diff --git a/android/src/screens/ChatScreen.tsx b/android/src/screens/ChatScreen.tsx
index f5f7d66..d86dbfb 100644
--- a/android/src/screens/ChatScreen.tsx
+++ b/android/src/screens/ChatScreen.tsx
@@ -1038,19 +1038,24 @@ const ChatScreen: React.FC = () => {
         {!isUser && item.text.length > 0 && (
           <TouchableOpacity
             style={styles.playButton}
-            onPress={() => {
-              if (item.audioPath) {
-                audioService.playFromPath(item.audioPath);
-              } else {
-                // messageId mitschicken damit die Bridge das generierte Audio
-                // wieder mit der Nachricht verknuepft (fuer den naechsten Replay aus Cache)
-                rvs.send('tts_request' as any, {
-                  text: item.text,
-                  voice: localXttsVoiceRef.current,
-                  speed: ttsSpeedRef.current,
-                  messageId: item.messageId || '',
-                });
+            onPress={async () => {
+              // Erst lokalen Cache pruefen — audioPath kann auf eine geloeschte
+              // Datei zeigen (TTS-Cache geleert oder Auto-Cleanup). In dem Fall
+              // ueber RVS neu rendern lassen statt stumm zu bleiben.
+              const cachePath = item.audioPath?.replace(/^file:\/\//, '') || '';
+              const cached = cachePath ? await RNFS.exists(cachePath).catch(() => false) : false;
+              if (cached) {
+                audioService.playFromPath(item.audioPath!);
+                return;
               }
+              // messageId mitschicken damit die Bridge das generierte Audio
+              // wieder mit der Nachricht verknuepft (fuer den naechsten Replay aus Cache)
+              rvs.send('tts_request' as any, {
+                text: item.text,
+                voice: localXttsVoiceRef.current,
+                speed: ttsSpeedRef.current,
+                messageId: item.messageId || '',
+              });
             }}
           >
             <Text style={styles.playButtonText}>{'\uD83D\uDD0A'}</Text>
diff --git a/android/src/services/audio.ts b/android/src/services/audio.ts
index 83863ef..c681459 100644
--- a/android/src/services/audio.ts
+++ b/android/src/services/audio.ts
@@ -316,13 +316,19 @@ class AudioService {
    *  unterdrueckt — der Focus bleibt fuer die ganze Konversation gehalten. */
   private _releaseFocusDeferred(): void {
     if (this._conversationFocusActive) {
+      console.log('[Audio] _releaseFocusDeferred: Conversation aktiv → kein Release');
       this._cancelDeferredFocusRelease();
       return;
     }
     this._cancelDeferredFocusRelease();
+    console.log('[Audio] _releaseFocusDeferred: in %dms', this.FOCUS_RELEASE_DELAY_MS);
     this.focusReleaseTimer = setTimeout(() => {
       this.focusReleaseTimer = null;
-      if (this._conversationFocusActive) return;
+      if (this._conversationFocusActive) {
+        console.log('[Audio] Focus-Release abgebrochen (Conversation jetzt aktiv)');
+        return;
+      }
+      console.log('[Audio] AudioFocus jetzt released');
       AudioFocus?.release().catch(() => {});
     }, this.FOCUS_RELEASE_DELAY_MS);
   }
@@ -1131,11 +1137,13 @@ class AudioService {
     }
 
     this.currentSound = sound;
+    console.log('[Audio] Sound.play startet (path=%s)', soundPath);
 
     // Naechstes Audio schon vorbereiten waehrend dieses abspielt
     this._preloadNext();
 
     sound.play((success) => {
+      console.log('[Audio] Sound.play callback: success=%s queue=%d', success, this.audioQueue.length);
       if (!success) console.warn('[Audio] Wiedergabe fehlgeschlagen');
       sound.release();
       this.currentSound = null;