diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.dash.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.dash.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd48c9565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.dash.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import type { ChannelDrm } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import {
+    createFakeShakaEnvironment,
+    flushShakaMicrotasks,
+} from '../shaka-engine/shaka-player-test-double';
+import {
+    createSession,
+    hlsInstances,
+    initArtPlayerSourceSessionModule,
+    mpegTsInstances,
+    resetArtPlayerSourceFixtures,
+} from './art-player-source-session.spec-fixtures';
+
+describe('ArtPlayerSourceSession DASH (mpd custom type)', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+        await initArtPlayerSourceSessionModule();
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        resetArtPlayerSourceFixtures();
+    });
+
+    it('starts the Shaka engine with channel DRM for the mpd custom type', async () => {
+        const fakeShaka = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
+        const drm: ChannelDrm = {
+            licenseType: 'clearkey',
+            supported: true,
+            clearKeys: { abc: 'def' },
+        };
+        const { session, player, video } = createSession({
+            sharedControls: true,
+            getDrm: () => drm,
+            loadShaka: fakeShaka.loader,
+        });
+        session.attach(player);
+
+        session.customType['mpd']?.(
+            video,
+            'https://example.test/live.mpd',
+            player
+        );
+        await flushShakaMicrotasks();
+
+        expect(fakeShaka.loaderCalls).toBe(1);
+        expect(fakeShaka.instances).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(fakeShaka.instances[0].attachedTo).toBe(video);
+        expect(fakeShaka.instances[0].loadedUrls).toEqual([
+            'https://example.test/live.mpd',
+        ]);
+        expect(fakeShaka.instances[0].configureCalls).toEqual([
+            { drm: { clearKeys: { abc: 'def' } } },
+        ]);
+        expect(hlsInstances).toHaveLength(0);
+        expect(mpegTsInstances).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it('destroys the Shaka engine when the source changes or the session dies', async () => {
+        const fakeShaka = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
+        const { session, player, video } = createSession({
+            sharedControls: false,
+            loadShaka: fakeShaka.loader,
+        });
+        session.attach(player);
+
+        session.customType['mpd']?.(
+            video,
+            'https://example.test/live.mpd',
+            player
+        );
+        await flushShakaMicrotasks();
+        session.customType['m3u8']?.(
+            video,
+            'https://example.test/live.m3u8',
+            player
+        );
+        await flushShakaMicrotasks();
+
+        expect(fakeShaka.instances[0].destroyCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(hlsInstances).toHaveLength(1);
+
+        session.destroy();
+        await flushShakaMicrotasks();
+        expect(fakeShaka.instances).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.spec-fixtures.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.spec-fixtures.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26a046c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.spec-fixtures.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+import type Artplayer from 'artplayer';
+import type { ChannelDrm } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import type { PlaybackDiagnostic } from '../playback-diagnostics/playback-diagnostics.util';
+import { WebVideoControlsAdapter } from '../player-controls';
+import type { ShakaModuleLoader } from '../shaka-engine/shaka-module.types';
+import type { ArtPlayerSourceSession as ArtPlayerSourceSessionInstance } from './art-player-source-session';
+
+/**
+ * Shared engine mocks and session bootstrap for the ArtPlayerSourceSession
+ * spec files. Importing this module registers the hls.js/mpegts.js module
+ * mocks, so it must be imported before `initArtPlayerSourceSessionModule()`
+ * dynamically loads the session under test.
+ */
+
+export const hlsInstances: MockHls[] = [];
+export const mpegTsInstances: MockMpegTsPlayer[] = [];
+
+export class MockHls {
+    static Events = {
+        MANIFEST_PARSED: 'manifestParsed',
+        ERROR: 'error',
+        AUDIO_TRACKS_UPDATED: 'audioTracksUpdated',
+        AUDIO_TRACK_SWITCHING: 'audioTrackSwitching',
