diff --git a/.changes/subscriber-dc-state-events b/.changes/subscriber-dc-state-events
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..896e2155c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/subscriber-dc-state-events
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patch type="fixed" "Subscriber data channel state events now report the subscriber channel state and correct reliability type, and no longer leak listeners"
diff --git a/lib/src/core/engine.dart b/lib/src/core/engine.dart
index cf2c4c162..91b49f7b1 100644
--- a/lib/src/core/engine.dart
+++ b/lib/src/core/engine.dart
@@ -809,23 +809,21 @@ class Engine extends Disposable with EventsEmittable<EngineEvent> {
         logger.fine('Server opened DC label: ${dc.label}');
         _reliableDCSub = dc;
         _reliableDCSub?.onMessage = _onDCMessage;
-        _reliableDCSub?.stateChangeStream.listen((state) =>
-            _reliableDCPub?.stateChangeStream.listen((state) => events.emit(SubscriberDataChannelStateUpdatedEvent(
-                  isPrimary: _subscriberPrimary,
-                  state: state,
-                  type: Reliability.reliable,
-                ))));
+        _reliableDCSub?.stateChangeStream.listen((state) => events.emit(SubscriberDataChannelStateUpdatedEvent(
+              isPrimary: _subscriberPrimary,
+              state: state,
+              type: Reliability.reliable,
+            )));
         break;
       case _lossyDCLabel:
         logger.fine('Server opened DC label: ${dc.label}');
         _lossyDCSub = dc;
         _lossyDCSub?.onMessage = _onDCMessage;
-        _lossyDCSub?.stateChangeStream.listen((event) =>
-            _reliableDCPub?.stateChangeStream.listen((state) => events.emit(SubscriberDataChannelStateUpdatedEvent(
-                  isPrimary: _subscriberPrimary,
-                  state: state,
-                  type: Reliability.lossy,
-                ))));
+        _lossyDCSub?.stateChangeStream.listen((state) => events.emit(SubscriberDataChannelStateUpdatedEvent(
+              isPrimary: _subscriberPrimary,
+              state: state,
+              type: Reliability.lossy,
+            )));
         break;
       default:
         logger.warning('Unknown DC label: ${dc.label}');
diff --git a/test/core/data_channel_state_test.dart b/test/core/data_channel_state_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0380141fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/data_channel_state_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright 2026 LiveKit, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+@Timeout(Duration(seconds: 10))
+library;
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_webrtc/flutter_webrtc.dart' as rtc;
+
+import 'package:livekit_client/livekit_client.dart';
+import 'package:livekit_client/src/internal/events.dart';
+import '../mock/datachannel_mock.dart';
+import '../mock/e2e_container.dart';
+import '../mock/peerconnection_mock.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  setUp(resetMockDataChannels);
+
+  group('subscriber data channel state events', () {
+    // Regression: _onDataChannel used to register a nested listener on the
+    // publisher reliable channel instead of emitting the subscriber channel's
+    // own state. Subscriber state changes produced no immediate event, later
+    // events carried the wrong channel's state, and inner listeners
+    // accumulated on every state change.
+    test('emit the subscriber channel state with the correct reliability type', () async {
+      final container = E2EContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+      await container.connectRoom();
+
+      final engine = container.room.engine;
+      final events = <SubscriberDataChannelStateUpdatedEvent>[];
+      final listener = engine.createListener()..on<SubscriberDataChannelStateUpdatedEvent>(events.add);
+      addTearDown(listener.dispose);
+
+      // Simulate the server opening subscriber-side channels.
+      final reliableSub = MockDataChannel(8, '_reliable');
+      final lossySub = MockDataChannel(9, '_lossy');
+      final onDataChannel = engine.subscriber!.pc.onDataChannel!;
+      onDataChannel(reliableSub);
+      onDataChannel(lossySub);
+
+      reliableSub.stateChangeStreamController.add(rtc.RTCDataChannelState.RTCDataChannelClosing);
+      lossySub.stateChangeStreamController.add(rtc.RTCDataChannelState.RTCDataChannelClosed);
+      await Future<void>.delayed(Duration.zero);
+
+      expect(events, hasLength(2));
+      expect(events[0].type, Reliability.reliable);
+      expect(events[0].state, rtc.RTCDataChannelState.RTCDataChannelClosing);
+      expect(events[1].type, Reliability.lossy);
+      expect(events[1].state, rtc.RTCDataChannelState.RTCDataChannelClosed);
+    });
+
+    test('repeated state changes do not multiply events', () async {
+      final container = E2EContainer();
+      addTearDown(container.dispose);
+      await container.connectRoom();
+
+      final engine = container.room.engine;
+      final events = <SubscriberDataChannelStateUpdatedEvent>[];
+      final listener = engine.createListener()..on<SubscriberDataChannelStateUpdatedEvent>(events.add);
+      addTearDown(listener.dispose);
+
+      final reliableSub = MockDataChannel(8, '_reliable');
+      engine.subscriber!.pc.onDataChannel!(reliableSub);
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        reliableSub.stateChangeStreamController.add(rtc.RTCDataChannelState.RTCDataChannelOpen);
+      }
+      await Future<void>.delayed(Duration.zero);
+
+      expect(events, hasLength(3));
+      expect(events.every((e) => e.state == rtc.RTCDataChannelState.RTCDataChannelOpen), isTrue);
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/test/mock/datachannel_mock.dart b/test/mock/datachannel_mock.dart
index c6b80b646..e63121f83 100644
--- a/test/mock/datachannel_mock.dart
+++ b/test/mock/datachannel_mock.dart
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ class MockDataChannel extends RTCDataChannel {
   late StreamController<RTCDataChannelState> stateChangeStreamController;
   MockDataChannel(this._id, this._label) {
     stateChangeStreamController = StreamController<RTCDataChannelState>.broadcast();
+    // The base class declares this as a bare `late` field, reading it before
+    // assignment throws LateInitializationError
+    stateChangeStream = stateChangeStreamController.stream;
   }
 
   @override