diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index 0312b76025..7e2936624c 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 . "$(dirname -- "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
-npx lint-staged
\ No newline at end of file
+yarn pre-commit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/common/Testimonial/TestimonialCard.jsx b/src/common/Testimonial/TestimonialCard.jsx
index 9bf94226a0..c2e0c29ce0 100644
--- a/src/common/Testimonial/TestimonialCard.jsx
+++ b/src/common/Testimonial/TestimonialCard.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { format } from 'date-fns';
 import * as allLocales from 'date-fns/locale';
 import { email2Slug } from 'common/services/string';
-import sanitizeHTML from 'common/utils/sanitizeHTML';
 
 const TestimonialCard = ({ home, quote, name, avatarUrl, category, created_at, email }) => {
   const [formattedDate] = useState(() => {
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ const TestimonialCard = ({ home, quote, name, avatarUrl, category, created_at, e
         >
           <p
             className="leading-relaxed text-gray-700"
-            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeHTML(replaceWithBr()) }}
+            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: replaceWithBr() }}
           />
         </blockquote>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/common/badges-dashboard/BadgeDetails.jsx b/src/common/badges-dashboard/BadgeDetails.jsx
index ff78258d9f..893bf60b19 100644
--- a/src/common/badges-dashboard/BadgeDetails.jsx
+++ b/src/common/badges-dashboard/BadgeDetails.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Badge from './Badge';
-import sanitizeHTML from 'common/utils/sanitizeHTML';
 import './badge.css';
 
 const BadgeDetails = ({ badge, onClose }) => {
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ const BadgeDetails = ({ badge, onClose }) => {
       return `<a href="${url}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-500 hover:underline">${name}</a>`;
     });
 
-    return <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeHTML(descriptionWithLinks) }} />;
+    return <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: descriptionWithLinks }} />;
   };
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/common/playlists/PlayErrorBoundary.jsx b/src/common/playlists/PlayErrorBoundary.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f73e6f5bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/playlists/PlayErrorBoundary.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { ReactComponent as ImageOops } from 'images/img-oops.svg';
+
+class PlayErrorBoundary extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = { hasError: false, error: null, isChunkError: false };
+  }
+
+  static getDerivedStateFromError(error) {
+    // Detect chunk load failures (network errors loading lazy chunks)
+    const isChunkError =
+      error?.name === 'ChunkLoadError' ||
+      /loading chunk/i.test(error?.message) ||
+      /failed to fetch dynamically imported module/i.test(error?.message);
+
+    return { hasError: true, error, isChunkError };
+  }
+
+  componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+    console.error(`Error loading play "${this.props.playName}":`, error, errorInfo);
+  }
+
+  handleRetry = () => {
+    this.setState({ hasError: false, error: null, isChunkError: false });
+  };
+
+  handleGoBack = () => {
+    window.location.href = '/plays';
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    if (this.state.hasError) {
+      return (
+        <div className="play-error-boundary" style={styles.container}>
+          <ImageOops style={styles.image} />
+          <h2 style={styles.title}>
+            {this.state.isChunkError ? 'Failed to load this play' : 'Something went wrong'}
+          </h2>
+          <p style={styles.message}>
+            {this.state.isChunkError
+              ? 'There was a network error loading this play. Please check your connection and try again.'
+              : `An error occurred while rendering "${this.props.playName || 'this play'}".`}
+          </p>
+          <div style={styles.actions}>
+            {this.state.isChunkError && (
+              <button style={styles.retryButton} onClick={this.handleRetry}>
+                Retry
+              </button>
+            )}
+            <button style={styles.backButton} onClick={this.handleGoBack}>
+              Back to Plays
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return this.props.children;
+  }
+}
+
+const styles = {
+  container: {
+    display: 'flex',
+    flexDirection: 'column',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    padding: '3rem 1.5rem',
+    textAlign: 'center',
+    minHeight: '50vh'
+  },
+  image: {
+    width: '200px',
+    height: 'auto',
+    marginBottom: '1.5rem',
+    opacity: 0.8
+  },
+  title: {
+    fontSize: '1.5rem',
+    fontWeight: 600,
+    color: '#333',
+    margin: '0 0 0.75rem'
+  },
+  message: {
+    fontSize: '1rem',
+    color: '#666',
+    maxWidth: '500px',
+    lineHeight: 1.5,
+    margin: '0 0 1.5rem'
+  },
+  actions: {
+    display: 'flex',
+    gap: '1rem'
+  },
+  retryButton: {
+    padding: '0.6rem 1.5rem',
+    fontSize: '0.95rem',
+    fontWeight: 600,
+    border: 'none',
+    borderRadius: '6px',
+    cursor: 'pointer',
+    background: '#00f2fe',
+    color: '#fff',
+    transition: 'opacity 0.2s'
+  },
+  backButton: {
+    padding: '0.6rem 1.5rem',
+    fontSize: '0.95rem',
+    fontWeight: 600,
+    border: '2px solid #00f2fe',
+    borderRadius: '6px',
+    cursor: 'pointer',
+    background: 'transparent',
+    color: '#00f2fe',
+    transition: 'opacity 0.2s'
+  }
+};
+
+export default PlayErrorBoundary;
diff --git a/src/common/playlists/PlayMeta.jsx b/src/common/playlists/PlayMeta.jsx
index d5dbc2f17b..33158038d9 100644
--- a/src/common/playlists/PlayMeta.jsx
+++ b/src/common/playlists/PlayMeta.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { PageNotFound } from 'common';
 import thumbPlay from 'images/thumb-play.png';
 import { getProdUrl } from 'common/utils/commonUtils';
 import { loadCoverImage } from 'common/utils/coverImageUtil';
+import PlayErrorBoundary from 'common/playlists/PlayErrorBoundary';
 
