diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 22c3319..64f1f4e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ if(DINGOSDK_BUILD_PARK_EDITOR_TESTS AND WIN32)
     add_executable(dingosdk_profile_change_tests Extension/Profile/Test/profile_change_tests.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(dingosdk_profile_change_tests PRIVATE dingosdk_local_profile)
     add_test(NAME profile_changes COMMAND dingosdk_profile_change_tests)
+    add_executable(dingosdk_music_favorites_tests Extension/Music/Test/local_music_favorites_tests.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(dingosdk_music_favorites_tests PRIVATE dingosdk_local_profile)
+    add_test(NAME music_favorites COMMAND dingosdk_music_favorites_tests)
     add_executable(dingosdk_object_categories_tests Extension/Objects/Test/object_categories_tests.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(dingosdk_object_categories_tests PRIVATE dingosdk_local_profile)
     add_test(NAME object_categories COMMAND dingosdk_object_categories_tests)
diff --git a/Engine/Game/Build/20260929/local_music.h b/Engine/Game/Build/20260929/local_music.h
index b472fe4..33d54ac 100644
--- a/Engine/Game/Build/20260929/local_music.h
+++ b/Engine/Game/Build/20260929/local_music.h
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ inline constexpr std::uintptr_t context_insert = 0x6c6120;
 inline constexpr std::uintptr_t complete_delegate = 0x58b1f00;
 // Music UI initializer (hook target).
 inline constexpr Fingerprint music_ui_initialize_contract{0x868760, {0x48,0x89,0x6c,0x24,0x18,0x48,0x89,0x74,0x24,0x20,0x41,0x54,0x41,0x56,0x41,0x57,0x48,0x81,0xec,0x80,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x49,0x8b,0xe9,0x4d,0x8b,0xf0,0x4c,0x8b,0xfa}};
+// CONFIRMED: queued selection setter (0x1406F51A0) calls the change queue,
+// then the apply-only setter (0x1406F51E0). A nonzero fourth argument selects
+// song favorites; zero selects playlist likes. The apply-only song path updates
+// model field 2, the Favorites list and the playback playlist at manager +0x1F8.
+// The playlist path updates field 7 and the Liked list at manager +0x110;
+// disassembly at 0x1406F5206/0x1406F5238/0x1406F5310 confirms the split.
+inline constexpr Fingerprint favorite_change_contract{0x6f51a0, {0x40,0x53,0x55,0x56,0x57,0x48,0x83,0xec,0x28,0x49,0x8b,0xd9,0x49,0x8b,0xf8,0x0f,0xb6,0xf2,0x48,0x8b,0xe9,0xe8,0xa6,0x0a,0x00,0x00,0x48,0x85,0xdb,0x4c,0x8b,0xc7}};
+inline constexpr Fingerprint favorite_apply_contract{0x6f51e0, {0x48,0x89,0x5c,0x24,0x08,0x48,0x89,0x6c,0x24,0x20,0x4c,0x89,0x44,0x24,0x18,0x88,0x54,0x24,0x10,0x56,0x57,0x41,0x54,0x41,0x56,0x41,0x57,0x48,0x83,0xec,0x30,0x45}};
 // Queue selector shared by UI Next and natural end-of-track selection. The queue
 // supplies its own channel and registered playlist asset; do not hard-code IDs.
 inline constexpr Fingerprint playback_select_next_contract{0x14f8ed0, {0x48,0x89,0x54,0x24,0x10,0x55,0x53,0x56,0x57,0x41,0x54,0x41,0x55,0x41,0x56,0x41,0x57,0x48,0x8d,0x6c,0x24,0xc8,0x48,0x81,0xec,0x38,0x01,0x00,0x00,0x4c,0x8b,0xe1}};
diff --git a/Extension/Music/Test/local_music_favorites_tests.cpp b/Extension/Music/Test/local_music_favorites_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff8e293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Extension/Music/Test/local_music_favorites_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#include "Extension/Music/local_music_favorites.h"
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace {
+int failures{};
+void check(bool condition, const char* message) {
+    if (!condition) { std::cerr << "FAIL: " << message << '\n'; ++failures; }
+}
+}
+
+int run_tests() {
+    using namespace dingosdk;
+    namespace favorites = music_favorites;
+    const auto folder = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() /
+        ("reskate-music-favorites-tests-" + std::to_string(GetCurrentProcessId()));
+    const auto save = folder / "reskate.sqlite3";
+    const std::string built_in = "Artist - Track", mod = "Mod Artist - Mod Track";
+    const std::string playlist = "playlist:z-last", mod_playlist = "playlist:a-mod";
+    const auto likes_key = favorites::playlist_profile_key;
+    {
+        profile::Store store(save);
+        check(favorites::load(store).empty(), "old profiles start without favorites");
+        bool rejected{}, applied{};
+        try {
+            favorites::apply_and_save(store, built_in, true, [&] { applied = true; return -2; }, [] { return false; });
+        } catch (const std::runtime_error&) { rejected = true; }
+        check(rejected && applied && favorites::load(store).empty(), "failed native readback never saves a favorite");
+        const auto result = favorites::apply_and_save(store, built_in, true, [&] {
+            check(favorites::load(store).empty(), "the native change happens before the profile save");
+            return -1;
+        }, [] { return true; });
+        check(result == -1 && favorites::load(store) == favorites::Songs{built_in},
+              "native add success preserves its negative return value and saves the identity");
+        favorites::save_change(store, mod, true);
+        const auto changes = profile::Store::changes();
+        favorites::save_change(store, built_in, true);
+        check(profile::Store::changes() == changes, "repeated favorite action does not rewrite the profile");
+        favorites::save_change(store, built_in, false);
+        favorites::save_change(store, built_in, true); // Move it after the mod song, deliberately not alphabetical.
