diff --git a/src/main/audio-bridge.ts b/src/main/audio-bridge.ts
index 8df727a..1ce3f3f 100644
--- a/src/main/audio-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/main/audio-bridge.ts
@@ -257,8 +257,11 @@ function loadNativeAddon(): AudioModule | null {
 
 export function initAudioBridge(): void {
     audio = loadNativeAddon();
-    const audioEffects = createAudioEffectsExecutor(() => audio);
     leaseBridge = initLeaseBridge(() => audio);
+    // The executor sees a gated native surface: its `startAudio: true` chain
+    // plans (rig_builder song loads) must not undo a user stop (§8.3) — that
+    // path calls native directly and never crosses the IPC latch check.
+    const audioEffects = createAudioEffectsExecutor(leaseBridge.gateNativeAudio(() => audio));
 
     // ── Lease registry surface (ownership plan §2/§8; wiring in lease-bridge) ──
 
diff --git a/src/main/lease-bridge.ts b/src/main/lease-bridge.ts
index d847d04..13fe5eb 100644
--- a/src/main/lease-bridge.ts
+++ b/src/main/lease-bridge.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ export type LeaseBridge = {
     // keep-alive watchdog, any unmigrated caller) must be suppressed — only
     // an explicit user start clears it.
     isUserStopLatched(): boolean;
+    // Wrap a native-audio accessor so its startAudio honors the user-stop
+    // latch — for main-process callers that bypass the IPC handlers (the
+    // audio-effects executor's `startAudio: true` chain plans, plan 6.1).
+    gateNativeAudio<T extends Record<string, (...args: any[]) => any>>(getAudio: () => T | null): () => T | null;
     // true = swallow the raw disarm because a demand holder still needs
     // detection armed (the 6.3 "last disarmer kills a concurrent consumer" fix).
     shouldIgnoreRawDetectionDisarm(): boolean;
@@ -249,6 +253,30 @@ export function initLeaseBridge(getAudio: () => AudioModule, options: { broadcas
             return userStopLatch;
         },
 
+        gateNativeAudio(getAudioFn) {
+            return () => {
+                const target = getAudioFn();
+                if (!target) return null;
+                return new Proxy(target, {
+                    get(t, prop, receiver) {
+                        if (prop === 'startAudio') {
+                            return (...args: unknown[]) => {
+                                if (userStopLatch) {
+                                    // Strict §8.3: only the device screen's
+                                    // user start resumes — a chain plan's
+                                    // startAudio waits it out.
+                                    console.info('[leases] executor startAudio suppressed — user stop latched (plan §8.3)');
+                                    return undefined;
+                                }
+                                return t.startAudio?.(...args);
+                            };
+                        }
+                        return Reflect.get(t, prop, receiver);
+                    },
+                });
+            };
+        },
+
         shouldIgnoreRawDetectionDisarm() {
             return anyDetectionActive();
         },
diff --git a/tests/lease-bridge.test.js b/tests/lease-bridge.test.js
index e5d0252..74429d0 100644
--- a/tests/lease-bridge.test.js
+++ b/tests/lease-bridge.test.js
@@ -127,6 +127,31 @@ test('user-stop latch: fresh demands and legacy starts held off until user start
     bridge.dispose();
 });
 
+test('gateNativeAudio: executor startAudio suppressed under the latch, transparent otherwise', () => {
+    const audio = fakeAudio();
+    const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);
+    const gated = bridge.gateNativeAudio(() => audio)();
+
+    // Transparent pass-through when not latched — other methods untouched.
+    gated.startAudio();
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start']);
+    assert.equal(gated.isAudioRunning(), true);
+
+    audio.stopAudio();
+    audio.calls.length = 0;
+    bridge.onUserStopAudio();
+
+    // Chain plan's startAudio:true waits out the user stop (strict §8.3).
+    gated.startAudio();
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, []);
+
+    bridge.onUserStartAudio(); // user start clears; engine started by it
+    audio.calls.length = 0;
+    gated.startAudio();
+    assert.deepEqual(audio.calls, ['start']);
+    bridge.dispose();
+});
+
 test('detection demand arms native; raw disarm guarded while demand active (6.3)', () => {
     const audio = fakeAudio();
     const { bridge } = makeBridge(audio);