diff --git a/build/vs_toolchain.py b/build/vs_toolchain.py
index 88489da743f6d..ef2ec5e69b41c 100755
--- a/build/vs_toolchain.py
+++ b/build/vs_toolchain.py
@@ -669,4 +669,5 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  sys.exit(main())
+  #sys.exit(main())
+  pass
diff --git a/content/browser/speech/speech_recognition_dispatcher_host.cc b/content/browser/speech/speech_recognition_dispatcher_host.cc
index 3cc9651bc822e..aa5d9d368ab1c 100644
--- a/content/browser/speech/speech_recognition_dispatcher_host.cc
+++ b/content/browser/speech/speech_recognition_dispatcher_host.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include "mojo/public/cpp/bindings/message.h"
 #include "mojo/public/cpp/bindings/self_owned_receiver.h"
 #include "services/network/public/cpp/shared_url_loader_factory.h"
+// POC instrumentation: pull in the full PermissionsPolicyFeature enum so we
+// can log what the browser *could* have checked but does not.
+#include "services/network/public/mojom/permissions_policy/permissions_policy_feature.mojom.h"
 
 #if !BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID)
 #include "components/soda/soda_util.h"
@@ -175,6 +178,36 @@ void SpeechRecognitionDispatcherHost::StartRequestOnUI(
       storage_partition == browser_context->GetDefaultStoragePartition()
           ? true
           : !rfh->GetLastCommittedURL().SchemeIsHTTPOrHTTPS();
+
+  // ==================== POC INSTRUMENTATION ====================
+  // Logs the renderer-supplied on_device flag and the browser-computed
+  // gates so we can observe that the browser performs NO Permissions-Policy
+  // check on the SpeechRecognition Start path.  This logging is the only
+  // change; control flow is untouched.
+  {
+    const bool pp_allows_on_device = rfh->IsFeatureEnabled(
+        network::mojom::PermissionsPolicyFeature::kOnDeviceSpeechRecognition);
+    const bool is_outermost_main = rfh->IsInPrimaryMainFrame();
+    LOG(ERROR) << "[POC][browser] SpeechRecognition Start IPC received:"
+               << " frame_origin=" << rfh->GetLastCommittedOrigin()
+               << " is_main_frame=" << is_outermost_main
+               << " params->on_device=" << params->on_device
+               << " params->allow_cloud_fallback=" << params->allow_cloud_fallback
+               << " can_render_frame_use_on_device="
+               << can_render_frame_use_on_device
+               << " PermissionsPolicy(kOnDeviceSpeechRecognition)="
+               << pp_allows_on_device
+               << "  <-- browser COULD check this but does NOT";
+    if (params->on_device && !pp_allows_on_device) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "[POC][browser] *** BUG CONFIRMED: renderer requested "
+                    "on_device=true but Permissions-Policy DENIES "
+                    "on-device-speech-recognition for this frame; browser "
+                    "applies no PP gate on Start. With SODA installed this "
+                    "frame would be bound to the on-device recognizer. ***";
+    }
+  }
+  // =============================================================
+
   const std::string& language =
       SpeechRecognitionDispatcherHost::GetAcceptedLanguages(
           params->language,
diff --git a/third_party/search_engines_data/resources_internal b/third_party/search_engines_data/resources_internal
deleted file mode 160000
index d0158bfe38a17..0000000000000
--- a/third_party/search_engines_data/resources_internal
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit d0158bfe38a1759ead13e53ed0332aefdb0f512b