diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dc6f142..d705466a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #### 4.0.13 (20 Jul 2026)
+- fix: the voice-ended callback is no longer invoked while SoLoud's audio mutex is held. It ran there via `stopVoice_internal()` and reached back into `Player` state, which deadlocked against `disposeSound()` (which holds `sounds_mutex` across `soloud.stop()`). The symptom was a wedged engine: handles and sources still looked valid, no audio was produced, and `deinit()` never completed. Ended voices are now queued and dispatched once the mutex is released
 - Android: the plugin now does no native work at app startup. Plugin registration and `onAttachedToEngine` are pure Java bookkeeping; the native library is loaded lazily, only when an engine-lifecycle hook actually has to call into it. Previously a static initializer pulled the whole library onto the main thread during app launch even for apps that never played a sound, and a load failure there crashed plugin registration
 - fix: Waveform audio sources do not match engine sample rate #501. Thanks to @Colton127
 - Android now stops the audio device when idle (no active voices) like every other platform, releasing the audioserver `AudioMix` partial wakelock #250; use `setAudioDeviceIdleTimeout()` to keep it running
diff --git a/src/soloud/include/soloud.h b/src/soloud/include/soloud.h
index 33c413bd..9c9cc084 100644
--- a/src/soloud/include/soloud.h
+++ b/src/soloud/include/soloud.h
@@ -171,12 +171,25 @@ namespace SoLoud
 		soloudResultFunction mBackendPauseFunc;
 		soloudResultFunction mBackendResumeFunc;
 
-		// Set the callback to call when a voice is ended/stopped
-		void (*_voiceEndedCallback)(unsigned int*) = nullptr;
+		// Set the callback to call when a voice is ended/stopped.
+		//
+		// stopVoice_internal() runs with the audio mutex held, so it must not
+		// call out to the embedder directly: an embedder callback that crashes,
+		// stalls, or blocks (for example a Dart NativeCallable whose isolate has
+		// gone away) would strand the audio mutex and wedge every later SoLoud
+		// call, including deinit(). Ended voices are queued instead and
+		// dispatched by unlockAudioMutex_internal() once the mutex is released.
+		std::atomic<void (*)(unsigned int*)> _voiceEndedCallback{nullptr};
 		void setVoiceEndedCallback(void (*voiceEndedCallback)(unsigned int*)) {
-			_voiceEndedCallback = voiceEndedCallback;
+			_voiceEndedCallback.store(voiceEndedCallback,
+				std::memory_order_release);
 		}
 
+		// Handles of voices that ended while the audio mutex was held, pending
+		// dispatch. Both members are only touched with the audio mutex held.
+		unsigned int mEndedVoiceQueue[VOICE_COUNT];
+		unsigned int mEndedVoiceCount = 0;
+
 		// Called after a mix cycle in which a voice stopped or became paused.
 		// The callback runs after the audio mutex has been released.
 		std::atomic<void (*)()> _voiceInactiveCallback{nullptr};
@@ -545,6 +558,10 @@ namespace SoLoud
 		void lockAudioMutex_internal();
 		// Unlock audio thread mutex.
 		void unlockAudioMutex_internal();
+		// Slow path of unlockAudioMutex_internal(): drains mEndedVoiceQueue.
+		// Kept out of line so the common (empty queue) path does not carry the
+		// snapshot buffer in its stack frame.
+		void unlockAudioMutexAndDispatchEndedVoices_internal();
 
 		// Max. number of active voices. Busses and tickable inaudibles also count against this.
 		unsigned int mMaxActiveVoices;
diff --git a/src/soloud/src/core/soloud.cpp b/src/soloud/src/core/soloud.cpp
index 7c206b4d..22ce9762 100644
--- a/src/soloud/src/core/soloud.cpp
+++ b/src/soloud/src/core/soloud.cpp
@@ -2332,6 +2332,13 @@ namespace SoLoud
 	void Soloud::unlockAudioMutex_internal()
 	{
 		SOLOUD_ASSERT(mInsideAudioThreadMutex);
+
+		if (mEndedVoiceCount != 0)
+		{
+			unlockAudioMutexAndDispatchEndedVoices_internal();
+			return;
+		}
+
 		mInsideAudioThreadMutex = false;
 		if (mAudioThreadMutex)
 		{
@@ -2339,4 +2346,46 @@ namespace SoLoud
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Release the audio mutex, then notify the embedder about voices that ended
+	// while it was held. stopVoice_internal() cannot call out directly because it
+	// runs under the mutex, and an embedder callback that stalls or crashes there
+	// would strand the mutex and wedge every later SoLoud call, teardown included.
+	//
+	// The pending handles are copied out and the queue cleared *before* the
+	// unlock, so another thread that acquires the mutex and queues more work
+	// cannot corrupt this dispatch or have its own work consumed here.
+	void Soloud::unlockAudioMutexAndDispatchEndedVoices_internal()
+	{
+		SOLOUD_ASSERT(mInsideAudioThreadMutex);
+
+		unsigned int endedVoices[VOICE_COUNT];
+		unsigned int endedVoiceCount = mEndedVoiceCount;
+		unsigned int i;
+
+		if (endedVoiceCount > VOICE_COUNT)
+			endedVoiceCount = VOICE_COUNT;
+		for (i = 0; i < endedVoiceCount; i++)
+			endedVoices[i] = mEndedVoiceQueue[i];
+		mEndedVoiceCount = 0;
+
+		mInsideAudioThreadMutex = false;
+		if (mAudioThreadMutex)
+		{
+			Thread::unlockMutex(mAudioThreadMutex);
+		}
+
+		// Read after unlocking so a concurrent setVoiceEndedCallback(nullptr)
+		// during teardown is honoured as early as possible.
+		auto voiceEndedCallback =
+			_voiceEndedCallback.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+		if (voiceEndedCallback == nullptr)
+			return;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < endedVoiceCount; i++)
+		{
+			unsigned int handle = endedVoices[i];
+			voiceEndedCallback(&handle);
+		}
+	}
+
 };
diff --git a/src/soloud/src/core/soloud_core_voiceops.cpp b/src/soloud/src/core/soloud_core_voiceops.cpp
index d850a686..42591fea 100644
--- a/src/soloud/src/core/soloud_core_voiceops.cpp
+++ b/src/soloud/src/core/soloud_core_voiceops.cpp
@@ -134,9 +134,15 @@ namespace SoLoud
 			{
 				if (mResampleDataOwner[i] == v)
 				{
-					if (_voiceEndedCallback != nullptr) {
-						unsigned int handle = (aVoice + 1) | (mResampleDataOwner[i]->mPlayIndex << 12);
-						_voiceEndedCallback(&handle);
+					// Queue rather than call: the audio mutex is held here (see
+					// the assert above) and the embedder callback must not run
+					// under it. unlockAudioMutex_internal() dispatches these.
+					// mEndedVoiceQueue holds VOICE_COUNT entries and a voice can
+					// only be queued once per stop, so it cannot overflow.
+					if (mEndedVoiceCount < VOICE_COUNT)
+					{
+						mEndedVoiceQueue[mEndedVoiceCount++] =
+							(aVoice + 1) | (mResampleDataOwner[i]->mPlayIndex << 12);
 					}
 					mResampleDataOwner[i] = NULL;
 				}