diff --git a/android/app/src/test/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/android/app/src/test/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index adf181e40..748227f61 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,12 @@ add_executable(mpv_utf8_convert_test mpv_utf8_convert_test.cpp)
 target_compile_features(mpv_utf8_convert_test PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
 add_test(NAME mpv_utf8_convert_test COMMAND mpv_utf8_convert_test)
+
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+add_executable(mpv_lifecycle_test mpv_lifecycle_test.cpp)
+target_compile_features(mpv_lifecycle_test PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
+target_include_directories(mpv_lifecycle_test PRIVATE fakes ../../../../libmpv/src/main/cpp/include)
+target_link_libraries(mpv_lifecycle_test PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+
+add_test(NAME mpv_lifecycle_test COMMAND mpv_lifecycle_test)
+set_tests_properties(mpv_lifecycle_test PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 30)
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/cpp/fakes/android/log.h b/android/app/src/test/cpp/fakes/android/log.h
index 523a7c228..d53a0bcf0 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/cpp/fakes/android/log.h
+++ b/android/app/src/test/cpp/fakes/android/log.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #define ANDROID_LOG_INFO 4
 #define ANDROID_LOG_WARN 5
+#define ANDROID_LOG_ERROR 6
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/cpp/fakes/jni.h b/android/app/src/test/cpp/fakes/jni.h
index e63d3dd50..b3a41bb0a 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/cpp/fakes/jni.h
+++ b/android/app/src/test/cpp/fakes/jni.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <string>
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ using jboolean = uint8_t;
 using jbyte = int8_t;
 using jint = int32_t;
 using jsize = jint;
+using jlong = int64_t;
+using jdouble = double;
+using jobject = void*;
+using jmethodID = void*;
 
 struct _jclass {};
 using jclass = _jclass*;
@@ -28,11 +33,53 @@ struct _jstring {
 };
 using jstring = _jstring*;
 
+struct _jobjectArray {
+  std::vector<jobject> objects;
+};
+using jobjectArray = _jobjectArray*;
+
+class JavaVM {
+ public:
+  void (*on_detach)() = nullptr;
+
+  jint DetachCurrentThread() {
+    if (on_detach) on_detach();
+    return 0;
+  }
+};
+
 class JNIEnv {
  public:
   bool exception_pending = false;
   bool fail_next_write = false;
 
+  JavaVM* vm = nullptr;
+  jobject (*on_new_global_ref)(jobject) = nullptr;
+  void (*on_delete_global_ref)(jobject) = nullptr;
+  void (*on_static_void_method)(jmethodID, va_list) = nullptr;
+
+  jint GetJavaVM(JavaVM** result) {
+    *result = vm;
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  jobject NewGlobalRef(jobject object) { return on_new_global_ref ? on_new_global_ref(object) : object; }
+
+  void DeleteGlobalRef(jobject object) {
+    if (on_delete_global_ref) on_delete_global_ref(object);
+  }
+
+  void DeleteLocalRef(jobject) {}
+
+  void CallStaticVoidMethod(jclass, jmethodID method, ...) {
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, method);
+    if (on_static_void_method) on_static_void_method(method, args);
+    va_end(args);
+  }
+
+  jsize GetArrayLength(jobjectArray array) { return static_cast<jsize>(array->objects.size()); }
+  jobject GetObjectArrayElement(jobjectArray array, jsize index) { return array->objects.at(index); }
   jsize GetArrayLength(jbyteArray array) { return static_cast<jsize>(array->bytes.size()); }
 