+        AUDIO_TRACK_SWITCHED: 'audioTrackSwitched',
+        SUBTITLE_TRACKS_UPDATED: 'subtitleTracksUpdated',
+        SUBTITLE_TRACKS_CLEARED: 'subtitleTracksCleared',
+        SUBTITLE_TRACK_SWITCH: 'subtitleTrackSwitch',
+        MANIFEST_LOADING: 'manifestLoading',
+    };
+
+    static isSupported = jest.fn(() => true);
+
+    readonly handlers = new Map<string, Array<(...args: unknown[]) => void>>();
+    readonly on = jest.fn(
+        (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
+            const handlers = this.handlers.get(event) ?? [];
+            handlers.push(handler);
+            this.handlers.set(event, handlers);
+        }
+    );
+    readonly off = jest.fn(
+        (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
+            const handlers = this.handlers.get(event) ?? [];
+            this.handlers.set(
+                event,
+                handlers.filter((candidate) => candidate !== handler)
+            );
+        }
+    );
+    readonly attachMedia = jest.fn();
+    readonly loadSource = jest.fn();
+    readonly destroy = jest.fn();
+    audioTracks: Array<{ name?: string; lang?: string }> = [];
+    audioTrack = 0;
+    subtitleTracks: Array<{ name?: string; lang?: string }> = [];
+    subtitleTrack = -1;
+    subtitleDisplay = false;
+
+    constructor() {
+        hlsInstances.push(this);
+    }
+
+    emit(event: string, ...args: unknown[]): void {
+        for (const handler of this.handlers.get(event) ?? []) {
+            handler(...args);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export class MockMpegTsPlayer {
+    readonly handlers = new Map<string, (...args: unknown[]) => void>();
+    readonly attachMediaElement = jest.fn();
+    readonly on = jest.fn(
+        (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
+            this.handlers.set(event, handler);
+        }
+    );
+    readonly off = jest.fn(
+        (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
+            if (this.handlers.get(event) === handler) {
+                this.handlers.delete(event);
+            }
+        }
+    );
+    readonly load = jest.fn();
+    readonly play = jest.fn(() => undefined as Promise<void> | void);
+    readonly pause = jest.fn();
+    readonly unload = jest.fn();
+    readonly detachMediaElement = jest.fn();
+    readonly destroy = jest.fn();
+
+    constructor() {
+        mpegTsInstances.push(this);
+    }
+}
+
+export const createMpegTsPlayer = jest.fn(() => new MockMpegTsPlayer());
+
+jest.unstable_mockModule('hls.js', () => ({
+    default: MockHls,
+}));
+
+jest.unstable_mockModule('mpegts.js', () => ({
+    default: {
+        Events: { ERROR: 'error' },
+        createPlayer: createMpegTsPlayer,
+        isSupported: jest.fn(() => true),
+    },
+}));
+
+let sessionConstructor:
+    | typeof import('./art-player-source-session').ArtPlayerSourceSession
+    | undefined;
+
+/** Loads the session module after the engine mocks above are registered. */
+export async function initArtPlayerSourceSessionModule(): Promise<void> {
+    ({ ArtPlayerSourceSession: sessionConstructor } = await import(
+        './art-player-source-session'
+    ));
+}
+
+export function resetArtPlayerSourceFixtures(): void {
+    hlsInstances.length = 0;
+    mpegTsInstances.length = 0;
+    createMpegTsPlayer
+        .mockClear()
+        .mockImplementation(() => new MockMpegTsPlayer());
+    MockHls.isSupported.mockReturnValue(true);
+}
+
+export function createSession({
+    sharedControls,
+    isLive = true,
+    emitPlaybackIssue = () => undefined,
+    getDrm,
+    loadShaka,
+}: {
+    sharedControls: boolean;
+    isLive?: boolean;
+    emitPlaybackIssue?: (issue: PlaybackDiagnostic) => void;
+    getDrm?: () => ChannelDrm | undefined;
+    loadShaka?: ShakaModuleLoader;
+}): {
+    session: ArtPlayerSourceSessionInstance;
+    player: Artplayer;
+    video: HTMLVideoElement;
+    adapter: WebVideoControlsAdapter;
+    settingAdd: jest.Mock;
+} {
+    const video = document.createElement('video');
+    const settingAdd = jest.fn();
+    const player = {
+        video,
+        setting: { add: settingAdd },
+    } as unknown as Artplayer;
+    const adapter = new WebVideoControlsAdapter();
+    const Session = requireSessionConstructor();
+
+    return {
+        session: new Session({
+            sharedControls,
+            controlsAdapter: adapter,
+            isLive: () => isLive,
+            showCaptions: () => false,
+            emitPlaybackIssue,
+            getDrm,
+            loadShaka,
+        }),
+        player,
+        video,
