diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9eead8..cb26f54 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-# Build output & generated directories
+# Build output
 /build/
 /out/
-/corpus/
-/docs/
 **/build/
 **/cmake-build-*/
 CMakeUserPresets.json
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 9148670..4af7c75 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -52,20 +52,14 @@ function App() {
   const canRedo = hist.index < hist.stack.length - 1;
   const preservePageRef = useRef(false);
 
-  const [isOcrDisabled, setIsOcrDisabled] = useState(false);
   const permissions = activeDoc?.permissions ?? null;
   const can = (flag: keyof PDFPermissions) => !permissions || permissions[flag] !== false;
   const denyToast = (_label: string) => { };
   const disabledTools = new Set<ToolId>();
-  disabledTools.add('ocr'); // OCR & Edit button is permanently disabled
-  if (!activeDoc) {
-    (['highlight', 'underline', 'strikeout', 'squiggly', 'draw', 'comment', 'textbox', 'edit_text', 'stream_edit', 'signature', 'stamp', 'watermark', 'redact'] as ToolId[]).forEach((t) => disabledTools.add(t));
-  } else {
-    if (!can('canAnnotate'))
-      (['highlight', 'underline', 'strikeout', 'squiggly', 'draw', 'comment', 'textbox', 'stamp', 'signature'] as ToolId[]).forEach((t) => disabledTools.add(t));
-    if (!can('canModify'))
-      (['edit_text', 'stream_edit', 'redact'] as ToolId[]).forEach((t) => disabledTools.add(t));
-  }
+  disabledTools.add('ocr');
+  if (!can('canAnnotate'))
+    (['highlight', 'underline', 'strikeout', 'squiggly', 'draw', 'comment', 'textbox', 'stamp', 'signature'] as ToolId[]).forEach((t) => disabledTools.add(t));
+  if (!can('canModify')) (['edit_text', 'redact'] as ToolId[]).forEach((t) => disabledTools.add(t));
   const disabledToolsRef = useRef(disabledTools);
   disabledToolsRef.current = disabledTools;
 
@@ -160,11 +154,7 @@ function App() {
       await gatewayService.performPageOCR(activeDoc.id, currentPage);
       viewerRef.current?.refreshPageLayout(currentPage);
     } catch (err: any) {
-      const errMsg = err.message || String(err);
-      alert(`OCR processing failed: ${errMsg}`);
-      if (errMsg.toLowerCase().includes('not installed') || errMsg.toLowerCase().includes('not available')) {
-        setIsOcrDisabled(true);
-      }
+      alert(`OCR processing failed: ${err.message || err}`);
     } finally {
       setIsOCRLoading(false);
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/gatewayService.ts b/frontend/src/lib/gatewayService.ts
index 5642e0b..9bc86fa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/gatewayService.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/gatewayService.ts
@@ -727,9 +727,7 @@ class GatewayService {
       method: 'POST',
     });
     if (!response.ok) {
-      const errJson = await response.json().catch(() => null);
-      const detail = errJson?.detail || response.statusText;
-      throw new Error(detail);
+      throw new Error(`OCR failed: ${response.statusText}`);
     }
     return response.json();
   }