diff --git a/docs/systems/voice.md b/docs/systems/voice.md
index 63230734..43721c23 100644
--- a/docs/systems/voice.md
+++ b/docs/systems/voice.md
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ When `findOrCreateDmChannel` creates a local DM channel during an active federat
 
 **Passive ready handler:** On page refresh/restart, the ready payload includes active calls but the client does NOT auto-connect to LiveKit. Users must re-accept. This prevents identity slot wars when the same user has multiple sessions.
 
+**A DM call has no `currentVoiceChannelId` (space↔DM are mutually exclusive).** Entering a space channel clears `activeDmCall` (`setCurrentVoiceChannel`); entering a DM call must clear `currentVoiceChannelId`. The latter is done by `clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall()` (`utils/voice.ts`), invoked synchronously at the top of `connect()` when `isDm`. Without it, `VoiceChannel` renders the occupant list for `currentVoiceChannelId` from the **live LiveKit participants**, so a lingering space `currentVoiceChannelId` maps the DM call's participants onto the old space channel — the caller/acceptor appears to still be sitting in it. The server already drops the user from the space room (`dm_call_start` / `dm_call_accept` → `leaveCurrentRoom` → `broadcastRoomLeave`), so this is a client-state fix; it also optimistically removes self from the old channel's `voiceUsers` for an immediate sidebar update. Regression test: `utils/clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall.test.ts`.
+
+**Caller connect guard.** In `dm_call_accepted`, the caller connects to the DM room gated on `wasOutgoingCall` (only the initiating session ever sets `outgoingCall`) — **not** on `!isLiveKitConnected`. A caller already sitting in a space voice channel is LiveKit-connected; gating on that would skip the DM connect and strand them in the space channel. `connect()` de-dupes an already-connected same room, so `wasOutgoingCall` alone is sufficient.
+
+**DM-call teardown never disconnects a space connection (`teardownDmCall`).** The `dm_call_ended` / `dm_call_rejected` / terminal `dm_call_undeliverable` handlers all route through `teardownDmCall()` (`useWebSocket.ts`), which clears the call UI/federation state and tears down LiveKit **only when `currentVoiceChannelId` is null**. `disconnectFn()` tears down whatever room is active, and a space channel and a DM call are mutually exclusive (`setCurrentVoiceChannel` clears `activeDmCall`). The load-bearing case: when the **last** participant in a DM call joins a space voice channel, their post-connect `voice_join` empties the server-side DM room, so `broadcastRoomLeave` (`events.ts`) broadcasts `dm_call_ended` back to every DM member — including them. Without the guard, that echo would `disconnectFn()` the space room they just connected to, stranding the UI on "Connecting…" until a manual rejoin. The first participant to leave is unaffected (room still occupied → no `dm_call_ended`). Regression test: `hooks/teardownDmCall.test.ts`.
+
 ### SoundController Federation Awareness
 