+        store.set_user_value("ReSkate.MusicShuffle", true);
+        store.set_user_value("Unrelated", 17);
+        const auto saved_songs = favorites::load(store);
+        check(favorites::load(store, likes_key).empty(), "old profiles have no saved playlist likes");
+        rejected = false;
+        try {
+            favorites::apply_and_save(store, playlist, true, [] { return -2; }, [] { return false; }, likes_key);
+        } catch (const std::runtime_error&) { rejected = true; }
+        check(rejected && favorites::load(store, likes_key).empty(), "failed playlist readback does not save a like");
+        check(favorites::apply_and_save(store, playlist, true, [] { return -1; }, [] { return true; }, likes_key) == -1,
+              "playlist like preserves native add success");
+        favorites::save_change(store, mod_playlist, true, likes_key);
+        const auto like_changes = profile::Store::changes();
+        favorites::save_change(store, playlist, true, likes_key);
+        check(profile::Store::changes() == like_changes && favorites::load(store) == saved_songs,
+              "repeated playlist likes do not rewrite the save or change song favorites");
+    }
+    {
+        profile::Store store(save);
+        const auto saved = favorites::load(store);
+        check(saved == favorites::Songs{mod, built_in}, "song identities and selection order survive a store restart");
+        const auto liked = favorites::load(store, likes_key);
+        check(liked == favorites::Songs{playlist, mod_playlist}, "playlist likes and their order survive a restart");
+        std::map<std::string, std::uint64_t> playlist_contexts{{playlist, 700}};
+        std::vector<std::uint64_t> liked_handles;
+        const auto restore_likes = [&] {
+            return favorites::restore(favorites::load(store, likes_key), [&](const std::string& id) {
+                const auto found = playlist_contexts.find(id);
+                return found == playlist_contexts.end() ? std::uint64_t{} : found->second;
+            }, [&](std::uint64_t handle) { liked_handles.push_back(handle); return true; });
+        };
+        const auto like_changes = profile::Store::changes();
+        check(restore_likes() == 1 && liked_handles == std::vector<std::uint64_t>{700},
+              "playlist restoration resolves the current generation and skips an absent mod");
+        check(favorites::load(store, likes_key) == liked && profile::Store::changes() == like_changes,
+              "restoring playlist likes retains absent mods without writing the profile");
+        playlist_contexts = {{playlist, 800}, {mod_playlist, 801}};
+        liked_handles.clear();
+        check(restore_likes() == 2 && liked_handles == std::vector<std::uint64_t>{800, 801},
+              "the next map restores new playlist handles in selection order");
+        favorites::save_change(store, playlist, false, likes_key);
+        check(favorites::load(store, likes_key) == favorites::Songs{mod_playlist} && favorites::load(store) == saved,
+              "unliking a playlist preserves other likes and song favorites");
+        // A new map supplies new model handles. An absent mod must not be purged.