+        adapter,
+        settingAdd,
+    };
+}
+
+function requireSessionConstructor(): typeof import('./art-player-source-session').ArtPlayerSourceSession {
+    if (!sessionConstructor) {
+        throw new Error(
+            'ArtPlayerSourceSession test module is not initialized'
+        );
+    }
+    return sessionConstructor;
+}
+
+export function createTimeRanges(ends: number[]): TimeRanges {
+    return {
+        length: ends.length,
+        start: () => 0,
+        end: (index: number) => ends[index],
+    };
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.spec.ts
index d390bb954..05b7f031f 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/art-player/art-player-source-session.spec.ts
@@ -1,123 +1,23 @@
-import type Artplayer from 'artplayer';
-import type { ChannelDrm } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 import type { PlaybackDiagnostic } from '../playback-diagnostics/playback-diagnostics.util';
-import { WebVideoControlsAdapter } from '../player-controls';
-import type {
-    ShakaModuleLike,
-    ShakaModuleLoader,
-} from '../shaka-engine/shaka-module.types';
-import type { ArtPlayerSourceSession as ArtPlayerSourceSessionInstance } from './art-player-source-session';
-
-const hlsInstances: MockHls[] = [];
-const mpegTsInstances: MockMpegTsPlayer[] = [];
-
-class MockHls {
-    static Events = {
-        MANIFEST_PARSED: 'manifestParsed',
-        ERROR: 'error',
-        AUDIO_TRACKS_UPDATED: 'audioTracksUpdated',
-        AUDIO_TRACK_SWITCHING: 'audioTrackSwitching',
-        AUDIO_TRACK_SWITCHED: 'audioTrackSwitched',
-        SUBTITLE_TRACKS_UPDATED: 'subtitleTracksUpdated',
-        SUBTITLE_TRACKS_CLEARED: 'subtitleTracksCleared',
-        SUBTITLE_TRACK_SWITCH: 'subtitleTrackSwitch',
-        MANIFEST_LOADING: 'manifestLoading',
-    };
-
-    static isSupported = jest.fn(() => true);
-
-    readonly handlers = new Map<string, Array<(...args: unknown[]) => void>>();
-    readonly on = jest.fn(
-        (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
-            const handlers = this.handlers.get(event) ?? [];
-            handlers.push(handler);
-            this.handlers.set(event, handlers);
-        }
-    );
-    readonly off = jest.fn(
-        (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
-            const handlers = this.handlers.get(event) ?? [];
-            this.handlers.set(
-                event,
-                handlers.filter((candidate) => candidate !== handler)
-            );
-        }
-    );
-    readonly attachMedia = jest.fn();
-    readonly loadSource = jest.fn();
-    readonly destroy = jest.fn();
-    audioTracks: Array<{ name?: string; lang?: string }> = [];
-    audioTrack = 0;
-    subtitleTracks: Array<{ name?: string; lang?: string }> = [];
-    subtitleTrack = -1;
-    subtitleDisplay = false;
-
-    constructor() {
-        hlsInstances.push(this);
-    }
-
-    emit(event: string, ...args: unknown[]): void {
-        for (const handler of this.handlers.get(event) ?? []) {
-            handler(...args);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-class MockMpegTsPlayer {
-    readonly handlers = new Map<string, (...args: unknown[]) => void>();
-    readonly attachMediaElement = jest.fn();
-    readonly on = jest.fn(
-        (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
-            this.handlers.set(event, handler);
-        }
-    );
-    readonly off = jest.fn(
-        (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
-            if (this.handlers.get(event) === handler) {
-                this.handlers.delete(event);
-            }
-        }
-    );
-    readonly load = jest.fn();
-    readonly play = jest.fn(() => undefined as Promise<void> | void);
-    readonly pause = jest.fn();
-    readonly unload = jest.fn();
-    readonly detachMediaElement = jest.fn();
-    readonly destroy = jest.fn();
-
-    constructor() {
-        mpegTsInstances.push(this);
-    }
-}
-
-const createMpegTsPlayer = jest.fn(() => new MockMpegTsPlayer());
-
-jest.unstable_mockModule('hls.js', () => ({
-    default: MockHls,
-}));
-
-jest.unstable_mockModule('mpegts.js', () => ({
-    default: {
-        Events: { ERROR: 'error' },
-        createPlayer: createMpegTsPlayer,
-        isSupported: jest.fn(() => true),
-    },
-}));
+import {
+    MockHls,
+    MockMpegTsPlayer,
+    createMpegTsPlayer,
+    createSession,
+    createTimeRanges,
+    hlsInstances,
+    initArtPlayerSourceSessionModule,
+    mpegTsInstances,
+    resetArtPlayerSourceFixtures,
+} from './art-player-source-session.spec-fixtures';
 
