diff --git a/web/src/player/hooks/useASSSubtitles.test.tsx b/web/src/player/hooks/useASSSubtitles.test.tsx
index 089418bb45..357ae208d5 100644
--- a/web/src/player/hooks/useASSSubtitles.test.tsx
+++ b/web/src/player/hooks/useASSSubtitles.test.tsx
@@ -767,6 +767,47 @@ describe("useASSSubtitles windowed ASS extraction", () => {
     expect(instances[1]!.destroy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("measures timeupdate against the refreshed window and only prefetches at its end", async () => {
+    const state = vi.fn();
+    const videoRef = makeVideoRef(1);
+
+    renderHook(() => useASSSubtitles(videoRef, [germanTrack], 6, false, 0, 0, state));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(constructorOpts).toHaveLength(1));
+    expect(String(vi.mocked(fetch).mock.calls[0]![0])).toContain("position=0&duration=600");
+
+    // Cross into the 60s prefetch lead of window [0, 600].
+    videoRef.current!.currentTime = 590;
+    videoRef.current!.dispatchEvent(new Event("timeupdate"));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(constructorOpts).toHaveLength(2));
+    expect(String(vi.mocked(fetch).mock.calls[1]![0])).toContain("position=570&duration=600");
+    // windowStart/windowEnd are committed only after the renderer is ready, and
+    // the refresh moved the load state through "loading". Wait for it to flip
+    // back to "ready" so the checks below measure against [570, 1170], not the
+    // outgoing [0, 600].
+    await waitFor(() => expect(state).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("ready"));
+
+    // Playback inside the refreshed window must not schedule another fetch.
+    for (const t of [600, 650, 700]) {
+      videoRef.current!.currentTime = t;
+      videoRef.current!.dispatchEvent(new Event("timeupdate"));
+    }
+    await act(async () => {});
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(constructorOpts).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(instances).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    // Entering the 60s prefetch lead of [570, 1170] fetches exactly one next
+    // window and swaps in exactly one renderer.
+    videoRef.current!.currentTime = 1120;
+    videoRef.current!.dispatchEvent(new Event("timeupdate"));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(constructorOpts).toHaveLength(3));
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(String(vi.mocked(fetch).mock.calls[2]![0])).toContain("position=1100&duration=600");
+    expect(instances).toHaveLength(3);
+  });
+
   it("falls back to the whole-track URL after bounded windowed retries", async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     const error = vi.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation(() => {});
@@ -1049,6 +1090,17 @@ describe("useASSSubtitles bounded retry/watchdog policy", () => {
       expect(String(vi.mocked(fetch).mock.calls[2]![0])).toContain("position=2980&duration=600");
       expect(constructorOpts).toHaveLength(2);
       expect(state).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("ready");
+      // Continued playback inside the replacement window [2980, 3580] must not
+      // kick off another fetch.
+      await act(async () => {
+        videoRef.current!.currentTime = 3010;
+        videoRef.current!.dispatchEvent(new Event("timeupdate"));
+        videoRef.current!.currentTime = 3050;
+        videoRef.current!.dispatchEvent(new Event("timeupdate"));
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+      });
+      expect(calls).toBe(3);
+      expect(constructorOpts).toHaveLength(2);
     } finally {
       unmount();
       error.mockRestore();
diff --git a/web/src/player/hooks/useASSSubtitles.ts b/web/src/player/hooks/useASSSubtitles.ts
index 4e51fb8ede..b20bccc19b 100644
--- a/web/src/player/hooks/useASSSubtitles.ts
+++ b/web/src/player/hooks/useASSSubtitles.ts
@@ -299,13 +299,13 @@ export function useASSSubtitles(
     // Infinity once the whole-track fallback is in use, so boundary refresh
     // never schedules.
     let usingWholeTrack = false;
-    const windowStart = Math.max(
+    let windowStart = Math.max(
       0,
       (video.readyState > 0 ? video.currentTime : 0) +
         sourceOriginRef.current -
         ASS_WINDOW_LEAD_SECONDS,
     );
-    const windowEnd = windowStart + ASS_WINDOW_DURATION_SECONDS;
+    let windowEnd = windowStart + ASS_WINDOW_DURATION_SECONDS;
     // Consecutive windowed failures since the last successful window, shared by
     // the initial load and boundary refreshes so the 3→1→terminal budget is one
     // finite policy. `terminal` latches after the whole-track fallback fails:
@@ -582,8 +582,12 @@ export function useASSSubtitles(
         () => jassubRef.current === instance,
       );
       if (!cancelled && !signal.aborted && jassubRef.current === instance) {
-        // A successful load clears the failure budgets so a later unrelated
-        // error starts fresh.
+        // Advance to the window this instance renders so the next
+        // timeupdate check measures against the loaded track, then clear
+        // the failure budgets so a later unrelated error starts fresh.
+        usingWholeTrack = wholeTrack;
+        windowStart = start;
+        windowEnd = wholeTrack ? Infinity : start + ASS_WINDOW_DURATION_SECONDS;
         windowFailures = 0;
         textFailures = 0;
         retryableTextFailures = 0;