diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineActiveClips.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineActiveClips.test.ts
index d84b64e9b..a7ab44e5e 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineActiveClips.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineActiveClips.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,26 @@ describe("updateTimelineActiveClipClasses", () => {
     expect(previous).toEqual(new Set());
   });
 
+  it("re-applies data-active to a fresh DOM node that stayed active across a re-render", () => {
+    // A clip that moves lanes on a reorder remounts as a new element. It stays
+    // in the previous active set, so the plain diff would skip it and leave the
+    // new node without data-active. syncAll must force the attribute on.
+    const container = document.createElement("div");
+    appendClip(container, "hero", "0", "5");
+    const previous = new Set<string>();
+    updateTimelineActiveClipClasses(container, previous, 2);
+    expect(previous).toEqual(new Set(["hero"]));
+
+    // Simulate a remount: replace the hero clip's DOM node (no data-active).
+    container.replaceChildren();
+    const heroReborn = appendClip(container, "hero", "0", "5");
+    expect(heroReborn.hasAttribute("data-active")).toBe(false);
+
+    // Diff-only would skip it (still active → unchanged); syncAll re-applies.
+    updateTimelineActiveClipClasses(container, previous, 2, true);
+    expect(heroReborn.hasAttribute("data-active")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("ignores clips with invalid timing data", () => {
     const container = document.createElement("div");
     const missingId = appendClip(container, "", "0", "2");
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineActiveClips.ts b/packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineActiveClips.ts
index e906253fb..4971b8840 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineActiveClips.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/player/components/useTimelineActiveClips.ts
@@ -65,13 +65,23 @@ function setsMatch(left: Set<string>, right: Set<string>): boolean {
   return true;
 }
 
-function applyActiveClipDiff(records: ActiveClipRecord[], previous: Set<string>, time: number) {
+function applyActiveClipDiff(
+  records: ActiveClipRecord[],
+  previous: Set<string>,
+  time: number,
+  // Force every record's attribute to match its active state instead of only
+  // touching clips whose active-state changed. Required whenever `records` were
+  // freshly re-queried after a render: a clip that stayed active but got a new
+  // DOM node (e.g. moved lanes on a reorder) would otherwise be skipped by the
+  // diff and render without `data-active` despite still being at the playhead.
+  syncAll = false,
+) {
   const next = getActiveClipIds(records, time);
   const changed = !setsMatch(previous, next);
   for (const record of records) {
     const wasActive = previous.has(record.id);
     const isActive = next.has(record.id);
-    if (wasActive === isActive) continue;
+    if (!syncAll && wasActive === isActive) continue;
     record.element.toggleAttribute("data-active", isActive);
   }
   previous.clear();
@@ -83,8 +93,9 @@ export function updateTimelineActiveClipClasses(
   container: HTMLElement,
   previous: Set<string>,
   time: number,
+  syncAll = false,
 ) {
-  applyActiveClipDiff(collectTimelineClipRecords(container), previous, time);
+  applyActiveClipDiff(collectTimelineClipRecords(container), previous, time, syncAll);
 }
 
 export function useTimelineActiveClips({
@@ -107,7 +118,7 @@ export function useTimelineActiveClips({
       }
       recordsRef.current = collectTimelineClipRecords(scroll);
       recordsByIdRef.current = indexClipRecordsById(recordsRef.current);
-      applyActiveClipDiff(recordsRef.current, previousActiveIdsRef.current, time);
+      applyActiveClipDiff(recordsRef.current, previousActiveIdsRef.current, time, true);
     },
     [scrollRef],
   );