diff --git a/docs/ux-flows.md b/docs/ux-flows.md
index 1ce04e62..9b93f038 100644
--- a/docs/ux-flows.md
+++ b/docs/ux-flows.md
@@ -346,10 +346,12 @@ flowchart TB
 **User Interaction:**
 - **Tap screen:** Controls reappear for 3 seconds
 - **Double tap left side:** Rewind 10 seconds (shows animated feedback with "-10" indicator)
-- **Double tap right side:** Forward 10 seconds (shows animated feedback with "+10" indicator)
+- **Double tap right side:** Forward 30 seconds (shows animated feedback with "+30" indicator)
+- **Single tap play/pause is deferred** by the 300 ms double-tap window, so a double tap
+  skips without also toggling pause (UR-061)
 - **Swipe up/down on left side:** Adjust brightness (0.3-1.7x, shows brightness indicator with progress bar)
 - **Swipe up/down on right side:** Adjust volume (0-100%, shows volume indicator with progress bar)
-- **Keyboard arrows:** ← rewind 10s, → forward 10s (desktop/external keyboard)
+- **Keyboard arrows:** ← rewind 10s, → forward 30s (desktop/external keyboard)
 - **Keyboard space/K:** Toggle play/pause
 - **Keyboard F:** Toggle fullscreen
 - **Pinch:** Zoom (planned)
diff --git a/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte b/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
index 0a320b70..2977de7f 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/player/VideoPlayer.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- TRACES: UR-003, UR-005, UR-020, UR-021, UR-026, UR-040 | DR-010, DR-023, DR-024, DR-051, DR-052 -->
+<!-- TRACES: UR-003, UR-005, UR-020, UR-021, UR-026, UR-040, UR-061 | DR-010, DR-023, DR-024, DR-051, DR-052, DR-092 -->
 <script lang="ts">
   import { onMount, onDestroy, untrack } from "svelte";
   import { goto } from "$app/navigation";
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
   import { Html5PlayerAdapter, type Html5ElementBridge } from "$lib/player/adapters";
   import { createRustReportHost } from "$lib/player/adapters/rustReportHost";
   import { isPipSupported, enterPip, setAutoEnterEnabled } from "$lib/utils/pictureInPicture";
+  import {
+    createTapGestureState,
+    registerTap,
+    resolveSeekTarget,
+    SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS,
+    SEEK_BACKWARD_SECONDS,
+    type TapFeedback,
+  } from "./tapGestures";
   import {
     setBackgroundAudioEnabled,
     subscribeAppBackgrounded,
@@ -102,11 +110,14 @@
   let touchStartX = $state(0);
   let touchStartY = $state(0);
   let touchStartTime = $state(0);
-  let lastTapTime = $state(0);
+  let tapGestures = createTapGestureState();
   let tapTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
   let brightness = $state(1); // 0-2, default 1
-  let showDoubleTapFeedback = $state<"left" | "right" | null>(null);
+  let showDoubleTapFeedback = $state<TapFeedback | null>(null);
   let doubleTapFeedbackTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+  // Target of a skip already requested but not yet reported back by the player,
+  // so back-to-back double taps chain instead of stacking on a stale position.
+  let pendingSeekTarget: number | null = null;
   let swipeGestureActive = $state(false);
 
   // Backend info from Rust (Rust decides which backend to use based on platform)
@@ -703,6 +714,16 @@
     if (debugLogInterval) {
       clearInterval(debugLogInterval);
     }
+    // A deferred single tap must not fire play/pause after teardown.
+    if (tapTimeout) {
+      clearTimeout(tapTimeout);
+      tapTimeout = null;
+    }
+    tapGestures.cancel();
+    if (doubleTapFeedbackTimeout) {
+      clearTimeout(doubleTapFeedbackTimeout);
+      doubleTapFeedbackTimeout = null;
+    }
 