 The `SoundController` uses `isSelf(id)` which checks against BOTH `currentUser.id` (local snowflake) and `currentUser.homeUserId` (federated home ID). In federated calls, `updateParticipants` resolves identity to the local snowflake when `activeDmCall` is set, but reverts to raw `homeUserId` when it's cleared during disconnect. Both formats must be recognized as "self" to prevent phantom join/leave sounds.
diff --git a/packages/web/src/hooks/teardownDmCall.test.ts b/packages/web/src/hooks/teardownDmCall.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8b1f681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/src/hooks/teardownDmCall.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+// Stub heavy import leaves so useWebSocket can be imported in jsdom without
+// pulling in the LiveKit SDK / AudioWorklet graph. teardownDmCall only touches
+// voiceStore, which we exercise for real.
+vi.mock('../audio/AudioManager', () => ({
+  AudioManager: { getInstance: () => ({}) },
+}));
+vi.mock('./useLiveKit', () => ({
+  getActiveRoom: () => null,
+}));
+
+import { teardownDmCall } from './useWebSocket';
+import { useVoiceStore } from '../stores/voiceStore';
+
+describe('teardownDmCall', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    useVoiceStore.setState({
+      currentVoiceChannelId: null,
+      activeDmCall: null,
+      incomingCall: null,
+      outgoingCall: null,
+      federatedCallToken: null,
+      federatedCallUrl: null,
+      federatedCallId: null,
+      callOrigin: null,
+      disconnectFn: null,
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Regression: the last participant to leave a DM call for a space voice
+  // channel receives a `dm_call_ended` echo (the server emptied the DM room).
+  // teardownDmCall must NOT tear down the space connection that was just
+  // established — otherwise the UI is stranded on "Connecting…".
+  it('does NOT disconnect when the user has joined a space voice channel', () => {
+    const disconnectFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    useVoiceStore.setState({
+      currentVoiceChannelId: 'space-voice-1',
+      activeDmCall: null,
+      disconnectFn,
+    });
+
+    teardownDmCall();
+
+    expect(disconnectFn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The space voice intent is preserved.
+    expect(useVoiceStore.getState().currentVoiceChannelId).toBe('space-voice-1');
+  });
+
+  it('DOES disconnect when still in the DM call (no space channel)', () => {
+    const disconnectFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    useVoiceStore.setState({
+      currentVoiceChannelId: null,
+      activeDmCall: { dmChannelId: 'dm-1' },
+      disconnectFn,
+    });
+
+    teardownDmCall();
+
+    expect(disconnectFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // DM call state is cleared.
+    expect(useVoiceStore.getState().activeDmCall).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('clears residual incoming/outgoing/federated call state regardless', () => {
+    const disconnectFn = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    useVoiceStore.setState({
+      currentVoiceChannelId: 'space-voice-1',
+      incomingCall: { dmChannelId: 'dm-2', callerId: 'u9', callerName: 'Nine' },
+      outgoingCall: { dmChannelId: 'dm-3' },
+      federatedCallId: 'fed-1',
+      disconnectFn,
+    });
+
+    teardownDmCall();
+
+    const s = useVoiceStore.getState();
+    expect(s.incomingCall).toBeNull();
+    expect(s.outgoingCall).toBeNull();
+    expect(s.federatedCallId).toBeNull();
+    expect(disconnectFn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/web/src/hooks/useLiveKit.ts b/packages/web/src/hooks/useLiveKit.ts
index 95fa5491..ff716edb 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/hooks/useLiveKit.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/hooks/useLiveKit.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { useVoiceStore } from '../stores/voiceStore';
 import { useAuthStore } from '../stores/authStore';
 import { useUIStore } from '../stores/uiStore';
 import type { User } from '@backspace/shared';
-import { broadcastVoiceStatus } from '../utils/voice';
+import { broadcastVoiceStatus, clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall } from '../utils/voice';
 import { consumeIntentionalCameraOff, markIntentionalCameraOff } from '../utils/voiceActions';
 import { AudioManager } from '../audio/AudioManager';
 import { SpeakingDetector } from '../audio/SpeakingDetector';
@@ -573,6 +573,13 @@ export function useLiveKit() {
     const storedId = isDm ? `dm-${channelId}` : channelId;
     if (connectedChannelRef.current === storedId && roomRef.current?.state === ConnectionState.Connected) return;
 
+    // Entering a DM call: drop any space voice channel we're still "in" on the
+    // client. Done synchronously (before any await) so the sidebar updates
+    // immediately. See clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall for why currentVoiceChannelId
+    // must be cleared here — otherwise the DM call's participants render against
+    // the old space channel and we appear to still be sitting in it.
+    if (isDm) clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall();
+
     // Register voice state with the WS server after LiveKit connects (not for DM calls)
     const registerWithServer = () => {
       if (isDm) return;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/hooks/useWebSocket.ts b/packages/web/src/hooks/useWebSocket.ts
index b4e8b718..590f8b7b 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/hooks/useWebSocket.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/hooks/useWebSocket.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,35 @@ export { buildCallUndeliverableToast };
 
 const HOME_ORIGIN = '';
 
