diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/BackendObject.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/BackendObject.h
index 5333ea17..3db8f941 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/BackendObject.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/BackendObject.h
@@ -596,6 +596,11 @@ namespace MobileGL {
             // native state is process-global by construction gives this object its own copy and binds
             // it to the calling thread. The default has nothing per process to separate.
             virtual void BindSessionStateToThisThread() {}
+            // A served session's ring moved to another of its client's contexts (bind_context). A
+            // backend whose surface follows the native context it binds needs nothing; one that keeps
+            // a single native surface binding re-binds the surface that context was last made current
+            // with. `token` is the client's context token (the EGLContext MakeEGLCurrent was given).
+            virtual void OnClientContextBound(Uint64 token) { (void)token; }
 
             virtual Bool InitializeEGLDisplay(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLint* major, EGLint* minor);
             virtual Bool CreateEGLWindowSurface(EGLSurface surface, const WindowHandle& handle);
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.cpp
index 45859757..8acd10cf 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.cpp
@@ -373,14 +373,19 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         auto nativeWindow = reinterpret_cast<NativeWindowType>(m_windowHandle.Handle);
 
+        VulkanRendererConfig config;
+        config.SwapInterval = GetRequestedSwapInterval();
+        if (UsesSurfaceTargets() && pVulkanRenderer) {
+            pVulkanRenderer->ActivateSurfaceTarget(SurfaceTargetKey(m_activatingSurface), nativeWindow, config);
+            return true;
+        }
         // Any renderer instance this assignment replaces is destroyed here;
         // fence/timer-query handles stamped with the old generation go stale.
         BumpRendererGeneration();
-        VulkanRendererConfig config;
-        config.SwapInterval = GetRequestedSwapInterval();
         pVulkanRenderer = MakeUnique<MG_Backend::DirectVulkan::VulkanRenderer>(nativeWindow, config);
         MOBILEGL_ASSERT(pVulkanRenderer != nullptr, "InitWindowSurface: VulkanRenderer creation failed");
         pVulkanRenderer->Initialize();
+        pVulkanRenderer->SetActiveSurfaceTargetKey(SurfaceTargetKey(m_activatingSurface));
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -388,12 +393,17 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         VulkanRendererConfig config;
         config.SurfaceWidth = static_cast<Uint32>(std::max<EGLint>(width, 1));
         config.SurfaceHeight = static_cast<Uint32>(std::max<EGLint>(height, 1));
+        if (UsesSurfaceTargets() && pVulkanRenderer) {
+            pVulkanRenderer->ActivateSurfaceTarget(SurfaceTargetKey(m_activatingSurface), NativeWindowType{}, config);
+            return true;
+        }
         // Any renderer instance this assignment replaces is destroyed here;
         // fence/timer-query handles stamped with the old generation go stale.
         BumpRendererGeneration();
         pVulkanRenderer = MakeUnique<MG_Backend::DirectVulkan::VulkanRenderer>(NativeWindowType{}, config);
         MOBILEGL_ASSERT(pVulkanRenderer != nullptr, "InitPbufferSurface: VulkanRenderer creation failed");
         pVulkanRenderer->Initialize();
+        pVulkanRenderer->SetActiveSurfaceTargetKey(SurfaceTargetKey(m_activatingSurface));
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -496,7 +506,33 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
     Bool BackendObject_DirectVulkan::MakeEGLCurrent(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLSurface draw, EGLSurface read, EGLContext ctx) {
         const std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_eglStateMutex);
-        return BackendObject::MakeEGLCurrent(dpy, draw, read, ctx);
+        const Bool ok = BackendObject::MakeEGLCurrent(dpy, draw, read, ctx);
+        if (ok && UsesSurfaceTargets() && ctx != EGL_NO_CONTEXT && draw != EGL_NO_SURFACE) {
+            m_contextBindings[ctx] = EGLCurrentState{.Display = dpy, .DrawSurface = draw, .ReadSurface = read,
+                                                     .Context = ctx};
+        }
+        return ok;
+    }
+
+    void BackendObject_DirectVulkan::OnClientContextBound(Uint64 token) {
+        const std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(m_eglStateMutex);
+        if (!UsesSurfaceTargets() || token == 0) return;
+        // Each of a multi-window client's contexts draws to the surface IT was made current with
+        // (Qt renders every window on its own thread and context); the ring interleaves them with
+        // a bind_context between, and no make-current. Follow the context back to its surface.
+        const auto found = m_contextBindings.find(reinterpret_cast<EGLContext>(token));
+        if (found == m_contextBindings.end()) return;
+        const EGLCurrentState binding = found->second;
+        if (!GetRegisteredEGLSurface(binding.DrawSurface)) {
+            m_contextBindings.erase(found);
+            return;
+        }
+        const auto current = m_eglCurrentThreads.find(std::this_thread::get_id());
+        if (current != m_eglCurrentThreads.end() && current->second.Context == binding.Context &&
+            current->second.DrawSurface == binding.DrawSurface && m_eglSurface == binding.DrawSurface) {
+            return;
+        }
+        (void)BackendObject::MakeEGLCurrent(binding.Display, binding.DrawSurface, binding.ReadSurface, binding.Context);
     }
 
