diff --git a/components/app_composition/src/runtime/app_composition_default_runtime.c b/components/app_composition/src/runtime/app_composition_default_runtime.c
index effb0e7..9b239d4 100644
--- a/components/app_composition/src/runtime/app_composition_default_runtime.c
+++ b/components/app_composition/src/runtime/app_composition_default_runtime.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ typedef enum {
     APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_POWER_HOLD = 1,
     APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_AUDIO_INIT,
     APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_BOOT_SOUND,
-    APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_AUDIO_RELEASE,
+    APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_AUDIO_READY,
     APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_LCD_DEVICE,
     APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_LCD_RENDER_LOOP,
     APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_PLATFORM_DOMAIN,
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ static esp_err_t app_composition_run_plan_a_boot_sequence(void)
                  "Boot sound unavailable, continue boot: %s",
                  esp_err_to_name(boot_sound_err));
     }
-    app_composition_log_stage(APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_AUDIO_RELEASE,
-                              "audio_release",
-                              "boot_sound_policy_end");
+    app_composition_log_stage(APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_AUDIO_READY,
+                              "audio_ready",
+                              "boot_sound_policy_end_keep_runtime");
 
 #if CONFIG_TQ_SCREEN_ENABLE
     app_composition_log_stage(APP_COMPOSITION_BOOT_STAGE_LCD_DEVICE,
diff --git a/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_runtime.c b/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_runtime.c
index af07327..27be0c7 100644
--- a/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_runtime.c
+++ b/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_runtime.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static bool s_multimodal_autostart_stop_requested;
 static bool s_multimodal_watchdog_task_starting;
 static bool s_multimodal_autostart_task_starting;
 static bool s_model_command_dispatched;
+static bool s_server_success_prompt_played;
 static control_plane_model_command_callback_t s_model_command_cb;
 static void *s_model_command_cb_user_data;
 static portMUX_TYPE s_multimodal_runtime_lock = portMUX_INITIALIZER_UNLOCKED;
@@ -587,12 +588,22 @@ static void control_plane_multimodal_event_bridge(control_plane_multimodal_event
     (void)user_data;
 
     switch (event) {
-        case CONTROL_PLANE_MULTIMODAL_EVENT_TRANSPORT_CONNECTED:
-            (void)domain_runtime_behavior_play_prompt_file(CONTROL_PLANE_SERVER_SUCCESS_PROMPT_FILE);
+        case CONTROL_PLANE_MULTIMODAL_EVENT_TRANSPORT_CONNECTED: {
+            bool should_play_prompt = false;
+            portENTER_CRITICAL(&s_multimodal_runtime_lock);
+            if (!s_server_success_prompt_played) {
+                s_server_success_prompt_played = true;
+                should_play_prompt = true;
+            }
+            portEXIT_CRITICAL(&s_multimodal_runtime_lock);
+            if (should_play_prompt) {
+                (void)domain_runtime_behavior_play_prompt_file(CONTROL_PLANE_SERVER_SUCCESS_PROMPT_FILE);
+            }
             if (CONTROL_PLANE_MULTIMODAL_AUTO_START_FLAG) {
                 schedule_autostart_if_enabled();
             }
             break;
+        }
 
         case CONTROL_PLANE_MULTIMODAL_EVENT_TRANSPORT_DISCONNECTED:
             control_plane_multimodal_stop_uplink();
diff --git a/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_session_service.c b/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_session_service.c
index 5207687..dedbf9a 100644
--- a/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_session_service.c
+++ b/components/control_plane/src/multimodal/control_plane_multimodal_session_service.c
@@ -1515,7 +1515,6 @@ void control_plane_multimodal_stop(void)
     if (transport_stop_err != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Multimodal transport stop ended with %s", esp_err_to_name(transport_stop_err));
     }
-    domain_runtime_multimodal_audio_deinit();
     control_plane_multimodal_auth_clear();
 
     if (lock_state()) {
diff --git a/components/control_plane/src/runtime/control_plane_connectivity_runtime.c b/components/control_plane/src/runtime/control_plane_connectivity_runtime.c
index 6e35229..dd80438 100644
--- a/components/control_plane/src/runtime/control_plane_connectivity_runtime.c
+++ b/components/control_plane/src/runtime/control_plane_connectivity_runtime.c
@@ -114,12 +114,6 @@ static esp_err_t control_plane_connect_sta_with_feedback(int timeout_ms,
             break;
         }
 
-        if (domain_runtime_multimodal_audio_is_initialized() &&
-            !domain_runtime_multimodal_audio_is_uplink_running()) {
-            domain_runtime_multimodal_audio_deinit();
-            ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Released multimodal audio before STA connect attempt %d", attempt);
-        }
-
         err = domain_runtime_wifi_portal_connect_sta(attempt_timeout_ms);
         if (err == ESP_OK) {
             break;
@@ -250,8 +244,7 @@ esp_err_t control_plane_play_boot_sound(int timeout_ms)
         ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Boot sound playback failed: %s", esp_err_to_name(play_err));
     }
 
-    domain_runtime_multimodal_audio_deinit();
-    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Boot sound audio resources released");
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Boot sound audio resources kept for runtime");
     return play_err;
 }