diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
index b29955d..bbdd000 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ function matchesView(status: string, show: string): boolean {
     case "saved":
       return status === "saved";
     case "unwatched":
+    case "in_progress":
+      // (in_progress is further narrowed server-side by resume position; here we only
+      // need to drop a card once it's optimistically marked watched/hidden.)
       return status !== "watched" && status !== "hidden";
     default:
       return status !== "hidden"; // all
@@ -36,9 +39,17 @@ export default function Feed({
   onOpenWizard: () => void;
 }) {
   const [overrides, setOverrides] = useState<Record<string, string>>({});
-  const [activeVideo, setActiveVideo] = useState<Video | null>(null);
+  // The open player: which video and where to start (null = resume from saved position).
+  const [activeVideo, setActiveVideo] = useState<{ video: Video; startAt: number | null } | null>(
+    null
+  );
   const qc = useQueryClient();
 
+  const openVideo = useCallback(
+    (video: Video, startAt: number | null = null) => setActiveVideo({ video, startAt }),
+    []
+  );
+
   const query = useInfiniteQuery({
     queryKey: ["feed", filters],
     queryFn: ({ pageParam }) => api.feed(filters, pageParam as number, PAGE),
@@ -166,7 +177,7 @@ export default function Feed({
               view="grid"
               onState={onState}
               onChannelFilter={onChannelFilter}
-              onOpen={setActiveVideo}
+              onOpen={openVideo}
             />
           ))}
         </div>
@@ -179,14 +190,15 @@ export default function Feed({
               view="list"
               onState={onState}
               onChannelFilter={onChannelFilter}
-              onOpen={setActiveVideo}
+              onOpen={openVideo}
             />
           ))}
         </div>
       )}
       {activeVideo && (
         <PlayerModal
-          video={activeVideo}
+          video={activeVideo.video}
+          startAt={activeVideo.startAt}
           onClose={() => setActiveVideo(null)}
           onState={onState}
         />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx
index 922b14e..1d09399 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlayerModal.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
-import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { ArrowLeft, Check, CheckCheck, X } from "lucide-react";
 import Avatar from "./Avatar";
 import { api, type Video } from "../lib/api";
@@ -176,31 +176,22 @@ function loadYouTubeApi(): Promise<any> {
   return apiPromise;
 }
 
-// --- Per-video resume position, persisted in localStorage so it survives a refresh ---
-const posKey = (id: string) => `subfeed:player-pos:${id}`;
-function savePos(id: string, seconds: number, duration: number): void {
-  // Don't store trivially-early or near-finished positions (start fresh next time).
-  if (!Number.isFinite(seconds) || seconds < 5 || (duration > 0 && seconds > duration - FINISH_MARGIN)) {
-    localStorage.removeItem(posKey(id));
-    return;
-  }
-  localStorage.setItem(posKey(id), String(Math.floor(seconds)));
-}
-function loadPos(id: string): number {
-  const v = localStorage.getItem(posKey(id));
-  const n = v ? parseInt(v, 10) : 0;
-  return Number.isFinite(n) && n > 0 ? n : 0;
-}
-
 export default function PlayerModal({
   video,
+  startAt,
   onClose,
   onState,
 }: {
   video: Video;
+  // Where to start the opened video: a number of seconds (0 = Restart), or null/undefined
+  // to resume from the server-saved position carried on the video.
+  startAt?: number | null;
   onClose: () => void;
   onState: (id: string, status: string) => void;
 }) {
+  const qc = useQueryClient();
+  // Resume point for the video we opened with.
+  const resumeAt = startAt != null ? startAt : video.position_seconds || 0;
   const mountRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const playerRef = useRef<any>(null);
   const autoMarkedRef = useRef(false);
@@ -216,7 +207,8 @@ export default function PlayerModal({
   const loadVideo = (id: string, start: number | null) => {
     const p = playerRef.current;
     if (!p || typeof p.loadVideoById !== "function") return;
-    const startSeconds = start != null ? start : loadPos(id);
+    // Explicit start wins; otherwise resume the opened video, start others at 0.
+    const startSeconds = start != null ? start : id === video.id ? resumeAt : 0;
     p.loadVideoById({ videoId: id, startSeconds: startSeconds || 0 });
     currentIdRef.current = id;
     setCurrentVideoId(id);
@@ -305,14 +297,18 @@ export default function PlayerModal({
         setWatched(true);
       }
     };
-    const persist = () => {
+    const persist = (): Promise<unknown> | void => {
       const p = playerRef.current;
       if (!p || typeof p.getCurrentTime !== "function") return;
       try {
         const cur = p.getCurrentTime();
         const dur = typeof p.getDuration === "function" ? p.getDuration() : 0;
         maybeAutoWatch(cur, dur);
-        savePos(currentIdRef.current, cur, dur); // key progress by what's actually playing
+        // Only checkpoint the feed video we opened with — a navigated-to video may not
+        // be in this user's library, so the server would 404 on it.
+        if (currentIdRef.current === id) {
+          return api.saveProgress(id, cur, dur).catch(() => {});
+        }
       } catch {
         /* player may be tearing down */
       }
@@ -326,7 +322,7 @@ export default function PlayerModal({
         videoId: id,
         playerVars: {
           autoplay: 1,
-          start: loadPos(id) || undefined,
+          start: resumeAt || undefined,
           rel: 0, // limit "related" to the same channel (full removal is no longer possible)
           enablejsapi: 1,
           origin: window.location.origin,
@@ -356,7 +352,10 @@ export default function PlayerModal({
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
       window.clearInterval(timer);
-      persist();
+      // Final flush, then refresh the feed so the card's resume bar reflects this session.
+      Promise.resolve(persist()).finally(() =>
+        qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["feed"] })
+      );
       const p = playerRef.current;
       if (p && typeof p.destroy === "function") {
         try {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 9a7074b..63dc123 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const SORTS = [
 