   void GetByteArrayRegion(jbyteArray array, jsize offset, jsize length, jbyte* destination) {
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/cpp/mpv_lifecycle_test.cpp b/android/app/src/test/cpp/mpv_lifecycle_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96d4482ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/test/cpp/mpv_lifecycle_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,521 @@
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+
+static int tracked_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t* mutex);
+static int tracked_write_lock(pthread_rwlock_t* lock);
+static int controlled_thread_create(pthread_t* thread, const pthread_attr_t* attr, void* (*entry)(void*), void* arg);
+
+// Compile the real JNI entries, admission guards, event loop and surface
+// cleanup. Only external dependencies are controlled; no copy of the lock
+// algorithm or direct assignment to production lifecycle globals is used.
+#define UTIL_EXTERN
+#define pthread_mutex_lock tracked_mutex_lock
+#define pthread_rwlock_wrlock tracked_write_lock
+#define pthread_create controlled_thread_create
+// Android's two-argument thread naming API is not available on macOS.
+#define pthread_setname_np(thread, name) ((void)0)
+#include "../../../../libmpv/src/main/cpp/main.cpp"
+#undef pthread_setname_np
+#undef pthread_create
+#undef pthread_rwlock_wrlock
+#undef pthread_mutex_lock
+#include "../../../../libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.cpp"
+#include "../../../../libmpv/src/main/cpp/render.cpp"
+
+struct mpv_handle {
+  bool initialized = false;
+  bool terminated = false;
+  bool event_started = false;
+  bool event_exited = false;
+  bool woken = false;
+  bool hook_pending = false;
+  bool reject_hook_during_destroy = false;
+  bool callback_entered = false;
+  bool callback_returned = false;
+  bool command_active = false;
+  bool termination_entered = false;
+  int initialize_result = 0;
+  int hook_continuations = 0;
+  int commands = 0;
+  jlong callback_session = 0;
+  jobject video = nullptr;
+  jobject osd = nullptr;
+  mpv_event_hook hook{"on_preloaded", 17};
+  mpv_event event{};
+};
+
+namespace {
+
+std::mutex gate;
+std::condition_variable changed;
+JavaVM vm;
+JNIEnv jni;
+int app_context;
+mpv_handle* active_handle = nullptr;
+// Retain fake allocations after termination so any erroneous late MPV access
+// fails explicitly rather than depending on allocator reuse or undefined UAF.
+std::vector<std::unique_ptr<mpv_handle>> handles;
+std::vector<std::unique_ptr<_jstring>> callback_strings;
+std::map<jobject, int> global_refs;
+mpv_handle* held_termination = nullptr;
+bool allow_termination = false;
+bool allow_command = false;
+bool successor_waiting = false;
+bool reader_draining = false;
+bool fail_thread_create = false;
+thread_local mpv_handle* event_handle = nullptr;
+enum class Operation { ordinary, successor, replacing_reader };
+thread_local Operation operation = Operation::ordinary;
+
+void require(bool condition, const char* message) {
+  if (condition) return;
+  std::fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
+  std::abort();
+}
+
+template <typename Predicate>
+void await(std::unique_lock<std::mutex>& lock, Predicate predicate, const char* message) {
+  require(changed.wait_for(lock, std::chrono::seconds(5), predicate), message);
+}
+
+void require_live(mpv_handle* handle) {
+  require(handle && handle == active_handle && !handle->terminated, "MPV accessed outside its native lifetime");
+}
+
+void require_surfaces(mpv_handle* handle) {
+  if (handle->video) require(global_refs[handle->video] == 1, "video Surface released before termination completed");
+  if (handle->osd) require(global_refs[handle->osd] == 1, "OSD Surface released before termination completed");
+}
+
+jobject new_global_ref(jobject object) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  if (object) ++global_refs[object];
+  return object;
+}
+
+void delete_global_ref(jobject object) {
+  if (!object) return;
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require(global_refs[object] > 0, "JNI global reference released more than once");
+  if (active_handle && (active_handle->video == object || active_handle->osd == object)) {
+    require(active_handle->terminated, "Surface cleanup preceded native termination");
+  }
+  --global_refs[object];
+}
+
+void detach_event_thread() {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(event_handle);
+  event_handle->event_exited = true;
+  changed.notify_all();
+}
+
+void on_static_void_method(jmethodID method, va_list args) {
+  require(method == mpv_MpvPlayer_onHook, "unexpected callback in lifecycle scenario");
+  const jlong session = va_arg(args, jlong);
+  const jstring name = va_arg(args, jstring);
+  const jlong hook = va_arg(args, jlong);
+  require(name->value == "on_preloaded", "wrong hook callback delivered");
+  {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    require_live(event_handle);
+    event_handle->callback_session = session;
+    event_handle->callback_entered = true;
+    changed.notify_all();
+    if (event_handle->reject_hook_during_destroy) {
+      // The callback is already inside Java when teardown starts. Kotlin's
+      // rejected-channel path continues synchronously on this event thread.
+      await(lock, [] { return event_handle->woken; }, "destroy never woke the overlapping hook callback");
+    }
+  }
+  jni_func_name(nativeHookContinue)(&jni, nullptr, session, hook);
