diff --git a/app/controllers/report.controller.js b/app/controllers/report.controller.js
index d96250e..9ca7ab0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/report.controller.js
+++ b/app/controllers/report.controller.js
@@ -164,14 +164,6 @@ const findRelatedCustomersForReport = (route, customer, allRoutes) => {
   return { relativeRouteCustomer, customerInOtherRoute, otherRoute, otherOutboundRoute };
 };
 
-const resolveNoteFromCandidates = (...candidates) => {
-  for (const candidate of candidates) {
-    const note = (candidate?.customer_note || "").toString().trim();
-    if (note) return note;
-  }
-  return "";
-};
-
 const hasEnterCenterTimeByCandidate = (...candidates) =>
   candidates.some((item) => item?.customer_enter_center_time !== undefined && item?.customer_enter_center_time !== null && item?.customer_enter_center_time !== "");
 
@@ -188,7 +180,7 @@ const appendNoticeLine = (parts, text) => {
   }
 };
 
-const buildRoutePdfBuffer = async (templateBytes, route, seqNum, driversMap, vehiclesMap, outboundCustomerStatuses, unicodeFontBytes, allRoutes, customerNotesById) => {
+const buildRoutePdfBuffer = async (templateBytes, route, seqNum, driversMap, vehiclesMap, outboundCustomerStatuses, unicodeFontBytes, allRoutes, customerNotesById, debugRows) => {
   const pdfDoc = await PDFDocument.load(templateBytes);
   pdfDoc.registerFontkit(fontkit);
   const unicodeFont = await pdfDoc.embedFont(unicodeFontBytes, { subset: true });
@@ -218,7 +210,7 @@ const buildRoutePdfBuffer = async (templateBytes, route, seqNum, driversMap, veh
     safeSetField(form, `phone_${row}`, customer?.customer_phone || "");
     const customerId = toObjectIdText(customer?.customer_id);
     const profileNoteToDriver = (customerNotesById?.get(customerId) || "").toString().trim();
-    const customerNoteText = profileNoteToDriver || resolveNoteFromCandidates(customer, relativeRouteCustomer, customerInOtherRoute);
+    const customerNoteText = profileNoteToDriver;
     safeSetField(form, `note_${row}`, customerNoteText);
 
     const pickupTime = formatUtcToLocalHm(
@@ -229,6 +221,8 @@ const buildRoutePdfBuffer = async (templateBytes, route, seqNum, driversMap, veh
     if (pickupTime) safeSetField(form, `pick_${row}`, pickupTime);
 
     const hasEnterCenterTime = hasEnterCenterTimeByCandidate(customer, relativeRouteCustomer, customerInOtherRoute);
+    let yValue = "";
+    let nValue = "";
     if (hasEnterCenterTime) {
       const enterCenterTime = formatUtcToLocalHm(
         customer?.customer_enter_center_time ||
@@ -238,14 +232,20 @@ const buildRoutePdfBuffer = async (templateBytes, route, seqNum, driversMap, veh
       if (enterCenterTime) {
         safeSetField(form, `arrive_${row}`, enterCenterTime);
       }
-      safeSetField(form, `y_${row}`, "✓", { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
-      safeSetField(form, `n_${row}`, "", { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
+      yValue = "Y";
+      nValue = "";
+      safeSetField(form, `y_${row}`, yValue, { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
+      safeSetField(form, `n_${row}`, nValue, { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
     } else if (hasInCenterStatusByCandidate(customer, relativeRouteCustomer, customerInOtherRoute)) {
-      safeSetField(form, `y_${row}`, "✓", { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
-      safeSetField(form, `n_${row}`, "", { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
+      yValue = "Y";
+      nValue = "";
+      safeSetField(form, `y_${row}`, yValue, { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
+      safeSetField(form, `n_${row}`, nValue, { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
     } else {
-      safeSetField(form, `y_${row}`, "", { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
-      safeSetField(form, `n_${row}`, "✕", { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
+      yValue = "";
+      nValue = "N";
+      safeSetField(form, `y_${row}`, yValue, { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
+      safeSetField(form, `n_${row}`, nValue, { fontSize: 12, center: true, blackText: true });
     }
 
     const outboundStatus = findOutboundStatusByCustomerId(outboundCustomerStatuses, customer?.customer_id);
@@ -307,8 +307,21 @@ const buildRoutePdfBuffer = async (templateBytes, route, seqNum, driversMap, veh
       }
     }
 
-    if (noticeParts.length > 0) {
-      safeSetField(form, `note_${row}`, noticeParts.join(" "));
+    if (noticeParts.length > 0) safeSetField(form, `note_${row}`, noticeParts.join(" "));
+
+    if (Array.isArray(debugRows)) {
+      debugRows.push({
+        route: route?.name || "",
+        row,
+        customer_id: customerId,
+        customer_name: customer?.customer_name || "",
+        hasEnterCenterTime,
+        hasInCenterStatus: hasInCenterStatusByCandidate(customer, relativeRouteCustomer, customerInOtherRoute),
+        y_field_value: yValue,
+        n_field_value: nValue,
+        note_to_driver: customerNoteText,
+        final_notice: noticeParts.join(" ")
+      });
     }
   });
 
@@ -435,6 +448,7 @@ exports.updateReport = (req, res) => {
 exports.exportRouteReportZip = async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const date = req.query?.date;
+    const debugMode = `${req.query?.debug || ""}`.toLowerCase() === "1" || `${req.query?.debug || ""}`.toLowerCase() === "true";
     if (!date) {
       return res.status(400).send({ message: "date query is required." });
     }
@@ -517,6 +531,7 @@ exports.exportRouteReportZip = async (req, res) => {
     archive.pipe(res);
 
     const filenameCounter = new Map();
+    const debugRows = [];
     for (let i = 0; i < inboundRoutes.length; i += 1) {
       const route = inboundRoutes[i];
       const pdfBytes = await buildRoutePdfBuffer(
@@ -528,7 +543,8 @@ exports.exportRouteReportZip = async (req, res) => {
         outboundCustomerStatuses,
         unicodeFontBytes,
         routes,
-        customerNotesById
+        customerNotesById,
+        debugMode ? debugRows : null
       );
       const base = sanitizeFileName(route?.name || `route_${i + 1}`) || `route_${i + 1}`;
       const existingCount = filenameCounter.get(base) || 0;
@@ -537,6 +553,24 @@ exports.exportRouteReportZip = async (req, res) => {
       archive.append(Buffer.from(pdfBytes), { name: finalName });
     }
 
+    if (debugMode) {
+      archive.append(
+        Buffer.from(
+          JSON.stringify(
+            {
+              date,
+              site,
+              generated_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+              rows: debugRows
+            },
+            null,
+            2
+          )
+        ),
+        { name: "debug_export.json" }
+      );
+    }
+
     archive.finalize();
   } catch (err) {
     console.error("Failed to export route report zip:", err);
diff --git a/client/src/components/trans-routes/RouteReportWithSignature.js b/client/src/components/trans-routes/RouteReportWithSignature.js
index 8287392..605c8aa 100644
--- a/client/src/components/trans-routes/RouteReportWithSignature.js
+++ b/client/src/components/trans-routes/RouteReportWithSignature.js
@@ -187,10 +187,6 @@ const RouteReportWithSignature = () => {
   const getRouteNoteToDriverText = (customerId, ...customerCandidates) => {
     const profileNote = (customerMetaById.get(customerId)?.notes_for_driver || '').toString().trim();
     if (profileNote) return profileNote;
-    for (const item of customerCandidates) {
-      const noteText = (item?.customer_note || '').toString().trim();
-      if (noteText) return noteText;
-    }
     return '';
   };