diff --git a/app/ui/boot.js b/app/ui/boot.js
index a8c636ee..fb7a3402 100644
--- a/app/ui/boot.js
+++ b/app/ui/boot.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ linkPipeline({ project, pipeline, onOpen: (fn) => on((what) => { if (what === "o
 const frame = build(document.getElementById("app"));
 const selection = createSelection({ project });
 selection.on(() => say("select"));
-const app = { editorSettings: [], timelineLanes: [], timelineView: {}, mediaPeek: {}, sceneSections: [], clipTags: [], has: new Set(), actions: [], inputHooks: [], lastRun: { typed: undefined, n: 0 }, project, pipeline, generate, api, on, say, title: frame.setZoneTitle, selection, playhead: createPlayhead(), theme: window.ComposerTheme, mode: createMode(), panel: frame.togglePanel, closePanels: frame.closePanels, dock: createDock(), maintenance: createMaintenance({ api, flush: async () => { await project.flush(); if (project.unsaved) throw new Error("Your latest edits could not be saved, so nothing was changed. Try again in a moment."); } }), keys: createKeys(), resetLayout: () => { frame.resetLayout(); app.dock.reset(); } };
+const app = { editorSettings: [], timelineLanes: [], timelineView: {}, mediaMenu: [], mediaPeek: {}, sceneSections: [], clipTags: [], has: new Set(), actions: [], inputHooks: [], lastRun: { typed: undefined, n: 0 }, project, pipeline, generate, api, on, say, title: frame.setZoneTitle, selection, playhead: createPlayhead(), theme: window.ComposerTheme, mode: createMode(), panel: frame.togglePanel, closePanels: frame.closePanels, dock: createDock(), maintenance: createMaintenance({ api, flush: async () => { await project.flush(); if (project.unsaved) throw new Error("Your latest edits could not be saved, so nothing was changed. Try again in a moment."); } }), keys: createKeys(), resetLayout: () => { frame.resetLayout(); app.dock.reset(); } };
 const settings = createSettings({ menubar: hostFor("menubar.menus") });
 app.openSettings = (id) => settings.open(id);
 const result = await loadFeatures(paths, { app });
diff --git a/app/ui/features/continuity/hub.test.js b/app/ui/features/continuity/hub.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05f49fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/features/continuity/hub.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import hub from "./index.js";
+
+const media = { filename: "a.mp4", subfolder: "", type: "output" };
+const slots = [{ id: "7", roles: [{ at: "assets.source_image", input: "media_id" }] }];
+const project = (extra = {}) => ({ id: "pj", num_frames_per_scene: 97, frame_rate: 25, scenes: [{ id: "a" }, { id: "b", source: { type: "carry" } }], scene_renders: { a: { media, inSec: 0 } }, ...extra });
+const make = (values, lastFrame) => { const app = { api: { lastFrame }, pipeline: { currentValues: () => ({ continuity: values }) }, inputHooks: [], mediaMenu: [], project: { project: null, edit: () => true } }; hub.setup({ app }); return app.inputHooks[0]; };
+
+test("a carry shot gets the previous clip's last frame as its start picture", async () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const hook = make({ carry: true, dark_guard: true }, async (pid, body) => { calls.push([pid, body.scene_id, body.dur]); return { media_id: "m9", dark: false }; });
+  const p = project();
+  assert.deepEqual((await hook({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots })).inputs, { 7: { media_id: "m9" } });
+  assert.deepEqual([calls[0][0], calls[0][1], Math.round(calls[0][2] * 25)], ["pj", "a", 97]);
+});
+
+test("nothing happens when it is off, the shot has its own picture, the source is another kind, or the pipeline has no start picture", async () => {
+  const hook = make({ carry: false }, async () => assert.fail("must not ask"));
+  const p = project();
+  assert.deepEqual(await hook({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots }), { inputs: {}, notes: [] });
+  const on = make({}, async () => assert.fail("must not ask"));
+  p.scenes[1].source_image = "mine";
+  assert.deepEqual(await on({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots }), { inputs: {}, notes: [] });
+  p.scenes[1].source_image = "";
+  p.scenes[1].source = { type: "image" };
+  assert.deepEqual(await on({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots }), { inputs: {}, notes: [] });
+  p.scenes[1].source = { type: "carry" };
+  assert.deepEqual(await on({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots: [] }), { inputs: {}, notes: [] });
+});
+
+test("a dark last frame, a failed extraction and a missing predecessor each say why the shot starts without a picture", async () => {
+  const p = project();
+  const dark = make({ dark_guard: true }, async () => ({ media_id: "m", dark: true }));
+  assert.match((await dark({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots })).notes[0], /fade to black/);
+  const allowed = make({ dark_guard: false }, async () => ({ media_id: "m", dark: true }));
+  assert.equal((await allowed({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots })).inputs[7].media_id, "m");