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    event_handle->callback_returned = true;
+    changed.notify_all();
+  }
+}
+
+jlong create_player() {
+  const jlong session = jni_func_name(nativeCreate)(&jni, nullptr, &app_context);
+  require(session > 0, "nativeCreate failed");
+  return session;
+}
+
+jlong command(jlong session, const char* name = "play") {
+  _jstring argument{name};
+  _jobjectArray arguments{{&argument}};
+  return jni_func_name(nativeCommand)(&jni, nullptr, session, &arguments);
+}
+
+void initialize_player(jlong session) {
+  require(jni_func_name(nativeInit)(&jni, nullptr, session) == 0, "nativeInit failed");
+}
+
+void destroy_player(jlong session) { jni_func_name(nativeDestroy)(&jni, nullptr, session); }
+
+void reset_dependencies() {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require(active_handle == nullptr, "previous test left a live MPV instance");
+  for (const auto& entry : global_refs) {
+    require(entry.first == &app_context || entry.second == 0, "terminal Surface cleanup leaked a global reference");
+  }
+  handles.clear();
+  callback_strings.clear();
+  global_refs.clear();
+  held_termination = nullptr;
+  allow_termination = false;
+  allow_command = false;
+  successor_waiting = false;
+  reader_draining = false;
+  fail_thread_create = false;
+  jni.exception_pending = false;
+}
+
+void rejected_hook_and_successor_retirement() {
+  reset_dependencies();
+  const jlong old_session = create_player();
+  mpv_handle* old = active_handle;
+  int video, osd;
+  jni_func_name(nativeAttachSurface)(&jni, nullptr, old_session, &video);
+  jni_func_name(nativeAttachOsdSurface)(&jni, nullptr, old_session, &osd);
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    old->hook_pending = true;
+    old->reject_hook_during_destroy = true;
+    held_termination = old;
+  }
+  initialize_player(old_session);
+  {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    await(lock, [&] { return old->callback_entered; }, "event loop did not deliver the hook");
+  }
+  std::thread retiring([&] { destroy_player(old_session); });
+  {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    await(lock, [&] { return old->termination_entered; }, "retirement deadlocked with the synchronous hook callback");
+    require(old->callback_returned && old->event_exited, "termination preceded event-thread completion");
+    require(old->callback_session == old_session, "retiring callback lost its bound session");
+    require(old->hook_continuations == 0, "revoked hook reached the retiring MPV handle");
+    require_surfaces(old);
+  }
+
+  jlong successor_session = 0;
+  std::thread creating([&] {
+    operation = Operation::successor;
+    successor_session = create_player();
+  });
+  {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    await(lock, [] { return successor_waiting; }, "successor did not wait for terminal retirement");
+  }
+  // S must be available while termination holds L. These calls must reject
+  // without touching the retiring core, surfaces, or a future successor.
+  require(command(old_session) == MPV_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED, "revoked command was admitted during termination");
+  jni_func_name(nativeHookContinue)(&jni, nullptr, old_session, old->hook.id);
+  jni_func_name(nativeDetachSurface)(&jni, nullptr, old_session);
+  jni_func_name(nativeDetachOsdSurface)(&jni, nullptr, old_session);
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    require_surfaces(old);
+    allow_termination = true;
+    changed.notify_all();
+  }
+  retiring.join();
+  creating.join();
+  require(successor_session > old_session, "successor did not receive a new session");
+  mpv_handle* successor = active_handle;
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    successor->hook_pending = true;
+  }
+  jni_func_name(nativeAttachSurface)(&jni, nullptr, successor_session, &video);
+  jni_func_name(nativeAttachOsdSurface)(&jni, nullptr, successor_session, &osd);
+  initialize_player(successor_session);
+  {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    await(lock, [&] { return successor->callback_returned; }, "successor event loop did not serve its own hook");
+    require(successor->callback_session == successor_session, "successor inherited the old event binding");
+    require(successor->hook_continuations == 1, "live hook was not continued exactly once");
+  }
+  destroy_player(old_session);
+  require(
+      jni_func_name(nativeInit)(&jni, nullptr, old_session) == MPV_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED, "stale init reached successor");
+  require(command(old_session) == MPV_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED, "stale command reached successor");
+  jni_func_name(nativeHookContinue)(&jni, nullptr, old_session, old->hook.id);
+  jni_func_name(nativeDetachSurface)(&jni, nullptr, old_session);
+  jni_func_name(nativeDetachOsdSurface)(&jni, nullptr, old_session);
+  require(command(successor_session) == 0, "stale teardown retired the successor");
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    require_surfaces(successor);
+    require(successor->hook_continuations == 1, "old hook id was forwarded to successor");
+  }
+  destroy_player(successor_session);
+}
+
+void admitted_command_survives_replacement() {
+  reset_dependencies();
+  const jlong old_session = create_player();
+  mpv_handle* old = active_handle;
+  initialize_player(old_session);
