diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/anchor-live-tracks.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/anchor-live-tracks.ts
index 0bc437c8..c467de9f 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/anchor-live-tracks.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/anchor-live-tracks.ts
@@ -125,24 +125,32 @@ function anchorLiveTracksSetup<Context extends object>({
 
   return createMachineReactor<AnchorFsmState>({
     initial: 'unanchored',
-    // Re-checks buffer availability on each reload (the resolver is read untracked
-    // by the engine, so reloads — not buffer ticks — drive the transition). An
-    // unresolved presentation drops back to idle.
+    // Checks buffer availability on each reload until anchored (the resolver is
+    // read untracked by the engine, so reloads — not buffer ticks — drive the
+    // transition). An unresolved presentation drops back to idle.
     monitor: () => {
       const presentation = state.presentation.get();
       if (!isResolvedPresentation(presentation)) return 'unanchored';
+      // Sticky per source: once the anchor is published, stay `anchored` for the
+      // lifetime of this resolved presentation. Only a source change — which
+      // resets the presentation to an unresolved value (handled above) — reverts.
+      // A *transient* loss of buffer ground truth (underrun, flush, seek) must NOT
+      // drop the established anchor: doing so re-opens the seekToLiveEdge gate and
+      // re-fires its one-time live-edge seek, jumping the playhead. "Pin-once"
+      // means pin once per source — see live-presentation-anchor.md.
+      if (state.liveAnchor.get() !== undefined) return 'anchored';
       return isUndefined(deriveBufferAnchor(presentation)) ? 'unanchored' : 'anchored';
     },
     states: {
       // Reset the published anchor per source so a new source re-gates the seek.
       unanchored: { entry: () => state.liveAnchor.set(undefined) },
       anchored: {
-        // Establish the shared anchor once and stamp it onto every track. Runs
-        // once per entry; a source change exits to `unanchored`, so the next
-        // source re-establishes. Re-deriving the same buffer anchor is idempotent
-        // (segment PDT and native-PTS start are stable), and
-        // `positionAllTracksToAnchor` writes no new reference when nothing moved —
-        // so a transient re-entry is a no-op.
+        // Establish the shared anchor once and stamp it onto every track. The
+        // sticky monitor keeps us `anchored` for the source once `liveAnchor` is
+        // published, so this runs exactly once per source; only a source change
+        // (exit to `unanchored`) re-arms it. (Were it to re-enter, re-deriving the
+        // same buffer anchor is idempotent and `positionAllTracksToAnchor` writes
+        // no new reference when nothing moved — so it would still be a no-op.)
         entry: () => {
           const presentation = state.presentation.get();
           if (!isResolvedPresentation(presentation)) return;
diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/tests/anchor-live-tracks.test.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/tests/anchor-live-tracks.test.ts
index 352c096f..2f9e546e 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/tests/anchor-live-tracks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/tests/anchor-live-tracks.test.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,62 @@ describe('anchorLiveTracks', () => {
     cleanup();
   });
 
+  it('keeps the established anchor through a transient loss of buffer ground truth (sticky per source)', async () => {
+    let hasBuffer = true;
+    const { cleanup, state } = run({
+      presentation: makePresentation([makeVideoTrack()]),
+      config: {
+        resolveBufferedAnchor: () =>
+          hasBuffer ? { trackId: 'v-1', segmentId: 'segment-85', actualStart: 500 } : undefined,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(state.liveAnchor.get()).toBe(500);
+
+    // Buffer ground truth momentarily vanishes (underrun / flush / seek), then a
+    // reload fires. The established anchor must persist — dropping it re-opens the
+    // seekToLiveEdge gate and re-fires its one-time live-edge seek. Only a source
+    // change (unresolved presentation) reverts.
+    hasBuffer = false;
+    const carried = makeVideoTrack();
+    carried.startTime = 500;
+    carried.startDate = 500;
+    carried.segments = [{ ...carried.segments[0]!, startTime: 500, startDate: 1000 }];
+    state.presentation.set(makePresentation([carried]));
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(state.liveAnchor.get()).toBe(500);
+
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
+  it('reverts the anchor on a source change, then re-establishes for the new source', async () => {
+    let actualStart = 500;
+    const { cleanup, state } = run({
+      presentation: makePresentation([makeVideoTrack()]),
+      config: { resolveBufferedAnchor: () => ({ trackId: 'v-1', segmentId: 'segment-85', actualStart }) },
+    });
+
+    expect(state.liveAnchor.get()).toBe(500);
+
+    // Source change → presentation reset to an unresolved value: the anchor clears
+    // so the new source re-gates the seek.
+    state.presentation.set({ url: 'https://example.com/new.m3u8' });
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(state.liveAnchor.get()).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // New source resolves with its own buffer truth → re-establishes.
+    actualStart = 700;
+    state.presentation.set(makePresentation([makeVideoTrack()]));
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+    expect(state.liveAnchor.get()).toBe(300); // video seg PDT 1000 − actualStart 700
+
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
   it('establishes once — a later reload is left to the parser (no re-establish even if buffer drifts)', async () => {
     let actualStart = 500;
     const { cleanup, state } = run({