diff --git a/assets/index.html b/assets/index.html
index b8c6709..583dc23 100644
--- a/assets/index.html
+++ b/assets/index.html
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <html lang="en">
  <head>
   <meta charset=utf-8 http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"/>
-   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="sai.css?v=4"/>
+   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="sai.css?v=6"/>
    <link rel="icon" href="sai-icon.svg" sizes="any" type="image/svg+xml"/>
-    <script type='text/javascript' src='sai.js?v=4'></script>
+    <script type='text/javascript' src='sai.js?v=6'></script>
     <script type='text/javascript' src='terminal-core.js'></script>
     <script type='text/javascript' src='sai-terminal.js'></script>
     <script type='text/javascript' src='lws-login.js'></script>
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 				<div class="sidebar-pane" id="sai_sidebar">
 					<div class="sb-col sb-col-logo" id="sai_sb_logo">
 						<div class="logo">
-							<img class="logo" src="sai.svg"><br>
-							<span class="logo"><a href="https://warmcat.com/git/sai">Sai git</a></span>
-							<span class="logo" id="apirev"></span>
+							<img class="logo" src="sai.svg">
+							<div class="logo-text">
+								<span class="logo"><a href="https://warmcat.com/git/sai">Sai git</a></span>
+								<span class="logo" id="apirev"></span>
+							</div>
 						</div>
 						<div id="lws-login-status-container" class="login-status-container"></div>
 					</div>
diff --git a/assets/sai.css b/assets/sai.css
index 9ab8afe..50df9c3 100644
--- a/assets/sai.css
+++ b/assets/sai.css
@@ -1817,25 +1817,37 @@ div.ibuil.vm-builder {
 }
 
 .sidebar-pane .sb-col-logo .logo {
-	display: block;
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: row;
+	align-items: center;
+	gap: 6px;
 	margin: 0;
 	padding: 0;
 	width: auto;
 }
 
 .sidebar-pane .sb-col-logo img.logo {
-	width: 110px;
+	width: 70px;
 	height: auto;
 	display: block;
+	flex: 0 0 auto;
+}
+
+/* vertical stack of "Sai git" + "API rev N" to the right of the logo image */
+.sidebar-pane .sb-col-logo .logo-text {
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: column;
+	align-items: flex-start;
+	gap: 1px;
 }
 
 /* override the global span.logo (Sai git / apirev) for the narrow column */
 .sidebar-pane .sb-col-logo span.logo {
 	width: auto;
 	max-width: 100%;
-	margin: 1px 0 0 0;
+	margin: 0;
 	padding: 0;
-	text-align: center;
+	text-align: left;
 	display: block;
 }
 
@@ -1875,6 +1887,7 @@ div.ibuil.vm-builder {
 .sb-row.selected {
 	background: #334155;
 	color: #ffffff;
+	font-weight: bold;
 }
 
 /* event rows in col 4 */
diff --git a/assets/sai.js b/assets/sai.js
index 6b78440..a5f26ac 100644
--- a/assets/sai.js
+++ b/assets/sai.js
@@ -1716,6 +1716,26 @@ function render_selected_event_tasks(o) {
 	var e = o.e;
 
 	/*
+	 * The tasks pane only makes sense once we have a context for it: either
+	 * a sidebar project + branch selection, or an explicit deep-link
+	 * (?event= / ?task=) that named a specific event/task.  Otherwise
+	 * (initial page load, nothing chosen) leave it empty rather than
+	 * showing tasks for an unrelated auto-selected event.
+	 */
+	var deep_link = false;
+	try {
+		var _p = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+		deep_link = !!(_p.get('event') || _p.get('task'));
+	} catch (e2) {}
+
+	if (!sb_selected_project && !sb_selected_ref && !deep_link) {
+		var c = document.getElementById("sai_event_tasks");
+		if (c)
+			c.innerHTML = "<div class=\"sb-empty\">Select a project and branch</div>";
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * The header (title + admin restart-all / delete-event buttons) is
 	 * always shown for the selected event, even when no task list is
 	 * available yet (sidebar-scoped overview events arrive with t:[] and
diff --git a/src/web/w-comms.c b/src/web/w-comms.c
index fcb52e5..3fbfd86 100644
--- a/src/web/w-comms.c
+++ b/src/web/w-comms.c
@@ -537,6 +537,13 @@ http_resp:
 
 		pss->wsi = wsi;
 		pss->vhd = vhd;
+		/*
+		 * Raise the tx buflist sanity limit well above lws's 2MiB
+		 * default: a scoped sidebar overview can carry a large number
+		 * of events before the connection drains.  32MiB is plenty for
+		 * the biggest event lists while still bounding memory per pss.
+		 */
+		pss->raw_tx.limit = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
 		pss->is_gitohashi = 1;
 		{
 			int r = 0;
@@ -667,7 +674,7 @@ http_resp:
 	case LWS_CALLBACK_CLOSED:
 
