diff --git a/MUSIC_API.md b/MUSIC_API.md
index e9f70c32..d2c2b120 100644
--- a/MUSIC_API.md
+++ b/MUSIC_API.md
@@ -212,6 +212,49 @@ Result: a resync after adding one album = 1 manifest fetch + that one album's `m
 
 ---
 
+## Per-user state — Favorites & Currently-playing
+
+Unlike everything above (library data served by the sidecar), these are **per-user** and served by the
+platform straight from Postgres — same `/api/music` prefix and same auth. Keys are opaque paths the app
+supplies; the server never interprets them:
+
+| kind | key |
+|---|---|
+| `track` | home-path — `Music/<rel>/<file>` (also the `/stream` path & queue id) |
+| `album` | music-rel — `Albums/AC-DC/[1980] Back in Black` |
+| `artist` | music-rel — `Albums/AC-DC` |
+
+### Favorites
+
+- **`GET /api/music/favorites`** → grouped keys, newest first:
+  ```json
+  { "tracks": ["Music/…/01 Hells Bells.mp3"], "albums": ["Albums/AC-DC/[1980] Back in Black"], "artists": ["Albums/AC-DC"] }
+  ```
+- **`POST /api/music/favorites`** `{ "kind": "track|album|artist", "key": "…" }` → `{ ok: true }`. Idempotent
+  (a repeat add is a no-op).
+- **`DELETE /api/music/favorites?kind=<kind>&key=<key>`** → `{ ok: true }` (no-op if not set). Key passed as a
+  query param (URL-encode it).
+- `400 { error: "kind and key required" }` on a bad/missing kind or empty key.
+
+### Currently-playing (resume)
+
+One snapshot per user — persist while playing (throttled) and on pause / track-change / close; read it on
+launch to offer "resume".
+
+- **`GET /api/music/now-playing`** → the snapshot or `null`:
+  ```json
+  { "homePath": "Music/…/01 Hells Bells.mp3", "dir": "Music/Albums/AC-DC/[1980] Back in Black",
+    "title": "Hells Bells", "artist": "AC/DC", "album": "Back in Black",
+    "durationSec": 312.5, "positionSec": 140, "updatedAt": "2026-07-27T11:27:54.441Z" }
+  ```
+  `dir` is the folder to rebuild the album queue from (empty for a cross-album queue → resume the single track).
+- **`PUT /api/music/now-playing`** `{ homePath (required), dir?, title?, artist?, album?, durationSec?, positionSec? }`
+  → `{ ok: true }` (upsert). Omitted fields default to `""`/`0`.
+- **`DELETE /api/music/now-playing`** → `{ ok: true }` (clear, e.g. on stop).
+- `400 { error: "homePath required" }` if `homePath` is missing/empty.
+
+---
+
 ## Notes
 
 - **Covers are server-compressed** (≤600px / q5) — sync them as-is; no client-side resizing needed.
diff --git a/src/databases/officer_db/src/index.ts b/src/databases/officer_db/src/index.ts
index bf1b656a..8d1d88d4 100644
--- a/src/databases/officer_db/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/databases/officer_db/src/index.ts
@@ -79,5 +79,15 @@ export {
 
 export { appendChatEvent, getChatEventsSince, pruneChatEventsOlderThan } from './queries/chat-events';
 
+export {
+  getMusicFavorites,
+  addMusicFavorite,
+  removeMusicFavorite,
+  getNowPlaying,
+  setNowPlaying,
+  clearNowPlaying,
+} from './queries/music';
+export type { FavoriteKind, GroupedFavorites, NowPlaying, NowPlayingInput } from './queries/music';
+
 export { db } from './db';
 export * as schema from './schema';
diff --git a/src/databases/officer_db/src/queries/music.ts b/src/databases/officer_db/src/queries/music.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..619b69fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/databases/officer_db/src/queries/music.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { eq, and, desc } from 'drizzle-orm';
+import { db } from '../db';
+import { musicFavorites, musicNowPlaying } from '../schema';
+
+export type FavoriteKind = 'track' | 'album' | 'artist';
+export type GroupedFavorites = { tracks: string[]; albums: string[]; artists: string[] };
+
+/** All of a user's favorites, grouped by kind, newest first within each group. */
+export async function getMusicFavorites(userId: number): Promise<GroupedFavorites> {
+  const rows = await db
+    .select({ kind: musicFavorites.kind, key: musicFavorites.key })
+    .from(musicFavorites)
+    .where(eq(musicFavorites.userId, userId))
+    .orderBy(desc(musicFavorites.createdAt));
+  const grouped: GroupedFavorites = { tracks: [], albums: [], artists: [] };
+  for (const r of rows) {
+    if (r.kind === 'track') grouped.tracks.push(r.key);
+    else if (r.kind === 'album') grouped.albums.push(r.key);
+    else if (r.kind === 'artist') grouped.artists.push(r.key);
+  }
+  return grouped;
+}
+
+/** Add a favorite (idempotent — a repeat add is a no-op via the unique constraint). */
+export async function addMusicFavorite(userId: number, kind: FavoriteKind, key: string): Promise<void> {
+  await db.insert(musicFavorites).values({ userId, kind, key }).onConflictDoNothing();
+}
+
+/** Remove a favorite (no-op if it wasn't set). */
+export async function removeMusicFavorite(userId: number, kind: FavoriteKind, key: string): Promise<void> {
+  await db
+    .delete(musicFavorites)
+    .where(and(eq(musicFavorites.userId, userId), eq(musicFavorites.kind, kind), eq(musicFavorites.key, key)));
+}
+
+export type NowPlaying = {
+  homePath: string;
+  dir: string;
+  title: string;
+  artist: string;
+  album: string;
+  durationSec: number;
+  positionSec: number;
+  updatedAt: Date;
+};
+
+export type NowPlayingInput = {
+  homePath: string;
+  dir?: string;
+  title?: string;
+  artist?: string;
+  album?: string;
+  durationSec?: number;
+  positionSec?: number;
+};
+
+/** The user's last "currently playing" snapshot, or null if none. */
+export async function getNowPlaying(userId: number): Promise<NowPlaying | null> {
+  const [row] = await db
+    .select({
+      homePath: musicNowPlaying.homePath,
+      dir: musicNowPlaying.dir,
+      title: musicNowPlaying.title,
+      artist: musicNowPlaying.artist,
+      album: musicNowPlaying.album,
+      durationSec: musicNowPlaying.durationSec,
+      positionSec: musicNowPlaying.positionSec,
+      updatedAt: musicNowPlaying.updatedAt,
+    })
+    .from(musicNowPlaying)
+    .where(eq(musicNowPlaying.userId, userId));
+  return row ?? null;
+}
+
+/** Upsert the user's "currently playing" snapshot (one row per user). */
+export async function setNowPlaying(userId: number, np: NowPlayingInput): Promise<void> {
+  const values = {
+    userId,
+    homePath: np.homePath,
+    dir: np.dir ?? '',
+    title: np.title ?? '',
+    artist: np.artist ?? '',
+    album: np.album ?? '',
+    durationSec: np.durationSec ?? 0,
+    positionSec: np.positionSec ?? 0,
+    updatedAt: new Date(),
+  };
+  await db
+    .insert(musicNowPlaying)
+    .values(values)
+    .onConflictDoUpdate({
+      target: musicNowPlaying.userId,
+      set: {
+        homePath: values.homePath,
+        dir: values.dir,
+        title: values.title,
+        artist: values.artist,
+        album: values.album,
+        durationSec: values.durationSec,
+        positionSec: values.positionSec,
+        updatedAt: values.updatedAt,
+      },
+    });
+}
+
+/** Clear the user's "currently playing" (on close/stop). */
+export async function clearNowPlaying(userId: number): Promise<void> {
+  await db.delete(musicNowPlaying).where(eq(musicNowPlaying.userId, userId));
+}
diff --git a/src/databases/officer_db/src/schema/index.ts b/src/databases/officer_db/src/schema/index.ts
index 2600f010..640b86ca 100644
--- a/src/databases/officer_db/src/schema/index.ts
+++ b/src/databases/officer_db/src/schema/index.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export * from './server';
 export * from './email';
 export * from './pipeline-jobs';
 export * from './chat-events';
+export * from './music';
diff --git a/src/databases/officer_db/src/schema/music.ts b/src/databases/officer_db/src/schema/music.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4734158e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/databases/officer_db/src/schema/music.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { pgTable, serial, integer, text, real, timestamp, unique, index } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core';
+import { users } from './auth';
+
+// Per-user music favorites. `key` is an opaque path the app supplies and the server never interprets:
+//   track  → homePath  "Music/<rel>/<file>"   (also the /stream path + RNTP queue id)
+//   album  → music-rel "Albums/AC-DC/[1980] Back in Black"
+//   artist → music-rel "Albums/AC-DC"
+export const musicFavorites = pgTable(
+  'music_favorites',
+  {
+    id: serial('id').primaryKey(),
+    userId: integer('user_id').notNull().references(() => users.id, { onDelete: 'cascade' }),
+    kind: text('kind').notNull(), // 'track' | 'album' | 'artist'
+    key: text('key').notNull(),
+    createdAt: timestamp('created_at', { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
+  },
+  (t) => [
+    unique('uq_music_favorites_user_kind_key').on(t.userId, t.kind, t.key),
+    index('idx_music_favorites_user_kind').on(t.userId, t.kind),
+  ],
+);
+
+// Per-user "currently playing" for resume-across-launch/device: the current track + playback position,
+// plus a light metadata snapshot so the resume card renders before the library index has synced on a
+// fresh device. `dir` is the folder to rebuild the album queue from ('' for a cross-album queue). One
+// row per user (upserted; the app writes it throttled while playing and on pause/track-change/close).
+export const musicNowPlaying = pgTable('music_now_playing', {
+  userId: integer('user_id').primaryKey().references(() => users.id, { onDelete: 'cascade' }),
+  homePath: text('home_path').notNull(),
+  dir: text('dir').notNull().default(''),
+  title: text('title').notNull().default(''),
+  artist: text('artist').notNull().default(''),
+  album: text('album').notNull().default(''),
+  durationSec: real('duration_sec').notNull().default(0),
+  positionSec: real('position_sec').notNull().default(0),
+  updatedAt: timestamp('updated_at', { withTimezone: true }).notNull().defaultNow(),
+});
diff --git a/src/servers/api/music/router.ts b/src/servers/api/music/router.ts
index c9966555..c8ddf916 100644
--- a/src/servers/api/music/router.ts
+++ b/src/servers/api/music/router.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import { createRouter } from '../../create-router';
 import { getMusicServerUrl } from './sidecar-server';
+import {
+  getMusicFavorites,
+  addMusicFavorite,
+  removeMusicFavorite,
+  getNowPlaying,
+  setNowPlaying,
+  clearNowPlaying,
+  type FavoriteKind,
+} from 'officerdb';
 