 describe('ArtPlayerSourceSession', () => {
-    let ArtPlayerSourceSession: typeof import('./art-player-source-session').ArtPlayerSourceSession;
-
     beforeAll(async () => {
-        ({ ArtPlayerSourceSession } =
-            await import('./art-player-source-session'));
-        sessionConstructor = ArtPlayerSourceSession;
+        await initArtPlayerSourceSessionModule();
     });
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-        hlsInstances.length = 0;
-        mpegTsInstances.length = 0;
-        createMpegTsPlayer.mockClear();
-        MockHls.isSupported.mockReturnValue(true);
+        resetArtPlayerSourceFixtures();
     });
 
     it('binds HLS tracks to shared controls and tears every listener down exactly', () => {
@@ -340,209 +240,4 @@ describe('ArtPlayerSourceSession', () => {
 
         expect(refresh).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
-
-    it('starts the Shaka engine with channel DRM for the mpd custom type', async () => {
-        const fakeShaka = createFakeShakaModule();
-        const drm: ChannelDrm = {
-            licenseType: 'clearkey',
-            supported: true,
-            clearKeys: { abc: 'def' },
-        };
-        const { session, player, video } = createSession({
-            sharedControls: true,
-            getDrm: () => drm,
-            loadShaka: fakeShaka.loader,
-        });
-        session.attach(player);
-
-        session.customType['mpd']?.(
-            video,
-            'https://example.test/live.mpd',
-            player
-        );
-        await flushAsync();
-
-        expect(fakeShaka.loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-        expect(fakeShaka.instances).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect(fakeShaka.instances[0].attachedTo).toBe(video);
-        expect(fakeShaka.instances[0].loadedUrls).toEqual([
-            'https://example.test/live.mpd',
-        ]);
-        expect(fakeShaka.instances[0].configureCalls).toEqual([
-            { drm: { clearKeys: { abc: 'def' } } },
-        ]);
-        expect(hlsInstances).toHaveLength(0);
-        expect(mpegTsInstances).toHaveLength(0);
-    });
-
-    it('destroys the Shaka engine when the source changes or the session dies', async () => {
-        const fakeShaka = createFakeShakaModule();
-        const { session, player, video } = createSession({
-            sharedControls: false,
-            loadShaka: fakeShaka.loader,
-        });
-        session.attach(player);
-
-        session.customType['mpd']?.(
-            video,
-            'https://example.test/live.mpd',
-            player
-        );
-        await flushAsync();
-        session.customType['m3u8']?.(
-            video,
-            'https://example.test/live.m3u8',
-            player
-        );
-        await flushAsync();
-
-        expect(fakeShaka.instances[0].destroyCount).toBe(1);
-        expect(hlsInstances).toHaveLength(1);
-
-        session.destroy();
-        await flushAsync();
-        expect(fakeShaka.instances).toHaveLength(1);
-    });
 });
-
-async function flushAsync(): Promise<void> {
-    for (let index = 0; index < 10; index += 1) {
-        await Promise.resolve();
-    }
-}
-
-interface FakeShakaPlayerInstance {
-    attachedTo: HTMLMediaElement | null;
-    loadedUrls: string[];
-    configureCalls: Record<string, unknown>[];
-    destroyCount: number;
-}
-
-function createFakeShakaModule(): {
-    loader: jest.Mock;
-    instances: FakeShakaPlayerInstance[];
-} {
-    const instances: FakeShakaPlayerInstance[] = [];
-
-    class FakePlayer {
-        static isBrowserSupported = () => true;
-        attachedTo: HTMLMediaElement | null = null;
-        loadedUrls: string[] = [];
-        configureCalls: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
-        destroyCount = 0;
-
-        constructor() {
-            instances.push(this);
-        }
-
-        attach(mediaElement: HTMLMediaElement): Promise<unknown> {
-            this.attachedTo = mediaElement;
-            return Promise.resolve();
-        }
-        configure(config: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
-            this.configureCalls.push(config);
-            return true;
-        }
-        load(assetUri: string): Promise<unknown> {
-            this.loadedUrls.push(assetUri);
-            return Promise.resolve();
-        }
-        destroy(): Promise<unknown> {
-            this.destroyCount += 1;
-            return Promise.resolve();
-        }
-        addEventListener(): void {}
-        removeEventListener(): void {}
-        getAudioTracks() {
-            return [];
-        }
-        selectAudioTrack(): void {}
-        getTextTracks() {
-            return [];
-        }
-        selectTextTrack(): void {}
-        setTextTrackVisibility(): void {}
-        isTextVisible(): boolean {
-            return false;
-        }
-        isLive(): boolean {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    const module = {
-        Player: FakePlayer,
-        polyfill: { installAll: () => undefined },
-    } as unknown as ShakaModuleLike;
-
-    return {
-        loader: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(module),
-        instances,
-    };
-}
-
-function createSession({
-    sharedControls,
-    isLive = true,
-    emitPlaybackIssue = () => undefined,
-    getDrm,
-    loadShaka,
-}: {
-    sharedControls: boolean;
-    isLive?: boolean;
-    emitPlaybackIssue?: (issue: PlaybackDiagnostic) => void;
-    getDrm?: () => ChannelDrm | undefined;
-    loadShaka?: ShakaModuleLoader;
-}): {
-    session: ArtPlayerSourceSessionInstance;
-    player: Artplayer;
-    video: HTMLVideoElement;
-    adapter: WebVideoControlsAdapter;
-    settingAdd: jest.Mock;
-} {
-    const video = document.createElement('video');
-    const settingAdd = jest.fn();
-    const player = {
-        video,
-        setting: { add: settingAdd },
-    } as unknown as Artplayer;
-    const adapter = new WebVideoControlsAdapter();
-    const Session = requireSessionConstructor();
-
-    return {
-        session: new Session({
-            sharedControls,
-            controlsAdapter: adapter,
-            isLive: () => isLive,
-            showCaptions: () => false,
-            emitPlaybackIssue,
-            getDrm,
-            loadShaka,
-        }),
-        player,
-        video,
-        adapter,
-        settingAdd,
-    };
-}
-
-let sessionConstructor:
-    | typeof import('./art-player-source-session').ArtPlayerSourceSession
-    | undefined;
-
-function requireSessionConstructor(): typeof import('./art-player-source-session').ArtPlayerSourceSession {
-    if (!sessionConstructor) {