+  jlong result = MPV_ERROR_GENERIC;
+  std::thread reader([&] { result = command(old_session, "hold"); });
+  {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    await(lock, [&] { return old->command_active; }, "command was not admitted");
+  }
+  jlong successor_session = 0;
+  std::thread replacing([&] {
+    operation = Operation::replacing_reader;
+    successor_session = create_player();
+  });
+  {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    await(lock, [] { return reader_draining; }, "replacement did not drain the admitted command");
+    require(!old->termination_entered && !old->woken, "retirement overtook an admitted command");
+    allow_command = true;
+    changed.notify_all();
+  }
+  reader.join();
+  replacing.join();
+  require(result == 0 && old->commands == 1, "admitted command lost its handle before returning");
+  require(command(old_session) == MPV_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED, "late old-session command was admitted");
+  destroy_player(old_session);
+  initialize_player(successor_session);
+  require(command(successor_session) == 0, "replacement was affected by stale owner traffic");
+  destroy_player(successor_session);
+}
+
+void partial_initialization_can_retire() {
+  enum class Failure { configuration, initialization, thread_start };
+  for (Failure failure : {Failure::configuration, Failure::initialization, Failure::thread_start}) {
+    reset_dependencies();
+    const jlong session = create_player();
+    mpv_handle* failed = active_handle;
+    if (failure == Failure::configuration) {
+      _jstring invalid{"not-a-level"};
+      require(
+          jni_func_name(nativeSetLogLevel)(&jni, nullptr, session, &invalid) < 0, "invalid configuration succeeded");
+    } else {
+      failed->initialize_result = failure == Failure::initialization ? MPV_ERROR_GENERIC : 0;
+      fail_thread_create = failure == Failure::thread_start;
+      require(jni_func_name(nativeInit)(&jni, nullptr, session) < 0, "injected initialization failure was lost");
+      if (failure == Failure::thread_start)
+        require(jni.ExceptionCheck(), "thread-start failure lost its JNI exception");
+    }
+    destroy_player(session);
+    require(
+        failed->terminated && !failed->event_started && !failed->woken, "partial init used an unstarted event thread");
+    require(command(session) == MPV_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED, "failed session retained public admission");
+    jni.exception_pending = false;
+    const jlong successor = create_player();
+    initialize_player(successor);
+    require(command(successor) == 0, "partial init prevented the next player from working");
+    destroy_player(successor);
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// Observe real contention to arrange overlap without sleeps or a guessed
+// scheduling delay. The production guards still acquire the real pthread
+// locks; the notification only lets the test release its external MPV gates.
+static int tracked_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t* mutex) {
+  if (operation != Operation::successor) return pthread_mutex_lock(mutex);
+  const int result = pthread_mutex_trylock(mutex);
+  if (result != EBUSY) return result;
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+    successor_waiting = true;
+    changed.notify_all();
+  }
+  return pthread_mutex_lock(mutex);
+}
+
+static int tracked_write_lock(pthread_rwlock_t* lock) {
+  if (operation != Operation::replacing_reader) return pthread_rwlock_wrlock(lock);
+  const int result = pthread_rwlock_trywrlock(lock);
+  if (result != EBUSY) return result;
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(gate);
+    reader_draining = true;
+    changed.notify_all();
+  }
+  return pthread_rwlock_wrlock(lock);
+}
+
+static int controlled_thread_create(pthread_t* thread, const pthread_attr_t* attr, void* (*entry)(void*), void* arg) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  if (fail_thread_create) {
+    fail_thread_create = false;
+    return EAGAIN;
+  }
+  const int result = pthread_create(thread, attr, entry, arg);
+  if (result == 0) active_handle->event_started = true;
+  return result;
+}
+
+extern "C" mpv_handle* mpv_create() {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require(active_handle == nullptr, "successor MPV creation overlapped predecessor termination");
+  for (const auto& entry : global_refs) {
+    require(entry.first == &app_context || entry.second == 0, "successor creation preceded retiring Surface cleanup");
+  }
+  handles.push_back(std::make_unique<mpv_handle>());
+  active_handle = handles.back().get();
+  return active_handle;
+}
+
+extern "C" int mpv_initialize(mpv_handle* handle) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(handle);
+  if (handle->initialize_result < 0) return handle->initialize_result;
+  handle->initialized = true;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" void mpv_wakeup(mpv_handle* handle) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(handle);
+  require(!handle->command_active, "wake overtook an admitted command");
+  require(handle->event_started, "wake targeted an unstarted event thread");
+  handle->woken = true;
+  changed.notify_all();
+}
+
+extern "C" void mpv_terminate_destroy(mpv_handle* handle) {
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(handle);
+  require(!handle->command_active, "termination overtook an admitted command");
