diff --git a/backend/app/services/migrators/backup.py b/backend/app/services/migrators/backup.py
index 4d3cb96..d0bbf72 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/migrators/backup.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/migrators/backup.py
@@ -37,12 +37,21 @@ def _backups_dir(images_root: Path | None = None) -> Path:
     return p
 
 
+_DEFAULT_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S = 30 * 60  # 30 minutes
+
+
 def _run_subprocess(cmd: list[str], **kwargs: Any):
-    # Overridable for tests via monkeypatch.
+    # Overridable for tests via monkeypatch. Hard wall-clock timeout
+    # guards against pg_dump / tar / zstd hangs on NFS — without it the
+    # task pretends to be 'running' forever (operator hit this 2026-05-
+    # 23 with two backups stuck in MigrationRun). On timeout
+    # subprocess.run raises TimeoutExpired which the caller surfaces as
+    # a task error.
     return subprocess.run(
         cmd,
         capture_output=True,
         check=True,
+        timeout=_DEFAULT_SUBPROCESS_TIMEOUT_S,
         **{k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if not k.startswith("_")},
     )
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AppShell.vue b/frontend/src/components/AppShell.vue
index 3546e40..a583526 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AppShell.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AppShell.vue
@@ -18,5 +18,11 @@ const route = useRoute()
 <style scoped>
 .fc-content {
   min-height: 100vh;
+  /* Push initial viewport content below the sticky TopNav. Without
+     this, some views' first rows / form fields / table headers can
+     end up obscured by the navbar (depending on parent overflow
+     context interacting with position: sticky). Scrolled-down content
+     still slides under the nav — the gradient-fade design is intact. */
+  padding-top: 64px;
 }
 </style>