diff --git a/src/music/spotify/controller.test.ts b/src/music/spotify/controller.test.ts
index fa83c1d..ba718ca 100644
--- a/src/music/spotify/controller.test.ts
+++ b/src/music/spotify/controller.test.ts
@@ -338,6 +338,37 @@ describe("SpotifyController transport delegation", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// R4-1: the web progress bar computes seekTime = ratio * duration (fractional
+// seconds); BotInstance routes Spotify seeks through seek(seconds * 1000),
+// yielding a NON-integer ms (e.g. 71610.00000000001). go-librespot decodes
+// `position` into an int64 and Go's encoding/json REJECTS a JSON number with a
+// decimal point -> HTTP 400 -> the error is swallowed -> the track never seeks.
+// The controller must round ONCE so BOTH backends get a valid integer ms.
+describe("SpotifyController.seek integer rounding (R4-1)", () => {
+  it("rounds a fractional seek to an integer ms before forwarding to the backend", async () => {
+    const { ctrl, be } = makeCtrl();
+    await ctrl.ensureStarted();
+    await ctrl.seek(71610.00000000001);
+    expect(be.seekCalls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(Number.isInteger(be.seekCalls[0])).toBe(true);
+    expect(be.seekCalls[0]).toBe(71610);
+  });
+
+  it("clamps a negative seek to 0", async () => {
+    const { ctrl, be } = makeCtrl();
+    await ctrl.ensureStarted();
+    await ctrl.seek(-5);
+    expect(be.seekCalls).toEqual([0]);
+  });
+
+  it("passes an already-integer seek through unchanged", async () => {
+    const { ctrl, be } = makeCtrl();
+    await ctrl.ensureStarted();
+    await ctrl.seek(4200);
+    expect(be.seekCalls).toEqual([4200]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("SpotifyController event re-emission", () => {
   it("re-emits backend trackEnded with the same payload", async () => {
     const { ctrl, be } = makeCtrl();
diff --git a/src/music/spotify/controller.ts b/src/music/spotify/controller.ts
index 97e6b05..85d30f9 100644
--- a/src/music/spotify/controller.ts
+++ b/src/music/spotify/controller.ts
@@ -365,7 +365,15 @@ export class SpotifyController extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   async seek(ms: number): Promise<void> {
-    if (this.backend) await this.backend.seek(ms);
+    // R4-1: round to an integer ms ONCE here so BOTH backends receive a valid
+    // integer position. The web progress bar computes seekTime = ratio *
+    // duration (fractional seconds), so seek(seconds * 1000) is a NON-integer ms
+    // (e.g. 71610.00000000001). go-librespot decodes `position` into an int64
+    // and Go's encoding/json rejects a JSON number with a decimal point → HTTP
+    // 400 → the error is swallowed → the track never seeks. The Spotify Web API
+    // (Rust path) likewise expects an integer position_ms. Clamp negatives to 0.
+    const position = Math.max(0, Math.round(ms));
+    if (this.backend) await this.backend.seek(position);
   }
 
