diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/end-of-stream.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/end-of-stream.ts
index 35e99ded..47e6806b 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/end-of-stream.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/end-of-stream.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * **Drive each `open → ended` transition of the MediaSource.** Calls
- * `MediaSource.endOfStream()` once the temporally last segments of every
- * active buffer actor's currently-loading track are fully appended and
- * the user has reached them — letting the browser finalize duration and
- * fire `ended` on the media element.
+ * `MediaSource.endOfStream()` once every active buffer actor's
+ * currently-loading track is *complete* (`#EXT-X-ENDLIST`), its temporally
+ * last segments are fully appended, and the user has reached them — letting
+ * the browser finalize duration and fire `ended` on the media element. The
+ * completeness gate keeps it inert for ongoing live, whose "last segment" is
+ * only the rolling edge; a live stream opts in by appending `#EXT-X-ENDLIST`.
  *
  * Re-fires on every subsequent `open → ended → open` cycle. Per the MSE
  * spec, `appendBuffer()` after `endOfStream()` transitions the MediaSource
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ import { getMaxBufferedEnd, waitForSourceBuffersReady } from '../../../media/dom
 import { isLastSegmentAppended } from '../../../media/dom/mse/end-of-stream';
 import { onMediaSourceReadyStateChange } from '../../../media/dom/mse/mediasource-setup';
 import type { MaybeResolvedPresentation } from '../../../media/types';
-import { isResolvedTrack } from '../../../media/types';
+import { getMediaPlaylistMetadata, isResolvedTrack } from '../../../media/types';
 import { findTrackById } from '../../../media/utils/tracks';
 import type { SourceBufferActor } from '../../actors/dom/source-buffer';
 
@@ -144,6 +146,13 @@ function deriveState(
 
     const track = findTrackById(presentation, initTrackId);
     if (!track || !isResolvedTrack(track)) return 'preconditions-unmet';
+    // Only a complete playlist (#EXT-X-ENDLIST) has a true last segment. For an
+    // ongoing live playlist the last segment is just the current rolling edge,
+    // so end-of-stream must not fire — calling `endOfStream()` there would pin a
+    // finite (live-edge) duration and end the stream, only to be reopened by the
+    // next reload's appends and re-fire on a loop. When a live stream genuinely
+    // ends it appends #EXT-X-ENDLIST, which opens this guard.
+    if (!getMediaPlaylistMetadata(track)?.endList) return 'preconditions-unmet';
     if (!isLastSegmentAppended(track.segments, appended)) return 'preconditions-unmet';
 
     if (track.segments.length > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/end-of-stream.test.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/end-of-stream.test.ts
index de47523a..2bf2ffcd 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/end-of-stream.test.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/end-of-stream.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import type { ContextSignals, StateSignals } from '../../../../core/composition/create-composition';
 import { signal } from '../../../../core/signals/primitives';
-import type { MaybeResolvedPresentation, Presentation, Segment, VideoTrack } from '../../../../media/types';
+import {
+  type MaybeResolvedPresentation,
+  MEDIA_PLAYLIST_METADATA_KEY,
+  type Presentation,
+  type Segment,
+  type VideoTrack,
+} from '../../../../media/types';
 import { createSourceBufferActor, type SourceBufferActor } from '../../../actors/dom/source-buffer';
 import { type EndOfStreamContext, type EndOfStreamState, endOfStream } from '../end-of-stream';
 
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ function makeSegments(count: number): Segment[] {
   }));
 }
 
-function makeResolvedVideoTrack(segmentCount: number, id = 'video-1'): VideoTrack {
+function makeResolvedVideoTrack(segmentCount: number, id = 'video-1', endList = true): VideoTrack {
   return {
     id,
     type: 'video' as const,
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ function makeResolvedVideoTrack(segmentCount: number, id = 'video-1'): VideoTrac
     startTime: 0,
     duration: segmentCount * 2.5,
     codecs: 'avc1.64001f',
+    metadata: { [MEDIA_PLAYLIST_METADATA_KEY]: { mediaSequence: 0, targetDuration: 3, endList } },
   } as unknown as VideoTrack;
 }
 
@@ -309,6 +316,48 @@ describe('endOfStream', () => {
     await cleanup();
   });
 
+  it('does not call endOfStream() for a live (incomplete) playlist even with the last segment appended', async () => {
+    // Live: no #EXT-X-ENDLIST. The "last segment" is only the rolling edge, so
+    // appending it must NOT end the stream — doing so would pin a finite
+    // (live-edge) duration and reopen/re-fire on every reload.
+    const track = makeResolvedVideoTrack(2, 'video-1', false);
+    const mockMs = makeMediaSource();
+    const actor = makeActorWithSegments(['seg-0', 'seg-1']);
+
+    const { cleanup } = setupEndOfStream(
+      { presentation: makePresentation(track) },
+      { mediaSource: mockMs, videoBufferActor: actor }
+    );
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 30));
+    expect(mockMs.endOfStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    await cleanup();
+  });
+
+  it('calls endOfStream() once a live playlist appends #EXT-X-ENDLIST (graceful end)', async () => {
+    // A live stream that ends appends #EXT-X-ENDLIST; the guard then opens and
+    // end-of-stream fires normally.
+    const liveTrack = makeResolvedVideoTrack(2, 'video-1', false);
+    const mockMs = makeMediaSource();
+    const actor = makeActorWithSegments(['seg-0', 'seg-1']);
+
+    const { state, cleanup } = setupEndOfStream(
+      { presentation: makePresentation(liveTrack) },
+      { mediaSource: mockMs, videoBufferActor: actor }
+    );
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 20));
+    expect(mockMs.endOfStream).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    // Stream ends: a reload patches in the same window now marked complete.
+    state.presentation.set(makePresentation(makeResolvedVideoTrack(2, 'video-1', true)));
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockMs.endOfStream).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+    await cleanup();
+  });
+
   it('calls endOfStream() only once while MediaSource stays ended', async () => {
     const track = makeResolvedVideoTrack(4);
     const mockMs = makeMediaSource();
@@ -409,6 +458,7 @@ describe('endOfStream', () => {
       url: 'https://example.com/audio.m3u8',
       mimeType: 'audio/mp4',
       segments: makeSegments(4).map((s) => ({ ...s, id: `audio-${s.id}` })),
+      metadata: { [MEDIA_PLAYLIST_METADATA_KEY]: { mediaSequence: 0, targetDuration: 3, endList: true } },
     } as unknown as VideoTrack;
     const presentation = {
       id: 'pres-1',