diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ProjectConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ProjectConfig.kt
index b1d852b9b..409599050 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ProjectConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ProjectConfig.kt
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ const val NEWPIPE_APPLICATION_ID_NEW = "net.newpipe.app"
 // vc=19 / 0.1.0-AE — rust pipeline cutover. Extraction via
 // strawcore-core (Sulkta-Coop/strawcore) via the UniFFI wrapper; no
 // NewPipeExtractor in the runtime path.
-const val STRAW_VERSION_CODE = 62
-const val STRAW_VERSION_NAME = "0.1.0-BV"
+const val STRAW_VERSION_CODE = 63
+const val STRAW_VERSION_NAME = "0.1.0-BW"
 const val STRAW_APPLICATION_ID = "com.sulkta.straw"
diff --git a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
index 02c86e3b9..4d4e67411 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
@@ -258,6 +258,15 @@ fun VideoDetailScreen(
 
             else -> {
                 val d = state.detail ?: return@Column
+                // Guard against vm's activity-scoped staleness — on a
+                // fresh navigation A → B, the shared VM still holds
+                // A's detail/resolved for one composition frame before
+                // vm.load(B)'s reset propagates. Without this gate, the
+                // InlinePlayer's LaunchedEffect would fire with
+                // streamUrl=B but resolved=A's URLs and play A under
+                // B's chrome (Cobb-reported 2026-05-26: detail page
+                // shows new video, audio is the old one).
+                if (state.loadedUrl != streamUrl) return@Column
                 // Player surface — edge-to-edge, NewPipe/YouTube style.
                 // Lives outside the 16dp horizontal padding so the
                 // thumbnail fills the screen width with no gutters.
diff --git a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailViewModel.kt b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailViewModel.kt
index f20864efa..76a12d77e 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailViewModel.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailViewModel.kt
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ data class VideoDetailUiState(
     val error: String? = null,
     /** Raw extractor result — kept around for the Download dialog. */
     val streamInfo: uniffi.strawcore.StreamInfo? = null,
+    /**
+     * Tracks which URL the current `detail`/`resolved` belong to.
+     * vm is activity-scoped, so a fresh navigation to detail B sees
+     * the PREVIOUS video's state for one composition frame before
+     * vm.load(B) clears it. Without this field, the InlinePlayer's
+     * setPlayingFrom would fire with streamUrl=B but resolved=A's
+     * playback URLs — claiming NowPlaying with B's streamUrl but
+     * playing A's video under it. vc=63 audit.
+     */
+    val loadedUrl: String? = null,
 )
 
 class VideoDetailViewModel : ViewModel() {
@@ -127,7 +137,7 @@ class VideoDetailViewModel : ViewModel() {
         }
         inFlight?.cancel()
         loadedUrl = streamUrl
-        _ui.update { VideoDetailUiState(loading = true) }
+        _ui.update { VideoDetailUiState(loading = true, loadedUrl = streamUrl) }
         inFlight = viewModelScope.launch {
             try {
                 // strawcore.streamInfo is suspend on tokio; no Dispatchers.IO wrap.
@@ -273,6 +283,7 @@ class VideoDetailViewModel : ViewModel() {
                         ),
                         resolved = resolved,
                         streamInfo = info,
+                        loadedUrl = streamUrl,
                     )
                 }
             } catch (t: Throwable) {
@@ -284,6 +295,7 @@ class VideoDetailViewModel : ViewModel() {
                         error = com.sulkta.straw.util.LogDump.scrubLine(
                             t.message ?: t.javaClass.simpleName,
                         ),
+                        loadedUrl = streamUrl,
                     )
                 }
             }