diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 927cd13a..8f695e16 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2474,6 +2474,7 @@ Christoph Haubrich <christoph1.haubrich@arcor.de>
  tag of the 'info' file
  for adding a workaround in detecting frame height for channels with wrong crop parameters
  for reporting duplicate component entries in the info of an ongoing recording
+ for reporting a problem where the info file of an ongoing recording was not re-read
 
 Pekka Mauno <pekka.mauno@iki.fi>
  for fixing cSchedule::GetFollowingEvent() in case there is currently no present
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index f9034797..4082fe8d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -10119,8 +10119,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Now deleting old recording info before reading modified info file (suggested by
   Stefan Hofmann).
 
-2025-04-15:
+2025-04-16:
 
 - Fixed some misplaced 'override' keywords in the 'hello' and 'skincurses' plugins.
 - cRecording now fetches priority, lifetime and framesPerSecond from cRecordingInfo.
   APIVERSNUM is now 30008.
+- Now forcing re-reading the info file of an ongoing recording (reported by Christoph
+  Haubrich).
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index 254b1c79..17ab6b9b 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 5.40 2025/04/15 19:38:46 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 5.41 2025/04/16 09:14:20 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -497,13 +497,13 @@ void cRecordingInfo::SetErrors(int Errors)
   errors = Errors;
 }
 
-bool cRecordingInfo::Read(FILE *f)
+bool cRecordingInfo::Read(FILE *f, bool Force)
 {
   if (ownEvent) {
      struct stat st;
      if (fstat(fileno(f), &st))
         return false;
-     if (modified == st.st_mtime)
+     if (modified == st.st_mtime && !Force)
         return true;
      if (modified) {
         delete ownEvent;
@@ -614,13 +614,13 @@ bool cRecordingInfo::Write(FILE *f, const char *Prefix) const
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cRecordingInfo::Read(void)
+bool cRecordingInfo::Read(bool Force)
 {
   bool Result = false;
   if (fileName) {
      FILE *f = fopen(fileName, "r");
      if (f) {
-        if (Read(f))
+        if (Read(f, Force))
            Result = true;
         else
            esyslog("ERROR: EPG data problem in file %s", fileName);
@@ -1281,9 +1281,9 @@ bool cRecording::DeleteMarks(void)
   return cMarks::DeleteMarksFile(this);
 }
 
-void cRecording::ReadInfo(void)
+void cRecording::ReadInfo(bool Force)
 {
-  info->Read();
+  info->Read(Force);
 }
 
 bool cRecording::WriteInfo(const char *OtherFileName)
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ void cRecordings::DelByName(const char *FileName)
 void cRecordings::UpdateByName(const char *FileName)
 {
   if (cRecording *Recording = GetByName(FileName))
-     Recording->ReadInfo();
+     Recording->ReadInfo(true);
 }
 
 int cRecordings::TotalFileSizeMB(void) const
diff --git a/recording.h b/recording.h
index 701f5012..61365d49 100644
--- a/recording.h
+++ b/recording.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.h 5.14 2025/04/15 19:38:46 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.h 5.15 2025/04/16 09:14:20 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __RECORDING_H
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ private:
   char *fileName;
   int errors;
   cRecordingInfo(const cChannel *Channel = NULL, const cEvent *Event = NULL);
-  bool Read(FILE *f);
+  bool Read(FILE *f, bool Force = false);
 public:
   cRecordingInfo(const char *FileName);
   ~cRecordingInfo();
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public:
   int Errors(void) const { return errors; } // returns -1 if undefined
   void SetErrors(int Errors);
   bool Write(FILE *f, const char *Prefix = "") const;
-  bool Read(void);
+  bool Read(bool Force = false);
   bool Write(void) const;
   void SetData(const char *Title, const char *ShortText, const char *Description);
   void SetAux(const char *Aux);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public:
        ///< Deletes the editing marks from this recording (if any).
        ///< Returns true if the operation was successful. If there is no marks file
        ///< for this recording, it also returns true.
-  void ReadInfo(void);
+  void ReadInfo(bool Force = false);
   bool WriteInfo(const char *OtherFileName = NULL);
        ///< Writes in info file of this recording. If OtherFileName is given, the info
        ///< file will be written under that recording file name instead of this