diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 4de31d7..5c73d49 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -318,7 +318,11 @@ export function Sidebar({
     (item: FavoriteItem) =>
       item.type === 'channel'
         ? item.channel.name
-        : getContactDisplayName(item.contact.name, item.contact.public_key, item.contact.last_advert),
+        : getContactDisplayName(
+            item.contact.name,
+            item.contact.public_key,
+            item.contact.last_advert
+          ),
     []
   );
 
@@ -504,8 +508,6 @@ export function Sidebar({
       filteredNonRepeaterContacts,
       filteredRepeaters,
       favorites,
-      getContactRecentTime,
-      getLastMessageTime,
       sectionSortOrders.favorites,
       sortFavoriteItemsByOrder,
     ]);
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/rawPacketDetailModal.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/rawPacketDetailModal.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a36404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/test/rawPacketDetailModal.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { fireEvent, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { RawPacketDetailModal } from '../components/RawPacketDetailModal';
+import type { Channel, RawPacket } from '../types';
+
+const BOT_CHANNEL: Channel = {
+  key: 'eb50a1bcb3e4e5d7bf69a57c9dada211',
+  name: '#bot',
+  is_hashtag: true,
+  on_radio: false,
+  last_read_at: null,
+};
+
+const BOT_PACKET: RawPacket = {
+  id: 1,
+  observation_id: 10,
+  timestamp: 1_700_000_000,
+  data: '15833fa002860ccae0eed9ca78b9ab0775d477c1f6490a398bf4edc75240',
+  decrypted: false,
+  payload_type: 'GroupText',
+  rssi: -72,
+  snr: 5.5,
+  decrypted_info: null,
+};
+
+describe('RawPacketDetailModal', () => {
+  it('renders path hops as nowrap arrow-delimited groups and links hover state to the full packet hex', () => {
+    render(<RawPacketDetailModal packet={BOT_PACKET} channels={[BOT_CHANNEL]} onClose={vi.fn()} />);
+
+    const pathDescription = screen.getByText(
+      'Historical route taken (3-byte hashes added as packet floods through network)'
+    );
+    const pathFieldBox = pathDescription.closest('[class*="rounded-lg"]');
+    expect(pathFieldBox).not.toBeNull();
+
+    const pathField = within(pathFieldBox as HTMLElement);
+    expect(pathField.getByText('3FA002 →')).toHaveClass('whitespace-nowrap');
+    expect(pathField.getByText('860CCA →')).toHaveClass('whitespace-nowrap');
+    expect(pathField.getByText('E0EED9')).toHaveClass('whitespace-nowrap');
+
+    const pathRun = screen.getByText('3F A0 02 86 0C CA E0 EE D9');
+    const idleClassName = pathRun.className;
+
+    fireEvent.mouseEnter(pathFieldBox as HTMLElement);
+    expect(pathRun.className).not.toBe(idleClassName);
+
+    fireEvent.mouseLeave(pathFieldBox as HTMLElement);
+    expect(pathRun.className).toBe(idleClassName);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/settingsModal.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/settingsModal.test.tsx
index 9bada6a..e45f560 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/settingsModal.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/settingsModal.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { act, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { SettingsModal } from '../components/SettingsModal';
 import type {
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ function openDatabaseSection() {
 }
 
 describe('SettingsModal', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.spyOn(api, 'getFanoutConfigs').mockResolvedValue([]);
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.restoreAllMocks();
     localStorage.clear();
@@ -365,17 +369,21 @@ describe('SettingsModal', () => {
       desktopSection: 'fanout',
     });
 
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(api.getFanoutConfigs).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add Integration' })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /Local Configuration/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Preset')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('does not clip the fanout add-integration menu in external desktop mode', () => {
+  it('does not clip the fanout add-integration menu in external desktop mode', async () => {
     renderModal({
       externalSidebarNav: true,
       desktopSection: 'fanout',
     });
 
-    const addIntegrationButton = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add Integration' });
+    const addIntegrationButton = await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Add Integration' });
     const wrapperSection = addIntegrationButton.closest('section');
     expect(wrapperSection).not.toHaveClass('overflow-hidden');
   });
@@ -428,30 +436,35 @@ describe('SettingsModal', () => {
       expect(screen.getByText('Save failed')).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
 
-    view.rerender(
-      <SettingsModal
-        open
-        externalSidebarNav
-        desktopSection="fanout"
-        config={baseConfig}
-        health={baseHealth}
-        appSettings={baseSettings}
-        onClose={vi.fn()}
-        onSave={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-        onSaveAppSettings={onSaveAppSettings}
-        onSetPrivateKey={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-        onReboot={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-        onDisconnect={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-        onReconnect={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-        onAdvertise={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-        meshDiscovery={null}
-        meshDiscoveryLoadingTarget={null}
-        onDiscoverMesh={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-        onHealthRefresh={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-        onRefreshAppSettings={vi.fn(async () => {})}
-      />
-    );
+    await act(async () => {
+      view.rerender(
+        <SettingsModal
+          open
+          externalSidebarNav
+          desktopSection="fanout"
+          config={baseConfig}
+          health={baseHealth}
+          appSettings={baseSettings}
+          onClose={vi.fn()}
+          onSave={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+          onSaveAppSettings={onSaveAppSettings}
+          onSetPrivateKey={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+          onReboot={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+          onDisconnect={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+          onReconnect={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+          onAdvertise={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+          meshDiscovery={null}
+          meshDiscoveryLoadingTarget={null}
+          onDiscoverMesh={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+          onHealthRefresh={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+          onRefreshAppSettings={vi.fn(async () => {})}
+        />
+      );
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
 
