diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/tests/use-input-indicator-root.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/tests/use-input-indicator-root.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b491e3f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/tests/use-input-indicator-root.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { cleanup, render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import type { IndicatorLifecycleState } from '@videojs/core';
+import { createState } from '@videojs/store';
+import { type ReactNode, StrictMode } from 'react';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vite-plus/test';
+
+import { createPlayerWrapper, MockErrorBoundary } from '../../../testing/mocks';
+import { useInputIndicatorRoot } from '../use-input-indicator-root';
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+function createCore() {
+  return {
+    state: createState<IndicatorLifecycleState>({
+      open: false,
+      generation: 0,
+      transitionStarting: false,
+      transitionEnding: false,
+    }),
+    setProps: vi.fn(),
+    destroy: vi.fn(),
+    close: vi.fn(),
+    processEvent: vi.fn(() => false),
+  };
+}
+
+function Thrower({ abandon }: { abandon: boolean }): ReactNode {
+  if (abandon) throw new Error('abandon render');
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+describe('useInputIndicatorRoot', () => {
+  it('does not publish props from an abandoned render to the retained core', () => {
+    const core = createCore();
+    const { Wrapper } = createPlayerWrapper();
+
+    vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    function Probe({ value }: { value: string }) {
+      useInputIndicatorRoot(() => core, { value });
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <Wrapper>
+        <MockErrorBoundary>
+          <Probe value="committed" />
+          <Thrower abandon={false} />
+        </MockErrorBoundary>
+      </Wrapper>
+    );
+
+    expect(core.setProps).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ value: 'committed' });
+
+    rerender(
+      <Wrapper>
+        <MockErrorBoundary>
+          <Probe value="abandoned" />
+          <Thrower abandon />
+        </MockErrorBoundary>
+      </Wrapper>
+    );
+
+    expect(core.setProps).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith({ value: 'abandoned' });
+  });
+
+  it('publishes the latest committed props under StrictMode', () => {
+    const core = createCore();
+    const { Wrapper } = createPlayerWrapper();
+
+    function Probe({ value }: { value: string }) {
+      useInputIndicatorRoot(() => core, { value });
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <StrictMode>
+        <Wrapper>
+          <Probe value="first" />
+        </Wrapper>
+      </StrictMode>
+    );
+
+    expect(core.setProps).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ value: 'first' });
+
+    rerender(
+      <StrictMode>
+        <Wrapper>
+          <Probe value="second" />
+        </Wrapper>
+      </StrictMode>
+    );
+
+    expect(core.setProps).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ value: 'second' });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-indicator-visibility.ts b/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-indicator-visibility.ts
index 183b255661..1b8d456af2 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-indicator-visibility.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-indicator-visibility.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { getIndicatorVisibilityCoordinator } from '@videojs/core/dom';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { useContainer } from '../../player/context';
-import { useLatestRef } from '../../utils/use-latest-ref';
+import { useCommittedRef } from '../../utils/use-committed-ref';
 
 export function useIndicatorVisibility(close: () => void): () => void {
   const container = useContainer();
-  const closeRef = useLatestRef(close);
+  const closeRef = useCommittedRef(close);
   const coordinatorRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof getIndicatorVisibilityCoordinator> | null>(null);
   const [handle] = useState<IndicatorVisibilityHandle>(() => ({
     close: () => closeRef.current(),
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-input-action-subscription.ts b/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-input-action-subscription.ts
index cd2584c47f..f1a131ff47 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-input-action-subscription.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-input-action-subscription.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import { getMediaSnapshot, subscribeToInputActions } from '@videojs/core/dom';
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 
 import { useContainer, usePlayer } from '../../player/context';
-import { useLatestRef } from '../../utils/use-latest-ref';
+import { useCommittedRef } from '../../utils/use-committed-ref';
 
 export function useInputActionSubscription(callback: (event: InputActionEvent, snapshot: MediaSnapshot) => void): void {
   const container = useContainer();
   const store = usePlayer();
-  const callbackRef = useLatestRef(callback);
-  const storeRef = useLatestRef(store);
+  const callbackRef = useCommittedRef(callback);
+  const storeRef = useCommittedRef(store);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!container) return;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-input-indicator-root.ts b/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-input-indicator-root.ts
index 5bb8eca124..6df58336da 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-input-indicator-root.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/input-indicator/use-input-indicator-root.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { State as StoreState } from '@videojs/store';
 import { useState, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react';
 
 import { useDestroy } from '../../utils/use-destroy';
+import { useIsomorphicLayoutEffect } from '../../utils/use-isomorphic-layout-effect';
 import { useIndicatorVisibility } from './use-indicator-visibility';
 import { useInputActionSubscription } from './use-input-action-subscription';
 import { type RenderedIndicatorOptions, useRenderedIndicatorState } from './use-rendered-indicator-state';
@@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ export function useInputIndicatorRoot<IndicatorState extends IndicatorLifecycleS
   const [core] = useState(createCore);
 
