diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 95609c0..d1672b5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,27 @@
 # inside Xvfb, captures the frames + audio, and (post phase 1) speaks the TS3
 # voice protocol directly to push the result into a TS6 channel via the
 # server's built-in stream feature. No HLS, no second nginx container.
+#
+# Two networking modes are available via compose profiles:
+#
+#   * default (profile "bridge"): bot runs in the standard ts6-net bridge.
+#     Simple, isolated, but WebRTC ICE candidate gathering can struggle -
+#     STUN responses to the docker bridge IP often don't establish a
+#     usable srflx candidate, so peers can't NAT-punch back to the bot.
+#
+#   * profile "host": bot runs in the host network namespace. The host's
+#     real LAN/WAN IPs become the ICE candidates, STUN works normally,
+#     and viewers can reach the bot. Trade-off: shares the host's port
+#     space (8080 must be free on the host), needs the TS6 server
+#     reachable via 127.0.0.1 / a public hostname.
+#
+# Use one or the other, not both:
+#
+#     docker compose --profile bridge up -d   # original behaviour
+#     docker compose --profile host   up -d   # works around ICE failures
+#
+# Without --profile only the bridge service runs (matching prior behaviour
+# so existing setups keep working unchanged).
 
 services:
   bot:
@@ -11,16 +32,14 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
     container_name: ts6-stream-bot
+    profiles: ["", "bridge"]
     restart: unless-stopped
     env_file: .env
-    # We need ipc=host or a large /dev/shm so Chromium doesn't crash with
-    # "out of shared memory" on big frames.
     shm_size: "1gb"
     volumes:
-      # Mount sources read-only so a code edit doesn't require rebuild during dev
       - ./src:/app/src:ro
     ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"   # control API - keep local; expose via reverse proxy if needed
+      - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
     networks:
       - ts6-net
     healthcheck:
@@ -30,6 +49,25 @@ services:
       retries: 3
       start_period: 20s
 
+  bot-host:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+    container_name: ts6-stream-bot
+    profiles: ["host"]
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file: .env
+    shm_size: "1gb"
+    network_mode: host
+    volumes:
+      - ./src:/app/src:ro
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-fsS", "http://localhost:8080/health"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 20s
+
 networks:
   ts6-net:
     external: true
diff --git a/src/ts6_stream_bot/pipeline/stream_publisher.py b/src/ts6_stream_bot/pipeline/stream_publisher.py
index 3590aa0..558b2bf 100644
--- a/src/ts6_stream_bot/pipeline/stream_publisher.py
+++ b/src/ts6_stream_bot/pipeline/stream_publisher.py
@@ -334,6 +334,19 @@ async def _on_ice_state_change() -> None:
 
         offer_sdp = pc.localDescription.sdp
 
+        # Surface the local ICE candidate set so we can tell at a glance
+        # whether STUN/TURN actually contributed anything. The trace we
+        # need to debug "ICE failed" almost always boils down to "the bot
+        # only has its docker-bridge host candidate, no srflx, no relay".
+        local_candidates = _parse_local_candidates(offer_sdp)
+        log.info(
+            "stream_publisher.local_ice_candidates",
+            clid=viewer_clid,
+            count=len(local_candidates),
+            kinds=sorted({c["typ"] for c in local_candidates}),
+            candidates=local_candidates,
+        )
+
         async with self._lock:
             self._viewers[viewer_clid] = _Viewer(
                 clid=viewer_clid, pc=pc, joined_at=asyncio.get_event_loop().time()
@@ -456,6 +469,28 @@ async def _wait_for_ice_gathering(
             await asyncio.sleep(poll)
 
 
+def _parse_local_candidates(sdp: str) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
+    """Pull the c=...candidate lines out of an SDP into a structured form
+    so the diagnostic log shows "what did STUN actually give us"."""
+    out: list[dict[str, str]] = []
+    for line in sdp.splitlines():
+        if not line.startswith("a=candidate:"):
+            continue
+        parts = line[len("a=candidate:") :].split()
+        # Format: <foundation> <component> <protocol> <priority> <ip> <port>
+        # typ <type> [raddr <ip> rport <port>] [tcptype ...] ...
+        if len(parts) < 7:
+            continue
+        entry: dict[str, str] = {
+            "protocol": parts[2].lower(),
+            "ip": parts[4],
+            "port": parts[5],
+            "typ": parts[7] if len(parts) > 7 and parts[6] == "typ" else "?",
+        }
+        out.append(entry)
+    return out
+
+
 __all__ = [
     "StreamPublisher",
     "StreamPublisherStatus",