From ca602de0aeb506d640a12912d792ef5adaee4724 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Pine <ijamespine@me.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:29:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: don't reset audio player when unmuting during playback

---
 landing/src/components/LandingAudioPlayer.tsx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/landing/src/components/LandingAudioPlayer.tsx b/landing/src/components/LandingAudioPlayer.tsx
index a92cd443..d240fc4a 100644
--- a/landing/src/components/LandingAudioPlayer.tsx
+++ b/landing/src/components/LandingAudioPlayer.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ export function unlockAudioContext() {
   audioUnlocked = true;
 
   // Unlock WaveSurfer's internal audio element
-  if (sharedWaveSurfer) {
+  // Skip if already playing — the context is already unlocked and the
+  // play/pause/reset dance would destroy the active playback.
+  if (sharedWaveSurfer && !sharedWaveSurfer.isPlaying()) {
     const media = sharedWaveSurfer.getMediaElement();
     if (media) {
       media.muted = true;