diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/apps.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/apps.rs
index 9741c7f..b477ec2 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/apps.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/apps.rs
@@ -170,18 +170,26 @@ pub fn appasset_bytes(appid: u32) -> Option<(Vec<u8>, String)> {
 /// Render the GameStream `/applist` XML. `IsHdrSupported` reflects whether the host can actually deliver
 /// HDR (HEVC Main10 / PQ) for a title — host-wide today ([`crate::gamestream::host_hdr_capable`]); when
 /// true, Moonlight offers its per-app HDR toggle.
+///
+/// The document is emitted **COMPACT — no whitespace between elements** — deliberately, to match
+/// Sunshine/GFE. Moonlight-Android's `getAppListByReader` calls `appList.getLast()` on *every* XML
+/// text node before it checks the current tag, and only fills `appList` on an `<App>` start tag. A
+/// pretty-print newline between `<root>` and the first `<App>` is a whitespace text node while
+/// `appList` is still empty → `NoSuchElementException` → the Android app hard-crashes on host click.
+/// (iOS/macOS parse via moonlight-common-c/expat and are unaffected; `serverinfo`/pairing use the
+/// named-tag `getXmlString` scan, so their whitespace is harmless.) Keep this whitespace-free.
 pub fn applist_xml() -> String {
     let hdr = u8::from(crate::gamestream::host_hdr_capable());
     let mut xml =
-        String::from("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<root status_code=\"200\">\n");
+        String::from("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><root status_code=\"200\">");
     for app in catalog() {
         xml.push_str(&format!(
-            "<App>\n<IsHdrSupported>{hdr}</IsHdrSupported>\n<AppTitle>{}</AppTitle>\n<ID>{}</ID>\n</App>\n",
+            "<App><IsHdrSupported>{hdr}</IsHdrSupported><AppTitle>{}</AppTitle><ID>{}</ID></App>",
             xml_escape(&app.title),
             app.id
         ));
     }
-    xml.push_str("</root>\n");
+    xml.push_str("</root>");
     xml
 }
 
@@ -249,4 +257,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(xml.starts_with("<?xml"));
         assert_eq!(xml.matches("<App>").count(), xml.matches("</App>").count());
     }
+
+    /// Regression: the applist MUST be whitespace-free between elements. Moonlight-Android's
+    /// `getAppListByReader` calls `appList.getLast()` on every text node before an `<App>` has been
+    /// pushed, so a pretty-print newline between `<root>` and the first `<App>` crashes the app
+    /// (`NoSuchElementException`). Reproduced on 2 Android phones; iOS/macOS (moonlight-common-c)
+    /// were unaffected. Keep `applist_xml` compact like Sunshine/GFE.
+    #[test]
+    fn applist_xml_has_no_interelement_whitespace() {
+        let xml = applist_xml();
+        // <root> is immediately followed by the first <App> — no whitespace text node while the
+        // parser's app list is still empty.
+        assert!(
+            xml.contains("status_code=\"200\"><App>"),
+            "no whitespace between <root> and the first <App>: {xml}"
+        );
+        // No pretty-print newlines anywhere in the element stream, and no whitespace-only text
+        // nodes between any adjacent tags.
+        assert!(!xml.contains('\n'), "applist must contain no newlines: {xml}");
+        assert!(
+            !xml.contains("> <"),
+            "applist must contain no inter-element spaces: {xml}"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/nvhttp.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/nvhttp.rs
index 988709c..be2c2ea 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/nvhttp.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/gamestream/nvhttp.rs
@@ -149,10 +149,9 @@ async fn h_launch(
             .unwrap()
             .as_ref()
             .map(|s| (s.owner_fp, (s.width, s.height, s.fps)));
-        let conflict = crate::vdisplay::policy::prefs()
-            .configured_effective()
-            .map(|e| e.mode_conflict)
-            .unwrap_or(crate::vdisplay::policy::ModeConflict::Separate);
+        // Same Windows default as the native path (separate → reject; see `effective_conflict`) so a
+        // 2nd Moonlight client gets a clean 503 rather than wedging the shared monitor's capture.
+        let conflict = crate::vdisplay::admission::effective_conflict();
         match gamestream_admission(live, req_fp, conflict) {
             GsDecision::Serve => {}
             GsDecision::Join((w, h, f)) => {
diff --git a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/admission.rs b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/admission.rs
index 42bfb7a..1763793 100644
--- a/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/admission.rs
+++ b/crates/punktfunk-host/src/vdisplay/admission.rs
@@ -90,34 +90,29 @@ pub fn decide(
     }
 }
 
-/// Resolve the effective decision for a connecting session: read the console `mode_conflict` policy
-/// (default `Separate` when unconfigured) and [`decide`] against the live set.
-///
-/// **Windows** can't create SEPARATE virtual displays until the multi-monitor stage (§6.6), so a
-/// `separate` outcome — including the **unconfigured default** — resolves to `join` (admit at the live
-/// mode) rather than the old silent last-wins reconfigure of the shared monitor. This is the deliberate
-/// Windows default change (release-note behavior fix); `steal` remains the way to force the new mode.
-pub fn admit(req_identity: Option<[u8; 32]>) -> Admission {
-    #[allow(unused_mut)]
-    let mut conflict = policy::prefs()
+/// The effective `mode_conflict` policy for THIS host: the console value (default `Separate` when
+/// unconfigured), with the **Windows default applied**. On Windows `separate` — including the
+/// unconfigured default — resolves to **`reject`**: two concurrent Windows sessions would both drive the
+/// SAME pf-vdisplay monitor's single-capturer IDD-push channel ("newest-delivery-wins"), which freezes
+/// the live client and can wedge the driver (true multi-session capture is §6.6 / Stage 7). So a 2nd
+/// client gets a clean 503 and the live session is protected; `join`/`steal` stay as explicit opt-ins.
+/// Linux keeps `separate` (real multi-view). Shared by the native + GameStream admission paths.
+pub fn effective_conflict() -> ModeConflict {
+    let conflict = policy::prefs()
         .configured_effective()
         .map(|e| e.mode_conflict)
         .unwrap_or(ModeConflict::Separate);
-    let live = table().lock().unwrap();
     #[cfg(windows)]
     if matches!(conflict, ModeConflict::Separate) {
-        if live
-            .iter()
-            .any(|s| !same_client(s.identity, req_identity))
-        {
-            tracing::warn!(
-                "mode_conflict=separate is not yet supported on Windows (multi-monitor is §6.6) — \
-                 JOINing the live session's mode instead"
-            );
-        }
-        conflict = ModeConflict::Join;
+        return ModeConflict::Reject;
     }
-    decide(conflict, req_identity, &live)
+    conflict
+}
+
+/// Resolve the admission decision for a connecting native session: [`effective_conflict`] + [`decide`]
+/// against the live set.
+pub fn admit(req_identity: Option<[u8; 32]>) -> Admission {
+    decide(effective_conflict(), req_identity, &table().lock().unwrap())
 }
 
 /// Register a now-admitted, live session; the returned guard removes it on drop (session end). Call