diff --git a/neode-ui/src/composables/__tests__/usePipSession.test.ts b/neode-ui/src/composables/__tests__/usePipSession.test.ts
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/neode-ui/src/composables/__tests__/usePipSession.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import { defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import { usePipSession } from '../usePipSession'
+import { isPipSupported } from '../../utils/pip'
+
+// jsdom has no picture-in-picture implementation at all, so these three
+// document/element members don't exist until stubbed — matching the plan's
+// note that `pipSupported` (module-level) can't be restubbed after import,
+// which is exactly why `isPipSupported()` exists as a call-time check.
+function definePipStub(enabled: boolean) {
+  Object.defineProperty(document, 'pictureInPictureEnabled', {
+    value: enabled,
+    configurable: true,
+  })
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  definePipStub(true)
+  if (!('pictureInPictureElement' in document)) {
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'pictureInPictureElement', {
+      value: null,
+      configurable: true,
+    })
+  }
+  if (!HTMLVideoElement.prototype.requestPictureInPicture) {
+    HTMLVideoElement.prototype.requestPictureInPicture = async function () {
+      return null as unknown as PictureInPictureWindow
+    }
+  }
+  if (!document.exitPictureInPicture) {
+    document.exitPictureInPicture = async () => {}
+  }
+})
+
+function hostEl(): HTMLElement | null {
+  return document.querySelector('[data-pip-session-host]')
+}
+
+describe('usePipSession', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    usePipSession().release()
+  })
+
+  it('adopts a video into a body-level host that survives the owner unmounting', () => {
+    const Owner = defineComponent({
+      setup() {
+        return () => h('div', [h('video')])
+      },
+    })
+    const wrapper = mount(Owner, { attachTo: document.body })
+    const video = wrapper.find('video').element as HTMLVideoElement
+
+    const session = usePipSession()
+    session.adopt(video)
+
+    expect(session.active.value).toBe(true)
+    expect(session.element.value).toBe(video)
+    expect(document.body.contains(video)).toBe(true)
+
+    wrapper.unmount()
+
+    // The owning component is gone; the video must still be connected.
+    expect(document.body.contains(video)).toBe(true)
+    expect(hostEl()?.contains(video)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('release() removes the adopted element and leaves the host empty', () => {
+    const video = document.createElement('video')
+    const session = usePipSession()
+    session.adopt(video)
+    expect(hostEl()?.contains(video)).toBe(true)
+
+    session.release()
+
+    expect(session.active.value).toBe(false)
+    expect(session.element.value).toBeNull()
+    expect(hostEl()?.contains(video)).toBe(false)
+    expect(hostEl()?.childElementCount).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('creates exactly one host node no matter how many times the composable is called', () => {
+    const video = document.createElement('video')
+    usePipSession().adopt(video)
+    usePipSession()
+    usePipSession()
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll('[data-pip-session-host]').length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('a leavepictureinpicture event on the adopted element releases the session', () => {
+    const video = document.createElement('video')
+    const session = usePipSession()
+    session.adopt(video)
+
+    video.dispatchEvent(new Event('leavepictureinpicture'))
+
+    expect(session.active.value).toBe(false)
+    expect(session.element.value).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('adopting a second element while one is active releases the first rather than leaking it', () => {
+    const first = document.createElement('video')
+    const second = document.createElement('video')
+    const session = usePipSession()
+
+    session.adopt(first)
+    session.adopt(second)
+
+    expect(session.element.value).toBe(second)
+    expect(hostEl()?.contains(first)).toBe(false)
+    expect(hostEl()?.contains(second)).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('isPipSupported', () => {
+  it('reads document state at call time, not at import time', () => {
+    definePipStub(false)
+    expect(isPipSupported()).toBe(false)
+
+    definePipStub(true)
+    expect(isPipSupported()).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/composables/usePipSession.ts b/neode-ui/src/composables/usePipSession.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae0ed29c
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+++ b/neode-ui/src/composables/usePipSession.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { ref, readonly } from 'vue'
+
+/** Singleton picture-in-picture session.
+ *
+ *  A video handed to `adopt()` is moved into a body-level custodial host so
+ *  that it survives the unmount of whatever view rendered it — a Teleport
+ *  and a KeepAlive'd view both move their subtree on deactivation, and a
+ *  moved element is a removed element as far as the picture-in-picture spec
+ *  is concerned. Owning the element at the document level sidesteps that
+ *  entirely: nothing about where the video *used* to live can touch it once
+ *  it has been adopted.
+ *
+ *  Module singleton, no Vue lifecycle hooks — a lifecycle hook in a bare
+ *  composable silently no-ops outside a component's setup(). */
+
+const active = ref(false)
+const element = ref<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null)
+
+let host: HTMLDivElement | null = null
+let leaveHandler: (() => void) | null = null
+
+function ensureHost(): HTMLDivElement {
+  if (host) return host
+  const el = document.createElement('div')
+  el.setAttribute('data-pip-session-host', '')
+  el.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true')
+  el.style.position = 'fixed'
+  el.style.top = '0'
+  el.style.left = '0'
+  el.style.width = '1px'
+  el.style.height = '1px'
+  el.style.overflow = 'hidden'
+  el.style.opacity = '0'
+  el.style.pointerEvents = 'none'
+  el.style.zIndex = '-1'
+  document.body.appendChild(el)
+  host = el
+  return el
+}
+
+function release(): void {
+  const video = element.value
+  if (video) {
+    if (leaveHandler) video.removeEventListener('leavepictureinpicture', leaveHandler)
+    video.pause()
+    video.removeAttribute('src')
+    video.src = ''
+    video.load()
+    if (video.parentNode) video.parentNode.removeChild(video)
+  }
+  leaveHandler = null
+  element.value = null
+  active.value = false
+}
+
+function adopt(video: HTMLVideoElement): void {
+  if (active.value && element.value && element.value !== video) {
+    release()
+  }
+  const hostEl = ensureHost()
+  hostEl.appendChild(video)
+  element.value = video
+  active.value = true
+  leaveHandler = () => release()
+  video.addEventListener('leavepictureinpicture', leaveHandler)
+}
+
+export function usePipSession() {
+  return {
+    active: readonly(active),
+    element: readonly(element),
+    adopt,
+    release,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/utils/pip.ts b/neode-ui/src/utils/pip.ts
index 9d2da000..7399a980 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/utils/pip.ts
+++ b/neode-ui/src/utils/pip.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ export const pipSupported =
   'pictureInPictureEnabled' in document &&
   document.pictureInPictureEnabled
 
+/** Same three checks as `pipSupported`, but evaluated at call time rather
+ *  than import time — lets a test stub support before or after this module
+ *  is imported, and lets a component re-check support on demand. */
+export function isPipSupported(): boolean {
+  return (
+    typeof document !== 'undefined' &&
+    'pictureInPictureEnabled' in document &&
+    document.pictureInPictureEnabled
+  )
+}
+
 export async function togglePip(video: HTMLVideoElement | null | undefined): Promise<void> {
   if (!video || !pipSupported) return
   try {