diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a217ee4a..16f0004d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- **Fixed:** Browser Out of Memory crash in `GlobalObservabilityView` (Logs view) — the component rendered all log entries (up to 1,859+) as real DOM nodes with no virtualization, causing ~9,600 DOM nodes and ~25 MB of GC pressure every 5-second poll cycle. On RAM-constrained hosts (host system was at 97% usage) the browser renderer process OOMed within minutes. Fixed by capping DOM rendering to the last 300 entries (`MAX_DISPLAY_ROWS`), reducing the in-memory SSE log cap from 10,000 to 2,000 entries (`MAX_LOG_ENTRIES`), switching auto-scroll from `behavior: 'smooth'` (stacked layout animations) to `behavior: 'instant'`, and reducing the backend polling response limit from 2,000 to 500 lines.
 - **Fixed:** LogViewer (container SSE log stream) returning 404 on remote nodes — the `?nodeId=` query param was forwarded by `remoteNodeProxy` to the remote server, where `nodeContextMiddleware` rejected it with `Node X not found` because the gateway's node IDs don't exist on the remote instance. Fixed by stripping `nodeId` from `proxyReq.path` in `onProxyReq`, mirroring the existing `x-node-id` header removal.
 - **Fixed:** Terminal logs and container stats WebSockets failing with "HTTP Authentication failed" on remote nodes — the WebSocket upgrade proxy was forwarding the browser's `cookie` header to the remote Sencho instance. The remote's `authMiddleware` picks `cookieToken` before `bearerToken`, and the cookie (signed with the local JWT secret) fails verification on the remote, returning 401. Fixed by deleting the `cookie` header before `wsProxyServer.ws()`, mirroring the `proxyReq.removeHeader('cookie')` already present in the HTTP proxy. Also strips the gateway's `nodeId` query param from the forwarded URL so the remote defaults cleanly to its own local node.
 - **Fixed:** `streamStats` Docker stats stream leaking after WebSocket client disconnect — the Docker daemon stream was never destroyed when the WS closed, causing orphaned streams to poll the daemon indefinitely. Fixed by adding a `ws.on('close')` handler that calls `stats.destroy()`. Also guards all `ws.send()` calls with a `readyState === OPEN` check to prevent silent errors on a closed socket.
diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index af5ca4db..cdd69b67 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -1072,9 +1072,11 @@ app.get('/api/logs/global', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
       }
     }));
 
-    // Sort globally by timestamp ascending (newest bottom) and limit to 2000 lines
+    // Sort globally by timestamp ascending (newest bottom).
+    // Limit to 500 lines — the client renders at most 300 rows at once, so
+    // sending 2000 lines was wasting bandwidth and inflating JSON parse time.
     allLogs.sort((a, b) => a.timestampMs - b.timestampMs);
-    res.json(allLogs.slice(-2000));
+    res.json(allLogs.slice(-500));
   } catch (error) {
     res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch global logs' });
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/GlobalObservabilityView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/GlobalObservabilityView.tsx
index 3ceafc2b..406987c6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/GlobalObservabilityView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/GlobalObservabilityView.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import { RefreshCw, Download, Trash2, Search, Filter } from 'lucide-react';
 import { apiFetch } from '@/lib/api';
 import { useNodes } from '@/context/NodeContext';
 
+// Max entries held in React state. Bounds SSE-mode memory growth.
+const MAX_LOG_ENTRIES = 2000;
+// Max rows rendered as DOM nodes at once. Prevents the renderer from
+// creating thousands of DOM nodes that OOM the browser on RAM-constrained hosts.
+const MAX_DISPLAY_ROWS = 300;
+
 
 interface LogEntry {
     stackName: string;
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ export function GlobalObservabilityView() {
                     setLogs(prev => {
                         const merged = [...prev, ...batch];
                         merged.sort((a, b) => a.timestampMs - b.timestampMs);
-                        return merged.slice(-10000);
+                        return merged.slice(-MAX_LOG_ENTRIES);
                     });
                 }
             }, 500);
@@ -156,8 +162,10 @@ export function GlobalObservabilityView() {
     }, [logs, selectedStacks, streamFilter, searchQuery, clearedAt]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (isAutoScrollEnabled) {
-            bottomRef.current?.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' });
+        if (isAutoScrollEnabled && bottomRef.current) {
+            // Use instant scroll to avoid stacking smooth-scroll animations on every
+            // 5-second poll cycle, which wastes layout work and renderer memory.
+            bottomRef.current.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'instant' });
         }
     }, [filteredLogs, isAutoScrollEnabled]);
 
@@ -258,7 +266,12 @@ export function GlobalObservabilityView() {
             <div className="flex-1 overflow-auto p-4 scrollbar-thin scrollbar-thumb-gray-700 scrollbar-track-transparent" onScroll={handleScroll}>
                 {filteredLogs.length > 0 ? (
                     <>
-                        {filteredLogs.map((log, idx) => (
+                        {filteredLogs.length > MAX_DISPLAY_ROWS && (
+                            <div className="text-gray-600 italic text-xs text-center mb-3 py-1 border-b border-gray-800">
+                                Showing last {MAX_DISPLAY_ROWS} of {filteredLogs.length} matching entries. Use filters or clear logs to see earlier entries.
+                            </div>
+                        )}
+                        {filteredLogs.slice(-MAX_DISPLAY_ROWS).map((log, idx) => (
                             <div key={idx} className="mb-1 leading-relaxed whitespace-pre-wrap break-all hover:bg-white/5 px-2 py-0.5 rounded -mx-2 font-mono text-xs">
                                 <span className="text-gray-500 mr-2">[{new Date(log.timestampMs).toLocaleTimeString([], { hour12: true })}]</span>
                                 <span className="text-blue-400 font-semibold mr-2">[{log.containerName}]</span>