   useDestroy(core);
-  core.setProps(props);
+
+  // Commit props before the passive subscriptions below install so the core never keeps props from an abandoned render.
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => core.setProps(props), [core, props]);
+
   const showIndicator = useIndicatorVisibility(() => core.close());
 
   useInputActionSubscription((event, snapshot) => {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/status-announcer/status-announcer.tsx b/packages/react/src/ui/status-announcer/status-announcer.tsx
index 3dcccf5752..8c91f1c69c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ui/status-announcer/status-announcer.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/status-announcer/status-announcer.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useLocale, useTranslator } from '../../i18n/context';
 import { useContainer, usePlayer } from '../../player/context';
 import type { UIComponentProps } from '../../utils/types';
 import { useDestroy } from '../../utils/use-destroy';
+import { useIsomorphicLayoutEffect } from '../../utils/use-isomorphic-layout-effect';
 import { renderElement } from '../../utils/use-render';
 
 export interface StatusAnnouncerProps
@@ -26,14 +27,18 @@ export const StatusAnnouncer = forwardRef(function StatusAnnouncer(
   const container = useContainer();
 
   useDestroy(core);
-  core.setProps({
-    closeDelay,
-    labels: {
-      ...createStatusAnnouncerLabels(translator, locale),
-      ...labels,
-    },
-    shouldAnnounce: () => shouldAnnounceStatusChange(container),
-  });
+
+  // Commit props before the passive store subscription below so announcements never read props from an abandoned render.
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect(() => {
+    core.setProps({
+      closeDelay,
+      labels: {
+        ...createStatusAnnouncerLabels(translator, locale),
+        ...labels,
+      },
+      shouldAnnounce: () => shouldAnnounceStatusChange(container),
+    });
+  }, [core, closeDelay, translator, locale, labels, container]);
 
   useEffect(() => subscribeToStatusAnnouncer(store, core), [core, store]);
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/status-announcer/tests/status-announcer.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/ui/status-announcer/tests/status-announcer.test.tsx
index 417fa7da01..e49defd00d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ui/status-announcer/tests/status-announcer.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/status-announcer/tests/status-announcer.test.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import { act, cleanup, render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { StatusAnnouncerCore } from '@videojs/core';
 import type { UnknownStore } from '@videojs/store';
-import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { isString } from '@videojs/utils/predicate';
+import { type ReactNode, StrictMode } from 'react';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vite-plus/test';
 
 import { PlayerContextProvider, type PlayerContextValue } from '../../../player/context';
+import { MockErrorBoundary } from '../../../testing/mocks';
 import { StatusAnnouncer } from '../status-announcer';
 
 afterEach(cleanup);
@@ -67,6 +70,68 @@ describe('StatusAnnouncer', () => {
     expect(getByRole('status').textContent).toBe('Custom playing');
   });
 