     Bool BackendObject_DirectVulkan::SwapEGLBuffers(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLSurface draw) {
@@ -531,8 +567,18 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         BackendObject::ReleaseEGLResources();
     }
 
+    Bool BackendObject_DirectVulkan::UsesSurfaceTargets() const {
+        return MG_Config::Transport != MG_Config::TransportMode::Monolith;
+    }
+
+    void BackendObject_DirectVulkan::OnEGLSurfaceForgotten(EGLSurface surface) {
+        if (UsesSurfaceTargets() && pVulkanRenderer) pVulkanRenderer->DestroySurfaceTarget(SurfaceTargetKey(surface));
+    }
+
     void BackendObject_DirectVulkan::OnEGLSurfaceReleased(EGLSurface surface) {
-        (void)surface;
+        // The renderer outlives its surfaces here: only this surface's target goes (in
+        // OnEGLSurfaceForgotten, which follows), and every fence stays valid.
+        if (UsesSurfaceTargets() && pVulkanRenderer) return;
         // Outstanding fence/timer-query handles now refer to a dead renderer;
         // treat them as signaled/available with zero results from here on.
         BumpRendererGeneration();
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.h
index eb739b2e..94f86b7a 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/BackendObject_DirectVulkan.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         void Initialize() override;
         void BindSessionStateToThisThread() override;
+        void OnClientContextBound(Uint64 token) override;
         Bool InitWindowSurface() override;
         Bool InitCapabilities() override;
         Bool InitializeEGLDisplay(EGLDisplay dpy, EGLint* major, EGLint* minor) override;
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
     private:
         Bool InitPbufferSurface(EGLint width, EGLint height) override;
         void OnEGLSurfaceReleased(EGLSurface surface) override;
+        void OnEGLSurfaceForgotten(EGLSurface surface) override;
+        // A served session keeps one renderer across all its client's surfaces and switches the
+        // renderer's surface target instead (VulkanRenderer::ActivateSurfaceTarget).
+        Bool UsesSurfaceTargets() const;
+        static Uint64 SurfaceTargetKey(EGLSurface surface) { return reinterpret_cast<Uint64>(surface); }
         void UpdateAdvertisedExtensions();
         void UpdateDynamicBackendParameters();
 
@@ -60,6 +66,8 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // A served session's own copy of Magma's per-process state (MagmaSession.h), bound to its
         // apply thread. Null in the monolith and every other single-session shape.
         UniquePtr<MagmaSession> m_magmaSession;
+        // The binding each client context was last made current with, for OnClientContextBound.
+        UnorderedMap<EGLContext, EGLCurrentState> m_contextBindings;
     };
 
     // Single-source-of-truth helpers shared with the driver POST
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.cpp
index 04c6da55..bbf0dfbd 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.cpp
@@ -300,6 +300,15 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         return packet;
     }
 
