diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/media.test.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/media.test.ts
index cf04da95cc..68c1591be0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime/media.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/media.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from "./media";
 import type { RuntimeMediaClip } from "./media";
 import { resolveNaturalMediaTimelineDuration } from "./playbackRate";
+import { resetSeekDispatchState, waitForSeekCompletion } from "./adapters/seek-dispatch";
 import { sourceTimeAt } from "../speedRamp";
 import type { HfAutomationLane } from "../audioAutomation";
 
@@ -704,6 +705,43 @@ describe("syncRuntimeMedia", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("video seek completion", () => {
+    afterEach(() => resetSeekDispatchState());
+
+    function seekColdVideo(): RuntimeMediaClip {
+      const clip = createMockClip({ start: 7.1, end: 18.24 });
+      Object.defineProperty(clip.el, "seeking", { value: true, configurable: true });
+      syncRuntimeMedia({ clips: [clip], timeSeconds: 12, playing: false, playbackRate: 1 });
+      return clip;
+    }
+
+    async function barrierSettled(barrier: Promise<void>): Promise<boolean> {
+      let settled = false;
+      void barrier.then(() => (settled = true));
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+      return settled;
+    }
+
+    it("holds the seek-completion barrier until a seeking video lands its frame", async () => {
+      const clip = seekColdVideo();
+      expect(clip.el.currentTime).toBeCloseTo(4.9);
+      const barrier = waitForSeekCompletion();
+      expect(await barrierSettled(barrier)).toBe(false);
+      clip.el.dispatchEvent(new Event("seeked"));
+      expect(await barrierSettled(barrier)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it.each(["error", "emptied", "abort"])(
+      "releases the barrier when the seek ends in %s",
+      async (type) => {
+        const clip = seekColdVideo();
+        const barrier = waitForSeekCompletion();
+        clip.el.dispatchEvent(new Event(type));
+        expect(await barrierSettled(barrier)).toBe(true);
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
   describe("play() storm guard (unplayable elements)", () => {
     it("does not play() an element with a media error", () => {
       const clip = createMockClip({ start: 0, end: 10 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/runtime/media.ts b/packages/core/src/runtime/media.ts
index 77e0bb611b..587eab1e4f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/runtime/media.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/runtime/media.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { rateAt, sourceTimeAt, timeAtSourceTime, type RateSpec } from "../speedR
 import { clampAudioGain } from "../audioGain.js";
 import { isMemberGroupHidden } from "../audioGroups.js";
 import { findInjectedRenderFrame } from "./renderFrameSibling.js";
+import { registerSeekCompletion } from "./adapters/seek-dispatch.js";
 export {
   readElementPlaybackRate,
   readElementRateSpec,
@@ -18,6 +19,22 @@ export function readElementPlaybackStart(el: Element): number {
   return readMediaStart(el);
 }
 
+const SEEK_END_EVENTS = ["seeked", "error", "emptied", "abort"] as const;
+
+// A seeking video still paints its previous frame; frame captures wait on the seek barrier until it lands.
+function holdSeekBarrierUntilVideoLands(el: HTMLMediaElement): void {
+  if (el.tagName !== "VIDEO" || !el.seeking) return;
+  registerSeekCompletion(
+    new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      const done = () => {
+        for (const type of SEEK_END_EVENTS) el.removeEventListener(type, done);
+        resolve();
+      };
+      for (const type of SEEK_END_EVENTS) el.addEventListener(type, done);
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Resolve a media element's timeline window without conflating a video's
  * authored display slot with the amount of source left to decode.
@@ -502,6 +519,7 @@ export function syncRuntimeMedia(params: {
               swallow("runtime.media.site3", err);
             }
           }
+          holdSeekBarrierUntilVideoLands(el);
         }
         playRequested.delete(el);
       }