+        std::map<std::string, std::uint64_t> current{{built_in, 100}};
+        std::vector<std::uint64_t> applied;
+        const auto changes = profile::Store::changes();
+        const auto restore = [&] {
+            return favorites::restore(favorites::load(store), [&](const std::string& id) {
+                const auto found = current.find(id);
+                return found == current.end() ? std::uint64_t{} : found->second;
+            }, [&](std::uint64_t handle) { applied.push_back(handle); return true; });
+        };
+        check(restore() == 1 && applied == std::vector<std::uint64_t>{100}, "restoration uses the current song handle only");
+        check(favorites::load(store) == saved && profile::Store::changes() == changes,
+              "restoration retains absent mod songs and performs no profile writes");
+        current = {{built_in, 201}, {mod, 202}};
+        applied.clear();
+        check(restore() == 2 && applied == std::vector<std::uint64_t>{202, 201},
+              "the next catalog generation restores fresh handles and a returning mod");
+        check(favorites::restore(saved, [](const std::string&) { return 999ULL; },
+              [](std::uint64_t) { return false; }) == 0, "failed native application is not counted as restored");
+        favorites::save_change(store, built_in, false);
+        check(favorites::load(store) == favorites::Songs{mod}, "unfavorite removes only the selected song");
+        check(store.user_value("ReSkate.MusicShuffle") == Json(true) && store.user_value("Unrelated") == Json(17),
+              "favorite changes preserve shuffle and unrelated settings");
+    }
+    {
+        profile::Store store(save);
+        check(favorites::load(store) == favorites::Songs{mod}, "unfavorite survives another restart");
+        check(favorites::load(store, likes_key) == favorites::Songs{mod_playlist}, "playlist unlike survives another restart");
+        favorites::save_change(store, mod, false);
+        favorites::save_change(store, mod_playlist, false, likes_key);
+    }
+    {
+        profile::Store store(save);
+        check(favorites::load(store).empty() && store.user_value(favorites::profile_key) == Json::array(),
+              "removing the last favorite persists an explicit empty selection");
+        check(favorites::load(store, likes_key).empty() && store.user_value(likes_key) == Json::array(),
+              "unliking the last playlist persists an explicit empty selection");
+        const Json damaged = Json::array({"Artist - Track", 5});
+        bool rejected{};
+        try { store.set_user_value(favorites::profile_key, damaged); } catch (const std::runtime_error&) { rejected = true; }
+        check(rejected && favorites::load(store).empty(), "malformed favorite data rolls back without overwriting the save");
+        rejected = false;
+        try { store.set_user_value(likes_key, damaged); } catch (const std::runtime_error&) { rejected = true; }
+        check(rejected && favorites::load(store, likes_key).empty(), "malformed playlist data rolls back without overwriting the save");
+        rejected = false;
+        try { store.set_user_value("Unrelated", Json::array({1, 2})); } catch (const std::runtime_error&) { rejected = true; }
+        check(rejected && store.user_value("Unrelated") == Json(17), "array support is limited to the favorites key");
+        for (const auto& invalid : {std::string{}, std::string(256, 'x'), std::string("bad\nidentity")}) {
+            rejected = false;
+            try { favorites::save_change(store, invalid, true); } catch (const std::runtime_error&) { rejected = true; }
+            check(rejected && favorites::load(store).empty(), "invalid identities never change the save");
+        }
+    }
+    std::error_code error;
+    std::filesystem::remove_all(folder, error);
+    if (failures) return 1;
+    std::cout << "music favorites: ok\n";
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int main() {
+    try { return run_tests(); }
+    catch (const std::exception& error) { std::cerr << "FAIL: " << error.what() << '\n'; return 1; }
+}
diff --git a/Extension/Music/local_music_favorites.h b/Extension/Music/local_music_favorites.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6f2949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Extension/Music/local_music_favorites.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Extension/Profile/local_profile.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <vector>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace dingosdk::music_favorites {
+inline constexpr std::string_view profile_key = "ReSkate.MusicFavoriteSongs";
+inline constexpr std::string_view playlist_profile_key = "ReSkate.MusicLikedPlaylists";
+using Songs = std::vector<std::string>;
+
+inline bool valid_id(std::string_view id) {
+    return !id.empty() && id.size() <= 255 &&
+        std::none_of(id.begin(), id.end(), [](unsigned char c) { return c < 32 || c == 127; });
+}
+
+inline Songs load(const profile::Store& store, std::string_view key = profile_key) {
+    Songs songs;
+    const auto saved = store.user_value(key);
+    if (!saved) return songs;
+    if (!saved->is_array()) throw std::runtime_error("Invalid saved music favorites");
+    for (const auto& value : *saved) {
+        if (!value.is_string())
+            throw std::runtime_error("Invalid saved favorite song identity");
+        const auto id = value.get<std::string>();
+        if (!valid_id(id)) throw std::runtime_error("Invalid saved favorite song identity");
+        if (std::find(songs.begin(), songs.end(), id) == songs.end()) songs.push_back(id);
+    }
+    return songs;
+}
+
+// Change one identity, retaining favorites whose mod is temporarily unavailable.
+// A malformed saved value is never silently replaced by an empty selection.
+inline void save_change(profile::Store& store, const std::string& id, bool favorite, std::string_view key = profile_key) {
+    if (!valid_id(id)) throw std::runtime_error("Invalid favorite song identity");
+    auto songs = load(store, key);
+    const auto found = std::find(songs.begin(), songs.end(), id);
+    const bool changed = favorite ? found == songs.end() : found != songs.end();
+    if (changed) {
+        if (favorite) songs.push_back(id);
+        else songs.erase(found);
+    }
+    if (changed) store.set_user_value(key, Json(songs));
+}
+
+template<class Apply, class Verify>
+auto apply_and_save(profile::Store& store, const std::string& id, bool favorite, Apply apply, Verify verify,
+    std::string_view key = profile_key) {
+    const auto result = apply();
+    if (!verify()) throw std::runtime_error("Native favorite selection readback failed");
+    save_change(store, id, favorite, key);
+    return result;
+}
+
+// Resolve fresh model handles for each catalog generation. Restoration uses only
+// the native apply operation; it neither saves nor queues service changes.