+    VkResult FrameContext::AcquireNextImageInCurrentSlot(VkDevice device, VkSwapchainKHR swapchain,
+                                                         Uint32& outImageIndex) {
+        auto& frame = GetCurrent();
+        const VkResult result = vkAcquireNextImageKHR(device, swapchain, UINT64_MAX, frame.imageAvailableSemaphore,
+                                                      VK_NULL_HANDLE, &outImageIndex);
+        if (result == VK_SUCCESS || result == VK_SUBOPTIMAL_KHR) frame.imageAvailableSemaphoreConsumed = false;
+        return result;
+    }
+
     VkResult FrameContext::WaitAndAcquireNextImage(VkDevice device, VkSwapchainKHR swapchain, Uint32& outImageIndex,
                                                    Uint64 timeout, VkFence acquireFence) {
         auto& frame = GetCurrent();
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.h
index c12f30bc..50793027 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/FrameContext.h
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                                  VkImageLayout presentLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PRESENT_SRC_KHR);
         SubmitInfoPacket GetSubmitInfo(Bool shouldSubmitCommandBuffer, Uint32 swapchainImageIndex) const;
         PresentInfoPacket GetPresentInfo(VkSwapchainKHR swapchain, Uint32 imageIndex) const;
+        // Acquires into the current slot's semaphore WITHOUT the slot-fence wait: for a surface
+        // brought up mid-frame, whose slot fence this frame has already waited and reset. The
+        // slot's semaphore must be unsignaled with no pending signal (consumed).
+        VkResult AcquireNextImageInCurrentSlot(VkDevice device, VkSwapchainKHR swapchain, Uint32& outImageIndex);
+        // The per-swapchain-image render-finished semaphores belong to one swapchain; a renderer
+        // that parks a surface parks them with it.
+        void ExchangeSwapchainSemaphores(Vector<VkSemaphore>& other) { std::swap(m_swapchainImageRenderFinishedSemaphores, other); }
         VkResult WaitAndAcquireNextImage(VkDevice device, VkSwapchainKHR swapchain, Uint32& outImageIndex,
                                          Uint64 timeout = UINT64_MAX, VkFence acquireFence = VK_NULL_HANDLE);
 
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/SwapchainObject.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/SwapchainObject.cpp
index 8da8e632..b30ab13c 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/SwapchainObject.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/SwapchainObject.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         MGLOG_I("Swapchain created, extent = %dx%d, swapchain imageCount = %d", m_extent.width, m_extent.height,
                 imageCount);
 
+        PublishDefaultFramebufferInfo();
+    }
+
+    void SwapchainObject::PublishDefaultFramebufferInfo() const {
+        const VkExtent2D defaultFramebufferExtent = m_surfaceExtent;
         // Properly initialize Default FBO here
         auto& defaultFBOInfo = MG_Impl::GLImpl::FramebufferImpl::pDefaultFramebufferInfo;
         const Int extentWidth = static_cast<Int>(defaultFramebufferExtent.width);
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/SwapchainObject.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/SwapchainObject.h
index 4c36f43e..97ebf6a2 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/SwapchainObject.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/SwapchainObject.h
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                     Uint32 presentQueueFamily, Uint32 minImageCountHint, VkExtent2D desiredExtent,
                     Optional<Int> swapInterval);
         void Shutdown(VkDevice device);
+        // Tells the frontend (or, under a transport, the client) the default framebuffer's size
+        // and formats. Create does this; a renderer switching between surfaces repeats it.
+        void PublishDefaultFramebufferInfo() const;
 
         VkSwapchainKHR GetHandle() const { return m_swapchain; }
         VkPresentModeKHR GetPresentMode() const { return m_presentMode; }
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.cpp
index cd371dbe..0051a166 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,18 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         }
     }
 
+    namespace {
+        // Diagnostic memory for DescribeWireBufferHistory: the last handles created and destroyed.
+        struct WireBufferHistory {
+            static constexpr SizeT kDepth = 256;
+            MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle created[kDepth]{};
+            MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle destroyed[kDepth]{};
+            SizeT createdCount = 0;
+            SizeT destroyedCount = 0;
+        };
+        SessionLocal<WireBufferHistory> g_wireBufferHistory;
+    } // namespace
+
     VkBufferManager::WireBufferResource* VkBufferManager::FindWireBuffer(MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle res) {
         const auto found = m_wireBuffers.find(WireBufferKey(res));
         return found == m_wireBuffers.end() ? nullptr : &found->second;
@@ -246,6 +258,10 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             std::abort();
         }
         m_wireBuffers.try_emplace(WireBufferKey(res));
+        {
+            auto& history = *g_wireBufferHistory;
+            history.created[history.createdCount++ % 256] = res;
+        }
         RespecifyWireBuffer(res, desc, nullptr);
     }
 
@@ -972,7 +988,29 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 #endif
     }
 
