diff --git a/changes/fix-anilist-timepos-threshold.md b/changes/fix-anilist-timepos-threshold.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bc1c0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/fix-anilist-timepos-threshold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+type: fixed
+area: anilist
+
+- Used fresh mpv time-position events for AniList post-watch threshold checks so progress updates still fire when playback reaches the watched threshold.
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 01413126..8a9604c0 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -3986,7 +3986,7 @@ const {
     reportJellyfinRemoteStopped: () => {
       void reportJellyfinRemoteStopped();
     },
-    maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: () => maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate(),
+    maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: (options) => maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate(options),
     logSubtitleTimingError: (message, error) => logger.error(message, error),
     broadcastToOverlayWindows: (channel, payload) => {
       broadcastToOverlayWindows(channel, payload);
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/anilist-post-watch.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/anilist-post-watch.test.ts
index 83923a11..7fa3c529 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/anilist-post-watch.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/anilist-post-watch.test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,46 @@ test('createMaybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdateHandler force-runs manual watched upda
   assert.ok(calls.includes('osd:updated ok'));
 });
 
+test('createMaybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdateHandler uses provided watched seconds from time-position events', async () => {
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  const handler = createMaybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdateHandler({
+    getInFlight: () => false,
+    setInFlight: (value) => calls.push(`inflight:${value}`),
+    getResolvedConfig: () => ({}),
+    isAnilistTrackingEnabled: () => true,
+    getCurrentMediaKey: () => '/tmp/video.mkv',
+    hasMpvClient: () => true,
+    getTrackedMediaKey: () => '/tmp/video.mkv',
+    resetTrackedMedia: () => {},
+    getWatchedSeconds: () => 0,
+    maybeProbeAnilistDuration: async () => 1000,
+    ensureAnilistMediaGuess: async () => ({ title: 'Show', season: null, episode: 8 }),
+    hasAttemptedUpdateKey: () => false,
+    processNextAnilistRetryUpdate: async () => ({ ok: true, message: 'noop' }),
+    refreshAnilistClientSecretState: async () => 'token',
+    enqueueRetry: () => calls.push('enqueue'),
+    markRetryFailure: () => calls.push('mark-failure'),
+    markRetrySuccess: () => calls.push('mark-success'),
+    refreshRetryQueueState: () => calls.push('refresh'),
+    updateAnilistPostWatchProgress: async () => {
+      calls.push('update');
+      return { status: 'updated', message: 'updated ok' };
+    },
+    rememberAttemptedUpdateKey: () => calls.push('remember'),
+    showMpvOsd: (message) => calls.push(`osd:${message}`),
+    logInfo: (message) => calls.push(`info:${message}`),
+    logWarn: (message) => calls.push(`warn:${message}`),
+    minWatchSeconds: 600,
+    minWatchRatio: 0.85,
+  });
+
+  await handler({ watchedSeconds: 850 });
+
+  assert.ok(calls.includes('update'));
+  assert.ok(calls.includes('remember'));
+  assert.ok(calls.includes('osd:updated ok'));
+});
+
 test('createMaybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdateHandler blocks concurrent runs before async gating', async () => {
   const calls: string[] = [];
   let inFlight = false;
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/anilist-post-watch.ts b/src/main/runtime/anilist-post-watch.ts
index 47a9a3d4..dfad685c 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/anilist-post-watch.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/anilist-post-watch.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type RetryQueueItem = {
 
 type AnilistPostWatchRunOptions = {
   force?: boolean;
+  watchedSeconds?: number;
 };
 
 export function buildAnilistAttemptKey(mediaKey: string, episode: number): string {
@@ -146,7 +147,10 @@ export function createMaybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdateHandler(deps: {
 
     let watchedSeconds = 0;
     if (!force) {
-      watchedSeconds = deps.getWatchedSeconds();
+      watchedSeconds =
+        typeof options.watchedSeconds === 'number' && Number.isFinite(options.watchedSeconds)
+          ? options.watchedSeconds
+          : deps.getWatchedSeconds();
       if (!Number.isFinite(watchedSeconds) || watchedSeconds < deps.minWatchSeconds) {
         return;
       }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-actions.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-actions.test.ts
index dc862687..604301c0 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-actions.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-actions.test.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,23 @@ test('time-pos and pause handlers report progress with correct urgency', () => {
   ]);
 });
 
+test('time-pos handler passes fresh playback time to AniList post-watch', async () => {
+  const watchedSeconds: unknown[] = [];
+  const timeHandler = createHandleMpvTimePosChangeHandler({
+    recordPlaybackPosition: () => {},
+    reportJellyfinRemoteProgress: () => {},
+    refreshDiscordPresence: () => {},
+    maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: async (options) => {
+      watchedSeconds.push(options?.watchedSeconds);
+    },
+  });
+
+  timeHandler({ time: 850 });
+  await Promise.resolve();
+
+  assert.deepEqual(watchedSeconds, [850]);
+});
+
 test('time-pos handler logs post-watch update rejection without blocking later handlers', async () => {
   const calls: string[] = [];
   const timeHandler = createHandleMpvTimePosChangeHandler({
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-actions.ts b/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-actions.ts
index b2a5952a..d255cf12 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-actions.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-actions.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import type { SubtitleData } from '../../types';
 
