diff --git a/server/utils/studioQueue.ts b/server/utils/studioQueue.ts
index e2a5e67..f73de79 100644
--- a/server/utils/studioQueue.ts
+++ b/server/utils/studioQueue.ts
@@ -1869,8 +1869,9 @@ export async function toggleStudioQueuePause(owner: string, options: {
 }
 
 export async function onStudioQueueBurstStarted(owner: string, queueId: string, liveJobId: string) {
-  const { isShotQueueCancelled } = await import('~/server/utils/shotQueue')
+  const { isShotQueueCancelled, getShotQueue } = await import('~/server/utils/shotQueue')
   if (isShotQueueCancelled(queueId)) return
+  const queue = getShotQueue(owner, queueId)
   await mutateStore(owner, (store) => {
     const row = store.jobs.find(job => job.shotQueueId === queueId)
     if (!row || row.status === 'cancelled') {
@@ -1882,6 +1883,11 @@ export async function onStudioQueueBurstStarted(owner: string, queueId: string,
     row.pauseAfterCurrent = false
     row.pausedByUser = false
     row.holdForCutIn = false
+    // Run remaining / auto-run bursts must resume the rest without another click.
+    if (queue?.autoRun === true) {
+      row.resumeAutoRun = true
+      row.payload.queueAutoRun = true
+    }
     row.updatedAt = Date.now()
     syncPausedFlag(store)
   })
diff --git a/server/utils/videoChain.ts b/server/utils/videoChain.ts
index c13c260..80a7345 100644
--- a/server/utils/videoChain.ts
+++ b/server/utils/videoChain.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   isShotQueueCancelled,
   lastCompletedIndex,
   liveSegmentPrompt,
+  pendingSegmentCount,
   prepareQueueBurst,
   remainingFromQueue,
   setQueueJob,
@@ -276,7 +277,10 @@ function chainShouldHold(job: Job) {
     ? getShotQueue(job.library.ownerKey, job.library.queueId)
     : null
   if (job.library.queueId && !queue) return true
-  if (queue?.stopAfterCurrent || queue?.status === 'paused') return true
+  if (queue?.stopAfterCurrent) return true
+  // A stale "paused" flag used to abort auto-run mid-batch after finishQueueBurst.
+  // Only honor paused when this live job is not explicitly auto-running.
+  if (queue?.status === 'paused' && job.library.queueAutoRun !== true) return true
   return false
 }
 
@@ -319,9 +323,12 @@ export async function continueQueuedExtensions(
       const liveQueue = job.library.queueId
         ? getShotQueue(job.library.ownerKey, job.library.queueId)
         : null
-      if (liveQueue?.stopAfterCurrent || liveQueue?.autoRun === false) {
-        if (liveQueue.stopAfterCurrent) job.library.stopAfterCurrent = true
-        if (liveQueue.autoRun === false) job.library.queueAutoRun = false
+      // User pause / cut-in only. Do not let a stale autoRun=false on disk cancel an
+      // in-flight "run remaining" / checkbox auto-run batch (options.autoRun).
+      if (liveQueue?.stopAfterCurrent) {
+        job.library.stopAfterCurrent = true
+      } else if (liveQueue?.autoRun === false && options.autoRun !== true) {
+        job.library.queueAutoRun = false
       }
       if (chainShouldHold(job)) {
         job.library.stopAfterCurrent = true
@@ -494,12 +501,24 @@ export async function continueQueuedExtensions(
       const paused = job.status !== 'error' && job.status !== 'cancelled'
       const hold = job.library.stopAfterCurrent === true && paused
       if (hold && job.status === 'running') job.status = 'complete'
+      // Keep autoRun on the shot queue when this burst was an explicit run-all and more
+      // shots remain — finishQueueBurst used to clear it and force one-click-per-shot.
+      const keepAuto = autoRun && !hold && job.status !== 'error' && job.status !== 'cancelled'
+      if (keepAuto && job.library) job.library.queueAutoRun = true
       await finishQueueBurst(
         job.library.ownerKey,
         job.library.queueId,
         hold || (paused && !job.library.queueAutoRun),
         job.status === 'error' || job.status === 'cancelled' ? (job.error || 'Stopped') : undefined
       ).catch(() => null)
+      if (keepAuto) {
+        await updateShotQueue(job.library.ownerKey, job.library.queueId, (queue) => {
+          if (pendingSegmentCount(queue) > 0 && queue.status !== 'complete' && queue.status !== 'error') {
+            queue.autoRun = true
+            if (queue.status === 'paused') queue.status = 'idle'
+          }
+        }).catch(() => null)
+      }
       setQueueJob(job.library.queueId, null)
     }
   }
diff --git a/server/utils/watch.ts b/server/utils/watch.ts
index acc2bd8..d07649d 100644
--- a/server/utils/watch.ts
+++ b/server/utils/watch.ts
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ export function watchComfyJob(job: Job, options: { persist?: boolean } = {}): Pr
           })
           deletePendingJob(job.id)
           job.saving = false
-          // Persist path: clear the studio "Generating" row as soon as the library save
-          // finishes. Waiting for runGeneration's finally used to leave jobs stuck in the queue.
-          if (persist && job.library?.ownerKey) {
+          // Only settle the studio row when this live job is done with the chain.
+          // Settling while chainContinuing killed overnight auto-run after every shot.
+          if (persist && job.library?.ownerKey && !job.library.chainContinuing) {
             const { onLiveVideoSettled } = await import('~/server/utils/studioQueue')
             await onLiveVideoSettled(job).catch(() => null)
           }