+
+    void VkBufferManager::DescribeWireBufferHistory(MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle res) const {
+        const auto& history = *g_wireBufferHistory;
+        Int createdAgo = -1, destroyedAgo = -1;
+        for (SizeT i = 0; i < std::min(history.createdCount, WireBufferHistory::kDepth); ++i) {
+            const auto& h = history.created[(history.createdCount - 1 - i) % WireBufferHistory::kDepth];
+            if (h.Slot == res.Slot && h.Gen == res.Gen) { createdAgo = static_cast<Int>(i); break; }
+        }
+        for (SizeT i = 0; i < std::min(history.destroyedCount, WireBufferHistory::kDepth); ++i) {
+            const auto& h = history.destroyed[(history.destroyedCount - 1 - i) % WireBufferHistory::kDepth];
+            if (h.Slot == res.Slot && h.Gen == res.Gen) { destroyedAgo = static_cast<Int>(i); break; }
+        }
+        MGLOG_E("Magma wire buffer {slot=%u, gen=%u}: live stores %zu; created %d creates ago, destroyed %d "
+                "destroys ago (-1 = not in the last %zu); %zu creates, %zu destroys in this session",
+                res.Slot, res.Gen, m_wireBuffers.size(), createdAgo, destroyedAgo, WireBufferHistory::kDepth,
+                history.createdCount, history.destroyedCount);
+    }
+
     void VkBufferManager::DestroyWireBuffer(MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle res) {
+        {
+            auto& history = *g_wireBufferHistory;
+            history.destroyed[history.destroyedCount++ % WireBufferHistory::kDepth] = res;
+        }
         const auto found = m_wireBuffers.find(WireBufferKey(res));
         if (found == m_wireBuffers.end()) return;
         DeferWireRelease(std::move(found->second.buffer),
@@ -1135,7 +1173,12 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         if (g_activeBufferManager.Get() == this) {
             g_activeBufferManager.Get() = nullptr;
 #if MOBILEGL_BUILD_DISAGGREGATED
-            if (MG_Pipe::MGPipeGetResourceOps() == &g_vulkanWireResourceOps) {
+            // Under a transport the table is the PROCESS's and serves every session: it dispatches
+            // to the calling session's own manager (WireManager), so one session's renderer going
+            // away must not take it from the others - their buffer creates would be dropped from
+            // then on, and every buffer born after that would be a handle the server never saw.
+            if (MG_Config::Transport == MG_Config::TransportMode::Monolith &&
+                MG_Pipe::MGPipeGetResourceOps() == &g_vulkanWireResourceOps) {
                 MG_Pipe::MGPipeSetResourceOps(nullptr);
             }
 #endif
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.h
index 7266b46a..e6ac279a 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkBufferManager.h
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // frontend BufferObject. Acquires expose the full GPU store, without a CPU
         // pointer: CPU consumers must use ReadWireBuffer for ordered, current bytes.
         Bool AcquireWireSlice(BufferKind kind, MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle res, BufferSlice& outSlice);
+        // The handle names a store this session created (whatever its size, zero included).
+        Bool IsKnownWireBuffer(MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle res) { return FindWireBuffer(res) != nullptr; }
+        // Names, for a Fatal about an unknown handle, whether this manager ever saw it.
+        void DescribeWireBufferHistory(MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle res) const;
         Bool ReadWireBuffer(MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle res, Uint64 offset, Uint64 size, void* dst);
         Bool CopyWireBufferRangeToSlice(MG_Pipe::MGPipeHandle res, Uint64 offset, Uint64 size,
                                         const BufferSlice& dst);
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.cpp
index 88e2eee7..8cf98785 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.cpp
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const Bool isDefaultFbo = fbo.IsDefaultFramebuffer();
         if (isDefaultFbo) {
             XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(m_hashState, &swapchainImageIndex, sizeof(swapchainImageIndex)));
+            XXHASH_VERIFY(XXH64_update(m_hashState, &m_defaultFramebufferTarget, sizeof(m_defaultFramebufferTarget)));
         }
         // sRGB attachments switch between their sRGB and UNORM-twin views with this
         // capability (ResolveSrgbAttachmentWriteFormat), changing the render pass formats.
@@ -1528,6 +1529,17 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         return &insertedIt->second;
     }
 
+    void VkRenderPassManager::PurgeRenderPasses() {
+        Vector<VkRenderPass> destroyedRenderPasses;
+        destroyedRenderPasses.reserve(m_renderPasses.size());
+        for (auto& [_, entry] : m_renderPasses) destroyedRenderPasses.push_back(entry.renderPass);
+        m_renderPasses.clear();
+        m_rpFastValid = false;
+        if (!destroyedRenderPasses.empty() && m_evictionObserver != nullptr) {
+            m_evictionObserver->OnRenderPassesDestroyed(destroyedRenderPasses);
+        }
+    }
+
     void VkRenderPassManager::OnPresent() {
         ++m_frameCounter;
 
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.h
index b18ab881..708649a0 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkRenderPassManager.h
@@ -227,6 +227,15 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         Bool Initialize();
         void Shutdown();
+        // The surface target the default framebuffer currently names (VulkanRenderer's surface
+        // targets): a default-framebuffer pass of one surface is not another's.
+        void SetDefaultFramebufferTarget(Uint64 serial) {
+            m_defaultFramebufferTarget = serial;
+            m_rpFastValid = false;
+        }
+        // Destroys every cached pass and framebuffer (not the renderbuffers). The device must be
+        // idle and no pass may be open: a surface target's image views are going away.
+        void PurgeRenderPasses();
 
         HashType ComputeHash(
             const MG_State::GLState::FramebufferObject& fbo,
@@ -303,6 +312,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // is reused WITHOUT recomputing the expensive per-draw hash. Invalidated by FBO switch /
         // version change, swapchain rotation, any attachment image recreation (the two epochs),
         // or a pending clear. Portable to Vulkan 1.1 (no dynamic_rendering / imageless FB needed).
+        Uint64 m_defaultFramebufferTarget = 0;
         Bool m_rpFastValid = false;
         const MG_State::GLState::FramebufferObject* m_rpFastFbo = nullptr;
         // The FBO's never-reused lifetime id joins the raw pointer + Uint16 version:
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp
index 20a40706..aafdca28 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp
@@ -3478,6 +3478,9 @@ void main() {
         if (m_device != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
             VK_VERIFY(vkDeviceWaitIdle(m_device));
         }
+        // Parked surface targets (ActivateSurfaceTarget) go before the device and instance.
+        for (auto& [_, target] : m_parkedTargets) DestroyParkedTarget(target);
+        m_parkedTargets.clear();
 #if MOBILEGL_BUILD_DISAGGREGATED
         // P7 wave 2 package B3: the session's decline tally. Silent when nothing declined, so a
         // green lane stays quiet and a lane that dropped a draw cannot (rule I's observable).
@@ -16658,6 +16661,8 @@ void main() {
     }
 
     Bool VulkanRenderer::RecreateSwapchain() {
+        // No surface target is active (its surface was released): nothing to build on.
+        if (m_surface == VK_NULL_HANDLE) return false;
         // Handle cases like minimize on Windows, where swapchain could return a 0x0 extent
         const auto swapchainCapabilities =
             SwapchainObject::GetSwapchainCapabilities(m_physicalDevice.handle, m_surface);
@@ -16781,6 +16786,159 @@ void main() {
         }
     }
 
