diff --git a/frontend/app/onboarding/_components/animated-provider-steps.tsx b/frontend/app/onboarding/_components/animated-provider-steps.tsx
index 27ddde543..da9bc5e20 100644
--- a/frontend/app/onboarding/_components/animated-provider-steps.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/onboarding/_components/animated-provider-steps.tsx
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ export function AnimatedProviderSteps({
   processingStartTime?: number | null;
   hasError?: boolean;
 }) {
-  const [startTime, setStartTime] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const [prevIsCompleted, setPrevIsCompleted] = useState(false);
   const [elapsedTime, setElapsedTime] = useState<number>(0);
 
-  // Initialize start time from prop
-  useEffect(() => {
+  if (isCompleted && !prevIsCompleted) {
+    setPrevIsCompleted(true);
     if (processingStartTime) {
-      // Use the start time passed from parent (when user clicked Complete)
-      setStartTime(processingStartTime);
+      setElapsedTime(Date.now() - processingStartTime);
     }
-  }, [processingStartTime]);
+  } else if (!isCompleted && prevIsCompleted) {
+    setPrevIsCompleted(false);
+  }
 
   // Progress through steps
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -48,14 +49,6 @@ export function AnimatedProviderSteps({
     }
   }, [currentStep, setCurrentStep, steps, isCompleted]);
 
-  // Calculate elapsed time when completed
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (isCompleted && startTime) {
-      const elapsed = Date.now() - startTime;
-      setElapsedTime(elapsed);
-    }
-  }, [isCompleted, startTime]);
-
   const isDone = currentStep >= steps.length && !isCompleted && !hasError;
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/app/onboarding/_components/onboarding-step.tsx b/frontend/app/onboarding/_components/onboarding-step.tsx
index 36bf9900a..b2941f6b4 100644
--- a/frontend/app/onboarding/_components/onboarding-step.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/onboarding/_components/onboarding-step.tsx
@@ -35,26 +35,35 @@ export function OnboardingStep({
   isMarkdown = false,
   hideIcon = false,
 }: OnboardingStepProps) {
-  const [displayedText, setDisplayedText] = useState("");
-  const [showChildren, setShowChildren] = useState(false);
+  const completedOnMount = isVisible && isCompleted && !isMarkdown;
+  const [displayedText, setDisplayedText] = useState(
+    completedOnMount ? text : "",
+  );
+  const [showChildren, setShowChildren] = useState(completedOnMount);
+  const [prev, setPrev] = useState({ text, isVisible, isCompleted });
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  if (
+    text !== prev.text ||
+    isVisible !== prev.isVisible ||
+    isCompleted !== prev.isCompleted
+  ) {
+    setPrev({ text, isVisible, isCompleted });
     if (!isVisible) {
       setDisplayedText("");
       setShowChildren(false);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (isCompleted) {
+    } else if (isCompleted) {
       setDisplayedText(text);
       setShowChildren(true);
-      return;
+    } else {
+      setDisplayedText("");
+      setShowChildren(false);
     }
+  }
 
-    let currentIndex = 0;
-    setDisplayedText("");
-    setShowChildren(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isVisible || isCompleted) return;
 
+    let currentIndex = 0;
     const interval = setInterval(() => {
       if (currentIndex < text.length) {
         setDisplayedText(text.slice(0, currentIndex + 1));
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ export function OnboardingStep({
         clearInterval(interval);
         setShowChildren(true);
       }
-    }, 20); // 20ms per character
+    }, 20);
 
     return () => clearInterval(interval);
   }, [text, isVisible, isCompleted]);
diff --git a/frontend/components/cloud-picker/unified-cloud-picker.tsx b/frontend/components/cloud-picker/unified-cloud-picker.tsx
index c87d64a72..27a3faafd 100644
--- a/frontend/components/cloud-picker/unified-cloud-picker.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/cloud-picker/unified-cloud-picker.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export const UnifiedCloudPicker = ({
   const [isPickerLoaded, setIsPickerLoaded] = useState(false);
   const [isPickerOpen, setIsPickerOpen] = useState(false);
   const [isIngestSettingsOpen, setIsIngestSettingsOpen] = useState(false);
-  const [isLoadingBaseUrl, setIsLoadingBaseUrl] = useState(false);
   const [autoBaseUrl, setAutoBaseUrl] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
 
   const isControlled =
@@ -58,25 +57,9 @@ export const UnifiedCloudPicker = ({
 
   const effectiveBaseUrl = baseUrl || autoBaseUrl;
 