+    expect(api.getFanoutConfigs).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add Integration' })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByText('Save failed')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
index e889c6e..b353a69 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
@@ -514,4 +514,43 @@ describe('Sidebar section summaries', () => {
 
     expect(getFavoritesOrder()).toEqual(['Amy', 'Zed']);
   });
+
+  it('seeds favorites sort from the legacy global sort order when section prefs are missing', () => {
+    localStorage.setItem('remoteterm-sortOrder', 'alpha');
+
+    const publicChannel = makeChannel(PUBLIC_CHANNEL_KEY, 'Public');
+    const zed = makeContact('11'.repeat(32), 'Zed', 1, { last_advert: 150 });
+    const amy = makeContact('22'.repeat(32), 'Amy');
+
+    render(
+      <Sidebar
+        contacts={[zed, amy]}
+        channels={[publicChannel]}
+        activeConversation={null}
+        onSelectConversation={vi.fn()}
+        onNewMessage={vi.fn()}
+        lastMessageTimes={{
+          [getStateKey('contact', zed.public_key)]: 200,
+        }}
+        unreadCounts={{}}
+        mentions={{}}
+        showCracker={false}
+        crackerRunning={false}
+        onToggleCracker={vi.fn()}
+        onMarkAllRead={vi.fn()}
+        favorites={[
+          { type: 'contact', id: zed.public_key },
+          { type: 'contact', id: amy.public_key },
+        ]}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const favoriteRows = screen
+      .getAllByText(/^(Amy|Zed)$/)
+      .map((node) => node.textContent)
+      .filter((text): text is string => Boolean(text));
+
+    expect(favoriteRows).toEqual(['Amy', 'Zed']);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sort Favorites by recent' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/useConversationMessages.race.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/useConversationMessages.race.test.ts
index 0e1fddb..e487d5d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/useConversationMessages.race.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/test/useConversationMessages.race.test.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ describe('useConversationMessages conversation switch', () => {
 
     // Switch to conv B while older-messages fetch is still pending
     mockGetMessages.mockResolvedValueOnce([createMessage({ id: 999, conversation_key: 'conv_b' })]);
-    rerender({ conv: convB });
+    await act(async () => {
+      rerender({ conv: convB });
+    });
 
     // loadingOlder must reset immediately — no phantom spinner in conv B
     await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.loadingOlder).toBe(false));
@@ -226,12 +228,13 @@ describe('useConversationMessages conversation switch', () => {
     expect(result.current.messages[0].conversation_key).toBe('conv_b');
 
     // Resolve the stale older-messages fetch — should not affect conv B's state
-    olderDeferred.resolve([
-      createMessage({ id: 500, conversation_key: 'conv_a', text: 'stale-old' }),
-    ]);
+    await act(async () => {
+      olderDeferred.resolve([
+        createMessage({ id: 500, conversation_key: 'conv_a', text: 'stale-old' }),
+      ]);
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
 
-    // Give the stale response time to be processed (it should be discarded)
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
     expect(result.current.messages).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(result.current.messages[0].conversation_key).toBe('conv_b');
   });
diff --git a/tests/test_rx_log_data.py b/tests/test_rx_log_data.py
index 3242a0b..7d0c739 100644
--- a/tests/test_rx_log_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_rx_log_data.py
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ Verifies that the primary RF packet entry point correctly extracts hex payload,
 SNR, and RSSI from MeshCore events and passes them to process_raw_packet.
 """
 
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
+from meshcore import EventType
+from meshcore.packets import PacketType
+from meshcore.reader import MessageReader
 
 
 class TestOnRxLogData:
@@ -90,3 +93,42 @@ class TestOnRxLogData:
 
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             await on_rx_log_data(MockEvent())
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_real_meshcore_reader_forwards_3byte_log_data_to_handler(self):
+        """The meshcore reader emits usable RX_LOG_DATA for 3-byte-hop packets."""
+        from app.event_handlers import on_rx_log_data
+
+        payload_hex = "15833fa002860ccae0eed9ca78b9ab0775d477c1f6490a398bf4edc75240"
+        dispatcher = MagicMock()
+        dispatcher.dispatch = AsyncMock()
+        reader = MessageReader(dispatcher)
+
+        frame = bytes(
+            [
+                PacketType.LOG_DATA.value,
+                int(7.5 * 4),
+                (-85) & 0xFF,
+            ]
+        ) + bytes.fromhex(payload_hex)
+
+        await reader.handle_rx(bytearray(frame))
+
+        dispatcher.dispatch.assert_awaited_once()
+        event = dispatcher.dispatch.await_args.args[0]
+        assert event.type == EventType.RX_LOG_DATA
+        assert event.payload["payload"] == payload_hex.lower()
+        assert event.payload["path_hash_size"] == 3
+        assert event.payload["path_len"] == 3
+        assert event.payload["path"] == "3fa002860ccae0eed9"
+        assert event.payload["snr"] == 7.5
+        assert event.payload["rssi"] == -85
+
+        with patch("app.event_handlers.process_raw_packet", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_process:
+            await on_rx_log_data(event)
+
+            mock_process.assert_called_once_with(
+                raw_bytes=bytes.fromhex(payload_hex),
+                snr=7.5,
+                rssi=-85,
+            )