diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.spec.ts
index b97950dc1..1f9a22e14 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.spec.ts
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ jest.mock('electron', () => ({
 }));
 
 const mainWindowSendMock = jest.fn();
+const mainWindowWebContentsOnMock = jest.fn();
 const mainWindowGetNativeWindowHandleMock = jest.fn<Buffer, []>(() =>
     Buffer.alloc(8)
 );
 const mainWindowMock = {
     isDestroyed: () => false,
     getNativeWindowHandle: mainWindowGetNativeWindowHandleMock,
-    webContents: { send: mainWindowSendMock },
+    webContents: { send: mainWindowSendMock, on: mainWindowWebContentsOnMock },
 };
 
 jest.mock('../app', () => ({
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ describe('EmbeddedMpvNativeService power blocker', () => {
         mainWindowGetNativeWindowHandleMock.mockReset();
         mainWindowGetNativeWindowHandleMock.mockReturnValue(Buffer.alloc(8));
         mainWindowSendMock.mockReset();
+        mainWindowWebContentsOnMock.mockReset();
 
         tempDirs = [];
         nextBlockerId = 1;
@@ -209,6 +211,40 @@ describe('EmbeddedMpvNativeService power blocker', () => {
         expect(powerSaveBlockerMock.start).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('disposes sessions when the renderer reloads or crashes', () => {
+        // Angular teardown never runs on a renderer crash or hard reload, so
+        // the main process must reap sessions itself — otherwise native mpv
+        // handles / frame-copy helper processes leak until app shutdown.
+        startSession('s1', snapshot('playing'));
+        addon.getSessionSnapshot.mockReturnValue(snapshot('playing'));
+
+        const handlers = new Map<string, (...args: unknown[]) => void>(
+            mainWindowWebContentsOnMock.mock.calls.map(
+                ([event, handler]: [string, (...args: unknown[]) => void]) => [
+                    event,
+                    handler,
+                ]
+            )
+        );
+        expect([...handlers.keys()]).toEqual(
+            expect.arrayContaining(['render-process-gone', 'did-navigate'])
+        );
+
+        const consoleWarnSpy = jest
+            .spyOn(console, 'warn')
+            .mockImplementation();
+        handlers.get('did-navigate')?.();
+        expect(addon.disposeSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith('s1');
+
+        // A crash after everything is already disposed must be a no-op.
+        addon.disposeSession.mockClear();
+        handlers.get('render-process-gone')?.(undefined, {
+            reason: 'crashed',
+        });
+        expect(addon.disposeSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        consoleWarnSpy.mockRestore();
+    });
+
     it('keeps the polling timer alive when refreshing a session throws', () => {
         jest.useFakeTimers();
         const consoleErrorSpy = jest
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts
index 8db3ed13e..78a483f90 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/embedded-mpv-native.service.ts
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ export class EmbeddedMpvNativeService {
         });
 
         this.ensurePolling();
+        this.ensureRendererLifecycleWatch();
         return (
             this.refreshSession(sessionId) ?? {
                 id: sessionId,
@@ -657,6 +658,50 @@ export class EmbeddedMpvNativeService {
         }, 500);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sessions are torn down by the renderer's Angular lifecycle, which
+     * never runs when the renderer crashes or hard-reloads (dev-server HMR,
+     * Cmd+R). Without this watch, native mpv handles or frame-copy helper
+     * processes leak until app shutdown.
+     */
+    private rendererWatchInstalled = false;
+
+    private ensureRendererLifecycleWatch(): void {
+        if (
+            this.rendererWatchInstalled ||
+            !App.mainWindow ||
+            App.mainWindow.isDestroyed()
+        ) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.rendererWatchInstalled = true;
+
+        const disposeAll = (reason: string) => {
+            if (this.sessions.size === 0) {
+                return;
+            }
+            console.warn(
+                `[Embedded MPV] Disposing ${this.sessions.size} session(s): renderer ${reason}`
+            );
+            [...this.sessions.keys()].forEach((sessionId) => {
+                try {
+                    this.disposeSession(sessionId);
+                } catch {
+                    // best-effort reaping; polling cleanup handles the rest
+                }
+            });
+        };
+
+        App.mainWindow.webContents.on('render-process-gone', (_event, details) =>
+            disposeAll(`process gone (${details.reason})`)
+        );
+        // Full navigations/reloads only — in-app Angular routing emits
+        // did-navigate-in-page and must not kill the active session.
+        App.mainWindow.webContents.on('did-navigate', () =>
+            disposeAll('reloaded')
+        );
+    }
+
     private stopPollingIfIdle(): void {
         if (this.sessions.size > 0 || !this.pollingTimer) {
             return;