diff --git a/SentryDeck.Tests/Fixtures/FakeCameraPlayer.cs b/SentryDeck.Tests/Fixtures/FakeCameraPlayer.cs
index 6e96554..3eb1d1f 100644
--- a/SentryDeck.Tests/Fixtures/FakeCameraPlayer.cs
+++ b/SentryDeck.Tests/Fixtures/FakeCameraPlayer.cs
@@ -67,10 +67,17 @@ public async Task<bool> OpenAsync(string path)
         return OpenResult;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional hook invoked synchronously inside <see cref="PlayAsync"/>, mirroring <see cref="SeekCallback"/>.
+    /// Lets a test make the clip end while a play operation is still in flight, which is the ordering that used to leave the controller reporting playback on a finished clip.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Action PlayCallback { get; set; }
+
     public Task PlayAsync()
     {
         PlayCount++;
         CallLog.Add("play");
+        PlayCallback?.Invoke();
         return Task.CompletedTask;
     }
 
diff --git a/SentryDeck.Tests/VideoPlayerControllerTests.cs b/SentryDeck.Tests/VideoPlayerControllerTests.cs
index 8769848..000dc2a 100644
--- a/SentryDeck.Tests/VideoPlayerControllerTests.cs
+++ b/SentryDeck.Tests/VideoPlayerControllerTests.cs
@@ -435,6 +435,59 @@ public async Task FrontMediaEnded_WithinTolerance_CompletesNormallyWithoutRebuil
         controller.IsMediaOpen.ShouldBeTrue();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PlayAsync_WhenTheClipEndsDuringTheCall_DoesNotReportPlaying()
+    {
+        using var clipFiles = TestClipFiles.Create(chunkCount: 2);
+        var front = new FakeCameraPlayer();
+        using var controller = CreateController(front);
+
+        controller.LoadClips([clipFiles.Clip]);
+        controller.Playlist.MoveTo(0);
+        await WaitUntilClipOpenedAsync(controller, front);
+
+        await controller.PauseAsync();
+        var duration = controller.Duration;
+
+        // Play pressed near the end, or queued behind a slow open: the clip runs out while the play operation is still in flight.
+        // The Ended handler clears IsPlaying, and the play call must not then set it back, or the transport claims to be playing a clip parked on its last frame until the user presses something else.
+        front.PlayCallback = () =>
+        {
+            front.PlayCallback = null;
+            front.RaisePositionChanged(duration);
+            front.RaiseEnded();
+        };
+
+        await controller.PlayAsync();
+
+        await Wait.UntilAsync(() => controller.Position == duration);
+        controller.IsPlaying.ShouldBeFalse();
+        controller.Position.ShouldBe(duration);
+        // The clip is finished, not broken: the media stays open so the scrubber and frame-step still work.
+        controller.IsMediaOpen.ShouldBeTrue();
+        controller.ErrorMessage.ShouldBeNull();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task PlayAsync_WhenTheClipKeepsPlaying_ReportsPlaying()
+    {
+        using var clipFiles = TestClipFiles.Create(chunkCount: 2);
+        var front = new FakeCameraPlayer();
+        using var controller = CreateController(front);
+
+        controller.LoadClips([clipFiles.Clip]);
+        controller.Playlist.MoveTo(0);
+        await WaitUntilClipOpenedAsync(controller, front);
+
+        await controller.PauseAsync();
+        controller.IsPlaying.ShouldBeFalse();
+
+        // The guard above must only suppress the state a finished clip already settled; an ordinary resume still reports playback.
+        await controller.PlayAsync();
+
+        controller.IsPlaying.ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task FrontMediaEnded_WithNextClip_StaysOnCurrentClipWithoutAdvancing()
     {
diff --git a/SentryDeck/Playback/VideoPlayerController.cs b/SentryDeck/Playback/VideoPlayerController.cs
index 4267e1e..e6f19fa 100644
--- a/SentryDeck/Playback/VideoPlayerController.cs
+++ b/SentryDeck/Playback/VideoPlayerController.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ public sealed partial class VideoPlayerController : ObservableObject, IDisposabl
     private ClipMediaSource _openedMediaSource;
     private int _recoveryAttempts;
 
+    // Bumped every time playback ends on its own, so a play operation that is already in flight can tell that the clip finished underneath it.
+    private long _playbackEndedCount;
+
     [ObservableProperty]
     [NotifyPropertyChangedFor(nameof(CanPlayPause))]
     private bool _isLoading;
@@ -182,8 +185,16 @@ await RunSerializedPlaybackOperationAsync(async _ =>
             {
                 if (IsMediaOpen && _openedClip == clip)
                 {
+                    // Snapshot before starting the players: a clip can reach its end while this operation is in flight, either because play was pressed close to the end or because the operation queued behind a slow open, and by the time it returns the Ended handler has already cleared IsPlaying.
+                    // Re-asserting it here would leave the transport claiming to play a clip parked on its last frame, and nothing clears that until the user presses something else.
+                    var endedCountBeforePlay = Interlocked.Read(ref _playbackEndedCount);
+
                     await PlayOpenPlayersAsync();
-                    IsPlaying = true;
+
+                    if (Interlocked.Read(ref _playbackEndedCount) == endedCountBeforePlay)
+                    {
+                        IsPlaying = true;
+                    }
                 }
             });
 
@@ -1013,6 +1024,7 @@ private async void OnPlayerEnded(object sender, EventArgs e)
 
         var wasPlaying = IsPlaying;
         IsPlaying = false;
+        Interlocked.Increment(ref _playbackEndedCount);
 
         // Deliberately NOT gated on IsLoading: the front plays (and can end or die on a corrupt first chunk) while the secondary-camera joins are still in flight, and IsLoading stays true until that whole open completes.
         // The request-id check above already filters the transitions IsLoading used to guard (clip changes zero _currentMediaRequestId first).