+  const broken = make({}, async () => { throw new Error("no ffmpeg"); });
+  assert.match((await broken({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots })).notes[0], /no ffmpeg/);
+  assert.match((await broken({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[0], slots })).notes[0], /first clip/);
+});
+
+test("an identity picture rides along as the last reference of every scene, and says so when the pipeline has no room for it", async () => {
+  const refSlots = [...slots, { id: "9", roles: [{ at: "assets.reference_1", input: "media_id" }] }];
+  const hook = make({ carry: false }, async () => assert.fail("must not ask"));
+  const p = project({ continuity_settings: { identity_pin_ref: "face" } });
+  assert.deepEqual((await hook({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots: refSlots })).inputs, { 9: { media_id: "face" } });
+  assert.match((await hook({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots })).notes[0], /no free reference input/);
+  p.scenes[1].references = ["face"];
+  assert.deepEqual((await hook({ project: p, scene: p.scenes[1], slots: refSlots })).inputs, {});       // already one of the scene's own
+});
diff --git a/app/ui/features/continuity/index.js b/app/ui/features/continuity/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8bc9fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/features/continuity/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Continuity: a scene set to "From generated frame" starts from the last picture of the clip before it. This puts that picture into the
+// run's start-picture input (a generate input hook); the choices live in Settings ▸ Engine ▸ Continuity.
+import { previousClip } from "../../shell/continuity.js";
+import { wireReferences } from "../../shell/reference_wiring.js";
+
+const startSlot = (slots) => (slots || []).find((s) => (s.roles || []).some((r) => r.at === "assets.source_image"));
+
+export default {
+  id: "continuity",
+  mount: "menubar.menus",
+  needs: ["project", "api", "pipeline", "inputHooks"],
+  setup({ app }) {
+    const pin = (p) => (p.continuity_settings || {}).identity_pin_ref || "";
+    const setPin = (ref) => app.project.edit((pr) => { pr.continuity_settings = { ...(pr.continuity_settings || {}), identity_pin_ref: ref || null }; return true; });
+    const menu = (it, item) => (item && item.kind === "image" && app.project.project ? [pin(app.project.project) === it.id
+      ? { id: "unpin", label: "Unpin identity picture", run: () => setPin("") }
+      : { id: "pin", label: "Use as the identity picture for every scene", run: () => setPin(it.id) }] : []);
+    app.mediaMenu.push(menu);
+
+    // The identity picture goes in after the scene's own references, through the pipeline's own reference inputs.
+    const withPin = ({ project, scene, slots }) => {
+      const ref = pin(project);
+      if (!ref || (scene.references || []).includes(ref)) return {};
+      const { overrides, unwired } = wireReferences([...(scene.references || []), ref], slots, startSlot(slots) ? [startSlot(slots).id] : []);
+      return { inputs: overrides, notes: unwired > (scene.references || []).length ? ["The identity picture was not used: this pipeline has no free reference input for it."] : [] };
+    };
+    const carryHook = async ({ project, scene, slots }) => {
+      const mine = ((app.pipeline.currentValues() || {}).continuity) || {};
+      const carry = mine.carry !== false, guard = mine.dark_guard !== false;
+      const slot = startSlot(slots);
+      if (!slot || !carry || project.generation_mode === "t2v" || ((scene.source || {}).type || "carry") !== "carry" || scene.source_image) return {};
+      const prev = previousClip(project, scene);
+      if (!prev.sceneId) return { notes: [`Starts without a picture: ${prev.why}.`] };
+      let got;
+      try { got = await app.api.lastFrame(project.id, { scene_id: prev.sceneId, render: prev.render, dur: prev.dur, src_in: prev.srcIn }); }
+      catch (err) { return { notes: [`Starts without a picture: the last frame of the clip before it could not be taken (${err.message}).`] }; }
+      if (guard && got.dark) return { notes: ["Starts without a picture: the clip before it ends in a fade to black (turn off “Don't continue from a fade to black” in Engine settings to use it anyway)."] };
+      return { inputs: { [slot.id]: { media_id: got.media_id } } };
+    };
+    const hook = async (ctx) => {
+      const a = withPin(ctx), b = await carryHook(ctx);
+      return { inputs: { ...a.inputs, ...b.inputs }, notes: [...(a.notes || []), ...(b.notes || [])] };
+    };
+    app.inputHooks.push(hook);
+    return () => { for (const [list, x] of [[app.inputHooks, hook], [app.mediaMenu, menu]]) { const i = list.indexOf(x); if (i >= 0) list.splice(i, 1); } };
+  },
+};
diff --git a/app/ui/features/generate/index.js b/app/ui/features/generate/index.js
index 44110bfc..7dd1ba94 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/generate/index.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/generate/index.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default {
