diff --git a/src/app/components/setting-tile/SettingTile.tsx b/src/app/components/setting-tile/SettingTile.tsx
index f22fcd995..36c1dcce0 100644
--- a/src/app/components/setting-tile/SettingTile.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/setting-tile/SettingTile.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ export function SettingTile({ title, description, before, after, children }: Set
           </Text>
         )}
         {description && (
-          <Text className={BreakWord} size="T200" priority="300">
+          // [Gitea #291] A <div>, not a <p>: many tiles pass blocks (badges,
+          // <Box>, <Text>) as the description, which is invalid inside a <p>.
+          <Text as="div" className={BreakWord} size="T200" priority="300">
             {description}
           </Text>
         )}
diff --git a/src/app/components/upload-card/UploadCardRenderer.tsx b/src/app/components/upload-card/UploadCardRenderer.tsx
index c399d08c3..2b0dd7d0a 100644
--- a/src/app/components/upload-card/UploadCardRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/upload-card/UploadCardRenderer.tsx
@@ -310,9 +310,13 @@ export function UploadCardRenderer({
   const { file } = upload;
   const fileSizeExceeded = file.size >= allowSize;
 
-  if (upload.status === UploadStatus.Idle && !fileSizeExceeded) {
-    startUpload();
-  }
+  // [Gitea #291] Start in an effect, not during render: the desktop taskbar
+  // progress hook subscribes to the upload atoms, so a render-time start
+  // updated another component mid-render (React warning on every image send).
+  const idle = upload.status === UploadStatus.Idle;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (idle && !fileSizeExceeded) startUpload();
+  }, [idle, fileSizeExceeded, startUpload]);
 
   const handleSpoiler = (marked: boolean) => {
     setMetadata(fileItem, { ...metadata, markedAsSpoiler: marked });