diff --git a/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html b/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
index becfdce..0eb70ac 100644
--- a/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
+++ b/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
@@ -4085,20 +4085,32 @@ const audioPath = new Map();         // uuid -> 'dj' | 'rtc'
 let listenerOutputMuted = true;
 function applyAudioMute(){
   const silenced = (myRole === 'listener' && listenerOutputMuted);
+  let touched = 0, played = 0, failed = 0;
   for (const [uuid, a] of remoteAudio){
     const wantRtc = !silenced && audioPath.get(uuid) !== 'dj';
     try {
       a.muted = !wantRtc;
-      if (wantRtc) { const p = a.play(); if (p && p.catch) p.catch(()=>{}); }
-    } catch(_){}
+      touched++;
+      if (wantRtc) {
+        const p = a.play();
+        if (p && p.then) p.then(()=>played++).catch(e=>{ failed++; logLine('err','rtc play '+uuid+': '+e.message); });
+        else played++;
+      }
+    } catch(e){ failed++; logLine('err','rtc set mute '+uuid+': '+e.message); }
   }
   for (const [uuid, a] of streamAudio){
     const wantDj = !silenced && audioPath.get(uuid) === 'dj';
     try {
       a.muted = !wantDj;
-      if (wantDj) { const p = a.play(); if (p && p.catch) p.catch(()=>{}); }
-    } catch(_){}
+      touched++;
+      if (wantDj) {
+        const p = a.play();
+        if (p && p.then) p.then(()=>played++).catch(e=>{ failed++; logLine('err','dj play '+uuid+': '+e.message); });
+        else played++;
+      }
+    } catch(e){ failed++; logLine('err','dj set mute '+uuid+': '+e.message); }
   }
+  logLine('', 'applyAudioMute silenced='+silenced+' touched='+touched+' streamMode='+streamMode.size);
 }
 function streamUrlFor(pubHex){
   return SFU_BASE + '/stream?room=' + encodeURIComponent(roomID) + '&pub=' + pubHex;
@@ -4189,9 +4201,11 @@ function toggleStreamFor(uuid, pubHex){
  *   - role-change (another peer became a speaker; or we got demoted
  *     to listener). */
 function autoEnableDjModeForListener(){
-  if (myRole !== 'listener') return;
+  if (myRole !== 'listener') { logLine('', 'autoDJ skip: role='+myRole); return; }
+  let added = 0, seen = 0;
   for (const [uuid, mm] of members){
     if (uuid === myUUID) continue;
+    seen++;
     if (!canSpeak(mm.role)) continue;
     if (!mm.pubkey) continue;
     let pubHex;
@@ -4199,7 +4213,9 @@ function autoEnableDjModeForListener(){
     if (streamMode.has(pubHex)) continue;
     streamMode.add(pubHex);
     startStream(uuid, pubHex);
+    added++;
   }
+  logLine('', 'autoDJ pass: members='+seen+' added='+added+' streamMode='+streamMode.size);
 }
 /* Periodic retry — covers the timing race where the host's mic publish
  * hasn't been registered at the SFU yet when the listener first
@@ -4646,6 +4662,10 @@ $('btn-mute').addEventListener('click', () => {
    * waiting. */
   if (myRole === 'listener'){
     listenerOutputMuted = !listenerOutputMuted;
+    logLine('', 'play-button: listenerOutputMuted=' + listenerOutputMuted +
+      ' remoteAudio=' + remoteAudio.size +
+      ' streamAudio=' + streamAudio.size +
+      ' audioPath=' + audioPath.size);
     applyAudioMute();
     const btn = $('btn-mute');
     btn.textContent = listenerOutputMuted ? 'play' : 'mute';
@@ -4887,8 +4907,8 @@ logLine('', 'ready — pick a handle, type a rendezvous code, enter the space');
 
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