     // Remove native backend event listeners (incl. background-audio lifecycle subs)
     for (const unlisten of nativeUnlisteners) {
@@ -1192,9 +1213,13 @@
 
   function toggleBackgroundAudio() {
     backgroundAudioOn = !backgroundAudioOn;
+    console.log("[VideoPlayer] Background-audio toggle ->", backgroundAudioOn);
     // Arm/disarm native background-audio mode AND flip auto-PiP the other way,
     // so exactly one background behavior is active.
-    setBackgroundAudioEnabled(backgroundAudioOn);
+    const armed = setBackgroundAudioEnabled(backgroundAudioOn);
+    if (!armed) {
+      console.warn("[VideoPlayer] Background audio NOT armed natively (no bridge)");
+    }
     setAutoEnterEnabled(!backgroundAudioOn);
   }
 
@@ -1342,7 +1367,16 @@
   async function seekRelative(seconds: number) {
     isSeeking = true;
 
-    const newTime = Math.max(0, Math.min(duration, currentTime + seconds));
+    // The facade seeks by absolute position, so resolve the delta here —
+    // chaining off a still-in-flight target so rapid double taps accumulate
+    // instead of all resolving against the same not-yet-updated position.
+    const newTime = resolveSeekTarget({
+      delta: seconds,
+      reportedPosition: currentTime,
+      duration,
+      pendingTarget: pendingSeekTarget,
+    });
+    pendingSeekTarget = newTime;
 
     console.log("[VideoPlayer] Relative seek:", {
       offset: `${seconds > 0 ? "+" : ""}${seconds}s`,
@@ -1358,7 +1392,12 @@
       }
     } as unknown as Event;
 
-    await handleSeekBarChange(syntheticEvent);
+    try {
+      await handleSeekBarChange(syntheticEvent);
+    } finally {
+      // The player is authoritative again from here on.
+      if (pendingSeekTarget === newTime) pendingSeekTarget = null;
+    }
   }
 
   function handleKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
@@ -1375,10 +1414,10 @@
       }
     } else if (e.key === "ArrowLeft") {
       e.preventDefault();
-      seekRelative(-10);
+      seekRelative(SEEK_BACKWARD_SECONDS);
     } else if (e.key === "ArrowRight") {
       e.preventDefault();
-      seekRelative(10);
+      seekRelative(SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1389,25 +1428,31 @@
     touchStartY = touch.clientY;
     touchStartTime = Date.now();
 
-    const now = Date.now();
-    const timeSinceLastTap = now - lastTapTime;
+    const outcome = registerTap(tapGestures, {
+      x: touch.clientX,
+      screenWidth: window.innerWidth,
+      now: Date.now(),
+    });
 
-    // Double tap detection (within 300ms)
-    if (timeSinceLastTap < 300 && timeSinceLastTap > 0) {
-      e.preventDefault();
-      handleDoubleTap(touch.clientX);
-      lastTapTime = 0; // Reset to prevent triple-tap
-      if (tapTimeout) {
-        clearTimeout(tapTimeout);
-        tapTimeout = null;
-      }
-    } else {
-      lastTapTime = now;
-      // Set timeout to clear if no second tap
-      tapTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
-        lastTapTime = 0;
-      }, 300);
+    if (tapTimeout) {
+      clearTimeout(tapTimeout);
+      tapTimeout = null;
     }
+
+    if (outcome.action === "seek") {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      handleDoubleTap(outcome.seekSeconds, outcome.feedback);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Single tap so far: defer play/pause until the double-tap window closes,
+    // so a double tap seeks without also toggling pause.
+    tapTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      tapTimeout = null;
+      if (tapGestures.resolvePending(Date.now())) {
+        togglePlayPause();
+      }
+    }, outcome.pendingAfterMs);
   }
 
   function handleTouchMove(e: TouchEvent) {
@@ -1422,6 +1467,13 @@
     if (Math.abs(deltaY) > 50 && timeDelta > 50) {
       swipeGestureActive = true;
 
+      // This is a swipe, not a tap — drop the deferred play/pause.
+      tapGestures.cancel();
+      if (tapTimeout) {
+        clearTimeout(tapTimeout);
+        tapTimeout = null;
+      }
+
       // Brightness control on vertical swipe
       swipeType = "brightness";
       // Map vertical swipe to brightness (0.3 to 1.7 range for better visibility)
@@ -1438,19 +1490,21 @@
     swipeType = null;
   }
 
