diff --git a/docs/requirements.md b/docs/requirements.md
index 04f9a0a7..d7ef42a3 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.md
+++ b/docs/requirements.md
@@ -246,8 +246,9 @@ Internal architecture, components, and application logic.
 | DR-089 | Continue Watching suppresses resume entries superseded by Next Up: an in-progress episode whose series has a next-up entry strictly later in series order (season, then episode) is dropped from the Home and TV rows; movies, series without a next-up entry, and items with unknown/mixed episode ordering are always kept | UI | UR-059 | Done |
 | DR-090 | Relevance ranking in Rust (`domain/search_rank.rs`): results sort by match position (prefix → word-start → mid-word substring → no name match) then by media kind (containers before their contents), stably so the backend's own relevance breaks ties. Applied in `repository_search` to both the instant cache result and the merged cache+server union, so the list does not reshuffle when server results land | Backend | UR-060 | Done |
 | DR-091 | Search result groups split TV into separate Shows and Episodes groups and add a People group (default order: Shows → Episodes → Movies → Songs → Albums → Artists → People); a stored `tvShows` order from before the split expands in place to shows+episodes so an upgrading user keeps their arrangement | UI | UR-060 | Done |
-| DR-092 | Video tap gestures resolve in `tapGestures.ts` (pure, unit-tested) rather than inline in `VideoPlayer.svelte`: `registerTap` returns `pending` for a first tap — the component defers `togglePlayPause` behind a `DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS` (300 ms) timer that a second tap cancels — or `seek` (+30 s right / −10 s left) for a second tap inside the window; a consumed second tap resets the state so a third tap starts fresh, and a swipe cancels the pending tap. The compatibility `click` the browser synthesizes after a touch tap is filtered in `handleVideoClick` so it cannot bypass the deferral. `resolveSeekTarget` converts the delta to the absolute position the facade requires, clamped to `[0, duration]` and chained off a still-in-flight `pendingSeekTarget` so back-to-back skips accumulate instead of all resolving against a not-yet-updated position | UI | UR-061 | Done |
+| DR-092 | Video tap gestures resolve in `tapGestures.ts` (pure, unit-tested) rather than inline in `VideoPlayer.svelte`: `registerTap` returns `pending` for a first tap — the component defers `togglePlayPause` behind a `DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS` (300 ms) timer that a second tap cancels — or `seek` (+30 s right / −10 s left) for a second tap inside the window; a consumed second tap resets the state so a third tap starts fresh, and a swipe cancels the pending tap. The compatibility `click` the browser synthesizes after a touch tap is filtered in `handleVideoClick` so it cannot bypass the deferral. `resolveSeekTarget` converts the delta to the absolute position the facade requires, clamped per DR-095 and chained off a still-in-flight `pendingSeekTarget` so back-to-back skips accumulate instead of all resolving against a not-yet-updated position | UI | UR-061 | Done |
 | DR-094 | Frontend boundary tripwire (`scripts/check-frontend-boundary.sh`) detects Jellyfin item-type array literals **anywhere** in `src/` rather than only inline at an `includeItemTypes:` query site, so a category→type mapping cannot evade the check by being assigned to a named const (the evasion that let the `scoped-search` leak pass CI); requires two adjacent type literals so single-type presentation and `item.type ===` inspection stay legal, and caps the allowlist to force taxonomy into Rust instead of accumulating exceptions | Tooling | - | Done |
+| DR-095 | Seek targets clamp strictly *inside* the media (`clampSeekTarget`, `END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS` = 6 s ≈ one HLS segment) instead of to the exact `duration`. Landing on the duration makes hls.js request the segment whose start time lies past the end of the media (e.g. a 6330.324 s item → segment 1055 starting at 6336.33 s), which Jellyfin never produces; the fetch times out and hls.js' gap-controller stalls at the last buffered position, presenting as "unpausing or skipping bounces straight back to paused". Applied on both seek paths — the relative-skip `resolveSeekTarget` and the seek-bar drag, whose range input `max` is the duration itself — and floored at 0 so media shorter than the margin still seeks to the start | UI | UR-061 | Done |
 | DR-093 | Traceability coverage gate derives its requirement denominators from `requirements.md` at run time rather than hardcoded literals: `countDefinedRequirements` counts an ID only where it leads a markdown table row (ignoring the "Traces To" column and prose) and deduplicates IDs listed both in the definition tables and in the §3 traceability matrix; `computeCoverage` reports the *intersection* of traced and defined IDs so an ID traced in code but absent from `requirements.md` is surfaced as `orphaned` instead of inflating the ratio past 100%. UT/IT test identifiers are excluded as a separate taxonomy. CI and `bun run traces:coverage` share this computation and fail on both a sub-threshold and an impossible >100% result | Tooling | - | Done |
 
 ---
diff --git a/scripts/extract-traces.test.ts b/scripts/extract-traces.test.ts
index 9f2988a6..4f730485 100644
--- a/scripts/extract-traces.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/extract-traces.test.ts
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ describe("live requirements.md", () => {
 
     expect(defined.UR).toBe(61);
     expect(defined.IR).toBe(29);
-    expect(defined.DR).toBe(91);
+    expect(defined.DR).toBe(92);
     expect(defined.JA).toBe(32);
-    expect(defined.total).toBe(213);
+    expect(defined.total).toBe(214);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte b/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
index 2977de7f..6ac710ea 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     createTapGestureState,
     registerTap,
     resolveSeekTarget,
+    clampSeekTarget,
     SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS,
     SEEK_BACKWARD_SECONDS,
     type TapFeedback,
@@ -1147,7 +1148,10 @@
 
   async function handleSeekBarChange(e: Event) {
     const input = e.target as HTMLInputElement;
-    const targetTime = parseFloat(input.value);
+    // Clamp strictly inside the media: the range input's max IS the duration, so
+    // dragging fully right would otherwise request a segment past the media end,
+    // which the server never produces (see END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS).
+    const targetTime = clampSeekTarget(parseFloat(input.value), duration);
 
