diff --git a/web/src/screens/channels/ChannelPreviewPanel.test.tsx b/web/src/screens/channels/ChannelPreviewPanel.test.tsx
index e470862bf..ce46e11e3 100644
--- a/web/src/screens/channels/ChannelPreviewPanel.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/screens/channels/ChannelPreviewPanel.test.tsx
@@ -235,6 +235,29 @@ describe('ChannelPreviewPanel', () => {
     expect(resetIptvTokenCacheMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('on Retry re-mints the token and never reloads the stale-token URL', async () => {
+    // withIptvToken returns a DIFFERENT token per call (simulating a remint after resetIptvTokenCache).
+    let n = 0;
+    withIptvTokenMock.mockImplementation((url: string) => Promise.resolve(`${url}?access_token=t${++n}`));
+
+    await renderPanel(
+      <ChannelPreviewPanel channel={channel(available)} nowPlaying={null} onClose={vi.fn()} open />
+    );
+
+    expect(hlsMock.loadSource).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(hlsMock.loadSource).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, '/iptv/channel/12.1.m3u8?access_token=t1');
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /retry/i }));
+    await flush();
+
+    // Exactly two loads total: the initial (t1) and the retry (t2). The stale-token URL (t1) must NOT be
+    // reloaded when playToken bumps — the player unmounts until the fresh URL resolves. A regression that
+    // kept resolvedSrc across the bump would produce a third loadSource with the stale t1 URL.
+    expect(hlsMock.loadSource).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(hlsMock.loadSource).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, '/iptv/channel/12.1.m3u8?access_token=t2');
+    expect(hlsMock.loadSource.mock.calls.filter((c) => c[0] === '/iptv/channel/12.1.m3u8?access_token=t1')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   it('clicking Retry clears a prior error', async () => {
     await renderPanel(
       <ChannelPreviewPanel channel={channel(available)} nowPlaying={null} onClose={vi.fn()} open />
diff --git a/web/src/screens/channels/ChannelPreviewPanel.tsx b/web/src/screens/channels/ChannelPreviewPanel.tsx
index f08d36279..dcc4b5fc8 100644
--- a/web/src/screens/channels/ChannelPreviewPanel.tsx
+++ b/web/src/screens/channels/ChannelPreviewPanel.tsx
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ export function ChannelPreviewPanel({ channel, nowPlaying, onClose, open }: Chan
     // token (key rotated) or a stale "JWT disabled" latch (backend reconfigured since load) can't wedge
     // playback. An actually-expired token would refresh on its own, but this also covers those edges (#552).
     resetIptvTokenCache();
+    // Null resolvedSrc FIRST so the player unmounts and does not reload the OLD tokened URL when playToken
+    // bumps below — the fresh URL comes from the async effect after withIptvToken re-mints. Skipping this
+    // would load the stale token once (duplicate session / a stale 401 that sticks the panel as failed even
+    // after the fresh stream succeeds).
+    setResolvedSrc(null);
     failedRef.current = false;
     setError(null);
     setState('starting');