diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/autoCaptionSource.test.ts b/src/components/video-editor/autoCaptionSource.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20d3855a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/autoCaptionSource.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { resolveAutoCaptionSourcePath } from "./autoCaptionSource";
+
+describe("resolveAutoCaptionSourcePath", () => {
+	it("prefers the video loaded in the editor over stale session state", () => {
+		expect(
+			resolveAutoCaptionSourcePath({
+				videoSourcePath: "/videos/current.mp4",
+				recordingSessionVideoPath: "/videos/stale.mp4",
+				currentVideoPath: "/videos/fallback.mp4",
+			}),
+		).toBe("/videos/current.mp4");
+	});
+
+	it("falls back to the loaded file URL when no normalized source path exists", () => {
+		expect(
+			resolveAutoCaptionSourcePath({
+				videoPath: "file:///Users/test/Desktop/capture.mp4",
+				recordingSessionVideoPath: "/videos/stale.mp4",
+			}),
+		).toBe("/Users/test/Desktop/capture.mp4");
+	});
+
+	it("uses session and current video fallbacks only when nothing is loaded", () => {
+		expect(
+			resolveAutoCaptionSourcePath({
+				recordingSessionVideoPath: "/videos/session.mp4",
+				currentVideoPath: "/videos/fallback.mp4",
+			}),
+		).toBe("/videos/session.mp4");
+
+		expect(
+			resolveAutoCaptionSourcePath({
+				currentVideoPath: "/videos/fallback.mp4",
+			}),
+		).toBe("/videos/fallback.mp4");
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/editorPreferences.test.ts b/src/components/video-editor/editorPreferences.test.ts
index 848240a2..9983717f 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/editorPreferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/editorPreferences.test.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,23 @@ describe("editorPreferences", () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	it("preserves custom Whisper paths from stored preferences", () => {
+		vi.stubGlobal(
+			"localStorage",
+			createStorageMock({
+				[EDITOR_PREFERENCES_STORAGE_KEY]: JSON.stringify({
+					whisperExecutablePath: "/usr/local/bin/whisper-cli",
+					whisperModelPath: "/Users/test/models/ggml-base.bin",
+				}),
+			}),
+		);
+
+		expect(loadEditorPreferences()).toMatchObject({
+			whisperExecutablePath: "/usr/local/bin/whisper-cli",
+			whisperModelPath: "/Users/test/models/ggml-base.bin",
+		});
+	});
+
 	it("saves all editor controls with normalization", () => {
 		const localStorage = createStorageMock();
 		vi.stubGlobal("localStorage", localStorage);
@@ -256,4 +273,19 @@ describe("editorPreferences", () => {
 			whisperModelPath: DEFAULT_EDITOR_PREFERENCES.whisperModelPath,
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("saves custom Whisper paths", () => {
+		const localStorage = createStorageMock();
+		vi.stubGlobal("localStorage", localStorage);
+
+		saveEditorPreferences({
+			whisperExecutablePath: "/opt/homebrew/bin/whisper-cli",
+			whisperModelPath: "/Users/test/models/ggml-small.bin",
+		});
+
+		expect(loadEditorPreferences()).toMatchObject({
+			whisperExecutablePath: "/opt/homebrew/bin/whisper-cli",
+			whisperModelPath: "/Users/test/models/ggml-small.bin",
+		});
+	});
 });