+type AnilistPostWatchRunOptions = {
+  watchedSeconds?: number;
+};
+
 export function createHandleMpvSubtitleChangeHandler(deps: {
   setCurrentSubText: (text: string) => void;
   getImmediateSubtitlePayload?: (text: string) => SubtitleData | null;
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@ export function createHandleMpvTimePosChangeHandler(deps: {
   recordPlaybackPosition: (time: number) => void;
   reportJellyfinRemoteProgress: (forceImmediate: boolean) => void;
   refreshDiscordPresence: () => void;
-  maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate?: () => Promise<void>;
+  maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate?: (options?: AnilistPostWatchRunOptions) => Promise<void>;
   logError?: (message: string, error: unknown) => void;
   onTimePosUpdate?: (time: number) => void;
 }) {
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ export function createHandleMpvTimePosChangeHandler(deps: {
     deps.recordPlaybackPosition(time);
     deps.reportJellyfinRemoteProgress(false);
     deps.refreshDiscordPresence();
-    void deps.maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate?.().catch((error) => {
+    void deps.maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate?.({ watchedSeconds: time }).catch((error) => {
       deps.logError?.('AniList post-watch update failed unexpectedly', error);
     });
     deps.onTimePosUpdate?.(time);
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-bindings.ts b/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-bindings.ts
index 4641b983..5ac92d69 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-bindings.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-bindings.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ import {
 
 type MpvEventClient = Parameters<ReturnType<typeof createBindMpvClientEventHandlers>>[0];
 
+type AnilistPostWatchRunOptions = {
+  watchedSeconds?: number;
+};
+
 export function createBindMpvMainEventHandlersHandler(deps: {
   reportJellyfinRemoteStopped: () => void;
   syncOverlayMpvSubtitleSuppression: () => void;
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ export function createBindMpvMainEventHandlersHandler(deps: {
   recordImmersionSubtitleLine: (text: string, start: number, end: number) => void;
   hasSubtitleTimingTracker: () => boolean;
   recordSubtitleTiming: (text: string, start: number, end: number) => void;
-  maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: () => Promise<void>;
+  maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: (options?: AnilistPostWatchRunOptions) => Promise<void>;
   logSubtitleTimingError: (message: string, error: unknown) => void;
 
   setCurrentSubText: (text: string) => void;
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ export function createBindMpvMainEventHandlersHandler(deps: {
       reportJellyfinRemoteProgress: (forceImmediate) =>
         deps.reportJellyfinRemoteProgress(forceImmediate),
       refreshDiscordPresence: () => deps.refreshDiscordPresence(),
-      maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: () => deps.maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate(),
+      maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: (options) => deps.maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate(options),
       logError: (message, error) => deps.logSubtitleTimingError(message, error),
       onTimePosUpdate: (time) => deps.onTimePosUpdate?.(time),
     });
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-main-deps.ts b/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-main-deps.ts
index a703ba13..6a1c4bb0 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-main-deps.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/mpv-main-event-main-deps.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import type { MergedToken, SubtitleData } from '../../types';
 
+type AnilistPostWatchRunOptions = {
+  watchedSeconds?: number;
+};
+
 export function createBuildBindMpvMainEventHandlersMainDepsHandler(deps: {
   appState: {
     initialArgs?: {
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ export function createBuildBindMpvMainEventHandlersMainDepsHandler(deps: {
   quitApp: () => void;
   reportJellyfinRemoteStopped: () => void;
   syncOverlayMpvSubtitleSuppression: () => void;
-  maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: () => Promise<void>;
+  maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: (options?: AnilistPostWatchRunOptions) => Promise<void>;
   logSubtitleTimingError: (message: string, error: unknown) => void;
   broadcastToOverlayWindows: (channel: string, payload: unknown) => void;
   getImmediateSubtitlePayload?: (text: string) => SubtitleData | null;
@@ -126,7 +130,8 @@ export function createBuildBindMpvMainEventHandlersMainDepsHandler(deps: {
     hasSubtitleTimingTracker: () => Boolean(deps.appState.subtitleTimingTracker),
     recordSubtitleTiming: (text: string, start: number, end: number) =>
       deps.appState.subtitleTimingTracker?.recordSubtitle?.(text, start, end),
-    maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: () => deps.maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate(),
+    maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate: (options?: AnilistPostWatchRunOptions) =>
+      deps.maybeRunAnilistPostWatchUpdate(options),
     logSubtitleTimingError: (message: string, error: unknown) =>
       deps.logSubtitleTimingError(message, error),
     setCurrentSubText: (text: string) => {