diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6480b1a..c765768 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+devdesk (0.7.2) bookworm; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix: Go to file failed in big non-git folders such as /root/code: the
+    file walk was cut off at its cap with SIGPIPE, which failed the command
+    and truncated its reply. Producers piped into a cap now tolerate it (also
+    for very large folders and git status). Outside git, Go to file skips
+    build/cache folders and stops at 10,000 files.
+  * Large side-channel replies no longer cost quadratic time in the browser.
+
+ -- Jared Vititoe <jjvititoe1@gmail.com>  Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:50:50 -0400
+
 devdesk (0.7.1) bookworm; urgency=medium
 
   * Files pane reworked like VS Code (#37):
diff --git a/libexec/devdesk-files.sh b/libexec/devdesk-files.sh
index 2dc64e0..0bec86e 100644
--- a/libexec/devdesk-files.sh
+++ b/libexec/devdesk-files.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 : "${DEVDESK_FS_LIST_MAX:=2000}"      # entries per directory listing
 : "${DEVDESK_ASSETS:=$DEVDESK_SHARE/assets}"
 
+# Producers piped into `head` get SIGPIPE once the cap is reached; under
+# pipefail that would fail the command and cut its reply short, so they are
+# wrapped as `{ producer || true; }`.
+
 # Blob replies: a JSON header line, then base64 between markers (no body for
 # binary files the viewer can't show). The client waits for the END marker.
 DD_BLOB_BEGIN=DEVDESK-BLOB-BEGIN
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ cmd_fs_list() {
     [ -d "$dir" ] || dd_die "not a folder: $rel"
     tmp=$(mktemp)
     # %y: type, %Y: type behind a symlink, %s: size, %T@: mtime, %f: name.
-    find "$dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name .git -printf '%y\t%Y\t%s\t%T@\t%f\0' 2>/dev/null |
+    { find "$dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name .git -printf '%y\t%Y\t%s\t%T@\t%f\0' 2>/dev/null || true; } |
         head -z -n "$((DEVDESK_FS_LIST_MAX + 1))" >"$tmp"
     if git --no-optional-locks -C "$dir" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         ignored=$(tr '\0' '\n' <"$tmp" | cut -f5- | git --no-optional-locks -C "$dir" check-ignore --stdin 2>/dev/null || true)
@@ -98,16 +102,18 @@ cmd_fs_list() {
 
