diff --git a/src/discord-presence.js b/src/discord-presence.js
index cdc75073..5796ff6a 100644
--- a/src/discord-presence.js
+++ b/src/discord-presence.js
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ export const IDLE_BEHAVIORS = Object.freeze(["clear", "grace", "show", "recent"]
 const TIMESTAMP_MODES = Object.freeze(["elapsed", "remaining", "both", "none"]);
 const ACTIVE = new Set(["playing", "paused"]);
 
-export function createDiscordPresenceLoop({
-  getPresence, client, idleBehavior = "clear", timestamps = "both", artwork,
-  intervalMs = 15_000, graceMs = 120_000, stuckAfterMs = 300_000, now = () => performance.now(),
-  setTimer = setTimeout, clearTimer = clearTimeout,
-} = {}) {
+function validateLoopOptions({ getPresence, client, idleBehavior, timestamps, intervalMs, graceMs, stuckAfterMs, stallAfterMs }) {
   if (typeof getPresence !== "function") throw new TypeError("getPresence is required");
   if (!client || typeof client.publish !== "function") throw new TypeError("discord client.publish is required");
   if (!IDLE_BEHAVIORS.includes(idleBehavior)) throw new TypeError("idleBehavior is invalid");
@@ -23,6 +19,15 @@ export function createDiscordPresenceLoop({
   if (!Number.isInteger(intervalMs) || intervalMs < 1000) throw new RangeError("intervalMs must be at least 1000");
   if (!Number.isInteger(graceMs) || graceMs < 0) throw new RangeError("graceMs is invalid");
   if (!Number.isInteger(stuckAfterMs) || stuckAfterMs < 1000) throw new RangeError("stuckAfterMs must be at least 1000");
+  if (!Number.isInteger(stallAfterMs) || stallAfterMs < 1000) throw new RangeError("stallAfterMs must be at least 1000");
+}
+
+export function createDiscordPresenceLoop({
+  getPresence, client, idleBehavior = "clear", timestamps = "both", artwork,
+  intervalMs = 15_000, graceMs = 120_000, stuckAfterMs = 300_000, stallAfterMs = 60_000, now = () => performance.now(),
+  setTimer = setTimeout, clearTimer = clearTimeout,
+} = {}) {
+  validateLoopOptions({ getPresence, client, idleBehavior, timestamps, intervalMs, graceMs, stuckAfterMs, stallAfterMs });
 
   const live = createDiscordController({ client, settings: { idleBehavior: idleBehavior === "show" ? "show" : "clear", timestamps }, ...(artwork ? { artwork } : {}) });
   const frozen = createDiscordController({ client, settings: { timestamps: "none" }, ...(artwork ? { artwork } : {}) });
@@ -49,6 +54,15 @@ export function createDiscordPresenceLoop({
     return now() - stuck.since >= stuckAfterMs;
   }
 
+  // Before a frozen position is stale enough to clear, it is already not
+  // "playing": the player closed or the server stopped updating. Show it as
+  // stopped at that position instead of letting Discord's timer keep running,
+  // then the stuck rule above clears it. Never applies to a position that
+  // moved since the last poll or to the first sight of an item.
+  function isStalled(presence) {
+    return Boolean(stuck) && presence.state === "playing" && now() - stuck.since >= Math.min(stallAfterMs, stuckAfterMs - 1);
+  }
+
   // Ticks run one at a time (a Refresh artwork tick can land during a
   // scheduled one). Otherwise an older poll whose artwork lookup is slow
   // publishes after a newer one and Discord shows the previous track.
@@ -71,6 +85,7 @@ export function createDiscordPresenceLoop({
     if (active) {
       lastActive = presence;
       idleSince = null;
+      if (isStalled(presence)) return Object.freeze({ action: "publish", stalled: true, ...(await frozen.publish({ ...presence, state: "paused" })) });
       return Object.freeze({ action: "publish", ...(await live.publish(presence)) });
     }
     idleSince ??= now();
diff --git a/test/discord-presence.test.js b/test/discord-presence.test.js
index 5b34fcc8..82f83e97 100644
--- a/test/discord-presence.test.js
+++ b/test/discord-presence.test.js
@@ -356,3 +356,34 @@ test("default Discord timers do not depend on a backward Date.now correction (#7
     Date.now = originalNow;
   }
 });
+
+test("a playing session whose position stops moving is shown as stopped before it is cleared", async () => {
+  let time = Date.parse("2026-09-23T12:00:00.000Z");
+  const client = fakeClient();
+  let position = 1000;
+  const l = createDiscordPresenceLoop({ client, now: () => time, stallAfterMs: 60_000, stuckAfterMs: 300_000,
+    getPresence: async () => ({ ...playing, positionMs: position, updatedAt: new Date(time).toISOString() }) });
+  await l.tick();
+  assert.equal(client.calls.at(-1).startTimestamp !== undefined, true, "moving playback keeps its timer");
+  time += 15_000; position += 15_000;
+  await l.tick();
+  time += 15_000;
+  assert.equal((await l.tick()).stalled, undefined, "15s without movement is not stalled yet");
+  time += 45_000;
+  const stalled = await l.tick();
+  assert.equal(stalled.stalled, true);
+  const shown = client.calls.at(-1);
+  assert.notEqual(shown, null);
+  assert.equal(shown.startTimestamp, undefined, "no running timer once stalled");
+  assert.equal(shown.endTimestamp, undefined);
+  assert.match(JSON.stringify(shown), /Paused/);
+  time += 239_000;
+  assert.equal((await l.tick()).action, "publish", "still shown just before the clear deadline");
+  time += 1_000;
+  assert.equal((await l.tick()).action, "clear");
+  assert.equal(client.calls.at(-1), null);
+  time += 15_000; position += 15_000;
+  const resumed = await l.tick();
+  assert.equal(resumed.stalled, undefined);
+  assert.notEqual(client.calls.at(-1).startTimestamp, undefined, "playback that moves again gets its timer back");
+});