diff --git a/.changeset/fn-8580-voice-settings-read-dedupe.md b/.changeset/fn-8580-voice-settings-read-dedupe.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dd2638b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fn-8580-voice-settings-read-dedupe.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Fix duplicate project-settings requests when voice dictation is present in task composers.
+category: fix
+dev: useVoiceDictation now uses project-scoped useVoiceAvailability and no longer calls fetchSettings; it reuses health.ts withProjectId.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/composer-settings-read-isolation.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/composer-settings-read-isolation.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c24b16cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/composer-settings-read-isolation.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { TaskForm } from "../TaskForm";
+import { QuickEntryBox } from "../QuickEntryBox";
+import { TaskComments } from "../TaskComments";
+import { fetchSettings } from "../../api";
+import { __resetVoiceAvailabilityCache } from "../../hooks/useVoiceAvailability";
+import type { Task } from "@fusion/core";
+
+vi.mock("../../api", () => ({
+  fetchModels: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+    models: [{ provider: "anthropic", id: "model", name: "Model", reasoning: false, contextWindow: 128_000 }],
+    favoriteProviders: [],
+    favoriteModels: [],
+  }),
+  fetchSettings: vi.fn(),
+  fetchWorkflows: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  fetchWorkflowOptionalSteps: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  fetchGlobalSettings: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+  refineText: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(""),
+  getRefineErrorMessage: vi.fn(() => "Failed to refine text."),
+  updateGlobalSettings: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+  fetchGitBranches: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  checkDuplicateTasks: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  fetchAgents: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
+  uploadAttachment: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
+  addSteeringComment: vi.fn(),
+  updateTaskComment: vi.fn(),
+  deleteTaskComment: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+const PROJECT_ID = "voice-settings-project";
+const ORIGINAL_INNER_WIDTH = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(window, "innerWidth");
+const ORIGINAL_MATCH_MEDIA = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(window, "matchMedia");
+
+function renderTaskForm() {
+  return render(
+    <TaskForm
+      mode="create"
+      description=""
+      onDescriptionChange={vi.fn()}
+      dependencies={[]}
+      onDependenciesChange={vi.fn()}
+      executorModel=""
+      onExecutorModelChange={vi.fn()}
+      validatorModel=""
+      onValidatorModelChange={vi.fn()}
+      presetMode="default"
+      onPresetModeChange={vi.fn()}
+      selectedPresetId=""
+      onSelectedPresetIdChange={vi.fn()}
+      pendingImages={[]}
+      onImagesChange={vi.fn()}
+      tasks={[]}
+      addToast={vi.fn()}
+      isActive
+      reviewLevel={undefined}
+      onReviewLevelChange={vi.fn()}
+      projectId={PROJECT_ID}
+    />,
+  );
+}
+
+function renderQuickEntryBox() {
+  return render(
+    <QuickEntryBox
+      onCreate={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}
+      addToast={vi.fn()}
+      tasks={[]}
+      availableModels={[]}
+      onSubtaskBreakdown={vi.fn()}
+      projectId={PROJECT_ID}
+    />,
+  );
+}
+
+function setMobileViewport() {
+  Object.defineProperty(window, "innerWidth", { value: 375, configurable: true });
+  Object.defineProperty(window, "matchMedia", {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: vi.fn((query: string) => ({
+      matches: query.includes("max-width") || query.includes("768"),
+      media: query,
+      onchange: null,
+      addListener: vi.fn(),
+      removeListener: vi.fn(),
+      addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+      removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+      dispatchEvent: vi.fn(),
+    })),
+  });
+}
+
+function restoreViewport() {
+  if (ORIGINAL_INNER_WIDTH) Object.defineProperty(window, "innerWidth", ORIGINAL_INNER_WIDTH);
+  if (ORIGINAL_MATCH_MEDIA) Object.defineProperty(window, "matchMedia", ORIGINAL_MATCH_MEDIA);
+}
+
+const commentTask: Task = {
+  id: "FN-8580",
+  title: "Voice comments",
+  description: "",
+  column: "todo",
+  dependencies: [],
+  steps: [],
+  currentStep: 0,
+  log: [],
+  comments: [{ id: "comment-1", author: "user", text: "Editable comment", createdAt: "2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z" }],
+  createdAt: "2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-07-25T00:00:00.000Z",
+};
+
+describe("composer settings-read isolation", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    restoreViewport();
+    __resetVoiceAvailabilityCache();
+    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockReset();
+    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(new Response(JSON.stringify({
+      enabled: true,
+      runtime: { status: "available" },
+      model: { status: "installed" },
+    }))));
+  });
+
+  it("keeps TaskForm's one configured settings response for its real preset picker", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      modelPresets: [{ id: "saved", name: "Saved preset", executorProvider: "anthropic", executorModelId: "model" }],
+      autoSelectModelPreset: false,
+      defaultPresetBySize: {},
+    } as never);
+
+    renderTaskForm();
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("task-form-more-options-toggle"));
+
+    const preset = await screen.findByLabelText("Preset") as HTMLSelectElement;
+    await waitFor(() => expect(Array.from(preset.options).some((option) => option.value === "saved")).toBe(true));
+    expect(fetchSettings).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/voice/status?projectId=voice-settings-project");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps QuickEntryBox's one configured settings response for the desktop GitHub default", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValueOnce({ githubTrackingEnabledByDefault: true } as never);
+
+    renderQuickEntryBox();
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("quick-entry-github-toggle")).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "true"));
+    expect(fetchSettings).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves QuickEntryBox's configured GitHub default on the mobile touch layout", async () => {
+    setMobileViewport();
+    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValueOnce({ githubTrackingEnabledByDefault: true } as never);
+
+    renderQuickEntryBox();
+
