diff --git a/web/src/player/components/VideoPlayer.tsx b/web/src/player/components/VideoPlayer.tsx
index 86d8138a..116cdcb2 100644
--- a/web/src/player/components/VideoPlayer.tsx
+++ b/web/src/player/components/VideoPlayer.tsx
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ interface VideoPlayerProps {
   onPlaybackTransportReady?: (transport: PlayerPlaybackTransport | null) => void;
   onReturnFromPostRoll?: () => void;
   onRealtimeEvent?: (event: PlaybackRealtimeEventEnvelope) => void;
+  onRealtimeConnectionStateChange?: (state: "disconnected" | "connecting" | "connected") => void;
   watchTogetherRoomId?: string | null;
   watchTogetherConnection?: WatchTogetherRoomConnectionResult;
 }
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ export function VideoPlayer({
   onPlaybackTransportReady,
   onReturnFromPostRoll,
   onRealtimeEvent,
+  onRealtimeConnectionStateChange,
   watchTogetherRoomId,
   watchTogetherConnection,
 }: VideoPlayerProps) {
@@ -1714,12 +1716,16 @@ export function VideoPlayer({
     [handleExit, performPlayerSeek],
   );
 
-  usePlaybackRealtime({
+  const realtime = usePlaybackRealtime({
     sessionId,
     onCommand: executeRealtimeCommand,
     onEvent: onRealtimeEvent,
   });
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    onRealtimeConnectionStateChange?.(realtime.connectionState);
+  }, [onRealtimeConnectionStateChange, realtime.connectionState]);
+
   // -- Postroll mini-player resize --
   const [miniPlayerWidth, setMiniPlayerWidth] = useState(320);
   const isDraggingRef = useRef(false);
diff --git a/web/src/player/components/WatchPage.tsx b/web/src/player/components/WatchPage.tsx
index 82d4f403..dadeaebd 100644
--- a/web/src/player/components/WatchPage.tsx
+++ b/web/src/player/components/WatchPage.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ export function WatchPage({
   const playbackController = useWatchPlaybackController();
   const chapterRefreshAttemptsRef = useRef<Set<number>>(new Set());
   const handledSelectionRevisionRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  const markerRealtimeReconcileKeyRef = useRef<string | null>(null);
   const [playbackVersions, setPlaybackVersions] = useState(versions);
+  const [realtimeConnectionState, setRealtimeConnectionState] = useState<
+    "disconnected" | "connecting" | "connected"
+  >("disconnected");
   const watchTogetherConnection = useWatchTogetherRoomConnection({
     roomId: watchTogetherRoomId,
     roomToken: watchTogetherRoomToken,
@@ -197,6 +201,7 @@ export function WatchPage({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     chapterRefreshAttemptsRef.current.clear();
+    markerRealtimeReconcileKeyRef.current = null;
   }, [contentId, playbackRequestKey]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -274,6 +279,51 @@ export function WatchPage({
     playbackVersions,
   ]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      realtimeConnectionState !== "connected" ||
+      !session.sessionId ||
+      !session.mediaFileId ||
+      session.loading ||
+      session.replacing
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const activeFileId = session.mediaFileId;
+    const reconcileKey = `${session.sessionId}:${activeFileId}`;
+    if (markerRealtimeReconcileKeyRef.current === reconcileKey) {
+      return;
+    }
+    markerRealtimeReconcileKeyRef.current = reconcileKey;
+
+    let cancelled = false;
+    void queryClient
+      .fetchQuery({
+        queryKey: itemKeys.watchDetail(contentId, activeFileId, libraryId),
+        queryFn: () => fetchWatchDetail(contentId, activeFileId, libraryId),
+        staleTime: 0,
+      })
+      .then((detail) => {
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          setPlaybackVersions(detail.versions);
+        }
+      });
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
+  }, [
+    contentId,
+    libraryId,
+    queryClient,
+    realtimeConnectionState,
+    session.loading,
+    session.mediaFileId,
+    session.replacing,
+    session.sessionId,
+  ]);
+
   const handleRealtimeEvent = useCallback(
     (event: PlaybackRealtimeEventEnvelope) => {
       if (event.name === "chapter_thumbnail_ready") {
@@ -427,6 +477,7 @@ export function WatchPage({
       onPlaybackStateChange={onPlaybackStateChange}
       onPlaybackTransportReady={onPlaybackTransportReady}
       onRealtimeEvent={handleRealtimeEvent}
+      onRealtimeConnectionStateChange={setRealtimeConnectionState}
       onExit={onExit}
       onMinimize={onMinimize}
       onEnded={handleEnded}