diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.spec-data.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.spec-data.ts
index 229524cf8..3b8b5cfab 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.spec-data.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.spec-data.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ const streams = [{ stream_id: 42, name: 'Channel' }];
 const favorites = [{ contentId: 1, playlistId }];
 const recentlyViewed = [{ contentId: 2, playlistId }];
 const categoryIds = [10, 11];
-const reorderUpdates = [{ content_id: 12, position: 1 }];
+const reorderUpdates = [
+    { content_id: 12, playlist_id: 'playlist-1', position: 1 },
+];
 const recentItemsBatch = [{ contentId: 13, playlistId }];
 const playbackData = {
     contentXtreamId: 42,
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts
index 743220410..0110962a5 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/api/main.preload.ts
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ const electronApi: ElectronBridgeApi = {
     dbGetAllGlobalFavorites: () =>
         ipcRenderer.invoke('DB_GET_ALL_GLOBAL_FAVORITES'),
     dbReorderGlobalFavorites: (
-        updates: { content_id: number; position: number }[]
+        updates: { content_id: number; playlist_id: string; position: number }[]
     ) => ipcRenderer.invoke('DB_REORDER_GLOBAL_FAVORITES', updates),
     // Recently viewed (playlist-specific)
     dbGetRecentItems: (playlistId: string) =>
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/favorites.operations.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/favorites.operations.spec.ts
index 6db591360..90b65e4de 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/favorites.operations.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/favorites.operations.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ const eqMock = jest.fn((left: unknown, right: unknown) => ({
     right,
 }));
 const whereMock = jest.fn();
+const placeholderMock = jest.fn((name: string) => ({
+    kind: 'placeholder',
+    name,
+}));
 
 jest.mock('drizzle-orm', () => ({
     and: jest.fn((...conditions: unknown[]) => ({ kind: 'and', conditions })),
@@ -11,11 +15,22 @@ jest.mock('drizzle-orm', () => ({
     desc: jest.fn((value: unknown) => ({ kind: 'desc', value })),
     eq: (left: unknown, right: unknown) => eqMock(left, right),
     inArray: jest.fn(),
-    sql: jest.fn(),
+    sql: Object.assign(
+        jest.fn((strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: unknown[]) => ({
+            kind: 'sql',
+            strings: Array.from(strings ?? []),
+            values,
+        })),
+        { placeholder: (name: string) => placeholderMock(name) }
+    ),
 }));
 
 import type { AppDatabase } from '../database.types';
-import { getGlobalFavorites } from './favorites.operations';
+import { createDbMock } from './operations.test-helpers';
+import {
+    getGlobalFavorites,
+    reorderGlobalFavorites,
+} from './favorites.operations';
 
 function createGlobalFavoritesDbMock(rows: unknown[]) {
     const query = {
@@ -48,6 +63,7 @@ describe('favorites.operations', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
         eqMock.mockClear();
         whereMock.mockClear();
+        placeholderMock.mockClear();
     });
 
     it('filters live global favorites after scanning the small favorites set', async () => {
@@ -76,4 +92,61 @@ describe('favorites.operations', () => {
             }),
         ]);
     });
+
+    describe('reorderGlobalFavorites', () => {
+        it('short-circuits without touching the db when there are no updates', async () => {
+            const { db, update, transaction } = createDbMock();
+
+            await expect(reorderGlobalFavorites(db, [])).resolves.toEqual({
+                success: true,
+            });
+
+            expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(transaction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('runs (not executes) the prepared position update per favorite inside a transaction', async () => {
+            const { db, updateRun, updateExecute, updatePrepare, transaction } =
+                createDbMock();
+
+            await expect(
+                reorderGlobalFavorites(db, [
+                    { content_id: 30, playlist_id: 'p1', position: 0 },
+                    { content_id: 10, playlist_id: 'p1', position: 1 },
+                    { content_id: 20, playlist_id: 'p2', position: 2 },
+                ])
+            ).resolves.toEqual({ success: true });
+
+            expect(updatePrepare).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+            expect(placeholderMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('position');
+            expect(placeholderMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('contentId');
+            // Regression: favorites are playlist-scoped, so the UPDATE must
+            // filter by playlistId too — otherwise a same-contentId favorite
+            // in another playlist gets its position silently rewritten.
+            expect(placeholderMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('playlistId');
+            expect(transaction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+            // Regression (issue #1137): the prepared UPDATE must be dispatched
+            // with synchronous `.run()`. On the better-sqlite3 driver
+            // `.execute()` defers the write to a promise that never settles
+            // inside the synchronous transaction callback, so favorites
+            // positions silently never persist and the custom order is lost.
+            expect(updateExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(updateRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, {
+                position: 0,
+                contentId: 30,
+                playlistId: 'p1',
+            });
+            expect(updateRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, {
+                position: 1,
+                contentId: 10,
+                playlistId: 'p1',
+            });
+            expect(updateRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, {
+                position: 2,
+                contentId: 20,
+                playlistId: 'p2',
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/favorites.operations.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/favorites.operations.ts
index c0b402a63..8bb66e98d 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/favorites.operations.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/favorites.operations.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function selectGlobalFavoriteRows(
 