+    const toggle = await screen.findByTestId("quick-entry-github-toggle");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "true"));
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(toggle, { pointerType: "touch" });
+    expect(toggle).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(fetchSettings).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps K real settings-reading hosts at K reads", async () => {
+    render(<><TaskForm
+      mode="create"
+      description=""
+      onDescriptionChange={vi.fn()}
+      dependencies={[]}
+      onDependenciesChange={vi.fn()}
+      executorModel=""
+      onExecutorModelChange={vi.fn()}
+      validatorModel=""
+      onValidatorModelChange={vi.fn()}
+      presetMode="default"
+      onPresetModeChange={vi.fn()}
+      selectedPresetId=""
+      onSelectedPresetIdChange={vi.fn()}
+      pendingImages={[]}
+      onImagesChange={vi.fn()}
+      tasks={[]}
+      addToast={vi.fn()}
+      isActive
+      reviewLevel={undefined}
+      onReviewLevelChange={vi.fn()}
+      projectId={PROJECT_ID}
+    /><QuickEntryBox onCreate={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)} addToast={vi.fn()} tasks={[]} availableModels={[]} onSubtaskBreakdown={vi.fn()} projectId={PROJECT_ID} /></>);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(fetchSettings).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps TaskComments' two real dictation consumers free of settings reads", async () => {
+    render(<TaskComments task={commentTask} addToast={vi.fn()} currentAuthor="user" projectId={PROJECT_ID} />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Edit" }));
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    expect(fetchSettings).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useVoiceAvailability.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useVoiceAvailability.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07d917762d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useVoiceAvailability.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { __resetVoiceAvailabilityCache, useVoiceAvailability } from "../useVoiceAvailability";
+
+function Harness({ projectId, label }: { projectId?: string; label: string }) {
+  const availability = useVoiceAvailability(projectId);
+  return <output data-testid={label}>{JSON.stringify(availability)}</output>;
+}
+
+function deferred<T>() {
+  let resolve!: (value: T) => void;
+  const promise = new Promise<T>((next) => { resolve = next; });
+  return { promise, resolve };
+}
+
+describe("useVoiceAvailability", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    __resetVoiceAvailabilityCache();
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn());
+  });
+  afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllGlobals());
+
+  it("deduplicates concurrent project requests and evicts settled entries", async () => {
+    const first = deferred<Response>();
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockResolvedValueOnce(first.promise).mockResolvedValue(new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: false })));
+    const view = render(<><Harness projectId="alpha" label="first" /><Harness projectId="alpha" label="second" /></>);
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/voice/status?projectId=alpha");
+    first.resolve(new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: true })));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("first").textContent).toContain('"enabled":true'));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("second").textContent).toContain('"enabled":true'));
+    view.unmount();
+    render(<Harness projectId="alpha" label="later" />);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+  });
+
+  it("keeps projects isolated by their scoped status URLs and results", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockImplementation(async (url) => new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: String(url).includes("alpha") })));
+    render(<><Harness projectId="alpha" label="alpha" /><Harness projectId="beta value" label="beta" /><Harness label="default" /></>);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("alpha").textContent).toContain('"enabled":true'));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("beta").textContent).toContain('"enabled":false'));
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/voice/status?projectId=alpha");
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/voice/status?projectId=beta%20value");
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/voice/status");
+  });
+
+  it("fails closed on rejected, non-OK, and malformed status responses", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("offline")).mockResolvedValueOnce(new Response("", { status: 503 })).mockResolvedValueOnce(new Response("not-json"));
+    const { rerender } = render(<Harness projectId="rejected" label="voice" />);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("voice").textContent).toBe('{"enabled":false,"supported":false}'));
+    rerender(<Harness projectId="not-ok" label="voice" />);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+    rerender(<Harness projectId="malformed" label="voice" />);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3));
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("voice").textContent).toBe('{"enabled":false,"supported":false}');
+  });
+
+  it("does not abort a shared request when one consumer departs or changes projects", async () => {
+    const alpha = deferred<Response>();
+    const beta = deferred<Response>();
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockImplementation((url) => String(url).includes("alpha") ? alpha.promise : beta.promise);
+    const { rerender } = render(<><Harness projectId="alpha" label="departing" /><Harness projectId="alpha" label="remaining" /></>);
+    rerender(<><Harness projectId="beta" label="departing" /><Harness projectId="alpha" label="remaining" /></>);
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    alpha.resolve(new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: true })));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("remaining").textContent).toContain('"enabled":true'));
+    beta.resolve(new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: false })));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("departing").textContent).toContain('"enabled":false'));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useVoiceDictation.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useVoiceDictation.test.tsx
index a0911e57e9..a20c393684 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useVoiceDictation.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useVoiceDictation.test.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import { act, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { useVoiceDictation } from "../useVoiceDictation";
 
