From your description it sounds like the text repeat "to coda" is not defined correctly for playback.

Could you perhaps attach a screen shot of the Text Repeat Assignment dialog box for the "to coda" text repeat?

The issue with the playback cursor may be a display issue, but let us first deal with the playback.

My first guess would be that the jump to coda should be on Pass 2, not on Pass 1.

I do not see any measure numbers in the score layout, but I suppose that the first coda measure is measure 41, right?

Supposed to jump to measure 41 is correct.

I have previously tried changing this to pass: 2, and tried it again on your suggestion.

It still just plays through and repeats endlessly like before.

Update: I actually removed a measure, so now it is measure 40 (and yes, I adjusted the target measure to measure 40).

It plays measure 39 and goes back to measure 16 as intended.

When playback gets to measure 29, it does not jump to measure 40, instead it plays through measure 39 and jumps back to measure 16.

It continues to repeat measures 16-39 in an infinite loop.

I would definitely say that “Pass 1” can not be right. No way.

But “Pass 2” ought to work.

Can you make the playback jump to another measure, e. g. m. 39 - or m. 38?

One thing more to try:

Close the Finale document, and open it again.

Sometimes closing the document makes Finale “update” the playback.

By The Way:

To check the repeat playback you do not have to play the document back.

Just go to

Repeat menu > Check Repeats…

I did not know about "Repeat menu > Check Repeats".

Seeing this option also brought the Repeat menu > Repeat Options to my attention.

The Maximum Repeat Passes was default set to 20. I think the endless loop might have actually ended after 20 repeats, I just pressed stop long before that.

If I set max repeat to 1,2, or 3... the playback route changes to:

That exactly how it plays back... at m. 29 it just stops.

If I change max repeats to 4... playback route returns to normal (what I would like it to play)

But when it gets to m. 29 the second time, it stops. It never plays m. 40.

(THIS IS THE CLOSEST IT HAS COME TO THE CORRECT PLAYBACK.. If it would just play measure 40 afterward, it would be complete)

For curiosity sake I changed the max repeat to 5. Play back route remains the same, but in reality it plays

1-29

16-29

16-29

Then it stops and never plays m. 40

If I changed max repeats to 6, I assume actual playback would be:

1-29-

16-29

16-29

16-29

Stop without playing measure 40

At least I am closer to correct playback though!!!!