 export async function reorderGlobalFavorites(
     db: AppDatabase,
-    updates: { content_id: number; position: number }[],
+    updates: { content_id: number; playlist_id: string; position: number }[],
     control?: OperationControl
 ): Promise<{ success: boolean }> {
     if (!Array.isArray(updates) || updates.length === 0) {
@@ -152,20 +152,35 @@ export async function reorderGlobalFavorites(
 
     // Drizzle's .set() doesn't accept a bare Placeholder — wrap it in an
     // sql template so the value resolves to SQL<number> at compile time.
+    // Scope by (contentId, playlistId): the favorites table is
+    // playlist-scoped, so filtering by contentId alone would also rewrite
+    // the position of a same-contentId favorite in another playlist.
     const updateFavoritePosition = db
         .update(schema.favorites)
         .set({ position: sql<number>`${sql.placeholder('position')}` })
-        .where(eq(schema.favorites.contentId, sql.placeholder('contentId')))
+        .where(
+            and(
+                eq(schema.favorites.contentId, sql.placeholder('contentId')),
+                eq(schema.favorites.playlistId, sql.placeholder('playlistId'))
+            )
+        )
         .prepare();
 
     for (const chunk of chunkValues(updates, DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE)) {
         await checkpointOperation(control);
 
         await db.transaction(() => {
-            for (const { content_id, position } of chunk) {
-                updateFavoritePosition.execute({
+            for (const { content_id, playlist_id, position } of chunk) {
+                // Must be .run() (synchronous), NOT .execute(): on the
+                // better-sqlite3 driver .execute() defers the write to a
+                // resolved promise, which never settles inside this
+                // synchronous transaction callback — the UPDATE would be a
+                // silent no-op and the custom favorites order would never
+                // persist (issue #1137).
+                updateFavoritePosition.run({
                     position,
                     contentId: content_id,
+                    playlistId: playlist_id,
                 });
             }
         });
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/operations.test-helpers.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/operations.test-helpers.ts
index cf6b3c49f..6a9c6904f 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/operations.test-helpers.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/operations.test-helpers.ts
@@ -112,14 +112,31 @@ export function createDbMock(selectResultsByCall: unknown[][] = []) {
     const insertValues = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     const insert = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ values: insertValues });
 
-    const updateWhere = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    // Prepared-statement writes MUST use `.run()` (synchronous) rather than
+    // `.execute()` inside a synchronous `db.transaction()` callback — the
+    // better-sqlite3 driver's `.execute()` defers to a promise that never
+    // settles before COMMIT, silently dropping the write (issue #1137). The
+    // mock exposes both so specs can assert the correct method is used.
+    const updateRun = jest.fn();
+    const updateExecute = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const updatePrepare = jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockReturnValue({ run: updateRun, execute: updateExecute });
+    const updateWhere = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({
+        prepare: updatePrepare,
+        then: (
+            resolve: (value: unknown) => void,
+            reject: (reason: unknown) => void
+        ) => Promise.resolve(undefined).then(resolve, reject),
+    });
     const updateSet = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ where: updateWhere });
     const update = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ set: updateSet });
 