 		lwsl_wsi_info(wsi, "CLOSED browse conn");
-		lws_buflist_destroy_all_segments(&pss->raw_tx);
+		lws_buflist2_destroy_all_segments(&pss->raw_tx);
 		saiw_browser_state_changed(pss, 0);
 		lws_dll2_remove(&pss->subs_list);
 		lws_sul_cancel(&pss->sul_logcache);
@@ -718,30 +725,30 @@ http_resp:
 		break;
 
 	case LWS_CALLBACK_SERVER_WRITEABLE:
-		if (!vhd || !pss->raw_tx)
+		if (!vhd || !pss->raw_tx.total_len)
 			break;
 
 		{
 			char som, eom, rb[1200 + LWS_PRE];
 			uint8_t *prb = (uint8_t *)rb + LWS_PRE;
 			int used, final = 1;
-			size_t fsl = lws_buflist_next_segment_len(&pss->raw_tx, NULL);
+			size_t fsl = lws_buflist2_next_segment_len(&pss->raw_tx, NULL);
 
 			/*
 			 * Each segment has a header containing the flags.
 			 * We MUST only read it if we are at the start of the segment.
 			 * If we are mid-segment, we use the cached flags.
 			 */
-			if (lws_buflist_get_frag_start_or_NULL(&pss->raw_tx)) {
+			if (lws_buflist2_get_frag_start_or_NULL(&pss->raw_tx)) {
 				/* This is just a peek to see if we HAVE a segment */
-				int *pi = (int *)lws_buflist_get_frag_start_or_NULL(&pss->raw_tx);
+				int *pi = (int *)lws_buflist2_get_frag_start_or_NULL(&pss->raw_tx);
 				int flags = *pi;
-				
+
 				/*
 				 * fragment_use sets 'som' to true if we are at
 				 * the segment start.
 				 */
-				used = lws_buflist_fragment_use(&pss->raw_tx, prb, 1200, &som, &eom);
+				used = lws_buflist2_fragment_use(&pss->raw_tx, prb, 1200, &som, &eom);
 				if (!used)
 					return 0;
 
@@ -764,7 +771,7 @@ http_resp:
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (pss->raw_tx)
+		if (pss->raw_tx.total_len)
 			lws_callback_on_writable(pss->wsi);
 		break;
 
diff --git a/src/web/w-private.h b/src/web/w-private.h
index e74fab4..973e5aa 100644
--- a/src/web/w-private.h
+++ b/src/web/w-private.h
@@ -110,8 +110,14 @@ struct pss {
 
 	struct lws_spa		*spa;
 	struct lejp_ctx		ctx;
-	struct lws_buflist	*raw_tx;
-	struct lws_dll2		same; /* owner: vhd.browsers */
+	/*
+	 * Outgoing ws tx backlog for this browser connection.  Uses the
+	 * lws_buflist2 API so we can raise the per-owner sanity limit above
+	 * the 2MiB lws_buflist default (a scoped sidebar overview can carry
+	 * many events' worth of task data).
+	 */
+	struct lws_buflist2_owner	raw_tx;
+	struct lws_dll2			same; /* owner: vhd.browsers */
 
 	struct lws_dll2		subs_list;
 
diff --git a/src/web/w-ws-browser.c b/src/web/w-ws-browser.c
index f7553b2..e0eab0c 100644
--- a/src/web/w-ws-browser.c
+++ b/src/web/w-ws-browser.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ saiw_ws_browser_queue_REQUIRES_LWS_PRE(struct pss *pss, const void *buf,
 
 	*pi = (int)flags;
 
-	if (lws_buflist_append_segment(&pss->raw_tx, buf - sizeof(int), len + sizeof(int)) < 0) {
+	if (lws_buflist2_append_segment(&pss->raw_tx, buf - sizeof(int), len + sizeof(int)) < 0) {
 		lwsl_wsi_err(pss->wsi, "unable to buflist_append"); /* still ask to drain */
 		r = 1;
 	}
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ saiw_broadcast_logs_batch(struct vhd *vhd, struct pss *pss)
 	if (!pss->subs_list.owner)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (lws_buflist_total_len(&pss->raw_tx) > 100 * 1024) {
+	if (lws_buflist2_total_len(&pss->raw_tx) > 100 * 1024) {
 		lws_sul_schedule(vhd->context, 0, &pss->sul_logcache,
 				 saiw_retry_logs, 250 * LWS_US_PER_MS);
 		return 0;