diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index b175646..970dc1e 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from khl_site.khl_data_center import APP as khl_site_app, configure_storage, syn
 from hockey_data.khl_career import KhlCareerService
 
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
-BUILD_VERSION = "2026.09.29.4"
+BUILD_VERSION = "2026.09.29.5"
 # compatibility: BUILD_VERSION = "2026.09.24.2"
 # compatibility: BUILD_VERSION = "2026.09.23.8"
 # compatibility: BUILD_VERSION = "2026.09.23.7"
diff --git a/ui_builder/static/app.js b/ui_builder/static/app.js
index c43875d..aa2bc5f 100644
--- a/ui_builder/static/app.js
+++ b/ui_builder/static/app.js
@@ -5430,7 +5430,7 @@ function startCustomTooltips() {
     return `${String(step?.id || "")}:${side}:${String(target?.id || "")}`;
   }
 
-  async function rebalanceVmixPenaltyTargets({ force = false, hideUnused = true, preservePausedCountdown = false, editedEventKey = "", scoreboardActive = null, forceOverlay = false } = {}) {
+  async function rebalanceVmixPenaltyTargets({ force = false, hideUnused = true, preservePausedCountdown = false, editedEventKey = "", scoreboardActive = null, forceOverlay = false, forceHideEmpty = false } = {}) {
     if (!hockeyCanControl()) return 0;
     const scoreboardLive = scoreboardActive === null ? hockeyScoreboardIsLive() : Boolean(scoreboardActive);
     const countdownCommands = [];
@@ -5440,6 +5440,29 @@ function startCustomTooltips() {
     const runCommands = [];
     const inCommands = [];
     const assignedMirrorKeys = new Set();
+    // Explicit deletion of the final card must clear configured plates even
+    // after a reload, when this browser has no remembered target assignments.
+    const clearEmptyPlates = forceHideEmpty && currentHockeyPenaltyEntries().length === 0;
+    const clearUnusedTarget = (target, previous) => {
+      const input = String(previous?.input || target.input || "");
+      const selectedName = String(previous?.selectedName || target.selected_name || "");
+      const rawOverlay = String(previous?.overlay || target.overlay || "2");
+      const overlay = /^[1-8]$/.test(rawOverlay) ? rawOverlay : "2";
+      if (input && selectedName && (previous?.mode === "countdown" || clearEmptyPlates)) {
+        if (!stopCommands.some((command) => command.Input === input && command.SelectedName === selectedName)) {
+          stopCommands.push({ Function: "StopCountdown", Input: input, SelectedName: selectedName });
+        }
+      }
+      if (!hideUnused || !input || (!clearEmptyPlates && (!previous || target.auto_hide_on_finish === false))) return;
+      // Overlay OUT operates on a layer. Do not remove an unrelated title that
+      // has since replaced this penalty Input on that layer.
+      const current = state.vmixOverlayRuntime.get(overlay);
+      if (current && runtimeOverlayInputRefs(current).size && !runtimeOverlayMatchesInput(current, input)) return;
+      const functionName = `OverlayInput${overlay}Out`;
+      if (!outCommands.some((command) => command.Function === functionName)) {
+        outCommands.push({ Function: functionName, Input: input });
+      }
+    };
     for (const stepId of Array.from(state.activeHockeyVmixTimerSteps)) {
       const step = hockeyTimerSyncStepById(stepId);
       if (!step || step.enabled === false || !step.sync_vmix_penalties) {
@@ -5522,26 +5545,14 @@ function startCustomTooltips() {
               }
             }
           } else {
-            if (previous?.mode === "countdown" && previous.input) {
-              stopCommands.push({ Function: "StopCountdown", Input: previous.input, SelectedName: previous.selectedName || target.selected_name });
-            }
-            if (previous && hideUnused && target.auto_hide_on_finish !== false && target.input) {
-              const overlay = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8"].includes(String(target.overlay || "")) ? String(target.overlay) : "2";
-              outCommands.push({ Function: `OverlayInput${overlay}Out`, Input: target.input });
-            }
+            clearUnusedTarget(target, previous);
             state.vmixPenaltyTargetAssignments.delete(assignmentKey);
           }
         });
         inactiveTargets.forEach((target) => {
           const assignmentKey = penaltyTargetAssignmentKey(step, side, target);
           const previous = state.vmixPenaltyTargetAssignments.get(assignmentKey);
-          if (previous?.mode === "countdown" && previous.input) {
-            stopCommands.push({ Function: "StopCountdown", Input: previous.input, SelectedName: previous.selectedName || target.selected_name });
-          }
-          if (previous && hideUnused && target.auto_hide_on_finish !== false && target.input) {
-            const overlay = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8"].includes(String(target.overlay || "")) ? String(target.overlay) : "2";
-            outCommands.push({ Function: `OverlayInput${overlay}Out`, Input: target.input });
-          }
+          clearUnusedTarget(target, previous);
           state.vmixPenaltyTargetAssignments.delete(assignmentKey);
         });
       }
@@ -8124,11 +8135,12 @@ function openTimerQuickEditor(focusActionId = "") {
       });
       state.vmixPenaltyMirrors.delete(penaltyMirrorKey(component, event));
       hockeySyncPenaltySideMappingContext({ force: true }).catch(() => {});
-      if (!board.penalties.some((item) => !item.finished && hockeyEventReady(item))) {
+      if (!currentHockeyPenaltyEntries().length) {
         resetPenaltyAdvantageCycle();
         hockeyScheduleTimerSave(true);
       }
-      rebalanceVmixPenaltyTargets({ force: true, hideUnused: true }).catch((error) => console.error("Penalty target remove rebalance error", error));
+      activateConfiguredPenaltyCountdowns();
+      rebalanceVmixPenaltyTargets({ force: true, hideUnused: true, forceHideEmpty: true }).catch((error) => console.error("Penalty target remove rebalance error", error));
       return true;
     }