    * Outer gate isIvCodePathEnabled keeps the legacy enqueue path unchanged when
    * the flag is off.
    */
   private _shouldSuppressAnonymousOp(op: Operation): boolean {
     if (!isIvCodePathEnabled()) return false;
-    if (op instanceof LoginUserOperation) return false;
+    if (op instanceof LoginUserOperation || !op._requiresJwt) return false;
     if (!isIvBehaviorActive() || op._externalId) return false;
 
     // Bypasses Log so the developer sees this in production builds.
@@ -158,16 +159,18 @@ export class OperationRepo implements IOperationRepo, IStartableService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Removes every queued operation with no externalId. These were persisted while
-   * the requirement was off or unknown, and an anonymous user has no JWT, so they
-   * can never pass the dispatch gate. Models are untouched; only operations go.
+   * Removes every queued operation with no externalId that needs a JWT. These were
+   * persisted while the requirement was off or unknown, and an anonymous user has
+   * no JWT, so they can never pass the dispatch gate. An operation that needs no
+   * JWT stays; the gate lets it through. Models are untouched; only operations go.
    * Surviving LoginUserOperations lose existingOnesignalId because the anonymous
    * login that would have resolved a local id is gone.
    */
   private _purgeAnonymousOperations(): void {
     const total = this._queue.length;
-    const removed = this._queue.filter((item) => !item.operation._externalId);
-    this._queue = this._queue.filter((item) => item.operation._externalId);
+    const isPurged = (op: Operation) => !op._externalId && op._requiresJwt;
+    const removed = this._queue.filter((item) => isPurged(item.operation));
+    this._queue = this._queue.filter((item) => !isPurged(item.operation));
 
     for (const item of removed) {
       this._operationModelStore._remove(item.operation._modelId);
@@ -363,8 +366,9 @@ export class OperationRepo implements IOperationRepo, IStartableService {
    * wakes the waiters, and re-queues the operations at the head with no resolver.
    * The dispatch gate then holds them until a new token is stored, so there is no
    * retry loop. If a newer token is already stored, it is kept and the re-queued
-   * operations retry with it. Returns false when IV is inactive or the operation
-   * is anonymous; the caller then drops the operations.
+   * operations retry with it. Returns false when IV is inactive, the operation
+   * is anonymous, or the operation sent no token (a 401 on an unsigned request
+   * says nothing about the stored token); the caller then drops the operations.
    */
   private _handleFailUnauthorized(
     ops: OperationQueueItem[],
@@ -372,8 +376,8 @@ export class OperationRepo implements IOperationRepo, IStartableService {
     jwtAtDispatch: string | undefined,
   ): boolean {
     if (!ivBehaviorActive) return false;
-    const externalId = ops[0].operation._externalId;
-    if (!externalId) return false;
+    const { _externalId: externalId, _requiresJwt: requiresJwt } = ops[0].operation;
+    if (!externalId || !requiresJwt) return false;
 
     if (this._jwtTokenStore._getJwt(externalId) === jwtAtDispatch) {
       this._jwtTokenStore._invalidateJwt(externalId);
diff --git a/src/core/operations/DeleteSubscriptionOperation.ts b/src/core/operations/DeleteSubscriptionOperation.ts
index 95dfac567..1bc56eacb 100644
--- a/src/core/operations/DeleteSubscriptionOperation.ts
+++ b/src/core/operations/DeleteSubscriptionOperation.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ export class DeleteSubscriptionOperation extends BaseSubscriptionOperation {
   override get _groupComparisonType(): GroupComparisonValue {
     return GroupComparisonType._None;
   }
+
+  // The server ignores a bearer on DELETE subscriptions/{id}, so a pending
+  // remove must not wait for a token, for example after logout.
+  override get _requiresJwt(): boolean {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/operations/Operation.test.ts b/src/core/operations/Operation.test.ts
index 11f3d813b..9cd551654 100644
--- a/src/core/operations/Operation.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/operations/Operation.test.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ const cases: [string, Operation, Operation][] = [
   ],
 ];
 
+// PATCH and DELETE subscriptions/{id} take no user JWT on the server.
+const unsignedRoutes = new Set<string>([
+  OPERATION_NAME._UpdateSubscription,
+  OPERATION_NAME._DeleteSubscription,
+]);
+
 describe('Operation owner', () => {
   describe.each(cases)('%s', (name, identified, anonymous) => {
     test('carries the externalId it was built with', () => {
@@ -104,9 +110,10 @@ describe('Operation owner', () => {
       expect(anonymous.toJSON()).not.toHaveProperty('externalId');
     });
 
-    test('requires a JWT by default', () => {
-      expect(identified._requiresJwt).toBe(true);
-      expect(anonymous._requiresJwt).toBe(true);
+    test('requires a JWT unless the server does not check one on its route', () => {
+      const expected = !unsignedRoutes.has(name);
+      expect(identified._requiresJwt).toBe(expected);
+      expect(anonymous._requiresJwt).toBe(expected);
     });
 
     test('round-trips the externalId through the operation store', () => {
diff --git a/src/core/operations/UpdateSubscriptionOperation.ts b/src/core/operations/UpdateSubscriptionOperation.ts
index bb38bc682..e1aa7d22b 100644
--- a/src/core/operations/UpdateSubscriptionOperation.ts
+++ b/src/core/operations/UpdateSubscriptionOperation.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,10 @@ export class UpdateSubscriptionOperation extends BaseFullSubscriptionOperation {
   constructor(subscription?: SubscriptionWithAppId) {
     super(OPERATION_NAME._UpdateSubscription, subscription);
   }
+
+  // The server rejects a bearer on PATCH subscriptions/{id} and accepts the
+  // request without one, so the SDK never signs it and must not wait for a token.
+  override get _requiresJwt(): boolean {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/requests/api.ts b/src/core/requests/api.ts
index 5be1030ae..cc97f5c78 100644
--- a/src/core/requests/api.ts
+++ b/src/core/requests/api.ts
@@ -179,12 +179,14 @@ export async function createSubscriptionByAlias(
 
 /**
  * Updates an existing Subscription’s properties.
+ * Never signed: the server rejects a bearer on this route with 401 and
+ * accepts the request without one.
  * @param requestMetadata - { appId }
  * @param subscriptionId - subscription id
  * @param subscription - subscription object
  */
 export async function updateSubscriptionById(
-  requestMetadata: RequestMetadata,
+  requestMetadata: Omit<RequestMetadata, 'jwt'>,
   subscriptionId: string,
   subscription: ICreateUserSubscription,
 ) {
@@ -197,11 +199,12 @@ export async function updateSubscriptionById(
 /**
  * Deletes the subscription.
  * Creates an "orphan" user record if the user has no other subscriptions.
+ * Never signed: the server ignores a bearer on this route.
  * @param requestMetadata - { appId }
  * @param subscriptionId - subscription id
  */
 export async function deleteSubscriptionById(
-  requestMetadata: RequestMetadata,
+  requestMetadata: Omit<RequestMetadata, 'jwt'>,
   subscriptionId: string,
 ) {
   const { appId } = requestMetadata;