fix: Clear stale media unavailable errors when a camera recovers (#2627)

- Closes: #2576

src/card-controller/call/manager.ts

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class CallManager {
         .getCameraIDsWithCapability('live')
         .has(parentID)
     ) {
-      this._notifyError('error.call_invalid_target', inbound);
+      this._notifyError('error.call_invalid_target', { inbound });
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -261,6 +261,22 @@ export class CallManager {
     return this.end();
   }
 
+  // The microphone could not be used for the call, so it is connected but the
+  // user cannot be heard. `description` is what the reporting layer knows about
+  // the failure, when it knows anything.
+  public reportCallMicrophoneError(targetID: string, description?: string): void {
+    const call = this._call;
+
+    // A report that no longer matches the call in progress describes an attempt
+    // the user has already moved past, e.g. the call ended before the provider
+    // finished reporting.
+    if (!call || !call.answered || call.cameraID !== targetID) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this._notifyError('error.call_microphone_failed', { context: description });
+  }
+
   // Tears down everything `initialize()` set up: stops any in-flight ringtone
   // and unanswered timer, drops the active call session, clears the call
   // condition state, and de-registers the condition-state listener. Driven by
@@ -367,14 +383,21 @@ export class CallManager {
   // Helpers
   // =========================================================================
 
-  private _notifyError(messageKey: string, inbound: boolean): void {
-    if (inbound) {
-      // Don't show errors on inbound calls.
+  // `context` is a diagnostic the user can quote when reporting the problem.
+  private _notifyError(
+    messageKey: string,
+    options?: { inbound?: boolean; context?: string },
+  ): void {
+    // An inbound call the user has not answered yet is not something they have
+    // asked for, so a failure to place it is not worth interrupting them with.
+    if (options?.inbound) {
       return;
     }
+    const context = options?.context;
     this._api.getNotificationManager().setNotification(
       createNotificationFromText(localize(messageKey), {
         heading: { text: localize('error.call_unavailable_heading') },
+        ...(context && { context }),
       }),
     );
   }
@@ -385,7 +408,7 @@ export class CallManager {
     const microphoneManager = this._api.getMicrophoneManager();
 
     if (!microphoneManager.isSupported()) {
-      this._notifyError('error.call_microphone_unsupported', inbound);
+      this._notifyError('error.call_microphone_unsupported', { inbound });
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -394,7 +417,7 @@ export class CallManager {
     // there clears the denial, and failing there reports it. An outbound call
     // needs the microphone immediately, so a known denial ends it here.
     if (!inbound && microphoneManager.isForbidden()) {
-      this._notifyError('error.call_microphone_forbidden', inbound);
+      this._notifyError('error.call_microphone_forbidden', { inbound });
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -428,7 +451,7 @@ export class CallManager {
     }
 
     if (!connected) {
-      this._notifyError('error.call_microphone_forbidden', false);
+      this._notifyError('error.call_microphone_forbidden');
       return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -453,7 +476,7 @@ export class CallManager {
       .getStore()
       .getAllDependentCameras(cameraID, '2-way-audio');
     if (!eligibleCameraIDs.has(streamID)) {
-      this._notifyError('error.call_invalid_target', inbound);
+      this._notifyError('error.call_invalid_target', { inbound });
       return null;
     }
     return streamID;
@@ -480,7 +503,7 @@ export class CallManager {
         .getAllDependentCameras(parentID, '2-way-audio'),
     ];
     if (!candidates.length) {
-      this._notifyError('error.call_no_two_way_audio', inbound);
+      this._notifyError('error.call_no_two_way_audio', { inbound });
       return null;
     }
     return candidates[0];

src/card-controller/issues/issue-manager.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { IssueTriggerContext } from 'issue';
+import type { IssueResolveContext, IssueTriggerContext } from 'issue';
 
 import type { ConditionStateChange } from '../../condition-trigger/conditions/types';
 import { contentsChanged, ignoreFunctionIdentity } from '../../utils/basic';
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
   IssueKey,
   IssuePresence,
   IssueReadOnlyState,
+  IssueResolveContextKey,
   IssueTriggerContextKey,
 } from './types';
 
@@ -71,6 +72,16 @@ export class IssueManager {
     this.evaluate();
   }
 
+  // Called by components that observe a problem recovering directly (e.g. a
+  // stream that is proven to be delivering media again).
+  public resolve<K extends IssueResolveContextKey>(
+    key: K,
+    context: IssueResolveContext[K],
+  ): void {
+    this._stateManager.resolve(key, context);
+    this.evaluate();
+  }
+
   // Evaluate all dynamic issues against current state, re-render the card if
   // the issue presence changed, and schedule retries.
   //

src/card-controller/issues/issues/media-unavailable.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { IssueTriggerContext } from 'issue';
+import type { IssueResolveContext, IssueTriggerContext } from 'issue';
 
 import type { ConditionState } from '../../../condition-trigger/conditions/types.js';
 import type {
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export type MediaUnavailableIssueReason =
   | 'playback_error'
   | 'server_error'
   | 'stalled'
-  | 'two_way_audio_error'
   | 'unsupported';
 
 declare module 'issue' {
@@ -37,6 +36,12 @@ declare module 'issue' {
       description?: string;
     };
   }
+
+  interface IssueResolveContext {
+    media_unavailable: {
+      targetID: string;
+    };
+  }
 }
 
 // What is known about one target's failure.
@@ -74,10 +79,6 @@ export const MEDIA_UNAVAILABLE_REASONS: Record<
     localizationKey: 'issues.media_unavailable.reasons.stalled',
     icon: 'mdi:motion-pause',
   },
-  two_way_audio_error: {
-    localizationKey: 'issues.media_unavailable.reasons.two_way_audio_error',
-    icon: 'mdi:microphone-off',
-  },
   unsupported: {
     localizationKey: 'issues.media_unavailable.reasons.unsupported',
     icon: 'mdi:video-off-outline',
@@ -102,21 +103,20 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
     this._api = api;
     this._onChange = onChange ?? null;
 
-    // Clear a target's error on a genuine media (re)load.
+    // React to a target's media loading; unload / select changes are
+    // irrelevant here.
     this._unsubscribeCallback = this._api
       .getMediaLoadedInfoManager()
       .subscribe((change) => {
-        // A reconnect replay (`cached`) did not actually reload the media, and
-        // unload / select changes are irrelevant here; only a genuine load
-        // clears the error.
-        if (change.type === 'load' && !change.cached) {
+        if (change.type === 'load') {
           this._onMediaLoad(change.targetID);
         }
       });
   }
 
   // =========================================================================
-  // Explicit trigger -- called when a component fires an issue:trigger event.
+  // Explicit trigger and resolve -- called when a component fires an
+  // issue:trigger or issue:resolve event.
   // =========================================================================
 
   public trigger(context: IssueTriggerContext['media_unavailable']): void {
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
     });
   }
 
+  // A target is proven to be delivering media again. Stronger evidence than a
+  // media load, which only says a player attached, so it clears any recorded
+  // error.
+  public resolve(context: IssueResolveContext['media_unavailable']): void {
+    this._erroredTargets.delete(context.targetID);
+    this._cancelPendingTimer(context.targetID);
+  }
+
   // =========================================================================
   // Detection -- called by the manager on every state change.
   // =========================================================================
@@ -139,8 +147,8 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
     // A known error for the current target activates immediately, even if its
     // (frozen) media still reads as loaded (it might be loaded but then
     // reported a playback error that stops playback but leaves the player
-    // attached). Errors are cleared out-of-band by `_onMediaLoad` on a genuine
-    // reload.
+    // attached). Errors are cleared out-of-band, by `resolve` or by
+    // `_onMediaLoad`.
     if (this._hasError(state)) {
       this._activate();
       return;
@@ -155,9 +163,16 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
     this._handlePendingLoad(state);
   }
 
-  // A genuine media (re)load for a target clears its error.
+  // A load proves media attached for the target. That ends any wait on it, and
+  // refutes a `not_loading` error. It is no evidence of recovery for any other
+  // reason, so those clear only via `resolve`.
   private _onMediaLoad(targetID: string): void {
-    if (this._erroredTargets.delete(targetID)) {
+    let changed = this._cancelPendingTimer(targetID);
+    if (this._erroredTargets.get(targetID)?.reason === 'not_loading') {
+      this._erroredTargets.delete(targetID);
+      changed = true;
+    }
+    if (changed) {
       this._onChange?.();
     }
   }
@@ -183,6 +198,7 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
 
   public getNotification(): Notification {
     const targets = new Map(this._erroredTargets);
+
     // The pending-load timer's target is a slow initial load that has not yet
     // errored. Gate on the timer still running: once it is stopped (a hard error
     // on another target took over, or the view moved on), _timerTargetID lingers
@@ -258,10 +274,12 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
 
   public retry(): boolean {
     // Build the set of targets to retry: all errored targets plus the
-    // target the pending timer was tracking (so a user-initiated retry
-    // works even before the timeout fires).
+    // target the pending timer is tracking (so a user-initiated retry
+    // works even before the timeout fires). A stopped timer leaves
+    // _timerTargetID behind, so gate on it still running: that target may
+    // since have loaded.
     const retryTargets = new Set(this._erroredTargets.keys());
-    if (this._timerTargetID) {
+    if (this._timerTargetID && this._timer.isRunning()) {
       retryTargets.add(this._timerTargetID);
     }
 
@@ -269,6 +287,8 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
       return false;
     }
 
+    // Bumping a target's mediaEpoch remounts its provider, which is the card's
+    // only way to rebuild a stream from scratch.
     const view = this._api.getViewManager().getView();
     const mediaEpoch = { ...(view?.context?.mediaEpoch ?? {}) };
     for (const id of retryTargets) {
@@ -276,11 +296,11 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
     }
 
     // Intentionally keep _issueActive, _erroredTargets, and the pending
-    // timer in place. The issue stays visible while the provider
-    // re-attempts loading underneath. If the retry succeeds, the fresh media
-    // load clears everything (_onMediaLoad drops the errored target). If it
-    // fails silently (e.g. bogus stream name), the error stays visible
-    // immediately -- no new 10s grace period.
+    // timer in place. The issue stays visible while the provider re-attempts
+    // loading underneath. If the retry succeeds, the fresh load clears a
+    // not-loading error and the rebuilt provider's liveness observation
+    // resolves a stream error. If it fails silently (e.g. bogus stream name),
+    // the error stays visible immediately -- no new 10s grace period.
     this._api.getViewManager().setViewWithMergedContext({ mediaEpoch });
     return false;
   }
@@ -314,6 +334,17 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
   // Private helpers.
   // =========================================================================
 
+  // Stop waiting on a target's load, if it is the one being waited on. Returns
+  // whether it was.
+  private _cancelPendingTimer(targetID: string): boolean {
+    if (this._timerTargetID !== targetID) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    this._timer.stop();
+    this._timerTargetID = null;
+    return true;
+  }
+
   // Media not yet loaded and no known error: start (or keep) a timeout to catch
   // a slow or failed initial load. No targetID means no provider is rendering
   // media (e.g. the viewer shows "No media to display"), so there's nothing to
@@ -337,7 +368,7 @@ export class MediaUnavailableIssue implements Issue {
       this._timerTargetID = targetID;
       this._timer.start(MEDIA_LOADING_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, () => {
         // Record the error on timeout so retry() knows which epoch to bump.
-        this._erroredTargets.set(targetID, { reason: 'not_loading' });
+        this.trigger({ targetID, reason: 'not_loading' });
         this._activate();
         this._onChange?.();
       });

src/card-controller/issues/state-manager.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { IssueTriggerContext } from 'issue';
+import type { IssueResolveContext, IssueTriggerContext } from 'issue';
 
 import { summarizeNotification } from '../../components-lib/notification/summarize';
 import type { ConditionState } from '../../condition-trigger/conditions/types';
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
   IssueKey,
   IssuePresence,
   IssueReadOnlyState,
+  IssueResolveContextKey,
   IssueTriggerContextKey,
   KeyedIssueDescription,
 } from './types';
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ export class IssueStateManager implements IssueReadOnlyState {
   }
 
