diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/ui/captions-button/captions-button-core.ts b/packages/core/src/core/ui/captions-button/captions-button-core.ts
index e09fae75..21e33ee1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/ui/captions-button/captions-button-core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/ui/captions-button/captions-button-core.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createState } from '@videojs/store';
+import { isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
 import { defaults } from '@videojs/utils/object';
 import { isFunction } from '@videojs/utils/predicate';
 import type { NonNullableObject } from '@videojs/utils/types';
@@ -66,9 +67,7 @@ export class CaptionsButtonCore {
 
   getState(): CaptionsButtonState {
     const media = this.#media!;
-    const availability: CaptionsButtonState['availability'] = media.textTrackList.some(
-      (t) => t.kind === 'captions' || t.kind === 'subtitles'
-    )
+    const availability: CaptionsButtonState['availability'] = media.textTrackList.some(isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack)
       ? 'available'
       : 'unavailable';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/ui/input-feedback/status.ts b/packages/core/src/core/ui/input-feedback/status.ts
index 046b9065..aa6d346d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/ui/input-feedback/status.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/ui/input-feedback/status.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export interface MediaSnapshot {
   muted?: boolean | undefined;
   fullscreen?: boolean | undefined;
   subtitlesShowing?: boolean | undefined;
+  /** When false, caption toggles are unavailable and status feedback is suppressed. */
+  subtitlesAvailable?: boolean | undefined;
   pip?: boolean | undefined;
   currentTime?: number | undefined;
   duration?: number | undefined;
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ export function deriveStatus(
     case 'volumeStep':
       return deriveVolumeStatus(event, snapshot, labels);
     case 'toggleSubtitles': {
+      if (snapshot.subtitlesAvailable === false) return null;
       const showing = snapshot.subtitlesShowing !== undefined ? !snapshot.subtitlesShowing : true;
       return {
         status: showing ? 'captions-on' : 'captions-off',
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/ui/input-feedback/tests/status.test.ts b/packages/core/src/core/ui/input-feedback/tests/status.test.ts
index 1d72f6b2..a209e97a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/ui/input-feedback/tests/status.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/ui/input-feedback/tests/status.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ describe('status', () => {
 
   it('derives captions, fullscreen, and picture-in-picture statuses', () => {
     expect(deriveStatus({ action: 'toggleSubtitles' }, SNAPSHOT)?.status).toBe('captions-on');
+    expect(deriveStatus({ action: 'toggleSubtitles' }, { ...SNAPSHOT, subtitlesAvailable: false })).toBeNull();
     expect(deriveStatus({ action: 'toggleFullscreen' }, SNAPSHOT)?.status).toBe('fullscreen');
     expect(deriveStatus({ action: 'toggleFullscreen' }, { ...SNAPSHOT, fullscreen: true })?.status).toBe(
       'exit-fullscreen'
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom/media/google-cast/google-cast-provider.ts b/packages/core/src/dom/media/google-cast/google-cast-provider.ts
index c0089776..ba0e69bd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom/media/google-cast/google-cast-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom/media/google-cast/google-cast-provider.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
+
 import type { RemotePlaybackState } from './remote-playback';
 import type { GoogleCastMediaElement } from './types';
 import {
@@ -141,9 +143,7 @@ export class GoogleCastProvider {
     const mediaInfo = new chrome.cast.media.MediaInfo(this.media.castSrc, this.media.castContentType ?? '');
     mediaInfo.customData = (this.media.castCustomData as object) ?? null;
 
-    const subtitles = [...this.media.querySelectorAll('track')].filter(
-      (el) => el.src && (el.kind === 'subtitles' || el.kind === 'captions')
-    );
+    const subtitles = [...this.media.querySelectorAll('track')].filter((el) => el.src && isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack(el));
 
     const { Track, TrackType, TextTrackType } = chrome.cast.media;
     const activeTrackIds: number[] = [];
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ export class GoogleCastProvider {
   async #updateRemoteTextTrack() {
     if (!this.isCasting) return;
 