+template<class Resolve, class Apply>
+std::size_t restore(const Songs& songs, Resolve resolve, Apply apply) {
+    std::size_t restored{};
+    for (const auto& id : songs)
+        if (const auto handle = resolve(id); handle && apply(handle)) ++restored;
+    return restored;
+}
+}
diff --git a/Extension/Music/local_music_ui.cpp b/Extension/Music/local_music_ui.cpp
index d39900d..3816a87 100644
--- a/Extension/Music/local_music_ui.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Music/local_music_ui.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "local_music_assets.h"
 #include "local_music_safety.h"
 #include "local_music_ui.h"
+#include "local_music_favorites.h"
 #include "Engine/Game/Abi/native_data.h"
 #include "Engine/Game/Build/addresses.h"
 #include "Engine/Game/Build/20260929/engine.h"
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ std::string music_artwork_url(std::string_view value) {
 
 // MusicGraphAsset metadata/TagRefs. No generated catalog, guessed memberships,
 
-// artwork, audio-residency gate, or preference persistence. Bounds: 1024 songs,
+// artwork or audio-residency gate. Favorite identities are saved separately in
+// the local profile and applied after song publication. Bounds: 1024 songs,
 
 // 256 authored groups, 8192 membership edges. Include after assets/news/model helpers.
 
@@ -61,8 +63,17 @@ bool initialize_music_functions(std::uintptr_t base) {
     f.songs = reinterpret_cast<decltype(f.songs)>(base + music::publish_songs);
     f.insert = reinterpret_cast<decltype(f.insert)>(base + music::context_insert);
     f.complete = reinterpret_cast<decltype(f.complete)>(base + music::complete_delegate);
+    f.favorite_apply = nullptr;
+    bool favorites_ready = true;
+    for (const auto& fp : {music::favorite_change_contract, music::favorite_apply_contract}) {
+        std::array<unsigned char, 32> actual{};
+        if (!read(base + fp.rva, actual) || actual != fp.bytes) favorites_ready = false;
+    }
+    if (favorites_ready)
+        f.favorite_apply = reinterpret_cast<decltype(f.favorite_apply)>(base + music::favorite_apply_contract.rva);
+    else logging::event(logging::Channel::music, "{\"event\":\"music_favorites_contract_mismatch\"}");
     f.allocator = {base + addr::engine::allocator_adapter_vtable, 0, 8};
-    return true; // Root installs only the initialize hook after these contracts pass.
+    return true; // Root installs the validated UI and selection hooks.
 }
 
 bool music_ui_identity(const MusicUiPending& pending) {
@@ -167,7 +178,7 @@ CosmeticShared music_ui_message(const std::string& wire, bool playlist) {
     const auto value = result.value; result.value = {}; return value;
 }
 
-bool music_ui_has_context(std::uintptr_t map, const std::string& id) {
+std::uint64_t music_ui_context(std::uintptr_t map, const std::string& id) {
     std::uintptr_t buckets{}, node{}, sentinel{}; std::uint32_t count{}, capacity{};
     if (!read(map, buckets) || !buckets || !read(map + 8, capacity) || !capacity || capacity > 4096 ||
         !read(map + 12, count) || count > 2048 || !read(buckets + capacity * 8ULL, sentinel) ||
@@ -176,12 +187,78 @@ bool music_ui_has_context(std::uintptr_t map, const std::string& id) {
     while (node && node != sentinel) {
         std::array<std::uintptr_t, 3> row{}; std::string name;
         if (seen.size() >= count || !seen.insert(node).second || !read(node, row) || !cosmetic_text(row[0], name)) return false;
-        if (name == id) return row[1] != 0;
+        if (name == id) return row[1];
         node = row[2];
     }
     return false;
 }
 
+bool music_ui_has_context(std::uintptr_t map, const std::string& id) {
+    return music_ui_context(map, id) != 0;
+}
+
+namespace {
+bool music_selection(std::uintptr_t model, std::uint64_t context, bool is_song, std::string& id, bool& favorite) {
+    auto& m = game::native_data().models;
+    const auto identity = m.field(model, context, 0, 0xffffffffU, false);
+    const auto selected = m.field(model, context, is_song ? 2 : 7, 0xffffffffU, false);
+    if (!identity || !selected) return false;
+    game::ModelWriteLock lock(model);
+    const auto text = m.value(model, identity, 0, 0);
+    const auto flag = m.value(model, selected, 0, 0);
+    std::uint8_t value{};
+    if (!text || !flag || !identifier(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(text), id) ||
+        !read(flag, value) || value > 1) return false;
+    favorite = value != 0;
+    return true;
+}
+}
+
+std::int32_t music_favorite_change_hook(std::uintptr_t manager, std::uint8_t favorite,
+    std::uint64_t context, std::uint64_t song_parent) {
+    auto& s = local_runtime(); auto& ui = music_ui_runtime();
+    const bool is_song = song_parent != 0;
+    const auto key = is_song ? music_favorites::profile_key : music_favorites::playlist_profile_key;
+    const auto failure_event = is_song ? "music_favorite_save_failed" : "music_playlist_like_save_failed";
+    bool handled{};
+    std::int32_t result = -2; // Initial native unavailable status; actual results are preserved.