-  function handleDoubleTap(x: number) {
-    const screenWidth = window.innerWidth;
-    const isLeftSide = x < screenWidth / 2;
+  /**
+   * Mouse clicks toggle play/pause immediately. Touch taps are already handled
+   * by `handleTouchStart` (which defers play/pause past the double-tap window),
+   * so the compatibility click that follows a tap must be ignored here —
+   * otherwise it pauses on the first tap of a double tap.
+   */
+  function handleVideoClick(e: MouseEvent) {
+    // A click synthesized from a touch reports no pointer movement detail.
+    if (e.detail === 0 || tapTimeout !== null) return;
+    togglePlayPause();
+  }
 
-    if (isLeftSide) {
-      // Double tap left: rewind 10 seconds
-      seekRelative(-10);
-      showDoubleTapFeedback = "left";
-    } else {
-      // Double tap right: forward 10 seconds
-      seekRelative(10);
-      showDoubleTapFeedback = "right";
-    }
+  function handleDoubleTap(seekSeconds: number, feedback: TapFeedback) {
+    seekRelative(seekSeconds);
+    showDoubleTapFeedback = feedback;
 
     // Hide feedback after animation
     if (doubleTapFeedbackTimeout) {
@@ -1612,7 +1666,7 @@
           onwaiting={handleWaiting}
           onplaying={handlePlaying}
           onloadstart={handleLoadStart}
-          onclick={togglePlayPause}
+          onclick={handleVideoClick}
         >
           <!-- Temporarily disabled to debug playback issues
           {#each subtitleTracks() as track}
@@ -1665,7 +1719,7 @@
         <div class="bg-white/20 rounded-full p-6 backdrop-blur-sm">
           <svg class="w-12 h-12 text-white" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
             <path d="M11.99 2C6.47 2 2 6.48 2 12s4.47 10 9.99 10C17.52 22 22 17.52 22 12S17.52 2 11.99 2zM12 20c-4.42 0-8-3.58-8-8s3.58-8 8-8 8 3.58 8 8-3.58 8-8 8zm1-13H11v6l5.25 3.15.75-1.23-4-2.42z" />
-            <text x="12" y="14" text-anchor="middle" font-size="6" fill="white" font-weight="bold">-10</text>
+            <text x="12" y="14" text-anchor="middle" font-size="6" fill="white" font-weight="bold">{SEEK_BACKWARD_SECONDS}</text>
           </svg>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -1676,7 +1730,7 @@
         <div class="bg-white/20 rounded-full p-6 backdrop-blur-sm">
           <svg class="w-12 h-12 text-white" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
             <path d="M11.99 2C6.47 2 2 6.48 2 12s4.47 10 9.99 10C17.52 22 22 17.52 22 12S17.52 2 11.99 2zM12 20c-4.42 0-8-3.58-8-8s3.58-8 8-8 8 3.58 8 8-3.58 8-8 8zm1-13H11v6l5.25 3.15.75-1.23-4-2.42z" />
-            <text x="12" y="14" text-anchor="middle" font-size="6" fill="white" font-weight="bold">+10</text>
+            <text x="12" y="14" text-anchor="middle" font-size="6" fill="white" font-weight="bold">+{SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS}</text>
           </svg>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.test.ts b/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26abf2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import {
+  DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS,
+  SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS,
+  SEEK_BACKWARD_SECONDS,
+  createTapGestureState,
+  registerTap,
+  resolveSeekTarget,
+} from "./tapGestures";
+
+const SCREEN_WIDTH = 1000;
+const LEFT = 100;
+const RIGHT = 900;
+
+function tap(state: ReturnType<typeof createTapGestureState>, x: number, at: number) {
+  return registerTap(state, { x, screenWidth: SCREEN_WIDTH, now: at });
+}
+
+/** Narrow a tap outcome to the seek variant, failing the test if it is not one. */
+function asSeek(outcome: ReturnType<typeof tap>) {
+  if (outcome.action !== "seek") {
+    throw new Error(`expected a seek outcome, got "${outcome.action}"`);
+  }
+  return outcome;
+}
+
+describe("tap gesture resolution", () => {
+  it("defers the single-tap action until the double-tap window has elapsed", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    const first = tap(state, RIGHT, 1000);
+
+    // The first tap must NOT immediately toggle play/pause — it may still
+    // become a double tap.
+    expect(first).toEqual({ action: "pending", pendingAfterMs: DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS });
+  });
+
+  it("resolves an isolated tap to togglePlayPause once the window expires", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    tap(state, RIGHT, 1000);
+
+    const resolved = state.resolvePending(1000 + DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS);