           const images = g.run.state.images;
           if (end !== g.DONE) { tell("Generation failed. The log has ComfyUI's message."); break; }
           if (!images.length) { tell("ComfyUI finished without a result. Try again."); break; }
-          record(pid, unit, images[images.length - 1], frames, g.run.state.promptId);
+          await record(pid, unit, images[images.length - 1], frames, g.run.state.promptId);       // the next shot may continue from this one: it must be on the clip first
         }
         if (!made && !stopped && !said) tell("Nothing to generate: every scene is left out or is a video clip.");
       } finally { busy = false; draw(); }
diff --git a/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.js b/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.js
index 06eb215d..0675a577 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/generate/inputs.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function buildInputs({ project, scene, slots, expand, frames, hooks
   const notes = [];
   for (const hook of hooks) {
     let out;
-    try { out = hook({ project, scene, slots }) || {}; } catch (err) { notes.push(`An add-on's input could not be added to this run: ${err.message}`); continue; }
+    try { out = (await hook({ project, scene, slots })) || {}; } catch (err) { notes.push(`An add-on's input could not be added to this run: ${err.message}`); continue; }
     for (const [id, fields] of Object.entries(out.inputs || {})) raw[id] = { ...raw[id], ...fields };
     notes.push(...(out.notes || []));
   }
diff --git a/app/ui/features/media/index.js b/app/ui/features/media/index.js
index d3585e11..ec1bf9d3 100644
--- a/app/ui/features/media/index.js
+++ b/app/ui/features/media/index.js
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ export default {
       p.setScene(sc.id, "source_image", item.id);
       draw();
     };
-    const context = (it, e) => c.menu.context({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY, onPick: (id) => act[id](it),
+    const extras = (it) => (app.mediaMenu || []).flatMap((f) => { try { return f(it, items.find((m) => m.id === it.id)) || []; } catch { return []; } });       // entries other features add to a tile's menu: { id, label, run }
+    const context = (it, e) => c.menu.context({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY, onPick: (id) => (act[id] ? act[id](it) : extras(it).find((x) => x.id === id)?.run()),
       items: [{ id: "look", label: "Look at it on the monitor" }, { id: "res", label: "Use as the selected scene's resolution source", disabled: !p.selected || it.kind === "audio" || !items.some((m) => m.id === it.id && m.kind === "image") }, { id: "ref", label: "Use as a reference for the selected scene", disabled: !p.selected || (p.selected.references || []).includes(it.id) }, { id: "rename", label: "Rename…" },
-        { id: "export", label: "Save to your computer", disabled: !items.some((m) => m.id === it.id && m.kind !== "audio") }, { separator: true }, { id: "delete", label: "Delete from the bin", danger: true }] });
+        { id: "export", label: "Save to your computer", disabled: !items.some((m) => m.id === it.id && m.kind !== "audio") }, ...extras(it).map(({ id, label, disabled }) => ({ id, label, disabled })), { separator: true }, { id: "delete", label: "Delete from the bin", danger: true }] });
     /** Delete these from the bin, and nothing in this project may keep pointing at them. */
     async function gone(ids) {
       const dead = new Set();
diff --git a/app/ui/modules.js b/app/ui/modules.js
index aaf76ceb..e79aaef1 100644
--- a/app/ui/modules.js
+++ b/app/ui/modules.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export default [
   "./features/montage/index.js",
   "./features/generate/warn.js",
   "./features/generate/progress.js",
+  "./features/continuity/index.js",
   "./features/composer/index.js",
   "./features/settings/index.js",
   "./features/welcome/index.js",
diff --git a/app/ui/shell/api.js b/app/ui/shell/api.js
index 58d3bb50..3f91b04d 100644
--- a/app/ui/shell/api.js
+++ b/app/ui/shell/api.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export const api = {
     return videos.length ? { videos } : { error: "no video came out, check the ComfyUI terminal" };
   },
   renderLibrary: () => call("GET", "/api/m/render/library"),
+  lastFrame: (pid, body) => call("POST", `/api/m/render/projects/${encodeURIComponent(pid)}/last-frame`, body),
   suggestionStats: () => call("GET", "/api/shortcuts/suggestion_stats"),
   expandPrompt: (body) => call("POST", "/api/prompt/expand", { ...body, seed: 1 }),
   packs: () => call("GET", "/api/packs"),
diff --git a/app/ui/shell/continuity.js b/app/ui/shell/continuity.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ebd28d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/shell/continuity.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Which clip a shot continues from: the one right before its generation unit on the timeline.