   // =========================================================================
-  // Detection -- static (one-shot on init) and dynamic (on every state change).
+  // Detection -- static (one-shot on init), dynamic (on every state change) and
+  // explicit (triggered or resolved by a component).
   // =========================================================================
 
   public async detectStatic(hass: HomeAssistant): Promise<void> {
@@ -56,6 +58,18 @@ export class IssueStateManager implements IssueReadOnlyState {
     this._logIfNew(issue);
   }
 
+  public resolve<K extends IssueResolveContextKey>(
+    key: K,
+    context: IssueResolveContext[K],
+  ): void {
+    const issue = this._issues.get(key);
+    if (!issue) {
+      return;
+    }
+    issue.resolve?.(context);
+    this._logIfNew(issue);
+  }
+
   public detectDynamic(context: ConditionState): void {
     for (const issue of this._issues.values()) {
       issue.detectDynamic?.(context);

src/card-controller/issues/types.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { IssueTriggerContext } from 'issue';
+import type { IssueResolveContext, IssueTriggerContext } from 'issue';
 
 import type { ConditionState } from '../../condition-trigger/conditions/types';
 import type { Notification } from '../../config/schema/actions/types';
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ export type IssueTriggerEventData = {
   [K in IssueTriggerContextKey]: { key: K } & IssueTriggerContext[K];
 }[IssueTriggerContextKey];
 
+export type IssueResolveContextKey = keyof IssueResolveContext;
+export type IssueResolveEventData = {
+  [K in IssueResolveContextKey]: { key: K } & IssueResolveContext[K];
+}[IssueResolveContextKey];
+
 export interface Issue {
   readonly key: IssueKey;
 
@@ -59,6 +64,11 @@ export interface Issue {
   // Explicitly trigger this issue with key-specific context.
   trigger?(context: IssueTriggerContext[IssueTriggerContextKey]): void;
 
+  // The inverse of `trigger`: the context names what recovered, and only that
+  // part of the issue's state is dropped. Contrast `reset`, which discards
+  // everything the issue is holding.
+  resolve?(context: IssueResolveContext[IssueResolveContextKey]): void;
+
   hasIssue(): boolean;
   getIssue(): IssueDescription | null;
 

src/card-controller/media-info-manager.ts

@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ interface ActiveEntry {
 // A change delivered to subscribers: a target's active media loading or
 // unloading, or the selected target changing.
 export type MediaLoadedInfoChange =
-  // A target's media (re)loaded. `cached` marks a replay (a reconnect
-  // re-dispatch, not an actual reload) rather than a genuine load.
-  | { type: 'load'; targetID: string; info: MediaLoadedInfo; cached: boolean }
+  // A target's media (re)loaded, or a reconnect re-dispatched its last load.
+  | { type: 'load'; targetID: string; info: MediaLoadedInfo }
 
   // A target's media was retired.
   | { type: 'unload'; targetID: string }
@@ -68,11 +67,7 @@ export class MediaLoadedInfoManager {
     }
   }
 
-  public set(
-    mediaLoadedInfo: MediaLoadedInfo,
-    owner: MediaLoadedInfoOwner,
-    cached?: boolean,
-  ): void {
+  public set(mediaLoadedInfo: MediaLoadedInfo, owner: MediaLoadedInfoOwner): void {
     if (!isValidMediaLoadedInfo(mediaLoadedInfo) || !mediaLoadedInfo.targetID) {
       return;
     }
@@ -93,12 +88,7 @@ export class MediaLoadedInfoManager {
 
     // Notify for every target, not just the selected one (e.g. a background
     // grid camera).
-    this._notify({
-      type: 'load',
-      targetID,
-      info: mediaLoadedInfo,
-      cached: cached ?? false,
-    });
+    this._notify({ type: 'load', targetID, info: mediaLoadedInfo });
   }
 
   public setSelected(targetID: string | null): void {
@@ -132,7 +122,7 @@ export class MediaLoadedInfoManager {
     if (!(owner instanceof HTMLElement) || !targetID) {
       return;
     }
-    this.set(ev.detail.info, owner, ev.detail.cached);
+    this.set(ev.detail.info, owner);
     onAbort(ev.detail.signal, () => this._clearTarget(targetID, owner));
   }
 

src/card.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ import 'web-dialog';
 import { actionHandler } from './action-handler-directive.js';
 import { ConfigManager } from './card-controller/config/config-manager';
 import { CardController } from './card-controller/controller';
-import type { IssueKey, IssueTriggerEventData } from './card-controller/issues/types.js';
+import type {
+  IssueKey,
+  IssueResolveEventData,
+  IssueTriggerEventData,
+} from './card-controller/issues/types.js';
 import { resolveAutoHideState, type AutoHideState } from './components-lib/auto-hide.js';
+import type { MicrophoneError } from './components-lib/live/utils/dispatch-microphone-error.js';
 import { MenuButtonController } from './components-lib/menu-button-controller';
 
 import './components/effects/effects';
@@ -427,6 +432,16 @@ class AdvancedCameraCard extends LitElement {
             detail: { key, ...context },
           }: CustomEvent<IssueTriggerEventData>) =>
             this._controller.getIssueManager().trigger(key, context)}
+          @advanced-camera-card:issue:resolve=${({
+            detail: { key, ...context },
+          }: CustomEvent<IssueResolveEventData>) =>
+            this._controller.getIssueManager().resolve(key, context)}
+          @advanced-camera-card:microphone:error=${({
+            detail,
+          }: CustomEvent<MicrophoneError>) =>
+            this._controller
+              .getCallManager()
+              .reportCallMicrophoneError(detail.targetID, detail.description)}
           @advanced-camera-card:media:loaded=${(
             ev: CustomEvent<MediaLoadedInfoEventDetail>,
           ) => this._controller.getMediaLoadedInfoManager().handleLoadEvent(ev)}

src/components-lib/live/liveness/detectors/entity-availability.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ export class EntityAvailabilityDetector implements LivenessDetector {
 
   public subscribe(): void {
     this._active = true;
-    this._watch();
+    this._subscribeOrUnsubscribeFromCameraEntity();
+    this._check();
   }
 
   public unsubscribe(): void {
@@ -56,32 +57,34 @@ export class EntityAvailabilityDetector implements LivenessDetector {
   }
 
   public reset(): void {
-    // Re-point the subscription at the (possibly different) camera entity and
-    // start fresh.
     this._verdict = { state: 'unknown' };
     this._timer.stop();
-    this._watch();
+
+    // A reset is not a stop: watching continues, only what was learned is
+    // forgotten. `getCameraEntity` may now name a different entity, so re-point
+    // the subscription and read that entity now.
+    this._subscribeOrUnsubscribeFromCameraEntity();
+    this._check();
   }
 
   public getVerdict(): LivenessVerdict {
     return this._verdict;
   }
 
-  // Point the subscription at the current camera entity and re-check its state.
-  private _watch(): void {
+  private _subscribeOrUnsubscribeFromCameraEntity(): void {
     if (!this._active) {
       return;
     }
     const stateWatcher = this._config.getStateWatcher();
     const entityID = this._config.getCameraEntity();
-    if (entityID !== this._watchedEntity) {
-      stateWatcher?.unsubscribe(this._onEntityStateChange);
-      this._watchedEntity = entityID;
-      if (entityID) {
-        stateWatcher?.subscribe(this._onEntityStateChange, [entityID]);
-      }
+    if (entityID === this._watchedEntity) {
+      return;
+    }
+    stateWatcher?.unsubscribe(this._onEntityStateChange);
+    this._watchedEntity = entityID;
+    if (entityID) {
+      stateWatcher?.subscribe(this._onEntityStateChange, [entityID]);
     }
-    this._check();
   }
 
   private _onEntityStateChange = (difference: HassStateDifference): void =>
@@ -93,6 +96,9 @@ export class EntityAvailabilityDetector implements LivenessDetector {
     this._evaluate(difference.newState.state);
 
   private _check(): void {
+    if (!this._active) {
+      return;
+    }
     const stateObj = this._watchedEntity
       ? this._config.getHASS()?.states[this._watchedEntity]
       : undefined;

src/components-lib/live/liveness/detectors/media-player-liveness.ts

@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ export class MediaPlayerLivenessDetector implements LivenessDetector {
     this._watchedPlayer = target;
 
     if (player?.subscribeLiveness) {
+      // A `live` verdict left over from the last watch means media was flowing
+      // then, not now. Drop it, so `live` always means something seen during
+      // this watch. The `not_live` hold below is kept on purpose.
+      if (this._verdict.state === 'live') {
+        this._setVerdict({ state: 'unknown' });
+      }
+
       // Start (or resume) watching; the verdict stays `unknown` until a real
       // frame or a stall is observed.
       this._unsubscribeLiveness = player.subscribeLiveness((isLive) =>

src/components-lib/live/liveness/detectors/provider-error.ts

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class ProviderErrorDetector implements LivenessDetector {
         state: 'not_live',
         authority: 'hard',
         reason: ev.detail.reason ?? 'playback_error',
-        description: ev.detail.detail,
+        description: ev.detail.description,
       };
       this._onChange();
     }

src/components-lib/live/liveness/stream-liveness-controller.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import type { ReactiveController, ReactiveControllerHost } from 'lit';
 import type { Camera } from '../../../camera-manager/camera';
 import type { StateWatcherSubscriptionInterface } from '../../../card-controller/hass/state-watcher';
 import type { MediaUnavailableIssueReason } from '../../../card-controller/issues/issues/media-unavailable';
-import type { IssueTriggerEventData } from '../../../card-controller/issues/types';
+import type {
+  IssueResolveEventData,
+  IssueTriggerEventData,
+} from '../../../card-controller/issues/types';
 import type { CameraConfig } from '../../../config/schema/cameras';
 import type { HomeAssistant } from '../../../ha/types';
 import { fireAdvancedCameraCardEvent } from '../../../utils/fire-advanced-camera-card-event';
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ export class StreamLivenessController implements ReactiveController {
   private _host: ReactiveControllerHost & HTMLElement;
   private _config: StreamLivenessControllerConfig;
   private _detectors: LivenessDetector[];
+  private _resetting = false;
 
   constructor(
     host: ReactiveControllerHost & HTMLElement,
@@ -150,7 +154,20 @@ export class StreamLivenessController implements ReactiveController {
 
   // Discard detector state on a stream change (e.g. a stream switch).
   public reset(): void {
-    this._detectors.forEach((detector) => detector.reset?.());
+    // The detectors are cleared one at a time, and clearing one could cause it
+    // report a change (e.g. an entity might be marked as having an unknown
+    // state). Part-way through, some are cleared and some are not, so what they
+    // add up to is meaningless and this controller needs to not take action
+    // during this time. Ignore anything detectors say until the reset is
+    // complete.
+    this._resetting = true;
+    try {
+      this._detectors.forEach((detector) => detector.reset?.());
+    } finally {
+      this._resetting = false;
+    }
+
+    this._onDetectorChange();
   }
 