 // Thin reverse-proxy for /api/music/*. Auth is handled upstream by userMiddleware (this router mounts
 // under the protected /api tree, so the media `?token=` path works). Everything else — path resolution,
@@ -12,6 +21,65 @@ import { getMusicServerUrl } from './sidecar-server';
 
 export const musicRouter = createRouter();
 
+// ── Per-user music state (favorites + currently-playing) ─────────────────────────────────────────
+// These are USER data, not library data, so the platform serves them from Postgres directly — they are
+// NOT proxied to the sidecar (which is stateless about users). Registered before the catch-all proxy
+// below so they win; still under /api/music, so the music-app account gate permits them.
+
+const FAVORITE_KINDS = new Set<FavoriteKind>(['track', 'album', 'artist']);
+const isKind = (k: unknown): k is FavoriteKind => typeof k === 'string' && FAVORITE_KINDS.has(k as FavoriteKind);
+
+// GET /favorites → { tracks, albums, artists } (arrays of keys, newest first).
+musicRouter.get('/favorites', async (ctx) => {
+  return ctx.json(await getMusicFavorites(ctx.get('user').id));
+});
+
+// POST /favorites { kind, key } → add (idempotent).
+musicRouter.post('/favorites', async (ctx) => {
+  const { kind, key } = (await ctx.req.json().catch(() => ({}))) as { kind?: unknown; key?: unknown };
+  if (!isKind(kind) || typeof key !== 'string' || !key) return ctx.json({ error: 'kind and key required' }, 400);
+  await addMusicFavorite(ctx.get('user').id, kind, key);
+  return ctx.json({ ok: true });
+});
+
+// DELETE /favorites?kind=&key= → remove (query params so any HTTP client can send it).
+musicRouter.delete('/favorites', async (ctx) => {
+  const kind = ctx.req.query('kind');
+  const key = ctx.req.query('key');
+  if (!isKind(kind) || !key) return ctx.json({ error: 'kind and key required' }, 400);
+  await removeMusicFavorite(ctx.get('user').id, kind, key);
+  return ctx.json({ ok: true });
+});
+
+// GET /now-playing → the snapshot, or null.
+musicRouter.get('/now-playing', async (ctx) => {
+  return ctx.json(await getNowPlaying(ctx.get('user').id));
+});
+
+// PUT /now-playing { homePath, dir?, title?, artist?, album?, durationSec?, positionSec? } → upsert.
+musicRouter.put('/now-playing', async (ctx) => {
+  const b = (await ctx.req.json().catch(() => ({}))) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  if (typeof b.homePath !== 'string' || !b.homePath) return ctx.json({ error: 'homePath required' }, 400);
+  const str = (v: unknown) => (typeof v === 'string' ? v : undefined);
+  const num = (v: unknown) => (typeof v === 'number' && Number.isFinite(v) ? v : undefined);
+  await setNowPlaying(ctx.get('user').id, {
+    homePath: b.homePath,
+    dir: str(b.dir),
+    title: str(b.title),
+    artist: str(b.artist),
+    album: str(b.album),
+    durationSec: num(b.durationSec),
+    positionSec: num(b.positionSec),
+  });
+  return ctx.json({ ok: true });
+});
+
+// DELETE /now-playing → clear.
+musicRouter.delete('/now-playing', async (ctx) => {
+  await clearNowPlaying(ctx.get('user').id);
+  return ctx.json({ ok: true });
+});
+
 const PREFIX = '/api/music';
 
 musicRouter.all('/*', async (ctx) => {