diff --git a/crates/ironrdp-graphics/src/clearcodec/mod.rs b/crates/ironrdp-graphics/src/clearcodec/mod.rs
index 8a01766bf2..e49e2506ce 100644
--- a/crates/ironrdp-graphics/src/clearcodec/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ironrdp-graphics/src/clearcodec/mod.rs
@@ -233,20 +233,19 @@ impl ClearCodecDecoder {
         bg_green: u8,
         bg_red: u8,
     ) -> DecodeResult<FullVBar> {
+        // A server can refer to a cache entry this decoder never stored (Windows
+        // does so after a cache reset). As in FreeRDP, an empty entry reads as a
+        // column of zero pixels instead of failing the whole update.
         match vbar {
-            VBar::CacheHit { index } => {
-                let cached = self
-                    .vbar_cache
-                    .get_vbar(*index)
-                    .ok_or_else(|| invalid_field_err!("vbarIndex", "V-bar cache miss on hit"))?;
-                Ok(cached.clone())
-            }
+            VBar::CacheHit { index } => Ok(self.vbar_cache.get_vbar(*index).cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| FullVBar {
+                pixels: vec![0; usize::from(band_height) * 3],
+            })),
             VBar::ShortCacheHit { index, y_on } => {
-                let cached_short = self
-                    .vbar_cache
-                    .get_short_vbar(*index)
-                    .ok_or_else(|| invalid_field_err!("shortVbarIndex", "short V-bar cache miss on hit"))?;
-                if usize::from(*y_on) + usize::from(cached_short.pixel_count) > usize::from(band_height) {
+                let (pixel_count, pixels) = match self.vbar_cache.get_short_vbar(*index) {
+                    Some(cached_short) => (cached_short.pixel_count, cached_short.pixels.clone()),
+                    None => (0, Vec::new()),
+                };
+                if usize::from(*y_on) + usize::from(pixel_count) > usize::from(band_height) {
                     return Err(invalid_field_err!(
                         "shortVBarYOn",
                         "y_on + pixel_count exceeds band height"
@@ -255,8 +254,8 @@ impl ClearCodecDecoder {
                 // Create a modified short vbar with the y_on from this reference
                 let modified = ShortVBar {
                     y_on: *y_on,
-                    pixel_count: cached_short.pixel_count,
-                    pixels: cached_short.pixels.clone(),
+                    pixel_count,
+                    pixels,
                 };
                 let full = VBarCache::reconstruct_full_vbar(&modified, band_height, bg_blue, bg_green, bg_red);
                 // Store reconstructed full V-bar in cache
diff --git a/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/graphics/clearcodec.rs b/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/graphics/clearcodec.rs
index fff164a4f0..4fa1448e90 100644
--- a/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/graphics/clearcodec.rs
+++ b/crates/ironrdp-testsuite-core/tests/graphics/clearcodec.rs
@@ -552,6 +552,94 @@ fn decode_stream_with_bands_layer_short_vbar_cache_miss() {
     assert_eq!(pixels[idx3 + 2], 0x00, "red channel at (1,3)");
 }
 
+/// Build a 4x4 stream: a white residual layer, then one band over column 1
+/// (rows 0-3, red background) holding the given V-bar bytes.
+fn make_white_stream_with_one_vbar(vbar: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let residual = make_solid_residual(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 16);
+
+    let mut bands_data = Vec::new();
+    bands_data.extend_from_slice(&1u16.to_le_bytes()); // x_start
+    bands_data.extend_from_slice(&1u16.to_le_bytes()); // x_end
+    bands_data.extend_from_slice(&0u16.to_le_bytes()); // y_start
+    bands_data.extend_from_slice(&3u16.to_le_bytes()); // y_end
+    bands_data.extend_from_slice(&[0x00, 0x00, 0xFF]); // background BGR = red
+    bands_data.extend_from_slice(vbar);
+
+    let mut stream = Vec::new();
+    stream.push(0x00); // flags
+    stream.push(0x00); // seq
+    stream.extend_from_slice(&u32::try_from(residual.len()).unwrap().to_le_bytes());
+    stream.extend_from_slice(&u32::try_from(bands_data.len()).unwrap().to_le_bytes());
+    stream.extend_from_slice(&0u32.to_le_bytes()); // subcodecByteCount
+    stream.extend_from_slice(&residual);
+    stream.extend_from_slice(&bands_data);
+    stream
+}
+
+fn pixel_at(pixels: &[u8], width: usize, x: usize, y: usize) -> [u8; 4] {
+    let offset = (y * width + x) * 4;
+    pixels[offset..offset + 4].try_into().unwrap()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn vbar_cache_hit_on_empty_entry_draws_zero_pixels() {
+    let mut dec = ClearCodecDecoder::new();
+    let stream = make_white_stream_with_one_vbar(&(0x8000u16 | 7).to_le_bytes());
+
+    let pixels = dec.decode(&stream, 4, 4).unwrap();
+
+    for y in 0..4 {
+        assert_eq!(
+            pixel_at(&pixels, 4, 1, y),
+            [0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF],
+            "column 1, row {y}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            pixel_at(&pixels, 4, 0, y),
+            [0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF],
+            "column 0, row {y}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            pixel_at(&pixels, 4, 2, y),
+            [0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF],
+            "column 2, row {y}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn short_vbar_cache_hit_on_empty_entry_draws_band_background() {
+    let mut dec = ClearCodecDecoder::new();
+    let mut vbar = (0x4000u16 | 9).to_le_bytes().to_vec();
+    vbar.push(1); // yOn
+    let stream = make_white_stream_with_one_vbar(&vbar);
+
+    let pixels = dec.decode(&stream, 4, 4).unwrap();
+
+    for y in 0..4 {
+        assert_eq!(
+            pixel_at(&pixels, 4, 1, y),
+            [0x00, 0x00, 0xFF, 0xFF],
+            "column 1, row {y}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            pixel_at(&pixels, 4, 3, y),
+            [0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF],
+            "column 3, row {y}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn short_vbar_cache_hit_on_empty_entry_still_checks_y_on() {
+    let mut dec = ClearCodecDecoder::new();
+    let mut vbar = (0x4000u16 | 9).to_le_bytes().to_vec();
+    vbar.push(5); // yOn past the 4-row band
+    let stream = make_white_stream_with_one_vbar(&vbar);
+
+    assert!(dec.decode(&stream, 4, 4).is_err());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn adversarial_large_dimensions_rejected() {
     // 65535x65535 would allocate ~17GB. The decoder should reject it.