   // Reduce the detectors to a single verdict. Direct evidence from the media
@@ -179,9 +196,15 @@ export class StreamLivenessController implements ReactiveController {
   }
 
   private _onDetectorChange(): void {
+    if (this._resetting) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const verdict = this._getVerdict();
     if (verdict.state === 'not_live') {
       this._triggerMediaUnavailableIssue(verdict.reason, verdict.description);
+    } else if (verdict.state === 'live') {
+      this._resolveMediaUnavailableIssue();
     }
     this._host.requestUpdate();
   }
@@ -203,4 +226,15 @@ export class StreamLivenessController implements ReactiveController {
       description,
     });
   }
+
+  private _resolveMediaUnavailableIssue(): void {
+    const targetID = this._config.getTargetID();
+    if (!targetID) {
+      return;
+    }
+    fireAdvancedCameraCardEvent<IssueResolveEventData>(this._host, 'issue:resolve', {
+      key: 'media_unavailable',
+      targetID,
+    });
+  }
 }

src/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/image-surface-controller.ts

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import { OffscreenImage } from './offscreen-image';
 import type { ImageSurface } from './session-controller';
 
 // Liveness: while frames are expected, a gap beyond the window is a stall.
-// Omitted -> the surface reports no liveness. `stallWindowSeconds` defaults to
+// Omitted -> the surface reports no liveness. `getStallAfterSeconds` defaults to
 // the standard frame-stall window.
 interface ImageSurfaceLivenessOptions {
   isFrameExpected: () => boolean;
-  stallWindowSeconds?: number;
+  getStallAfterSeconds?: () => number;
 }
 
 interface ImageSurfaceOptions {

src/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/session-controller.ts

@@ -96,7 +96,12 @@ interface Go2RTCSessionCallbacks {
   // stream; a higher level should take over (e.g. the card's media-load retry).
   // The reason is the most recent source failure, or null when there is none
   // (e.g. the socket dropped with no source having reported a cause).
-  errorCallback: (reason: StreamSourceFailureReason | null) => void;
+  streamErrorCallback: (reason: StreamSourceFailureReason | null) => void;
+
+  // The outbound microphone could not be used, so the camera cannot be talked
+  // to. The inbound video is unaffected. `error` is what the source knows about
+  // the failure, when it knows anything.
+  microphoneErrorCallback: (error?: string) => void;
 }
 
 // Injectable platform and factory seams for tests. Every field defaults to
@@ -184,7 +189,7 @@ export class Go2RTCSessionController {
   // The most recent source failure on this connection, handed to the error
   // callback when the session finally gives up so the card can name the cause.
   // Null before any failure and after a healthy commit.
-  private _lastFailureReason: StreamSourceFailureReason | null = null;
+  private _lastStreamFailureReason: StreamSourceFailureReason | null = null;
 
   private _retryTimer = new RetryTimer(RECONNECT_INTERVAL_SECONDS);
 
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@ export class Go2RTCSessionController {
 
   public reset(): void {
     this._retryTimer.reset();
-    this._lastFailureReason = null;
+    this._lastStreamFailureReason = null;
 
     this._teardownLanes();
     this._channel?.close();
@@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ export class Go2RTCSessionController {
         },
         failedCallback: (reason: StreamSourceFailureReason) => {
           if (source) {
-            this._lastFailureReason = reason;
+            this._lastStreamFailureReason = reason;
             this._logSourceFailure('binary', reason, mode);
             this._handleBinaryFailed(context, source);
           }
@@ -448,7 +453,7 @@ export class Go2RTCSessionController {
         },
         failedCallback: (reason) => {
           if (source) {
-            this._lastFailureReason = reason;
+            this._lastStreamFailureReason = reason;
             this._logSourceFailure('webrtc', reason);
             this._handleWebRTCFailed(context, source);
           }
@@ -458,6 +463,7 @@ export class Go2RTCSessionController {
 
     source = (this._options?.createWebRTCSource ?? createWebRTCSource)(sourceContext, {
       microphoneStream: this._microphoneStream,
+      microphoneErrorCallback: (error) => this._callbacks.microphoneErrorCallback(error),
       createPeerConnection: this._options?.createPeerConnection,
       createMediaStream: this._options?.createMediaStream,
     });
@@ -628,7 +634,7 @@ export class Go2RTCSessionController {
 
   private _reconnectOrEscalateError(context: ConnectionContext): void {
     if (this._retryTimer.getAttempts() >= RECONNECT_MAX_ATTEMPTS) {
-      this._callbacks.errorCallback(this._lastFailureReason);
+      this._callbacks.streamErrorCallback(this._lastStreamFailureReason);
       return;
     }
     this._retryTimer.schedule(() => this._connectChannel(context.url, context.surfaces));
@@ -660,7 +666,7 @@ export class Go2RTCSessionController {
     this._committedSource = source;
 
     this._retryTimer.reset();
-    this._lastFailureReason = null;
+    this._lastStreamFailureReason = null;
 
     if (this._committedSurface && this._committedSurface !== surface) {
       this._resetSurface(context, this._committedSurface);

src/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/sources/factory.ts

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export interface CreateWebRTCSourceOptions {
   createPeerConnection?: PeerConnectionFactory;
   createMediaStream?: MediaStreamFactory;
   microphoneStream?: MediaStream | null;
+  microphoneErrorCallback?: (error?: string) => void;
 }
 
 export type WebRTCSourceFactory = (

src/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/sources/webrtc.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   UnsubscribeCallback,
 } from '../../../../../types';
 import { has2WayAudio, hasAudio } from '../../../../../utils/audio';
+import { isRecord } from '../../../../../utils/basic';
 import { Timer } from '../../../../../utils/timer';
 import {
   createBrowserPeerConnection,
@@ -38,10 +39,32 @@ const WEBRTC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5;
 
 export type MediaStreamFactory = (tracks: MediaStreamTrack[]) => MediaStream;
 
+// What a thrown value has to say for itself, preferring the browser's sentence
+// ("The peer connection is closed") over the bare type name
+// ("InvalidStateError"), which means nothing to the person reading it.
+//
+// DOMException may not inherit from Error, and catch blocks may be handed
+// anything, so extract details structurally rather than using `instanceof
+// Error`.
+const getErrorDescription = (error: unknown): string | null => {
+  if (!isRecord(error)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const message = typeof error.message === 'string' ? error.message : '';
+  const name = typeof error.name === 'string' ? error.name : '';
+  return message || name || null;
+};
+
 interface WebRTCStreamSourceOptions {
   createPeerConnection?: PeerConnectionFactory;
   createMediaStream?: MediaStreamFactory;
   microphoneStream?: MediaStream | null;
+
+  // The outbound microphone track could not be attached. Separate from the
+  // stream-source failure channel: a microphone that cannot attach says nothing
+  // about the inbound video which keeps playing. `error` is what the browser
+  // said went wrong, when it said anything.
+  microphoneErrorCallback?: (error?: string) => void;
 }
 
 export class WebRTCStreamSource implements StreamSource {
@@ -52,6 +75,7 @@ export class WebRTCStreamSource implements StreamSource {
   private _createPeerConnection: PeerConnectionFactory;
   private _createMediaStream: MediaStreamFactory;
   private _microphoneStream: MediaStream | null;
+  private _microphoneErrorCallback: ((error?: string) => void) | null;
 
   private _microphoneTransceiver: RTCRtpTransceiver | null = null;
 
@@ -75,6 +99,7 @@ export class WebRTCStreamSource implements StreamSource {
       options?.createMediaStream ?? ((tracks) => new MediaStream(tracks));
 
     this._microphoneStream = options?.microphoneStream ?? null;
+    this._microphoneErrorCallback = options?.microphoneErrorCallback ?? null;
   }
 
   public start(): void {
@@ -183,9 +208,7 @@ export class WebRTCStreamSource implements StreamSource {
     };
   }
 
-  // Swap the outbound microphone track without renegotiating. Guards against a
-  // late rejection from a superseded call (a newer stream, or teardown)
-  // bringing a retired connection back or overwriting a fresher request.
+  // Swap the outbound microphone track without renegotiating.
   public async setMicrophoneStream(stream: MediaStream | null): Promise<void> {
     if (this._microphoneStream === stream) {
       return;
@@ -199,17 +222,27 @@ export class WebRTCStreamSource implements StreamSource {
       return;
     }
 
+    // Whether the awaited microphone request is still the one in effect: a newer
+    // stream, or teardown, retires it, and reporting a retired outcome would
+    // describe something that is no longer being attempted.
+    const isCurrentRequest = (
+      transceiver: RTCRtpTransceiver,
+      stream: MediaStream | null,
+    ): boolean =>
+      transceiver === this._microphoneTransceiver &&
+      this._microphoneStream === stream &&
+      this._pc !== null;
+
     // A microphone stream carries a single audio track; null detaches the sender.
     const desiredTrack = stream?.getAudioTracks()[0] ?? null;
     try {
       await transceiver.sender.replaceTrack(desiredTrack);
-    } catch {
-      const stillCurrent =
-        transceiver === this._microphoneTransceiver &&
-        this._microphoneStream === stream &&
-        this._pc !== null;
-      if (stillCurrent) {
-        this._context.callbacks.failedCallback('two_way_audio_error');
+    } catch (error) {
+      // Only a failed attach is reported. A failed detach leaves nothing for
+      // the user to act on: the track stops being transmitted when the peer
+      // connection closes.
+      if (desiredTrack && isCurrentRequest(transceiver, stream)) {
+        this._microphoneErrorCallback?.(getErrorDescription(error) ?? undefined);
       }
     }
   }

src/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/types.ts

@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ export interface StreamProfile {
 }
 
 export type StreamSourceFailureReason =
-  | 'two_way_audio_error'
   | 'buffer_overflow'
   | 'connect_timeout'
   | 'media_error'

src/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/utils/stream-failure-reason.ts

@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ import type { StreamSourceFailureReason } from '../types';
 // The card's media-unavailable causes are user-facing; a source's failure
 // reasons are technical. Only a media error and a buffer overflow have no
 // distinct user story, so they map to a generic playback error; the rest each
-// keep a meaningful cause -- a server rejection, an unsupported stream, a failed
-// two-way-audio call, or a timeout that means the stream never got going.
-const FAILURE_TO_ISSUE_REASON: Record<
+// keep a meaningful cause -- a server rejection, an unsupported stream, or a
+// timeout that means the stream never got going.
+const STREAM_FAILURE_TO_ISSUE_REASON: Record<
   StreamSourceFailureReason,
   MediaUnavailableIssueReason
 > = {
-  two_way_audio_error: 'two_way_audio_error',
   buffer_overflow: 'playback_error',
   connect_timeout: 'not_loading',
   media_error: 'playback_error',
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ const FAILURE_TO_ISSUE_REASON: Record<
 
 // A null reason is a connection-level failure with no source detail (e.g. the
 // socket dropped), which reads as a generic playback error.
-export const mapFailureReasonToIssueReason = (
+export const mapStreamFailureReasonToIssueReason = (
   reason: StreamSourceFailureReason | null,
 ): MediaUnavailableIssueReason =>
-  reason === null ? 'playback_error' : FAILURE_TO_ISSUE_REASON[reason];
+  reason === null ? 'playback_error' : STREAM_FAILURE_TO_ISSUE_REASON[reason];

src/components-lib/live/utils/dispatch-live-error.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export interface LiveError {
 
