diff --git a/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Services/StreamingAudioPlayerService.cs b/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Services/StreamingAudioPlayerService.cs
index 44eeb25..7568df8 100644
--- a/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Services/StreamingAudioPlayerService.cs
+++ b/DeepDrftPublic.Client/Services/StreamingAudioPlayerService.cs
@@ -92,13 +92,17 @@ public class StreamingAudioPlayerService : AudioPlayerService, IStreamingPlayerS
         // track while it's still loading, not only after playback starts.
         CurrentTrack = track;
 
-        // Create new cancellation token for this streaming operation
-        _streamingCancellation = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        // Create new cancellation token for this streaming operation. Capture it in a local
+        // so the catch/finally can compare identity against _streamingCancellation: a seek
+        // replaces _streamingCancellation with its own seekCts before this load's continuation
+        // resumes on the single-threaded WASM dispatcher, and we must not clobber the seek's state.
+        var loadCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        _streamingCancellation = loadCts;
 
         // Fetch the waveform profile alongside the audio. Fire-and-forget against the same
         // streaming token so a track switch abandons it; it only updates display state and must
         // never gate or fail the audio load (a missing profile yields the flat-seekbar fallback).
-        _ = LoadWaveformProfileAsync(track.EntryKey, _streamingCancellation.Token);
+        _ = LoadWaveformProfileAsync(track.EntryKey, loadCts.Token);
 
         try
         {
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ public class StreamingAudioPlayerService : AudioPlayerService, IStreamingPlayerS
             var mediaResult = await _trackMediaClient.GetTrackMedia(
                 track.EntryKey,
                 byteOffset: 0,
-                cancellationToken: _streamingCancellation.Token);
+                cancellationToken: loadCts.Token);
             if (!mediaResult.Success)
             {
                 var technicalError = mediaResult.GetMessage();
@@ -150,15 +154,24 @@ public class StreamingAudioPlayerService : AudioPlayerService, IStreamingPlayerS
                 return;
             }
 
-            _activeStreamingTask = StreamAudioWithEarlyPlayback(audio, _streamingCancellation.Token);
+            _activeStreamingTask = StreamAudioWithEarlyPlayback(audio, loadCts.Token);
             await _activeStreamingTask;
         }
-        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (loadCts.IsCancellationRequested)
         {
-            // Cancellation is expected, reset state
+            // Cancellation is expected when this load was superseded (track switch or seek).
+            // The when filter ensures HttpClient timeout OCEs — where loadCts was NOT
+            // cancelled — fall through to the error handler below instead of being swallowed.
             _logger.LogDebug("Audio streaming cancelled for track {TrackId}", track.EntryKey);
-            IsLoaded = false;
-            IsStreamingMode = false;
+
+            // Only reset streaming state if this load is still the active operation. A seek
+            // in flight has already replaced _streamingCancellation with its own seekCts and
+            // owns IsLoaded/IsStreamingMode; clobbering them here corrupts the seek mid-flight.
+            if (ReferenceEquals(_streamingCancellation, loadCts))
+            {
+                IsLoaded = false;
+                IsStreamingMode = false;
+            }
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
@@ -171,7 +184,12 @@ public class StreamingAudioPlayerService : AudioPlayerService, IStreamingPlayerS
         finally
         {
             IsLoading = false;
-            await NotifyStateChanged();
+            // Only notify if this load is still the active operation. A superseding seek
+            // owns state notifications; firing here mid-seek would push a stale snapshot.
+            if (ReferenceEquals(_streamingCancellation, loadCts))
+            {
+                await NotifyStateChanged();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -429,11 +447,21 @@ public class StreamingAudioPlayerService : AudioPlayerService, IStreamingPlayerS
         // OperationCanceledException asynchronously; if we kick off a new loop
         // immediately, both can race against the single-instance JS StreamDecoder
         // and corrupt decode state. Draining here is the load-bearing guarantee.
-        _streamingCancellation?.Cancel();
-        await DrainActiveStreamingTaskAsync();
-        _streamingCancellation?.Dispose();
+        //
+        // Invariant: any caller that supersedes a load WITHOUT wanting the load's
+        // state reset must assign its own CTS to _streamingCancellation *before*
+        // its first await. LoadTrackStreaming's OCE continuation fires during the
+        // drain await on the shared _activeStreamingTask; it resets IsLoaded/
+        // IsStreamingMode only when _streamingCancellation still equals its loadCts.
+        // Assigning seekCts synchronously here makes that identity check fail, so
+        // the seek's state survives. (ResetToIdle deliberately does NOT do this —
+        // it wants the reset, and nulls _streamingCancellation only after the drain.)
+        var oldCts = _streamingCancellation;
         var seekCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
         _streamingCancellation = seekCts;
+        oldCts?.Cancel();
+        await DrainActiveStreamingTaskAsync();
+        oldCts?.Dispose();
 
         try
         {