-  // Auto-detect base URL for OneDrive personal accounts
-  // For SharePoint, we require the baseUrl to be provided from the connector config
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (provider === "onedrive" && !baseUrl && accessToken && !autoBaseUrl) {
-      // Only auto-set for OneDrive, not SharePoint
-      const getBaseUrl = async () => {
-        setIsLoadingBaseUrl(true);
-        try {
-          setAutoBaseUrl("https://onedrive.live.com/picker");
-        } catch (error) {
-          console.error("Auto-detect baseUrl failed:", error);
-        } finally {
-          setIsLoadingBaseUrl(false);
-        }
-      };
-
-      getBaseUrl();
-    }
-  }, [accessToken, baseUrl, autoBaseUrl, provider]);
+  if (provider === "onedrive" && !baseUrl && accessToken && !autoBaseUrl) {
+    setAutoBaseUrl("https://onedrive.live.com/picker");
+  }
 
   // Load picker API
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -155,14 +138,6 @@ export const UnifiedCloudPicker = ({
     onFileSelected([]);
   };
 
-  if (isLoadingBaseUrl) {
-    return (
-      <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground p-4 bg-muted/20 rounded-md">
-        Loading...
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
   if (
     (provider === "onedrive" || provider === "sharepoint") &&
     !clientId &&
diff --git a/frontend/components/task-dialog/file-list.tsx b/frontend/components/task-dialog/file-list.tsx
index dc818a7d6..0aacfbd8a 100644
--- a/frontend/components/task-dialog/file-list.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/task-dialog/file-list.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { ArrowUpAZ, ChevronDown, FileText } from "lucide-react";
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import type { TaskFileEntry } from "@/app/api/queries/useGetTasksQuery";
 import { useIsCloudBrand } from "@/contexts/brand-context";
 import type { Task } from "@/contexts/task-context";
@@ -69,11 +69,9 @@ export function TaskDialogFileList({
 
   const showRetryIngestionsTab = retryIngestionCount > 0;
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!showRetryIngestionsTab && activeTab === "retry-ingestions") {
-      setActiveTab("task-ingestions");
-    }
-  }, [showRetryIngestionsTab, activeTab]);
+  if (!showRetryIngestionsTab && activeTab === "retry-ingestions") {
+    setActiveTab("task-ingestions");
+  }
 
   const analysisByPath = useMemo(() => {
     const map = new Map<
diff --git a/frontend/components/task-dialog/use-task-dialog.ts b/frontend/components/task-dialog/use-task-dialog.ts
index 0d87275de..70f942cf2 100644
--- a/frontend/components/task-dialog/use-task-dialog.ts
+++ b/frontend/components/task-dialog/use-task-dialog.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import {
   type RetryTaskResponse,
@@ -110,11 +110,13 @@ export function useTaskDialog(open: boolean, taskId: string) {
   const [expandedPath, setExpandedPath] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [nameSort, setNameSort] = useState<TaskFileNameSort>("asc");
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  const [prevOpen, setPrevOpen] = useState(open);
+  if (open !== prevOpen) {
+    setPrevOpen(open);
     if (!open) {
       setSelectedPaths(new Set());
     }
-  }, [open]);
+  }
 
   const fileEntries = useMemo(
     () => (task ? getTaskFileEntries(task) : []),
@@ -140,16 +142,13 @@ export function useTaskDialog(open: boolean, taskId: string) {
     return countTaskFileEntriesByCategory(scopedEntries);
   }, [task, fileEntries, search, activeFileType]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (
-      !categoryCounts ||
-      statusCategory === ALL_TASK_STATUS_CATEGORIES ||
-      (categoryCounts[statusCategory as TaskFileStatusCategory] ?? 0) > 0
-    ) {
-      return;
-    }
+  if (
+    categoryCounts &&
+    statusCategory !== ALL_TASK_STATUS_CATEGORIES &&
+    (categoryCounts[statusCategory as TaskFileStatusCategory] ?? 0) === 0
+  ) {
     setStatusCategory(ALL_TASK_STATUS_CATEGORIES);
-  }, [categoryCounts, statusCategory]);
+  }
 
   const filteredEntries = useMemo(
     () =>