 # --fs-find SESSION: every file under the session folder, for "go to file".
 # git ls-files in a repository (tracked + untracked, .gitignore honoured), else
-# find without node_modules and .git; capped at DEVDESK_FS_FIND_MAX.
+# find without node_modules, .git and build/cache folders; capped at
+# DEVDESK_FS_FIND_MAX (10000).
 cmd_fs_find() {
     [ $# -eq 1 ] || dd_die "usage: devdesk attach --fs-find SESSION"
-    local root max=${DEVDESK_FS_FIND_MAX:-20000}
+    local root max=${DEVDESK_FS_FIND_MAX:-10000}
     root=$(dd_session_root "$1")
     if git --no-optional-locks -C "$root" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        git --no-optional-locks -C "$root" ls-files -co --exclude-standard -z 2>/dev/null
+        git --no-optional-locks -C "$root" ls-files -co --exclude-standard -z 2>/dev/null || true
     else
-        (cd "$root" && find . -maxdepth 8 \( -name node_modules -o -name .git -o -name __pycache__ -o -name .venv \) -prune \
-            -o -type f -printf '%P\0' 2>/dev/null)
+        (cd "$root" && find . -maxdepth 8 \( -name node_modules -o -name .git -o -name __pycache__ -o -name .venv -o -name venv \
+            -o -name dist -o -name build -o -name target -o -name .cache -o -name .next -o -name coverage \) -prune \
+            -o -type f -printf '%P\0' 2>/dev/null) || true
     fi | head -z -n "$((max + 1))" |
         jq -cMRs --argjson max "$max" --arg root "$root" \
             '(split("\u0000") | map(select(length > 0))) as $f | {root: $root, truncated: ($f | length > $max), files: $f[:$max]}'
@@ -142,9 +148,9 @@ cmd_git_status() {
     branch=$("${g[@]}" symbolic-ref --short -q HEAD || echo "(detached)")
     {
         printf 'S\n'
-        "${g[@]}" status --porcelain=v1 -z --untracked-files=all -- . 2>/dev/null | head -z -n 1000 | tr '\0' '\n'
+        { "${g[@]}" status --porcelain=v1 -z --untracked-files=all -- . 2>/dev/null || true; } | head -z -n 1000 | tr '\0' '\n'
         printf 'N\n'
-        "${g[@]}" diff --numstat HEAD -- . 2>/dev/null | head -n 1000
+        { "${g[@]}" diff --numstat HEAD -- . 2>/dev/null || true; } | head -n 1000
     } | jq -cMRs --arg root "$root" --arg top "$top" --arg prefix "$prefix" --arg branch "$branch" \
         --rawfile e <(cat -- "$edits" 2>/dev/null || true) '
         (split("\nN\n") | .[0] | ltrimstr("S\n") | split("\n") | map(select(length > 2))) as $st
diff --git a/tests/attach.bats b/tests/attach.bats
index 8048483..1a560a7 100644
--- a/tests/attach.bats
+++ b/tests/attach.bats
@@ -611,6 +611,12 @@ blob_body() {
     rm -rf "$p/.git"
     run devdesk attach --fs-find alpha
     [ "$(jq -r '.files | sort | join(",")' <<<"$output")" = ".gitignore,debug.log,src/a.js" ]
+    # Hitting the cap must not fail the command (SIGPIPE in the producer).
+    for i in $(seq 1 3000); do : >"$p/src/f$i.txt"; done
     run env DEVDESK_FS_FIND_MAX=1 "$REPO/bin/devdesk" attach --fs-find alpha
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
     [ "$(jq -r '[(.files | length), .truncated] | @tsv' <<<"$output")" = "$(printf '1\ttrue')" ]
+    run env DEVDESK_FS_LIST_MAX=5 "$REPO/bin/devdesk" attach --fs-list alpha src
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(jq -r '[(.entries | length), .truncated] | @tsv' <<<"$output")" = "$(printf '5\ttrue')" ]
 }
diff --git a/web/src/connection.js b/web/src/connection.js
index 1ebb131..0ee66f5 100644
--- a/web/src/connection.js
+++ b/web/src/connection.js
@@ -152,13 +152,21 @@ async function runCommandNow(args, timeoutMs) {
       clearTimeout(timer);
       resolve(new TextDecoder().decode(concat(chunks)));
     };
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+    let head = '';
+    let tail = '';
     socket.onmessage = (event) => {
       const { type, payload } = decodeServer(event.data);
       if (type !== Server.OUTPUT) return;
       chunks.push(payload.slice());
+      const piece = decoder.decode(payload, { stream: true });
+      if (head.length < 4096) head += piece;
+      tail = (tail + piece).slice(-64);
       // Hang up as soon as the answer is complete: devdesk waits for that
       // before exiting, so ttyd can't drop its last output (devdesk#35).
-      if (isComplete(new TextDecoder().decode(concat(chunks)))) {
+      // Replies are one JSON line (or a devdesk: error), so only a chunk that
+      // ends a line with "}" is worth a full parse; big replies stay linear.
+      if (/^devdesk: .*\n/m.test(head) || (/\}\s*\n\s*$/.test(tail) && isComplete(new TextDecoder().decode(concat(chunks))))) {
         finish();
         socket.close();
       }
diff --git a/web/src/files.js b/web/src/files.js
index b7afeb8..6ab8468 100644
--- a/web/src/files.js
+++ b/web/src/files.js
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ export class FilesPane {
 
   async loadFileList() {
     if (this.fileList && Date.now() - this.fileList.at < 60000 && this.fileList.session === this.session) return this.fileList.items;
-    const list = parseListOutput(await runCommand(['--fs-find', this.session], 20000));
+    const list = parseListOutput(await runCommand(['--fs-find', this.session], 45000));
     const items = list.files.map((path) => {
       const name = base(path);
       const [icon] = iconFor(name);