diff --git a/docs/architecture/vod-multi-source.md b/docs/architecture/vod-multi-source.md
index 46bbde403..9dae1fa02 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/vod-multi-source.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/vod-multi-source.md
@@ -304,7 +304,10 @@ the save throttle and applying it would visibly rewind.
 
 A resuming engine can emit a `timeupdate` at ~0 before it finishes seeking.
 `VodDetailsPlaybackService` guards this with a one-shot `resumeSettled` latch —
-a filter would have broken deliberate seek-backwards. `handleInlineTimeUpdate`
+a filter would have broken deliberate seek-backwards. The latch also releases
+when the target is out of reach: switching a two-hour position into a
+90-minute cut means the engine can never report it, and waiting would suppress
+every save for the rest of the session. `handleInlineTimeUpdate`
 returns that verdict and the route feeds multi-source the `startTime` it asked
 for until the engine gets there, so a switch or a failure during the initial
 seek does not resolve the next source at zero and restart the film. One latch
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.spec.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.spec.ts
index 41a1411a6..097a07515 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.spec.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,43 @@ describe('VodDetailsPlaybackService — external session ownership', () => {
         expect(addRecentItem).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('gives up on a resume point the source cannot reach', () => {
+        // Carrying a two-hour position into a 90-minute cut: the engine can
+        // never report that time, so latching on it would suppress every save
+        // for the whole session and keep re-reporting the impossible start.
+        service.inlinePlayback.set({
+            streamUrl: 'https://example.com/short-cut.mkv',
+            title: 'Example Movie',
+            startTime: 7200,
+            contentInfo: {
+                playlistId: ROUTE_PLAYLIST,
+                contentXtreamId: ROUTE_VOD_ID,
+                contentType: 'vod',
+            },
+        });
+
+        expect(
+            service.handleInlineTimeUpdate({ currentTime: 12, duration: 5400 })
+        ).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('still waits for a resume point the source can reach', () => {
+        service.inlinePlayback.set({
+            streamUrl: 'https://example.com/full.mkv',
+            title: 'Example Movie',
+            startTime: 2538,
+            contentInfo: {
+                playlistId: ROUTE_PLAYLIST,
+                contentXtreamId: ROUTE_VOD_ID,
+                contentType: 'vod',
+            },
+        });
+
+        expect(
+            service.handleInlineTimeUpdate({ currentTime: 12, duration: 7744 })
+        ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     describe('position updates from the bridge', () => {
         function emit(playlistId: string, contentXtreamId: number, at: number) {
             positionListener?.({
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.ts
index 461c2cc6d..b5c39afa6 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ export interface VodDetailsPlaybackBindings {
     /** Usable metadata of the selected VOD, if any */
     vodInfo: Signal<XtreamVodInfo | null>;
     /**
-     * The source actually playing when it is NOT the route's own — supplied by
-     * multi-source. An external player launched for an alternative carries
-     * that playlist's ids, so without this the session belongs to no page and
-     * its Stop button never appears.
+     * The source playing when it is NOT the route's own. An external player
+     * launched for an alternative carries that playlist's ids, so without
+     * this the session belongs to no page and never offers Stop.
      */
     activeSource?: Signal<PlayerContentInfo | null>;
 }
@@ -56,9 +55,7 @@ export class VodDetailsPlaybackService {
     private readonly logger = createLogger('VodDetailsPlayback');
 
     /** Signals bound from the host component via `bind()` */
-    private readonly bindings = signal<VodDetailsPlaybackBindings | null>(
-        null
-    );
+    private readonly bindings = signal<VodDetailsPlaybackBindings | null>(null);
     private lastSaveTime = 0;
     /** Cleared on every start; latches once playback reaches startTime. */
     private resumeSettled = false;
@@ -323,7 +320,11 @@ export class VodDetailsPlaybackService {
         // is still saved normally.
         if (!this.resumeSettled) {
             const startTime = playback.startTime ?? 0;
-            if (startTime > 0 && event.currentTime < startTime - 5)
+            // A shorter cut can never reach a position carried into it, and
+            // latching on that would suppress every save for the session.
+            const reachable =
+                !(event.duration > 0) || startTime < event.duration;
+            if (reachable && startTime > 0 && event.currentTime < startTime - 5)
                 return false;
             this.resumeSettled = true;
         }
@@ -380,8 +381,7 @@ export class VodDetailsPlaybackService {
      * engine survive and simply re-seek to `playback.startTime`.
      */
     startResolvedPlayback(playback: ResolvedPortalPlayback): void {
-        // Same movie, different source: still a view, and the picker and
-        // pin paths would otherwise leave it out of Recently Viewed.
+        // Same movie, different source: still a view.
         this.addToRecentlyViewed();
         this.startPlayback(playback);
     }