diff --git a/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/video-player/video-player-recent-history.spec.ts b/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/video-player/video-player-recent-history.spec.ts
index 845dc0ce8..889b9f0ed 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/video-player/video-player-recent-history.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/video-player/video-player-recent-history.spec.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,26 @@ describe('VideoPlayerComponent — recently viewed history', () => {
         );
     });
 
+    it('records a second row of the same URL that plays after the first failed', () => {
+        // One stream listed twice in a playlist, under two channel ids.
+        select();
+        select({
+            ...sampleChannel,
+            id: 'channel-1-copy',
+            name: 'Sample TV HD',
+        });
+
+        gate.confirm({
+            sessionKey: component.playbackSessionKey(),
+            streamUrls: [sampleChannel.url],
+        });
+
+        expect(playlistsServiceMock.addM3uRecentlyViewed).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'playlist-1',
+            expect.objectContaining({ title: 'Sample TV HD' })
+        );
+    });
+
     it('records a radio station once the audio player confirms it', () => {
         const radio = { ...sampleChannel, radio: 'true' };
         select(radio);
diff --git a/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/video-player/video-player.component.ts b/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/video-player/video-player.component.ts
index 01e1fb486..39040c24d 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/video-player/video-player.component.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/video-player/video-player.component.ts
@@ -850,7 +850,9 @@ export class VideoPlayerComponent
                 return;
             }
 
-            const nextKey = `${playlistId}::${activeChannel.url}`;
+            // Channel identity too: two rows of one URL are separate
+            // attempts, confirmed under their own session keys.
+            const nextKey = `${playlistId}::${activeChannel.id}::${activeChannel.url}`;
             if (this.lastRecordedRecentKey === nextKey) {
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.spec.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.spec.ts
index 766f36cff..0ff0d85a3 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/vod-details/vod-details-playback.service.spec.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import {
     XTREAM_DATA_SOURCE,
     XtreamStore,
 } from '@iptvnator/portal/xtream/data-access';
-import { PlaybackPositionRuntimeBridgeService } from '@iptvnator/services';
+import {
+    PlaybackPositionRuntimeBridgeService,
+    RuntimeCapabilitiesService,
+} from '@iptvnator/services';
 import { PlaybackHistoryGate } from '@iptvnator/playback/data-access';
 import type {
     PlaybackPositionData,
@@ -213,6 +216,42 @@ describe('VodDetailsPlaybackService — external session ownership', () => {
         );
     });
 
+    it.each([
+        ['the API-only data source', false, 1],
+        ['the SQLite data source', true, 0],
+    ])(
+        'keys a late, uncached write by Xtream id only for %s',
+        async (_label, sqlite: boolean, saves: number) => {
+            // A partial Electron bridge still selects the API-only source.
+            jest.spyOn(
+                TestBed.inject(RuntimeCapabilitiesService),
+                'supportsXtreamSqliteDataSource',
+                'get'
+            ).mockReturnValue(sqlite);
+            xtreamDataSource.getContentByXtreamId.mockResolvedValue(null);
+            await service.startResolvedPlayback({
+                streamUrl: 'https://example.com/route.mkv',
+                title: 'Slow external launch',
+            });
+            currentPlaylist.set({ id: 'playlist-switched-meanwhile' });
+
+            TestBed.inject(PlaybackHistoryGate).confirm({
+                streamUrls: ['https://example.com/route.mkv'],
+            });
+            await Promise.resolve();
+            await Promise.resolve();
+
+            expect(xtreamDataSource.addRecentItem).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(saves);
+            if (saves) {
+                expect(xtreamDataSource.addRecentItem).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                    ROUTE_VOD_ID,
+                    ROUTE_PLAYLIST,
+                    undefined
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    );
+
     it('owns a session launched for the route’s own stream', () => {
         activeSession.set(sessionFor(ROUTE_PLAYLIST, ROUTE_VOD_ID));
 
diff --git a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/xtream-recent-history.ts b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/xtream-recent-history.ts
index d0ed7e67a..222935734 100644
--- a/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/xtream-recent-history.ts
+++ b/libs/portal/xtream/feature/src/lib/xtream-recent-history.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { inject, Injector, signal } from '@angular/core';
 import { PlaybackHistoryGate } from '@iptvnator/playback/data-access';
+import { RuntimeCapabilitiesService } from '@iptvnator/services';
 import {
     type IXtreamDataSource,
     XTREAM_DATA_SOURCE,
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@ export function injectXtreamRecentHistory(): (
             } else if (playlistId) {
                 void saveWithoutListRefresh(
                     injector.get(XTREAM_DATA_SOURCE),
+                    // The data source factory picks SQLite by this contract,
+                    // not by a generic Electron bridge.
+                    !injector.get(RuntimeCapabilitiesService)
+                        .supportsXtreamSqliteDataSource,
                     playlistId,
                     request
                 );
@@ -52,14 +57,15 @@ export function injectXtreamRecentHistory(): (
 }
 
 /**
- * The save half of `withRecentItems.addRecentItem` (same content lookup and
- * PWA fallback to the Xtream id for cold content), without reloading the
- * store's recent list. Kept here rather than shared with the store: the
+ * The save half of `withRecentItems.addRecentItem` (same content lookup;
+ * the API-only data source keys cold content by its Xtream id), without
+ * reloading the store's recent list. Kept here rather than shared with the store: the
  * store and its library barrel ship in the initial bundle, this path is
  * only reached from lazy detail pages.
  */
 async function saveWithoutListRefresh(
     dataSource: IXtreamDataSource,
+    keysByXtreamId: boolean,
     playlistId: string,
     { xtreamId, contentType, backdropUrl }: XtreamRecentItemRequest
 ): Promise<void> {
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ async function saveWithoutListRefresh(
         playlistId,
         contentType
     );
-    const contentId = content?.id ?? (!window.electron ? id : null);
+    const contentId = content?.id ?? (keysByXtreamId ? id : null);
     if (contentId != null) {
         await dataSource.addRecentItem(contentId, playlistId, backdropUrl);
     }