diff --git a/dockerfiles/hermes-webui-atlas-voice.js b/dockerfiles/hermes-webui-atlas-voice.js
index 6a82eefe..99d2d715 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/hermes-webui-atlas-voice.js
+++ b/dockerfiles/hermes-webui-atlas-voice.js
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@
     lastSentTranscript=null;
     clearBargeCancellation();
     setConversationAssistantCaption('');
-    resyncCapture(token,'Something went wrong — listening');
+    resyncCapture(token,'Let’s try that again — listening');
   }
 
   function assistantRows(){
@@ -998,7 +998,11 @@
       const value=readSegmentBody(turn);
       if(value&&value.trim()) parts.push(value.trim());
     }
-    return {text:cleanForSpeech(parts.join('\n\n')),error:error};
+    // A stray error-stamped segment (a recovered tool error, or a
+    // cancellation notice from an earlier interim) must not discard a real
+    // answer: only surface the error state when the turn produced no
+    // spoken answer at all.
+    return {text:cleanForSpeech(parts.join('\n\n')),error:error&&parts.length===0};
   }
 
   function rememberAssistantBaseline(){
diff --git a/testing/probes/hermes_voice_response_probe.js b/testing/probes/hermes_voice_response_probe.js
index 9f28bf85..17c464e3 100644
--- a/testing/probes/hermes_voice_response_probe.js
+++ b/testing/probes/hermes_voice_response_probe.js
@@ -399,4 +399,34 @@ const results = {};
   };
 }
 
+// (6) A turn with a recovered/transient error segment AND a real answer must
+// speak the answer (error must NOT veto a turn that produced content).
+{
+  const answer = 'Here is the real answer despite a transient tool hiccup.';
+  const errSeg = answerSegment(null, 'a tool call failed transiently', { idx: 1 });
+  errSeg.setAttribute('data-error', '1');
+  const turn = assistantTurn([errSeg, answerSegment(answer, answer, { idx: 2 })], { worklog: false });
+  setTurn(turn);
+  const extracted = internals.collectAssistantResponse();
+  results.error_segment_with_answer = {
+    text: extracted.text,
+    error: extracted.error,
+    speaksAnswer: extracted.text === answer,
+  };
+}
+
+// (7) A turn that is ONLY an error envelope (no answer) still reports error.
+{
+  const errSeg = answerSegment(null, 'The provider returned an error.', { idx: 1 });
+  errSeg.setAttribute('data-error', '1');
+  const turn = assistantTurn([errSeg], { worklog: false });
+  setTurn(turn);
+  const extracted = internals.collectAssistantResponse();
+  results.error_only_reports_error = {
+    text: extracted.text,
+    isEmpty: extracted.text === '',
+    error: extracted.error,
+  };
+}
+
 process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(results, null, 2) + '\n');
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_hermes_voice_capture_continuity.py b/testing/tests/test_hermes_voice_capture_continuity.py
index 538430f9..e44aa66d 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_hermes_voice_capture_continuity.py
+++ b/testing/tests/test_hermes_voice_capture_continuity.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def test_two_word_young_utterance_keeps_the_hold(probe_results):
 def test_errored_turn_is_never_spoken_and_capture_resyncs(probe_results):
     scenario = probe_results["errored_turn_is_not_spoken_and_capture_resyncs"]
     assert scenario["stateAfterError"] == "listening"
-    assert scenario["labelAfterError"] == "Something went wrong — listening"
+    assert scenario["labelAfterError"] == "Let’s try that again — listening"
     assert scenario["ttsDuringError"] == 0
     assert scenario["freshSessions"] >= 1
     # The follow-up utterance is sent alone: no stitch with the errored turn.
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def test_cut_marker_error_resync_and_speaking_cycles_source_contract():
     # Error envelopes are detected structurally and trigger a capture resync.
     assert "function handleAssistantResponseError(token)" in source
     assert "function resyncCapture(token,statusLabel)" in source
-    assert "'Something went wrong — listening'" in source
+    assert "Let’s try that again — listening" in source
     assert "segment.dataset.error==='1'" in source
     assert ".provider-error-details" in source
     # A cancellation with no in-flight stream never gates the send.
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_hermes_voice_extraction.py b/testing/tests/test_hermes_voice_extraction.py
index 82f26d26..a5ee6101 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_hermes_voice_extraction.py
+++ b/testing/tests/test_hermes_voice_extraction.py
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ def results() -> dict:
     return json.loads(completed.stdout)
 
 
+def test_error_segment_does_not_discard_a_real_answer(results):
+    scenario = results["error_segment_with_answer"]
+    assert scenario["speaksAnswer"] is True, "a stray error segment discarded the real answer"
+    assert scenario["error"] is False, "a turn with a real answer must not surface the error state"
+
+
+def test_error_only_turn_still_reports_error(results):
+    scenario = results["error_only_reports_error"]
+    assert scenario["isEmpty"] is True
+    assert scenario["error"] is True
+
+
 def test_caption_is_answer_body_only(results):
     """Symptom 1: caption/TTS text must be the answer body, never row chrome."""
     scenario = results["finalized_multi_segment"]