   // Free text naming the specific failure (e.g. "Failed to start WebRTC stream:
   // ..."). Absent when the provider has none.
-  detail?: string;
+  description?: string;
 }
 
 declare global {

src/components-lib/live/utils/dispatch-microphone-error.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { fireAdvancedCameraCardEvent } from '../../../utils/fire-advanced-camera-card-event';
+
+// What a provider knows about its own microphone related failure. Stream
+// otherwise not impacted (contrast with `live:error`: which marks the whole
+// stream not live).
+export interface MicrophoneError {
+  // The base camera the provider is rendering. Carried because this event is
+  // handled once for the whole card, unlike `live:error` which is caught and
+  // stopped on the camera's own provider wrapper and so needs no camera named.
+  targetID: string;
+
+  // Free text naming the specific failure, when the provider has one.
+  description?: string;
+}
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementEventMap {
+    'advanced-camera-card:microphone:error': CustomEvent<MicrophoneError>;
+  }
+}
+
+export function dispatchMicrophoneErrorEvent(
+  element: EventTarget,
+  error: MicrophoneError,
+): void {
+  fireAdvancedCameraCardEvent<MicrophoneError>(element, 'microphone:error', error);
+}

src/components-lib/media-loaded-info-source-controller.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ type TargetedMediaLoadedInfo = MediaLoadedInfo & { targetID: string };
  * without needing the underlying media to re-fire a load (e.g., HaHlsPlayer
  * keeps the same `<video>`).
  *
+ * That replay assumes the media outlived the detach. A host that instead
+ * destroys its media -- whenever it does so, on disconnect or otherwise -- must
+ * say so with `clear()`, or the replay would describe a player that no longer
+ * exists and consumers will be told media is loaded when none is. `set` and
+ * `clear` are the two halves of the same obligation: report what is really
+ * there.
+ *
  * Aggregator parents (e.g., `ha-camera-stream`) sit on the bubble path; they
  * can `stopPropagation` on inner-leaf events and dispatch their own via their
  * own source controller, so consumers above the boundary only see the
@@ -68,9 +75,9 @@ export class MediaLoadedInfoSourceController implements ReactiveController {
 
   public hostConnected(): void {
     // Two early-returns:
-    //  - `!_lastSet`: nothing to replay -- either the host has never seen a
-    //    media load or the cache was discarded as stale on a prior reconnect
-    //    (see below).
+    //  - `!_lastSet`: nothing to replay -- the host has never seen a media
+    //    load, or destroyed the media it had (`clear`), or the cache was
+    //    discarded as stale on a prior reconnect (see below).
     //  - `_abort` non-null: a dispatch is already live, meaning we're already
     //    registered with consumers. Re-firing would orphan the prior
     //    `AbortController` (no one would ever abort it) and emit a duplicate
@@ -84,8 +91,7 @@ export class MediaLoadedInfoSourceController implements ReactiveController {
     // flipped while we were disconnected. Replaying the cached info under a
     // stale targetID would misregister with the manager.
     if (this._lastSet.targetID === this._config.getTargetID()) {
-      // A reconnect replay of the last load, not a fresh media load.
-      this._dispatchLoad(this._lastSet, true);
+      this._dispatchLoad(this._lastSet);
     } else {
       this._lastSet = null;
     }
@@ -131,16 +137,24 @@ export class MediaLoadedInfoSourceController implements ReactiveController {
     this._dispatchLoad(validated);
   }
 
+  // The media this source announced is gone. Retires the registration through
+  // the same signal a disconnect uses, and forgets the load so nothing is
+  // replayed on a later reconnect: the host must `set` again when it has media
+  // to announce.
+  public clear(): void {
+    this._unload();
+    this._lastSet = null;
+  }
+
   private _unload(): void {
     this._abort?.abort();
     this._abort = null;
   }
 
-  private _dispatchLoad(info: TargetedMediaLoadedInfo, cached?: boolean): void {
+  private _dispatchLoad(info: TargetedMediaLoadedInfo): void {
     this._abort = new AbortController();
     fireAdvancedCameraCardEvent<MediaLoadedInfoEventDetail>(this._host, 'media:loaded', {
       info,
-      cached,
       signal: this._abort.signal,
     });
   }

src/components-lib/media-player/frame-stall-watchdog.ts

@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ export interface FrameStallWatchdogConfig {
 
   // Seconds without a frame (while playback is expected) before a stall is
   // reported. Defaults to FRAME_STALL_SECONDS; a slow source (e.g. a snapshot
-  // that refreshes every N seconds) needs a window at least as long as N.
-  stallAfterSeconds?: number;
+  // that refreshes every N seconds) needs a window at least as long as N. Read
+  // each time the timer is armed, so a source whose pace the user can change
+  // gets the window it has now.
+  getStallAfterSeconds?: () => number;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -44,7 +46,6 @@ export interface FrameStallWatchdogConfig {
  */
 export class FrameStallWatchdog {
   private _config: FrameStallWatchdogConfig;
-  private _stallAfterSeconds: number;
 
   private _timer = new Timer();
   private _callbacks = new Set<LivenessCallback>();
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ export class FrameStallWatchdog {
 
   constructor(config: FrameStallWatchdogConfig) {
     this._config = config;
-    this._stallAfterSeconds = config.stallAfterSeconds ?? FRAME_STALL_SECONDS;
   }
 
   public subscribe(callback: LivenessCallback): UnsubscribeCallback {
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ export class FrameStallWatchdog {
     this._callbacks.add(callback);
     if (hadNoSubscribers) {
       this._start();
+    } else if (this._isLive !== null) {
+      // Someone else is already watching and a frame or a stall has been seen,
+      // so tell the newcomer what that was rather than leaving it waiting for
+      // the next one. Nothing went unwatched in between, so it is not stale.
+      callback(this._isLive);
     }
 
     return (): void => {
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ export class FrameStallWatchdog {
     if (!this._sourceActive) {
       return;
     }
-    this._timer.start(this._stallAfterSeconds, () => this._onStall());
+    this._startStallTimer();
 
     // Notify last: if this recovery notification prompts the final subscriber
     // to unsubscribe, `_stop` then clears the timer just armed instead of
@@ -97,10 +102,16 @@ export class FrameStallWatchdog {
     // watching begins is still detected. With no source there is nothing to
     // arm, so nothing is ever reported.
     if (this._sourceActive) {
-      this._timer.start(this._stallAfterSeconds, () => this._onStall());
+      this._startStallTimer();
     }
   }
 
+  private _startStallTimer(): void {
+    this._timer.start(this._config.getStallAfterSeconds?.() ?? FRAME_STALL_SECONDS, () =>
+      this._onStall(),
+    );
+  }
+
   private _stop(): void {
     this._timer.stop();
     if (this._sourceActive) {
@@ -120,7 +131,7 @@ export class FrameStallWatchdog {
     // Legitimately idle (paused / seeking / ended). Re-arm rather than stop: a
     // source that later resumes already frozen delivers no frame to kick the
     // timer, so a freeze that only becomes actionable later is still caught.
-    this._timer.start(this._stallAfterSeconds, () => this._onStall());
+    this._startStallTimer();
   }
 
   private _setLive(isLive: boolean): void {

src/components-lib/media-player/image.ts

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ export interface ImageUpdateControl {
 }
 
 // Liveness for an image stream: each <img> `load` is a frame; a gap longer than
-// the window while frames are expected is a stall. `stallWindowSeconds`
+// the window while frames are expected is a stall. `getStallAfterSeconds`
 // defaults to the standard frame-stall window (suits a push-fed stream); a
 // timer-refreshed image may set a different one, should be at least its refresh
 // interval.
 interface ImageLivenessOptions {
   isFrameExpected: () => boolean;
-  stallWindowSeconds?: number;
+  getStallAfterSeconds?: () => number;
 }
 
 // Obtaining a screenshot. Defaults to drawing the current <img>; an image
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class ImageMediaPlayerController implements MediaPlayerController {
     if (livenessOptions) {
       const stallWatchdog = new FrameStallWatchdog({
         isPlaybackExpected: livenessOptions.isFrameExpected,
-        stallAfterSeconds: livenessOptions.stallWindowSeconds,
+        getStallAfterSeconds: livenessOptions.getStallAfterSeconds,
         startSource: () => this._startFrameSource(),
         stopSource: () => this._stopFrameSource(),
       });

src/components-lib/notification/factory.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type {
   Notification,
+  NotificationContextItem,
   NotificationDetail,
 } from '../../config/schema/actions/types.js';
 import type { Link } from '../../config/schema/common/link.js';
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ export interface NotificationOptions {
   icon?: string;
   link?: Link;
   metadata?: NotificationDetail[];
-  context?: object;
+  context?: NotificationContextItem;
   in_progress?: boolean;
 }
 

src/components/image-updating-player.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type { MediaUnavailableIssueReason } from '../card-controller/issues/issu
 import type { IssueTriggerEventData } from '../card-controller/issues/types.js';
 import { CachedValueController } from '../components-lib/cached-value-controller.js';
 import { MediaLoadedInfoSourceController } from '../components-lib/media-loaded-info-source-controller.js';
+import { FRAME_STALL_SECONDS } from '../components-lib/media-player/frame-stall-watchdog.js';
 import { ImageMediaPlayerController } from '../components-lib/media-player/image.js';
 import { createMediaNotification } from '../components-lib/notification/media.js';
 import {
@@ -176,6 +177,17 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardImageUpdatingPlayer
         isRunning: () => this._cachedValueController.hasTimer(),
       },
       screenshotProvider: async () => this._cachedValueController.getValue(),
+      livenessOptions: {
+        // Frames are only due while the refresh timer runs. A snapshot with
+        // refreshing switched off shows one picture forever, which is the
+        // configured behaviour and never a stall.
+        isFrameExpected: () => this._cachedValueController.hasTimer(),
+
+        // Allow a whole refresh interval to pass, plus the standard window, so
+        // one slow fetch is not mistaken for a stopped camera.
+        getStallAfterSeconds: () =>
+          (this._getEffectiveRefreshSeconds() ?? 0) + FRAME_STALL_SECONDS,
+      },
     },
   );
 

src/components/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/index.ts

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import {
   type VideoSurface,
 } from '../../../../components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/session-controller.js';
 import type { SurfaceKind } from '../../../../components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/types.js';
-import { mapFailureReasonToIssueReason } from '../../../../components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/utils/failure-reason.js';
+import { mapStreamFailureReasonToIssueReason } from '../../../../components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/utils/stream-failure-reason.js';
 import { dispatchLiveErrorEvent } from '../../../../components-lib/live/utils/dispatch-live-error.js';
+import { dispatchMicrophoneErrorEvent } from '../../../../components-lib/live/utils/dispatch-microphone-error.js';
 import { MediaLoadedInfoSourceController } from '../../../../components-lib/media-loaded-info-source-controller.js';
 import { VideoMediaPlayerController } from '../../../../components-lib/media-player/video.js';
 import {
@@ -163,12 +164,24 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardGo2RTCExperimental
     // failure's user-facing cause) so the card's media-load retry (reconnecting
     // indicator, backoff, give-up) runs and can name why. The provider renders
     // the error itself (below); the event drives the liveness verdict + retry.
-    errorCallback: (reason) => {
-      this._streamError = mapFailureReasonToIssueReason(reason);
+    streamErrorCallback: (reason) => {
+      this._streamError = mapStreamFailureReasonToIssueReason(reason);
       dispatchLiveErrorEvent(this, { reason: this._streamError });
     },
+
+    microphoneErrorCallback: (error) => this._reportMicrophoneError(error),
   });
 
+  private _reportMicrophoneError(error?: string): void {
+    if (!this.targetID) {
+      return;
+    }
+    dispatchMicrophoneErrorEvent(this, {
+      targetID: this.targetID,
+      description: error,
+    });
+  }
+
   public async getMediaPlayerController(): Promise<MediaPlayerController | null> {
     return this._activeSurface === 'image'
       ? this._imageSurface.getMediaPlayer()
@@ -186,9 +199,18 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardGo2RTCExperimental
   disconnectedCallback(): void {
     // Tear down synchronously so streams (e.g. 2-way audio backchannels)
     // release immediately.
+    this._destroyMedia();
+    super.disconnectedCallback();
+  }
+
+  // Drop the session and everything it was playing on. The surfaces keep their
+  // elements but the session has emptied them, so the media that was announced
+  // no longer exists and must stop being claimed -- otherwise a later reconnect
+  // would replay it and the card would believe a dead camera was loaded.
+  private _destroyMedia(): void {
     this._session.reset();
     this._activeSurface = null;
-    super.disconnectedCallback();
+    this._mediaLoadedInfoSourceController.clear();
   }
 
   protected willUpdate(changedProps: PropertyValues): void {
@@ -196,8 +218,7 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardGo2RTCExperimental
       // The session is re-established by `updated()` once the new camera's
       // signed URL resolves; the next commit picks the live surface. Blank the
       // view meanwhile so the previous camera's last frame is not shown.
-      this._session.reset();
-      this._activeSurface = null;
+      this._destroyMedia();
       this._streamError = null;
     }
 
@@ -237,8 +258,7 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardGo2RTCExperimental
       // drop the session -- otherwise a later URL, even an identical unsigned
       // endpoint, would be skipped by connect()'s identity check and leave the
       // session bound to the removed elements.
-      this._session.reset();
-      this._activeSurface = null;
+      this._destroyMedia();
     }
   }
 

src/components/live/providers/jsmpeg.ts

@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardLiveJSMPEG extends LitElement implements MediaPla
       this._jsmpegCanvasElement.remove();
       this._jsmpegCanvasElement = undefined;
     }
+
+    // The player and the canvas it drew on are gone, so the media announced
+    // from them no longer exists and must stop being claimed -- otherwise a
+    // later reconnect would replay it and the card would believe a dead camera
+    // was loaded.
+    this._mediaLoadedInfoSourceController.clear();
   }
 
   connectedCallback(): void {

src/components/live/providers/webrtc-card.ts

@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ export class AdvancedCameraCardLiveWebRTCCard extends LitElement implements Medi
   disconnectedCallback(): void {
     this._videoRTC = null;
     this._notification = null;
+
+    // A reconnect builds a brand new WebRTC element, so the video that was
+    // announced is gone and must stop being claimed -- otherwise the card would
+    // be told media is loaded during the window where there is no element at
+    // all, and would keep believing it if the replacement never loads.
+    this._mediaLoadedInfoSourceController.clear();
+
     super.disconnectedCallback();
   }
 

src/config/schema/actions/types.ts

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ export type NotificationControl = z.infer<typeof notificationControlSchema>;
 // A context item is a preformatted string or a structured object that is
 // YAML-dumped at render time (see NotificationContextController).
 const notificationContextItemSchema = z.union([z.string(), z.custom<object>(isRecord)]);
+export type NotificationContextItem = z.infer<typeof notificationContextItemSchema>;
 
 const notificationSchema = z.object({
   heading: notificationDetailSchema.optional(),

src/declarations.d.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ declare module 'view' {
 declare module 'issue' {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type
   interface IssueTriggerContext {}
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type
+  interface IssueResolveContext {}
 }
 declare module 'action' {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type

src/localize/languages/en.json

@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@
     "awaiting_live": "Waiting for live stream to load...",
     "awaiting_media": "Waiting for media to load",
     "call_invalid_target": "The requested camera or stream is not available to call.",
+    "call_microphone_failed": "Your microphone could not be connected.",
     "call_microphone_forbidden": "Microphone access has been denied for this page. Update your browser permissions and try again.",
     "call_microphone_unsupported": "Microphone access is not available in this browser (e.g. requires HTTPS).",
     "call_no_two_way_audio": "This camera does not support two-way audio.",
@@ -897,7 +898,6 @@
         "playback_error": "Playback error",
         "server_error": "Streaming server error",
         "stalled": "Stream stalled",
-        "two_way_audio_error": "Two-way audio error",
         "unsupported": "Stream not supported"
       },
       "text": "The media is not currently available. This can happen for several reasons, for example a camera becoming unavailable, a stream stalling or failing, or media that has not finished loading. The card keeps retrying automatically. For live views, a still image may be shown while a stream is loading (if configured, and by default)"

src/patches/ha-hls-player.ts

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void customElements.whenDefined('ha-hls-player').then(() => {
       // and are only logged (see render()).
       const errored = !!this._error && this._errorIsFatal;
       if (errored && !this._lastErrored) {
-        dispatchLiveErrorEvent(this, { detail: this._error });
+        dispatchLiveErrorEvent(this, { description: this._error });
       }
       this._lastErrored = errored;
     }

src/types.ts

@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ export type MediaLoadedInfoOwner = HTMLElement;
 export interface MediaLoadedInfoEventDetail {
   info: MediaLoadedInfo;
 
-  // Absent (the default, a fresh media load) unless `true`, which marks a
-  // replay: the source re-dispatched its last load on reconnect without the
-  // media actually reloading (e.g. preloaded camera in the background when
-  // brought to the foreground).
-  cached?: boolean;
-
   // Aborts when the source retires this media. The source aborts on host
   // disconnect, and when a subsequent `set()` arrives under a different
   // `targetID` (replacing this dispatch). Independent of DOM connectedness, so

tests/card-controller/call/manager.test.ts

@@ -945,6 +945,65 @@ describe('endIf', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('reportCallMicrophoneError', () => {
+  it('should report a microphone that could not be attached', async () => {
+    const api = createAPI({ view: createView({ camera: 'camera.office' }) });
+    const manager = new CallManager(api);
+    expect(await manager.start()).toBe(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getNotificationManager().setNotification).mockClear();
+
+    manager.reportCallMicrophoneError('camera.office', 'The peer connection is closed');
+
+    expect(api.getNotificationManager().setNotification).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      heading: { text: 'Two-way audio unavailable' },
+      body: { text: 'Your microphone could not be connected.' },
+      context: ['The peer connection is closed'],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should omit the context when the browser provided none', async () => {
+    const api = createAPI({ view: createView({ camera: 'camera.office' }) });
+    const manager = new CallManager(api);
+    expect(await manager.start()).toBe(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getNotificationManager().setNotification).mockClear();
+
+    manager.reportCallMicrophoneError('camera.office');
+
+    expect(api.getNotificationManager().setNotification).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.not.objectContaining({ context: expect.anything() }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should not report without a call', () => {
+    const api = createAPI({ view: createView({ camera: 'camera.office' }) });
+
+    new CallManager(api).reportCallMicrophoneError('camera.office');
+
+    expect(api.getNotificationManager().setNotification).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should not report while an inbound call is still ringing', async () => {
+    const api = createAPI({ view: createView({ camera: 'camera.office' }) });
+    const manager = new CallManager(api);
+    expect(await manager.start({ inbound: true })).toBe(true);
+
+    manager.reportCallMicrophoneError('camera.office');
+
+    expect(api.getNotificationManager().setNotification).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should not report for a camera the call is not on', async () => {
+    const api = createAPI({ view: createView({ camera: 'camera.office' }) });
+    const manager = new CallManager(api);
+    expect(await manager.start()).toBe(true);
+    vi.mocked(api.getNotificationManager().setNotification).mockClear();
+
+    manager.reportCallMicrophoneError('camera.other');
+
+    expect(api.getNotificationManager().setNotification).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
 describe('condition state changes', () => {
   it('should end the call when the selected camera changes away', async () => {
     const api = createAPI({ view: createView({ camera: 'camera.office' }) });

tests/card-controller/issues/issue-manager.test.ts

@@ -265,6 +265,45 @@ describe('IssueManager', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('resolve', () => {
+    it('should resolve the issue and update the card once it clears', () => {
+      const api = createCardAPI();
+      const manager = new IssueManager(api);
+
+      const issue = createIssue('media_unavailable', {
+        hasIssue: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+        getIssue: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(createIssueDescription()),
+        resolve: vi.fn(),
+      });
+      manager.addIssue(issue);
+
+      // Establish the issue as present, then let resolving remove it.
+      manager.evaluate();
+      vi.mocked(api.getCardElementManager().update).mockClear();
+      vi.mocked(issue.getIssue).mockReturnValue(null);
+
+      manager.resolve('media_unavailable', { targetID: 'camera-1' });
+
+      expect(issue.resolve).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ targetID: 'camera-1' });
+      expect(api.getCardElementManager().update).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should stop retrying once resolve removes the last retryable problem', () => {
+      const { manager, issue } = createRetriableSetup();
+      assert(issue.resolve);
+      assert(issue.needsRetry);
+
+      // Arm the retry timer while the problem is unresolved.
+      manager.evaluate();
+
+      vi.mocked(issue.needsRetry).mockReturnValue(false);
+      manager.resolve('media_unavailable', { targetID: 'camera-1' });
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(DEFAULT_RETRY_SECONDS * 1000 * 10);
+      expect(issue.retry).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('retry', () => {
     it('should call retry on the manager and reset the timer', () => {
       const { manager, issue } = createRetriableSetup();

tests/card-controller/issues/issues/media-unavailable.test.ts

@@ -19,18 +19,12 @@ const fireMediaChange = (
   vi.mocked(api.getMediaLoadedInfoManager().subscribe).mock.calls[0]?.[0]?.(change);
 };
 
-// Simulate a media (re)load for `targetID`. `cached` marks a reconnect replay
-// (a re-dispatch of the last load, not an actual reload).
-const fireMediaLoad = (
-  api: ReturnType<typeof createAPI>,
-  targetID: string,
-  cached = false,
-): void => {
+// Simulate a media (re)load for `targetID`.
+const fireMediaLoad = (api: ReturnType<typeof createAPI>, targetID: string): void => {
   fireMediaChange(api, {
     type: 'load',
     targetID,
     info: createMediaLoadedInfo({ targetID }),
-    cached,
   });
 };
 
@@ -305,15 +299,15 @@ describe('MediaUnavailableIssue', () => {
       expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(false);
     });
 
-    it('should clear a target error on a genuine media load', () => {
+    it('should clear a not-loading error on a media load', () => {
       const api = createAPI();
       const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api);
 
-      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'stalled' });
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'not_loading' });
       issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera-1', view: 'live' });
       expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(true);
 
-      // A genuine (re)load for the target clears the error.
+      // An attached player disproves "media not loading", whoever recorded it.
       fireMediaLoad(api, 'camera-1');
 
       // The error is gone, so this unloaded state falls back to the timer
@@ -322,6 +316,21 @@ describe('MediaUnavailableIssue', () => {
       expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(false);
     });
 
+    it('should not clear a stream error on a media load', () => {
+      const api = createAPI();
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api);
+
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'stalled' });
+
+      // A load only says a player attached -- for a stream that loaded and then
+      // froze, that includes a reconnect replay of the frozen player. Stream
+      // errors clear only via resolve, on real evidence of media flowing.
+      fireMediaLoad(api, 'camera-1');
+      issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera-1', view: 'live' });
+
+      expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     it('should keep an errored target active while its media still reads as loaded', () => {
       const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(createAPI());
 
@@ -343,7 +352,7 @@ describe('MediaUnavailableIssue', () => {
       const api = createAPI();
       const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api);
 
-      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'stalled' });
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'not_loading' });
 
