diff --git a/crates/qbz-media-controls/src/linux.rs b/crates/qbz-media-controls/src/linux.rs
index 43dc85ccc..a7c48f714 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-media-controls/src/linux.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-media-controls/src/linux.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::sync::{
 use mpris_server::zbus::{self, fdo};
 use mpris_server::{
     LoopStatus, Metadata, PlaybackRate, PlaybackStatus as MprisStatus, PlayerInterface, Property,
-    RootInterface, Server, Time, TrackId, Volume,
+    RootInterface, Server, Signal, Time, TrackId, Volume,
 };
 
 use crate::inhibit::SleepInhibitor;
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ enum Update {
     /// `PropertiesChanged` by design, so there is no signal to send; the point
     /// is purely that the next on-demand read is not stale.
     Position(Time),
+    /// A DISCONTINUOUS jump. Stores like `Position` and additionally emits the
+    /// `Seeked` signal, which is the ONE thing that tells an already-open
+    /// client to stop extrapolating and re-read. Without it a widget keeps
+    /// counting from wherever it was until it happens to poll again.
+    Seeked(Time),
 }
 
 /// The cloneable handle returned to the app. Pushing state is a non-blocking
@@ -87,6 +92,12 @@ impl MediaIntegration for LinuxHandle {
             .tx
             .try_send(Update::Position(Time::from_micros(position.as_micros() as i64)));
     }
+
+    fn seeked(&self, position: std::time::Duration) {
+        let _ = self
+            .tx
+            .try_send(Update::Seeked(Time::from_micros(position.as_micros() as i64)));
+    }
 }
 
 fn map_status(s: PlaybackStatus) -> MprisStatus {
@@ -297,6 +308,10 @@ async fn apply(server: &Server<QbzMpris>, state: &Arc<Mutex<State>>, update: Upd
         Update::Position(p) => {
             state.lock().unwrap().position = p;
         }
+        Update::Seeked(p) => {
+            state.lock().unwrap().position = p;
+            let _ = server.emit(Signal::Seeked { position: p }).await;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/qbz-media-controls/src/types.rs b/crates/qbz-media-controls/src/types.rs
index 0ea04f32c..4a34abeb3 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-media-controls/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-media-controls/src/types.rs
@@ -91,4 +91,18 @@ pub trait MediaIntegration: Send + Sync {
     fn set_position(&self, position: Duration) {
         let _ = position;
     }
+
+    /// Report a DISCONTINUOUS jump — a user seek, not the ordinary advance of
+    /// playback.
+    ///
+    /// This is the one thing that reaches a client which is already open and
+    /// extrapolating: `Seeked` tells it to stop and re-read. Keeping the
+    /// stored position fresh (above) fixes what a client sees when it OPENS;
+    /// this fixes what it sees while it is already watching.
+    ///
+    /// Defaulted to `set_position`, so a backend without the signal still gets
+    /// the value right on the next read.
+    fn seeked(&self, position: Duration) {
+        self.set_position(position);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/qbz-qt/src/media_controls_qt.rs b/crates/qbz-qt/src/media_controls_qt.rs
index ab22261c9..8210e91e1 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-qt/src/media_controls_qt.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-qt/src/media_controls_qt.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,20 @@ pub(crate) fn push_position(position_secs: u64) {
     }
 }
 
+/// Report a user SEEK — a discontinuous jump, not the ordinary advance.
+///
+/// `push_position` fixes what a client sees when it OPENS; this is what
+/// reaches one that is ALREADY open. The owner's observation is what made the
+/// distinction concrete: *"el contador del seekbar del widget solo empieza a
+/// contar hasta que lo abro"* — the widget extrapolates from the value it read
+/// at open and never looks again, so only the `Seeked` signal can tell it the
+/// ground moved.
+pub(crate) fn push_seeked(position_secs: u64) {
+    if let Some(mc) = handle() {
+        mc.seeked(Duration::from_secs(position_secs));
+    }
+}
+
 /// Compare-and-record the metadata de-dupe key. `true` when `key` differs from
 /// the last pushed value (→ caller pushes now), recording it as the new
 /// last-pushed value. A poisoned lock falls back to pushing.
diff --git a/crates/qbz-qt/src/playback_qt.rs b/crates/qbz-qt/src/playback_qt.rs
index 2c27607e2..0493622c5 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-qt/src/playback_qt.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-qt/src/playback_qt.rs
@@ -1619,20 +1619,10 @@ pub async fn seek_frac(runtime: &Arc<AppRuntime<LoggingAdapter>>, frac: f32) {
         log::warn!("[qbz-qt] seek failed: {e}");
         return;
     }
-    // Tell the desktop where we jumped to. Without this the MPRIS position is
-    // only ever refreshed on the play/pause edge, so a widget extrapolates
-    // from a base that is now wrong by the whole seek distance — the owner
-    // measured ~40 s of lag on 2026-08-04 after seeking forward.
-    //
-    // The shared crate exposes no `Seeked` emitter (`types.rs`), and
-    // `set_playback` already carries a position, so the honest fix inside the
-    // current API is to re-assert the state at the new position. The SHIPPING
-    // Slint build has the same gap and the same cure would apply there — that
-    // is a shared-crate conversation, not this one.
-    crate::media_controls_qt::push_playback_state(
-        runtime.core().player().get_playback_event().is_playing,
-        target,
-    );
+    // Tell the desktop we JUMPED. The 1 Hz `push_position` keeps the stored
+    // value fresh for a client that opens later; `Seeked` is the only thing
+    // that reaches one already open and extrapolating from what it read then.
+    crate::media_controls_qt::push_seeked(target);
 }
 
 pub async fn set_volume(runtime: &Arc<AppRuntime<LoggingAdapter>>, volume: f32) {