+  require(!handle->event_started || handle->event_exited, "termination overtook the bound event thread");
+  require_surfaces(handle);
+  handle->termination_entered = true;
+  changed.notify_all();
+  if (handle == held_termination)
+    await(lock, [] { return allow_termination; }, "test did not release native termination");
+  require_surfaces(handle);
+  handle->terminated = true;
+  active_handle = nullptr;
+}
+
+extern "C" mpv_event* mpv_wait_event(mpv_handle* handle, double) {
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  event_handle = handle;
+  require_live(handle);
+  await(lock, [&] { return handle->hook_pending || handle->woken; }, "event loop was not woken for teardown");
+  handle->event = {};
+  if (handle->hook_pending) {
+    handle->hook_pending = false;
+    handle->event.event_id = MPV_EVENT_HOOK;
+    handle->event.data = &handle->hook;
+  }
+  return &handle->event;
+}
+
+extern "C" int mpv_hook_add(mpv_handle* handle, uint64_t, const char*, int) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(handle);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" int mpv_hook_continue(mpv_handle* handle, uint64_t id) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(handle);
+  require(id == handle->hook.id && handle->hook_continuations == 0, "hook continued twice or on the wrong handle");
+  ++handle->hook_continuations;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" int mpv_command_ret(mpv_handle* handle, const char** args, mpv_node* result) {
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(handle);
+  require(handle->initialized, "command reached an uninitialized core");
+  handle->command_active = true;
+  changed.notify_all();
+  if (std::strcmp(args[0], "hold") == 0)
+    await(lock, [] { return allow_command; }, "test did not release admitted command");
+  require_live(handle);
+  handle->command_active = false;
+  ++handle->commands;
+  *result = {};
+  return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" int mpv_request_log_messages(mpv_handle* handle, const char* level) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(handle);
+  return std::strcmp(level, "not-a-level") == 0 ? MPV_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER : 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" int mpv_set_option(mpv_handle* handle, const char* name, mpv_format format, void* data) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require_live(handle);
+  require(format == MPV_FORMAT_INT64, "unexpected Surface option format");
+  jobject object = reinterpret_cast<jobject>(static_cast<intptr_t>(*static_cast<int64_t*>(data)));
+  if (std::strcmp(name, "wid") == 0) {
+    handle->video = object;
+  } else {
+    require(std::strcmp(name, "vo-mediacodec-osd-surface") == 0, "unexpected Surface option");
+    handle->osd = object;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+extern "C" int mpv_get_property(mpv_handle*, const char*, mpv_format, void*) {
+  require(false, "unexpected property read in lifecycle scenario");
+  return MPV_ERROR_GENERIC;
+}
+
+extern "C" const char* mpv_error_string(int) { return "controlled MPV failure"; }
+extern "C" void mpv_free_node_contents(mpv_node*) {}
+extern "C" int av_jni_set_java_vm(void*, void*) { return 0; }
+extern "C" int av_jni_set_android_app_ctx(void*, void*) { return 0; }
+extern "C" int __android_log_print(int, const char*, const char*, ...) { return 0; }
+
+bool acquire_jni_env(JavaVM* supplied_vm, JNIEnv** env) {
+  require(supplied_vm == &vm, "event thread acquired the wrong Java VM");
+  *env = &jni;
+  return true;
+}
+
+void init_methods_cache(JNIEnv*) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  require(active_handle == nullptr, "JNI environment rewritten before predecessor retirement");
+  mpv_MpvPlayer_onHook = reinterpret_cast<jmethodID>(1);
+}
+
+jstring new_java_string(JNIEnv*, const char* value) {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(gate);
+  callback_strings.push_back(std::make_unique<_jstring>(_jstring{value ? value : ""}));
+  return callback_strings.back().get();
+}
+
+std::string java_string_to_utf8(JNIEnv*, jstring value) { return value ? value->value : ""; }
+void die(const char*) { jni.exception_pending = true; }
+
+int main() {
+  jni.vm = &vm;
+  jni.on_new_global_ref = new_global_ref;
+  jni.on_delete_global_ref = delete_global_ref;
+  jni.on_static_void_method = on_static_void_method;
+  vm.on_detach = detach_event_thread;
+  rejected_hook_and_successor_retirement();
+  admitted_command_survives_replacement();
+  partial_initialization_can_retire();
+  reset_dependencies();
+  std::puts("MPV lifecycle: callback overlap, reader lifetime, successor isolation and partial init passed");
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.cpp b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.cpp
index f90bcf381..adf14292d 100644
--- a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.cpp
+++ b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 // starts (event_thread_bind). Kotlin drops a callback whose session is not
 // the wrapper it published for, so a retiring core's tail — end-file,
 // property changes, a hook raised just before teardown — can never be read
-// as the successor's.
+// as the successor's. L keeps this binding immutable through join, including
+// the interval after admission is revoked; callbacks never acquire L.
 static mpv_handle* thread_mpv;
 static uint64_t thread_session;
 
