diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useCallRejoin.ts b/src/app/hooks/useCallRejoin.ts
index f69bf0e99..e1d908ca9 100644
--- a/src/app/hooks/useCallRejoin.ts
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useCallRejoin.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import {
   CALL_SESSION_HEARTBEAT_MS,
   clearCallSession,
   decideRejoin,
+  othersInCall,
+  rejoinToastBody,
   readCallSession,
   writeCallSession,
 } from '../utils/callRejoin';
@@ -112,6 +114,27 @@ export function useCallRejoin(embed: CallEmbed | undefined, joined: boolean): vo
       };
       dismissToast(TOAST_ID);
       clearCallSession();
+      // [Gitea #302] A DM call the other person has since left is over;
+      // starting it again would ring them, so just say so.
+      const dm = l.directs.has(room.roomId);
+      if (
+        dm &&
+        !othersInCall(
+          session.memberships.map((m) => m.userId ?? ''),
+          mx.getUserId() ?? '',
+        )
+      ) {
+        // Own id: clicking a toast removes it by id after its onClick runs.
+        setToast({
+          id: `${TOAST_ID}-ended`,
+          iconSrc: Icons.Phone,
+          displayName: 'Call ended',
+          body: `${room.name ?? 'They'} already left the call.`,
+          roomName: room.name ?? '',
+          roomId: room.roomId,
+        });
+        return;
+      }
       try {
         (l.directs.has(room.roomId) ? l.startDmCall : l.startRoomCall)(room, pref);
       } catch {
@@ -133,6 +156,7 @@ export function useCallRejoin(embed: CallEmbed | undefined, joined: boolean): vo
           .filter((m) => m.userId === mx.getUserId())
           .map((m) => m.deviceId),
         memberCount: memberships.length,
+        dm: latest.current.directs.has(room.roomId),
       });
       // The RTC session fills in a moment after sync; keep waiting while it is
       // empty unless this is the final (timed-out) look.
@@ -152,7 +176,7 @@ export function useCallRejoin(embed: CallEmbed | undefined, joined: boolean): vo
         id: TOAST_ID,
         iconSrc: Icons.Phone,
         displayName: 'Rejoin voice?',
-        body: `You were in the call in ${room.name ?? 'a room'} before the restart. Tap to rejoin.`,
+        body: rejoinToastBody(room.name, latest.current.directs.has(room.roomId)),
         roomName: room.name ?? '',
         roomId: room.roomId,
         sticky: true,
diff --git a/src/app/utils/callRejoin.test.ts b/src/app/utils/callRejoin.test.ts
index 9f5eb62fd..ad887d65d 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/callRejoin.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/utils/callRejoin.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import { CALL_REJOIN_MAX_AGE_MS, decideRejoin, RejoinContext } from './callRejoin';
+import {
+  CALL_REJOIN_MAX_AGE_MS,
+  decideRejoin,
+  othersInCall,
+  rejoinToastBody,
+  RejoinContext,
+} from './callRejoin';
 
 const base: RejoinContext = {
   record: {
@@ -54,3 +60,21 @@ describe('decideRejoin', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+it('decideRejoin: DM calls are never auto-rejoined, only offered (#302)', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(decideRejoin({ ...base, mode: 'auto', dm: true }), {
+    action: 'ask',
+    roomId: '!r',
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(decideRejoin({ ...base, mode: 'auto' }), { action: 'auto', roomId: '!r' });
+});
+
+it('rejoinToastBody and othersInCall (#302)', () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    rejoinToastBody('Bob Builder', true),
+    'You were in a call with Bob Builder before the restart. Tap to rejoin.',
+  );
+  assert.match(rejoinToastBody('Voice Lounge', false), /in the call in Voice Lounge/);
+  assert.equal(othersInCall(['@me:x'], '@me:x'), false);
+  assert.equal(othersInCall(['@me:x', '@bob:x'], '@me:x'), true);
+});
diff --git a/src/app/utils/callRejoin.ts b/src/app/utils/callRejoin.ts
index 93cfb365b..fc53cd6fc 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/callRejoin.ts
+++ b/src/app/utils/callRejoin.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ export type RejoinContext = {
   ownMemberDevices: string[];
   /** Number of call memberships in the room, ours included. */
   memberCount: number;
+  /** A DM call: rejoining one may ring the other person. */
+  dm?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type RejoinDecision = { action: 'none' } | { action: 'ask' | 'auto'; roomId: string };
@@ -83,5 +85,18 @@ export function decideRejoin(ctx: RejoinContext): RejoinDecision {
   // Nobody there any more (our own stale membership doesn't count).
   const others = ctx.memberCount - ctx.ownMemberDevices.length;
   if (others <= 0) return { action: 'none' };
+  // [Gitea #302] Never rejoin a DM call on our own: if the other person has
+  // just left, starting it again would ring them. Ask instead.
+  if (ctx.dm && mode === 'auto') return { action: 'ask', roomId: record.roomId };
   return { action: mode, roomId: record.roomId };
 }
+
+/** Pure: whether anyone but us is still in the call (by call membership). */
+export const othersInCall = (memberUserIds: string[], myUserId: string): boolean =>
+  memberUserIds.some((u) => u !== myUserId);
+
+/** The rejoin toast's text; DMs name the person rather than "the call in <room>". */
+export const rejoinToastBody = (roomName: string | undefined, dm: boolean): string =>
+  dm
+    ? `You were in a call with ${roomName ?? 'them'} before the restart. Tap to rejoin.`
+    : `You were in the call in ${roomName ?? 'a room'} before the restart. Tap to rejoin.`;