diff --git a/client/public/version.js b/client/public/version.js
index ce9d3cb..0571e20 100644
--- a/client/public/version.js
+++ b/client/public/version.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Maintainer-controlled web client version.
 // Format: YYYY.MM.DD Rn (example: 2026.02.20 R2)
-window.CHGRID_WEB_VERSION = "2026.02.22 R141";
+window.CHGRID_WEB_VERSION = "2026.02.22 R142";
 // Optional display timezone for timestamps. Falls back to America/Detroit if unset/invalid.
 window.CHGRID_TIME_ZONE = "America/Detroit";
diff --git a/client/src/audio/radioStationRuntime.ts b/client/src/audio/radioStationRuntime.ts
index 80c9c5d..3f178c7 100644
--- a/client/src/audio/radioStationRuntime.ts
+++ b/client/src/audio/radioStationRuntime.ts
@@ -162,23 +162,13 @@ type RadioSpatialConfig = {
 export class RadioStationRuntime {
   private readonly sharedRadioSources = new Map<string, SharedRadioSource>();
   private readonly itemRadioOutputs = new Map<string, ItemRadioOutput>();
-  private readonly lastStreamStatusAt = new Map<string, number>();
   private layerEnabled = true;
 
   constructor(
     private readonly audio: AudioEngine,
     private readonly getSpatialConfig: (item: WorldItem) => RadioSpatialConfig,
-    private readonly onStreamStatus?: (message: string) => void,
   ) {}
 
-  private reportStreamStatus(message: string, dedupeKey: string): void {
-    const now = Date.now();
-    const lastAt = this.lastStreamStatusAt.get(dedupeKey) ?? 0;
-    if (now - lastAt < 3000) return;
-    this.lastStreamStatusAt.set(dedupeKey, now);
-    this.onStreamStatus?.(message);
-  }
-
   cleanup(itemId: string): void {
     const output = this.itemRadioOutputs.get(itemId);
     if (!output) return;
@@ -327,18 +317,6 @@ export class RadioStationRuntime {
     element.crossOrigin = 'anonymous';
     element.loop = true;
     element.preload = 'none';
-    element.addEventListener('error', () => {
-      this.reportStreamStatus(
-        `Media stream failed: ${streamUrl}`,
-        `error:${streamUrl}`,
-      );
-    });
-    element.addEventListener('canplay', () => {
-      this.reportStreamStatus(
-        `Media stream ready: ${streamUrl}`,
-        `ready:${streamUrl}`,
-      );
-    });
     const source = audioCtx.createMediaElementSource(element);
     void element.play().catch(() => undefined);
     const shared: SharedRadioSource = {
diff --git a/client/src/main.ts b/client/src/main.ts
index eeda521..054bd65 100644
--- a/client/src/main.ts
+++ b/client/src/main.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ let outputMode = localStorage.getItem(AUDIO_OUTPUT_MODE_STORAGE_KEY) === 'mono'
 let connecting = false;
 const messageBuffer: string[] = [];
 let messageCursor = -1;
-const radioRuntime = new RadioStationRuntime(audio, getItemSpatialConfig, (message) => updateStatus(message));
+const radioRuntime = new RadioStationRuntime(audio, getItemSpatialConfig);
 const itemEmitRuntime = new ItemEmitRuntime(audio, resolveIncomingSoundUrl, getItemSpatialConfig);
 let internalClipboardText = '';
 let replaceTextOnNextType = false;
diff --git a/deploy/php/media_proxy.php b/deploy/php/media_proxy.php
index 2755ce3..6cc09d1 100644
--- a/deploy/php/media_proxy.php
+++ b/deploy/php/media_proxy.php
@@ -12,27 +12,6 @@
  * - Provides same-origin endpoint for browser playback.
  */
 
-ini_set('display_errors', '0');
-ini_set('log_errors', '1');
-error_reporting(E_ALL);
-
-function proxy_log_path()
-{
-    $tmp = sys_get_temp_dir();
-    if (!is_string($tmp) || $tmp === '') {
-        $tmp = '/tmp';
-    }
-    return rtrim($tmp, '/\\') . '/chgrid_media_proxy_error.log';
-}
-
-ini_set('error_log', proxy_log_path());
-
-function proxy_debug_log($message)
-{
-    $line = date('c') . ' ' . $message . PHP_EOL;
-    @file_put_contents(proxy_log_path(), $line, FILE_APPEND);
-}
-
 $GLOBALS['CHGRID_PROXY_HEADERS_SENT'] = false;
 $GLOBALS['CHGRID_PROXY_STATUS'] = 200;
 $GLOBALS['CHGRID_PROXY_UP_HEADERS'] = array();
@@ -113,17 +92,6 @@ function proxy_write_callback($ch, $chunk)
     return $len;
 }
 
-register_shutdown_function(function () {
-    $e = error_get_last();
-    if (!$e) {
-        return;
-    }
-    proxy_debug_log('FATAL: ' . json_encode($e));
-});
-
-proxy_debug_log('START method=' . (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] : 'unknown') . ' uri=' . (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : ''));
-header('X-ChatGrid-MediaProxy: reached');
-
 function set_status($code)
 {
     $map = array(
@@ -262,7 +230,6 @@ $ok = curl_exec($ch);
 if ($ok === false) {
     $err = curl_error($ch);
     curl_close($ch);
-    proxy_debug_log('ERROR curl_exec failed: ' . $err);
     send_text(502, 'upstream fetch failed: ' . $err);
 }