diff --git a/docs/ISSUES.md b/docs/ISSUES.md
index de358652..0fb401bf 100644
--- a/docs/ISSUES.md
+++ b/docs/ISSUES.md
@@ -24,6 +24,32 @@ What does NOT go here:
 - Every session: scan OPEN issues at start; promote/close anything we touched during the session before ending.
 - Promoting to a Phase: mark as `DONE (promoted to Phase X)` + commit SHA where the Phase entry landed.
 
+## #417 — World ambience keeps playing (and re-firing) on the character-select screen after the in-world logoff
+
+**Status:** ✅ FIXED 2026-08-17 (logout-audio round; fix + tests in the same
+commit as this entry). **Symptom:** log out to character select — the old
+world's ambient noise continues. **Root cause:** the character-session
+reset manifest had NO audio step at all. Retail's logoff destroys the
+world's sound sources WITH the world, so character select is silent; our
+OpenAL world pool and the ambient scheduler are process-lifetime, so after
+the reset the playing voices (including the continuous ambient beds) ran
+on, and `AmbientSoundController.Tick` kept RE-FIRING deadlines against the
+stale listener (the region stays installed and nothing suspends the
+controller — `Suspend`/`StopAll` had zero callers outside the class; the
+existing `WorldGenerationQuiescence` suspend only cycles around generation
+REPLACES, i.e. teleports, never the logout reset). **Fix:** a new
+`WorldAudioSessionGate` (engine `SuspendWorldAudio` — stops all sixteen
+world-pool voices and gates new plays — plus ambient `StopAll` — drops
+every deadline; the soundscape rebuilds on the next objcell observation
+exactly as a cell change always did) wired as the reset manifest's new
+"world audio" step, with the pool reopened at the entered-world edge via
+the new `LiveSessionEnteredWorldBindings.ResumeWorldAudio` binding
+(default-null, headless-safe), invoked FIRST in `ApplyEnteredWorld` so no
+entered-world callback can emit into a closed pool. Covers logout,
+reconnect, and full-stop uniformly (all run the same manifest). UI-pool
+sounds (interface bank, portal cues) are untouched by design — retail's
+logoff plays its cue through the same interface path.
+
 ## #416 — Character-select roster hover highlight never clears (sweeping the roster leaves every row highlighted)
 
 **Status:** ✅ FIXED 2026-08-17 (same round as #414; fix + tests in the same
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Audio/WorldAudioSessionGate.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Audio/WorldAudioSessionGate.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3044f5cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Audio/WorldAudioSessionGate.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+namespace AcDream.App.Audio;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Logout-audio round (2026-08-17): the character-session reset's world-audio
+/// teardown. Retail's logoff destroys every world sound source WITH the world
+/// (<c>CPlayerSystem::ExecuteLogOff @ 0x0055D780</c> world teardown — the
+/// DirectSound buffers die with their owners), so the character-select screen
+/// is silent. acdream's OpenAL voices and the ambient scheduler are
+/// process-lifetime, so the session reset must stop them explicitly:
+/// <see cref="SuspendForSessionReset"/> stops all sixteen world-pool voices
+/// (the continuous ambient beds included) and drops every ambient deadline so
+/// nothing re-fires against the stale listener at character select. The pool
+/// re-opens at the next entered-world edge
+/// (<c>LiveSessionEnteredWorldBindings.ResumeWorldAudio</c>); the ambient
+/// soundscape needs no explicit resume — the next
+/// <c>AmbientSoundController.ObserveListener</c> objcell change rebuilds it,
+/// exactly as a cell change always does.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class WorldAudioSessionGate
+{
+    private readonly OpenAlAudioEngine _engine;
+    private readonly AmbientSoundController? _ambient;
+
+    public WorldAudioSessionGate(
+        OpenAlAudioEngine engine,
+        AmbientSoundController? ambient)
+    {
+        _engine = engine ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(engine));
+        _ambient = ambient;
+    }
+
+    public void SuspendForSessionReset()
+    {
+        _engine.SuspendWorldAudio();
+        _ambient?.StopAll();
+    }
+
+    public void ResumeForWorldEntry() => _engine.ResumeWorldAudio();