 function PlayMeta() {
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ function PlayMeta() {
   const renderPlayComponent = () => {
     const Comp = plays[play.component || toSanitized(play.title_name)];
 
+    if (!Comp) {
+      return <PageNotFound />;
+    }
+
     return <Comp {...play} />;
   };
 
@@ -103,7 +108,11 @@ function PlayMeta() {
         <meta content={play.description} data-react-helmet="true" name="twitter:description" />
         <meta content={ogTagImage} data-react-helmet="true" name="twitter:image" />
       </Helmet>
-      <Suspense fallback={<Loader />}>{renderPlayComponent()}</Suspense>
+      <Suspense
+        fallback={<Loader subtitle="Please wait while the play loads" title="Loading Play..." />}
+      >
+        <PlayErrorBoundary playName={play.name}>{renderPlayComponent()}</PlayErrorBoundary>
+      </Suspense>
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/common/utils/sanitizeHTML.js b/src/common/utils/sanitizeHTML.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b07766de01..0000000000
--- a/src/common/utils/sanitizeHTML.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
-
-/**
- * Sanitizes an HTML string using DOMPurify to prevent XSS attacks.
- * Use this utility whenever you need to render dynamic HTML via dangerouslySetInnerHTML.
- *
- * @param {string} html - The raw HTML string to sanitize.
- * @returns {string} - A sanitized HTML string safe to use with dangerouslySetInnerHTML.
- */
-const sanitizeHTML = (html) => DOMPurify.sanitize(html ?? '');
-
-export default sanitizeHTML;
diff --git a/src/plays/Selection-Sort-Visualizer/SelectionSortVisualizer.js b/src/plays/Selection-Sort-Visualizer/SelectionSortVisualizer.js
index 1eb8241875..951f4380cb 100644
--- a/src/plays/Selection-Sort-Visualizer/SelectionSortVisualizer.js
+++ b/src/plays/Selection-Sort-Visualizer/SelectionSortVisualizer.js
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ function SelectionSortVisualizer() {
   const handleSort = async () => {
     const arrCopy = [...arr];
     const outputElements = document.getElementById('output-visualizer');
-    // Safe: clears the container to empty string (no user data injected).
-    // All subsequent DOM mutations use createElement/createTextNode (XSS-safe).
     outputElements.innerHTML = '';
 
     for (let i = 0; i < arrCopy.length - 1; i++) {
diff --git a/src/plays/devblog/Pages/Article.jsx b/src/plays/devblog/Pages/Article.jsx
index ef2ea2d2b0..8f7c70e7da 100644
--- a/src/plays/devblog/Pages/Article.jsx
+++ b/src/plays/devblog/Pages/Article.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
-import sanitizeHTML from 'common/utils/sanitizeHTML';
 import Loading from '../components/Loading';
 
 const Article = () => {
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ const Article = () => {
 
           <div
             className="mt-10 devBlog-article"
-            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeHTML(article.body_html) }}
+            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: article.body_html }}
           />
         </div>
       ) : (
diff --git a/src/plays/fun-quiz/EndScreen.jsx b/src/plays/fun-quiz/EndScreen.jsx
index 5398009a8b..a8f337760f 100644
--- a/src/plays/fun-quiz/EndScreen.jsx
+++ b/src/plays/fun-quiz/EndScreen.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // vendors
 import { Fragment, useState } from 'react';
-import sanitizeHTML from 'common/utils/sanitizeHTML';
 
