diff --git a/crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/src/lib/callToPlay.ts b/crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/src/lib/callToPlay.ts
index c262cdb..f8c0218 100644
--- a/crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/src/lib/callToPlay.ts
+++ b/crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/src/lib/callToPlay.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import {
 export const CHECKIN_LEAD_MS = 15 * 60_000;
 export const EXPIRED_RETENTION_MS = 5 * 60_000;
 export const TERMINAL_RETENTION_MS = 15 * 60_000;
+export const MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_NOMINATIONS = 128;
+export const MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_MESSAGES = 256;
 export const CALL_TO_PLAY_CONNECTING_MESSAGE =
     'Call to Play is still connecting to the LAN. Try again in a moment.';
 
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ export const reduceCallToPlayEvents = (
     const nominations = [...groupEvents(input).values()]
         .map(events => deriveNomination(events, now))
         .filter((nomination): nomination is Nomination => nomination !== null);
-    return sortNominations(nominations);
+    return sortNominations(nominations).slice(0, MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_NOMINATIONS);
 };
 
 const groupEvents = (
@@ -189,6 +191,9 @@ const deriveNomination = (
     for (const event of events) {
         if (compareEvents(event, create) > 0) applyEvent(nomination, event);
     }
+    if (nomination.messages.length > MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_MESSAGES) {
+        nomination.messages = nomination.messages.slice(-MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_MESSAGES);
+    }
 
     if (nomination.state === 'open'
         && (readyCountOf(nomination, now) >= nomination.maxPlayers || now >= nomination.deadline)
@@ -237,7 +242,6 @@ const applyEvent = (nomination: MutableNomination, event: CallToPlayViewEvent):
             text: message.text,
             at: event.at,
         });
-        nomination.messages.sort((a, b) => a.at - b.at || a.id.localeCompare(b.id));
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/tests/callToPlay.test.ts b/crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/tests/callToPlay.test.ts
index a3bfe4d..e87a9e4 100644
--- a/crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/tests/callToPlay.test.ts
+++ b/crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/tests/callToPlay.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import {
     CALL_TO_PLAY_CONNECTING_MESSAGE,
     CHECKIN_LEAD_MS,
     EXPIRED_RETENTION_MS,
+    MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_MESSAGES,
+    MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_NOMINATIONS,
     TERMINAL_RETENTION_MS,
     activeCallCount,
     callToPlayPublishErrorMessage,
@@ -291,6 +293,40 @@ Deno.test('terminal calls sort last and do not contribute to the badge', () => {
     assertEquals(statusOf(cancelled, NOW + 3), 'cancelled', 'cancelled ticker status');
 });
 
+Deno.test('large Call to Play views are bounded to the ranked UI subset', () => {
+    const events = Array.from({ length: MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_NOMINATIONS + 1 }, (_, index) => ({
+        ...create(),
+        id: `create-${index}`,
+        call_id: `call-${index}`,
+    }));
+
+    assertEquals(
+        reduceCallToPlayEvents(events, NOW).length,
+        MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_NOMINATIONS,
+        'rendered nominations must stay within the UI budget',
+    );
+});
+
+Deno.test('one call exposes only the latest bounded chat history', () => {
+    const messages = Array.from({ length: MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_MESSAGES + 1 }, (_, index) =>
+        event(
+            `message-${index}`,
+            'Bob',
+            { SendMessage: { text: `message ${index}` } },
+            NOW + index + 1,
+        )
+    );
+
+    const [nomination] = reduceCallToPlayEvents([create(), ...messages], NOW + messages.length + 1);
+
+    assertEquals(
+        nomination.messages.length,
+        MAX_VISIBLE_CALL_TO_PLAY_MESSAGES,
+        'visible messages must stay within the UI budget',
+    );
+    assertEquals(nomination.messages[0].text, 'message 1', 'oldest excess message is removed');
+});
+
 Deno.test('incoming Call to Play views replace removed author slices wholesale', () => {
     const previous = { events: [create(), event('join', 'Bob', 'Rsvp', NOW + 1)] };
     const incoming = { events: [create()] };