diff --git a/changes/fix-jellyfin-modern-auth.md b/changes/fix-jellyfin-modern-auth.md
index f4180fb7..7b64d059 100644
--- a/changes/fix-jellyfin-modern-auth.md
+++ b/changes/fix-jellyfin-modern-auth.md
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ area: jellyfin
 
 - Authenticate Jellyfin playback, subtitle, artwork, and remote-control socket URLs with the `ApiKey` query parameter and stop sending the legacy `X-Emby-Token` and `X-Emby-Authorization` headers, so the integration keeps working on Jellyfin 12 where legacy authorization is disabled by default.
 - Keep the cast-target websocket alive by answering Jellyfin keep-alive requests and reconnect when the server stops replying, so "Play on SubMiner" keeps working on Jellyfin 12 instead of silently dying about a minute after connecting. Failed playback progress and stop reports are now logged as warnings.
+
+- Send the playback stop report only after any in-flight progress report has finished and stop reporting progress the moment playback ends, so the Jellyfin "now playing" bar clears when you close or finish a cast video instead of running on to the end of the episode.
diff --git a/src/core/services/jellyfin-remote.test.ts b/src/core/services/jellyfin-remote.test.ts
index 69c358cd..e3433976 100644
--- a/src/core/services/jellyfin-remote.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/jellyfin-remote.test.ts
@@ -478,3 +478,38 @@ test('warns once per failing timeline endpoint until it recovers', async () => {
   assert.equal(await service.reportStopped(state), false);
   assert.equal(warnings.length, 2);
 });
+
+test('ignores messages from a superseded socket', () => {
+  const sockets: FakeWebSocket[] = [];
+  const playPayloads: unknown[] = [];
+
+  const service = new JellyfinRemoteSessionService({
+    serverUrl: 'http://jellyfin.local',
+    accessToken: 'token-stale',
+    deviceId: 'device-stale',
+    webSocketFactory: () => {
+      const socket = new FakeWebSocket();
+      sockets.push(socket);
+      return socket as unknown as any;
+    },
+    fetchImpl: (async () => new Response(null, { status: 200 })) as typeof fetch,
+    onPlay: (payload) => {
+      playPayloads.push(payload);
+    },
+    setTimer: (() => 1 as unknown as ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>) as unknown as typeof setTimeout,
+    clearTimer: (() => undefined) as typeof clearTimeout,
+  });
+
+  service.start();
+  service.stop();
+  service.start();
+  sockets[1]!.emit('open');
+  assert.equal(sockets.length, 2);
+
+  sockets[0]!.emit('message', JSON.stringify({ MessageType: 'ForceKeepAlive', Data: 10 }));
+  sockets[0]!.emit('message', JSON.stringify({ MessageType: 'Play', Data: { ItemIds: ['x'] } }));
+
+  assert.deepEqual(sockets[0]!.sent, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(playPayloads, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(sockets[1]!.sent, ['{"MessageType":"KeepAlive"}']);
+});
diff --git a/src/core/services/jellyfin-remote.ts b/src/core/services/jellyfin-remote.ts
index 0d484c6e..649f5a48 100644
--- a/src/core/services/jellyfin-remote.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/jellyfin-remote.ts
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ export class JellyfinRemoteSessionService {
     });
 
     socket.on('message', (rawData) => {
+      if (this.socket !== socket || !this.running) return;
       this.lastInboundAtMs = this.now();
       this.handleInboundMessage(socket, rawData);
     });
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-remote-composer.ts b/src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-remote-composer.ts
index 000ee004..f16fe964 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-remote-composer.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/composers/jellyfin-remote-composer.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   createHandleJellyfinRemoteGeneralCommand,
   createHandleJellyfinRemotePlay,
   createHandleJellyfinRemotePlaystate,
+  createJellyfinRemoteReportTracker,
   createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler,
   createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler,
 } from '../domains/jellyfin';
@@ -93,12 +94,15 @@ export function composeJellyfinRemoteHandlers(
       logDebug: options.logDebug,
       logWarn: options.logWarn,
     });
-  const reportJellyfinRemoteProgress = createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler(
-    buildReportJellyfinRemoteProgressMainDepsHandler(),
-  );
-  const reportJellyfinRemoteStopped = createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler(
-    buildReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedMainDepsHandler(),
-  );
+  const reportTracker = createJellyfinRemoteReportTracker();
+  const reportJellyfinRemoteProgress = createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler({
+    ...buildReportJellyfinRemoteProgressMainDepsHandler(),
+    reportTracker,
+  });
+  const reportJellyfinRemoteStopped = createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler({
+    ...buildReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedMainDepsHandler(),
+    reportTracker,
+  });
 