 const SHOWS = [
   { id: "unwatched", label: "Unwatched" },
+  { id: "in_progress", label: "In progress" },
   { id: "all", label: "All" },
   { id: "watched", label: "Watched" },
   { id: "saved", label: "Saved" },
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx
index 62ddeb8..6fc2a2e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import { memo } from "react";
-import { Bookmark, Check, CheckCheck, Eye, EyeOff, ListFilter } from "lucide-react";
+import {
+  Bookmark,
+  Check,
+  CheckCheck,
+  Eye,
+  EyeOff,
+  ListFilter,
+  Play,
+  RotateCcw,
+} from "lucide-react";
 import Avatar from "./Avatar";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import type { Video } from "../lib/api";
@@ -81,7 +90,7 @@ function Actions({
 function openInApp(
   e: React.MouseEvent,
   video: Video,
-  onOpen?: (v: Video) => void
+  onOpen?: (v: Video, startAt?: number | null) => void
 ): void {
   if (!onOpen || e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.shiftKey || e.altKey || e.button !== 0) return;
   e.preventDefault();
@@ -95,8 +104,23 @@ function Thumb({
 }: {
   video: Video;
   className?: string;
-  onOpen?: (v: Video) => void;
+  onOpen?: (v: Video, startAt?: number | null) => void;
 }) {
+  // A non-zero saved position on an unfinished video = "in progress": show a resume
+  // progress bar and offer Continue / Restart instead of a plain Play.
+  const inProgress = video.position_seconds > 0 && video.status !== "watched";
+  const pct =
+    inProgress && video.duration_seconds
+      ? Math.min(99, Math.max(2, (video.position_seconds / video.duration_seconds) * 100))
+      : 0;
+
+  // Open in the in-app player at an explicit position (null = resume from saved).
+  const open = (startAt: number | null) => (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    onOpen?.(video, startAt);
+  };
+
   return (
     <a
       href={video.watch_url}
@@ -133,6 +157,45 @@ function Thumb({
           <Bookmark className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
         </span>
       )}
+      {/* Hover overlay: Play everywhere; Continue + Restart once the video is in progress. */}
+      {onOpen && (
+        <div className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center gap-2 bg-black/45 opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 transition-opacity">
+          {inProgress ? (
+            <>
+              <button
+                onClick={open(null)}
+                title="Continue where you left off"
+                className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 rounded-lg text-sm font-semibold bg-accent text-accent-fg shadow-lg hover:opacity-90 transition"
+              >
+                <Play className="w-4 h-4 fill-current" />
+                Continue
+              </button>
+              <button
+                onClick={open(0)}
+                title="Play from the beginning"
+                className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 rounded-lg text-sm font-medium bg-white/15 text-white backdrop-blur-sm hover:bg-white/25 transition"
+              >
+                <RotateCcw className="w-4 h-4" />
+                Restart
+              </button>
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            <button
+              onClick={open(null)}
+              title="Play"
+              className="inline-flex items-center justify-center w-12 h-12 rounded-full bg-accent text-accent-fg shadow-lg hover:scale-105 transition"
+            >
+              <Play className="w-5 h-5 fill-current translate-x-[1px]" />
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {/* Resume progress bar (sits at the very bottom, under the duration badge). */}
+      {pct > 0 && (
+        <div className="absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0 h-1 bg-black/40">
+          <div className="h-full bg-accent" style={{ width: `${pct}%` }} />
+        </div>
+      )}
     </a>
   );
 }
@@ -148,7 +211,7 @@ function VideoCard({
   view: "grid" | "list";
   onState: (id: string, status: string) => void;
   onChannelFilter?: (channelId: string, channelName: string) => void;
-  onOpen?: (v: Video) => void;
+  onOpen?: (v: Video, startAt?: number | null) => void;
 }) {
   const watched = video.status === "watched";
   const meta = (
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
index a0ef056..8f95ca4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export interface Video {
   is_short: boolean;
   live_status: string;
   status: string;
+  position_seconds: number;
   watch_url: string;
 }
 
@@ -227,6 +228,14 @@ export const api = {
     req(`/api/feed/count?${feedQuery(f, 0, 0)}`),
   setState: (id: string, status: string) =>
     req(`/api/videos/${id}/state`, { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify({ status }) }),
+  saveProgress: (id: string, positionSeconds: number, durationSeconds: number) =>
+    req(`/api/videos/${id}/progress`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        position_seconds: Math.floor(positionSeconds),
+        duration_seconds: Math.floor(durationSeconds),
+      }),
+    }),
   videoDetail: (id: string): Promise<VideoDetail> => req(`/api/videos/${id}`),
   pauseSync: () => req("/api/sync/pause", { method: "POST" }),
   resumeSync: () => req("/api/sync/resume", { method: "POST" }),