diff --git a/docs/analytics.md b/docs/analytics.md
index 36bad59..dc20e2d 100644
--- a/docs/analytics.md
+++ b/docs/analytics.md
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ transition applies the new `<html lang>` only after the ping goes out) and
 follows the session, so the activity of a visit stays tied together, and
 while the user is active the accumulated reading time is flushed every few
 seconds: the times are incremental, so a disconnection simply leaves the
-last reported time in place (no close beacon). After 5 minutes without
+last reported time in place (no close beacon). A sleeping computer accrues
+no reading time: the inactivity-cutoff timer cannot fire while asleep (and
+`performance.now()` keeps running through sleep on some platforms), so a
+gap longer than the timeout closes the span at its intended cutoff, and a
+late-firing cutoff timer clamps its accumulation the same way. After 5 minutes without
 any activity the client closes the socket itself — a sleeping browser tab
 would lose it anyway — and the next activity reconnects; reconnects are
 attempted only on user activity, with an exponential backoff between
diff --git a/frontend/src/pagerite.js b/frontend/src/pagerite.js
index 2f4c2ec..770b117 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pagerite.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pagerite.js
@@ -684,16 +684,34 @@ import { reconnectPolicy, socketSlot, watchConnecting } from "./reconnect";
   let reading = true;
   let readInactivityTimer = null;
   let idleTimer = null;
+  let lastActivityAt = performance.now();
 
   function markReadActivity() {
-    if (!reading) {
+    const t = performance.now();
+    if (reading) {
+      // A gap longer than the inactivity timeout means the cutoff timer
+      // could not run on time (the computer slept, or the tab was throttled
+      // hard): close the span at its intended cutoff — the gap itself was
+      // not reading time, and performance.now() keeps running through sleep
+      // on some platforms.
+      const cutoff = lastActivityAt + INACTIVE_MS;
+      if (t > cutoff) {
+        readElapsed += Math.max(0, cutoff - readStart);
+        readStart = t;
+      }
+    } else {
       reading = true;
-      readStart = performance.now();
+      readStart = t;
     }
+    lastActivityAt = t;
     clearTimeout(readInactivityTimer);
+    // Same sleep guard, other ordering: when this timer itself fires late
+    // (waking from sleep before any user event), clamp the accumulation to
+    // its intended fire time.
+    const stopAt = t + INACTIVE_MS;
     readInactivityTimer = setTimeout(() => {
       if (reading) {
-        readElapsed += performance.now() - readStart;
+        readElapsed += Math.max(0, Math.min(performance.now(), stopAt) - readStart);
         reading = false;
       }
     }, INACTIVE_MS);