diff --git a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.h b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.h
index 54e568a96..b67ffe555 100644
--- a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.h
+++ b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/event.h
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
-// Names the session the next event_thread serves. Called under the lifecycle
-// write lock before pthread_create, which publishes the values to the thread;
-// the thread then never reads the globals, so a successor session replacing
-// them cannot redirect it.
+// Names the session the next event_thread serves. Called under L and S before
+// pthread_create publishes the binding. L prevents rebinding until that thread
+// is joined; the thread never reads the live admission slots and can safely
+// finish a callback after revocation. Callbacks must never acquire L.
 void event_thread_bind(mpv_handle* mpv, uint64_t session);
 
 void* event_thread(void* arg);
diff --git a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/globals.h b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/globals.h
index f97cb870c..9fd7aa5bc 100644
--- a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/globals.h
+++ b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/globals.h
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ extern JavaVM* g_vm;
 // session it originated from, so a retired wrapper can neither touch nor be
 // fed by its successor.
 //
-// g_session_lock: write-held across create/init/destroy, read-held for every
-// other entry. A reader admitted under a matching session keeps the handle
-// alive until it returns; retirement waits for it, then flips g_session so
-// later callers with the old id are refused before they reach mpv.
+// g_session_lock (S) guards admission: write-held for publication, init and
+// revocation, read-held by every other JNI entry through its last handle use.
+// Retirement drains admitted readers and clears these slots under S, then
+// releases S BEFORE wake/join/terminate so callbacks can reenter and reject.
+// A separate lifecycle mutex (L, private to main.cpp) serializes create/init/
+// destroy through termination AND surface cleanup. Lock order is L -> S;
+// readers and event callbacks never acquire L. The event thread borrows its
+// immutable bound handle until joined, even after the admission slots clear.
 extern mpv_handle* g_mpv;
 extern uint64_t g_session;
 extern pthread_rwlock_t g_session_lock;
diff --git a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/main.cpp b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
index 82a560b6d..fc4e00e30 100644
--- a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
+++ b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/main.cpp
@@ -41,20 +41,33 @@ uint64_t g_session;
 pthread_rwlock_t g_session_lock = PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER;
 std::atomic<bool> g_event_thread_request_exit(false);
 