       // A load for a different target must not clear camera-1's error.
       fireMediaLoad(api, 'camera-2');
@@ -352,32 +361,13 @@ describe('MediaUnavailableIssue', () => {
       expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(true);
     });
 
-    it('should not clear a target error on a reconnect replay', () => {
-      const api = createAPI();
-      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api);
-
-      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'stalled' });
-
-      fireMediaLoad(
-        api,
-        'camera-1',
-
-        // A cached replay (reconnect re-dispatch) did not actually reload the
-        // media, so it must not clear the error.
-        true,
-      );
-      issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera-1', view: 'live' });
-
-      expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(true);
-    });
-
     it('should not clear a target error on unload or select changes', () => {
       const api = createAPI();
       const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api);
 
-      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'stalled' });
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'not_loading' });
 
-      // Only a genuine load clears; unload / select changes are irrelevant.
+      // Only a load clears; unload / select changes are irrelevant.
       fireMediaChange(api, { type: 'unload', targetID: 'camera-1' });
       fireMediaChange(api, { type: 'select', targetID: 'camera-1' });
       issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera-1', view: 'live' });
@@ -399,6 +389,78 @@ describe('MediaUnavailableIssue', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('resolve', () => {
+    it('should clear an errored target', () => {
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(createAPI());
+
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera.office', reason: 'stalled' });
+      expect(issue.getNotification().metadata).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({ text: 'camera.office: Stream stalled' }),
+      ]);
+
+      issue.resolve({ targetID: 'camera.office' });
+
+      expect(issue.getNotification().metadata).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('should deactivate a target that is proven to be delivering media again', () => {
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(createAPI());
+
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'stalled' });
+      issue.detectDynamic({
+        targetID: 'camera-1',
+        view: 'live',
+        mediaLoadedInfo: createMediaLoadedInfo({ targetID: 'camera-1' }),
+      });
+      expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(true);
+
+      issue.resolve({ targetID: 'camera-1' });
+      issue.detectDynamic({
+        targetID: 'camera-1',
+        view: 'live',
+        mediaLoadedInfo: createMediaLoadedInfo({ targetID: 'camera-1' }),
+      });
+
+      expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should leave other targets errored', () => {
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(createAPI());
+
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera.office', reason: 'stalled' });
+
+      issue.resolve({ targetID: 'camera.garden' });
+
+      expect(issue.getNotification().metadata).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({ text: 'camera.office: Stream stalled' }),
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should cancel the pending-load timer for its target', () => {
+      const onChange = vi.fn();
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(createAPI(), onChange);
+
+      issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera-1', view: 'live' });
+
+      issue.resolve({ targetID: 'camera-1' });
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+      expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(false);
+      expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should leave the pending-load timer alone for a different target', () => {
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(createAPI());
+
+      issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera-1', view: 'live' });
+
+      issue.resolve({ targetID: 'camera-2' });
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+      expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('getNotification', () => {
     it('should return notification regardless of active state', () => {
       const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(createAPI());
@@ -673,6 +735,28 @@ describe('MediaUnavailableIssue', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should not retry a stale pending-timer target once its timer has stopped', () => {
+      const api = createAPI();
+      vi.mocked(api.getViewManager().getView).mockReturnValue(mock<View>());
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api);
+
+      // A slow load arms the pending timer for camera.garden.
+      issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera.garden', view: 'live' });
+
+      // The view moves to a target that already has a hard error. That path
+      // activates immediately and stops the timer, but the stale
+      // _timerTargetID (camera.garden) lingers -- and that target may since
+      // have loaded, so reloading it would be gratuitous.
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera.office', reason: 'playback_error' });
+      issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera.office', view: 'live' });
+
+      issue.retry();
+
+      expect(api.getViewManager().setViewWithMergedContext).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        mediaEpoch: { 'camera.office': 1 },
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should keep errored targets and issue state after retry', () => {
       const api = createAPI();
       vi.mocked(api.getViewManager().getView).mockReturnValue(mock<View>());
@@ -685,8 +769,8 @@ describe('MediaUnavailableIssue', () => {
       issue.retry();
 
       // After retry, the issue stays active and the errored target is preserved
-      // -- no new 10s grace period. A genuine media load would clear everything
-      // (_onMediaLoad drops the errored target).
+      // -- no new 10s grace period. Recovery clears it: a load for a
+      // not-loading error, a resolve for a stream error.
       expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(true);
       issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera-1', view: 'live' });
       expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(true);
@@ -714,12 +798,63 @@ describe('MediaUnavailableIssue', () => {
       const onChange = vi.fn();
       const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api, onChange);
 
-      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'stalled' });
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'not_loading' });
       fireMediaLoad(api, 'camera-1');
 
       expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
+    it('should not notify onChange when a load changes nothing', () => {
+      const api = createAPI();
+      const onChange = vi.fn();
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api, onChange);
+
+      issue.trigger({ targetID: 'camera-1', reason: 'stalled' });
+      fireMediaLoad(api, 'camera-1');
+
+      expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should clear a timer-recorded error when the media later loads', () => {
+      const api = createAPI();
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api);
+
+      // A viewer target has no liveness observer, so a load is the only
+      // recovery signal it will ever produce.
+      issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'media-1', view: 'clip' });
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+      expect(issue.getNotification().metadata).toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({ text: 'media-1: Media not loading' }),
+      ]);
+
+      fireMediaLoad(api, 'media-1');
+
+      expect(issue.getNotification().metadata).toBeUndefined();
+      issue.detectDynamic({
+        targetID: 'media-1',
+        view: 'clip',
+        mediaLoadedInfo: createMediaLoadedInfo({ targetID: 'media-1' }),
+      });
+      expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should cancel the pending-load timer when its target genuinely loads', () => {
+      const api = createAPI();
+      const issue = new MediaUnavailableIssue(api);
+
+      // A target starts loading, arming the pending-load timer.
+      issue.detectDynamic({ targetID: 'camera-1', view: 'live' });
+
+      // It loads in the background, so no further detection pass runs for it
+      // (detection only ever covers the current target).
+      fireMediaLoad(api, 'camera-1');
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(10000);
+
+      expect(issue.hasIssue()).toBe(false);
+      expect(issue.getNotification().metadata).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
     it('should unsubscribe from media loads on destroy', () => {
       const api = createAPI();
       const unsubscribe = vi.fn();

tests/card-controller/issues/state-manager.test.ts

@@ -116,6 +116,46 @@ describe('IssueStateManager', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('resolve', () => {
+    it('should call resolve on the matching issue', () => {
+      const manager = createManager();
+
+      manager.resolve('media_unavailable', { targetID: 'cam1' });
+
+      assert(mockMediaLoad.resolve);
+      expect(mockMediaLoad.resolve).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ targetID: 'cam1' });
+    });
+
+    it('should do nothing for unknown key', () => {
+      const manager = createManager();
+
+      manager.resolve('unknown' as never, {} as never);
+
+      assert(mockMediaLoad.resolve);
+      expect(mockMediaLoad.resolve).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should log the issue again after resolving cleared it', () => {
+      const spy = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockReturnValue(undefined);
+      const manager = createManager([mockMediaLoad]);
+      vi.mocked(mockMediaLoad.getIssue).mockReturnValue(createIssueDescription());
+
+      manager.trigger('media_unavailable', { targetID: 'cam1', reason: 'stalled' });
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+      // Resolving clears the issue, which releases the dedupe so the next
+      // failure is logged as a new episode rather than silently swallowed.
+      vi.mocked(mockMediaLoad.getIssue).mockReturnValue(null);
+      manager.resolve('media_unavailable', { targetID: 'cam1' });
+
+      vi.mocked(mockMediaLoad.getIssue).mockReturnValue(createIssueDescription());
+      manager.trigger('media_unavailable', { targetID: 'cam1', reason: 'stalled' });
+
+      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      spy.mockRestore();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('detectDynamic', () => {
     it('should call detectDynamic on issues with the given state', () => {
       const manager = createManager();

tests/card-controller/media-info-manager.test.ts

@@ -441,25 +441,6 @@ describe('MediaLoadedInfoManager', () => {
         type: 'load',
         targetID: 'target-1',
         info,
-        cached: false,
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('should mark a cached load', () => {
-      const api = createCardAPI();
-      const manager = new MediaLoadedInfoManager(api);
-      const owner = document.createElement('div');
-      const info = createMediaLoadedInfo({ targetID: 'target-1' });
-      const listener = vi.fn();
-
-      manager.subscribe(listener);
-      manager.set(info, owner, true);
-
-      expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        type: 'load',
-        targetID: 'target-1',
-        info,
-        cached: true,
       });
     });
 

tests/components-lib/live/liveness/detectors/entity-availability.test.ts

@@ -219,6 +219,22 @@ describe('EntityAvailabilityDetector', () => {
     expect(detector.getVerdict()).toEqual({ state: 'unknown' });
   });
 
+  it('should re-check the entity when reset', () => {
+    // always_error makes the re-check produce a verdict immediately rather than
+    // waiting out the grace window.
+    const { detector, setEntityState } = setup({ alwaysError: true });
+    detector.subscribe();
+
+    // An entity that is already unavailable never fires a state change, so
+    // resetting must read it rather than wait to be told.
+    setEntityState('unavailable');
+    detector.reset();
+
+    expect(detector.getVerdict()).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ state: 'not_live', authority: 'hard' }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should do nothing on reset before subscribe', () => {
     const { detector, stateWatcher } = setup();
 

tests/components-lib/live/liveness/detectors/media-player-liveness.test.ts

@@ -163,6 +163,26 @@ describe('MediaPlayerLivenessDetector', () => {
     expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it('should discard a retained live verdict when watching resumes', async () => {
+    const { detector, onChange, loadMedia } = setup();
+    const { player, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } = createPlayer();
+    detector.subscribe();
+    loadMedia(player);
+    await callIntersectionHandler(true);
+    fireMediaPlayerLiveness(true);
+
+    // Away and back with nothing observed in between. The retained `live`
+    // describes the previous watch, so it must not survive into this one.
+    detector.unsubscribe();
+    onChange.mockClear();
+    detector.subscribe();
+    loadMedia(player);
+    await callIntersectionHandler(true);
+
+    expect(detector.getVerdict()).toEqual({ state: 'unknown' });
+    expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it('should not watch a player without the liveness capability', async () => {
     const { detector, onChange, loadMedia } = setup();
     const player = mock<MediaPlayerController>();

tests/components-lib/live/liveness/detectors/provider-error.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ const createHostInDocument = (): HTMLElement => {
 
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 describe('ProviderErrorDetector', () => {
+  it('should not report a change when reset', () => {
+    const host = createHostInDocument();
+    const onChange = vi.fn();
+    const detector = new ProviderErrorDetector(host, onChange);
+    detector.subscribe();
+    dispatchLiveErrorEvent(host);
+    onChange.mockClear();
+
+    detector.reset();
+
+    expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it('should start unknown', () => {
     const detector = new ProviderErrorDetector(document.createElement('div'), vi.fn());
 
@@ -43,7 +56,7 @@ describe('ProviderErrorDetector', () => {
 
     dispatchLiveErrorEvent(host, {
       reason: 'unsupported',
-      detail: 'Codec not supported',
+      description: 'Codec not supported',
     });
 
     expect(detector.getVerdict()).toEqual({

tests/components-lib/live/liveness/stream-liveness-controller.test.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../test-utils';
 
 const ISSUE_TRIGGER_EVENT = 'advanced-camera-card:issue:trigger';
+const ISSUE_RESOLVE_EVENT = 'advanced-camera-card:issue:resolve';
 
 const setup = (options?: { targetID?: string | null }) => {
   const host = createLitElement();
@@ -41,11 +42,16 @@ const setup = (options?: { targetID?: string | null }) => {
     issueTriggers.push((ev as CustomEvent).detail),
   );
 
