From 440713ee680fa034fe981e0119777480030464a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Timothy Z." <timothy@stremio.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 15:54:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(Player): reset the flag back to false

---
 src/routes/Player/Player.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/routes/Player/Player.js b/src/routes/Player/Player.js
index 7a4d5b035..f1e0657d9 100644
--- a/src/routes/Player/Player.js
+++ b/src/routes/Player/Player.js
@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@ const Player = ({ urlParams, queryParams }) => {
         defaultSubtitlesSelected.current = false;
         defaultAudioTrackSelected.current = false;
         nextVideoPopupDismissed.current = false;
+        // we need a timeout here to make sure that previous page unloads and the new one loads
+        // avoiding race conditions and flickering
+        setTimeout(() => isNavigating.current = false, 1000);
     }, [video.state.stream]);
 
     React.useEffect(() => {