+// Lifecycle serialization (L) is separate from session admission (S).
+// Only nativeCreate/nativeInit/nativeDestroy acquire L, always before S.
+static pthread_mutex_t lifecycle_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static uint64_t next_session = 0;
 static pthread_t event_thread_id;
 static bool event_thread_started = false;
 
-// Write-locked scope for the lifecycle entries; waits for every admitted
-// reader to return before the handle can change underneath it.
+// Held through retirement, termination and surface cleanup, so a successor
+// cannot overlap or rebind the retiring event thread. Callbacks never take L.
 class LifecycleGuard {
  public:
-  LifecycleGuard() { pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&g_session_lock); }
-  ~LifecycleGuard() { pthread_rwlock_unlock(&g_session_lock); }
+  LifecycleGuard() { pthread_mutex_lock(&lifecycle_lock); }
+  ~LifecycleGuard() { pthread_mutex_unlock(&lifecycle_lock); }
   LifecycleGuard(const LifecycleGuard&) = delete;
   LifecycleGuard& operator=(const LifecycleGuard&) = delete;
 };
 
+// Bounded admission-write scope (S), always nested inside L. Never hold this
+// while joining or terminating: an event callback can reenter SessionGuard.
+class SessionWriteGuard {
+ public:
+  SessionWriteGuard() { pthread_rwlock_wrlock(&g_session_lock); }
+  ~SessionWriteGuard() { pthread_rwlock_unlock(&g_session_lock); }
+  SessionWriteGuard(const SessionWriteGuard&) = delete;
+  SessionWriteGuard& operator=(const SessionWriteGuard&) = delete;
+};
+
 static void prepare_environment(JNIEnv* env, jobject appctx) {
   setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");
 
@@ -66,25 +79,27 @@ static void prepare_environment(JNIEnv* env, jobject appctx) {
   init_methods_cache(env);
 }
 
-// Caller holds the write lock. Stops the event thread, retires the session
-// id (so a late nativeHookContinue / property call for it is refused, not
-// delivered to whatever comes next), and tears the core down. mpv itself
-// continues any hook the destroyed handle was still holding.
-static void destroy_locked(JNIEnv* env) {
+// Caller holds L and S(write). Acquiring S drained every admitted JNI reader;
+// revoke further admission before letting an in-flight callback finish.
+// The lifecycle owner retains the handle and immutable event-thread binding.
+static mpv_handle* revoke_locked() {
   mpv_handle* local_mpv = g_mpv;
+  g_mpv = NULL;
+  g_session = 0;
+  if (event_thread_started) g_event_thread_request_exit = true;
+  return local_mpv;
+}
 
