diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21e5bc5..8a952c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ default** and covers anything the hooked path doesn't.
 From an in-depth review pass. Each item is fixed test-first (a failing test, then the fix) and lands
 as its own commit; "verify" items are confirmed real before any change, and dropped if not.
 
-Correctness (verify, then fix if real):
-- **Non-atomic cross-process diagnostic counters** — `present_calls`, `frames_dropped`,
-  `frames_rendered` are plain `+=`/stores read by the host. Make them atomic.
-
 Performance (failing perf-regression test first):
 - **D3D9 capture readback off the present thread** — move the swizzle/flip to an off-thread reaper
   (the inline-readback pattern that caused the Vulkan 144→3 FPS stall), add a present-thread overhead
diff --git a/common/include/coop/protocol.hpp b/common/include/coop/protocol.hpp
index b0e283a..cf3658b 100644
--- a/common/include/coop/protocol.hpp
+++ b/common/include/coop/protocol.hpp
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ static_assert(sizeof(CoopPadState) == 20, "CoopPadState layout must stay stable
 // first ("primary"); the rest are surfaced so a multi-stream game is visible.
 inline constexpr std::uint32_t kMaxAudioStreams = 4;
 
-// One render stream the hook observed, for the Audio panel's debug view. Plain
-// POD (no atomics): diagnostics tolerate benign cross-process races like the
-// other HookStatus counters. frames_rendered is cumulative; the host derives
-// "live vs idle" from successive deltas.
+// One render stream the hook observed, for the Audio panel's debug view. Plain POD so it stays
+// trivially copyable (it's published/read as a whole struct). frames_rendered is cumulative and
+// updated per audio buffer, so it's read/written via std::atomic_ref at its hot sites to avoid a
+// torn cross-process read (the other fields change rarely, at stream discovery). The host derives
+// "live vs idle" from successive frames_rendered deltas.
 // How confidently the hook knows a render stream's format. A stream that existed before
 // we injected (the common case) was never seen at Initialize, so its format starts as a
 // guess (the device mix format) and its true sample rate is measured from the render
@@ -191,6 +192,9 @@ struct VideoShare
 	std::uint64_t frames_dropped;          // cumulative captures skipped because the shared
 	                                       // keyed mutex was busy (host mid-copy) -- a frame
 	                                       // the game produced that never reached the mirror
+	// present_calls / frames_dropped stay plain uint64_t (POD layout) but are read/written via
+	// std::atomic_ref so the host's cross-process read isn't torn (an x86 DLL stores 64 bits in two
+	// halves). Kept as fields, not std::atomic, only so the layout/offset asserts stay simple.
 };
 
 // --- Mouse + keyboard forwarding -------------------------------------------
diff --git a/hook/src/ipc_client.hpp b/hook/src/ipc_client.hpp
index 48236d3..c582c9a 100644
--- a/hook/src/ipc_client.hpp
+++ b/hook/src/ipc_client.hpp
@@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ public:
 	{
 		if (block_ != nullptr && slot < kMaxAudioStreams)
 		{
-			block_->status.audio_streams[slot].frames_rendered = frames;
+			// atomic_ref so the host's cross-process read isn't torn (notably an x86 DLL -> x64 host,
+			// where a plain 64-bit store is two halves). The field stays plain POD so AudioStreamInfo
+			// remains trivially copyable for the wholesale publishes elsewhere.
+			std::atomic_ref(block_->status.audio_streams[slot].frames_rendered).store(frames, std::memory_order_relaxed);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		if (block_ != nullptr)
 		{
-			block_->video.present_calls += 1;
+			std::atomic_ref(block_->video.present_calls).fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		if (block_ != nullptr)
 		{
-			block_->video.frames_dropped += 1;
+			std::atomic_ref(block_->video.frames_dropped).fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/host/src/ipc/ipc_server.cpp b/host/src/ipc/ipc_server.cpp
index b98a430..9796fe0 100644
--- a/host/src/ipc/ipc_server.cpp
+++ b/host/src/ipc/ipc_server.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 #include "ipc/ipc_server.hpp"
 
+#include <atomic>
+#include <cstdint>
+
 namespace coop
 {
 
+namespace
+{
+// The hook writes these cumulative diagnostic counters cross-process (an x86 DLL can do a 64-bit
+// store in two halves), so read them atomically to avoid a torn value. The shared mapping is
+// genuinely mutable -- the const here is just our read-only view -- so const_cast for atomic_ref.
+std::uint64_t atomic_load_u64(const std::uint64_t& field)
+{
+	return std::atomic_ref(const_cast<std::uint64_t&>(field)).load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+}
+} // namespace
+
 bool IpcServer::start(unsigned long target_pid)
 {
 	std::scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
@@ -83,6 +97,7 @@ HookStatusView IpcServer::hook_status() const
 	for (std::uint32_t i = 0; i < kMaxAudioStreams; ++i)
 	{
 		view.audio_streams[i] = s.audio_streams[i];
+		view.audio_streams[i].frames_rendered = atomic_load_u64(s.audio_streams[i].frames_rendered);
 	}
 	view.hook_entry_count = s.hook_entry_count;
 	for (std::uint32_t i = 0; i < kMaxHookEntries; ++i)
@@ -111,9 +126,9 @@ VideoShareView IpcServer::video_share() const
 	v.width = s.width;
 	v.height = s.height;
 	v.format = s.format;
-	v.present_calls = s.present_calls;
+	v.present_calls = atomic_load_u64(s.present_calls);
 	v.present_qpc = s.present_qpc;
-	v.frames_dropped = s.frames_dropped;
+	v.frames_dropped = atomic_load_u64(s.frames_dropped);
 	return v;
 }