diff --git a/renderer/app.js b/renderer/app.js
index 4216db7..d620b5c 100644
--- a/renderer/app.js
+++ b/renderer/app.js
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ let _recentRenderQueued = false;
 function scheduleRecentRender() {
   if (_recentRenderQueued) return;
   _recentRenderQueued = true;
-  requestAnimationFrame(() => { _recentRenderQueued = false; renderRecentUploadsPanel(); });
+  requestAnimationFrame(() => { _recentRenderQueued = false; renderRecentUploadsPanel(true); });
 }
 
 // Toggle the .selected class on existing rows without rebuilding the table.
@@ -2768,6 +2768,7 @@ function maybeAddSessionFile(job) {
       });
       _recentDataVersion++;
       _sessionDoneCount++;
+      _recentPendingAppends++;
       // Drop oldest entries past the cap to keep render cost bounded.
       // Without this, sessionFilesData grows unbounded across the session
       // and every renderRecentUploadsPanel call becomes a megabyte-sized
@@ -4672,10 +4673,13 @@ function _buildRecentRowHtml(row) {
 // accumulating new uploads (the default case: sort=date desc, rows only grow).
 let _recentLastRenderedSig = '';
 let _recentLastRenderedLen = 0;
+let _recentPendingAppends = 0;
 
-function renderRecentUploadsPanel() {
+function renderRecentUploadsPanel(appendOnly = false) {
   const tbody = document.getElementById('recentFilesBody');
   if (!tbody) return;
+  const pendingAppends = _recentPendingAppends;
+  _recentPendingAppends = 0;
   if (!sessionFilesData.length) {
     tbody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="4" class="empty-state">Noch keine Uploads in dieser Session.</td></tr>';
     _recentLastRenderedSig = '';
@@ -4685,9 +4689,10 @@ function renderRecentUploadsPanel() {
 
   const rows = sortRecentFiles(sessionFilesData);
   const sig = `${recentSortState.key}|${recentSortState.direction}`;
-  const dateDescAppendOnly = sig === 'date|desc'
+  const dateDescAppendOnly = appendOnly
+    && pendingAppends > 0
+    && sig === 'date|desc'
     && _recentLastRenderedSig === sig
-    && rows.length > _recentLastRenderedLen
     && tbody.querySelectorAll('.recent-file-row').length === _recentLastRenderedLen;
 
   const wrap = tbody.closest('.recent-files-table-wrap');
@@ -4695,10 +4700,17 @@ function renderRecentUploadsPanel() {
 
   let wasAppendOnly = false;
   if (dateDescAppendOnly) {
-    const added = rows.length - _recentLastRenderedLen;
+    const added = Math.min(pendingAppends, rows.length);
     let html = '';
     for (let i = 0; i < added; i++) html += _buildRecentRowHtml(rows[i]);
     tbody.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', html);
+    let evict = (_recentLastRenderedLen + added) - rows.length;
+    while (evict > 0) {
+      const last = tbody.lastElementChild;
+      if (!last) break;
+      last.remove();
+      evict--;
+    }
     wasAppendOnly = true;
   } else {
     tbody.innerHTML = rows.map(_buildRecentRowHtml).join('');