diff --git a/src/libslic3r/PresetBundle.cpp b/src/libslic3r/PresetBundle.cpp
index 5d968ef586..01cbc43bc2 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/PresetBundle.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/PresetBundle.cpp
@@ -695,16 +695,16 @@ bool PresetBundle::use_bbl_network()
 }
 
 bool PresetBundle::use_bbl_device_tab() {
-    const auto cfg = printers.get_edited_preset().config;
-
-    if (!is_bbl_vendor())
+    if (!is_bbl_vendor()) {
         return false;
+    }
 
     if (use_bbl_network()) {
         return true;
     }
 
-    // Use bbl device tab if printhost webui url is not set
+    const auto cfg = printers.get_edited_preset().config;
+    // Use bbl device tab if printhost webui url is not set 
     return cfg.opt_string("print_host_webui").empty();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
index 7cdd832da5..06da4d4b8b 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI_App.cpp
@@ -5404,7 +5404,7 @@ void GUI_App::on_user_login_handle(wxCommandEvent &evt)
 
 void GUI_App::check_track_enable()
 {
-    // Orca: alaways disable track event
+    // Orca: telemetry only exists on the BBL cloud agent; always disable it.
     if (m_agent) {
         m_agent->track_enable(false);
         m_agent->track_remove_files();
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/MainFrame.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/MainFrame.cpp
index 1c944cef0f..f55ce7cebc 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/MainFrame.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/MainFrame.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #include "MainFrame.hpp"
 
-#include <wx/event.h>
-#ifdef __WXGTK__
-#include <wx/gtk/app.h>
-#endif
 #include <wx/panel.h>
 #include <wx/notebook.h>
 #include <wx/listbook.h>
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
index 012e8ad7df..0f858e3c90 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
@@ -16761,14 +16761,15 @@ void Plater::reslice()
     if (get_view3D_canvas3D()->get_gizmos_manager().is_in_editing_mode(true))
         return;
 
-    // Keep slicing blocked even if a toolbar/menu path has not refreshed its enabled state yet.
-    // validate_current_plate also refreshes the missing-plugin notifications and plate readiness.
-    bool model_fits = false;
-    bool validate_error = false;
-    validate_current_plate(model_fits, validate_error);
-    if (!model_fits || validate_error) {
+    // Enforce the missing-plugin block at the slicing choke point: menu/keyboard/queued triggers can
+    // carry a stale enabled state while plugins load asynchronously. refresh_missing_plugin_block
+    // rebuilds the missing sets and notifications from the active presets without running
+    // Print::validate; all other validation keeps upstream behavior and is surfaced by
+    // update_background_process() below.
+    if (refresh_missing_plugin_block()) {
+        p->partplate_list.get_curr_plate()->update_slice_ready_status(false);
         p->main_frame->update_slice_print_status(MainFrame::eEventPlateUpdate, false);
-        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(warning) << __FUNCTION__ << ": current plate validation failed; slicing blocked.";
+        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(warning) << __FUNCTION__ << ": required plugins missing; slicing blocked.";
         return;
     }
 
@@ -18713,7 +18714,7 @@ void Plater::validate_current_plate(bool& model_fits, bool& validate_error)
     }
 
     PartPlate* part_plate = p->partplate_list.get_curr_plate();
-    part_plate->update_slice_ready_status(model_fits && !validate_error);
+    part_plate->update_slice_ready_status(model_fits);
 
     // The toolbar Slice button is normally refreshed only by the canvas
     // (EVT_GLCANVAS_ENABLE_ACTION_BUTTONS) on geometry updates. When the missing-plugin block toggles
@@ -18722,7 +18723,7 @@ void Plater::validate_current_plate(bool& model_fits, bool& validate_error)
     // can_slice() flag that get_enable_slice_status() reads — so the button doesn't lag until the
     // next bed click.
     if (plugins_block_changed && !p->background_process.running())
-        p->main_frame->update_slice_print_status(MainFrame::eEventObjectUpdate, model_fits && !validate_error);
+        p->main_frame->update_slice_print_status(MainFrame::eEventObjectUpdate, model_fits);
 
     return;
 }
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.hpp
index 8a7a31573e..48037a9a9e 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.hpp
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ public:
     // Rebuild the missing-plugin sets from the active presets and (re)show/close their notifications.
     // Returns true when slicing must be blocked (a referenced plugin is still missing); sets
     // *block_toggled when the blocked state changed since the previous call (so the caller can refresh
-    // the Slice button). Helper for validate_current_plate.
+    // the Slice button). Helper for validate_current_plate and the reslice() gate.
     bool refresh_missing_plugin_block(bool* block_toggled = nullptr);
     // Re-run plate validation when a plugin finishes loading, but only while a missing-plugin
     // notification is active, so it clears automatically once the required plugin is available.