diff --git a/assets/sai.js b/assets/sai.js
index bf3c54b..6b78440 100644
--- a/assets/sai.js
+++ b/assets/sai.js
@@ -966,8 +966,6 @@ var sb_selected_project = null, sb_selected_ref = null;
 function sai_sb_request_overview(offset)
 {
 	var o = (typeof offset === 'number') ? offset : 0;
-	console.log("[sb] -> overview req project='" + sb_selected_project +
-		    "' ref='" + sb_selected_ref + "'");
 	sai.send("{\"schema\":\"com.warmcat.sai.taskinfo\"," +
 		 "\"js_api_version\": " + SAI_JS_API_VERSION + "," +
 		 "\"offset\": " + o + "," +
@@ -977,13 +975,11 @@ function sai_sb_request_overview(offset)
 
 function sai_sb_request_projects()
 {
-	console.log("[sb] -> requesting projlist");
 	sai.send("{\"schema\":\"com.warmcat.sai.projlist\"}");
 }
 
 function sai_sb_request_branches(project)
 {
-	console.log("[sb] -> requesting branchlist for", project);
 	sai.send("{\"schema\":\"com.warmcat.sai.branchlist\"," +
 		 "\"project\":" + JSON.stringify(project || "") + "}");
 }
@@ -2860,10 +2856,9 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 		//		return;
 		try {
 			jso = JSON.parse(msg.data);
-		} catch {
-			console.log("Bad JSON received:");
-			console.log(msg.data);
-			return
+		} catch (err) {
+			console.log("Bad JSON received:", err.message);
+			return;
 		}
 		//	console.log(jso.schema);
 
@@ -3114,7 +3109,6 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 					 * for deep links (?event=/?task=) so the
 					 * deep-linked event isn't displaced.
 					 */
-					console.log("[sb] <- projlist reply:", jso);
 					sb_projects = (jso.projects && Array.isArray(jso.projects)) ? jso.projects : [];
 					if (!sb_selected_project && !selected_event_uuid &&
 					    !selected_task_uuid && sb_projects.length)
@@ -3127,9 +3121,8 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 					/*
 					 * Unique refs for the selected project,
 					 * newest-first.  Auto-select the most recent
-					 * branch so col 4 populates immediately.
-					 */
-					console.log("[sb] <- branchlist reply:", jso);
+						 * branch so col 4 populates immediately.
+						 */
 					sb_branches = (jso.branches && Array.isArray(jso.branches)) ? jso.branches : [];
 					if (!sb_selected_ref && sb_branches.length)
 						selectSbBranch(sb_branches[0]);
@@ -3208,7 +3201,6 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 				 * branchlist reply arrives later it overrides this.
 				 */
 				if ((!sb_projects || !sb_projects.length) && loaded_events.length) {
-					console.log("[sb] FALLBACK: deriving projects from loaded_events (no projlist reply)");
 					var _pset = {};
 					loaded_events.forEach(function(o) {
 						if (o && o.e && o.e.repo_name)
@@ -3220,7 +3212,6 @@ function ws_open_sai()
 					render_sb_projects();
 				}
 				if (sb_selected_project && (!sb_branches || !sb_branches.length) && loaded_events.length) {
-					console.log("[sb] FALLBACK: deriving branches from loaded_events (no branchlist reply)");
 					var _bset = {};
 					loaded_events.forEach(function(o) {
 						if (o && o.e && o.e.repo_name === sb_selected_project && o.e.ref)
diff --git a/src/web/w-ws-browser.c b/src/web/w-ws-browser.c
index 52fe289..f7553b2 100644
--- a/src/web/w-ws-browser.c
+++ b/src/web/w-ws-browser.c
@@ -1377,10 +1377,6 @@ saiw_browser_queue_overview(struct vhd *vhd, struct pss *pss)
 		}
 	}
 
-	lwsl_notice("%s: DBG overview filt='%s' limit=%d offset=%u total=%u\n",
-			__func__, filt[0] ? filt : "(none)", n,
-			pss->overview_offset, total_events);
-
 	pss->wants_event_updates = 1;
 	if (lws_struct_sq3_deserialize(vhd->pdb, filt[0] ? filt : NULL,
 				       "created ", lsm_schema_sq3_map_event,
@@ -1390,9 +1386,6 @@ saiw_browser_queue_overview(struct vhd *vhd, struct pss *pss)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	lwsl_notice("%s: DBG overview returned %u events\n",
-			__func__, (unsigned int)owner.count);
-
 	/*
 	 * we get zero or more sai_event_t laid out in pss->query_ac,
 	 * and listed in pss->query_owner
@@ -1523,6 +1516,14 @@ saiw_browser_queue_overview(struct vhd *vhd, struct pss *pss)
 		 * user selects a specific event.
 		 */
 		if (pss->selected_project[0] || pss->selected_ref[0]) {
+			/*
+			 * Sidebar-scoped path: emit a tiny per-event payload
+			 * (empty task array + server-computed summary) instead
+			 * of the full task list, so many events fit the buflist.
+			 * We close the {"e":...} wrapper object here with '}'
+			 * and skip the shared "]" below (which closes the task
+			 * array opened by the unscoped path).
+			 */
 			char sum[96], esc_sum[128];
 
 			e = lws_container_of(walk, sai_event_t, list);
@@ -1534,10 +1535,28 @@ saiw_browser_queue_overview(struct vhd *vhd, struct pss *pss)
 							  sizeof(sum));
 				sai_event_db_close(&vhd->sqlite3_cache, &pdb);
 			}
+
+			if (lws_ptr_diff_size_t(end, p) < 160) {
+				saiw_ws_browser_queue_REQUIRES_LWS_PRE(pss,
+					start, lws_ptr_diff_size_t(p, start),
+					lws_write_ws_flags(LWS_WRITE_TEXT, 0, 0));
+				p = start;
+			}
 			p += lws_snprintf((char *)p, lws_ptr_diff_size_t(end, p),
-				", \"t\":[], \"summary\":\"%s\"",
+				", \"t\":[], \"summary\":\"%s\"}",
 				lws_json_purify(esc_sum, sum, sizeof(esc_sum) - 1,
 						NULL));
+
+			/* advance to the next event like the unscoped path */
+			if (pss->specificity && pss->specificity != SAIM_SPECIFIC_TASK)
+				walk = walk->next;
+			else
+				walk = walk->prev;
+
+			if (walk && (!pss->specificity ||
+				     pss->specificity == SAIM_SPECIFIC_TASK))
+				continue;
+			goto so_finish;
 		} else {
 		p += lws_snprintf((char *)p, lws_ptr_diff_size_t(end, p), ", \"t\":[");