diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Toaster.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Toaster.tsx
index 02a6be86..1db2d501 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Toaster.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Toaster.tsx
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ export default function Toaster() {
   return (
     // Stable, always-mounted polite live region — a polite region must PRE-EXIST in the DOM for a
     // screen reader to announce content later inserted into it (a region created together with its
-    // first message is unreliably announced). Non-error toasts render inside here and are announced
-    // politely; error/fatal toasts additionally carry role="alert", which announces assertively on
-    // insertion regardless.
+    // first message is unreliably announced). `aria-live` (not role="status") on purpose:
+    // role="status" implies aria-atomic="true", which would re-read the WHOLE stack on every toast;
+    // aria-live defaults atomic=false, so only the newly-added toast is spoken. Error/fatal toasts
+    // additionally carry role="alert", which announces assertively on insertion regardless.
     <div
-      role="status"
       aria-live="polite"
       className="absolute bottom-4 left-4 z-overlay flex flex-col gap-2 w-80 max-w-[calc(100vw-2rem)]"
     >
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default function Toaster() {
         return (
           <div
             key={toast.id}
-            {...(urgent ? { role: "alert" } : {})}
+            role={urgent ? "alert" : undefined}
             className="toast-card glass relative overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-3 py-3 flex items-start gap-3 animate-[popIn_0.16s_ease]"
           >
             <Icon className={`w-5 h-5 shrink-0 mt-0.5 ${color}`} />