+import { segments, genUnitId, isVideoClip } from "./scenes.js";
+
+/** -> { sceneId, render, dur, srcIn } for the clip a shot should continue from, or { why } when there is nothing to continue from. */
+export function previousClip(p, scene) {
+  const unit = genUnitId(scene), segs = segments(p).filter((s) => s.kind === "scene");
+  const first = segs.findIndex((s) => genUnitId(s.scene) === unit);
+  if (first <= 0) return { why: "it is the first clip" };
+  const prev = segs[first - 1];
+  if (prev.scene.excluded) return { why: "the clip before it is left out" };
+  if (isVideoClip(prev.scene)) return { why: "the clip before it is an imported video" };
+  const render = (p.scene_renders || {})[prev.scene.id];
+  if (!(render && render.media)) return { why: "the clip before it has no render yet" };
+  return { sceneId: prev.scene.id, render: { media: render.media, inSec: render.inSec || 0 }, dur: prev.dur, srcIn: prev.scene.source_in || 0 };
+}
diff --git a/app/ui/shell/tests/continuity.test.js b/app/ui/shell/tests/continuity.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36b18c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/shell/tests/continuity.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { previousClip } from "../continuity.js";
+
+const media = { filename: "a.mp4", subfolder: "", type: "output" };
+const p = () => ({ num_frames_per_scene: 97, frame_rate: 25, scenes: [{ id: "a" }, { id: "b" }, { id: "c", excluded: true }, { id: "d" }, { id: "v", source: { type: "video", media_ref: "m" } }, { id: "e" }],
+  scene_renders: { a: { media, inSec: 0.5 } } });
+
+test("a shot continues from the clip right before its unit, if that one has a render", () => {
+  const q = p();
+  assert.equal(previousClip(q, q.scenes[0]).why, "it is the first clip");
+  const got = previousClip(q, q.scenes[1]);
+  assert.deepEqual([got.sceneId, got.render.inSec, Math.round(got.dur * 25)], ["a", 0.5, 97]);
+  assert.match(previousClip(q, q.scenes[3]).why, /left out/);
+  assert.match(previousClip(q, q.scenes[5]).why, /imported video/);
+  assert.match(previousClip(q, q.scenes[4]).why, /no render/);
+});
+
+test("the second half of a cut unit looks past its own unit", () => {
+  const q = p();
+  q.scenes = [{ id: "a" }, { id: "b" }, { id: "b2", gen_unit_id: "b", cut_offset_frames: 40 }];
+  assert.equal(previousClip(q, q.scenes[2]).sceneId, "a");
+});
diff --git a/modules/conditioning/continuity/__init__.py b/modules/conditioning/continuity/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8265cc91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/conditioning/continuity/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""Continuity: a shot that follows another starts from where the other ended.
+
+A scene whose Source is "From generated frame" starts from the last picture of the clip before it, so
+the shot carries on instead of starting from nothing. The picture is taken from the finished render
+(never invented), saved in the media bin, and sent through the pipeline's own start-picture input; this
+module only holds the two choices. The work is the editor's: it asks the render module for the frame.
+
+A clip that ends in a fade to black has no picture to continue from (v4's i2i lesson: 3 of 4 anchors were
+solid black), so by default such a shot starts without one and says so, rather than starting black.