-vi.mock("../../api", () => ({ fetchSettings: vi.fn() }));
-import { fetchSettings } from "../../api";
+import { __resetVoiceAvailabilityCache } from "../useVoiceAvailability";
 
 function Harness() {
   const voice = useVoiceDictation();
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ function Harness() {
 }
 
 function availableResponses() {
-  vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValue({ voiceInput: { enabled: true } } as never);
   vi.mocked(fetch).mockImplementation(async (input, init) => {
     const url = String(input);
     if (url === "/api/voice/status") return new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: true, runtime: { status: "available" }, model: { status: "installed" } }));
@@ -42,25 +40,26 @@ function installAudioCapture() {
 
 describe("useVoiceDictation", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockReset();
+    __resetVoiceAvailabilityCache();
     vi.stubGlobal("fetch", vi.fn());
   });
   afterEach(() => vi.useRealTimers());
 
   it("fails closed while status is pending or fails", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValue({ voiceInput: { enabled: true } } as never);
-    vi.mocked(fetch).mockRejectedValue(new Error("offline"));
+      vi.mocked(fetch).mockRejectedValue(new Error("offline"));
     render(<Harness />);
     expect(screen.getByTestId("voice").textContent).toContain('"supported":false');
-    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId("voice").textContent).toContain('"enabled":true'));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(vi.mocked(fetch)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/voice/status"));
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("voice").textContent).toContain('"enabled":false');
     expect(screen.getByTestId("voice").textContent).toContain('"supported":false');
   });
 
