diff --git a/examples/progress_reset_demo.py b/examples/progress_reset_demo.py
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index 000000000..6c088023a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/progress_reset_demo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+"""Example demonstrating the fix for progress bar timer reset issue #3273."""
+
+import time
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.progress import (
+    Progress,
+    TextColumn,
+    BarColumn,
+    TaskProgressColumn,
+    TimeElapsedColumn,
+    TimeRemainingColumn,
+)
+
+
+def main():
+    """Demonstrate the fix for progress timer reset issue."""
+    console = Console()
+    
+    console.print("[bold]Progress Bar Timer Reset Example[/bold]\n")
+    console.print("This example demonstrates the fix for issue #3273")
+    console.print("where restarting progress bar tasks did not restart their running clocks.\n")
+    
+    with Progress(
+        TextColumn("[progress.description]{task.description}"),
+        BarColumn(),
+        TaskProgressColumn(),
+        TimeElapsedColumn(),
+        TimeRemainingColumn(),
+        console=console,
+    ) as progress:
+        # Simulate AI training scenario with epochs, training, and validation
+        epoch_task = progress.add_task("[red]Epochs", total=3)
+        train_task = progress.add_task("[green]Training", total=100)
+        valid_task = progress.add_task("[blue]Validation", total=50)
+        
+        # Loop through epochs
+        for epoch in range(3):
+            console.print(f"\n[bold]Starting Epoch {epoch + 1}[/bold]")
+            
+            # Training phase
+            for i in range(100):
+                progress.update(train_task, advance=1)
+                time.sleep(0.01)
+            
+            # Show elapsed time before reset
+            train_task_obj = progress._tasks[train_task]
+            elapsed_before = train_task_obj.elapsed
+            console.print(f"Training elapsed time before reset: {elapsed_before:.2f} seconds")
+            
+            # Stop training task
+            progress.stop_task(train_task)
+            
+            # Validation phase
+            for i in range(50):
+                progress.update(valid_task, advance=1)
+                time.sleep(0.01)
+            
+            # Stop validation task
+            progress.stop_task(valid_task)
+            
+            # Complete one epoch
+            progress.update(epoch_task, advance=1)
+            
+            # Reset tasks for next epoch (except on last epoch)
+            if epoch < 2:
+                console.print("\n[yellow]Resetting tasks for next epoch...[/yellow]")
+                progress.reset(train_task, start=True, completed=0)
+                progress.reset(valid_task, start=True, completed=0)
+                
+                # Show elapsed time after reset
+                elapsed_after = train_task_obj.elapsed
+                console.print(f"Training elapsed time after reset: {elapsed_after:.4f} seconds")
+                console.print("[green]✓ Timer properly reset![/green]\n")
+                time.sleep(1)  # Pause to show the reset
+    
+    console.print("\n[bold green]Demo complete![/bold green]")
+    console.print("The timer now properly resets to 0 when tasks are reset.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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diff --git a/rich/progress.py b/rich/progress.py
index 1e92eb6b1..7731c82eb 100644
--- a/rich/progress.py
+++ b/rich/progress.py
@@ -1501,6 +1501,7 @@ def reset(
             task = self._tasks[task_id]
             task._reset()
             task.start_time = current_time if start else None
+            task.stop_time = None  
             if total is not None:
                 task.total = total
             task.completed = completed
diff --git a/tests/test_progress_reset.py b/tests/test_progress_reset.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6898e6e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_progress_reset.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+"""Test that progress bar tasks properly reset their running clocks."""
+
+import time
+import pytest
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.progress import Progress, Task, TaskID, TimeElapsedColumn
+
+
+def test_progress_reset_restarts_clock():
+    """Test that reset() properly resets the task's elapsed time."""