+    const deleteRun = jest.fn();
     const deleteExecute = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     const deletePrepare = jest
         .fn()
-        .mockReturnValue({ execute: deleteExecute });
+        .mockReturnValue({ execute: deleteExecute, run: deleteRun });
     const deleteResult = {
         prepare: deletePrepare,
         then: (
@@ -152,6 +169,7 @@ export function createDbMock(selectResultsByCall: unknown[][] = []) {
         deleteExecute,
         deleteFn,
         deletePrepare,
+        deleteRun,
         deleteWhere,
         insert,
         insertValues,
@@ -159,6 +177,9 @@ export function createDbMock(selectResultsByCall: unknown[][] = []) {
         select,
         transaction,
         update,
+        updatePrepare,
+        updateRun,
+        updateExecute,
         updateSet,
         updateWhere,
     };
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/recently-viewed.operations.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/recently-viewed.operations.spec.ts
index a1a151a8c..4dce217f1 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/recently-viewed.operations.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/recently-viewed.operations.spec.ts
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ describe('recently-viewed.operations', () => {
             expect(transaction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
         });
 
-        it('executes one prepared placeholder delete per item inside a transaction', async () => {
-            const { db, deleteExecute, deletePrepare, transaction } =
+        it('runs one prepared placeholder delete per item inside a transaction', async () => {
+            const { db, deleteRun, deleteExecute, deletePrepare, transaction } =
                 createDbMock();
 
             await expect(
@@ -215,11 +215,16 @@ describe('recently-viewed.operations', () => {
             expect(mockDrizzle.sql.placeholder).toHaveBeenCalledWith('contentId');
             expect(mockDrizzle.sql.placeholder).toHaveBeenCalledWith('playlistId');
             expect(transaction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-            expect(deleteExecute).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, {
+            // Regression (issue #1137): the prepared delete must be dispatched
+            // with synchronous `.run()`. `.execute()` defers to a promise that
+            // never settles inside the synchronous transaction callback, so the
+            // batch delete would silently no-op.
+            expect(deleteExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(deleteRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, {
                 contentId: 1,
                 playlistId: 'playlist-1',
             });
-            expect(deleteExecute).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, {
+            expect(deleteRun).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, {
                 contentId: 2,
                 playlistId: 'playlist-2',
             });
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/recently-viewed.operations.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/recently-viewed.operations.ts
index d1df9adff..fee6df185 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/recently-viewed.operations.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/database/operations/recently-viewed.operations.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,12 @@ export async function removeRecentItemsBatch(
 
     await db.transaction(() => {
         for (const { contentId, playlistId } of items) {
-            stmt.execute({ contentId, playlistId });
+            // .run() (synchronous), NOT .execute(): the better-sqlite3
+            // driver's .execute() defers the write to a resolved promise
+            // that never settles inside this synchronous transaction
+            // callback, so the DELETE would silently do nothing. See the
+            // matching note in favorites.operations.ts (issue #1137).
+            stmt.run({ contentId, playlistId });
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/database/favorites.events.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/database/favorites.events.ts
index a0c77ae28..2daef247b 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/database/favorites.events.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/events/database/favorites.events.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ handleWorkerRequest('DB_GET_ALL_GLOBAL_FAVORITES', () => ({}));
 
 handleWorkerRequest(
     'DB_REORDER_GLOBAL_FAVORITES',
-    (updates: { content_id: number; position: number }[]) => ({
+    (updates: { content_id: number; playlist_id: string; position: number }[]) => ({
         updates,
     })
 );
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/database.worker.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/database.worker.ts
index 868a856d5..3cfd67144 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/database.worker.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/database.worker.ts
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ async function executeRequest(message: DbWorkerRequestMessage) {
 
         case 'DB_REORDER_GLOBAL_FAVORITES': {
             const payload = message.payload as {
-                updates: { content_id: number; position: number }[];
+                updates: { content_id: number; playlist_id: string; position: number }[];
             };
             return reorderGlobalFavorites(db, payload.updates);
         }
diff --git a/docs/architecture/sqlite-db-worker.md b/docs/architecture/sqlite-db-worker.md
index 09693bccd..4aaa17c61 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/sqlite-db-worker.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/sqlite-db-worker.md
@@ -496,6 +496,50 @@ A running Electron app keeps using the worker bundle it already loaded at
 startup. This is a common reason a worker fix appears "not working" in manual
 verification even when the source patch is correct.
 