-  it("does not request status while voice is disabled", async () => {
-    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValue({ voiceInput: { enabled: false } } as never);
+  it("keeps capture unavailable while voice status is disabled", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(fetch).mockResolvedValue(new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: false, runtime: { status: "available" }, model: { status: "installed" } })));
     render(<Harness />);
-    await waitFor(() => expect(fetchSettings).toHaveBeenCalled());
-    expect(fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(vi.mocked(fetch)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/api/voice/status"));
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("voice").textContent).toContain('"enabled":false');
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("voice").textContent).toContain('"supported":false');
   });
 
   it("fails closed when AudioWorkletNode is unavailable", async () => {
@@ -95,8 +94,7 @@ describe("useVoiceDictation", () => {
 
   it("releases microphone tracks immediately when an in-flight transcription never settles", async () => {
     const { tracks, port } = installAudioCapture();
-    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValue({ voiceInput: { enabled: true } } as never);
-    vi.mocked(fetch).mockImplementation(async (input, init) => {
+      vi.mocked(fetch).mockImplementation(async (input, init) => {
       const url = String(input);
       if (url === "/api/voice/status") return new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: true, runtime: { status: "available" }, model: { status: "installed" } }));
       if (url === "/api/voice/session") return new Response(JSON.stringify({ sessionId: "session-1" }), { status: 201 });
@@ -120,8 +118,7 @@ describe("useVoiceDictation", () => {
   it("bounds a stalled pre-stop flush, aborts its request, and deletes only that session", async () => {
     const { port } = installAudioCapture();
     let stalledSignal: AbortSignal | undefined;
-    vi.mocked(fetchSettings).mockResolvedValue({ voiceInput: { enabled: true } } as never);
-    vi.mocked(fetch).mockImplementation(async (input, init) => {
+      vi.mocked(fetch).mockImplementation(async (input, init) => {
       const url = String(input);
       if (url === "/api/voice/status") return new Response(JSON.stringify({ enabled: true, runtime: { status: "available" }, model: { status: "installed" } }));
       if (url === "/api/voice/session") return new Response(JSON.stringify({ sessionId: "session-1" }), { status: 201 });
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useVoiceAvailability.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useVoiceAvailability.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96bc72fc65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useVoiceAvailability.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { withProjectId } from "../api/health.js";
+
+type VoiceStatus = {
+  enabled?: boolean;
+  runtime?: { status?: string };
+  model?: { status?: string };
+};
+
+export type VoiceAvailability = { enabled: boolean; supported: boolean };
+
+const unavailable: VoiceAvailability = { enabled: false, supported: false };
+const inFlight = new Map<string, Promise<VoiceStatus>>();
+
+function canCapture(): boolean {
+  return typeof navigator !== "undefined"
+    && Boolean(navigator.mediaDevices?.getUserMedia)
+    && Boolean((window.AudioContext ?? (window as typeof window & { webkitAudioContext?: typeof AudioContext }).webkitAudioContext))
+    && typeof AudioWorkletNode !== "undefined";
+}
+
+function getStatus(url: string): Promise<VoiceStatus> {
+  const existing = inFlight.get(url);
+  if (existing) return existing;
+  const request = fetch(url)
+    .then(async (response) => {
+      if (!response.ok) throw new Error("Voice status unavailable");
+      return await response.json() as VoiceStatus;
+    })
+    .finally(() => inFlight.delete(url));
+  inFlight.set(url, request);
+  return request;
+}
+
+/**
+ * FNXC:VoiceInput 2026-07-25-05:45:
+ * The voice path must not call fetchSettings: /api/voice/status already resolves the merged enable
+ * flag, while a second settings consumer steals a host composer's mockResolvedValueOnce response and
+ * duplicates production settings reads. Keep the status URL project-scoped through health's
+ * withProjectId helper for fetchSettings parity, and keep shared request cancellation cache-owned
+ * rather than letting an individual consumer abort work another live consumer depends on.
+ */
+export function useVoiceAvailability(projectId?: string): VoiceAvailability {
+  const [availability, setAvailability] = useState<VoiceAvailability>(unavailable);
+  const url = withProjectId("/api/voice/status", projectId);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let stale = false;
+    setAvailability(unavailable);
+    void getStatus(url).then((status) => {
+      if (stale) return;
+      const enabled = status.enabled === true;
+      setAvailability({
+        enabled,
+        supported: enabled && canCapture() && status.runtime?.status === "available" && status.model?.status === "installed",
+      });
+    }).catch(() => {
+      if (!stale) setAvailability(unavailable);
+    });
+    return () => { stale = true; };
+  }, [url]);
+
+  return availability;
+}
+
+/** Test seam: requests are intentionally deduplicated only while in flight. */
+export function __resetVoiceAvailabilityCache() {
+  inFlight.clear();
+}
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useVoiceDictation.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useVoiceDictation.ts
index b1c5234b60..2c5b4b554e 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useVoiceDictation.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useVoiceDictation.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { fetchSettings } from "../api";
+import { useVoiceAvailability } from "./useVoiceAvailability";
 
