diff --git a/lib/focus/key_event_utils.dart b/lib/focus/key_event_utils.dart
index b33b4985..ef1dc5bb 100644
--- a/lib/focus/key_event_utils.dart
+++ b/lib/focus/key_event_utils.dart
@@ -62,10 +62,18 @@ KeyEventResult handleBackKeyAction(KeyEvent event, VoidCallback onBack) {
     return KeyEventResult.handled;
   }
 
-  if (PlatformDetector.isAppleTV() && event.isPhysicalKeyboardEvent && event is KeyDownEvent) {
-    BackKeyCoordinator.markHandled();
-    BackKeyUpSuppressor.suppressBackUntilKeyUp();
-    onBack();
+  // AppleTV physical-keyboard back (Siri Remote Menu via engine-synthesized
+  // escape): run onBack on KeyDown only; consume KeyUp silently. The
+  // suppressor-based "arm-on-KeyDown, clear-on-KeyUp" pattern leaks here
+  // because onBack typically calls Navigator.pop, swapping the focus tree
+  // before the matching KeyUp is dispatched — the orphaned KeyUp then never
+  // reaches a consumeIfSuppressed call, pinning the suppressor armed and
+  // silently swallowing the next press's KeyDown.
+  if (PlatformDetector.isAppleTV() && event.isPhysicalKeyboardEvent) {
+    if (event is KeyDownEvent) {
+      BackKeyCoordinator.markHandled();
+      onBack();
+    }
     return KeyEventResult.handled;
   }
 
@@ -174,6 +182,12 @@ FocusOnKeyEventCallback dpadKeyHandler({
 class BackKeySuppressorObserver extends NavigatorObserver {
   @override
   void didPop(Route route, Route? previousRoute) {
+    // On AppleTV, handleBackKeyAction consumes the KeyUp silently regardless,
+    // so the suppressor isn't needed and arming it would pin state across the
+    // pop's focus-tree swap. (The atomic engine fix delivers KeyDown+KeyUp in
+    // a single recognizer Began callback, so didPop fires squarely inside the
+    // window where BackKeyPressTracker.isBackKeyDown is true.)
+    if (PlatformDetector.isAppleTV()) return;
     if (BackKeyPressTracker.isBackKeyDown) {
       BackKeyUpSuppressor.suppressBackUntilKeyUp();
     }
diff --git a/lib/screens/main_screen.dart b/lib/screens/main_screen.dart
index ac388982..57896f6e 100644
--- a/lib/screens/main_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/main_screen.dart
@@ -954,14 +954,19 @@ class _MainScreenState extends State<MainScreen>
       return KeyEventResult.handled;
     }
 
+    // AppleTV: KeyDown does the work, KeyUp is consumed silently. See the
+    // matching comment in handleBackKeyAction for why the suppressor pattern
+    // doesn't fit here.
     if (PlatformDetector.isAppleTV() && event is KeyDownEvent) {
       final result = _handleMainBack(allowTvSystemExit: true);
       if (result == KeyEventResult.handled) {
         BackKeyCoordinator.markHandled();
-        BackKeyUpSuppressor.suppressBackUntilKeyUp();
       }
       return result;
     }
+    if (PlatformDetector.isAppleTV() && event is KeyUpEvent) {
+      return KeyEventResult.handled;
+    }
 
     if (event is KeyUpEvent) {
       final result = _handleMainBack(allowTvSystemExit: PlatformDetector.isAppleTV());
diff --git a/tvos/engine.version b/tvos/engine.version
index f375b33d..9c49820d 100644
--- a/tvos/engine.version
+++ b/tvos/engine.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.41.6+7
+3.41.6+8