+## Gotchas
+
+### Prepared-statement writes inside a transaction must use `.run()`, not `.execute()`
+
+Drizzle's `PreparedQuery.execute()` on the `better-sqlite3` driver returns a
+**promise** and defers the actual SQL to a microtask. Our bulk writers run their
+statements inside a **synchronous** `db.transaction(() => { ... })` callback,
+which cannot `await`. If the statement is dispatched with `.execute()`, the
+transaction commits before the deferred promise settles, so the write is a
+**silent no-op** — no error, no rows changed.
+
+Always call the synchronous `.run(placeholderValues)` on prepared statements
+executed inside a synchronous transaction callback:
+
+```ts
+// favorites is playlist-scoped: filter by (contentId, playlistId), otherwise
+// a same-contentId favorite in another playlist gets rewritten too.
+const stmt = db.update(schema.favorites)
+    .set({ position: sql<number>`${sql.placeholder('position')}` })
+    .where(
+        and(
+            eq(schema.favorites.contentId, sql.placeholder('contentId')),
+            eq(schema.favorites.playlistId, sql.placeholder('playlistId'))
+        )
+    )
+    .prepare();
+
+db.transaction(() => {
+    for (const { content_id, playlist_id, position } of chunk) {
+        // NOT .execute()
+        stmt.run({ position, contentId: content_id, playlistId: playlist_id });
+    }
+});
+```
+
+This bit `reorderGlobalFavorites` and `removeRecentItemsBatch` (issue #1137):
+custom favorites drag-and-drop order silently never persisted for the
+per-playlist ("this playlist") view. Global ("all playlists") favorites masked
+it because that path also persists an order to the `appState`
+`global-favorites-channel-order-v1` key and re-applies it on read, independent
+of the DB `position` column. The mocked operations specs did not catch it —
+a jest mock records an `.execute()` call the same as a `.run()` call, so the
+regression tests explicitly assert `.run()` is used and `.execute()` is not.
+
 ## Testing
 
 ### Unit coverage added
diff --git a/libs/portal/shared/data-access/src/lib/collection/unified-favorites-data.service.ts b/libs/portal/shared/data-access/src/lib/collection/unified-favorites-data.service.ts
index 096fdc6a8..4dbf97134 100644
--- a/libs/portal/shared/data-access/src/lib/collection/unified-favorites-data.service.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/shared/data-access/src/lib/collection/unified-favorites-data.service.ts
@@ -807,12 +807,17 @@ export class UnifiedFavoritesDataService {
     }
 
     private buildXtreamPositionUpdates(items: UnifiedCollectionItem[]) {
-        const updates: { content_id: number; position: number }[] = [];
+        const updates: {
+            content_id: number;
+            playlist_id: string;
+            position: number;
+        }[] = [];
 
         for (const item of items) {
             if (item.sourceType === 'xtream' && item.contentId != null) {
                 updates.push({
                     content_id: item.contentId,
+                    playlist_id: item.playlistId,
                     position: updates.length,
                 });
             }
diff --git a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts
index 73d222fcb..3ad7c5b5e 100644
--- a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/electron-api.interface.ts
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ export interface ElectronBridgeGlobalRecentlyAddedItem extends ElectronBridgeXtr
 