+    try {
+        PreserveError preserve; std::lock_guard lock(s.native_mutex);
+        const auto* current = ui.initialized.get();
+        if (context && favorite <= 1 && s.active.load(std::memory_order_acquire) &&
+            s.store && ui.functions.favorite_apply && current && current->manager == manager &&
+            music_ui_current(*current)) {
+            CosmeticSharedGuard lease{music_ui_lease(*current)};
+            std::string id; bool selected{};
+            if (lease.value.control && music_selection(current->model, context, is_song, id, selected) &&
+                music_ui_context(manager + (is_song ? 0xd0 : 0xa8), id) == context) {
+                const auto model = current->model, generation = current->generation;
+                // Local selections must not remain queued for an unavailable service.
+                handled = true;
+                if (ui.restoring) return ui.functions.favorite_apply(manager, favorite, context, is_song);
+                music_favorites::apply_and_save(*s.store, id, favorite != 0, [&] {
+                    result = ui.functions.favorite_apply(manager, favorite, context, is_song);
+                    return result;
+                }, [&] {
+                    std::string after;
+                    return ui.initialized && ui.generation == generation && music_ui_current(*ui.initialized) &&
+                        music_selection(model, context, is_song, after, selected) && after == id && selected == (favorite != 0);
+                }, key);
+                logging::event(logging::Channel::music, Json{{"event", is_song ? "music_favorite_saved" : "music_playlist_like_saved"},
+                    {is_song ? "song" : "playlist", id}, {"favorite", selected}}.dump().c_str());
+            } else logging::event(logging::Channel::music, Json{{"event", failure_event},
+                {"reason", "selection_context_unavailable"}}.dump().c_str());
+        }
+    } catch (const std::exception& error) {
+        logging::event(logging::Channel::music, Json{{"event", failure_event},
+            {"reason", error.what()}}.dump().c_str());
+    } catch (...) {
+        logging::event(logging::Channel::music, Json{{"event", failure_event}}.dump().c_str());
+    }
+    // Generations not owned by the local provider retain their native behavior.
+    return handled ? result : ui.functions.favorite_change(manager, favorite, context, song_parent);
+}
+
 void music_ui_initialize_hook(std::uint64_t all, std::uint64_t hidden, std::uint64_t featured,
     std::uint64_t liked, std::uint64_t discovered, std::uint64_t favorites, std::uint64_t songs,
     const std::uint32_t* handle, const void* callback) {
@@ -191,6 +268,7 @@ void music_ui_initialize_hook(std::uint64_t all, std::uint64_t hidden, std::uint
         // Even a forwarded initialization supersedes old local contexts.
         const auto generation = ++ui.generation;
         ui.pending.reset();
+        ui.initialized.reset();
         if (s.active.load(std::memory_order_acquire))
         try {
             const auto thread = GetCurrentThreadId();
@@ -295,6 +373,42 @@ void update_music_catalog() {
         for (const auto& song : catalog.songs)
             if (!music_ui_has_context(manager + 0xd0, song.id)) throw std::runtime_error("Native song identity missing");
         if (!music_ui_current(*pending)) return;
+        auto initialized = std::make_unique<MusicUiPending>();
+        initialized->manager = manager; initialized->model = native_model;
+        initialized->owner = pending->owner; initialized->generation = pending->generation;
+        initialized->thread = pending->thread;
+        InterlockedIncrement(reinterpret_cast<volatile LONG*>(initialized->owner + 12));
+        ui.initialized = std::move(initialized);
+        if (ui.functions.favorite_apply && s.store) {
+            for (const bool is_song : {true, false}) {
+                const auto failure_event = is_song ? "music_favorites_restore_failed" : "music_playlist_likes_restore_failed";
+                try {
+                    const bool was_restoring = ui.restoring;
+                    ui.restoring = true;
+                    struct RestoreScope { bool& flag; bool before; ~RestoreScope() { flag = before; } }
+                        restore_scope{ui.restoring, was_restoring};
+                    const auto saved = music_favorites::load(*s.store,
+                        is_song ? music_favorites::profile_key : music_favorites::playlist_profile_key);
+                    const auto restored = music_favorites::restore(saved, [&](const std::string& id) -> std::uint64_t {
+                        if (!music_ui_current(*pending)) return 0;
+                        return music_ui_context(manager + (is_song ? 0xd0 : 0xa8), id);
+                    }, [&](std::uint64_t context) {
+                        if (!music_ui_current(*pending)) return false;
+                        ui.functions.favorite_apply(manager, 1, context, is_song);
+                        std::string id; bool selected{};
+                        return music_ui_current(*pending) && music_selection(native_model, context, is_song, id, selected) && selected;
+                    });
+                    logging::event(logging::Channel::music, Json{{"event", is_song ? "music_favorites_restored" : "music_playlist_likes_restored"},
+                        {"saved", saved.size()}, {"restored", restored}}.dump().c_str());
+                } catch (const std::exception& error) {
+                    logging::event(logging::Channel::music, Json{{"event", failure_event},
+                        {"reason", error.what()}}.dump().c_str());
+                } catch (...) {
+                    logging::event(logging::Channel::music, Json{{"event", failure_event}}.dump().c_str());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!music_ui_current(*pending)) return;
         ui.functions.complete(&pending->delegate);
         dingosdk::logging::event(dingosdk::logging::Channel::music, dingosdk::Json{{"event", "native_music_ui_complete"}, {"playlists", playlist_count}, {"songs", song_count}, {"source", "runtime_music_assets"}}.dump().c_str());
     } catch (...) { retry = false; dingosdk::logging::event(dingosdk::logging::Channel::music, "{\"event\":\"native_music_ui_publish_failed\"}"); }
diff --git a/Extension/Music/local_music_ui.h b/Extension/Music/local_music_ui.h
index 5b0e599..f4f6d04 100644
--- a/Extension/Music/local_music_ui.h
+++ b/Extension/Music/local_music_ui.h
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ using addr::local_music::music_ui_initialize_contract;
 
 using MusicUiInitialize = void (*)(std::uint64_t, std::uint64_t, std::uint64_t,
     std::uint64_t, std::uint64_t, std::uint64_t, std::uint64_t, const std::uint32_t*, const void*);
+using MusicFavoriteChange = std::int32_t (*)(std::uintptr_t, std::uint8_t, std::uint64_t, std::uint64_t);
 
 struct MusicUiFunctions {
     MusicUiInitialize initialize{};
+    MusicFavoriteChange favorite_change{};
+    std::int32_t (*favorite_apply)(std::uintptr_t, std::uint8_t, std::uint64_t, std::uint8_t){};
     void* (*construct_playlist)(void*, const std::uintptr_t*){};
     void* (*construct_song)(void*, const std::uintptr_t*){};
     void (*playlists)(std::uintptr_t, CosmeticShared*){};
@@ -42,8 +45,10 @@ struct MusicUiPending {
 struct MusicUiRuntime {
     MusicUiFunctions functions;
     std::unique_ptr<MusicUiPending> pending;
+    // Retains the weak owner and identity of the locally hydrated generation.
+    std::unique_ptr<MusicUiPending> initialized;
     std::uint64_t generation{};
-    bool updating{};
+    bool updating{}, restoring{};
 };
 
 MusicUiRuntime& music_ui_runtime();
@@ -76,6 +81,8 @@ struct MusicUiMessages {
 };
 
 bool music_ui_has_context(std::uintptr_t map, const std::string& id);
+std::int32_t music_favorite_change_hook(std::uintptr_t manager, std::uint8_t favorite,
+    std::uint64_t context, std::uint64_t song_parent);
 
 void music_ui_initialize_hook(std::uint64_t all, std::uint64_t hidden, std::uint64_t featured,
     std::uint64_t liked, std::uint64_t discovered, std::uint64_t favorites, std::uint64_t songs,
diff --git a/Extension/Profile/local_profile.cpp b/Extension/Profile/local_profile.cpp
index 796842d..2404135 100644
--- a/Extension/Profile/local_profile.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Profile/local_profile.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ void detail::validate_settings(const Snapshot& s) {
         require(values.is_object() && values.size() <= 2048, "Invalid gameplay settings");
         for (const auto& [key, value] : values.items()) {
             require(valid_text(key), "Invalid gameplay setting key");
+            // Music selections are ordered identity lists, not native scalar
+            // option. The existing settings codec can store its JSON array.
+            if (key == "ReSkate.MusicFavoriteSongs" || key == "ReSkate.MusicLikedPlaylists") {
+                require(value.is_array(), "Invalid saved music favorites");
+                for (const auto& song : value)
+                    require(song.is_string() && valid_text(song.string()), "Invalid saved favorite song identity");
+                continue;
+            }
             require((value.is_number_integer() && (!value.is_number_unsigned() ||
                 value.get<std::uint64_t>() <= INT64_MAX)) ||
                 (value.is_number_float() && std::isfinite(value.get<double>())) ||
diff --git a/Extension/Profile/local_profile_runtime.cpp b/Extension/Profile/local_profile_runtime.cpp
index 903e024..c80db1f 100644
--- a/Extension/Profile/local_profile_runtime.cpp
+++ b/Extension/Profile/local_profile_runtime.cpp
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ bool initialize_local_profile(std::uintptr_t base, bool authored_offline,
         hook(object_subscribe_contract, &object_categories_hook, object_runtime().functions.subscribe);
         if (music_ready) {
             hook(music_ui_initialize_contract, &music_ui_initialize_hook, music_ui_runtime().functions.initialize);
+            if (music_ui_runtime().functions.favorite_apply)
+                hook(addr::local_music::favorite_change_contract, &music_favorite_change_hook,
+                    music_ui_runtime().functions.favorite_change);
             std::array<unsigned char, 32> construct_bytes{};
             if (read(base + music_model_construct_contract.rva, construct_bytes) &&
                 construct_bytes == music_model_construct_contract.bytes)
diff --git a/contrib/music-favorites-persistence.md b/contrib/music-favorites-persistence.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..906dda7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/music-favorites-persistence.md
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+# Music selection persistence investigation
+
+Investigated and implemented on `investigate/music-favorites-persistence`, starting at
+`3d5650e`, on 2026-10-10. Reported symptom: favorited tracks disappear after
+map loads and game restarts. This is a static source/binary investigation;
+the original symptom was not reproduced in a fresh game session here. After the
+song implementation, the user confirmed songs persist across map loads and
+restarts, but liked playlists do not. The findings below
+describe the starting tree; the implementation section describes the change.
+
+## Finding
+
+**CONFIRMED (source):** the local music path publishes catalog and Favorites
+model contexts, but does not persist favorite selections or restore them from
+the local profile. `music_ui_initialize_hook` queues local hydration and returns
+without calling the original initializer when the local path accepts the
+request (`Extension/Music/local_music_ui.cpp:185-221`).
+`update_music_catalog` publishes playlist/song DTOs and completes initialization
+(`:223-301`); it never reads saved favorite song identities. The `favorites`
+member of `MusicUiPending` is a native playlist handle, not a saved song list.
+The generated song wire contains identity and presentation metadata, not saved
+favorite state (`music_ui_wire`, `:117-142`). Searches of `Extension/Music`,
+`Extension/Profile`, and `Extension/Settings` found no local favorite-selection
+save/restore implementation.
+
+The existing local profile persists preferences through
+`Store::set_user_value`/`user_value`
+(`Extension/Profile/local_profile.cpp:345-361`). MusicShuffle uses this local
+store, but favorites do not use it.
+
+## Native boundary
+
+Addresses below are virtual addresses in the available
+`F:\Games\ReSkate-1.0.0\Skate.exe.i64` database. The initializer's first 32 bytes
+at `0x140868760` match the current tree's supported-build fingerprint. Relevant
+setter and save-path control flow was checked in disassembly as well as
+decompilation. No database annotations or binary patches were applied.
+
+- **CONFIRMED:** `0x140868F80` takes a Boolean and two nonzero context handles,
+  and forwards to the music manager at `0x1471F5ED0` (IDA's symbol names the
+  overlapping storage `qword_1471F5EC0`). It moves the second argument into
+  `r9` and retains the third in `r8`.
+- **CONFIRMED:** `0x1406F51A0` first calls `0x1406F5C60`, which queues a
+  24-byte change in the manager's vector at `+0x200/+0x208/+0x210`, then calls
+  `0x1406F51E0` to update the live model.
+- **CONFIRMED:** with the additional context present, `0x1406F51E0` changes
+  field 2 of the selected model and the list addressed through manager
+  `+0x130`; it also adds/removes the song through the native playback manager
+  (`0x140433AF0`/`0x14043E860`) using the Favorites handle at `+0x1F8`.
+  The local initializer sets `+0x130` to the Favorites song-list field and
+  `+0x1F8` to its native playlist handle.
+- **CONFIRMED:** playlist-like wrapper `0x140868F50` calls the same queued
+  setter with `r9 = 0`. The apply-only setter uses field 7 and the Liked list
+  at manager `+0x110` for playlists, versus field 2 and `+0x130` for songs
+  (`0x1406F5206`, `0x1406F5238`). Playlist changes skip song playback
+  membership updates (`0x1406F5310`).
+- **CONFIRMED:** the separate flush routine `0x1406F53D0`, reached through
+  `0x140868F30`, requires a nonempty queue, the object returned by
+  `0x1407466B0`, a playback manager, and two service-object lookups before
+  processing queued changes. It ultimately calls `0x140275900` at
+  `0x1406F5B87` and clears the queued vector. This is distinct from the
+  immediate model update.
+- **LIKELY:** this flush is the original service-backed persistence route.
+  Its object lookup and request/callback flow support this interpretation;
+  its complete transport and durable server-side behavior were not traced.
+  There is no ReSkate local profile write in the corresponding source path.
+- **CONFIRMED:** original initialization `0x140868760` performs the same
+  service-object lookup and calls `0x1406E0530`. That function installs
+  playlist/song service callback machinery via `0x140274EF0` and two calls
+  to `0x1402B7740`. Accepted local initialization bypasses this machinery.
+- **CONFIRMED:** the manager constructor `0x1406CA9A0` starts with empty
+  selection containers and an empty pending-change vector. Construction is
+  reached through `0x1406D5E60` from `0x14094E328`; destruction through
+  `0x1406D75C0` from `0x14095A186` frees the manager and clears its global.
+- **LIKELY:** manager/model recreation at a map load loses the session-only
+  selection, explaining the reported map-load symptom. The lifecycle call
+  sites are statically confirmed, but their execution during the user's
+  specific transition has not been logged.
+
+## Cause and bounded next change
+
+The credible mechanism is a missing local persistence bridge: the native
+favorite action changes session state, while ReSkate's replacement catalog
+initialization does not recover saved selections. Restart necessarily discards
+that session state; manager/model recreation can do the same during travel.
+This investigation does not establish which original service prerequisite
+fails during a live save attempt.
+
+A focused fix should capture successful favorite/unfavorite actions, save
+stable song identities in the existing local profile, then restore available
+selections after song publication on each new UI generation. Song/context
+handles and pointers must not be stored. Restoration should not produce new
+save requests, should retain identities for temporarily absent mod songs, and
+should leave shuffle behavior alone. Verify the exact
+native mutation boundary and all Favorites/model/playback bookkeeping before
+choosing a restore call; publishing a checked icon alone is insufficient.
+
+Required proof for the fix: persistence after closing/reopening the store,
+unfavorite persistence, stable identity across recreated handles, unavailable
+mod-song retention, and live favorite/unfavorite behavior after a map change
+and full game relaunch.
+
+## Implementation
+
+The local provider intercepts the queued selection setter at `0x1406F51A0`
+only for a song or playlist context belonging to its currently hydrated manager/model.
+The first implementation handled only songs; playlist likes still used the
+original service route, explaining the user's follow-up report.
+The extended implementation calls the apply-only setter at `0x1406F51E0`,
+checks the identity and selected flag afterwards, and saves stable identities
+under `ReSkate.MusicFavoriteSongs` or `ReSkate.MusicLikedPlaylists`.
+The settings codec already stores JSON
+arrays, but its gameplay validator allowed only scalar values. The change permits
+an ordered array of valid identities for these two keys, leaving validation
+of other gameplay settings intact. Its native return value is preserved:
+native add success is `-1`, while unchanged returns the manager's cached status
+(initially `-2`); a conventional nonnegative-success check would be incorrect.
+Generations outside the local provider continue through the original setter.
+Both native entry points are fingerprint-checked before enabling the bridge.
+
+After publishing the catalog, each initialization resolves saved identities
+through the new song/playlist context maps and calls the apply-only setter
+with the corresponding song flag.
+Disassembly confirms that operation updates the song's field 2, Favorites list,
+and native playback membership, without calling the service change queue.
+For playlists it updates field 7 and Liked shelf membership. Restoration also
+suppresses persistence for reentrant selection callbacks.
+Selection order is retained. Missing mod songs and playlists remain saved for a later initialization. Invalid saved
+data is reported rather than overwritten. The generation identity retains a
+weak owner; native calls take a strong lease so the saved identity does not
+keep an unloaded manager alive.
+
+Logs: `music_favorite_saved`, `music_favorite_save_failed`,
+`music_favorites_restored` (saved/restored counts),
+`music_favorites_restore_failed`, and `music_favorites_contract_mismatch`.
+Playlist events: `music_playlist_like_saved`, `music_playlist_like_save_failed`,
+`music_playlist_likes_restored`, and `music_playlist_likes_restore_failed`.
+
+The `music_favorites` regression uses a scratch SQLite profile and tests
+favorite/unfavorite across reopen, failed native readback, unchanged writes,
+new model handles, missing/returning mod songs and playlists, independent song
+and playlist selections, ordered playlist restoration, and preservation of
+unrelated settings. Its native apply callbacks are test doubles; it does not demonstrate
+in-game model or audio behavior.
+
+## Validation
+
+Release `dingosdk_runtime` build passed, producing
+`build/vs2022-x64/Release/ReSkate.dll`. CTest passed 4/4:
+`music_favorites`, `profile_changes`, `music_playback_policy`, and
+`music_shelf_lifetime`. `git diff --check` passed.
+
+The user confirmed the preceding song implementation persists across map loads
+and game restarts. The playlist extension has build/regression coverage but
+has not been exercised live. The remaining live check is to like built-in and
+mod playlists, travel to another map, restart the game, then unlike and repeat.
+Check both playlist flags and Liked shelf membership/order. Use the save/restore
+events above to distinguish persistence failures from native apply failures.