diff --git a/lib/maptool/livetrack_client.rb b/lib/maptool/livetrack_client.rb
index c561d34..17ba7a0 100644
--- a/lib/maptool/livetrack_client.rb
+++ b/lib/maptool/livetrack_client.rb
@@ -56,16 +56,25 @@ module Maptool
     # doesn't set `end` until the activity actually stops — disproven
     # against a real still-recording session (2026-09-20): `end` was
     # already non-nil, set to exactly `start + 24h`, the share link's own
-    # expiry, not an actual end time (a genuinely ended session's `end`
-    # instead reflects its real end — ~2h after start for the 2026-09-06
-    # session this was originally, and only, verified against). Recency of
-    # the last track point is a directly-observable signal instead of
-    # trying to reverse-engineer what a given `end` value means: Garmin
-    # posts one roughly every `postTrackPointFrequency` seconds (~15,
-    # observed) while genuinely still recording, so a point older than
-    # ACTIVE_WITHIN means the activity has actually stopped (or, at worst,
-    # lost signal for a while — same "looks ended until it isn't" behavior
-    # Garmin's own LiveTrack page shows in that case).
+    # expiry, not an actual end time. Two signals now, both verified live
+    # against that same session:
+    #
+    # * `end` itself, once it's actually in the past — watched the same
+    #   session update it from that 24h placeholder to within a second of
+    #   the last point's own time, immediately after the activity was
+    #   saved on the watch. Authoritative and near-instant when present,
+    #   so this is checked first.
+    # * failing that (still showing the future placeholder — an abandoned
+    #   session never gets saved, so `end` never moves), recency of the
+    #   last track point: Garmin posts one roughly every
+    #   `postTrackPointFrequency` seconds (~15, observed) while genuinely
+    #   still recording, so one older than ACTIVE_WITHIN means signal was
+    #   lost a while ago (same "looks ended until it isn't" behavior
+    #   Garmin's own LiveTrack page shows in that case).
+    #
+    # Both must agree the session is live — `end` already in the past
+    # means stopped even if the last point is only seconds old (exactly
+    # the save-immediately-after-the-last-point case above).
     ACTIVE_WITHIN = 30 * 60 # seconds
 
     def self.summarize(result)
@@ -76,16 +85,19 @@ module Maptool
         "activity_type" => last["activityType"],
         "distance_meters" => last["totalDistanceMeters"],
         "duration_secs" => last["totalDurationSecs"],
-        "active" => active?(last["dateTime"]),
+        "active" => active?(last["dateTime"], session["end"]),
         "start" => session["start"],
         "end" => session["end"],
       }
     end
 
-    def self.active?(last_point_time)
+    def self.active?(last_point_time, session_end)
       return false unless last_point_time
 
-      Time.parse(last_point_time) > Time.now.utc - ACTIVE_WITHIN
+      now = Time.now.utc
+      return false if session_end && Time.parse(session_end) <= now
+
+      Time.parse(last_point_time) > now - ACTIVE_WITHIN
     rescue ArgumentError, TypeError
       false
     end
diff --git a/test/test_livetrack_client.rb b/test/test_livetrack_client.rb
index 59ec304..b0a9dc8 100644
--- a/test/test_livetrack_client.rb
+++ b/test/test_livetrack_client.rb
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ class LiveTrackClientTest < Minitest::Test
     assert Maptool::LiveTrackClient.summarize(result)["active"]
   end
 
+  # Verified live the same day: Garmin updates a real session's `end` from
+  # the future placeholder to within a second of the last point's own
+  # time immediately once the activity is saved on the watch — so a fresh
+  # last point alone isn't enough, `end` already being in the past has to
+  # win even then.
+  def test_summarize_marks_inactive_once_end_is_in_the_past_even_with_a_fresh_point
+    payloads = @client.send(:parse_payloads, FAKE_PAGE)
+    points = @client.send(:clean, @client.send(:search, payloads) { |n| n["trackPoints"] if n["trackPoints"].is_a?(Array) })
+    points[-1] = points[-1].merge("dateTime" => Time.now.utc.iso8601)
+    session = @client.send(:clean, @client.send(:search, payloads) { |n| n if n["sessionName"] })
+                      .merge("end" => (Time.now.utc - 1).iso8601)
+    result = Maptool::LiveTrackClient::Result.new(points: points, session: session)
+
+    refute Maptool::LiveTrackClient.summarize(result)["active"]
+  end
+
   def test_finds_the_planned_course_alongside_the_actual_track
     payloads = @client.send(:parse_payloads, FAKE_PAGE)
     course = @client.send(:clean, @client.send(:search, payloads) { |n| n["courses"].first if n["courses"].is_a?(Array) && !n["courses"].empty? })