     // Set isSeeking immediately to prevent timeupdate from interfering
     isSeeking = true;
diff --git a/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.test.ts b/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.test.ts
index 26abf2c5..cbb9dd8a 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import {
   createTapGestureState,
   registerTap,
   resolveSeekTarget,
+  clampSeekTarget,
+  END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS,
 } from "./tapGestures";
 
 const SCREEN_WIDTH = 1000;
@@ -123,8 +125,28 @@ describe("seek target resolution", () => {
     expect(resolveSeekTarget({ delta: -10, reportedPosition: 4, duration: DURATION })).toBe(0);
   });
 
-  it("clamps to the duration when skipping past the end", () => {
-    expect(resolveSeekTarget({ delta: 30, reportedPosition: 590, duration: DURATION })).toBe(DURATION);
+  it("clamps short of the duration when skipping past the end", () => {
+    // Never land exactly on `duration`: hls.js would then request the segment
+    // that starts at/after the media end, which the server never produces —
+    // the fetch times out and the gap-controller stalls in a pause loop.
+    expect(resolveSeekTarget({ delta: 30, reportedPosition: 590, duration: DURATION })).toBe(
+      DURATION - END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the end clamp strictly inside the media for a long transcoded item", () => {
+    // Regression: seeking near the end of a ~105min transcoded item clamped to
+    // the exact runtime (6330.324s), making hls.js fetch segment 1055 which
+    // starts at 6336.33s — past the end. That segment 404s/times out forever.
+    const runtime = 6330.324;
+    const target = resolveSeekTarget({ delta: 30, reportedPosition: 6320, duration: runtime });
+
+    expect(target).toBeLessThan(runtime);
+    expect(target).toBeCloseTo(runtime - END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS, 5);
+  });
+
+  it("does not clamp below zero for media shorter than the end margin", () => {
+    expect(resolveSeekTarget({ delta: 30, reportedPosition: 1, duration: 1 })).toBe(0);
   });
 
   it("chains off a pending target so rapid taps do not compound off a stale position", () => {
@@ -156,3 +178,24 @@ describe("seek target resolution", () => {
     expect(resolveSeekTarget({ delta: 30, reportedPosition: 100, duration: 0 })).toBe(130);
   });
 });
+
+describe("seek target clamping (shared by skip and seek-bar drag)", () => {
+  it("keeps a mid-stream target untouched", () => {
+    expect(clampSeekTarget(100, 600)).toBe(100);
+  });
+
+  it("pulls a drag to the very end back inside the media", () => {
+    // The seek bar's max IS the duration, so dragging fully right yields
+    // exactly `duration` — the value that triggers the dead-segment stall.
+    expect(clampSeekTarget(6330.324, 6330.324)).toBeCloseTo(6330.324 - END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS, 5);
+  });
+
+  it("clamps negative and non-finite targets to zero", () => {
+    expect(clampSeekTarget(-5, 600)).toBe(0);
+    expect(clampSeekTarget(NaN, 600)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the target alone when the duration is unknown", () => {
+    expect(clampSeekTarget(500, 0)).toBe(500);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.ts b/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.ts
index 308f9b94..241d3c2e 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.ts
+++ b/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * until the double-tap window closes, and cancelled outright if a second tap
  * arrives — otherwise a double tap both toggles pause and seeks.
  *
- * TRACES: UR-005, UR-061 | DR-092 | UT-085, UT-086, UT-087, UT-088
+ * TRACES: UR-005, UR-061 | DR-092, DR-095 | UT-085, UT-086, UT-087, UT-088
  */
 
 /** A second tap within this window makes a double tap. */
@@ -91,6 +91,33 @@ export function registerTap(state: TapGestureState, input: TapInput): TapOutcome
   return { action: "pending", pendingAfterMs: DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Safety margin (seconds) kept between a clamped seek target and the media end.
+ *
+ * Landing *exactly* on `duration` makes hls.js request the segment whose start
+ * time is at/after the end of the media. The server never produces that segment,
+ * so the fetch times out and hls.js' gap-controller stalls forever at the last
+ * buffered position — surfacing as "unpausing bounces straight back to paused".
+ * One segment length (~6s for Jellyfin's ts segments) is comfortably clear of
+ * the final segment boundary.
+ */
+export const END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS = 6;
+
+/**
+ * Clamp an absolute seek target into the safely-playable range.
+ *
+ * Shared by the relative-skip path ({@link resolveSeekTarget}) and the seek-bar
+ * drag path, which can otherwise land exactly on `duration` because the range
+ * input's `max` is the duration itself.
+ */
+export function clampSeekTarget(target: number, duration: number): number {
+  if (!Number.isFinite(target) || target < 0) return 0;
+  if (duration > 0 && target > duration - END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS) {
+    return Math.max(0, duration - END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS);
+  }
+  return target;
+}
+
 export interface SeekTargetInput {
   /** Relative offset in seconds (negative rewinds). */
   delta: number;
@@ -123,6 +150,10 @@ export function resolveSeekTarget(input: SeekTargetInput): number {
 
   const target = base + delta;
   if (target < 0) return 0;
-  if (duration > 0 && target > duration) return duration;
+  // Clamp strictly inside the media — see END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS. Guard against
+  // going negative on media shorter than the margin itself.
+  if (duration > 0 && target > duration) {
+    return Math.max(0, duration - END_SEEK_MARGIN_SECONDS);
+  }
   return target;
 }