+/**
+ * Tear down local state for a DM call that ended, was rejected, or became
+ * terminally undeliverable. Clears the call UI/federation state, and tears
+ * down the LiveKit session **only when the active voice connection still
+ * belongs to the DM call**.
+ *
+ * The guard is load-bearing: `disconnectFn()` tears down whatever LiveKit room
+ * is currently active, regardless of which channel it is. Once the user has
+ * joined a *space* voice channel, `currentVoiceChannelId` is set and the active
+ * room is the space channel — NOT the DM call (the two are mutually exclusive;
+ * `setCurrentVoiceChannel` clears `activeDmCall`). A stale `dm_call_ended` echo
+ * must never disconnect that space connection.
+ *
+ * This is exactly what happens to the **last** participant to leave a DM call
+ * for a space channel: their `voice_join` empties the server-side DM room, the
+ * server broadcasts `dm_call_ended` back to every DM member (including them),
+ * and an unguarded `disconnectFn()` would tear down the space room they just
+ * connected to — stranding the UI on "Connecting…" until a manual rejoin.
+ */
+export function teardownDmCall(): void {
+  const voice = useVoiceStore.getState();
+  voice.setIncomingCall(null);
+  voice.setOutgoingCall(null);
+  voice.setActiveDmCall(null);
+  voice.clearFederatedCallData();
+  // Never tear down a space voice connection in response to a DM-call signal.
+  if (voice.disconnectFn && !voice.currentVoiceChannelId) voice.disconnectFn();
+}
+
 function handleEvent(origin: string, event: ServerEvent): void {
   const isHome = origin === HOME_ORIGIN;
   const { setUser } = useAuthStore.getState();
@@ -1027,7 +1056,13 @@ function handleEvent(origin: string, event: ServerEvent): void {
       if (wasOutgoingCall || isLiveKitConnected) {
         setActiveDmCall({ dmChannelId: callDmId });
       }
-      if (connectFn && !isLiveKitConnected && wasOutgoingCall && callDmId) {
+      // The caller connects to the DM room. `wasOutgoingCall` alone identifies
+      // the caller session (other sessions/tabs never set outgoingCall), and
+      // `connect()` de-dupes an already-connected same room — so we must NOT
+      // also gate on `!isLiveKitConnected`: a caller who is currently sitting in
+      // a space voice channel is LiveKit-connected, and gating on it would skip
+      // the DM connect entirely, stranding them in the space channel.
+      if (connectFn && wasOutgoingCall && callDmId) {
         connectFn(callDmId, true).catch((err: unknown) => {
           console.error('[WS] DM call connect failed:', err);
         });
@@ -1037,39 +1072,24 @@ function handleEvent(origin: string, event: ServerEvent): void {
 
     case 'dm_call_rejected': {
       if (!isHome && !activePeerOrigins.has(origin)) break;
-      const { setIncomingCall, setOutgoingCall, setActiveDmCall, disconnectFn, clearFederatedCallData } = useVoiceStore.getState();
-      setIncomingCall(null);
-      setOutgoingCall(null);
-      setActiveDmCall(null);
-      clearFederatedCallData();
-      if (disconnectFn) disconnectFn();
+      teardownDmCall();
       break;
     }
 
     case 'dm_call_ended': {
       if (!isHome && !activePeerOrigins.has(origin)) break;
-      const { setIncomingCall, setOutgoingCall, setActiveDmCall, disconnectFn, clearFederatedCallData } = useVoiceStore.getState();
-      setIncomingCall(null);
-      setOutgoingCall(null);
-      setActiveDmCall(null);
-      clearFederatedCallData();
-      if (disconnectFn) disconnectFn();
+      teardownDmCall();
       break;
     }
 
     case 'dm_call_undeliverable': {
       if (!isHome && !activePeerOrigins.has(origin)) break;
 
-      const { setIncomingCall, setOutgoingCall, setActiveDmCall, disconnectFn, clearFederatedCallData } = useVoiceStore.getState();
       const { addToast } = useUIStore.getState();
 
       if (event.terminal) {
         // Tear down local outbound call state — mirrors dm_call_ended.
-        setIncomingCall(null);
-        setOutgoingCall(null);
-        setActiveDmCall(null);
-        clearFederatedCallData();
-        if (disconnectFn) disconnectFn();
+        teardownDmCall();
       }
 