+"""
+
+ID = "continuity"
+TITLE = "Continuity"
+MOUNT = "settings.general"
+STAGE = "conditioning"
+CATEGORY = "continuity"
+STATUS = "experimental"
+
+SETTINGS = {
+    "carry": {
+        "type": "bool", "default": True,
+        "label": "Continue from the previous clip",
+        "hint": "A scene set to 'From generated frame' starts from the last picture of the clip before it. Off: such a scene starts without a picture.",
+    },
+    "dark_guard": {
+        "type": "bool", "default": True,
+        "label": "Don't continue from a fade to black",
+        "hint": "A clip that ends dark gives the next one a black start. With this on, that shot starts without a picture and the run says so.",
+        "when": {"carry": True},
+    },
+}
diff --git a/modules/conditioning/tests/test_continuity.py b/modules/conditioning/tests/test_continuity.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33b2a6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/conditioning/tests/test_continuity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from core import registry
+
+
+def test_continuity_is_announced_in_its_own_category_with_the_two_choices():
+    spec = registry.scan().specs["continuity"]
+    assert spec.category == "continuity"
+    assert set(spec.settings) == {"carry", "dark_guard"}
+    assert spec.settings["carry"]["default"] is True and spec.settings["dark_guard"]["default"] is True
diff --git a/modules/output/render/__init__.py b/modules/output/render/__init__.py
index 7d8c6a31..bab04a7d 100644
--- a/modules/output/render/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/output/render/__init__.py
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ def routes(table, base, web):
     async def _segment(req):
         return await serving.segment(req, project_of(req))
 
+    @table.post(base + "/projects/{pid}/last-frame")
+    async def _last_frame(req):
+        proj = project_of(req)
+        body = await body_of(req)
+        scene_id = body.get("scene_id")
+        if not isinstance(scene_id, str) or not scene_id:
+            return bad("Send {scene_id}.")
+        render = body.get("render") if isinstance(body.get("render"), dict) and isinstance((body["render"].get("media") or None), dict) else None
+        window = serving.query_window({"dur": body.get("dur"), "src_in": body.get("src_in")})
+        try:
+            return web.json_response(await asyncio.to_thread(serving.last_frame, proj, scene_id, render, window))
+        except KeyError as exc:
+            return bad(f"No render for this scene ({exc}).", 404)
+        except (files.ClipError, ValueError, OSError) as exc:
+            return bad(str(exc), 502)
+
     @table.get(base + "/upscale_models")
     async def _upscale_models(_req):
         return web.json_response({"models": upscale.models()})
diff --git a/modules/output/render/files.py b/modules/output/render/files.py
index 7325e98a..92b48a32 100644
--- a/modules/output/render/files.py
+++ b/modules/output/render/files.py
@@ -154,6 +154,20 @@ def trim(src: str, out: str, start=None, dur=None, *, fast=False, reverse=False,
     run(cmd)
 
 
+def last_frame(src: str, out_png: str, start=0.0, dur=None, fps=25.0) -> float:
+    """Write the last picture of [start, start+dur) of `src` as a PNG; -> its average brightness, 0 (black) .. 255.
+
+    One frame before the window's end, not at it: a seek to the very end of a file finds nothing."""
+    end = float(start) + float(dur) if dur else None
+    at = max(float(start), end - 1.5 / (fps or 25.0)) if end is not None else float(start)
+    run([ffmpeg(), "-y", "-ss", f"{at:.3f}", "-i", src, "-frames:v", "1", out_png])
+    if not os.path.isfile(out_png) or os.path.getsize(out_png) == 0:
+        raise ClipError("the clip has no picture at its end (is the window past the end of the render?)")
+    from PIL import Image, ImageStat
+    with Image.open(out_png) as im:
+        return float(ImageStat.Stat(im.convert("L")).mean[0])
+
+
 def has_audio(path: str) -> bool:
     """True when the file has a sound stream. ffprobe if there is one, else a probe run of ffmpeg."""
     probe = shutil.which("ffprobe")
diff --git a/modules/output/render/serving.py b/modules/output/render/serving.py
index 3de63956..d8fd36e7 100644
--- a/modules/output/render/serving.py
+++ b/modules/output/render/serving.py
@@ -209,6 +209,37 @@ def ghost_clip(q) -> dict | None:
             "type": q.get("type") or "output", "in": start, "dur": dur}
 
 
+DARK_BELOW = 20.0                    # average brightness (0..255) under which a last frame is a fade-out, not a picture to continue from
+_frames: dict = {}                   # what a window's last frame was saved as: key -> (media id, brightness)
+
+
+def last_frame(project, scene_id: str, render: dict | None = None, window: dict | None = None) -> dict:
+    """The last picture of a scene's render, saved in the media bin: {media_id, brightness, dark}.