+    void VulkanRenderer::ExchangeActiveTarget(SurfaceTarget& target) {
+        std::swap(m_activeTargetSerial, target.serial);
+        std::swap(m_window, target.window);
+        std::swap(m_platformDisplay, target.platformDisplay);
+        std::swap(m_platformLibrary, target.platformLibrary);
+        std::swap(m_platformCloseDisplay, target.platformCloseDisplay);
+        std::swap(m_fallbackImageReader, target.fallbackImageReader);
+        std::swap(m_config.SurfaceWidth, target.surfaceWidth);
+        std::swap(m_config.SurfaceHeight, target.surfaceHeight);
+        std::swap(m_config.SwapInterval, target.swapInterval);
+        std::swap(m_presentsToAppWindow, target.presentsToAppWindow);
+        std::swap(m_swapchainSwapInterval, target.swapchainSwapInterval);
+        std::swap(m_swapchainResizeRequested, target.swapchainResizeRequested);
+        std::swap(m_presentSuspended, target.presentSuspended);
+        std::swap(m_surface, target.surface);
+        std::swap(m_swapchainObject, target.swapchain);
+        m_frameContext.ExchangeSwapchainSemaphores(target.renderFinishedSemaphores);
+        std::swap(m_imageIndexAcquired, target.imageIndexAcquired);
+        std::swap(m_defaultFramebufferImageIndex, target.defaultFramebufferImageIndex);
+    }
+
+    void VulkanRenderer::ParkActiveTarget() {
+        if (m_surface == VK_NULL_HANDLE) return;
+        // The active surface's recorded work goes to the queue now, while its images are still
+        // the default framebuffer's.
+        FlushPendingCommands();
+        auto& frame = m_frameContext.GetCurrent();
+        // Its acquired image keeps its acquire for when the surface comes back, but the signal
+        // lives on THIS slot's semaphore, which the next surface acquires with. Wait it out with
+        // an empty submission; the image is then simply held, and its next submit waits nothing.
+        if (m_swapchainObject.GetHandle() != VK_NULL_HANDLE && !m_presentSuspended &&
+            !frame.imageAvailableSemaphoreConsumed) {
+            const VkFence fence = AcquirePooledSubmitFence();
+            if (fence == VK_NULL_HANDLE || !SubmitPendingCommandBuffer(frame, fence, /*pooledFence=*/true)) {
+                MGLOG_E("DirectVulkan: a parked surface's pending acquire could not be waited out");
+            }
+        }
+        SurfaceTarget parked;
+        ExchangeActiveTarget(parked);
+        m_parkedTargets[m_activeTargetKey] = std::move(parked);
+        m_activeTargetKey = 0;
+    }
+
+    void VulkanRenderer::OnActiveTargetChanged() {
+        if (m_swapchainObject.GetHandle() != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+            m_swapchainObject.PublishDefaultFramebufferInfo();
+            if (m_programFactory) m_programFactory->SetDefaultFramebufferHeight(m_swapchainObject.GetExtent().height);
+        }
+        if (m_renderPassManager) m_renderPassManager->SetDefaultFramebufferTarget(m_activeTargetSerial);
+        InvalidatePipelineMemo();
+        ResetDynamicStateShadow();
+        InvalidateSetupDrawSnapshots();
+    }
+
+    void VulkanRenderer::ActivateSurfaceTarget(Uint64 key, NativeWindowType window,
+                                               const VulkanRendererConfig& surfaceConfig) {
+        if (key == m_activeTargetKey && m_surface != VK_NULL_HANDLE) return;
+        ParkActiveTarget();
+        auto parked = m_parkedTargets.find(key);
+        if (parked != m_parkedTargets.end()) {
+            ExchangeActiveTarget(parked->second);
+            m_parkedTargets.erase(parked);
+            // Its acquire was waited when it was parked (ParkActiveTarget).
+            m_frameContext.GetCurrent().imageAvailableSemaphoreConsumed = true;
+        } else {
+            m_activeTargetSerial = m_nextTargetSerial++;
+            m_window = window;
+            m_presentsToAppWindow = window != NativeWindowType{};
+            m_config.SurfaceWidth = surfaceConfig.SurfaceWidth;
+            m_config.SurfaceHeight = surfaceConfig.SurfaceHeight;
+            m_config.SwapInterval = m_presentsToAppWindow ? surfaceConfig.SwapInterval : Nullopt;
+            m_swapchainSwapInterval.reset();
+            m_swapchainResizeRequested = false;
+            m_presentSuspended = false;
+            CreateSurface();
+            CreateSwapchain();
+            m_defaultFramebufferImageIndex = 0;
