diff --git a/docs/architecture/vod-multi-source.md b/docs/architecture/vod-multi-source.md
index b2e93ecc3..a57d0a345 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/vod-multi-source.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/vod-multi-source.md
@@ -144,6 +144,13 @@ actually streaming, and hand failover a clean slate for sources it has already
 spent. Only a different film resets — including the tried set, which is what
 makes failover terminate.
 
+A rerun can also legitimately *drop* the playing row: the year the enrichment
+supplies makes the year gate reject a copy the yearless search had admitted
+("Dune" 1984 while watching the 2021 film). Off the list is right — it is not
+the same film. Off the screen is not, so `applyDiscoveredSources` keeps it as a
+row and leaves it active; a caption naming a playlist that is not streaming
+anything would be a lie about the one thing this feature exists to state.
+
 ## The candidate window
 
 Both queries take a bounded number of rows, so what fills that window decides
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-host-session.spec.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-host-session.spec.ts
index 1f95dac8d..7022cc133 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-host-session.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-host-session.spec.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,20 @@ describe('VodMultiSourceHostService — session lifecycle', () => {
         );
     });
 
+    it('keeps the playing row when the refined year rejects it', async () => {
+        await loadMovie([ALT_TWO]);
+        await expect(service.play(ALT_TWO.id)).resolves.toBe(true);
+
+        // Enrichment supplies the release year, and the year gate now rejects
+        // the copy the yearless search had admitted. Off the LIST is right —
+        // it is a different film. Off the SCREEN is not: it is the one
+        // streaming, and the caption must not name a playlist that is not.
+        await loadMovie([], { ...MOVIE_A, year: 2021 });
+
+        expect(rowFor(ALT_TWO.id)?.isActive).toBe(true);
+        expect(rowFor(CURRENT_A_ID)?.isActive).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it('resets the failover session when a new movie loads', async () => {
         await loadMovie([ALT_TWO]);
         vodAutoFailover.set(true);
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-identity.spec.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-identity.spec.ts
index 48f9821b8..b08816021 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-identity.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-identity.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
     resolveVodMultiSourceMovie,
     vodMultiSourceMovieKey,
+    vodMultiSourceSessionKey,
     type VodMultiSourceMovie,
 } from './vod-multi-source-identity';
 
@@ -106,3 +107,26 @@ describe('vodMultiSourceMovieKey', () => {
         );
     });
 });
+
+describe('vodMultiSourceSessionKey', () => {
+    it('ignores everything enrichment can change', () => {
+        // The whole point of the second key: the movie key SHOULD react to a
+        // year and a TMDB id arriving, so discovery reruns — but that rerun
+        // must not be mistaken for a different film and reset the session
+        // out from under the source that is playing.
+        expect(
+            vodMultiSourceSessionKey(
+                movie({ title: 'Dune (2021)', year: 2021, tmdbId: 438631 })
+            )
+        ).toBe(vodMultiSourceSessionKey(movie()));
+    });
+
+    it('separates two movies and two playlists', () => {
+        expect(vodMultiSourceSessionKey(movie({ contentId: 202 }))).not.toBe(
+            vodMultiSourceSessionKey(movie())
+        );
+        expect(
+            vodMultiSourceSessionKey(movie({ playlistId: 'playlist-2' }))
+        ).not.toBe(vodMultiSourceSessionKey(movie()));
+    });
+});
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-session.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-session.ts
index 997f2e114..c9d86779b 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-session.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-multi-source-session.ts
@@ -43,17 +43,31 @@ export function applyDiscoveredSources(
             ? controller.findSource(activeId)
             : null;
 
-    controller.setSources([current, ...discovered], matchKind);
-
-    const playing = switchedTo && controller.findSource(switchedTo.id);
-    if (!playing) {
+    if (!switchedTo) {
+        controller.setSources([current, ...discovered], matchKind);
         controller.setActiveSource(current.id);
         return;
     }
 
-    // Catalog rows only ever carry guesses parsed off the title. Whatever the
-    // resolve turned into facts for the playing source stays fact.
-    controller.updateSource(switchedTo);
+    // The rerun can legitimately drop the playing row: enrichment supplies the
+    // release year, and the year gate then rejects a copy that a yearless
+    // search had admitted ("Dune" 1984 while watching the 2021 film). Dropping
+    // it from the LIST is right — it is not the same film. Dropping it from
+    // the SCREEN is not: it is what the user is watching, so it stays as a row
+    // and keeps the playing badge rather than letting the caption name a
+    // playlist that is not streaming anything.
+    const isDiscovered = discovered.some(
+        (source) => source.id === switchedTo.id
+    );
+    // Catalog rows only ever carry guesses parsed off the title, so the row
+    // that a real resolve turned into facts wins over its rediscovered twin.
+    const sources = isDiscovered
+        ? discovered.map((source) =>
+              source.id === switchedTo.id ? switchedTo : source
+          )
+        : [...discovered, switchedTo];
+
+    controller.setSources([current, ...sources], matchKind);
     controller.setActiveSource(switchedTo.id);
 }