+
+    Dark means the clip ends in a fade to black -- starting the next shot from it gives a black start
+    (v4's i2i lesson), so the caller may refuse it. The same window answers from the bin it saved to."""
+    from ..._core import media
+    clip = scene_clip(project, scene_id, render, window)       # a render just made, and the trim the page shows, win over the saved project
+    src = files.clip_path(clip)
+    sig = files.signature(src)
+    key = (clip["filename"], clip["subfolder"], clip["type"], clip["in"], clip["dur"], sig)
+    hit = _frames.get(key)
+    if hit and media.path_for(hit[0]):
+        return {"media_id": hit[0], "brightness": hit[1], "dark": hit[1] < DARK_BELOW}
+    out = files.temp_file(f"funpack_last_{projects.safe_part(project.id)[:8]}_{projects.safe_part(scene_id)}_{int(time.time() * 1000)}.png")
+    try:
+        brightness = files.last_frame(src, out, clip["in"], clip["dur"], clip["fps"])
+        with open(out, "rb") as fh:
+            entry = media.save_upload(f"last_frame_{projects.safe_part(scene_id)[:12]}.png", fh.read())
+    finally:
+        try:
+            os.remove(out)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+    _frames[key] = (entry["id"], brightness)
+    return {"media_id": entry["id"], "brightness": brightness, "dark": brightness < DARK_BELOW}
+
+
 async def segment(request, project) -> "web.StreamResponse":
     q = request.query
     scene_id = request.match_info["scene_id"]
diff --git a/modules/output/render/tests/test_serving.py b/modules/output/render/tests/test_serving.py
index a6bf0205..1fc58e70 100644
--- a/modules/output/render/tests/test_serving.py
+++ b/modules/output/render/tests/test_serving.py
@@ -203,3 +203,39 @@ def test_a_window_past_the_end_of_the_render_is_refused_not_served_empty(comfy,
            "&render_in=5&dur=1")
     status, _h, body = get(server, url)
     assert status == 400 and b"past the end" in body
+
+
+@needs_ffmpeg
+def test_last_frame_is_a_picture_with_its_brightness(comfy):
+    src = make_clip(comfy.output / "lf.mp4", 2.0, audio=False)
+    out = str(comfy.temp / "lf.png")
+    bright = files.last_frame(str(src), out, 0.0, 2.0, 25.0)
+    assert (comfy.temp / "lf.png").stat().st_size > 0 and bright > 20
+
+
+def _post(port, path, body):
+    import json
+    conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("127.0.0.1", port, timeout=30)
+    conn.request("POST", path, body=json.dumps(body), headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
+    resp = conn.getresponse()
+    out = (resp.status, json.loads(resp.read() or b"{}"))
+    conn.close()
+    return out
+
+
+@needs_ffmpeg
+def test_last_frame_route_saves_a_picture_to_the_bin_once_and_flags_a_fade_to_black(comfy, server):
+    from core import media
+    moov_at_end(comfy.output / "a.mp4", 4.0)
+    proj = _project(comfy, frames=50, frames_mode="timeline")
+    serving._frames.clear()
+    status, a = _post(server, f"{BASE}/projects/{proj.id}/last-frame", {"scene_id": "s1"})
+    assert status == 200 and a["dark"] is False and media.path_for(a["media_id"])
+    assert _post(server, f"{BASE}/projects/{proj.id}/last-frame", {"scene_id": "s1"})[1]["media_id"] == a["media_id"]     # same window: same file
+    subprocess.run(["ffmpeg", "-y", "-f", "lavfi", "-i", "color=c=black:s=160x120:d=2:r=25", "-c:v", "libx264", "-pix_fmt", "yuv420p", str(comfy.output / "black.mp4")], check=True, capture_output=True)
+    dark = _project(comfy, frames=50, frames_mode="timeline")
+    dark.scene_renders["s1"] = {"media": {"filename": "black.mp4", "subfolder": "", "type": "output"}, "inSec": 0}
+    projects.save(dark)
+    assert _post(server, f"{BASE}/projects/{dark.id}/last-frame", {"scene_id": "s1"})[1]["dark"] is True
+    assert _post(server, f"{BASE}/projects/{dark.id}/last-frame", {"scene_id": "nope"})[0] == 404
+    assert _post(server, f"{BASE}/projects/{dark.id}/last-frame", {})[0] == 400