diff --git a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4AUDRND.cpp b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4AUDRND.cpp
index a1b5a71..87c589a 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4AUDRND.cpp
+++ b/engine/MUNGA_L4/L4AUDRND.cpp
@@ -1307,6 +1307,25 @@ Logical
 	//Do we have enough?
 	int requested = source_request->count;
 
+	// SOURCE-POOL CENSUS (field 2026-07-23: "audio cutting in and out toward
+	// the end of the match").  OpenAL's mixing capacity is finite; sources
+	// release only at entity teardown, so long matches accumulate looping
+	// occupants (wreck burn/smoke) until transients lose the voice fight.
+	// Track generated/deleted/failed and print a 30s health line + EVERY
+	// acquisition failure (rare + the smoking gun).
+	extern long gBTAudioSourcesLive, gBTAudioAcquireFails;
+	{
+		static unsigned long s_censusAt = 0;
+		unsigned long now_ms = GetTickCount();
+		if (now_ms - s_censusAt > 30000)
+		{
+			s_censusAt = now_ms;
+			DEBUG_STREAM << "[audio] source census: live=" << gBTAudioSourcesLive
+				<< " acquireFails=" << gBTAudioAcquireFails
+				<< std::endl << std::flush;
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Gitea #12: hard cap at the SourceSet capacity so alGenSources can never
 	// write past sources[] (the death-crash heap overflow).  count is set from
 	// the streamed voiceCount and is normally already clamped in the
@@ -1323,6 +1342,8 @@ Logical
 		if (!alIsSource(source_request->sources[i]))
 		{
 			alGenSources(1, source_request->sources + i);
+			if (alIsSource(source_request->sources[i]))
+				++gBTAudioSourcesLive;
 		}
 	}
 		
@@ -1334,6 +1355,12 @@ Logical
 
 	if (failed)
 	{
+		++gBTAudioAcquireFails;
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "[audio] ACQUIRE FAILED (requested=" << requested
+			<< " live=" << gBTAudioSourcesLive
+			<< " fails=" << gBTAudioAcquireFails
+			<< ") -- the pool is exhausted; expect dropouts"
+			<< std::endl << std::flush;
 		return False;
 	}
 
@@ -1413,10 +1440,16 @@ Logical
 	return True;*/
 }
 
+long gBTAudioSourcesLive = 0;
+long gBTAudioAcquireFails = 0;
+
 void L4AudioRenderer::ReleaseSourceSet(SourceSet &sourceSet)
 {
+	extern long gBTAudioSourcesLive;
 	for (int i = 0; i < sourceSet.count; i++)
 	{
+		if (alIsSource(sourceSet.sources[i]))
+			--gBTAudioSourcesLive;
 		ALenum state;
 		alGetSourcei(sourceSet.sources[i], AL_SOURCE_STATE, &state);
 
diff --git a/game/reconstructed/projweap.cpp b/game/reconstructed/projweap.cpp
index 8b6964d..dfa62aa 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/projweap.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/projweap.cpp
@@ -714,8 +714,7 @@ void
 						DEBUG_STREAM << "[weap] " << GetName() << " JAMMED (T="
 							<< currentTemperature << "/" << failureTemperature
 							<< " heatAlarm=" << (int)heatAlarm.GetLevel()
-							<< ") -- permanent until mission end
-" << std::flush;
+							<< ") -- permanent until mission end\n" << std::flush;
 						weaponAlarm.SetLevel(JammedState);	// @4bbf34 -> 5
 					}
 					else