diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/file_index.ts b/apps/server/src/services/file_index.ts
index fb3ef38..d3afcc9 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/file_index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/file_index.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ async function snapMtimes(root: string): Promise<MtimeSnap> {
   const rootStat = await fs.stat(root);
   let gitHead: number | null = null;
   let gitIndex: number | null = null;
+  // best-effort; ignore failure because the project may not be a git repo
   try { gitHead = (await fs.stat(path.join(root, '.git', 'HEAD'))).mtimeMs; } catch {}
   try { gitIndex = (await fs.stat(path.join(root, '.git', 'index'))).mtimeMs; } catch {}
   return { root: rootStat.mtimeMs, gitHead, gitIndex };
diff --git a/apps/web/src/App.tsx b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
index a408d7d..e488e28 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ function SessionRightRail() {
 function RightRailForSession({ sessionId }: { sessionId: string }) {
   const [projectId, setProjectId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   useEffect(() => {
-    api.sessions.get(sessionId).then((s) => setProjectId(s.project_id)).catch(() => {});
+    api.sessions
+      .get(sessionId)
+      .then((s) => setProjectId(s.project_id))
+      .catch((err) => console.warn('RightRail: failed to fetch session', err));
   }, [sessionId]);
   if (!projectId) return null;
   return <RightRail projectId={projectId} />;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/api/types.ts b/apps/web/src/api/types.ts
index f56b379..4000aeb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/api/types.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,5 @@ export type WsFrame =
       finished_at?: string | null;
     }
   | { type: 'messages_deleted'; message_ids: string[]; chat_id?: string }
-  | { type: 'session_renamed'; session_id: string; name: string; chat_id?: string }
   | { type: 'chat_renamed'; chat_id: string; name: string }
   | { type: 'error'; message_id?: string; chat_id?: string; error: string };
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ProjectSidebar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ProjectSidebar.tsx
index 92b5161..8c9159f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ProjectSidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ProjectSidebar.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 } from '@/components/ui/dialog';
 import { AddProjectModal } from './AddProjectModal';
 import { api } from '@/api/client';
-import { sessionEvents } from '@/hooks/sessionEvents';
 import { useSidebar } from '@/hooks/useSidebar';
 import type { SidebarProject } from '@/api/types';
 import { giteaUrlFor } from '@/lib/projectUrls';
@@ -186,7 +185,8 @@ export function ProjectSidebar() {
     if (!trimmed) return;
     try {
       await api.sessions.update(sessionId, { name: trimmed });
-      sessionEvents.emit({ type: 'session_renamed', session_id: sessionId, name: trimmed });
+      // Server publishes session_renamed via broker.publishUser; useUserEvents
+      // forwards onto the bus. No local emit needed.
     } catch (err) {
       toast.error(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'failed to rename session');
     }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/RightRail.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/RightRail.tsx
index 3a8202d..ecdf026 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/RightRail.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/RightRail.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export function RightRail({ projectId }: Props) {
   const [viewerFile, setViewerFile] = useState<{ path: string; content: string } | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    // best-effort; ignore failure because localStorage may be unavailable (quota, private mode)
     try { localStorage.setItem(`${STORAGE_KEY}.open`, String(open)); } catch {}
   }, [open]);
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/useSessionStream.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/useSessionStream.ts
index bda8b7f..78d9afd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/hooks/useSessionStream.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/useSessionStream.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import type { Message, WsFrame } from '@/api/types';
 import { sessionEvents } from './sessionEvents';
 
+// session_renamed frame removed from WsFrame — it was declared but never
+// published on the per-session WS channel (server publishes via broker.publishUser
+// since v1.4). chat_renamed remains; auto_name.ts publishes it on session WS.
+
 interface State {
   messages: Message[];
   connected: boolean;
@@ -118,14 +122,6 @@ function applyFrame(state: State, frame: WsFrame): State {
         messages: state.messages.filter((m) => !removeSet.has(m.id)),
       };
     }
-    case 'session_renamed': {
-      sessionEvents.emit({
-        type: 'session_renamed',
-        session_id: frame.session_id,
-        name: frame.name,
-      });
-      return state;
-    }
     case 'chat_renamed': {
       sessionEvents.emit({
         type: 'chat_updated',
diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/useUserEvents.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/useUserEvents.ts
index 982626f..2fd5ae4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/hooks/useUserEvents.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/useUserEvents.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ export function useUserEvents(): void {
       };
 
       ws.onerror = () => {
-        // close handler will trigger reconnect
+        // close handler will trigger reconnect; best-effort, ignore failure
+        // because the socket may already be closing
         try { ws?.close(); } catch {}
       };
     };
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export function useUserEvents(): void {
     return () => {
       unmounted = true;
       if (reconnectTimer) clearTimeout(reconnectTimer);
+      // best-effort cleanup; ignore failure because the socket may already be closed
       if (ws) try { ws.close(); } catch {}
     };
   }, []);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/Session.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/Session.tsx
index ddf8390..5d4f82b 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/Session.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/Session.tsx
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ export function Session() {
           if (cancelled) return;
           const p = projects.find((x) => x.id === s.project_id);
           if (p) setProject(p);
-        }).catch(() => {});
+        }).catch((err) => console.warn('Session: failed to load project for breadcrumb', err));
       })
-      .catch(() => {});
+      .catch((err) => console.warn('Session: failed to fetch session', err));
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };