diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details-external-launch.spec.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details-external-launch.spec.ts
index 2ed46e85d..0785b3e89 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details-external-launch.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details-external-launch.spec.ts
@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@ describe('openEpisodeExternally', () => {
         const openExternalPlayback = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
         const closeSession = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
         const launchOwner = jest.fn().mockReturnValue('xtream-1:103');
+        const pageToken = jest.fn().mockReturnValue('xtream-1:103#1');
         return {
             openExternalPlayback,
             closeSession,
             launchOwner,
+            pageToken,
             host: {
                 portalPlayer: { openExternalPlayback },
                 externalPlayback: {
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ describe('openEpisodeExternally', () => {
                     closeSession,
                 },
                 launchOwner,
+                pageToken,
             },
         };
     }
@@ -255,6 +258,27 @@ describe('openEpisodeExternally', () => {
         expect(startNew).toHaveBeenCalledWith('episode-2');
     });
 
+    it('lets a reopened series launch the episode an earlier visit still settles', async () => {
+        const first = host(session());
+        let settleClose: () => void = () => undefined;
+        first.closeSession.mockImplementation(
+            () => new Promise<void>((resolve) => (settleClose = resolve))
+        );
+        const stale = openEpisodeExternally(first.host, PLAYBACK, 'mpv');
+        // The viewer left; this visit's page is gone.
+        first.launchOwner.mockReturnValue(null);
+
+        const reopened = host(null);
+        reopened.pageToken.mockReturnValue('xtream-1:103#2');
+        const fresh = openEpisodeExternally(reopened.host, PLAYBACK, 'mpv');
+        settleClose();
+        await stale;
+        await fresh;
+
+        expect(first.openExternalPlayback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(reopened.openExternalPlayback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
     it('keeps the running player when closing it fails', async () => {
         const t = host(session());
         t.closeSession.mockRejectedValue(new Error('still busy'));
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details-external-launch.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details-external-launch.ts
index b45654df1..5f65c9d25 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details-external-launch.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/serial-details/serial-details-external-launch.ts
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ export interface SeriesExternalLaunchHost {
     >;
     /** `playlist:series` on screen, null once the page is gone. */
     launchOwner(): string | null;
+    /** Owner plus visit: a reopened series is a new page for the duplicate guard. */
+    pageToken(): string;
 }
 
-/** `owner:episode` keys of launches that have not settled yet. */
+/** `page:episode` keys of launches that have not settled yet. */
 const launchesInFlight = new Set<string>();
 /** Per owner, the tail of its launch chain: a second episode waits its turn. */
 const launchChains = new Map<string, Promise<unknown>>();
@@ -144,7 +146,10 @@ export async function openEpisodeExternally(
     if (!owner) {
         return;
     }
-    const key = `${owner}:${playback.contentInfo?.contentXtreamId ?? playback.streamUrl}`;
+    // Keyed by the visit, not the owner: a launch left behind by an earlier
+    // visit of the same series must not swallow the reopened page's click,
+    // which instead queues behind it on the owner's chain.
+    const key = `${host.pageToken()}:${playback.contentInfo?.contentXtreamId ?? playback.streamUrl}`;
     if (launchesInFlight.has(key)) {
         return;
     }