diff --git a/docs/architecture/stalker-portal.md b/docs/architecture/stalker-portal.md
index 95d16c5f2..bd9ff8012 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/stalker-portal.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/stalker-portal.md
@@ -522,7 +522,10 @@ live layout for the radio audio player, which renders outside
 Two stream profiles exist, selected by one shared predicate:
 
 - **Portal-owned** (`isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe()` in
-  `@iptvnator/shared/interfaces`): the stream host equals the portal host —
+  `@iptvnator/shared/interfaces`): the stream host equals the portal host
+  (compared with a terminal DNS root dot normalized away, since
+  `portal.example.` and `portal.example` are the same host but `URL` keeps
+  the dot) —
   including a different port or an http→https upgrade, the routine IPTV panel
   shape (#1158 class). These streams get the full MAG profile: `Cookie`
   (`mac=…` plus protocol cookies), `Authorization: Bearer <token>` when a
diff --git a/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-link-semantics.utils.spec.ts b/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-link-semantics.utils.spec.ts
index 0f0b16501..b12e48932 100644
--- a/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-link-semantics.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-link-semantics.utils.spec.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ describe('stalker-link-semantics', () => {
             ).toMatch(/cdn\.example\/live\/42\.m3u8$/);
         });
 
+        it.each([
+            ['http:///ch/1234_'],
+            ['ffrt3 https:///ch/1234_'],
+        ])('defers to create_link for the authority-less url %p', (cmd) => {
+            // `new URL('http:///ch/1')` reports the host as `ch` — a malformed
+            // command would otherwise reach the player as a nonsense address
+            // rather than going to the portal to be resolved.
+            expect(
+                resolveStalkerStaticPlaybackUrl({ use_http_tmp_link: '0' }, cmd)
+            ).toBeNull();
+        });
+
         it('keeps a routable IPv6 host', () => {
             // 2001:db8::1 is documentation space, but it is routable as far as
             // this guard is concerned — only local placeholders are rejected.
diff --git a/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-link-semantics.utils.ts b/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-link-semantics.utils.ts
index 514aca381..78ed39345 100644
--- a/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-link-semantics.utils.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-link-semantics.utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-    hasHttpScheme,
+    isPlayableHttpUrl,
     normalizeStalkerPlaybackCommand,
 } from './stalker-playback-command.utils';
 
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ export function requiresStalkerTemporaryLink(
  * - a relative (`/media/file_12.mpg`) or query-only (`?token=…`) command —
  *   only `create_link` turns those into an address, and the VOD `has_files`
  *   rewrite produces exactly the first shape;
- * - a non-HTTP scheme (`ffrt4://ch/live/…`) — a portal-internal pseudo-URL;
+ * - a non-HTTP scheme (`ffrt4://ch/live/…`) — a portal-internal pseudo-URL —
+ *   or an HTTP command with no authority (`http:///ch/1`), which `URL` would
+ *   quietly reinterpret as the host `ch`;
  * - a portal-local host — a placeholder only the portal could resolve (see
  *   {@link isPortalLocalHostname}, which covers rather more than the obvious
  *   `localhost`).
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ export function resolveStalkerStaticPlaybackUrl(
     }
 
     const url = normalizeStalkerPlaybackCommand(cmd);
-    if (!hasHttpScheme(url)) {
+    if (!isPlayableHttpUrl(url)) {
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-playback-command.utils.spec.ts b/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-playback-command.utils.spec.ts
index 9b55095a4..eec784746 100644
--- a/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-playback-command.utils.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-playback-command.utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
     hasHttpScheme,
+    isPlayableHttpUrl,
     normalizeStalkerPlaybackCommand,
     resolveStalkerPlaybackUrl,
 } from './stalker-playback-command.utils';
@@ -22,6 +23,21 @@ describe('stalker-playback-command.utils', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('isPlayableHttpUrl', () => {
+        it.each([
+            ['http://cdn.example/a.ts', true],
+            ['HTTPS://cdn.example/a.ts', true],
+            ['http://[::1]/a.ts', true],
+            // `new URL` reinterprets the first path segment as the host here.
+            ['http:///ch/1', false],
+            ['https:///ch/1', false],
+            ['ffrt4://ch/1', false],
+            ['/media/1.mpg', false],
+        ])('reads %p as %p', (value, expected) => {
+            expect(isPlayableHttpUrl(value)).toBe(expected);
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('normalizeStalkerPlaybackCommand', () => {
         it('splits the solution prefix off a lowercase url', () => {
             expect(
diff --git a/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-playback-command.utils.ts b/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-playback-command.utils.ts
index 4edd71479..53487d4e6 100644
--- a/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-playback-command.utils.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/stalker/data-access/src/lib/stores/utils/stalker-playback-command.utils.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,23 @@
  */
 const HTTP_SCHEME = /^https?:\/\//i;
 
