diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/websocket.go b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/websocket.go
index 394b2440..b0ad54aa 100644
--- a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/websocket.go
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/websocket.go
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ func (app *WebApp) ConnectDeviceWebSocket(deviceID string, conn *webtypes.Device
 
 		wsClient.OnVolumeUpdated(func(event *models.VolumeUpdatedEvent) {
 			activity := time.Now()
+
 			app.applyVolumeEvent(conn, &event.Volume)
 			conn.MarkEventStreamActivity(activity)
 		})
@@ -562,12 +563,14 @@ func (app *WebApp) ConnectDeviceWebSocket(deviceID string, conn *webtypes.Device
 
 		wsClient.OnPresetUpdated(func(event *models.PresetUpdatedEvent) {
 			activity := time.Now()
+
 			app.applyPresetEvent(conn, &event.Presets)
 			conn.MarkEventStreamActivity(activity)
 		})
 
 		wsClient.OnBassUpdated(func(event *models.BassUpdatedEvent) {
 			activity := time.Now()
+
 			app.applyBassEvent(conn, &event.Bass)
 			conn.MarkEventStreamActivity(activity)
 		})
@@ -582,16 +585,19 @@ func (app *WebApp) ConnectDeviceWebSocket(deviceID string, conn *webtypes.Device
 		})
 
 		wsClient.OnTransportState(func(connected bool, generation uint64) {
+			// ObserveEventStreamTransport already derives status.IsConnected
+			// (via applyConnectivityLocked, alongside Connectivity/
+			// HTTPReachable/WebSocketConnected) from this same call. Do NOT
+			// also route it through applyConnectionStateEvent/
+			// ApplyFieldEvent(FieldConnectivity, ...): that unconditionally
+			// bumps FieldConnectivity's applied generation past whatever an
+			// in-flight HTTP poll already reserved, so a transient transport
+			// blip would silently discard a concurrently-completing,
+			// genuinely successful poll's IsConnected=true merge.
 			if !conn.ObserveEventStreamTransport(generation, connected, time.Now()) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			// Drives the same FieldConnectivity fencing the old inline
-			// connect/disconnect sites used to update directly -- ordered by
-			// ObserveEventStreamTransport's own generation check above, so a
-			// reordered transport callback can no longer apply here either.
-			app.applyConnectionStateEvent(conn, connected)
-
 			if connected {
 				if generation > 1 {
 					log.Printf("WebSocket reconnected for device %s", sanitizeLog(deviceID))
diff --git a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/webtypes/status_test.go b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/webtypes/status_test.go
index a3e7ad30..cb42009d 100644
--- a/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/webtypes/status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/service/soundtouchweb/webtypes/status_test.go
@@ -596,6 +596,32 @@ func TestUnrelatedFieldEventDoesNotInvalidateInFlightPoll(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestTransportStateObservationDoesNotFenceFieldConnectivityPoll guards
+// against routing ObserveEventStreamTransport through
+// ApplyFieldEvent(FieldConnectivity, ...): that would unconditionally bump
+// FieldConnectivity's applied generation past whatever an in-flight HTTP
+// poll already reserved, so a transient WebSocket transport blip could
+// silently discard a concurrently-completing, genuinely successful poll's
+// IsConnected merge.
+func TestTransportStateObservationDoesNotFenceFieldConnectivityPoll(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := NewDeviceConnection(nil, &models.DeviceInfo{Name: "test"})
+	connectivityPoll := conn.BeginFieldPoll(FieldConnectivity)
+
+	if !conn.ObserveEventStreamTransport(1, false, time.Now()) {
+		t.Fatal("first transport observation should be accepted")
+	}
+
+	if !conn.CompleteFieldPoll(FieldConnectivity, connectivityPoll, func(status *DeviceStatus) {
+		status.IsConnected = true
+	}) {
+		t.Fatal("a transport-state observation must not invalidate an in-flight FieldConnectivity poll")
+	}
+
+	if !conn.Status().IsConnected {
+		t.Fatal("FieldConnectivity poll result was discarded by an unrelated transport-state observation")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStatusSnapshotIsolation(t *testing.T) {
 	// A snapshot returned by Status() must NOT change when a later
 	// UpdateStatus replaces a pointer field. This proves the atomic