   getPcmStream(): Readable {
diff --git a/src/music/spotify/rust-librespot.test.ts b/src/music/spotify/rust-librespot.test.ts
index 2b57b23..a3c530b 100644
--- a/src/music/spotify/rust-librespot.test.ts
+++ b/src/music/spotify/rust-librespot.test.ts
@@ -481,6 +481,83 @@ describe("RustLibrespotBackend track-end poll loop", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// R4-6: finishedByProgress is a SINGLE-poll near-end heuristic. If a user
+// deliberately SEEKS to within the final END_OF_TRACK_WINDOW_MS, the next poll
+// would see progressMs >= durationMs-1500 and emit trackEnded — skipping the ~1s
+// the user seeked into. A one-poll "just-seeked" grace suppresses that single
+// misfire; the track then plays its remaining <=1.5s and ends naturally on the
+// following poll via the stop/null detection. Natural near-end (reached by
+// PLAYING, no seek) must be UNCHANGED.
+describe("RustLibrespotBackend seek-into-end grace (R4-6)", () => {
+  it("does NOT skip when a seek lands within the final end-of-track window; ends naturally on the following poll", async () => {
+    const h = makeHarness();
+    const ended = vi.fn();
+    h.backend.on("trackEnded", ended);
+    await h.backend.playTrack("spotify:track:A");
+    // Observe our track actually playing first (mid-track).
+    h.connect.getPlaybackState.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      isPlaying: true, progressMs: 5000, trackUri: "spotify:track:A", durationMs: 200000,
+    });
+    await (h.backend as any).pollState();
+    // User deliberately seeks to ~1s before the end (inside the 1.5s window).
+    await h.backend.seek(199000);
+    // First poll after the seek: progress is already inside the near-end window
+    // and still playing. The grace must suppress this single finishedByProgress.
+    h.connect.getPlaybackState.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      isPlaying: true, progressMs: 199000, trackUri: "spotify:track:A", durationMs: 200000,
+    });
+    await (h.backend as any).pollState();
+    expect(ended).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The remaining <=1.5s plays out and librespot goes idle (null/204) — the
+    // genuine end. It emits exactly one trackEnded.
+    h.connect.getPlaybackState.mockResolvedValue(null as any);
+    await (h.backend as any).pollState();
+    expect(ended).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(ended).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ uri: "spotify:track:A", reason: "ended" });
+  });
+
+  it("the seek grace only spans ONE poll: a second in-window playing poll still finishes by progress", async () => {
+    const h = makeHarness();
+    const ended = vi.fn();
+    h.backend.on("trackEnded", ended);
+    await h.backend.playTrack("spotify:track:A");
+    h.connect.getPlaybackState.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      isPlaying: true, progressMs: 5000, trackUri: "spotify:track:A", durationMs: 200000,
+    });
+    await (h.backend as any).pollState(); // observed playing
+    await h.backend.seek(199000); // seek into the final window
+    // Grace poll: suppressed.
+    h.connect.getPlaybackState.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      isPlaying: true, progressMs: 199000, trackUri: "spotify:track:A", durationMs: 200000,
+    });
+    await (h.backend as any).pollState();
+    expect(ended).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // Second in-window playing poll: grace already consumed -> natural near-end
+    // detection fires exactly once (grace must not permanently disable it).
+    h.connect.getPlaybackState.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      isPlaying: true, progressMs: 199500, trackUri: "spotify:track:A", durationMs: 200000,
+    });
+    await (h.backend as any).pollState();
+    expect(ended).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(ended).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ uri: "spotify:track:A", reason: "ended" });
+  });
+
+  it("regression: a track that reaches the final window by PLAYING (no seek) still emits trackEnded on the first in-window poll", async () => {
+    const h = makeHarness();
+    const ended = vi.fn();
+    h.backend.on("trackEnded", ended);
+    await h.backend.playTrack("spotify:track:A");
+    h.connect.getPlaybackState
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ isPlaying: true, progressMs: 1000, trackUri: "spotify:track:A", durationMs: 200000 })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({ isPlaying: true, progressMs: 199000, trackUri: "spotify:track:A", durationMs: 200000 });
+    await (h.backend as any).pollState(); // observed playing (no seek)
+    expect(ended).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    await (h.backend as any).pollState(); // reaches window by PLAYING -> natural end
+    expect(ended).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(ended).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ uri: "spotify:track:A", reason: "ended" });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("RustLibrespotBackend playback-start watchdog (I4 degrade-to-skip)", () => {
   /** A controllable timer seam matching the file's injected-deps style. */
   function makeFakeTimer() {
diff --git a/src/music/spotify/rust-librespot.ts b/src/music/spotify/rust-librespot.ts
index 9af9d9e..f8f4efd 100644
--- a/src/music/spotify/rust-librespot.ts
+++ b/src/music/spotify/rust-librespot.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ export class RustLibrespotBackend extends EventEmitter implements SpotifyAudioBa
   // change, or on playTrack(). Sharing ONE flag keeps both sibling paths from
   // false-skipping on a single transient poll.
   private stopSeen = false;
+  // R4-6: one-poll "just-seeked" grace. finishedByProgress is a SINGLE-poll
+  // near-end heuristic; if a user deliberately seeks to within the final
+  // END_OF_TRACK_WINDOW_MS, the very next poll would see progressMs >=
+  // durationMs-window and emit trackEnded, SKIPPING the ~1s the user seeked
+  // into. Set by seek(); consumed on the next poll so it suppresses that single
+  // finishedByProgress misfire only — the track then plays its remaining <=1.5s
+  // and ends naturally on the following poll via the stop/null detection. It
+  // deliberately does NOT touch the paused/stop/null two-poll logic, and a track
+  // reaching the window by PLAYING (no preceding seek) still ends normally.
+  private seekGrace = false;
   // I(pipe): one teardown per broken librespot->ffmpeg pipe. Both stream ends
   // (ffmpeg.stdin write side, proc.stdout read side) can report the same EPIPE;
   // this guard prevents a double teardown / double error-emit.
@@ -294,6 +304,13 @@ export class RustLibrespotBackend extends EventEmitter implements SpotifyAudioBa
     // getDevices is separate and stays active regardless of this flag.)
     if (!this.armed) return;
 
+    // R4-6: consume the one-poll "just-seeked" grace up front so it spans exactly
+    // ONE poll regardless of which branch this poll takes. `justSeeked` then
+    // suppresses a single finishedByProgress misfire below (a deliberate seek
+    // into the final END_OF_TRACK_WINDOW_MS must not be read as a natural end).
+    const justSeeked = this.seekGrace;
+    this.seekGrace = false;
+
     if (!state) {
       // C3.5: a 204 / no-active-device response. AFTER our own track has been
       // seen playing, librespot going idle means the track ended — emit once so
@@ -393,7 +410,11 @@ export class RustLibrespotBackend extends EventEmitter implements SpotifyAudioBa
       }
     }
 
-    if (finishedByProgress || finishedByStopOrNull) {
+    // R4-6: a deliberate seek into the near-end window suppresses this single
+    // finishedByProgress. `justSeeked` was already consumed above, so the NEXT
+    // in-window poll finishes normally — the grace never permanently disables
+    // near-end detection, and it never touches the stop/null two-poll path.
+    if ((finishedByProgress && !justSeeked) || finishedByStopOrNull) {
       this.endedForCurrent = true; // latch: emit at most once per track
       const endedUri = this.currentUri;
       this.currentUri = null;
@@ -426,6 +447,8 @@ export class RustLibrespotBackend extends EventEmitter implements SpotifyAudioBa
     // confirmation from the previous track. (C1 pause-skip.)
     this.paused = false;
     this.stopSeen = false;
+    // R4-6: a fresh track carries no pending seek grace from the previous one.
+    this.seekGrace = false;
     // transfer(false) activates our device WITHOUT starting audio; play() then
     // actually starts the uri. The two-step is required — transfer alone won't
     // begin playback.
@@ -501,6 +524,9 @@ export class RustLibrespotBackend extends EventEmitter implements SpotifyAudioBa
   async seek(ms: number): Promise<void> {
     await this.connect.seek(ms);
     this.positionMs = ms;
+    // R4-6: arm the one-poll grace so a seek landing inside the final
+    // END_OF_TRACK_WINDOW_MS is not immediately treated as a natural end.
+    this.seekGrace = true;
   }
 
   getPcmStream(): Readable {