diff --git a/playground/voyage-playground.html b/playground/voyage-playground.html
index 8b62764..d85f95c 100644
--- a/playground/voyage-playground.html
+++ b/playground/voyage-playground.html
@@ -1443,10 +1443,10 @@ playground first-run shows a complete round-trip-able artifact.
           var basePath = first.split('/')[0] || '';
           if (typeof loadProjectDirectory === 'function') {
             loadProjectDirectory(files, basePath);
-          } else {
-            // Step 13 not yet wired — log-only fallback for incremental delivery.
-            try { console.log('[voyage] project-loader: ' + files.length + ' files in ' + basePath); } catch (_) {}
           }
+          // v4.3 Step 12 (finding 809a225e): dead else-branch removed —
+          // loadProjectDirectory is defined unconditionally further down
+          // this file, so the fallback was unreachable noise.
         });
       }
 
@@ -1587,27 +1587,12 @@ playground first-run shows a complete round-trip-able artifact.
           announce(filteredCount + ' fil(er) filtrert (dotfiles / node_modules / path-traversal).');
         }
 
-        // Phase 5 — render dashboard if available, else log.
+        // Phase 5 — render dashboard.
+        // v4.3 Step 12 (finding 809a225e): dead else-branch removed —
+        // renderDashboard is defined unconditionally in this file, so
+        // the log-only fallback was unreachable.
         if (typeof renderDashboard === 'function') {
           renderDashboard(artifacts);
-        } else {
-          try {
-            console.log('[voyage] projectArtifacts loaded', {
-              basePath: artifacts.basePath,
-              brief: !!artifacts.brief,
-              plan: !!artifacts.plan,
-              review: !!artifacts.review,
-              research: artifacts.research.length,
-              architecture: {
-                overview: !!artifacts.architecture.overview,
-                gaps: !!artifacts.architecture.gaps,
-                loose: artifacts.architecture.looseFiles.length
-              },
-              progress: !!artifacts.progress,
-              loose: artifacts.looseFiles.length,
-              storageKey: artifacts.storageKey
-            });
-          } catch (_) {}
         }
         return artifacts;
       }
@@ -1693,7 +1678,11 @@ playground first-run shows a complete round-trip-able artifact.
               if (typeof loadProjectDirectory === 'function') {
                 loadProjectDirectory(collected, basePath);
               } else {
-                try { console.log('[voyage] drag-drop: ' + collected.length + ' files in ' + basePath); } catch (_) {}
+                // v4.3 Step 12 (finding 809a225e + opportunistic
+                // 3744d351): drag-drop is the only branch with a real
+                // race-condition reachability — announce via aria-live
+                // so AT users hear when the project couldn't be loaded.
+                announce('Drag-drop: kunne ikke lese prosjektmappe (' + collected.length + ' filer i ' + basePath + ').');
               }
             }
           }