 export type VoiceDictationState = "idle" | "listening" | "transcribing" | "error";
-type VoiceStatus = { enabled?: boolean; runtime?: { status?: string }; model?: { status?: string } };
-
-function canCapture(): boolean {
-  return typeof navigator !== "undefined"
-    && Boolean(navigator.mediaDevices?.getUserMedia)
-    && Boolean((window.AudioContext ?? (window as typeof window & { webkitAudioContext?: typeof AudioContext }).webkitAudioContext))
-    // FNXC:VoiceInput 2026-07-24-05:30: This capture path constructs an AudioWorkletNode,
-    // so a browser without that constructor is unavailable before the mic button may render.
-    && typeof AudioWorkletNode !== "undefined";
-}
 function base64(bytes: ArrayBuffer): string {
   let value = ""; for (const byte of new Uint8Array(bytes)) value += String.fromCharCode(byte);
   return btoa(value);
@@ -25,8 +15,7 @@ function base64(bytes: ArrayBuffer): string {
  * Stale responses are ignored after stop so capture tracks can always be released without late text.
  */
 export function useVoiceDictation(projectId?: string) {
-  const [enabled, setEnabled] = useState(false);
-  const [supported, setSupported] = useState(false);
+  const { enabled, supported } = useVoiceAvailability(projectId);
   const [state, setState] = useState<VoiceDictationState>("idle");
   const [partialText, setPartialText] = useState("");
   const [finalText, setFinalText] = useState("");
@@ -89,22 +78,6 @@ export function useVoiceDictation(projectId?: string) {
     }
   }, [releaseCapture]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const controller = new AbortController();
-    setSupported(false); setEnabled(false);
-    void (async () => {
-      try {
-        const settings = await fetchSettings(projectId);
-        if (controller.signal.aborted || settings.voiceInput?.enabled !== true) return;
-        setEnabled(true);
-        const response = await fetch("/api/voice/status", { signal: controller.signal });
-        if (!response.ok) return;
-        const status = await response.json() as VoiceStatus;
-        if (!controller.signal.aborted && canCapture() && status.enabled === true && status.runtime?.status === "available" && status.model?.status === "installed") setSupported(true);
-      } catch { /* availability deliberately remains false */ }
-    })();
-    return () => controller.abort();
-  }, [projectId]);
   useEffect(() => release, [release]);
 
   const fail = useCallback((message: string) => { release(); setError(message); setState("error"); }, [release]);