+    expect(resolved).toEqual({ action: "togglePlayPause" });
+  });
+
+  it("seeks forward 30s on a double tap on the right half and never pauses", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    tap(state, RIGHT, 1000);
+    const second = asSeek(tap(state, RIGHT, 1150));
+
+    expect(second.seekSeconds).toBe(SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS);
+    expect(second.seekSeconds).toBe(30);
+    expect(second.feedback).toBe("right");
+
+    // The deferred single-tap pause must have been cancelled.
+    expect(state.resolvePending(1150 + DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("seeks back 10s on a double tap on the left half", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    tap(state, LEFT, 1000);
+    const second = asSeek(tap(state, LEFT, 1100));
+
+    expect(second.seekSeconds).toBe(SEEK_BACKWARD_SECONDS);
+    expect(second.seekSeconds).toBe(-10);
+    expect(second.feedback).toBe("left");
+  });
+
+  it("treats a second tap after the window as a new pending single tap", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    tap(state, RIGHT, 1000);
+    const late = tap(state, RIGHT, 1000 + DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS + 1);
+
+    expect(late.action).toBe("pending");
+  });
+
+  it("does not treat a third tap as another double tap", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    tap(state, RIGHT, 1000);
+    expect(tap(state, RIGHT, 1100).action).toBe("seek");
+
+    // Triple tap: the third tap starts a fresh pending tap rather than
+    // seeking again off the consumed second tap.
+    expect(tap(state, RIGHT, 1200).action).toBe("pending");
+  });
+
+  it("accumulates repeated double taps on the same side", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    tap(state, RIGHT, 1000);
+    const a = asSeek(tap(state, RIGHT, 1100));
+    tap(state, RIGHT, 1200);
+    const b = asSeek(tap(state, RIGHT, 1300));
+
+    expect(a.seekSeconds).toBe(30);
+    expect(b.seekSeconds).toBe(30);
+  });
+
+  it("uses the tap side, so a double tap split across halves follows the second tap", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    tap(state, LEFT, 1000);
+    const second = asSeek(tap(state, RIGHT, 1100));
+
+    expect(second.seekSeconds).toBe(SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS);
+    expect(second.feedback).toBe("right");
+  });
+
+  it("cancel() drops a pending tap so an interpreted swipe cannot pause", () => {
+    const state = createTapGestureState();
+    tap(state, RIGHT, 1000);
+    state.cancel();
+
+    expect(state.resolvePending(1000 + DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("seek target resolution", () => {
+  const DURATION = 600;
+
+  it("adds the delta to the reported position", () => {
+    expect(resolveSeekTarget({ delta: 30, reportedPosition: 100, duration: DURATION })).toBe(130);
+  });
+
+  it("clamps to zero when rewinding past the start", () => {
+    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("chains off a pending target so rapid taps do not compound off a stale position", () => {
+    // The player has not yet reported the first seek's result, so the
+    // reported position is still the pre-seek value.
+    const first = resolveSeekTarget({ delta: 30, reportedPosition: 100, duration: DURATION });
+    const second = resolveSeekTarget({
+      delta: 30,
+      reportedPosition: 100,
+      duration: DURATION,
+      pendingTarget: first,
+    });
+
+    expect(second).toBe(160);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores a pending target once the player has caught up past it", () => {
+    const target = resolveSeekTarget({
+      delta: 30,
+      reportedPosition: 200,
+      duration: DURATION,
+      pendingTarget: 130,
+    });
+
+    expect(target).toBe(230);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the delta alone when duration is unknown", () => {
+    expect(resolveSeekTarget({ delta: 30, reportedPosition: 100, duration: 0 })).toBe(130);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.ts b/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..308f9b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/player/tapGestures.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/**
+ * Tap-gesture interpretation for the video player surface.
+ *
+ * Pulled out of `VideoPlayer.svelte` so the timing rules are unit-testable:
+ * a tap cannot be classified at the moment it lands, because it may still turn
