diff --git a/core/api/current.txt b/core/api/current.txt
index ff7c3e6..4df7e3bd 100644
--- a/core/api/current.txt
+++ b/core/api/current.txt
@@ -22552,6 +22552,7 @@
     method @NonNull public static android.view.Surface createPersistentInputSurface();
     method public int dequeueInputBuffer(long);
     method public int dequeueOutputBuffer(@NonNull android.media.MediaCodec.BufferInfo, long);
+    method @FlaggedApi("android.media.codec.null_output_surface") public void detachOutputSurface();
     method protected void finalize();
     method public void flush();
     method @NonNull public String getCanonicalName();
@@ -22600,6 +22601,7 @@
     field public static final int BUFFER_FLAG_KEY_FRAME = 1; // 0x1
     field public static final int BUFFER_FLAG_PARTIAL_FRAME = 8; // 0x8
     field @Deprecated public static final int BUFFER_FLAG_SYNC_FRAME = 1; // 0x1
+    field @FlaggedApi("android.media.codec.null_output_surface") public static final int CONFIGURE_FLAG_DETACHED_SURFACE = 8; // 0x8
     field public static final int CONFIGURE_FLAG_ENCODE = 1; // 0x1
     field public static final int CONFIGURE_FLAG_USE_BLOCK_MODEL = 2; // 0x2
     field public static final int CONFIGURE_FLAG_USE_CRYPTO_ASYNC = 4; // 0x4
@@ -22846,6 +22848,7 @@
     field @Deprecated public static final int COLOR_QCOM_FormatYUV420SemiPlanar = 2141391872; // 0x7fa30c00
     field @Deprecated public static final int COLOR_TI_FormatYUV420PackedSemiPlanar = 2130706688; // 0x7f000100
     field public static final String FEATURE_AdaptivePlayback = "adaptive-playback";
+    field @FlaggedApi("android.media.codec.null_output_surface") public static final String FEATURE_DetachedSurface = "detached-surface";
     field @FlaggedApi("android.media.codec.dynamic_color_aspects") public static final String FEATURE_DynamicColorAspects = "dynamic-color-aspects";
     field public static final String FEATURE_DynamicTimestamp = "dynamic-timestamp";
     field public static final String FEATURE_EncodingStatistics = "encoding-statistics";
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/MediaCodec.java b/media/java/android/media/MediaCodec.java
index add5999e..b9aee28 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/MediaCodec.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/MediaCodec.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package android.media;
 
+import static android.media.codec.Flags.FLAG_NULL_OUTPUT_SURFACE;
 import static android.media.codec.Flags.FLAG_REGION_OF_INTEREST;
 
 import static com.android.media.codec.flags.Flags.FLAG_LARGE_AUDIO_FRAME;
@@ -2213,6 +2214,18 @@
      */
     public static final int CONFIGURE_FLAG_USE_CRYPTO_ASYNC = 4;
 
+    /**
+     * Configure the codec with a detached output surface.
+     * <p>
+     * This flag is only defined for a video decoder. MediaCodec
+     * configured with this flag will be in Surface mode even though
+     * the surface parameter is null.
+     *
+     * @see detachOutputSurface
+     */
+    @FlaggedApi(FLAG_NULL_OUTPUT_SURFACE)
+    public static final int CONFIGURE_FLAG_DETACHED_SURFACE = 8;
+
     /** @hide */
     @IntDef(
         flag = true,
@@ -2395,6 +2408,31 @@
     private native void native_setSurface(@NonNull Surface surface);
 
     /**
+     *  Detach the current output surface of a codec.
+     *  <p>
+     *  Detaches the currently associated output Surface from the
+     *  MediaCodec decoder. This allows the SurfaceView or other
+     *  component holding the Surface to be safely destroyed or
+     *  modified without affecting the decoder's operation. After
+     *  calling this method (and after it returns), the decoder will
+     *  enter detached-Surface mode and will no longer render
+     *  output.
+     *
+     *  @throws IllegalStateException if the codec was not
+     *                                configured in surface mode.
+     *  @see CONFIGURE_FLAG_DETACHED_SURFACE
+     */
+    @FlaggedApi(FLAG_NULL_OUTPUT_SURFACE)
+    public void detachOutputSurface() {
+        if (!mHasSurface) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("codec was not configured for an output surface");
+        }
+        // note: we still have a surface in detached mode, so keep mHasSurface
+        // we also technically allow calling detachOutputSurface multiple times in a row
+        // native_detachSurface();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Create a persistent input surface that can be used with codecs that normally have an input
      * surface, such as video encoders. A persistent input can be reused by subsequent
      * {@link MediaCodec} or {@link MediaRecorder} instances, but can only be used by at
diff --git a/media/java/android/media/MediaCodecInfo.java b/media/java/android/media/MediaCodecInfo.java
index 86f89ab..3174c37 100644
--- a/media/java/android/media/MediaCodecInfo.java
+++ b/media/java/android/media/MediaCodecInfo.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static android.media.Utils.sortDistinctRanges;
 import static android.media.codec.Flags.FLAG_DYNAMIC_COLOR_ASPECTS;
 import static android.media.codec.Flags.FLAG_HLG_EDITING;
+import static android.media.codec.Flags.FLAG_NULL_OUTPUT_SURFACE;
 import static android.media.codec.Flags.FLAG_REGION_OF_INTEREST;
 
 import android.annotation.FlaggedApi;
@@ -778,6 +779,17 @@
         public static final String FEATURE_Roi = "region-of-interest";
 
         /**
+         * <b>video decoder only</b>: codec supports detaching the
+         * output surface when in Surface mode.
+         * <p> If true, the codec can be configured in Surface mode
+         * without an actual surface (in detached surface mode).
+         * @see MediaCodec#CONFIGURE_FLAG_DETACHED_SURFACE
+         */
+        @SuppressLint("AllUpper")
+        @FlaggedApi(FLAG_NULL_OUTPUT_SURFACE)
+        public static final String FEATURE_DetachedSurface = "detached-surface";
+
+        /**
          * Query codec feature capabilities.
          * <p>
          * These features are supported to be used by the codec.  These
@@ -814,6 +826,9 @@
                 if (android.media.codec.Flags.dynamicColorAspects()) {
                     features.add(new Feature(FEATURE_DynamicColorAspects, (1 << 8), true));
                 }
+                if (android.media.codec.Flags.nullOutputSurface()) {
+                    features.add(new Feature(FEATURE_DetachedSurface,     (1 << 9), true));
+                }
 
                 // feature to exclude codec from REGULAR codec list
                 features.add(new Feature(FEATURE_SpecialCodec,     (1 << 30), false, true));