+    progress = Progress()
+    
+    # Add a task and start it
+    task_id = progress.add_task("Test", total=100)
+    task = progress._tasks[task_id]
+    
+    # Advance the task
+    progress.update(task_id, advance=50)
+    
+    # Simulate some time passing
+    time.sleep(0.1)
+    elapsed_before_reset = task.elapsed
+    assert elapsed_before_reset > 0
+    
+    # Reset the task
+    progress.reset(task_id)
+    
+    # Check that start_time was reset
+    assert task.start_time is not None
+    assert task.stop_time is None
+    assert task.completed == 0
+    assert task.finished_time is None
+    
+    # Check that elapsed time is very small (close to 0)
+    elapsed_after_reset = task.elapsed
+    assert elapsed_after_reset < elapsed_before_reset
+    assert elapsed_after_reset < 0.1  # Should be very small, accounting for test execution time
+
+
+def test_progress_reset_with_start_false():
+    """Test that reset() with start=False leaves start_time as None."""
+    progress = Progress()
+    
+    # Add a task and start it
+    task_id = progress.add_task("Test", total=100)
+    task = progress._tasks[task_id]
+    
+    # Simulate some work
+    progress.update(task_id, advance=50)
+    time.sleep(0.1)
+    
+    # Reset without starting
+    progress.reset(task_id, start=False)
+    
+    # Check that start_time is None
+    assert task.start_time is None
+    assert task.stop_time is None
+    assert task.elapsed is None
+
+
+def test_progress_reset_clears_stop_time():
+    """Test that reset() clears stop_time to allow proper restart."""
+    progress = Progress()
+    
+    # Add a task and start it
+    task_id = progress.add_task("Test", total=100)
+    task = progress._tasks[task_id]
+    
+    # Stop the task
+    progress.stop_task(task_id)
+    assert task.stop_time is not None
+    
+    # Reset the task
+    progress.reset(task_id)
+    
+    # Check that stop_time was cleared
+    assert task.stop_time is None
+    assert task.start_time is not None
+
+
+def test_progress_reset_scenario():
+    """Test a realistic scenario with multiple progress bars being reset."""
+    progress = Progress()
+    
+    # Simulate the AI training scenario from the bug report
+    epoch_task = progress.add_task("Epochs", total=10)
+    train_task = progress.add_task("Training", total=1000)
+    valid_task = progress.add_task("Validation", total=500)
+    
+    # Simulate first epoch
+    for _ in range(100):
+        progress.advance(train_task, 10)
+    
+    progress.stop_task(train_task)
+    
+    for _ in range(50):
+        progress.advance(valid_task, 10)
+    
+    progress.stop_task(valid_task)
+    progress.advance(epoch_task, 1)
+    
+    # Reset tasks for next epoch
+    progress.reset(train_task, start=True)
+    progress.reset(valid_task, start=False)
+    
+    # Verify that training task has restarted properly
+    train_task_obj = progress._tasks[train_task]
+    assert train_task_obj.start_time is not None
+    assert train_task_obj.stop_time is None
+    assert train_task_obj.elapsed is not None
+    assert train_task_obj.elapsed < 0.1  # Should be very small
+    
+    # Verify that validation task has not started
+    valid_task_obj = progress._tasks[valid_task]
+    assert valid_task_obj.start_time is None
+    assert valid_task_obj.stop_time is None
+    assert valid_task_obj.elapsed is None
+
+
+def test_time_elapsed_column_after_reset():
+    """Test that TimeElapsedColumn shows correct time after reset."""
+    progress = Progress()
+    column = TimeElapsedColumn()
+    
+    # Add a task and let it run
+    task_id = progress.add_task("Test", total=100)
+    task = progress._tasks[task_id]
+    
+    # Simulate work
+    progress.update(task_id, advance=50)
+    time.sleep(0.2)
+    
+    # Get elapsed time display before reset
+    time_before = column.render(task)
+    assert str(time_before) != "-:--:--"  # Should show actual time
+    
+    # Reset the task
+    progress.reset(task_id)
+    
+    # Get elapsed time display after reset
+    time_after = column.render(task)
+    # Should show very small time or 0:00:00
+    assert str(time_after) in ["0:00:00", "0:00:01"]
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