+}
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Composition/SessionPlayerComposition.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Composition/SessionPlayerComposition.cs
index 48cc2cfe..1baac0b7 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Composition/SessionPlayerComposition.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Composition/SessionPlayerComposition.cs
@@ -1118,6 +1118,11 @@ internal sealed class SessionPlayerCompositionPhase
                 live.SelectionInteractions),
             new LiveSessionWorldRuntime(
                 content.Dats,
+                content.Audio?.Engine is { } sessionAudioEngine
+                    ? new AcDream.App.Audio.WorldAudioSessionGate(
+                        sessionAudioEngine,
+                        content.Audio.Ambient)
+                    : null,
                 live.WorldState,
                 live.LiveEntities,
                 sessionEvents,
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Net/LiveSessionResetManifest.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Net/LiveSessionResetManifest.cs
index 2540d1c3..c9aafa9a 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Net/LiveSessionResetManifest.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Net/LiveSessionResetManifest.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ internal sealed class LiveSessionResetBindings
     public required Action MouseCapture { get; init; }
     public required Action PlayerPresentation { get; init; }
     public required Action TeleportPresentation { get; init; }
+    public required Action WorldAudio { get; init; }
     public required Action SessionDialogs { get; init; }
     public required Action SettingsCharacterContext { get; init; }
     public required Action EquippedChildren { get; init; }
@@ -48,6 +49,14 @@ internal static class LiveSessionResetManifest
             new("mouse capture", bindings.MouseCapture),
             new("player presentation", bindings.PlayerPresentation),
             new("teleport presentation", bindings.TeleportPresentation),
+            // Logout-audio round (2026-08-17): retail's logoff destroys the
+            // world's sound sources with the world; ours must stop the
+            // sixteen world-pool voices (continuous ambient beds included)
+            // and drop the ambient deadlines, or the character-select screen
+            // keeps playing — and re-firing — the old world's ambience. The
+            // pool reopens at the next entered-world edge
+            // (LiveSessionEnteredWorldBindings.ResumeWorldAudio).
+            new("world audio", bindings.WorldAudio),
             new("session dialogs", bindings.SessionDialogs),
             new("settings character context", bindings.SettingsCharacterContext),
             // Attachment projections own GL-backed registrations and must leave
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Net/LiveSessionRuntimeFactory.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Net/LiveSessionRuntimeFactory.cs
index a743c41d..f5af448e 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Net/LiveSessionRuntimeFactory.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Net/LiveSessionRuntimeFactory.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ internal sealed record LiveSessionInteractionRuntime(
 
 internal sealed record LiveSessionWorldRuntime(
     IDatReaderWriter Dats,
+    // Logout-audio round (2026-08-17): null only when audio is disabled
+    // (ACDREAM_NO_AUDIO / init failure) — the reset step and entered-world
+    // resume both no-op then.
+    Audio.WorldAudioSessionGate? WorldAudio,
     GpuWorldState WorldState,
     LiveEntityRuntime LiveEntities,
     LiveEntitySessionController EntitySession,
@@ -210,7 +214,11 @@ internal sealed class LiveSessionRuntimeFactory
                 },
                 SyncToolbar: () => _ui.RetailUi?.SyncToolbarWindowButtons(),
                 LoadCharacterSettings: _interaction.Settings.LoadCharacterContext,
-                ArmPlayerModeAutoEntry: _interaction.PlayerModeAutoEntry.Arm),
+                ArmPlayerModeAutoEntry: _interaction.PlayerModeAutoEntry.Arm,
+                // Logout-audio round (2026-08-17): reopen the world-audio
+                // pool the session reset closed (see the reset manifest's
+                // "world audio" step).