       const msg = buildCallUndeliverableToast(event.failures, event.terminal, event.phase);
diff --git a/packages/web/src/utils/clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall.test.ts b/packages/web/src/utils/clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b11292bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/src/utils/clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+// Stub heavy / side-effectful imports pulled in transitively by utils/voice.
+vi.mock('../audio/AudioManager', () => ({
+  AudioManager: { getInstance: () => ({}) },
+}));
+vi.mock('../hooks/useWebSocket', () => ({
+  wsSend: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock('../stores/instanceStore', async () => {
+  const { create } = await import('zustand');
+  const store = create<{ instances: unknown[] }>()(() => ({ instances: [] }));
+  return { useInstanceStore: store };
+});
+
+import { clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall } from './voice';
+import { useVoiceStore } from '../stores/voiceStore';
+import { useAuthStore } from '../stores/authStore';
+
+describe('clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    useAuthStore.setState({ user: { id: 'me' } as never });
+    useVoiceStore.setState({
+      currentVoiceChannelId: null,
+      activeDmCall: null,
+      voiceUsers: new Map(),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('clears currentVoiceChannelId and removes self from the space channel', () => {
+    useVoiceStore.setState({
+      currentVoiceChannelId: 'space-1',
+      voiceUsers: new Map([['space-1', ['me', 'other']]]),
+    });
+
+    clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall();
+
+    const s = useVoiceStore.getState();
+    expect(s.currentVoiceChannelId).toBeNull();
+    expect(s.voiceUsers.get('space-1')).toEqual(['other']);
+  });
+
+  it('preserves activeDmCall (the caller/acceptor just set it)', () => {
+    useVoiceStore.setState({
+      currentVoiceChannelId: 'space-1',
+      activeDmCall: { dmChannelId: 'dm-9' },
+      voiceUsers: new Map([['space-1', ['me']]]),
+    });
+
+    clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall();
+
+    const s = useVoiceStore.getState();
+    expect(s.currentVoiceChannelId).toBeNull();
+    expect(s.activeDmCall).toEqual({ dmChannelId: 'dm-9' });
+  });
+
+  it('is a no-op when not in a space voice channel', () => {
+    useVoiceStore.setState({ currentVoiceChannelId: null, activeDmCall: { dmChannelId: 'dm-1' } });
+
+    clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall();
+
+    expect(useVoiceStore.getState().activeDmCall).toEqual({ dmChannelId: 'dm-1' });
+    expect(useVoiceStore.getState().currentVoiceChannelId).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/web/src/utils/voice.ts b/packages/web/src/utils/voice.ts
index 615b039d..65fd9892 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/utils/voice.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/utils/voice.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,41 @@ export function broadcastDeafenViaLiveKit(): void {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Clear the client-side presence of a *space* voice channel when the local user
+ * transitions into a DM call.
+ *
+ * A DM call and a space voice channel are mutually exclusive: the invariant is
+ * that a DM call has **no** `currentVoiceChannelId` (only `activeDmCall`). The
+ * space→DM transition must therefore drop the space channel's client state, the
+ * mirror of `joinVoiceChannel` clearing `activeDmCall` on the DM→space
+ * transition.
+ *
+ * Why this is necessary even though the server already drops us from the space
+ * room (`dm_call_start` / `dm_call_accept` → `leaveCurrentRoom` →
+ * `broadcastRoomLeave`): `VoiceChannel` renders the occupant list for the
+ * channel equal to `currentVoiceChannelId` from the *live LiveKit participants*
+ * (its "our channel is the source of truth" branch). If `currentVoiceChannelId`
+ * still points at the old space channel, the DM call's participants get mapped
+ * onto it and the local user appears to still be sitting in the space channel.
+ *
+ * Clears `currentVoiceChannelId` directly (not via `setCurrentVoiceChannel`,
+ * which would also wipe the `activeDmCall` the caller/acceptor just set) and
+ * optimistically removes self from the old channel's `voiceUsers` so the
+ * sidebar updates immediately, without waiting for the server's leave
+ * broadcast.
+ */
+export function clearSpaceVoiceForDmCall(): void {
+  const { currentVoiceChannelId, removeVoiceUser } = useVoiceStore.getState();
+  if (!currentVoiceChannelId) return;
+
+  const origin = getChannelOrigin(currentVoiceChannelId);
+  const myId = getMyUserIdForOrigin(origin);
+  if (myId) removeVoiceUser(currentVoiceChannelId, myId);
+
+  useVoiceStore.setState({ currentVoiceChannelId: null });
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Voice channel join
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------