+            VK_VERIFY(m_frameContext.InitializeSwapchainSemaphores(
+                          m_device, static_cast<Uint32>(m_swapchainObject.GetImageCount())),
+                      "ActivateSurfaceTarget, InitializeSwapchainSemaphores");
+            if (m_swapchainObject.GetHandle() != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+                VkResult result = m_frameContext.AcquireNextImageInCurrentSlot(
+                    m_device, m_swapchainObject.GetHandle(), m_imageIndexAcquired);
+                if (result == VK_SUBOPTIMAL_KHR) result = VK_SUCCESS;
+                VK_VERIFY(result, "ActivateSurfaceTarget, AcquireNextImageInCurrentSlot");
+                m_defaultFramebufferImageIndex = m_imageIndexAcquired;
+            } else {
+                m_presentSuspended = true;
+            }
+            MGLOG_I("DirectVulkan: surface target %llu built (%ux%u, %s)",
+                    static_cast<unsigned long long>(m_activeTargetSerial), m_swapchainObject.GetExtent().width,
+                    m_swapchainObject.GetExtent().height, m_presentsToAppWindow ? "window" : "pbuffer");
+        }
+        m_activeTargetKey = key;
+        OnActiveTargetChanged();
+    }
+
+    void VulkanRenderer::DestroyParkedTarget(SurfaceTarget& target) {
+        target.swapchain.Shutdown(m_device);
+        for (VkSemaphore semaphore : target.renderFinishedSemaphores) {
+            if (semaphore != VK_NULL_HANDLE) vkDestroySemaphore(m_device, semaphore, nullptr);
+        }
+        target.renderFinishedSemaphores.clear();
+        if (target.surface != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+            vkDestroySurfaceKHR(m_instance, target.surface, nullptr);
+            target.surface = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+        }
+#if defined(VK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR)
+        if (target.fallbackImageReader != nullptr && target.platformLibrary != nullptr) {
+            using AImageReaderDeleteFn = void (*)(void*);
+            auto* imageReaderDelete =
+                reinterpret_cast<AImageReaderDeleteFn>(dlsym(target.platformLibrary, "AImageReader_delete"));
+            if (imageReaderDelete) imageReaderDelete(target.fallbackImageReader);
+            target.fallbackImageReader = nullptr;
+            dlclose(target.platformLibrary);
+            target.platformLibrary = nullptr;
+        }
+#elif defined(VK_USE_PLATFORM_XLIB_KHR)
+        if (target.platformDisplay != nullptr) {
+            using XCloseDisplayFn = int (*)(Display*);
+            auto* closeDisplay = reinterpret_cast<XCloseDisplayFn>(target.platformCloseDisplay);
+            if (closeDisplay) closeDisplay(static_cast<Display*>(target.platformDisplay));
+            target.platformDisplay = nullptr;
+        }
+        if (target.platformLibrary != nullptr) {
+            dlclose(target.platformLibrary);
+            target.platformLibrary = nullptr;
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void VulkanRenderer::DestroySurfaceTarget(Uint64 key) {
+        if (key == m_activeTargetKey && m_surface != VK_NULL_HANDLE) ParkActiveTarget();
+        auto parked = m_parkedTargets.find(key);
+        if (parked == m_parkedTargets.end()) return;
+        // Whatever is recorded may name the target's images (a blit out of it, say): submit it,
+        // then let the GPU finish with everything before the views go.
+        FlushPendingCommands();
+        VK_VERIFY(vkDeviceWaitIdle(m_device));
+        OnSubmitsCompletedUpTo(m_submitCounter);
+#if MOBILEGL_BUILD_DISAGGREGATED
+        DestroyWireDrawPass();
+        CollectWireObjects(m_submitCounter, true);
+        ClearAllWireDrawPassCaches();
+#endif
+        if (m_renderPassManager) m_renderPassManager->PurgeRenderPasses();
+        InvalidatePipelineMemo();
+        ResetDynamicStateShadow();
+        InvalidateSetupDrawSnapshots();
+        DestroyParkedTarget(parked->second);
+        m_parkedTargets.erase(parked);
+    }
+
     VkInstance VulkanRenderer::GetInstance() const {
         return m_instance;
     }
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.h
index c6b2304f..0fb85b79 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.h
@@ -427,7 +427,52 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // no new swapchain is installed and presentation must stay suspended.
         Bool RecreateSwapchain();
 