+  const issueResolves: unknown[] = [];
+  host.addEventListener(ISSUE_RESOLVE_EVENT, (ev) =>
+    issueResolves.push((ev as CustomEvent).detail),
+  );
+
   const failViaProviderError = (error?: LiveError): void => {
     dispatchLiveErrorEvent(host, error);
   };
 
-  return { host, controller, issueTriggers, failViaProviderError };
+  return { host, controller, issueTriggers, issueResolves, failViaProviderError };
 };
 
 const createPlayer = (): {
@@ -139,7 +145,9 @@ describe('StreamLivenessController', () => {
     const { controller, issueTriggers, failViaProviderError } = setup();
     controller.hostConnected();
 
-    failViaProviderError({ detail: 'Failed to start WebRTC stream: no candidates' });
+    failViaProviderError({
+      description: 'Failed to start WebRTC stream: no candidates',
+    });
 
     expect(controller.getFailure()).toEqual({
       reason: 'playback_error',
@@ -338,6 +346,129 @@ describe('StreamLivenessController', () => {
     vi.useRealTimers();
   });
 
+  describe('resolving the issue', () => {
+    const setupWithLiveStream = async () => {
+      const result = setup();
+      const { player, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } = createPlayer();
+
+      result.controller.hostConnected();
+      result.host.dispatchEvent(
+        createMediaLoadedInfoEvent({
+          info: createMediaLoadedInfo({ mediaPlayerController: player }),
+        }),
+      );
+      await callIntersectionHandler(true);
+
+      return { ...result, fireMediaPlayerLiveness };
+    };
+
+    it('should resolve when frames confirm the stream is flowing', async () => {
+      const { issueResolves, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } = await setupWithLiveStream();
+
+      fireMediaPlayerLiveness(true);
+
+      expect(issueResolves).toEqual([
+        { key: 'media_unavailable', targetID: 'camera.office' },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not resolve while a hard failure exists', async () => {
+      const { issueResolves, failViaProviderError, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } =
+        await setupWithLiveStream();
+
+      // A provider has authoritatively condemned the stream. Frames continuing
+      // to arrive must not talk the card out of it.
+      failViaProviderError();
+      fireMediaPlayerLiveness(true);
+
+      expect(issueResolves).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not resolve without a target', async () => {
+      const result = setup({ targetID: null });
+      const { player, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } = createPlayer();
+
+      result.controller.hostConnected();
+      result.host.dispatchEvent(
+        createMediaLoadedInfoEvent({
+          info: createMediaLoadedInfo({ mediaPlayerController: player }),
+        }),
+      );
+      await callIntersectionHandler(true);
+      fireMediaPlayerLiveness(true);
+
+      expect(result.issueResolves).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not resolve on reconnect without fresh evidence', async () => {
+      const { controller, issueResolves, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } =
+        await setupWithLiveStream();
+      fireMediaPlayerLiveness(true);
+      issueResolves.length = 0;
+
+      // Away and back with nothing observed in between: the previous `live` is
+      // a memory of the old watch, not evidence about the new one.
+      controller.hostDisconnected();
+      controller.hostConnected();
+
+      expect(issueResolves).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not announce recovery for a stream that was reset away', async () => {
+      const { controller, issueResolves, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } =
+        await setupWithLiveStream();
+      fireMediaPlayerLiveness(true);
+      issueResolves.length = 0;
+
+      // The stream this `live` describes is being torn down, so resetting must
+      // not report it as recovered.
+      controller.reset();
+
+      expect(issueResolves).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not mix a stale live verdict with a freshly reset one', async () => {
+      const { controller, host, issueResolves, issueTriggers, failViaProviderError } =
+        setup();
+      const { player, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } = createPlayer();
+      controller.hostConnected();
+      host.dispatchEvent(
+        createMediaLoadedInfoEvent({
+          info: createMediaLoadedInfo({ mediaPlayerController: player }),
+        }),
+      );
+      await callIntersectionHandler(true);
+
+      // Frames say live, then a provider error condemns the stream. Both
+      // verdicts are held at once, by different detectors.
+      fireMediaPlayerLiveness(true);
+      failViaProviderError();
+      issueResolves.length = 0;
+      issueTriggers.length = 0;
+
+      // Resetting clears them in turn. If any detector announced part-way
+      // through, the cleared provider error would leave the stale `live`
+      // unopposed and the card would report a recovery that never happened.
+      controller.reset();
+
+      expect(issueResolves).toEqual([]);
+      expect(issueTriggers).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should re-read the detectors once they have all been reset', async () => {
+      const { controller, host, fireMediaPlayerLiveness } = await setupWithLiveStream();
+      fireMediaPlayerLiveness(true);
+      vi.mocked(host.requestUpdate).mockClear();
+
+      controller.reset();
+
+      // Anything the detectors say while being reset is ignored, so this is the
+      // single read the controller makes once they are all done.
+      expect(host.requestUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(controller.isLive()).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should report not live despite confirmed frames when always_error overrides', async () => {
     const host = createLitElement();
     document.body.append(host);

tests/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/image-surface-controller.test.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe('ImageSurfaceController', () => {
 
     it('should have liveness when given liveness options', () => {
       const controller = new ImageSurfaceController(createLitElement(), () => null, {
-        livenessOptions: { isFrameExpected: () => true, stallWindowSeconds: 10 },
+        livenessOptions: { isFrameExpected: () => true, getStallAfterSeconds: () => 10 },
       });
 
       expect(controller.getMediaPlayer().subscribeLiveness).toBeDefined();

tests/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/session-controller.test.ts

@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
     const getControls = vi.fn(() => options?.controls ?? false);
     const mediaLoadedCallback = vi.fn();
     const surfaceCommittedCallback = vi.fn();
-    const errorCallback = vi.fn();
+    const streamErrorCallback = vi.fn();
+    const microphoneErrorCallback = vi.fn();
 
     const session = new Go2RTCSessionController(
       {
@@ -186,7 +187,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
         getCardWideConfig: () => options?.cardWideConfig ?? null,
         mediaLoadedCallback,
         surfaceCommittedCallback,
-        errorCallback,
+        streamErrorCallback,
+        microphoneErrorCallback,
       },
       { createWebSocket, createBinarySource, createWebRTCSource, createVideoElement },
     );
@@ -201,7 +203,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
       createBinarySource,
       createWebRTCSource,
       createWebSocket,
-      errorCallback,
+      streamErrorCallback,
+      microphoneErrorCallback,
       mediaLoadedCallback,
       offscreenVideos,
       session,
@@ -281,7 +284,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
         surfaceCommittedCallback: vi.fn(),
         getCardWideConfig: () => null,
         mediaLoadedCallback: vi.fn(),
-        errorCallback: vi.fn(),
+        streamErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
+        microphoneErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
       });
       session.connect('ws://localhost:1/api/ws', createSurfaces().surfaces, ['mse']);
       session.reset();
@@ -536,6 +540,30 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
       expect(webRTCOptions[0]?.microphoneStream).toBe(micStream);
     });
 
+    it('should report a microphone error without disturbing the stream', () => {
+      const {
+        session,
+        surfaces,
+        websockets,
+        webRTCOptions,
+        webRTCSources,
+        microphoneErrorCallback,
+        streamErrorCallback,
+      } = setup();
+      session.connect('http://host/api/ws?src=camera', surfaces, ['webrtc']);
+      websockets[0].fireOpen();
+
+      webRTCOptions[0]?.microphoneErrorCallback?.('InvalidStateError');
+
+      expect(microphoneErrorCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith('InvalidStateError');
+
+      // The inbound video is unaffected by an outbound audio failure, so the
+      // source keeps running and the session neither escalates nor reconnects.
+      expect(streamErrorCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(webRTCSources[0].stop).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(websockets).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
     it('should re-dispatch loaded media on an audio mute transition', () => {
       const peerConnection = new FakeRTCPeerConnection();
       const audioTransceiver = peerConnection.addTransceiver('audio', {
@@ -863,7 +891,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
     });
 
     it('should escalate via the error callback after exhausting reconnect attempts', () => {
-      const { session, surfaces, websockets, createWebSocket, errorCallback } = setup();
+      const { session, surfaces, websockets, createWebSocket, streamErrorCallback } =
+        setup();
       session.connect('http://host/api/ws?src=camera', surfaces, ['mse']);
 
       // Each fresh connection closes before loading, consuming one reconnect
@@ -878,16 +907,17 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
       websockets[3].fireClose();
 
       expect(createWebSocket).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
-      expect(errorCallback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(streamErrorCallback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 
       // The socket dropped with no source reporting a cause.
-      expect(errorCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
+      expect(streamErrorCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null);
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(2 * 1000);
       expect(createWebSocket).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
     });
 
     it('should escalate with the most recent source failure reason', () => {
-      const { session, surfaces, websockets, binaryContexts, errorCallback } = setup();
+      const { session, surfaces, websockets, binaryContexts, streamErrorCallback } =
+        setup();
       session.connect('http://host/api/ws?src=camera', surfaces, ['mse']);
 
       // Each attempt: the single binary source fails, which drains the mode
@@ -901,7 +931,7 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
       websockets[3].fireOpen();
       binaryContexts[3].callbacks.failedCallback('unsupported');
 
-      expect(errorCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith('unsupported');
+      expect(streamErrorCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith('unsupported');
     });
 
     it('should reset the reconnect budget after a successful media load', () => {
@@ -911,7 +941,7 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
         websockets,
         binaryContexts,
         createWebSocket,
-        errorCallback,
+        streamErrorCallback,
       } = setup();
       session.connect('http://host/api/ws?src=camera', surfaces, ['mse']);
 
@@ -933,7 +963,7 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
         websockets[attempt + 1].fireOpen();
       }
 
-      expect(errorCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(streamErrorCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(createWebSocket).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(6);
     });
 
@@ -1081,7 +1111,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
           surfaceCommittedCallback: vi.fn(),
           getCardWideConfig: () => null,
           mediaLoadedCallback,
-          errorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          streamErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          microphoneErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
         },
         { createWebSocket, createBinarySource },
       );
@@ -1115,7 +1146,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
           surfaceCommittedCallback: vi.fn(),
           getCardWideConfig: () => null,
           mediaLoadedCallback,
-          errorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          streamErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          microphoneErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
         },
         { createWebSocket, createWebRTCSource },
       );
@@ -1141,7 +1173,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
           surfaceCommittedCallback: vi.fn(),
           getCardWideConfig: () => null,
           mediaLoadedCallback: vi.fn(),
-          errorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          streamErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          microphoneErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
         },
         { createWebSocket },
       );
@@ -1172,7 +1205,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
           surfaceCommittedCallback: vi.fn(),
           getCardWideConfig: () => null,
           mediaLoadedCallback: vi.fn(),
-          errorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          streamErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          microphoneErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
         },
         { createWebSocket },
       );
@@ -1212,7 +1246,8 @@ describe('Go2RTCSessionController', () => {
           surfaceCommittedCallback: vi.fn(),
           getCardWideConfig: () => null,
           mediaLoadedCallback: vi.fn(),
-          errorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          streamErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
+          microphoneErrorCallback: vi.fn(),
         },
         { createWebSocket, createBinarySource, createWebRTCSource },
       );

tests/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/sources/webrtc.test.ts

