diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 01fd8a4f8..f25f47536 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -266,9 +266,11 @@ Key files:
 - The probe and playback helper share one sanitized loader environment:
   ambient audit, preload, library, graphics-driver, and shell-startup overrides
   are removed; the validated private closure wins; trusted Snap GL,
-  `graphics-core22`, and exact GNOME-platform roots precede generic in-snap
-  roots. The extracted-artifact verifier removes the identical unsafe
-  loader/graphics/shell set before direct helper smoke while preserving
+  `graphics-core22`, the core22 base x64 root, and exact GNOME-platform roots
+  precede generic in-snap roots. The core22 base must precede GNOME so its
+  `libedit.so.2` cannot be replaced by the older copy requiring
+  `libtinfo.so.5`. The extracted-artifact verifier removes the identical
+  unsafe loader/graphics/shell set before direct helper smoke while preserving
   feature/debug selectors such as `LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE`. Snap fixes the
   wrapper `PATH`, removes exported `BASH_FUNC_*` functions, and launches
   probe/playback through the regular executable
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 56652a1ac..3f5e5db1d 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -657,10 +657,12 @@ engine` (restart required) or
   links `libGL.so.1`, and probe/playback share a sanitized loader environment
   in which ambient audit, preload, library, graphics-driver, and shell-startup
   overrides are removed; the validated private closure plus trusted host GL,
-  graphics-content, and exact GNOME-platform roots have explicit precedence.
-  The extracted-artifact verifier removes the identical unsafe
-  loader/graphics/shell set before direct helper smoke while preserving
-  selectors such as `LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE`. Snap fixes the wrapper `PATH`,
+  graphics-content, core22 base x64, and exact GNOME-platform roots have
+  explicit precedence. The core22 base stays ahead of GNOME so the older
+  `libedit.so.2` requiring `libtinfo.so.5` cannot shadow the base ABI. The
+  extracted-artifact verifier removes the identical unsafe loader/graphics/
+  shell set before direct helper smoke while preserving selectors such as
+  `LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE`. Snap fixes the wrapper `PATH`,
   removes exported `BASH_FUNC_*` functions, and
   launches probe/playback through the regular executable
   `$SNAP/graphics/bin/graphics-core22-provider-wrapper`; a missing or
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-runtime/helper-environment.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-runtime/helper-environment.spec.ts
index 16da423e3..168ccc144 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-runtime/helper-environment.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-runtime/helper-environment.spec.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('createLinuxFrameCopyHelperEnvironment', () => {
         ).toEqual(GRAPHICS_SELECTOR_ENVIRONMENT);
     });
 
-    it('keeps trusted Snap GL roots ahead of generic Snap libraries', () => {
+    it('keeps trusted Snap GL and core22 roots ahead of older and generic libraries', () => {
         const snapRoot = '/snap/iptvnator/42';
         const nativeDir = path.join(
             snapRoot,
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ describe('createLinuxFrameCopyHelperEnvironment', () => {
                     'x86_64-linux-gnu',
                     'vdpau'
                 ),
+                '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu',
                 path.join(
                     snapRoot,
                     'gnome-platform',
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ describe('createLinuxFrameCopyHelperEnvironment', () => {
                     'x86_64-linux-gnu',
                     'vdpau'
                 ),
+                '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu',
                 path.join(snapRoot, 'lib'),
                 path.join(snapRoot, 'usr', 'lib'),
                 path.join(snapRoot, 'lib', 'x86_64-linux-gnu'),
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-runtime/helper-environment.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-runtime/helper-environment.ts
index fb9715748..ecf7d5c08 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-runtime/helper-environment.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy-runtime/helper-environment.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const TRUSTED_SNAP_EGL_VENDOR_ROOT = '/var/lib/snapd/lib/glvnd/egl_vendor.d';
 const SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME_DIRECTORY = 'gnome-platform';
 const SNAP_GRAPHICS_RUNTIME_DIRECTORY = 'graphics';
 const SNAP_X64_LIBRARY_TRIPLET = 'x86_64-linux-gnu';
+const TRUSTED_SNAP_BASE_LIBRARY_ROOT = '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu';
 const TRUSTED_SNAP_HELPER_PATH = '/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin';
 const TRUSTED_FLATPAK_APP_ID = 'com.fourgray.iptvnator';
 const TRUSTED_FLATPAK_APP_ROOT = '/app';
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ function getTrustedSnapLibraryPaths(
         ...snapLibraryPaths,
         graphicsLibraryRoot,
         path.join(graphicsLibraryRoot, 'vdpau'),
+        // The core22 libedit ABI must win over gnome-3-28's libtinfo5 build.