+                ResumeWorldAudio: () => _world.WorldAudio?.ResumeForWorldEntry()),
             Connecting: (host, port, user) =>
                 _domain.Communication.Chat.OnSystemMessage(
                     $"connecting to {host}:{port} as {user}",
@@ -251,6 +259,7 @@ internal sealed class LiveSessionRuntimeFactory
         PlayerPresentation = ResetPlayerPresentation,
         TeleportPresentation =
             _world.Teleport.ResetGenerationPresentation,
+        WorldAudio = () => _world.WorldAudio?.SuspendForSessionReset(),
         SessionDialogs = () => _ui.RetailUi?.ResetSessionTransientUi(),
         SettingsCharacterContext =
             _interaction.Settings.RestoreDefaultCharacterContext,
diff --git a/src/AcDream.Runtime/Session/LiveSessionHost.cs b/src/AcDream.Runtime/Session/LiveSessionHost.cs
index 66194e77..72e52bd2 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Runtime/Session/LiveSessionHost.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Runtime/Session/LiveSessionHost.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ public sealed record LiveSessionEnteredWorldBindings(
     Action RestoreLayout,
     Action SyncToolbar,
     Action<string> LoadCharacterSettings,
-    Action ArmPlayerModeAutoEntry);
+    Action ArmPlayerModeAutoEntry,
+    /// <summary>Logout-audio round (2026-08-17): re-enables world-pool audio
+    /// after the session reset's suspend (retail's logoff tears the world's
+    /// sound sources down with the world; ours must re-open the pool at the
+    /// next world entry). Default no-op preserves headless and existing
+    /// construction sites.</summary>
+    Action? ResumeWorldAudio = null);
 
 public sealed record LiveSessionHostBindings(
     LiveSessionRoutingFactories Routing,
@@ -269,6 +275,11 @@ public sealed class LiveSessionHost
     private void ApplyEnteredWorld(LiveSessionCharacterSelection selection)
     {
         string name = selection.CharacterName;
+        // FIRST: the world-audio pool must be open before any entered-world
+        // callback can emit a sound (retail never closes its pool across a
+        // logoff — the sources die with the world — so the reopened pool is
+        // the earliest faithful moment).
+        _enteredWorld.ResumeWorldAudio?.Invoke();
         _enteredWorld.SetActiveCharacter(name);
         _enteredWorld.RestoreLayout();
         _enteredWorld.SyncToolbar();
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Net/LiveSessionResetPlanTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Net/LiveSessionResetPlanTests.cs
index b9235a49..478933dd 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Net/LiveSessionResetPlanTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Net/LiveSessionResetPlanTests.cs
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ public sealed class LiveSessionResetPlanTests
             MouseCapture = Stage("mouse capture"),
             PlayerPresentation = Stage("player presentation"),
             TeleportPresentation = Stage("teleport presentation"),
+            WorldAudio = Stage("world audio"),
             SessionDialogs = Stage("session dialogs"),
             SettingsCharacterContext = Stage("settings character context"),
             EquippedChildren = Stage("equipped children"),
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ public sealed class LiveSessionResetPlanTests
         "mouse capture",
         "player presentation",
         "teleport presentation",
+        "world audio",
         "session dialogs",
         "settings character context",
         "equipped children",
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Runtime/CurrentGameRuntimeAdapterTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Runtime/CurrentGameRuntimeAdapterTests.cs
index 24e6948c..45fa4043 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Runtime/CurrentGameRuntimeAdapterTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.App.Tests/Runtime/CurrentGameRuntimeAdapterTests.cs
@@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ public sealed class CurrentGameRuntimeAdapterTests
             MouseCapture = noop,
             PlayerPresentation = noop,
             TeleportPresentation = noop,
+            WorldAudio = noop,
             SessionDialogs = noop,
             SettingsCharacterContext = noop,
             EquippedChildren = noop,