 export interface ElectronBridgeFavoriteReorderUpdate {
     content_id: number;
+    /** Favorites are playlist-scoped — scope the position write per playlist */
+    playlist_id: string;
     position: number;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/workspace/shell/feature/src/lib/global-favorites/global-favorites.service.spec.ts b/libs/workspace/shell/feature/src/lib/global-favorites/global-favorites.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34ae1087e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/workspace/shell/feature/src/lib/global-favorites/global-favorites.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { DatabaseService, PlaylistsService } from '@iptvnator/services';
+import { UnifiedFavoriteChannel } from '@iptvnator/portal/shared/util';
+import { GlobalFavoritesService } from './global-favorites.service';
+
+describe('GlobalFavoritesService', () => {
+    let service: GlobalFavoritesService;
+    let electronApi: {
+        dbReorderGlobalFavorites: jest.Mock;
+        dbSetAppState: jest.Mock;
+    };
+
+    const makeChannel = (
+        overrides: Partial<UnifiedFavoriteChannel> &
+            Pick<UnifiedFavoriteChannel, 'uid' | 'sourceType' | 'playlistId'>
+    ): UnifiedFavoriteChannel => ({
+        name: 'Channel',
+        logo: null,
+        playlistName: 'Playlist',
+        addedAt: new Date(0).toISOString(),
+        position: 0,
+        ...overrides,
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        electronApi = {
+            dbReorderGlobalFavorites: jest
+                .fn()
+                .mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+            dbSetAppState: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+        };
+        Object.defineProperty(window, 'electron', {
+            value: electronApi as unknown as Window['electron'],
+            configurable: true,
+        });
+
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            providers: [
+                GlobalFavoritesService,
+                { provide: Store, useValue: { select: jest.fn() } },
+                { provide: DatabaseService, useValue: {} },
+                { provide: PlaylistsService, useValue: {} },
+                {
+                    provide: TranslateService,
+                    useValue: { instant: (key: string) => key },
+                },
+            ],
+        });
+        service = TestBed.inject(GlobalFavoritesService);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+        Object.defineProperty(window, 'electron', {
+            value: undefined,
+            configurable: true,
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('reorder', () => {
+        it('sends playlist-scoped position updates for Xtream favorites', async () => {
+            // The backend UPDATE filters by (contentId, playlistId); a payload
+            // without playlist_id silently matches no rows (PR #1143 review).
+            const channels: UnifiedFavoriteChannel[] = [
+                makeChannel({
+                    uid: 'xtream::playlist-b::20',
+                    sourceType: 'xtream',
+                    playlistId: 'playlist-b',
+                    contentId: 202,
+                }),
+                makeChannel({
+                    uid: 'm3u::playlist-m::url',
+                    sourceType: 'm3u',
+                    playlistId: 'playlist-m',
+                }),
+                makeChannel({
+                    uid: 'xtream::playlist-a::10',
+                    sourceType: 'xtream',
+                    playlistId: 'playlist-a',
+                    contentId: 101,
+                }),
+            ];
+
+            await service.reorder(channels);
+
+            expect(electronApi.dbReorderGlobalFavorites).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+                { content_id: 202, playlist_id: 'playlist-b', position: 0 },
+                { content_id: 101, playlist_id: 'playlist-a', position: 1 },
+            ]);
+        });
+
+        it('persists the full uid order and skips the DB write without Xtream items', async () => {
+            const channels: UnifiedFavoriteChannel[] = [
+                makeChannel({
+                    uid: 'm3u::playlist-m::url',
+                    sourceType: 'm3u',
+                    playlistId: 'playlist-m',
+                }),
+                makeChannel({
+                    uid: 'stalker::playlist-s::5',
+                    sourceType: 'stalker',
+                    playlistId: 'playlist-s',
+                }),
+            ];
+
+            await service.reorder(channels);
+
+            expect(electronApi.dbReorderGlobalFavorites).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(electronApi.dbSetAppState).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                'global-favorites-channel-order-v1',
+                JSON.stringify(['m3u::playlist-m::url', 'stalker::playlist-s::5'])
+            );
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/workspace/shell/feature/src/lib/global-favorites/global-favorites.service.ts b/libs/workspace/shell/feature/src/lib/global-favorites/global-favorites.service.ts
index bfea67259..83506948e 100644
--- a/libs/workspace/shell/feature/src/lib/global-favorites/global-favorites.service.ts
+++ b/libs/workspace/shell/feature/src/lib/global-favorites/global-favorites.service.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ export class GlobalFavoritesService {
             )
             .map((ch, index) => ({
                 content_id: ch.contentId,
+                // The backend UPDATE is scoped by (contentId, playlistId) —
+                // without the playlist id the write matches no rows.
+                playlist_id: ch.playlistId,
                 position: index,
             }));