   const buildHandleJellyfinRemotePlayMainDepsHandler =
     createBuildHandleJellyfinRemotePlayMainDepsHandler({
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.test.ts
index b227f5aa..919250e5 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import {
   markJellyfinRemotePlaybackLoaded,
+  createJellyfinRemoteReportTracker,
   createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler,
   createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler,
   secondsToJellyfinTicks,
@@ -528,3 +529,70 @@ test('createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler ignores startup stop churn before
   assert.equal(stopped, false);
   assert.equal(cleared, false);
 });
+
+test('createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler clears playback before reporting and waits for in-flight progress', async () => {
+  const tracker = createJellyfinRemoteReportTracker();
+  let playback: { itemId: string; playMethod: 'DirectPlay'; loadedMediaPath: string } | null = {
+    itemId: 'item-1',
+    playMethod: 'DirectPlay',
+    loadedMediaPath: 'http://pve-main:8096/Videos/item-1/stream',
+  };
+  const calls: string[] = [];
+  let releaseProgress: () => void = () => undefined;
+  const progressGate = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+    releaseProgress = resolve;
+  });
+  const session = {
+    isConnected: () => true,
+    reportProgress: async ({ eventName }: { eventName: string }) => {
+      calls.push(`progress:${eventName}:${playback ? 'active' : 'cleared'}`);
+      if (calls.length === 1) await progressGate;
+      return true;
+    },
+    reportStopped: async () => {
+      calls.push(`stopped:${playback ? 'active' : 'cleared'}`);
+      return true;
+    },
+  };
+  const shared = {
+    getActivePlayback: () => playback,
+    clearActivePlayback: () => {
+      playback = null;
+    },
+    getSession: () => session,
+    getMpvClient: () => ({ currentTimePos: 42 }),
+    ticksPerSecond: 10_000_000,
+    logDebug: () => undefined,
+    reportTracker: tracker,
+  };
+  const reportProgress = createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler({
+    ...shared,
+    getNow: () => 10_000,
+    getLastProgressAtMs: () => 0,
+    setLastProgressAtMs: () => undefined,
+    progressIntervalMs: 3000,
+  });
+  const reportStopped = createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler(shared);
+
+  // A periodic tick is mid-request when the stop starts.
+  const tick = reportProgress(true);
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['progress:TimeUpdate:active']);
+  const stop = reportStopped();
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  assert.equal(playback, null);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['progress:TimeUpdate:active']);
+
+  // A tick fired after the stop began must not report anything.
+  await reportProgress(true);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, ['progress:TimeUpdate:active']);
+
+  releaseProgress();
+  await tick;
+  await stop;
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'progress:TimeUpdate:active',
+    'progress:TimeUpdate:cleared',
+    'stopped:cleared',
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.ts b/src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.ts
index 54ebd8fa..3e49e452 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/jellyfin-remote-playback.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,29 @@ function isSeekLikePositionJump(
   return Math.abs(nextPositionSeconds - previousPositionSeconds) >= thresholdSeconds;
 }
 
+// Jellyfin re-creates a session's NowPlayingItem from any progress report, so a progress
+// tick that lands after the stop report leaves the server showing playback forever. The
+// tracker lets the stop handler wait for reports that are already in flight.
+export type JellyfinRemoteReportTracker = {
+  track: (report: Promise<void>) => void;
+  settled: () => Promise<void>;
+};
+
+export function createJellyfinRemoteReportTracker(): JellyfinRemoteReportTracker {
+  const active = new Set<Promise<void>>();
+  return {
+    track: (report) => {
+      active.add(report);
+      void report.finally(() => active.delete(report));
+    },
+    settled: async () => {
+      while (active.size > 0) {
+        await Promise.allSettled([...active]);
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 export type JellyfinRemoteProgressReporterDeps = {
   getActivePlayback: () => ActiveJellyfinRemotePlaybackState | null;
   clearActivePlayback: () => void;
@@ -145,6 +168,7 @@ export type JellyfinRemoteProgressReporterDeps = {
   progressIntervalMs: number;
   ticksPerSecond: number;
   logDebug: (message: string, error: unknown) => void;
+  reportTracker?: JellyfinRemoteReportTracker;
 };
 
 export function createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler(
@@ -152,7 +176,7 @@ export function createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler(
 ) {
   let lastReportedPositionSeconds: number | null = null;
 
-  return async (force = false): Promise<void> => {
+  const report = async (force: boolean): Promise<void> => {
     const playback = deps.getActivePlayback();
     if (!playback) return;
     const session = deps.getSession();
@@ -193,6 +217,12 @@ export function createReportJellyfinRemoteProgressHandler(
       deps.logDebug('Failed to report Jellyfin remote progress', error);
     }
   };
+
+  return async (force = false): Promise<void> => {
+    const pending = report(force);
+    deps.reportTracker?.track(pending);
+    await pending;
+  };
 }
 
 export type JellyfinRemoteStoppedReporterDeps = {
@@ -204,6 +234,7 @@ export type JellyfinRemoteStoppedReporterDeps = {
   ticksPerSecond: number;
   logDebug: (message: string, error: unknown) => void;
   logWarn?: (message: string) => void;
+  reportTracker?: JellyfinRemoteReportTracker;
 };
 
 export function createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler(deps: JellyfinRemoteStoppedReporterDeps) {
@@ -227,6 +258,10 @@ export function createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler(deps: JellyfinRemoteSto
       deps.clearActivePlayback();
       return;
     }
+    // Clear before any network call so progress ticks fired during the stop find nothing to
+    // report, then let reports already in flight finish so none can arrive after the stop.
+    deps.clearActivePlayback();
+    await deps.reportTracker?.settled();
     try {
       const observedPositionSeconds = await readMpvPositionSecondsOrFallback(deps.getMpvClient());
       const positionSeconds = resolveReportablePositionSeconds(playback, observedPositionSeconds);
@@ -262,8 +297,6 @@ export function createReportJellyfinRemoteStoppedHandler(deps: JellyfinRemoteSto
       }
     } catch (error) {
       deps.logDebug('Failed to report Jellyfin remote stop', error);
-    } finally {
-      deps.clearActivePlayback();
     }
   };
 }