diff --git a/Sources/YouTubeKit/Extraction.swift b/Sources/YouTubeKit/Extraction.swift
index 0da85e8..4e94143 100644
--- a/Sources/YouTubeKit/Extraction.swift
+++ b/Sources/YouTubeKit/Extraction.swift
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ class Extraction {
 #if canImport(JavaScriptCore)
     /// apply the decrypted signature to the stream manifest
     class func applySignature(streamManifest: inout [InnerTube.StreamingData.Format], videoInfo: InnerTube.VideoInfo, js: String) throws {
-        let solver = try SignatureSolver(js: js)
+        try Task.checkCancellation()
+        let solver = try SignatureSolver.shared(forJS: js)
 
         var sigInputs: [String] = []
         var nInputs: [String] = []
diff --git a/Sources/YouTubeKit/SignatureSolver.swift b/Sources/YouTubeKit/SignatureSolver.swift
index ad90a2b..58fc892 100644
--- a/Sources/YouTubeKit/SignatureSolver.swift
+++ b/Sources/YouTubeKit/SignatureSolver.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,54 @@ class SignatureSolver {
 
     private static let log = OSLog(SignatureSolver.self)
 
+    // MARK: Shared instance cache
+    // Solver construction (JSContext + meriyah/astring bundle eval) and the first
+    // solve (full player parse) are very expensive on JIT-less platforms (tvOS/iOS
+    // JavaScriptCore runs interpreted). Cache one solver per player-JS version so
+    // subsequent videos reuse the context and the preprocessed player.
+    private static let sharedLock = NSLock()
+    /// Small most-recently-used cache of solvers keyed by their player JS.
+    /// Bounded because each solver retains a JSContext and the ~2 MB player;
+    /// a session rarely uses more than a couple of player variants (e.g. web
+    /// vs TV/embed), so alternating between them still reuses each solver.
+#if swift(>=5.10)
+    nonisolated(unsafe) private static var sharedSolvers: [SignatureSolver] = []
+#else
+    private static var sharedSolvers: [SignatureSolver] = []
+#endif
+    private static let maxCachedSolvers = 4
+
+    static func shared(forJS js: String) throws -> SignatureSolver {
+        sharedLock.lock()
+        defer { sharedLock.unlock() }
+        // Match on the retained player JS directly — Swift string equality is
+        // pointer-identity-fast in the common case and avoids the hash-collision
+        // risk of caching by hashValue (a collision would return a wrong solver).
+        if let idx = sharedSolvers.firstIndex(where: { $0.playerJS == js }) {
+            let solver = sharedSolvers.remove(at: idx)
+            sharedSolvers.insert(solver, at: 0) // promote to most-recently-used
+            return solver
+        }
+        // A task can be cancelled while blocked on the lock; bail before the
+        // expensive init rather than tying up the thread pool.
+        if #available(iOS 13.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, *) {
+            try Task.checkCancellation()
+        }
+        let start = Date()
+        let solver = try SignatureSolver(js: js)
+        os_log("solver init took %.2fs", log: log, type: .default, Date().timeIntervalSince(start))
+        sharedSolvers.insert(solver, at: 0)
+        if sharedSolvers.count > maxCachedSolvers {
+            sharedSolvers.removeLast()
+        }
+        return solver
+    }
+
+    /// Player preprocessed by the first solve; skips the full player parse afterwards
+    private var preprocessedPlayer: String?
+    /// JSContext isn't thread-safe; the shared instance serializes solves
+    private let solveLock = NSLock()
+
     private let vm = JSVirtualMachine()
     private let ctx: JSContext
     
@@ -148,21 +196,44 @@ class SignatureSolver {
     }
     
     func batchSolve(request: SolveRequest) throws -> SolveResponse {
+        solveLock.lock()
+        defer { solveLock.unlock() }
+
+        if #available(iOS 13.0, macOS 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, *) {
+            try Task.checkCancellation()
+        }
 
         let requests = [
             Request(type: .n, challenges: request.nInputs),
             Request(type: .sig, challenges: request.sigInputs)
         ]
 
-        let input = Input(
-            type: .player,
-            player: self.playerJS,
-            preprocessed_player: nil,
-            requests: requests,
-            output_preprocessed: false
-        )
+        let input: Input
+        if let preprocessedPlayer {
+            input = Input(
+                type: .preprocessedPlayer,
+                player: nil,
+                preprocessed_player: preprocessedPlayer,
+                requests: requests,
+                output_preprocessed: false
+            )
+        } else {
+            input = Input(
+                type: .player,
+                player: self.playerJS,
+                preprocessed_player: nil,
+                requests: requests,
+                output_preprocessed: true
+            )
+        }
 
+        let solveStart = Date()
         let response = try solve(with: input)
+        os_log("batch solve took %.2fs (preprocessed: %{public}@)", log: Self.log, type: .default, Date().timeIntervalSince(solveStart), preprocessedPlayer != nil ? "yes" : "no")
+
+        if preprocessedPlayer == nil {
+            preprocessedPlayer = response.preprocessed_player
+        }
 
         var nMap: [String: String] = [:]
         var sigMap: [String: String] = [:]
diff --git a/Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift b/Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift
index c3935b6..29ea08c 100644
--- a/Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift
+++ b/Sources/YouTubeKit/YouTube.swift
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ public class YouTube {
                         
                         do {
                             try await Extraction.applySignature(streamManifest: &streamManifest, videoInfo: videoInfo, js: js)
+                        } catch is CancellationError {
+                            // Cancellation is not a stale-JS failure — propagate it
+                            // immediately instead of clearing the cache and retrying.
+                            throw CancellationError()
                         } catch {
                             // to force an update to the js file, we clear the cache and retry
                             _js = nil