-    const localSubs = [...this.media.textTracks].filter(({ kind }) => kind === 'subtitles' || kind === 'captions');
+    const localSubs = [...this.media.textTracks].filter(isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack);
 
     const matched = (this.#remote.mediaInfo?.tracks ?? [])
       .filter(({ type }) => type === chrome.cast.media.TrackType.TEXT)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom/media/hls/text-tracks.ts b/packages/core/src/dom/media/hls/text-tracks.ts
index bfa088d4..0fbe5548 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom/media/hls/text-tracks.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom/media/hls/text-tracks.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { listen } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
+import { isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack, listen } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
 import type { Constructor } from '@videojs/utils/types';
 import type { CuesParsedData, NonNativeTextTracksData } from 'hls.js';
 import Hls from 'hls.js';
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function HlsJsMediaTextTracksMixin<Base extends Constructor<HlsEngineHost
         if (!engine.subtitleTracks.length) return;
 
         const showingTrack = Array.from(media.textTracks).find((textTrack) => {
-          return textTrack.id && textTrack.mode === 'showing' && ['subtitles', 'captions'].includes(textTrack.kind);
+          return textTrack.id && textTrack.mode === 'showing' && isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack(textTrack);
         });
 
         if (!showingTrack) return;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function addTextTrack(
   if (defaultTrack) {
     trackEl.default = true;
   }
-  trackEl.track.mode = ['subtitles', 'captions'].includes(kind) ? 'disabled' : 'hidden';
+  trackEl.track.mode = isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack({ kind }) ? 'disabled' : 'hidden';
 
   // Add data attribute to identify tracks that should be removed when switching sources/destroying hls.js instance.
   trackEl.setAttribute('data-removeondestroy', '');
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom/store/features/text-track.ts b/packages/core/src/dom/store/features/text-track.ts
index de713d2f..cfddf681 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom/store/features/text-track.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom/store/features/text-track.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { findTrackElement, getTextTrackList, listen } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
+import { findTrackElement, getTextTrackList, isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack, listen } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
 
 import type { MediaTextCue, MediaTextTrack, MediaTextTrackState } from '../../../core/media/state';
 import type { TextTrackLike } from '../../../core/media/types';
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ export const textTrackFeature = definePlayerFeature({
       const { media } = target();
       if (!isMediaTextTrackCapable(media)) return false;
 
-      const subtitlesTracks = getTextTrackList(
-        media,
-        (track) => track.kind === 'subtitles' || track.kind === 'captions'
-      );
+      const subtitlesTracks = getTextTrackList(media, isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack);
       if (!subtitlesTracks.length) return false;
 
       const showing = subtitlesTracks.some((track) => track.mode === 'showing');
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ export const textTrackFeature = definePlayerFeature({
           mode: track.mode,
         });
 
-        if ((track.kind === 'captions' || track.kind === 'subtitles') && track.mode === 'showing') {
+        if (isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack(track) && track.mode === 'showing') {
           subtitlesShowing = true;
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom/ui/input-action.ts b/packages/core/src/dom/ui/input-action.ts
index 519ad4a9..743d183c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom/ui/input-action.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom/ui/input-action.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
+
 import { IndicatorVisibilityCoordinator } from '../../core/ui/input-feedback/indicator-lifecycle';
 import type { InputActionEvent, MediaSnapshot } from '../../core/ui/input-feedback/status';
 import { getGestureCoordinator } from '../gesture/coordinator';
@@ -34,12 +36,15 @@ export function getMediaSnapshot(store: MediaSnapshotStore | undefined): MediaSn
   const state = store.state;
   const time = selectTime(state);
 
+  const textTrack = selectTextTrack(state);
+
   return {
     paused: selectPlayback(state)?.paused,
     volume: selectVolume(state)?.volume,
     muted: selectVolume(state)?.muted,
     fullscreen: selectFullscreen(state)?.fullscreen,
-    subtitlesShowing: selectTextTrack(state)?.subtitlesShowing,
+    subtitlesShowing: textTrack?.subtitlesShowing,
+    subtitlesAvailable: textTrack ? (textTrack.textTrackList ?? []).some(isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack) : undefined,
     pip: selectPiP(state)?.pip,
     currentTime: time?.currentTime,
     duration: time?.duration,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/dom/ui/tests/input-action.test.ts b/packages/core/src/dom/ui/tests/input-action.test.ts
index 93fcad49..afd91228 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/dom/ui/tests/input-action.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/dom/ui/tests/input-action.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ describe('input-action', () => {
           muted: false,
           fullscreen: true,
           subtitlesShowing: true,
+          textTrackList: [{ kind: 'captions', label: 'English', language: 'en', mode: 'showing' }],
           pip: false,
           currentTime: 30,
           duration: 120,
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ describe('input-action', () => {
       muted: false,
       fullscreen: true,
       subtitlesShowing: true,
+      subtitlesAvailable: true,
       pip: false,
       currentTime: 30,
       duration: 120,
diff --git a/packages/spf/src/media/dom/text/text-track-slots.ts b/packages/spf/src/media/dom/text/text-track-slots.ts
index 9303548c..b66430ad 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/media/dom/text/text-track-slots.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/media/dom/text/text-track-slots.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack } from '@videojs/utils/dom';
+
 import type { PartiallyResolvedTextTrack, TextTrack } from '../../types';
 