+        TRUSTED_SNAP_BASE_LIBRARY_ROOT,
         ...desktopLibraryPaths,
         path.join(snapRoot, 'lib'),
         path.join(snapRoot, 'usr', 'lib'),
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy.adapter.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy.adapter.spec.ts
index 4900c9f58..10698bd55 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy.adapter.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-frame-copy.adapter.spec.ts
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ describe('EmbeddedMpvFrameCopyAdapter', () => {
                             'x86_64-linux-gnu',
                             'vdpau'
                         ),
+                        '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu',
                         path.join(
                             snapRoot,
                             'gnome-platform',
diff --git a/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md b/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
index a2087fa10..156a249e4 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/embedded-mpv-native.md
@@ -316,12 +316,15 @@ ambient-path assertions and fail-closed application gate stay active.
 Inside a genuine Snap mount, filtered absolute `SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH` entries below
 `/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl` follow `native/lib`. The exact
 `$SNAP/graphics/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu` content-provider roots come next,
-followed by the GNOME platform's fixed x64 library, Mesa, DRI, and PulseAudio
-roots only when `SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME` resolves exactly to
-`$SNAP/gnome-platform`; generic `$SNAP` roots remain last. The helper also
-rebuilds the GBM, GL/VA driver, EGL vendor/platform, and Vulkan layer variables
-from those trusted roots. Caller-provided triplets, graphics-driver paths, and
-out-of-root loader entries are ignored.
+followed by the core22 base `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu`, then the GNOME
+platform's fixed x64 library, Mesa, DRI, and PulseAudio roots only when
+`SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME` resolves exactly to `$SNAP/gnome-platform`; generic
+`$SNAP` roots remain last. Core22 must precede that older desktop content
+runtime so its compatible `libedit.so.2` wins instead of the GNOME copy that
+requires unavailable `libtinfo.so.5`. The helper also rebuilds the GBM, GL/VA
+driver, EGL vendor/platform, and Vulkan layer variables from those trusted
+roots. Caller-provided triplets, graphics-driver paths, and out-of-root loader
+entries are ignored.
 Both the bounded probe and playback execute the helper through
 `$SNAP/graphics/bin/graphics-core22-provider-wrapper`. Before either launch,
 the app requires the mounted graphics root to be a real directory and the
diff --git a/tools/embedded-mpv/README.md b/tools/embedded-mpv/README.md
index 57361da99..0c16cc216 100644
--- a/tools/embedded-mpv/README.md
+++ b/tools/embedded-mpv/README.md
@@ -167,11 +167,14 @@ therefore invokes `flatpak run com.fourgray.iptvnator
 --embedded-mpv-runtime-probe` instead of executing the helper around the
 application gate. In a genuine Snap mount, filtered `SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH` GL roots
 under `/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl` come next, then the fixed x64
-`$SNAP/graphics` roots, then exact `$SNAP/gnome-platform` graphics/audio roots,
-and finally generic `$SNAP` library roots. The helper rebuilds GBM, GL/VA
-driver, EGL vendor/platform, and Vulkan layer variables from those trusted
-locations. A Linux session without the validated cached mode is rejected
-before spawn.
+`$SNAP/graphics` roots, then the core22 base
+`/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu`, exact `$SNAP/gnome-platform` graphics/audio roots,
+and finally generic `$SNAP` library roots. Keeping the base ABI ahead of the
+older GNOME content runtime prevents its `libedit.so.2` from injecting an
+unavailable `libtinfo.so.5` dependency into mesa-core22's software renderer.
+The helper rebuilds GBM, GL/VA driver, EGL vendor/platform, and Vulkan layer
+variables from those trusted locations. A Linux session without the validated
+cached mode is rejected before spawn.
 Both the bounded probe and playback execute through
 `$SNAP/graphics/bin/graphics-core22-provider-wrapper`. The graphics mount must
 be a real directory and the wrapper a regular, non-symlinked, readable