diff --git a/sdk/android/src/main/kotlin/dev/uatu/sdk/ChoreographerPoster.kt b/sdk/android/src/main/kotlin/dev/uatu/sdk/ChoreographerPoster.kt
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+++ b/sdk/android/src/main/kotlin/dev/uatu/sdk/ChoreographerPoster.kt
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+package dev.uatu.sdk
+
+import android.view.Choreographer
+
+class ChoreographerPoster : FrameCallbackPoster {
+    override fun postFrameCallback(callback: () -> Unit) {
+        Choreographer.getInstance().postFrameCallback { callback() }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/main/kotlin/dev/uatu/sdk/Pauser.kt b/sdk/android/src/main/kotlin/dev/uatu/sdk/Pauser.kt
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+++ b/sdk/android/src/main/kotlin/dev/uatu/sdk/Pauser.kt
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+package dev.uatu.sdk
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
+
+fun interface FrameCallbackPoster {
+    fun postFrameCallback(callback: () -> Unit)
+}
+
+class Pauser(
+    private val poster: FrameCallbackPoster,
+    private val pauseTimeoutMillis: Long = 5_000L,
+) {
+    @Volatile private var currentGate: Semaphore? = null
+
+    /**
+     * Schedules extractors to run on the frame-callback thread (the SDK's
+     * "main thread" analogue) and blocks that thread after they complete
+     * until release() is called or pauseTimeoutMillis elapses.
+     * Returns the extractor output. Must be called from a worker thread.
+     */
+    @Throws(TimeoutException::class)
+    fun pauseAndSnapshot(extractors: () -> Map<String, Any?>): Map<String, Any?> {
+        val gate = Semaphore(0)
+        val ready = CountDownLatch(1)
+        val captured = AtomicReference<Result<Map<String, Any?>>>()
+
+        poster.postFrameCallback {
+            captured.set(runCatching { extractors() })
+            ready.countDown()
+            try {
+                gate.tryAcquire(pauseTimeoutMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+            } catch (_: InterruptedException) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt()
+            }
+        }
+        currentGate = gate
+
+        if (!ready.await(pauseTimeoutMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+            throw TimeoutException("extractors did not run within ${pauseTimeoutMillis}ms")
+        }
+        return captured.get().getOrThrow()
+    }
+
+    fun release() {
+        currentGate?.release()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/android/src/test/kotlin/dev/uatu/sdk/PauserTest.kt b/sdk/android/src/test/kotlin/dev/uatu/sdk/PauserTest.kt
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+package dev.uatu.sdk
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
+import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Assert.fail
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class PauserTest {
+
+    // Runs posted callbacks on a dedicated "main thread" executor, modelling
+    // Choreographer's contract that callbacks fire off-thread from the caller.
+    class FakeFrameThread : FrameCallbackPoster {
+        val executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor { runnable -> Thread(runnable, "fake-frame-thread") }
+        val threadRef = AtomicReference<Thread>()
+
+        override fun postFrameCallback(callback: () -> Unit) {
+            executor.submit {
+                threadRef.compareAndSet(null, Thread.currentThread())
+                callback()
+            }
+        }
+
+        fun shutdown() { executor.shutdownNow() }
+    }
+
+    private lateinit var frameThread: FakeFrameThread
+
+    @After fun tearDown() {
+        if (::frameThread.isInitialized) frameThread.shutdown()
+    }
+
+    @Test fun extractorsRunOnFrameThreadAndSnapshotReturns() {
+        frameThread = FakeFrameThread()
+        val pauser = Pauser(frameThread, pauseTimeoutMillis = 2_000L)
+        val extractorThread = AtomicReference<Thread>()
+
+        // Run on a worker thread so we can observe the separation.
+        val snapshot = runOnWorker {
+            pauser.pauseAndSnapshot {
+                extractorThread.set(Thread.currentThread())
+                mapOf("screen" to "home", "count" to 3)
+            }.also { snapshot ->
+                // Immediately release so the frame thread can exit the callback.
+                pauser.release()
+                snapshot
+            }
+        }
+
+        assertEquals("home", snapshot["screen"])
+        assertEquals(3, snapshot["count"])
+        assertNotNull("extractor must have run", extractorThread.get())
+        assertEquals("fake-frame-thread", extractorThread.get().name)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun frameThreadStaysBlockedUntilRelease() {
+        frameThread = FakeFrameThread()
+        val pauser = Pauser(frameThread, pauseTimeoutMillis = 2_000L)
+        val releasedMarker = AtomicBoolean(false)
+
+        val latch = CountDownLatch(1)
+        val worker = Thread {
+            pauser.pauseAndSnapshot { emptyMap() }
+            // Now the frame thread is blocked inside the callback. Verify by
+            // posting another callback and checking it does NOT run until we release.
+            val secondCallbackRan = CountDownLatch(1)
+            frameThread.postFrameCallback { secondCallbackRan.countDown() }
+            assertFalse("second callback should be queued, not run",
+                secondCallbackRan.await(200, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))
+
+            pauser.release()
+            assertTrue("second callback should run after release",
+                secondCallbackRan.await(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+            releasedMarker.set(true)
+            latch.countDown()
+        }
+        worker.start()
+
+        assertTrue("worker must finish", latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+        assertTrue("release must have happened", releasedMarker.get())
+    }
+
+    @Test fun timeoutPropagatesWhenFrameThreadNeverRuns() {
+        val stuck = FrameCallbackPoster { /* never invokes callback */ }
+        val pauser = Pauser(stuck, pauseTimeoutMillis = 150L)
+
+        try {
+            pauser.pauseAndSnapshot { emptyMap() }
+            fail("expected TimeoutException")
+        } catch (_: TimeoutException) {
+            // pass
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test fun extractorExceptionBubbles() {
+        frameThread = FakeFrameThread()
+        val pauser = Pauser(frameThread, pauseTimeoutMillis = 2_000L)
+
+        try {
+            runOnWorker {
+                pauser.pauseAndSnapshot {
+                    pauser.release() // drop the lock before throwing so main can unwind
+                    throw IllegalStateException("extractor boom")
+                }
+            }
+            fail("expected IllegalStateException")
+        } catch (e: IllegalStateException) {
+            assertEquals("extractor boom", e.message)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test fun releaseWithoutActivePauseIsNoOp() {
+        frameThread = FakeFrameThread()
+        val pauser = Pauser(frameThread, pauseTimeoutMillis = 2_000L)
+        pauser.release() // should not throw
+    }
+
+    private fun <T> runOnWorker(block: () -> T): T {
+        val result = AtomicReference<Result<T>>()
+        val thread = Thread { result.set(runCatching { block() }) }
+        thread.start()
+        thread.join(5_000L)
+        return result.get().getOrThrow()
+    }
+}