diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 3e5acbd2..23bd8271 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@
         <button class="update-btn" onclick="dismissUpdate()">Later</button>
         <button class="update-btn update-primary" id="btnApplyUpdate" onclick="applyUpdates()">Update Now</button>
         <button class="update-btn" id="btnForceUpdate" style="display:none;background:var(--error,#e05);color:#fff;border-color:var(--error,#e05)" onclick="forceUpdate(this)">Force update</button>
+        <button class="update-btn" id="btnClearUpdateLock" style="display:none" onclick="applyClearUpdateLock(this)">Clear lock and retry update</button>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="update-banner" id="staleClientBanner">
diff --git a/tests/test_update_banner_fixes.py b/tests/test_update_banner_fixes.py
index 13bbe4f9..b9f7610e 100644
--- a/tests/test_update_banner_fixes.py
+++ b/tests/test_update_banner_fixes.py
@@ -1805,6 +1805,39 @@ class TestIndexHtmlBanner:
         )
 
 
+class TestClearLockButton:
+    """PR #5688 follow-up: clear-lock button must exist in index.html and be
+    hidden by default. Without this, the v2 frontend recovery path is dead --
+    $('btnClearUpdateLock') returns null at runtime so the lock-only error
+    branch in _showUpdateError() never reveals a clickable affordance (P1).
+    """
+
+    def test_clear_lock_button_exists(self):
+        src = read('static/index.html')
+        assert 'id="btnClearUpdateLock"' in src, (
+            "index.html must have #btnClearUpdateLock button (hidden by "
+            "default) -- PR #5688 v2 frontend path"
+        )
+
+    def test_clear_lock_button_hidden_by_default(self):
+        src = read('static/index.html')
+        m = re.search(r'id="btnClearUpdateLock"[^>]*>', src)
+        assert m, "#btnClearUpdateLock not found"
+        tag = m.group(0)
+        assert 'display:none' in tag, (
+            "#btnClearUpdateLock must be hidden by default (display:none)"
+        )
+
+    def test_clear_lock_button_calls_applyClearUpdateLock_handler(self):
+        src = read('static/index.html')
+        m = re.search(r'id="btnClearUpdateLock"[^>]*>', src)
+        assert m, "#btnClearUpdateLock not found"
+        tag = m.group(0)
+        assert 'applyClearUpdateLock(this)' in tag, (
+            "#btnClearUpdateLock onclick must invoke applyClearUpdateLock"
+        )
+
+
 # ── Regression: sequential webui+agent update — restart coordination ──────────
 
 class TestSequentialUpdateRestartCoordination: