diff --git a/crates/ironrdp-server/src/server.rs b/crates/ironrdp-server/src/server.rs
index 551e5989a5..e5b50a9159 100644
--- a/crates/ironrdp-server/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/ironrdp-server/src/server.rs
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ impl RdpServer {
     /// on, a preemption winner is indistinguishable from a normally-accepted
     /// connection.
     async fn serve_negotiated(&mut self, candidate: Box<NegotiatedCandidate>) -> ServerResult<()> {
-        self.display_suppressed.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.reset_connection_state();
 
         let mut candidate = candidate;
         // Only NOW build the channel backends: this connection has
@@ -2155,20 +2155,37 @@ impl RdpServer {
         result
     }
 
+    /// Per-connection state must start fresh for every client, on both the
+    /// normal path and a preemption winner.
+    fn reset_connection_state(&mut self) {
+        // If the previous client disconnected while it had sent
+        // `SuppressOutput { None }` (e.g., closed the mstsc window while
+        // minimized so the matching resume PDU never arrived), the flag would
+        // still read `true` here and the display backend would silently drop
+        // frames for the entire new session until/unless the new client
+        // happens to send a `RefreshRectangle` or `SuppressOutput { Some(rect) }`.
+        // Resetting here also covers backends that share an externally-created
+        // Arc via `set_display_suppressed_handle()`.
+        self.display_suppressed.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+        // Network characteristics describe one client's path. Kept across
+        // connections, the previous client's round trips would hold down this
+        // one's baseRTT (the lowest RTT seen, MS-RDPBCGR 2.2.14.1.5), its
+        // figures would be reported until overwritten, and a measurement it
+        // left pending would hold up the next one.
+        if self.autodetect.is_some() {
+            self.autodetect = Some(AutoDetectManager::new());
+        }
+        self.autodetect_rtt.store(u32::MAX, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.autodetect_baseline_rtt.store(u32::MAX, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.autodetect_bandwidth.store(u32::MAX, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
     async fn run_connection_inner<S>(&mut self, stream: S, tls: TransportTls) -> ServerResult<()>
     where
         S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Send + Sync + Unpin,
     {
-        // Per-connection state must start fresh: if the previous client
-        // disconnected while it had sent `SuppressOutput { None }` (e.g.,
-        // closed the mstsc window while minimized so the matching resume
-        // PDU never arrived), the flag would still read `true` here and the
-        // display backend would silently drop frames for the entire new
-        // session until/unless the new client happens to send a
-        // `RefreshRectangle` or `SuppressOutput { Some(rect) }`. Resetting
-        // here also covers backends that share an externally-created Arc via
-        // `set_display_suppressed_handle()`.
-        self.display_suppressed.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.reset_connection_state();
 
         let size = self.display.lock().await.size().await;
         let monitor_count = self.display.lock().await.monitor_count().await;
diff --git a/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/server/autodetect.rs b/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/server/autodetect.rs
index 8b1e6a6391..f4ab3976ba 100644
--- a/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/server/autodetect.rs
+++ b/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/server/autodetect.rs
@@ -595,6 +595,41 @@ fn with_autodetect_bandwidth_generation_handle_round_trips_the_same_arc() {
     );
 }
 
+/// A new connection does not inherit the previous one's network figures: the
+/// handles read "not measured" again until this client has been measured.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn a_new_connection_starts_with_no_measurements() {
+    use core::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+    use core::sync::atomic::Ordering;
+
+    use ironrdp_server::RdpServer;
+
+    let mut server = RdpServer::builder()
+        .with_addr(SocketAddr::from((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0)))
+        .with_no_security()
+        .with_no_input()
+        .with_no_display()
+        .build();
+    server.enable_autodetect();
+
+    // What an earlier connection left behind.
+    let rtt = server.autodetect_rtt_handle();
+    let baseline_rtt = server.autodetect_baseline_rtt_handle();
+    let bandwidth = server.autodetect_bandwidth_handle();
+    rtt.store(12, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    baseline_rtt.store(3, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    bandwidth.store(80_000, Ordering::Relaxed);
+
+    // A client that vanishes straight away still starts a connection.
+    let (client, server_side) = tokio::io::duplex(64);
+    drop(client);
+    let _ = server.run_connection(server_side).await;
+
+    assert_eq!(rtt.load(Ordering::Relaxed), u32::MAX);
+    assert_eq!(baseline_rtt.load(Ordering::Relaxed), u32::MAX);
+    assert_eq!(bandwidth.load(Ordering::Relaxed), u32::MAX);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn stale_probe_expiry() {
     let mut mgr = AutoDetectManager::new();