+  it('does not publish props from an abandoned render to the retained core', () => {
+    const labels: string[] = [];
+    const originalSetProps = StatusAnnouncerCore.prototype.setProps;
+    const setProps = vi
+      .spyOn(StatusAnnouncerCore.prototype, 'setProps')
+      .mockImplementation(function (this: StatusAnnouncerCore, props) {
+        if (isString(props.labels?.playing)) labels.push(props.labels.playing);
+
+        originalSetProps.call(this, props);
+      });
+    const consoleError = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const value = createPlayerContextValue(createTestStore().store);
+
+    function Thrower({ abandon }: { abandon: boolean }): ReactNode {
+      if (abandon) throw new Error('abandon render');
+
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <PlayerContextProvider value={value}>
+        <MockErrorBoundary>
+          <StatusAnnouncer labels={{ playing: 'Committed' }} />
+          <Thrower abandon={false} />
+        </MockErrorBoundary>
+      </PlayerContextProvider>
+    );
+
+    expect(labels).toContain('Committed');
+
+    rerender(
+      <PlayerContextProvider value={value}>
+        <MockErrorBoundary>
+          <StatusAnnouncer labels={{ playing: 'Abandoned' }} />
+          <Thrower abandon />
+        </MockErrorBoundary>
+      </PlayerContextProvider>
+    );
+
+    expect(labels).not.toContain('Abandoned');
+    setProps.mockRestore();
+    consoleError.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('announces with the committed labels under StrictMode', async () => {
+    const { store, setState } = createTestStore({ paused: true });
+    const { getByRole } = render(
+      <StrictMode>
+        <PlayerContextProvider value={createPlayerContextValue(store)}>
+          <StatusAnnouncer labels={{ playing: 'Strict playing' }} />
+        </PlayerContextProvider>
+      </StrictMode>
+    );
+
+    await act(async () => {});
+
+    setState({ paused: false });
+    await act(async () => {});
+
+    expect(getByRole('status').textContent).toBe('Strict playing');
+  });
+
   it('uses the next store snapshot as baseline when the store changes', async () => {
     const first = createTestStore({ paused: false });
     const second = createTestStore({ paused: false });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/tooltip/tests/tooltip-provider.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/ui/tooltip/tests/tooltip-provider.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..786185f21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/tooltip/tests/tooltip-provider.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import { cleanup, render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import type { TooltipGroupCore } from '@videojs/core';
+import { type ReactNode, StrictMode, useLayoutEffect } from 'react';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vite-plus/test';
+
+import { MockErrorBoundary } from '../../../testing/mocks';
+import { useTooltipGroup } from '../group-context';
+import { TooltipProvider } from '../tooltip-provider';
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+function LayoutGroupDelay({ commit, observed }: { commit: string; observed: number[] }) {
+  const group = useTooltipGroup();
+
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (commit && group) observed.push(group.delay);
+  }, [commit, group, observed]);
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+function CaptureGroup({ onGroup }: { onGroup: (group: TooltipGroupCore | undefined) => void }) {
+  onGroup(useTooltipGroup());
+  return null;
+}
+
+function Thrower({ abandon }: { abandon: boolean }): ReactNode {
+  if (abandon) throw new Error('abandon render');
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+describe('TooltipProvider', () => {
+  it('publishes props before descendant layout effects', () => {
+    const observed: number[] = [];
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <TooltipProvider delay={100}>
+        <LayoutGroupDelay commit="first" observed={observed} />
+      </TooltipProvider>
+    );
+
+    rerender(
+      <TooltipProvider delay={200}>
+        <LayoutGroupDelay commit="second" observed={observed} />
+      </TooltipProvider>
+    );
+
+    expect(observed).toEqual([100, 200]);
+  });
+
+  it('does not publish props from an abandoned render', () => {
+    let group: TooltipGroupCore | undefined;
+    const capture = (value: TooltipGroupCore | undefined) => {
+      group = value;
+    };
+
+    vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <MockErrorBoundary>
+        <TooltipProvider delay={100}>
+          <CaptureGroup onGroup={capture} />
+          <Thrower abandon={false} />
+        </TooltipProvider>
+      </MockErrorBoundary>
+    );
+
+    expect(group?.delay).toBe(100);
+
+    rerender(
+      <MockErrorBoundary>
+        <TooltipProvider delay={200}>
+          <CaptureGroup onGroup={capture} />
+          <Thrower abandon />
+        </TooltipProvider>
+      </MockErrorBoundary>
+    );
+
+    expect(group?.delay).toBe(100);
+  });
+
+  it('publishes the latest props under StrictMode', () => {
+    let group: TooltipGroupCore | undefined;
+    const capture = (value: TooltipGroupCore | undefined) => {
+      group = value;
+    };
+
+    const { rerender } = render(
+      <StrictMode>
+        <TooltipProvider delay={100}>
+          <CaptureGroup onGroup={capture} />
+        </TooltipProvider>
+      </StrictMode>
+    );
+
+    expect(group?.delay).toBe(100);
+
+    rerender(
+      <StrictMode>
+        <TooltipProvider delay={200}>
+          <CaptureGroup onGroup={capture} />
+        </TooltipProvider>
+      </StrictMode>
+    );
+
+    expect(group?.delay).toBe(200);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/ui/tooltip/tooltip-provider.tsx b/packages/react/src/ui/tooltip/tooltip-provider.tsx
index 119f973ae2..5f589d2945 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/ui/tooltip/tooltip-provider.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/ui/tooltip/tooltip-provider.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { TooltipGroupCore, type TooltipGroupProps } from '@videojs/core';
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useInsertionEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { TooltipGroupContextProvider } from './group-context';
 
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ export interface TooltipProviderProps extends TooltipGroupProps {
 export function TooltipProvider({ delay, closeDelay, timeout, children }: TooltipProviderProps): ReactNode {
   const [group] = useState(() => new TooltipGroupCore({ delay, closeDelay, timeout }));
 
-  group.setProps({ delay, closeDelay, timeout });
+  // Insertion timing publishes the props before any descendant tooltip's layout effect reads the shared group, while
+  // still skipping abandoned renders.
+  useInsertionEffect(() => {
+    group.setProps({ delay, closeDelay, timeout });
+  }, [group, delay, closeDelay, timeout]);
 
   return <TooltipGroupContextProvider value={{ group }}>{children}</TooltipGroupContextProvider>;
 }