-        throw new Error(
-            'ArtPlayerSourceSession test module is not initialized'
-        );
-    }
-    return sessionConstructor;
-}
-
-function createTimeRanges(ends: number[]): TimeRanges {
-    return {
-        length: ends.length,
-        start: () => 0,
-        end: (index: number) => ends[index],
-    };
-}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-player-test-double.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-player-test-double.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86a64b679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-player-test-double.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import type {
+    ShakaAudioTrackLike,
+    ShakaModuleLike,
+    ShakaModuleLoader,
+    ShakaPlayerLike,
+    ShakaTextTrackLike,
+} from './shaka-module.types';
+
+/**
+ * Jest-free Shaka test double shared by the shaka-engine and ArtPlayer specs.
+ * Mirrors the {@link ShakaPlayerLike} surface, including the real Shaka
+ * semantic that `destroy()` interrupts an in-flight `load()` with
+ * `LOAD_INTERRUPTED` (7000).
+ */
+
+type Listener = (event: Event) => void;
+
+const LOAD_INTERRUPTED_ERROR = {
+    severity: 2,
+    category: 7,
+    code: 7000,
+} as const;
+
+export class FakeShakaPlayer implements ShakaPlayerLike {
+    readonly configureCalls: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
+    readonly selectTextTrackCalls: unknown[] = [];
+    readonly selectedAudioTracks: ShakaAudioTrackLike[] = [];
+    readonly listeners = new Map<string, Set<Listener>>();
+    attachedTo: HTMLMediaElement | null = null;
+    loadedUrls: string[] = [];
+    destroyCount = 0;
+    audioTracks: ShakaAudioTrackLike[] = [];
+    textTracks: ShakaTextTrackLike[] = [];
+    /** When true, the next `load()` stays pending until `destroy()`. */
+    stallNextLoad = false;
+    loadResult: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve();
+    private pendingLoadReject: ((error: unknown) => void) | null = null;
+
+    attach(mediaElement: HTMLMediaElement): Promise<unknown> {
+        this.attachedTo = mediaElement;
+        return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
+    configure(config: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
+        this.configureCalls.push(config);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    load(assetUri: string): Promise<unknown> {
+        this.loadedUrls.push(assetUri);
+        if (this.stallNextLoad) {
+            this.stallNextLoad = false;
+            return new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+                this.pendingLoadReject = reject;
+            });
+        }
+        return this.loadResult;
+    }
+
+    destroy(): Promise<unknown> {
+        this.destroyCount += 1;
+        this.pendingLoadReject?.(LOAD_INTERRUPTED_ERROR);
+        this.pendingLoadReject = null;
+        return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
+    addEventListener(type: string, listener: Listener): void {
+        const set = this.listeners.get(type) ?? new Set<Listener>();
+        set.add(listener);
+        this.listeners.set(type, set);
+    }
+
+    removeEventListener(type: string, listener: Listener): void {
+        this.listeners.get(type)?.delete(listener);
+    }
+
+    dispatch(type: string, detail?: unknown): void {
+        for (const listener of [...(this.listeners.get(type) ?? [])]) {
+            listener({ type, detail } as unknown as Event);
+        }
+    }
+
+    getAudioTracks(): ShakaAudioTrackLike[] {
+        return this.audioTracks;
+    }
+
+    selectAudioTrack(track: ShakaAudioTrackLike): void {
+        this.selectedAudioTracks.push(track);
+    }
+
+    getTextTracks(): ShakaTextTrackLike[] {
+        return this.textTracks;
+    }
+
+    selectTextTrack(track: ShakaTextTrackLike | null): void {
+        this.selectTextTrackCalls.push(track);
+    }
+
+    isLive(): boolean {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+export interface FakeShakaEnvironment {
+    /** Every player the fake module has constructed, in creation order. */
+    readonly instances: FakeShakaPlayer[];
+    readonly loader: ShakaModuleLoader;
+    readonly module: ShakaModuleLike;
+    loaderCalls: number;
+    installAllCalls: number;
+    browserSupported: boolean;
+}
+
+export function createFakeShakaEnvironment(options?: {
+    onCreate?: (player: FakeShakaPlayer, index: number) => void;
+}): FakeShakaEnvironment {
+    const instances: FakeShakaPlayer[] = [];
+
+    const environment: FakeShakaEnvironment = {
+        instances,
+        loaderCalls: 0,
+        installAllCalls: 0,
+        browserSupported: true,
+        module: undefined as unknown as ShakaModuleLike,
+        loader: undefined as unknown as ShakaModuleLoader,
+    };
+
+    const playerConstructor = function (this: unknown) {
+        const player = new FakeShakaPlayer();
+        options?.onCreate?.(player, instances.length);
+        instances.push(player);
+        return player;
+    } as unknown as ShakaModuleLike['Player'];
+    (
+        playerConstructor as unknown as { isBrowserSupported: () => boolean }
+    ).isBrowserSupported = () => environment.browserSupported;
+
+    const module: ShakaModuleLike = {
+        Player: playerConstructor,
+        polyfill: {
+            installAll: () => {
+                environment.installAllCalls += 1;
+            },
+        },
+    };
+
+    (environment as { module: ShakaModuleLike }).module = module;
+    (environment as { loader: ShakaModuleLoader }).loader = () => {
+        environment.loaderCalls += 1;
+        return Promise.resolve(module);
+    };
+
+    return environment;
+}
+
+/** Drains chained microtasks so queued session operations settle. */
+export async function flushShakaMicrotasks(): Promise<void> {
+    for (let index = 0; index < 10; index += 1) {
+        await Promise.resolve();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-video-session.spec.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-video-session.spec.ts
index 986b394f8..d2b2a5b29 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-video-session.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-video-session.spec.ts
@@ -5,128 +5,42 @@ import {
     PlaybackDiagnosticCode,
     PlaybackDiagnosticSource,
 } from '../playback-diagnostics/playback-diagnostics.model';
-import type {
-    ShakaModuleLike,
-    ShakaPlayerLike,
-} from './shaka-module.types';
+import {
+    FakeShakaPlayer,
+    createFakeShakaEnvironment,
+    flushShakaMicrotasks as flush,
+} from './shaka-player-test-double';
 import { ShakaVideoSession } from './shaka-video-session';
 