 // css
 import './FrontScreen.scss';
@@ -17,17 +16,17 @@ const EndScreen = ({ quizSummary, redirectHome }) => {
         <div className="question-number">Question: {currentQuestion?.qNo}</div>
         <li
           dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
-            __html: sanitizeHTML(`${currentQuestion?.question}`)
+            __html: `${currentQuestion?.question}`
           }}
         />
         <span
           dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
-            __html: sanitizeHTML(`<br/><b>Ans</b>: ${currentQuestion?.correct_answer}<br/>`)
+            __html: `<br/><b>Ans</b>: ${currentQuestion?.correct_answer}<br/>`
           }}
         />
         <span
           dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
-            __html: sanitizeHTML(`<b>Your Answer</b>: ${currentQuestion?.your_answer}`)
+            __html: `<b>Your Answer</b>: ${currentQuestion?.your_answer}`
           }}
         />
       </div>
diff --git a/src/plays/fun-quiz/QuizScreen.jsx b/src/plays/fun-quiz/QuizScreen.jsx
index 571946985a..cc150234f8 100644
--- a/src/plays/fun-quiz/QuizScreen.jsx
+++ b/src/plays/fun-quiz/QuizScreen.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useEffect, useState, useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
-import sanitizeHTML from 'common/utils/sanitizeHTML';
 
 import './QuizScreen.scss';
 
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ function QuizScreen({ category, getQuizSummary }) {
           <div className={`timer ${timer <= 5 && 'caution'}`}>{timer}</div>
           <div className="question-info">Question: {questionNumber + 1}</div>
           <div className="question">
-            <h1 dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeHTML(currentQuestion?.question) }} />
+            <h1 dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: currentQuestion?.question }} />
           </div>
           <div className="options">
             {currentQuestion?.options?.map((option, index) => {
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ function QuizScreen({ category, getQuizSummary }) {
                 <div className="single-opt" key={index}>
                   <div
                     className={itemClassDisplayController(option)}
-                    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeHTML(option) }}
+                    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: option }}
                     onClick={handleAnswerClick(option)}
                   />
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/plays/markdown-editor/Output.jsx b/src/plays/markdown-editor/Output.jsx
index 8f7ca65314..9228271430 100644
--- a/src/plays/markdown-editor/Output.jsx
+++ b/src/plays/markdown-editor/Output.jsx
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import sanitizeHTML from 'common/utils/sanitizeHTML';
 
 const Output = ({ md, text, mdPreviewBox }) => {
   return (
     <div
       className="md-editor output-div"
-      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizeHTML(md.render(text)) }}
+      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: md.render(text) }}
       id={mdPreviewBox}
     />
   );
diff --git a/src/plays/text-to-speech/TextToSpeech.jsx b/src/plays/text-to-speech/TextToSpeech.jsx
index e400bc4fde..3286a6d0f9 100644
--- a/src/plays/text-to-speech/TextToSpeech.jsx
+++ b/src/plays/text-to-speech/TextToSpeech.jsx
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ function TextToSpeech(props) {
             <div className="tts-output-box">
               {convertedText ? (
                 <>
-                  <p className="tts-output-text">{convertedText}</p>
+                  <p
+                    className="tts-output-text"
+                    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: convertedText }}
+                  />
 
                   <button className="tts-speaker-btn" onClick={handleSpeak}>
                     {isSpeaking ? <FaStop size={28} /> : <FaVolumeUp size={28} />}
diff --git a/src/plays/tube2tunes/Tube2tunes.jsx b/src/plays/tube2tunes/Tube2tunes.jsx
index a9dfaf430d..a13c5b8b51 100644
--- a/src/plays/tube2tunes/Tube2tunes.jsx
+++ b/src/plays/tube2tunes/Tube2tunes.jsx
@@ -49,10 +49,8 @@ function Tube2tunes(props) {
       .then((res) => {
         if (res.data.status === 'processing') {
           setProcessingMsg(true);
-          setLoading(false);
         } else if (res.data.status === 'fail') {
           setFailedMsg(true);
-          setLoading(false);
         } else {
           setUrlResult(res.data.link);
           setTitle(res.data.title);
@@ -62,8 +60,8 @@ function Tube2tunes(props) {
       .catch((err) => {
         setError(true);
         setLoading(false);
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-        console.error('Error: ', err);
+        // Optional: log error for debugging
+        console.error('Error fetching YouTube audio:', err);
       });
 
     inputUrlRef.current.value = '';