diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b6f7e784..e91b7a484 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Redacted dependency-controlled exception messages and tracebacks from routine articulation-analysis failure logs while retaining the BandScope-owned operation and exception class for bounded diagnostics.
 - Upgraded the local score PDF parser to `pdfjs-dist` 6.2.108, pinned Undici 7.29.0 across the workspace, and constrained PDF loading to copied in-memory bytes with a same-origin bundled worker and npm-generated lock provenance.
 
 ## [0.1.3] - 2026-04-29
diff --git a/services/analysis-engine/src/bandscope_analysis/roles/articulation.py b/services/analysis-engine/src/bandscope_analysis/roles/articulation.py
index 7fe118fda..5ce2abff9 100644
--- a/services/analysis-engine/src/bandscope_analysis/roles/articulation.py
+++ b/services/analysis-engine/src/bandscope_analysis/roles/articulation.py
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 - All computations are bounded by the input array sizes.
 - Fails safe: invalid, empty, or silent audio yields a neutral "mixed"
   result with zeroed metrics, and no exceptions escape the public API.
+- Unexpected dependency failures are logged with only the BandScope-owned
+  operation and exception class; dependency messages and tracebacks are not
+  retained in routine logs.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -138,8 +141,11 @@ def analyze_articulation(
             "onset_density_per_s": round(onset_density, 3),
             "duty_cycle": round(duty_cycle, 3),
         }
-    except Exception:
-        logger.warning("Articulation analysis failed; returning safe default", exc_info=True)
+    except Exception as error:
+        logger.warning(
+            "Articulation analysis failed; returning safe default (%s)",
+            type(error).__name__,
+        )
         return dict(_SAFE_DEFAULT)
 
 
diff --git a/services/analysis-engine/tests/test_articulation.py b/services/analysis-engine/tests/test_articulation.py
index 620bb8104..65ced4113 100644
--- a/services/analysis-engine/tests/test_articulation.py
+++ b/services/analysis-engine/tests/test_articulation.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for sustained-versus-choppy articulation detection."""
 
+import logging
 from typing import Any
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -99,14 +100,35 @@ def _zero_rms(**_kwargs: Any) -> NDArray[np.float32]:
     assert analyze_articulation(_sine(1.0), SR) == SAFE_DEFAULT
 
 
-def test_internal_failure_returns_safe_default(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
-    """No exception escapes: analysis failures return the safe default."""
+def test_internal_failure_returns_payload_safe_default(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """Unexpected dependency failures stay out of routine articulation logs."""
+    sensitive_detail = "/Users/Alice/private-articulation.wav token=super-secret"
 
     def _boom(**_kwargs: Any) -> NDArray[np.float32]:
-        raise RuntimeError("synthetic failure")
+        raise RuntimeError(sensitive_detail)
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(articulation.librosa.onset, "onset_strength", _boom)
+    caplog.set_level(logging.WARNING, logger=articulation.__name__)
+
     assert analyze_articulation(_sine(1.0), SR) == SAFE_DEFAULT
+    assert "Articulation analysis failed; returning safe default" in caplog.text
+    assert "/Users/Alice" not in caplog.text
+    assert "private-articulation.wav" not in caplog.text
+    assert "super-secret" not in caplog.text
+    matching_records = [
+        record
+        for record in caplog.records
+        if record.name == articulation.__name__
+        and record.getMessage().startswith("Articulation analysis failed; returning safe default")
+    ]
+    assert len(matching_records) == 1
+    assert matching_records[0].getMessage() == (
+        "Articulation analysis failed; returning safe default (RuntimeError)"
+    )
+    assert matching_records[0].exc_info is None
 
 
 def test_empty_stems_dict_returns_empty() -> None: