android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt

@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
             desiredIdx > current.queueIndex &&
             desiredIdx in queueRefs.indices
         publishTickIfChanged(
-            controller, current, trackChanged, desiredIdx,
+            current, trackChanged, desiredIdx,
             effectiveIsPlaying, newPos, newDur, newBuf,
         )
     }
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
 
     @Suppress("LongParameterList") // assembled at one tick call site; refactor would cost clarity
     private fun publishTickIfChanged(
-        controller: MediaController,
         current: PlayerUiState,
         trackChanged: Boolean,
         desiredIdx: Int,
@@ -579,11 +578,14 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
             durationMs = newDur,
             bufferedPositionMs = newBuf,
         )
-        if (trackChanged && controller.currentMediaItemIndex != desiredIdx) {
-            // Defense in depth: keep wrapped player aligned even when
-            // maybeSyncLocalCursor's seekTo didn't fire a transition event.
-            controller.seekTo(desiredIdx, 0L)
-        }
+        // Intentionally do NOT call controller.seekTo here. That would route
+        // through MinstrelForwardingPlayer's seekTo override and re-issue
+        // AVTransport.SeekToTrack to Sonos -- which seeks Sonos back to the
+        // start of the same track it's already playing, restarting the song.
+        // The wrapped player's index is kept in sync by maybeSyncLocalCursor's
+        // delegate.seekTo (which bypasses the override). If it lags briefly,
+        // the next pollOnce catches up; the uiState above already reflects
+        // Sonos's truth for the user.
     }
 
     private fun desiredQueueIndex(controller: MediaController, upnpActive: Boolean): Int =