diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/library/LibraryScreenModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/library/LibraryScreenModel.kt
index 0aa43e980..a26e7761c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/library/LibraryScreenModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/library/LibraryScreenModel.kt
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ import tachiyomi.domain.library.model.LibraryManga
 import tachiyomi.domain.library.model.LibrarySort
 import tachiyomi.domain.library.model.sort
 import tachiyomi.domain.library.service.LibraryPreferences
+import tachiyomi.domain.reading.ReadingEtaDefaults
 import tachiyomi.domain.manga.interactor.GetIdsOfFavoriteMangaWithMetadata
 import tachiyomi.domain.manga.interactor.GetLibraryManga
 import tachiyomi.domain.manga.interactor.GetMergedMangaById
@@ -483,6 +484,7 @@ class LibraryScreenModel(
     ): Long? {
         val sampledDurations = chapterDurations
             .filter { it in MIN_TRACKED_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS..MAX_TRACKED_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS }
+            .map { it.coerceAtMost(ReadingEtaDefaults.MAX_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS_FOR_STATS) }
             .takeLast(ETA_SAMPLE_CHAPTER_LIMIT)
         if (sampledDurations.isEmpty()) return null
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderViewModel.kt
index a66f0d96b..23684c3e2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderViewModel.kt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ import tachiyomi.domain.history.interactor.GetNextChapters
 import tachiyomi.domain.history.interactor.UpsertHistory
 import tachiyomi.domain.history.model.HistoryUpdate
 import tachiyomi.domain.library.service.LibraryPreferences
+import tachiyomi.domain.reading.ReadingEtaDefaults
 import tachiyomi.domain.manga.interactor.GetFlatMetadataById
 import tachiyomi.domain.manga.interactor.GetManga
 import tachiyomi.domain.manga.interactor.GetMergedMangaById
@@ -1001,10 +1002,13 @@ class ReaderViewModel @JvmOverloads constructor(
                 currentPage = state.value.currentPage,
                 totalPages = state.value.totalPages,
             )
-            val projectedCurrentChapterDuration = calculateProjectedChapterDurationMs(
-                chapterDuration = chapterDurations[currentChapterId] ?: 0L,
-                chapterProgress = currentChapterProgress,
-            )
+            val projectedCurrentChapterDuration =
+                estimateFullChapterMsFromActiveSession()
+                    ?.coerceAtMost(ReadingEtaDefaults.MAX_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS_FOR_STATS)
+                    ?: calculateProjectedChapterDurationMs(
+                        chapterDuration = chapterDurations[currentChapterId] ?: 0L,
+                        chapterProgress = currentChapterProgress,
+                    )
             val averageChapterDuration = calculateAverageChapterDurationMs(
                 chapterDurations = chapterDurations,
                 currentChapterId = currentChapterId,
@@ -1131,7 +1135,10 @@ class ReaderViewModel @JvmOverloads constructor(
             }
             .takeLast(ETA_SAMPLE_CHAPTER_LIMIT)
         if (pageRates.isEmpty()) return null
-        val avgMsPerPage = pageRates.average().toLong().coerceAtLeast(1L)
+        var avgMsPerPage = pageRates.average().toLong().coerceAtLeast(1L)
+        if (pageRates.size < ReadingEtaDefaults.MIN_TRUSTED_PAGE_RATE_SAMPLES) {
+            avgMsPerPage = maxOf(avgMsPerPage, ReadingEtaDefaults.FALLBACK_MS_PER_PAGE)
+        }
 
         val sampledPages = orderedSeriesChapterIds
             .take(currentChapterIndex + 1)
@@ -1176,6 +1183,7 @@ class ReaderViewModel @JvmOverloads constructor(
                 normalizedDuration
             }
             .filter { it in MIN_TRACKED_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS..MAX_TRACKED_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS }
+            .map { it.coerceAtMost(ReadingEtaDefaults.MAX_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS_FOR_STATS) }
             .takeLast(ETA_SAMPLE_CHAPTER_LIMIT)
         if (sampledDurations.isEmpty()) return null
 
@@ -1208,7 +1216,30 @@ class ReaderViewModel @JvmOverloads constructor(
             ?.coerceIn(0.0, 1.0)
             ?: return null
         if (progress == 0.0) return null
-        return (chapterDuration.toDouble() / progress).toLong().coerceAtLeast(0L)
+        return (chapterDuration.toDouble() / progress).toLong()
+            .coerceAtLeast(0L)
+            .coerceAtMost(ReadingEtaDefaults.MAX_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS_FOR_STATS)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Estimates full-chapter duration from the current session's ms/page rate.
+     * Prefer over scaling cumulative DB read time by absolute chapter progress — history times are
+     * summed across revisits, which inflates `duration / progress` for rereads.
+     */
+    private fun estimateFullChapterMsFromActiveSession(): Long? {
+        val totalPages = state.value.totalPages
+        val startPageIndex = chapterReadStartPageIndex ?: return null
+        val startTime = chapterReadStartTime ?: return null
+        if (totalPages <= 1) return null
+
+        val sessionMs = (SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - startTime).sanitizeTrackedDuration()
+        if (sessionMs < MIN_TRACKED_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS) return null
+
+        val currentPageIndex = (state.value.currentPage - 1).coerceAtLeast(startPageIndex)
+        val pagesThisSession = (currentPageIndex - startPageIndex + 1).coerceAtLeast(1)
+        val msPerPage = sessionMs.toDouble() / pagesThisSession.toDouble()
+        val estimated = (msPerPage * totalPages.toDouble()).toLong()
+        return estimated.takeIf { it > 0L }
     }
 
     private fun calculateRemainingChapterTimeMs(
diff --git a/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/reading/ReadingEtaDefaults.kt b/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/reading/ReadingEtaDefaults.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e0bf7c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/domain/src/main/java/tachiyomi/domain/reading/ReadingEtaDefaults.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package tachiyomi.domain.reading
+
+/**
+ * Shared defaults for "time left" / reading-speed estimates in the library and reader.
+ * These cap idle-inflated history and avoid ultra-optimistic page rates from skimming
+ * the first few pages.
+ */
+object ReadingEtaDefaults {
+
+    /**
+     * When building per-chapter averages, treat each sample as at most this long.
+     * Stops a single tab-left-open session from blowing up series-wide ETAs.
+     */
+    const val MAX_CHAPTER_DURATION_MS_FOR_STATS: Long = 45 * 60 * 1000L
+
+    /**
+     * If we have few per-chapter page-rate samples, do not go below this ms/page
+     * (avoids "2 minutes for the whole series" after a quick flip through ch.1).
+     */
+    const val FALLBACK_MS_PER_PAGE: Long = 12_000L
+
+    const val MIN_TRUSTED_PAGE_RATE_SAMPLES: Int = 3
+}