diff --git a/.github/workflows/web.yml b/.github/workflows/web.yml
index de8da842..fa3d1fed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/web.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/web.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,15 @@ jobs:
         # No RUSTFLAGS override: `-C target-feature=-reference-types` broke wasm-bindgen's
         # externref table generation once the demo linked in real `Closure`-based code — see
         # `web/index.html`'s `data-target-name` comment.
-        run: trunk build --release --public-url /RustySNES/
+        #
+        # `--features cheats,debug-hooks` (v1.20.0): both are pure computation with zero
+        # wasm-incompatible dependencies (confirmed via `cargo check --target
+        # wasm32-unknown-unknown`) — the demo previously only got the crate's own `default`
+        # feature set, which never included these, so their Tools/Debug menu items showed a
+        # "(rebuild with --features ...)" placeholder for no real architectural reason. Additive
+        # to (not replacing) `default` — Trunk only disables default features when
+        # `--no-default-features` is also passed, which this build does not do.
+        run: trunk build --release --public-url /RustySNES/ --features cheats,debug-hooks
         working-directory: crates/rustysnes-frontend/web
 
       - name: Enforce wasm size budget (< 5 MiB gzip)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7c87d02..cc069acd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,24 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **Wasm demo: `Cheats`/`Debugger overlay` menu items now real, not placeholders** (Phase A of the
+  new UI/UX-parity ladder). `.github/workflows/web.yml`'s `trunk build` gained
+  `--features cheats,debug-hooks` — both are pure computation with zero wasm-incompatible
+  dependencies (confirmed via a real `cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown` and a full
+  local `trunk build` reproducing the exact CI command), and had simply never been added to the
+  deployed demo's feature set, not excluded for any architectural reason. The hosted demo's
+  Tools → Cheats and Debug → Debugger overlay menu items now show their real controls instead of
+  a `(rebuild with --features ...)` label. Verified: the built demo's gzip size (2.96 MiB) stays
+  well under the 5 MiB budget gate (2.04 MiB headroom), and compile-time `#[cfg]` proof —
+  building with these features on means the sibling `#[cfg(not(feature = "..."))]` placeholder
+  branches are provably absent from this binary. `scripting`/`netplay`/`retroachievements` remain
+  genuinely unavailable on wasm (`mlua`/native sockets/`rcheevos` FFI are not wasm-portable) —
+  their placeholders are honest, not touched by this fix; see `docs/frontend.md`'s "hosted demo
+  page" section for the full disposition and `to-dos/ROADMAP.md`/the approved UI/UX-parity plan
+  for what fixing those three would actually require.
+
 ## [1.19.0] "Afterburner" - 2026-07-15
 
 Fifteenth release of the RustyNES-parity roadmap: an optional PGO/BOLT pipeline for the
diff --git a/docs/frontend.md b/docs/frontend.md
index 26aabb75..6d3db9ff 100644
--- a/docs/frontend.md
+++ b/docs/frontend.md
@@ -622,6 +622,15 @@ and `?settings=` share-link — none of those features exist in RustySNES today
 handling, no wasm Lua backend, no config-to-URL serialization), so faking their UI would be the
 same "claims support that doesn't exist" anti-pattern this project avoids everywhere else.
 
+**`v1.20.0`:** `.github/workflows/web.yml`'s `trunk build` gained `--features cheats,debug-hooks`
+— both are pure computation with zero wasm-incompatible dependencies (confirmed via a real
+`cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown`), and had simply never been added to the deployed
+demo's build, not excluded for any architectural reason. Tools → Cheats and Debug →
+Debugger overlay now show their real controls in the hosted demo instead of a
+`(rebuild with --features ...)` placeholder label. `scripting`/`netplay`/`retroachievements`
+remain genuinely unavailable on wasm today (`mlua`/native sockets/`rcheevos` FFI are not
+wasm-portable) — their placeholders are honest, not a gap in this fix.
+
 ## The `full` build (`v1.0.0`)
 
 `cargo full-build` / `cargo full-run <rom>` (aliases in `.cargo/config.toml`) build/run the most