diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/audit/page.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/audit/page.tsx
index ed27511..c588e75 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/audit/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/audit/page.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/lib/useAuth";
 import { listAuditLogsPage, type AuditLog } from "@/lib/audit";
 import { errorMessage } from "@/lib/api";
 import { Pagination } from "@/components/dashboard/Pagination";
 import { DashboardShell } from "@/components/dashboard/DashboardShell";
 import { PageSpinner } from "@/components/OctoSpinner";
+import { RelativeTime } from "@/components/RelativeTime";
 
 const CATEGORIES = [
   { value: "all", label: "All categories" },
@@ -36,18 +37,23 @@ export default function AuditLogsPage() {
   const [pageIndex, setPageIndex] = useState(0);
   const [nextCursor, setNextCursor] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const requestId = useRef(0);
 
   const load = useCallback(
     (before: string | null) => {
       if (!token) return;
+      // Only the latest request may update state, so an older slow response is dropped.
+      const id = ++requestId.current;
       setLogs(null);
       setError(null);
       listAuditLogsPage(token, { category, search, before })
         .then((page) => {
+          if (id !== requestId.current) return;
           setLogs(page.data);
           setNextCursor(page.next_cursor);
         })
         .catch((err) => {
+          if (id !== requestId.current) return;
           setError(errorMessage(err, "Failed to load audit logs."));
           setLogs([]);
         });
@@ -123,7 +129,6 @@ export default function AuditLogsPage() {
             <thead className="bg-surface-raised text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted">
               <tr>
                 <th className="px-5 py-3">Activity</th>
-                <th className="px-5 py-3">User</th>
                 <th className="px-5 py-3">Category</th>
                 <th className="px-5 py-3">IP Address</th>
                 <th className="px-5 py-3 text-right">Time</th>
@@ -143,7 +148,6 @@ export default function AuditLogsPage() {
                         <span className="text-muted"> · {l.target}</span>
                       )}
                     </td>
-                    <td className="px-5 py-3.5 text-muted">{user.email}</td>
                     <td className="px-5 py-3.5">
                       <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs capitalize text-muted">
                         <span
@@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ export default function AuditLogsPage() {
                       )}
                     </td>
                     <td className="px-5 py-3.5 text-right text-xs text-muted">
-                      {timeAgo(l.created_at)}
+                      <RelativeTime date={l.created_at} />
                     </td>
                   </tr>
                 ))
@@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ function Row({
   return (
     <tr>
       <td
-        colSpan={colSpan ? 5 : 1}
+        colSpan={colSpan ? 4 : 1}
         className="px-5 py-10 text-center text-sm text-muted"
       >
         {children}
@@ -210,16 +214,3 @@ function Row({
     </tr>
   );
 }
-
-function timeAgo(iso: string): string {
-  const diff = Date.now() - new Date(iso).getTime();
-  const s = Math.floor(diff / 1000);
-  if (s < 60) return "just now";
-  const m = Math.floor(s / 60);
-  if (m < 60) return `${m} minute${m === 1 ? "" : "s"} ago`;
-  const h = Math.floor(m / 60);
-  if (h < 24) return `${h} hour${h === 1 ? "" : "s"} ago`;
-  const d = Math.floor(h / 24);
-  if (d < 30) return `${d} day${d === 1 ? "" : "s"} ago`;
-  return new Date(iso).toLocaleDateString();
-}
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx
index 5270499..bc08db4 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { useAuth } from "@/lib/useAuth";
 import { displayName } from "@/lib/auth";
@@ -30,12 +30,16 @@ export default function DashboardHome() {
   const [pageIndex, setPageIndex] = useState(0);
   const [nextCursor, setNextCursor] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [loadingPage, setLoadingPage] = useState(false);
+  const cancelPrevLoad = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null);
   const [loadError, setLoadError] = useState(false);
 
   const loadPage = useCallback(
     (before: string | null) => {
       if (!token) return;
       let aborted = false;
+      // Cancel the previous request so a slow older page can't overwrite the current one.
+      cancelPrevLoad.current?.();
+      cancelPrevLoad.current = () => { aborted = true; };
       setLoadingPage(true);
       setWallets(null);
       setLoadError(false);
@@ -280,7 +284,7 @@ function WalletCard({
               {sponsorEnabled ? "Enabled" : "Off"}
             </span>
           </div>
-          {/* Daily-budget cap is rendered only when the API returns a numeric budget.
+          {/* Daily-budget cap is rendered only when the API returns a numeric budget.
               The progress bar for daily-spend consumption is intentionally omitted for now
               because the current API response does not include a "fees_spent_today_stroops"
               field. When that lands, swap this label for a fill-bar the same way the wallet
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/wallets/[id]/page.tsx b/src/app/dashboard/wallets/[id]/page.tsx
index e9961fd..db54d97 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/wallets/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/wallets/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -100,12 +100,11 @@ export default function WalletOverview({
   // Silently re-fetch balances + recent transactions in the background so a new deposit shows up
   // without a manual refresh — no loading indicator here, that's only for explicit refresh actions.
   const pollFn = useCallback(
-    async () => {
+    async (signal: AbortSignal) => {
       if (!token) return;
-      const controller = new AbortController();
       await Promise.all([
-        getBalances(token, id, { signal: controller.signal }).then(setBalances).catch(() => {}),
-        listRecentTransactions(token, id, { signal: controller.signal }).then(setTxns).catch(() => {}),
+        getBalances(token, id, { signal }).then(setBalances).catch(() => {}),
+        listRecentTransactions(token, id, { signal }).then(setTxns).catch(() => {}),
       ]);
     },
     [token, id],