diff --git a/crates/wzp-client/src/dual_path.rs b/crates/wzp-client/src/dual_path.rs
index e8478ac..ab3a40a 100644
--- a/crates/wzp-client/src/dual_path.rs
+++ b/crates/wzp-client/src/dual_path.rs
@@ -194,43 +194,53 @@ pub async fn race(
             let ep_for_fut = ep.clone();
             let v6_ep_for_accept = ipv6_endpoint.clone();
             direct_fut = Box::pin(async move {
-                // Phase 7: accept on both IPv4 and IPv6 endpoints.
-                // First incoming connection on either wins.
-                match v6_ep_for_accept {
-                    Some(v6_ep) => {
-                        tracing::debug!("dual_path: A-role accepting on both v4 + v6 endpoints");
-                        tokio::select! {
-                            v4 = wzp_transport::accept(&ep_for_fut) => {
-                                let conn = v4.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("v4 accept: {e}"))?;
-                                tracing::info!(
-                                    remote = %conn.remote_address(),
-                                    stable_id = conn.stable_id(),
-                                    "dual_path: A-role accepted on IPv4 endpoint"
-                                );
-                                Ok(QuinnTransport::new(conn))
-                            }
-                            v6 = wzp_transport::accept(&v6_ep) => {
-                                let conn = v6.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("v6 accept: {e}"))?;
-                                tracing::info!(
-                                    remote = %conn.remote_address(),
-                                    stable_id = conn.stable_id(),
-                                    "dual_path: A-role accepted on IPv6 endpoint"
-                                );
-                                Ok(QuinnTransport::new(conn))
+                // Accept loop: retry if we get a stale/closed
+                // connection from a previous call. Between rapid
+                // successive calls, quinn's accept queue may
+                // contain connections that the peer has already
+                // dropped. Verify the connection is alive via
+                // max_datagram_size() before returning it.
+                loop {
+                    let conn = match &v6_ep_for_accept {
+                        Some(v6_ep) => {
+                            tokio::select! {
+                                v4 = wzp_transport::accept(&ep_for_fut) => {
+                                    v4.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("v4 accept: {e}"))?
+                                }
+                                v6 = wzp_transport::accept(v6_ep) => {
+                                    v6.map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("v6 accept: {e}"))?
+                                }
                             }
                         }
-                    }
-                    None => {
-                        let conn = wzp_transport::accept(&ep_for_fut)
-                            .await
-                            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("direct accept: {e}"))?;
-                        tracing::info!(
+                        None => {
+                            wzp_transport::accept(&ep_for_fut)
+                                .await
+                                .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("direct accept: {e}"))?
+                        }
+                    };
+
+                    // Validate the connection is alive. A stale
+                    // connection from a previous call will report
+                    // close_reason = Some(...) immediately.
+                    if let Some(reason) = conn.close_reason() {
+                        tracing::warn!(
                             remote = %conn.remote_address(),
                             stable_id = conn.stable_id(),
-                            "dual_path: A-role accepted (v4-only)"
+                            ?reason,
+                            "dual_path: A-role skipping stale connection, re-accepting"
                         );
-                        Ok(QuinnTransport::new(conn))
+                        continue;
                     }
+
+                    let has_dgram = conn.max_datagram_size().is_some();
+                    tracing::info!(
+                        remote = %conn.remote_address(),
+                        stable_id = conn.stable_id(),
+                        has_dgram,
+                        "dual_path: A-role accepted direct connection"
+                    );
+
+                    break Ok(QuinnTransport::new(conn));
                 }
             });
             direct_ep = ep;
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 02fc7ce..911f793 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -588,8 +588,17 @@ async fn connect(
     }
 
     let app_clone = app.clone();
+    // Log transport details for debugging direct P2P media issues
+    let transport_info = pre_connected_transport.as_ref().map(|t| {
+        serde_json::json!({
+            "remote": t.remote_address().to_string(),
+            "max_datagram": t.max_datagram_size(),
+            "close_reason": t.connection().close_reason().map(|r| format!("{r:?}")),
+        })
+    });
     emit_call_debug(&app, "connect:call_engine_starting", serde_json::json!({
         "is_direct_p2p": is_direct_p2p_agreed,
+        "transport": transport_info,
     }));
     let app_for_engine = app.clone();
     match CallEngine::start(relay, room, alias, os_aec, quality, reuse_endpoint, pre_connected_transport, is_direct_p2p_agreed, app_for_engine, move |event_kind, message| {