-type Listener = (event: Event) => void;
-
-class FakeShakaPlayer implements ShakaPlayerLike {
-    static instances: FakeShakaPlayer[] = [];
-    readonly configureCalls: Record<string, unknown>[] = [];
-    readonly listeners = new Map<string, Set<Listener>>();
-    readonly selectTextTrackCalls: unknown[] = [];
-    attachedTo: HTMLMediaElement | null = null;
-    loadedUrls: string[] = [];
-    destroyCount = 0;
-    loadResult: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve();
-
-    constructor() {
-        FakeShakaPlayer.instances.push(this);
-    }
-
-    attach(mediaElement: HTMLMediaElement): Promise<unknown> {
-        this.attachedTo = mediaElement;
-        return Promise.resolve();
-    }
-
-    configure(config: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
-        this.configureCalls.push(config);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    load(assetUri: string): Promise<unknown> {
-        this.loadedUrls.push(assetUri);
-        return this.loadResult;
-    }
-
-    destroy(): Promise<unknown> {
-        this.destroyCount += 1;
-        return Promise.resolve();
-    }
-
-    addEventListener(type: string, listener: Listener): void {
-        const set = this.listeners.get(type) ?? new Set<Listener>();
-        set.add(listener);
-        this.listeners.set(type, set);
-    }
-
-    removeEventListener(type: string, listener: Listener): void {
-        this.listeners.get(type)?.delete(listener);
-    }
-
-    dispatch(type: string, detail?: unknown): void {
-        for (const listener of this.listeners.get(type) ?? []) {
-            listener({ type, detail } as unknown as Event);
-        }
-    }
-
-    getAudioTracks() {
-        return [];
-    }
-    selectAudioTrack(): void {}
-    getTextTracks() {
-        return [];
-    }
-    selectTextTrack(track: unknown): void {
-        this.selectTextTrackCalls.push(track);
-    }
-    isLive(): boolean {
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-const flush = async (): Promise<void> => {
-    for (let index = 0; index < 10; index += 1) {
-        await Promise.resolve();
-    }
-};
-
 describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
     const video = {} as HTMLVideoElement;
     let issues: PlaybackDiagnostic[];
-    let installAll: jest.Mock;
-    let browserSupported: boolean;
-    let loadShaka: jest.Mock;
-    let fakeModule: ShakaModuleLike;
 
