diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlexPlaylistReorder.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlexPlaylistReorder.dom.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b085f2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlexPlaylistReorder.dom.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+//
+// One accepted write, one cache entry that matches it — the Plex half.
+//
+// `Playlists.tsx` (the YouTube list) got this rule in round 5: the detail cache is what a rollback
+// reads and what a re-entry inside the 30 s staleTime renders without refetching, so an accepted
+// reorder that is not written there leaves the cache disagreeing with the server. The Plex list got
+// the rollback half of that round's fix and not this half (round 6).
+//
+// Its own file: `@dnd-kit/core` is mocked module-wide so the test can fire `onDragEnd` directly —
+// dnd-kit's pointer sensor does not activate under jsdom (no layout, no pointer capture).
+import { it, expect, vi, beforeAll, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { render, cleanup, screen, act, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+vi.mock("react-i18next", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("react-i18next")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    useTranslation: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key, i18n: { language: "en" } }),
+  };
+});
+
+const { dragEnd } = vi.hoisted(() => ({ dragEnd: { fire: (_e: unknown) => {} } }));
+vi.mock("@dnd-kit/core", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("@dnd-kit/core")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    DndContext: ({
+      children,
+      onDragEnd,
+    }: {
+      children: React.ReactNode;
+      onDragEnd: (e: unknown) => void;
+    }) => {
+      dragEnd.fire = onDragEnd;
+      return <>{children}</>;
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+import PlexPlaylistView from "./PlexPlaylistView";
+import { api, type PlexCard } from "../lib/api";
+import { qk } from "../lib/queryKeys";
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  class Stub {
+    observe() {}
+    unobserve() {}
+    disconnect() {}
+    takeRecords() {
+      return [];
+    }
+  }
+  globalThis.ResizeObserver ??= Stub as unknown as typeof ResizeObserver;
+  globalThis.IntersectionObserver ??= Stub as unknown as typeof IntersectionObserver;
+});
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+const movie = (id: string) =>
+  ({ id, type: "movie", title: `Movie ${id}`, year: 2020, thumb: "" }) as unknown as PlexCard;
+
+it("writes the order the server accepted into the detail cache", async () => {
+  vi.spyOn(api, "plexPlaylist").mockResolvedValue({
+    id: 5,
+    title: "Films",
+    items: [movie("1"), movie("2"), movie("3")],
+  });
+  const reorder = vi.spyOn(api, "plexReorderPlaylist").mockResolvedValue(undefined as never);
+  const qc = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } });
+  render(
+    <QueryClientProvider client={qc}>
+      <PlexPlaylistView playlistId={5} onBack={() => {}} onPlay={() => {}} />
+    </QueryClientProvider>,
+  );
+  await screen.findByText("Movie 1");
+  act(() => dragEnd.fire({ active: { id: "1" }, over: { id: "2" } }));
+  await waitFor(() => expect(reorder).toHaveBeenCalledWith(5, ["2", "1", "3"]));
+  // The list key was always invalidated; the DETAIL key — the one `putBack` reads and the one a
+  // re-entry renders from — kept the pre-reorder order, so leaving and coming back inside the
+  // staleTime showed the reorder undone, and the next drag persisted that.
+  await waitFor(() =>
+    expect(
+      qc.getQueryData<{ items: PlexCard[] }>(qk.plexPlaylist(5))?.items.map((i) => i.id),
+    ).toEqual(["2", "1", "3"]),
+  );
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlexPlaylistView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlexPlaylistView.tsx
index 9e3f33f3..a4cc0e58 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlexPlaylistView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlexPlaylistView.tsx
@@ -427,7 +427,18 @@ export default function PlexPlaylistView({
         playlistId,
         next.map((i) => i.id),
       )
-      .then(() => qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.plexPlaylists() }))
+      .then(() => {
+        // Write the accepted order into the DETAIL cache, not just the list. That cache is what
+        // `putBack` rolls back to and what a re-entry inside the 30 s staleTime renders without
+        // refetching — so after an accepted reorder it showed the pre-reorder order again, and the
+        // next drag from there persisted it, silently undoing the one the server took. The
+        // YouTube sibling (`Playlists.tsx`) got this in round 5; this half was left behind (round
+        // 6). One accepted write, one cache entry that matches it.
+        qc.setQueryData<{ items: PlexCard[] }>(qk.plexPlaylist(playlistId), (old) =>
+          old ? { ...old, items: next } : old,
+        );
+        qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.plexPlaylists() });
+      })
       .catch((e: unknown) => {
         notifyActionError(e, t("plex.playlist.reorderFailed"));
         putBack();