diff --git a/Rosetta/Features/Chats/ChatDetail/ComposerView.swift b/Rosetta/Features/Chats/ChatDetail/ComposerView.swift
index 49fb58c..0f7a417 100644
--- a/Rosetta/Features/Chats/ChatDetail/ComposerView.swift
+++ b/Rosetta/Features/Chats/ChatDetail/ComposerView.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import AudioToolbox
 import AVFAudio
 @preconcurrency import AVFoundation
 import Lottie
@@ -1179,22 +1178,10 @@ extension ComposerView: RecordingMicButtonDelegate {
         isRecording = true
         isRecordingLocked = false
         setRecordingFlowState(.recordingUnlocked)
+        // Haptic is fired by RecordingMicButton.beginRecording() (prepared generator)
+        // BEFORE this delegate call — so it fires before AVAudioSession starts.
         presentRecordingChrome(locked: false, animatePanel: true)
 
-        // Haptic 100ms after chrome — overlay is at alpha ~0.7, visually present.
-        // Fired outside the Task so AVAudioSession can't suppress it, and
-        // button state guards can't skip it.
-        let hapticGenerator = UIImpactFeedbackGenerator(style: .medium)
-        hapticGenerator.prepare()
-        print("[HAPTIC] prepare() called, scheduling impactOccurred in 100ms")
-        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.1) { [weak self] in
-            let isStillRecording = self?.isRecording == true
-            print("[HAPTIC] firing impactOccurred — isRecording=\(isStillRecording) flowState=\(String(describing: self?.recordingFlowState))")
-            hapticGenerator.impactOccurred()
-            AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(1519)
-            print("[HAPTIC] impactOccurred + SystemSound(1519) DONE")
-        }
-
         recordingStartTask?.cancel()
         recordingStartTask = Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
             guard let self else { return }
diff --git a/Rosetta/Features/Chats/ChatDetail/RecordingMicButton.swift b/Rosetta/Features/Chats/ChatDetail/RecordingMicButton.swift
index 19fb45f..6d7ce75 100644
--- a/Rosetta/Features/Chats/ChatDetail/RecordingMicButton.swift
+++ b/Rosetta/Features/Chats/ChatDetail/RecordingMicButton.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import AudioToolbox
 import QuartzCore
 import UIKit
 
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ final class RecordingMicButton: UIControl {
         didLockHaptic = false
 
         impactFeedback.prepare()
-        print("[HAPTIC-MIC] beginTracking — prepare() called")
         recordingDelegate?.micButtonRecordingArmed(self)
 
         // Start hold timer — after 0.19s we begin recording
@@ -257,14 +255,13 @@ final class RecordingMicButton: UIControl {
     // MARK: - State Transitions
 
     private func beginRecording() {
-        guard recordingState == .waiting else {
-            print("[HAPTIC-MIC] beginRecording SKIPPED — state=\(recordingState)")
-            return
-        }
+        guard recordingState == .waiting else { return }
         recordingState = .recording
         holdTimer = nil
-        print("[HAPTIC-MIC] beginRecording — calling delegate")
 
+        // Haptic fires BEFORE delegate — delegate starts AVAudioSession
+        // which suppresses Taptic Engine.
+        fireHaptic()
         startDisplayLink()
         recordingDelegate?.micButtonRecordingBegan(self)
     }
@@ -343,9 +340,7 @@ final class RecordingMicButton: UIControl {
     /// UIFeedbackGenerator API and hits Taptic Engine directly.
     /// Telegram uses this as fallback in HapticFeedback.swift.
     private func fireHaptic() {
-        print("[HAPTIC-MIC] fireHaptic() — state=\(recordingState)")
         impactFeedback.impactOccurred()
-        AudioServicesPlaySystemSound(1519)
         impactFeedback.prepare()
     }