-    const createSession = () =>
+    const createSession = (
+        environment: ReturnType<typeof createFakeShakaEnvironment>
+    ) =>
         new ShakaVideoSession({
             player: InlinePlaybackPlayer.Html5,
             emitPlaybackIssue: (issue) => issues.push(issue),
             showCaptions: () => false,
-            loadShaka,
+            loadShaka: environment.loader,
         });
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-        FakeShakaPlayer.instances = [];
         issues = [];
-        browserSupported = true;
-        installAll = jest.fn();
-        fakeModule = {
-            Player: Object.assign(
-                function (this: unknown) {
-                    return new FakeShakaPlayer();
-                } as unknown as ShakaModuleLike['Player'],
-                { isBrowserSupported: () => browserSupported }
-            ),
-            polyfill: { installAll },
-        };
-        loadShaka = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(fakeModule);
     });
 
     it('lazily loads the module once, installs polyfills and starts playback', async () => {
-        const session = createSession();
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/a.mpd');
         await flush();
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/b.mpd');
         await flush();
 
-        expect(loadShaka).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-        expect(installAll).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-        const [first, second] = FakeShakaPlayer.instances;
+        expect(environment.loaderCalls).toBe(1);
+        expect(environment.installAllCalls).toBe(1);
+        const [first, second] = environment.instances;
         expect(first.attachedTo).toBe(video);
         expect(first.loadedUrls).toEqual(['http://example.com/a.mpd']);
         expect(first.destroyCount).toBe(1);
@@ -135,16 +49,17 @@ describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
     });
 
     it('configures ClearKey keys before load for supported DRM', async () => {
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
         const drm: ChannelDrm = {
             licenseType: 'clearkey',
             supported: true,
             clearKeys: { abc: 'def' },
         };
-        const session = createSession();
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/enc.mpd', drm);
         await flush();
 
-        const player = FakeShakaPlayer.instances[0];
+        const player = environment.instances[0];
         expect(player.configureCalls).toEqual([
             { drm: { clearKeys: { abc: 'def' } } },
         ]);
@@ -152,24 +67,26 @@ describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
     });
 
     it('starts without DRM config for clear DASH channels', async () => {
-        const session = createSession();
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/clear.mpd');
         await flush();
 
-        expect(FakeShakaPlayer.instances[0].configureCalls).toEqual([]);
+        expect(environment.instances[0].configureCalls).toEqual([]);
         expect(issues).toEqual([]);
     });
 
     it('emits a DRM diagnostic and starts no engine for unsupported license types', async () => {
-        const session = createSession();
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/wv.mpd', {
             licenseType: 'com.widevine.alpha',
             supported: false,
         });
         await flush();
 
-        expect(loadShaka).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(FakeShakaPlayer.instances).toHaveLength(0);
+        expect(environment.loaderCalls).toBe(0);
+        expect(environment.instances).toHaveLength(0);
         expect(issues).toHaveLength(1);
         expect(issues[0].code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.DrmOrEncryption);
         expect(issues[0].source).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticSource.Shaka);
@@ -177,11 +94,12 @@ describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
     });
 
     it('classifies critical shaka error events and ignores recoverable ones', async () => {
-        const session = createSession();
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/a.mpd');
         await flush();
 
-        const player = FakeShakaPlayer.instances[0];
+        const player = environment.instances[0];
         player.dispatch('error', { severity: 1, category: 1, code: 1002 });
         expect(issues).toEqual([]);
 
@@ -190,21 +108,14 @@ describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
         expect(issues[0].code).toBe(PlaybackDiagnosticCode.DrmOrEncryption);
     });
 
-    it('emits a classified diagnostic when load rejects with a shaka error', async () => {
+    it('emits a diagnostic and tears the engine down when load rejects', async () => {
         const loadError = { severity: 2, category: 4, code: 4001 };
-        loadShaka.mockResolvedValue({
-            ...fakeModule,
-            Player: Object.assign(
-                function (this: unknown) {
-                    const player = new FakeShakaPlayer();
-                    player.loadResult = Promise.reject(loadError);
-                    return player;
-                } as unknown as ShakaModuleLike['Player'],
-                { isBrowserSupported: () => true }
-            ),
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment({
+            onCreate: (player) => {
+                player.loadResult = Promise.reject(loadError);
+            },
         });
-
-        const session = createSession();
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/bad.mpd');
         await flush();
 
@@ -213,34 +124,59 @@ describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
             PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnsupportedContainer
         );
         expect(issues[0].sourceUrl).toBe('http://example.com/bad.mpd');
+        // The failed engine must not stay attached or exposed to controls.
+        expect(environment.instances[0].destroyCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(session.getPlayer()).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('recovers from a stalled load: stop() interrupts it and the next start proceeds', async () => {
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment({
+            onCreate: (player, index) => {
+                if (index === 0) {
+                    player.stallNextLoad = true;
+                }
+            },
+        });
+        const session = createSession(environment);
+        session.start(video, 'http://example.com/stalled.mpd');
+        await flush();
+        expect(environment.instances[0].loadedUrls).toEqual([
+            'http://example.com/stalled.mpd',
+        ]);
+
+        session.stop();
+        session.start(video, 'http://example.com/next.mpd');
+        await flush();
+
+        const [stalled, next] = environment.instances;
+        expect(stalled.destroyCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(next.loadedUrls).toEqual(['http://example.com/next.mpd']);
+        expect(session.getPlayer()).toBe(next);
+        expect(issues).toEqual([]);
     });
 
     it('suppresses interrupted loads and stale results after a channel switch', async () => {
-        let resolveLoad: () => void = () => undefined;
-        loadShaka.mockResolvedValue({
-            ...fakeModule,
-            Player: Object.assign(
-                function (this: unknown) {
-                    const player = new FakeShakaPlayer();
-                    if (FakeShakaPlayer.instances.length === 1) {
-                        player.loadResult = new Promise<unknown>((resolve) => {
-                            resolveLoad = () => resolve(undefined);
-                        });
-                    }
-                    return player;
-                } as unknown as ShakaModuleLike['Player'],
-                { isBrowserSupported: () => true }
-            ),
+        let releaseFirstLoad: () => void = () => undefined;
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment({
+            onCreate: (player, index) => {
+                if (index === 0) {
+                    player.loadResult = new Promise<unknown>((resolve) => {
+                        releaseFirstLoad = () => resolve(undefined);
+                    });
+                }
+            },
         });
-
-        const session = createSession();
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/slow.mpd');
         await flush();
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/fast.mpd');
-        resolveLoad();
+        releaseFirstLoad();
         await flush();
 