@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ describe('WebRTCStreamSource', () => {
 
     const pc = new FakeRTCPeerConnection();
     const createPeerConnection = vi.fn(() => pc.asPeerConnection());
+    const microphoneErrorCallback = vi.fn();
     const source = new WebRTCStreamSource(context, {
       createPeerConnection,
       createMediaStream: (tracks) =>
         new FakeMediaStream(tracks as unknown as FakeMediaStreamTrack[]).asMediaStream(),
       microphoneStream: options?.microphoneStream?.asMediaStream() ?? null,
+      microphoneErrorCallback,
     });
 
     return {
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ describe('WebRTCStreamSource', () => {
       createPeerConnection,
       failedCallback,
       loadedCallback,
+      microphoneErrorCallback,
       pc,
       source,
       video,
@@ -506,29 +509,77 @@ describe('WebRTCStreamSource', () => {
     });
 
     it('should do nothing before there is a peer connection', async () => {
-      const { source, failedCallback } = setup();
+      const { source, microphoneErrorCallback } = setup();
       await source.setMicrophoneStream(
         new FakeMediaStream([new FakeMediaStreamTrack('audio')]).asMediaStream(),
       );
 
-      expect(failedCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(microphoneErrorCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    it('should fail when a current replaceTrack rejects', async () => {
+    it.each([
+      [
+        'what the browser said when the rejection has a message',
+        new DOMException('The peer connection is closed', 'InvalidStateError'),
+        'The peer connection is closed',
+      ],
+      [
+        'the rejection type when there is no message to quote',
+        new DOMException('', 'InvalidStateError'),
+        'InvalidStateError',
+      ],
+      ['nothing when the rejection is not an object', 'nope', undefined],
+      [
+        'nothing when the rejection describes itself with neither',
+        { message: 5, name: 7 },
+        undefined,
+      ],
+    ] as const)(
+      'should report %s when a current replaceTrack rejects',
+      async (_summary, rejection, expected) => {
+        const { source, pc, microphoneErrorCallback } = setup();
+        source.start();
+        pc.getMicrophoneTransceiver().sender.replaceTrack.mockRejectedValue(rejection);
+        await source.setMicrophoneStream(
+          new FakeMediaStream([new FakeMediaStreamTrack('audio')]).asMediaStream(),
+        );
+
+        expect(microphoneErrorCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
+      },
+    );
+
+    it('should not fail the stream source when the microphone cannot attach', async () => {
       const { source, pc, failedCallback } = setup();
       source.start();
       pc.getMicrophoneTransceiver().sender.replaceTrack.mockRejectedValue(
-        new Error('replace failed'),
+        new DOMException('replace failed', 'InvalidStateError'),
       );
       await source.setMicrophoneStream(
         new FakeMediaStream([new FakeMediaStreamTrack('audio')]).asMediaStream(),
       );
 
-      expect(failedCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith('two_way_audio_error');
+      // The inbound video is unaffected by an outbound audio failure, so the
+      // source must keep running rather than failing over to another one.
+      expect(failedCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should not report a rejection when detaching the microphone', async () => {
+      const stream = new FakeMediaStream([new FakeMediaStreamTrack('audio')]);
+      const { source, pc, microphoneErrorCallback } = setup({
+        microphoneStream: stream,
+      });
+      source.start();
+      pc.getMicrophoneTransceiver().sender.replaceTrack.mockRejectedValue(
+        new DOMException('The peer connection is closed', 'InvalidStateError'),
+      );
+      await source.setMicrophoneStream(null);
+
+      // Ignore the error, the user is not trying to be heard anyway.
+      expect(microphoneErrorCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it('should ignore a stale replaceTrack rejection after stop', async () => {
-      const { source, pc, failedCallback } = setup();
+      const { source, pc, microphoneErrorCallback } = setup();
       source.start();
       let rejectReplace: (reason: Error) => void = () => {};
       pc.getMicrophoneTransceiver().sender.replaceTrack.mockReturnValue(
@@ -543,7 +594,7 @@ describe('WebRTCStreamSource', () => {
       rejectReplace(new Error('replace failed'));
       await promise;
 
-      expect(failedCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(microphoneErrorCallback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
 });

tests/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/utils/stream-failure-reason.test.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import { mapFailureReasonToIssueReason } from '../../../../../../src/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/utils/failure-reason';
+import { mapStreamFailureReasonToIssueReason } from '../../../../../../src/components-lib/live/providers/go2rtc-experimental/utils/stream-failure-reason';
 
-describe('mapFailureReasonToIssueReason', () => {
+describe('mapStreamFailureReasonToIssueReason', () => {
   it.each([
     ['connect_timeout', 'not_loading'],
     ['negotiation_timeout', 'not_loading'],
     ['media_error', 'playback_error'],
     ['buffer_overflow', 'playback_error'],
-    ['two_way_audio_error', 'two_way_audio_error'],
     ['server_error', 'server_error'],
     ['unsupported', 'unsupported'],
   ] as const)('should map %s to the %s cause', (reason, expected) => {
-    expect(mapFailureReasonToIssueReason(reason)).toBe(expected);
+    expect(mapStreamFailureReasonToIssueReason(reason)).toBe(expected);
   });
 
   it('should map a null reason to a generic playback error', () => {
-    expect(mapFailureReasonToIssueReason(null)).toBe('playback_error');
+    expect(mapStreamFailureReasonToIssueReason(null)).toBe('playback_error');
   });
 });

tests/components-lib/live/utils/dispatch-live-error.test.ts

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ it('should forward the reason and detail as the event detail', () => {
 
   dispatchLiveErrorEvent(element, {
     reason: 'unsupported',
-    detail: 'Codec not supported',
+    description: 'Codec not supported',
   });
   expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
     expect.objectContaining({
-      detail: { reason: 'unsupported', detail: 'Codec not supported' },
+      detail: { reason: 'unsupported', description: 'Codec not supported' },
     }),
   );
 });

tests/components-lib/media-loaded-info-source-controller.test.ts

@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ describe('MediaLoadedInfoSourceController', () => {
       });
       expect(ev.detail.signal).toBeInstanceOf(AbortSignal);
       expect(ev.detail.signal.aborted).toBe(false);
-
-      // A fresh load omits `cached` (only a replay marks it true).
-      expect(ev.detail.cached).toBeUndefined();
     });
 
     it('should dedup structurally-equal info', () => {
@@ -179,10 +176,6 @@ describe('MediaLoadedInfoSourceController', () => {
       expect(firstSignal).not.toBe(secondSignal);
       expect(firstSignal.aborted).toBe(true);
       expect(secondSignal.aborted).toBe(false);
-
-      // The fresh load omits `cached`; the reconnect replay marks it `true`.
-      expect((handler.mock.calls[0][0] as CustomEvent).detail.cached).toBeUndefined();
-      expect((handler.mock.calls[1][0] as CustomEvent).detail.cached).toBe(true);
     });
 
     it('should be a no-op when there is nothing to re-dispatch', () => {
@@ -248,6 +241,79 @@ describe('MediaLoadedInfoSourceController', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('clear', () => {
+    it('should retire the registration so consumers clean up', () => {
+      const host = createLitElement();
+      const controller = new MediaLoadedInfoSourceController(host, {
+        getTargetID: () => 'target-1',
+      });
+
+      const handler = vi.fn();
+      host.addEventListener('advanced-camera-card:media:loaded', handler);
+
+      controller.set(createMediaLoadedInfo());
+      const signal = (handler.mock.calls[0][0] as CustomEvent).detail.signal;
+      const cleanup = vi.fn();
+      signal.addEventListener('abort', cleanup);
+
+      controller.clear();
+
+      expect(cleanup).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(signal.aborted).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should leave nothing to replay on a later reconnect', () => {
+      const host = createLitElement();
+      const controller = new MediaLoadedInfoSourceController(host, {
+        getTargetID: () => 'target-1',
+      });
+
+      const handler = vi.fn();
+      host.addEventListener('advanced-camera-card:media:loaded', handler);
+
+      controller.set(createMediaLoadedInfo());
+      handler.mockClear();
+
+      // The host destroyed its media, so the reconnect has nothing truthful to
+      // announce: replaying would describe a player that no longer exists.
+      controller.clear();
+      controller.hostDisconnected();
+      controller.hostConnected();
+
+      expect(handler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should announce fresh media after a clear', () => {
+      const host = createLitElement();
+      const controller = new MediaLoadedInfoSourceController(host, {
+        getTargetID: () => 'target-1',
+      });
+
+      const handler = vi.fn();
+      host.addEventListener('advanced-camera-card:media:loaded', handler);
+
+      controller.set(createMediaLoadedInfo());
+      controller.clear();
+      handler.mockClear();
+
+      // The same info is no longer a duplicate: the dedup compares against a
+      // load that has been forgotten.
+      controller.set(createMediaLoadedInfo());
+
+      expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should be safe to call when nothing is active', () => {
+      const host = createLitElement();
+      const controller = new MediaLoadedInfoSourceController(host, {
+        getTargetID: () => 'target-1',
+      });
+
+      // Should not throw.
+      controller.clear();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('hostDisconnected', () => {
     it('should abort the active controller so consumers clean up', () => {
       const host = createLitElement();

tests/components-lib/media-player/frame-stall-watchdog.test.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,29 @@ describe('FrameStallWatchdog', () => {
   });
 
   describe('source lifecycle', () => {
+    it('should hand a later subscriber what has already been observed', () => {
+      const watchdog = new FrameStallWatchdog(createConfig());
+      watchdog.subscribe(vi.fn());
+      watchdog.notifyFrame();
+
+      const later = vi.fn();
+      watchdog.subscribe(later);
+
+      // Observation has been continuous, so the frame just seen is current
+      // evidence for the newcomer too.
+      expect(later).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should tell a later subscriber nothing before anything is observed', () => {
+      const watchdog = new FrameStallWatchdog(createConfig());
+      watchdog.subscribe(vi.fn());
+
+      const later = vi.fn();
+      watchdog.subscribe(later);
+
+      expect(later).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it('should start the source only on the first subscriber', () => {
       const config = createConfig();
       const watchdog = new FrameStallWatchdog(config);
@@ -183,6 +206,23 @@ describe('FrameStallWatchdog', () => {
       expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
     });
+
+    it('should use the stall window in force when the timer is armed', () => {
+      let stallAfterSeconds = 30;
+      const watchdog = new FrameStallWatchdog(
+        createConfig({ getStallAfterSeconds: () => stallAfterSeconds }),
+      );
+      const callback = vi.fn();
+      watchdog.subscribe(callback);
+
+      // The source slows down: the frame that arrives re-arms with the new,
+      // shorter window rather than the one the watchdog started with.
+      stallAfterSeconds = 5;
+      watchdog.notifyFrame();
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(5 * 1000);
+
+      expect(callback).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(false);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('no available source', () => {

tests/components-lib/media-player/image.test.ts

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ const STALL_MS = STALL_SECONDS * 1000;
 const createImageMediaPlayerWithLiveness = (
   isFrameExpected: () => boolean,
   getImageCallback: () => HTMLImageElement | null,
-  stallWindowSeconds = STALL_SECONDS,
+  stallAfterSeconds = STALL_SECONDS,
 ): ImageMediaPlayerController =>
   new ImageMediaPlayerController(createLitElement(), getImageCallback, {
-    livenessOptions: { isFrameExpected, stallWindowSeconds },
+    livenessOptions: { isFrameExpected, getStallAfterSeconds: () => stallAfterSeconds },
   });
 
 // @vitest-environment jsdom