+ * out to be the first half of a double tap. Play/pause is therefore *deferred*
+ * 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
+ */
+
+/** A second tap within this window makes a double tap. */
+export const DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS = 300;
+
+/** Double tap on the right half: skip forward. */
+export const SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS = 30;
+
+/** Double tap on the left half: skip back. */
+export const SEEK_BACKWARD_SECONDS = -10;
+
+export type TapFeedback = "left" | "right";
+
+export type TapOutcome =
+  /** Deferred: play/pause fires only if no second tap lands within the window. */
+  | { action: "pending"; pendingAfterMs: number }
+  | { action: "seek"; seekSeconds: number; feedback: TapFeedback };
+
+export interface TapInput {
+  /** Tap x position, viewport pixels. */
+  x: number;
+  screenWidth: number;
+  now: number;
+}
+
+export interface TapGestureState {
+  /**
+   * Resolve a still-pending single tap. Returns the play/pause action once the
+   * double-tap window has elapsed, or null if there is nothing pending (the tap
+   * became a double tap, or was cancelled).
+   */
+  resolvePending(now: number): { action: "togglePlayPause" } | null;
+  /** Drop any pending tap — used when the gesture turns into a swipe. */
+  cancel(): void;
+}
+
+interface InternalState extends TapGestureState {
+  lastTapTime: number;
+  pendingSince: number | null;
+}
+
+export function createTapGestureState(): TapGestureState {
+  const state: InternalState = {
+    lastTapTime: 0,
+    pendingSince: null,
+    resolvePending(now: number) {
+      if (state.pendingSince === null) return null;
+      if (now - state.pendingSince < DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS) return null;
+      state.pendingSince = null;
+      return { action: "togglePlayPause" };
+    },
+    cancel() {
+      state.pendingSince = null;
+      state.lastTapTime = 0;
+    },
+  };
+  return state;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Classify a tap. The first tap of a potential pair returns `pending` — the
+ * caller schedules `resolvePending` after `pendingAfterMs`. A second tap inside
+ * the window returns the seek and clears the pending play/pause.
+ */
+export function registerTap(state: TapGestureState, input: TapInput): TapOutcome {
+  const s = state as InternalState;
+  const sinceLastTap = input.now - s.lastTapTime;
+
+  if (s.lastTapTime > 0 && sinceLastTap > 0 && sinceLastTap < DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS) {
+    // Second tap: cancel the deferred play/pause and seek instead.
+    s.pendingSince = null;
+    s.lastTapTime = 0; // consumed, so a third tap starts fresh
+    const isLeftSide = input.x < input.screenWidth / 2;
+    return isLeftSide
+      ? { action: "seek", seekSeconds: SEEK_BACKWARD_SECONDS, feedback: "left" }
+      : { action: "seek", seekSeconds: SEEK_FORWARD_SECONDS, feedback: "right" };
+  }
+
+  s.lastTapTime = input.now;
+  s.pendingSince = input.now;
+  return { action: "pending", pendingAfterMs: DOUBLE_TAP_WINDOW_MS };
+}
+
+export interface SeekTargetInput {
+  /** Relative offset in seconds (negative rewinds). */
+  delta: number;
+  /** Latest position reported by the player — the authoritative source. */
+  reportedPosition: number;
+  /** Media duration; 0/unknown disables the upper clamp. */
+  duration: number;
+  /**
+   * Target of a seek already requested but not yet reflected in
+   * `reportedPosition`. Consecutive double taps chain off this so they add up
+   * instead of all resolving against the same stale position.
+   */
+  pendingTarget?: number | null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a relative skip to the absolute position the facade expects.
+ *
+ * The player facade seeks by absolute position only (the backend picks the seek
+ * strategy), so the delta is applied here — against the pending target when one
+ * is still in flight and still ahead of what the player has reported.
+ */
+export function resolveSeekTarget(input: SeekTargetInput): number {
+  const { delta, reportedPosition, duration, pendingTarget } = input;
+
+  const base =
+    pendingTarget != null && Math.abs(pendingTarget - reportedPosition) > 0.5 && pendingTarget > reportedPosition
+      ? pendingTarget
+      : reportedPosition;
+
+  const target = base + delta;
+  if (target < 0) return 0;
+  if (duration > 0 && target > duration) return duration;
+  return target;
+}