diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31b925bd..53492bb0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,3 +95,4 @@ scripts/resilience/reports/
 # Local evidence screenshots; intentional UI screenshots should live under an
 # app/docs asset path with a descriptive filename.
 Screenshot *.png
+uploads/
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/Dashboard.vue b/neode-ui/src/views/Dashboard.vue
index a0ec5888..d28f4e42 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/Dashboard.vue
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/Dashboard.vue
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@
               <div :key="route.path" class="view-wrapper">
                 <div
                   v-if="route.path === '/dashboard/chat' || route.path === '/dashboard/mesh'"
-                  :class="['h-full dashboard-scroll-panel mobile-scroll-pad', mobileTabPaddingTop ? 'overflow-y-auto' : '']"
+                  :class="[
+                    'h-full dashboard-scroll-panel mobile-scroll-pad',
+                    route.path === '/dashboard/mesh' ? 'mesh-dashboard-panel' : '',
+                    mobileTabPaddingTop ? 'overflow-y-auto' : ''
+                  ]"
                   :style="{ paddingTop: mobileTabPaddingTop ? (mobileTabPaddingTop + 16) + 'px' : undefined }"
                   class="mobile-safe-top"
                 >
diff --git a/neode-ui/src/views/mesh/mesh-styles.css b/neode-ui/src/views/mesh/mesh-styles.css
index 7282127d..50e8ec90 100644
--- a/neode-ui/src/views/mesh/mesh-styles.css
+++ b/neode-ui/src/views/mesh/mesh-styles.css
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@
   height: 100%;
   overflow: hidden;
 }
+
+@media (min-width: 921px) {
+  .mesh-dashboard-panel.mobile-scroll-pad {
+    padding-bottom: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (min-width: 921px) and (max-width: 1279px) {
+  .mesh-dashboard-panel {
+    overflow-y: auto;
+  }
+}
 .mesh-header { justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; gap: 16px; flex-shrink: 0; }
 .mesh-header-left { flex: 1; }
 .mesh-title { font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 700; color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95); margin: 0; }
@@ -152,6 +164,19 @@
   .mesh-mobile-back-btn:hover { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); }
 }
 
+@media (min-width: 921px) and (max-width: 1279px) {
+  .mesh-view {
+    padding: 24px;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 920px) {
+  .mesh-view {
+    padding-left: 0;
+    padding-right: 0;
+  }
+}
+
 .mesh-session-badge { font-size: 0.75rem; margin-right: 6px; opacity: 0.7; }
 .mesh-session-rotate { background: transparent; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.15); color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7); font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1; padding: 2px 6px; margin-right: 8px; border-radius: 10px; cursor: pointer; transition: background 0.15s ease, color 0.15s ease; }
 .mesh-session-rotate:hover:not(:disabled) { background: rgba(251,146,60,0.2); color: #fff; border-color: rgba(251,146,60,0.4); }
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-to-target.sh b/scripts/deploy-to-target.sh
index 5770bc7a..112c1cf3 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy-to-target.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy-to-target.sh
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == "true" ]]; then
     rsync -avn --exclude '.git' --exclude 'target' --exclude 'node_modules' \
         --exclude 'dist' --exclude 'web/dist' --exclude '*.iso' \
         --exclude 'image-recipe/_archived/build' --exclude 'image-recipe/_archived/results' \
-        --exclude '.codex-target-*' --exclude '.codex-tmp' \
+        --exclude '.codex-target-*' --exclude '.codex-tmp' --exclude 'uploads' \
         "$PROJECT_DIR/" "$TARGET_HOST:$TARGET_DIR/" 2>/dev/null | \
         grep -E '^[<>]|^deleting' | head -50 || echo "  (rsync check failed — SSH may be unavailable)"
     echo ""
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ rsync -avz --delete \
     --exclude '.git' \
     --exclude '.codex-target-*' \
     --exclude '.codex-tmp' \
+    --exclude 'uploads' \
     --exclude 'image-recipe/build' \
     --exclude 'image-recipe/results' \
     --exclude 'image-recipe/_archived/build' \