+/**
+ * The authority must be non-empty: `http:///ch/1` silently reinterprets the
+ * first path segment as the host (`URL` reports `ch`), so a malformed command
+ * would otherwise be handed to the player as a nonsense address instead of
+ * going to the portal to be resolved.
+ */
+const HTTP_URL_WITH_AUTHORITY = /^https?:\/\/[^/]/i;
+
 export function hasHttpScheme(value: string): boolean {
     return HTTP_SCHEME.test(value);
 }
 
+/** A command that is usable as an address on its own. */
+export function isPlayableHttpUrl(value: string): boolean {
+    return HTTP_URL_WITH_AUTHORITY.test(value);
+}
+
 export function normalizeStalkerPlaybackCommand(value: string): string {
     const trimmed = String(value ?? '').trim();
     if (!trimmed) {
diff --git a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-stream-profile.util.spec.ts b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-stream-profile.util.spec.ts
index 57a9343cc..a758c289f 100644
--- a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-stream-profile.util.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-stream-profile.util.spec.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,33 @@ describe('isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe', () => {
         ).toBe(false);
     });
 
+    it('treats a terminal DNS root dot as the same host', () => {
+        // `portal.example.` and `portal.example` resolve identically, but
+        // `URL` preserves the dot — comparing literally classified a
+        // portal-owned stream as third-party and stripped its credentials.
+        expect(
+            isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe(
+                PORTAL,
+                'http://portal.example./live/ch1.ts'
+            )
+        ).toBe(true);
+        expect(
+            isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe(
+                'http://portal.example./portal.php',
+                'http://portal.example/live/ch1.ts'
+            )
+        ).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('still rejects a different host that merely shares a suffix', () => {
+        expect(
+            isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe(
+                PORTAL,
+                'http://evil.portal.example./live/ch1.ts'
+            )
+        ).toBe(false);
+    });
+
     it('fails closed on missing or unparseable URLs', () => {
         expect(isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe(PORTAL, undefined)).toBe(false);
         expect(isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe(PORTAL, '')).toBe(false);
diff --git a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-stream-profile.util.ts b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-stream-profile.util.ts
index ec8848748..d20428fcd 100644
--- a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-stream-profile.util.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/stalker-stream-profile.util.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@
  * credentials to a third party, and an https→http downgrade would replay a
  * TLS-obtained session in cleartext — both stay credential-free.
  */
+/**
+ * A terminal dot is the DNS root: `portal.example.` and `portal.example`
+ * resolve to the same host, but `URL` preserves the dot, so a literal
+ * comparison would call them different origins — classifying a portal-owned
+ * stream as third-party and stripping the credentials it needs.
+ */
+function normalizeHostname(hostname: string): string {
+    return hostname.toLowerCase().replace(/\.$/, '');
+}
+
 export function isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe(
     portalUrl: string | undefined | null,
     streamUrl: string | undefined | null
@@ -36,7 +46,10 @@ export function isStalkerStreamCredentialSafe(
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (portal.hostname.toLowerCase() !== stream.hostname.toLowerCase()) {
+    if (
+        normalizeHostname(portal.hostname) !==
+        normalizeHostname(stream.hostname)
+    ) {
         return false;
     }