 /**
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export function getShowingSubtitlesTrackFromMedia(mediaElement: HTMLMediaElement
   const elements = mediaElement.querySelectorAll<HTMLTrackElement>(SPF_TRACK_SELECTOR);
   for (const el of elements) {
     const track = el.track;
-    if (track.mode === 'showing' && (track.kind === 'subtitles' || track.kind === 'captions')) {
+    if (track.mode === 'showing' && isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack(track)) {
       return track;
     }
   }
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ export function removeAllSubtitlesTracksFromMedia(mediaElement: HTMLMediaElement
 export function syncTextTrackModes(textTracks: TextTrackList, selectedId: string | undefined): void {
   for (let i = 0; i < textTracks.length; i++) {
     const track = textTracks[i]!;
-    if (track.kind !== 'subtitles' && track.kind !== 'captions') continue;
+    if (!isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack(track)) continue;
     track.mode = track.id === selectedId ? 'showing' : 'disabled';
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/dom/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/dom/index.ts
index f7589a3a..43bff596 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/dom/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/dom/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ export { getSlottedElement, querySlot } from './slotted';
 export { applyStyles, resolveCSSLength } from './style';
 export { supportsAnchorPositioning, supportsAnimationFrame, supportsIdleCallback } from './supports';
 export { createTemplate, renderTemplate } from './template';
-export { findTrackElement, getTextTrackList } from './text-track';
+export {
+  type CaptionOrSubtitleKind,
+  findTrackElement,
+  getTextTrackList,
+  isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack,
+} from './text-track';
 export { serializeTimeRanges } from './time-ranges';
 export type { CustomElement, CustomElementCallbacks } from './types';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/dom/tests/text-track.test.ts b/packages/utils/src/dom/tests/text-track.test.ts
index 8c8ff2f5..79c9101e 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/dom/tests/text-track.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/dom/tests/text-track.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import { findTrackElement } from '../text-track';
+import { findTrackElement, isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack } from '../text-track';
 
 /**
  * jsdom does not create unique TextTrack objects per <track> element,
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ function mockTrackProperty(el: HTMLTrackElement): TextTrack {
   return track;
 }
 
+describe('isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack', () => {
+  it('returns true for captions and subtitles tracks', () => {
+    expect(isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack({ kind: 'captions' })).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack({ kind: 'subtitles' })).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false for other text track kinds', () => {
+    expect(isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack({ kind: 'chapters' })).toBe(false);
+    expect(isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack({ kind: 'metadata' })).toBe(false);
+    expect(isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack({ kind: 'descriptions' })).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('findTrackElement', () => {
   it('returns the track element that owns the given TextTrack', () => {
     const video = document.createElement('video');
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/dom/text-track.ts b/packages/utils/src/dom/text-track.ts
index 85b191da..8e0f22e6 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/dom/text-track.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/dom/text-track.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+export type CaptionOrSubtitleKind = 'captions' | 'subtitles';
+
+/** Whether a text track is a captions or subtitles track. */
+export function isCaptionOrSubtitleTrack(track: { kind: string }): track is { kind: CaptionOrSubtitleKind } {
+  return track.kind === 'captions' || track.kind === 'subtitles';
+}
+
 /** Find the `<track>` element that owns the given `TextTrack`. */
 export function findTrackElement(media: EventTarget, track: unknown): HTMLTrackElement | null {
   if (!(media instanceof HTMLElement)) return null;