-        const [slow, fast] = FakeShakaPlayer.instances;
+        const [slow, fast] = environment.instances as [
+            FakeShakaPlayer,
+            FakeShakaPlayer,
+        ];
         expect(slow.destroyCount).toBe(1);
         expect(fast.loadedUrls).toEqual(['http://example.com/fast.mpd']);
         // The slow player resolved after being superseded; its post-load
@@ -251,12 +187,13 @@ describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
     });
 
     it('emits an unsupported-container diagnostic when the browser lacks MSE/EME', async () => {
-        browserSupported = false;
-        const session = createSession();
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
+        environment.browserSupported = false;
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/a.mpd');
         await flush();
 
-        expect(FakeShakaPlayer.instances).toHaveLength(0);
+        expect(environment.instances).toHaveLength(0);
         expect(issues).toHaveLength(1);
         expect(issues[0].code).toBe(
             PlaybackDiagnosticCode.UnsupportedContainer
@@ -264,7 +201,8 @@ describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
     });
 
     it('destroy tears down the engine and blocks later starts', async () => {
-        const session = createSession();
+        const environment = createFakeShakaEnvironment();
+        const session = createSession(environment);
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/a.mpd');
         await flush();
         session.destroy();
@@ -272,7 +210,7 @@ describe('ShakaVideoSession', () => {
         session.start(video, 'http://example.com/b.mpd');
         await flush();
 
-        expect(FakeShakaPlayer.instances).toHaveLength(1);
-        expect(FakeShakaPlayer.instances[0].destroyCount).toBe(1);
+        expect(environment.instances).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(environment.instances[0].destroyCount).toBe(1);
     });
 });
diff --git a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-video-session.ts b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-video-session.ts
index 8d475da31..82becdae4 100644
--- a/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-video-session.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/playback/src/lib/shaka-engine/shaka-video-session.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export class ShakaVideoSession {
     private playerRefreshListener: (() => void) | null = null;
     private readonly refreshListeners = new Set<() => void>();
     private operationChain: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
+    private pendingTeardown: Promise<void> = Promise.resolve();
     private generation = 0;
     private destroyed = false;
 
@@ -87,8 +88,9 @@ export class ShakaVideoSession {
         }
 
         const generation = ++this.generation;
+        this.beginPlayerTeardown();
         this.enqueue(async () => {
-            await this.destroyPlayer();
+            await this.pendingTeardown;
             if (this.isStale(generation)) {
                 return;
             }
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ export class ShakaVideoSession {
     /** Tears down the current engine (if any) without ending the session. */
     stop(): void {
         this.generation += 1;
-        this.enqueue(() => this.destroyPlayer());
+        this.beginPlayerTeardown();
     }
 
     destroy(): void {
@@ -108,8 +110,9 @@ export class ShakaVideoSession {
         }
 
         this.destroyed = true;
+        this.generation += 1;
         this.refreshListeners.clear();
-        this.stop();
+        this.beginPlayerTeardown();
     }
 
     /** Current engine, for the shared-controls track bridge. */
@@ -209,6 +212,9 @@ export class ShakaVideoSession {
                 this.createMetadata(url)
             )
         );
+        // Never leave a non-functional engine attached to the media element
+        // or exposed to the shared-controls bridge.
+        this.beginPlayerTeardown();
     }
 
     private bindPlayerListeners(
@@ -245,7 +251,14 @@ export class ShakaVideoSession {
         }
     }
 
-    private async destroyPlayer(): Promise<void> {
+    /**
+     * Detaches and destroys the current engine immediately — never queued
+     * behind pending operations. `player.destroy()` interrupts an in-flight
+     * `load()` (it rejects with `LOAD_INTERRUPTED`), so a stalled manifest
+     * fetch cannot wedge the operation chain. New starts await
+     * {@link pendingTeardown} before attaching to the media element.
+     */
+    private beginPlayerTeardown(): void {
         const player = this.player;
         this.player = null;
         if (!player) {
@@ -266,11 +279,11 @@ export class ShakaVideoSession {
         this.playerRefreshListener = null;
         this.notifyRefresh();
 
-        try {
-            await player.destroy();
-        } catch {
-            // Destroy failures leave nothing actionable for the session.
-        }
+        const teardown = player.destroy().then(
+            () => undefined,
+            () => undefined
+        );
+        this.pendingTeardown = this.pendingTeardown.then(() => teardown);
     }
 
     private async loadModule(): Promise<ShakaModuleLike> {