+        // SURFACE TARGETS. One renderer - one device and every GL object's resources - serves
+        // every EGL surface of its context's client; only the presentation side (VkSurfaceKHR,
+        // swapchain, its render-finished semaphores, the acquired image, the pbuffer's image
+        // reader) belongs to a surface. `key` names the client surface. The renderer starts with
+        // the surface it was constructed for as its active target (SetActiveSurfaceTargetKey).
+        // Activating another key parks the active target - its recorded work submitted, its
+        // pending acquire consumed - and brings the other back, or builds it on first use.
+        void SetActiveSurfaceTargetKey(Uint64 key) { m_activeTargetKey = key; }
+        void ActivateSurfaceTarget(Uint64 key, NativeWindowType window, const VulkanRendererConfig& surfaceConfig);
+        // Drops a surface's target, active or parked. A no-op for a key that has none.
+        void DestroySurfaceTarget(Uint64 key);
+
     private:
+        // The presentation half of the renderer, parked while another surface is active. Its
+        // fields mirror the renderer members ExchangeActiveTarget swaps them with.
+        struct SurfaceTarget {
+            Uint64 serial = 0;
+            NativeWindowType window = 0;
+            void* platformDisplay = nullptr;
+            void* platformLibrary = nullptr;
+            void* platformCloseDisplay = nullptr;
+            void* fallbackImageReader = nullptr;
+            Uint32 surfaceWidth = 0;
+            Uint32 surfaceHeight = 0;
+            Optional<Int> swapInterval;
+            Bool presentsToAppWindow = false;
+            Optional<Int> swapchainSwapInterval;
+            Bool swapchainResizeRequested = false;
+            Bool presentSuspended = false;
+            VkSurfaceKHR surface = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            SwapchainObject swapchain;
+            Vector<VkSemaphore> renderFinishedSemaphores;
+            Uint imageIndexAcquired = 0;
+            Uint defaultFramebufferImageIndex = 0;
+        };
+        void ExchangeActiveTarget(SurfaceTarget& target);
+        // Submits the active target's work, consumes its pending acquire and moves it into
+        // m_parkedTargets. Leaves the renderer with no target.
+        void ParkActiveTarget();
+        void OnActiveTargetChanged();
+        void DestroyParkedTarget(SurfaceTarget& target);
+        UnorderedMap<Uint64, SurfaceTarget> m_parkedTargets;
+        Uint64 m_activeTargetKey = 0;
+        Uint64 m_activeTargetSerial = 1;
+        Uint64 m_nextTargetSerial = 2;
+
         // Tiered emission for an already-set-up multi-draw batch (state bound, index
         // buffer bound for the indexed form). Tier 1: VK_EXT_multi_draw. Tier 2: one
         // vkCmdDraw(Indexed)Indirect over a transient command array. Tier 3: unrolled
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/WireDraw.inc b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/WireDraw.inc
index e4e016aa..ef0afd8f 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/WireDraw.inc
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/WireDraw.inc
@@ -306,8 +306,20 @@
                     "MGPipe: Fatal{ProtocolCorruption, \"Magma:client-vertex-array\"} location=%u: an "
                     "attribute the program reads carries no buffer handle", location);
             BufferSlice slice{};
-            if (!m_bufferManager.AcquireWireSlice(BufferKind::Vertex, resource.Res, slice))
-                MagmaWireFatal("vertex-buffer-resource");
+            if (!m_bufferManager.AcquireWireSlice(BufferKind::Vertex, resource.Res, slice)) {
+                // A buffer with no data store is legal GL to bind (glGenBuffers + glBindBuffer, no
+                // glBufferData), and the client mints its handle at construction while the create
+                // only crosses with the first respecify (PipeFill.cpp's M-1) - so the handle may be
+                // one this server never saw, or one it holds with zero bytes. Either way the draw
+                // reads no storage: it is declined, as the GL draws nothing defined from it.
+                static Bool s_described = false;
+                if (!s_described && !m_bufferManager.IsKnownWireBuffer(resource.Res)) {
+                    s_described = true;
+                    m_bufferManager.DescribeWireBufferHistory(resource.Res);
+                }
+                MGL_WIRE_DECLINE_AT(VertexAttributeWindow, "an enabled attribute's buffer has no storage");
+                return false;
+            }
             const VkDeviceSize offset = input.bindingBaseOffsets[binding];
             const auto type = static_cast<DataType>(attr.Type);
             const SizeT elementSize = VertexInputStateFactory::GetAttributeByteSize(type, attr.Size, attr.IsBgra);
@@ -387,8 +399,16 @@
             const void* bytes = nullptr;
             if (cpuIndices) bytes = reinterpret_cast<const void*>(indices->indexByteOffset);
             else {
-                if (!m_bufferManager.AcquireWireSlice(BufferKind::Index, state.IndexBuffer.Res, indexSlice))
-                    MagmaWireFatal("index-buffer-resource");
+                if (!m_bufferManager.AcquireWireSlice(BufferKind::Index, state.IndexBuffer.Res, indexSlice)) {
+                    // As for a vertex buffer: a bound element buffer with no data store yet.
+                    static Bool s_described = false;
+                    if (!s_described && !m_bufferManager.IsKnownWireBuffer(state.IndexBuffer.Res)) {
+                        s_described = true;
+                        m_bufferManager.DescribeWireBufferHistory(state.IndexBuffer.Res);
+                    }
+                    MGL_WIRE_DECLINE_AT(IndexWindow, "the element buffer has no storage");
+                    return false;
+                }
                 const Uint64 offset = state.IndexBuffer.Offset + indices->indexByteOffset;
                 if (offset < state.IndexBuffer.Offset || offset > indexSlice.size ||
                     indices->indexByteSize > indexSlice.size - offset) {
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Remote/Server/PipeApplier.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Remote/Server/PipeApplier.cpp
index 70b0b5ec..20bfe2dc 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Remote/Server/PipeApplier.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Remote/Server/PipeApplier.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <MG_Remote/FatalFunnel.h>
 
 #include "ServerSession.h"
+#include "ServerLoop.h"
 #include "../Transport/ReplySlot.h"
 #include "StagedTextureStore.h"
 
@@ -1504,6 +1505,10 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Remote::Server {
         // without a driver call when the context it resolves to is already the one bound here.
         if (MG_Config::Transport != MG_Config::TransportMode::Monolith) {
             (void)MG_Backend::DirectGLES::MakeNativeContextCurrentForBoundToken();
+            // The backend half for one that keeps a single native surface binding (Magma).
+            if (MG_Backend::BackendObject* backend = ServerLoopInstance().Backend()) {
+                backend->OnClientContextBound(bind.ClientContextToken);
+            }
         }
 #endif
         return true;