+// Caller holds L, but NOT S. The event thread is the revoked handle's only
+// remaining borrower; a rejected hook can take S and return during this join.
+static void destroy_locked(JNIEnv* env, mpv_handle* local_mpv) {
   // Configuration (including an invalid initial log level) can fail before
   // nativeInit starts the event thread.
   if (event_thread_started) {
-    g_event_thread_request_exit = true;
     mpv_wakeup(local_mpv);
     pthread_join(event_thread_id, NULL);
     event_thread_started = false;
   }
-
-  g_mpv = NULL;
-  g_session = 0;
-
   // The MediaCodec VO can retain the Surface until final decoder teardown.
   // Keep its JNI refs alive for the entire blocking termination.
   mpv_terminate_destroy(local_mpv);
@@ -93,13 +108,20 @@ static void destroy_locked(JNIEnv* env) {
 
 jni_func(jlong, nativeCreate, jobject appctx) {
   LifecycleGuard lock;
-  prepare_environment(env, appctx);
-
-  if (g_mpv) {
+  mpv_handle* predecessor;
+  {
+    SessionWriteGuard admission;
+    predecessor = revoke_locked();
+  }
+  if (predecessor) {
     ALOGE("destroying leaked mpv instance");
-    destroy_locked(env);
+    destroy_locked(env, predecessor);
   }
 
+  // Do not rewrite process-wide JNI state while the predecessor can callback.
+  prepare_environment(env, appctx);
+
+  SessionWriteGuard admission;
   g_mpv = mpv_create();
   if (!g_mpv) {
     die("context init failed");
@@ -113,6 +135,7 @@ jni_func(jlong, nativeCreate, jobject appctx) {
 
 jni_func(jint, nativeInit, jlong session) {
   LifecycleGuard lock;
+  SessionWriteGuard admission;
   if (!g_mpv || g_session != (uint64_t)session) return MPV_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED;
 
   const int result = mpv_initialize(g_mpv);
@@ -140,10 +163,15 @@ jni_func(jint, nativeInit, jlong session) {
 
 jni_func(void, nativeDestroy, jlong session) {
   LifecycleGuard lock;
-  // A wrapper whose session a later nativeCreate already retired has nothing
-  // left to destroy; the successor is not its to touch.
-  if (!g_mpv || g_session != (uint64_t)session) return;
-  destroy_locked(env);
+  mpv_handle* local_mpv;
+  {
+    SessionWriteGuard admission;
+    // A wrapper whose session a later nativeCreate already retired has nothing
+    // left to destroy; the successor is not its to touch.
+    if (!g_mpv || g_session != (uint64_t)session) return;
+    local_mpv = revoke_locked();
+  }
+  destroy_locked(env, local_mpv);
 }
 
 jni_func(jint, nativeSetLogLevel, jlong session, jstring jlevel) {
@@ -202,9 +230,9 @@ jni_func(jlong, nativeCommand, jlong session, jobjectArray jarray) {
   return playlist_entry_id;
 }
 
-// A continuation for a retired session is dropped: the hook id belongs to a
-// handle that no longer exists, and destroying that handle already continued
-// it. The successor must never receive it.
+// A continuation for a revoked session is dropped, even while its handle is
+// still retiring. Destruction releases any outstanding hooks; the successor
+// must never receive an old hook id.
 jni_func(void, nativeHookContinue, jlong session, jlong id) {
   SessionGuard guard(session);
   if (!guard.mpv) return;
diff --git a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/render.cpp b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/render.cpp
index 2e1c6aebc..77bc7ced3 100644
--- a/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/render.cpp
+++ b/android/libmpv/src/main/cpp/render.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ jni_func(void, nativeDetachOsdSurface, jlong session) {
   osd_surface = NULL;
 }
 
-// Caller holds the lifecycle write lock; the surfaces belong to the session
-// being retired and are released with it.
+// Caller holds L after revoking admission, draining JNI readers, joining the
+// event thread and terminating mpv. S is not held. L prevents a successor from
+// publishing new surfaces until these retiring references have been released.
 void render_cleanup(JNIEnv* env) {
   if (surface) {
     env->DeleteGlobalRef(surface);