diff --git a/app/Livewire/Dashboard/ActiveDeployments.php b/app/Livewire/Dashboard/ActiveDeployments.php
index 74274d434d..e3f9ab21e1 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Dashboard/ActiveDeployments.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Dashboard/ActiveDeployments.php
@@ -4,42 +4,39 @@ namespace App\Livewire\Dashboard;
 
 use App\Enums\ApplicationDeploymentStatus;
 use App\Models\ApplicationDeploymentQueue;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Livewire\Attributes\Computed;
 use Livewire\Component;
 
+/**
+ * The lists are computed, not public properties: Livewire would restore them with SELECT * on every poll.
+ */
 class ActiveDeployments extends Component
 {
-    public Collection $activeDeployments;
+    private const COLUMNS = [
+        'id',
+        'application_id',
+        'application_name',
+        'deployment_url',
+        'deployment_uuid',
+        'pull_request_id',
+        'server_name',
+        'server_id',
+        'status',
+        'created_at',
+        'finished_at',
+    ];
 
-    public Collection $recentDeployments;
+    /**
+     * Polling target. The lists are loaded again on every render.
+     */
+    public function refreshDeployments(): void {}
 
-    public function mount(): void
+    #[Computed]
+    public function activeDeployments(): Collection
     {
-        $this->refreshDeployments();
-    }
-
-    public function refreshDeployments(): void
-    {
-        $columns = [
-            'id',
-            'application_id',
-            'application_name',
-            'deployment_url',
-            'deployment_uuid',
-            'pull_request_id',
-            'server_name',
-            'server_id',
-            'status',
-            'created_at',
-            'finished_at',
-        ];
-
-        $baseQuery = ApplicationDeploymentQueue::query()
-            ->with(['application.environment.project'])
-            ->ownedByTeam(currentTeam()->id)
-            ->visibleToCurrentActor();
-
-        $this->activeDeployments = (clone $baseQuery)
+        return $this->deploymentsQuery()
             ->whereIn('status', [
                 ApplicationDeploymentStatus::IN_PROGRESS->value,
                 ApplicationDeploymentStatus::QUEUED->value,
@@ -47,16 +44,28 @@ class ActiveDeployments extends Component
             ->orderBy('status')
             ->orderBy('id')
             ->limit(5)
-            ->get($columns);
+            ->get(self::COLUMNS);
+    }
 
-        $this->recentDeployments = (clone $baseQuery)
+    #[Computed]
+    public function recentDeployments(): Collection
+    {
+        return $this->deploymentsQuery()
             ->whereNotIn('status', [
                 ApplicationDeploymentStatus::IN_PROGRESS->value,
                 ApplicationDeploymentStatus::QUEUED->value,
             ])
             ->orderByDesc('id')
             ->limit(5)
-            ->get($columns);
+            ->get(self::COLUMNS);
+    }
+
+    private function deploymentsQuery(): Builder
+    {
+        return ApplicationDeploymentQueue::query()
+            ->with(['application.environment.project'])
+            ->ownedByTeam(currentTeam()->id)
+            ->visibleToCurrentActor();
     }
 
     public function render()
diff --git a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/Deployment/Index.php b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/Deployment/Index.php
index 08194f6bfc..40a9dc8e68 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Project/Application/Deployment/Index.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Project/Application/Deployment/Index.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use App\Enums\ApplicationDeploymentStatus;
 use App\Models\Application;
 use App\Models\ApplicationDeploymentQueue;
 use App\Traits\ListensToTeamChannel;
-use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Livewire\Attributes\On;
 use Livewire\Component;
 
@@ -14,9 +13,28 @@ class Index extends Component
 {
     use ListensToTeamChannel;
 
-    public Application $application;
+    /**
+     * The history list never loads logs or configuration payloads.
+     */
+    public const HISTORY_COLUMNS = [
+        'id',
+        'application_id',
+        'deployment_uuid',
+        'pull_request_id',
+        'status',
+        'commit',
+        'commit_message',
+        'is_webhook',
+        'is_api',
+        'rollback',
+        'server_id',
+        'server_name',
+        'created_at',
+        'updated_at',
+        'finished_at',
+    ];
 
-    public ?Collection $deployments;
+    public Application $application;
 
     public int $deployments_count = 0;
 
@@ -31,11 +49,8 @@ class Index extends Component
         $this->defaultTake = max(1, min(100, $this->defaultTake));
 
         $this->skip = 0;
-        $this->loadDeployments();
     }
 
-    public bool $showNext = false;
-
     public bool $showPrev = false;
 
     public int $currentPage = 1;
@@ -107,47 +122,24 @@ class Index extends Component
         }
         $this->loadPullRequestOptions();
         $this->loadDeploymentFilterOptions();
-        ['deployments' => $deployments, 'count' => $count] = $application->deployments(
-            search: $this->search,
-            filters: $this->deploymentFilters,
-            sort: $this->deploymentSort,
-            take: $this->defaultTake,
-            pullRequestId: $this->pull_request_id,
-        );
-        $this->deployments = $deployments;
-        $this->deployments_count = $count;
         $this->current_url = route('project.application.deployment.index', [
             'project_uuid' => $project->uuid,
             'environment_uuid' => $environment->uuid,
             'application_uuid' => $application->uuid,
         ]);
         $this->updateCurrentPage();
-        $this->showMore();
     }
 
-    private function showMore()
-    {
-        if ($this->deployments->count() !== 0) {
-            $this->showNext = true;
-            if ($this->deployments->count() < $this->defaultTake) {
-                $this->showNext = false;
-            }
-
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public function reloadDeployments()
-    {
-        $this->loadDeployments();
-    }
+    /**
+     * Polling target. The list is loaded again on every render.
+     */
+    public function reloadDeployments(): void {}
 
     public function previousPage(): void
     {
         $this->skip = max(0, $this->skip - $this->defaultTake);
         $this->showPrev = $this->skip > 0;
         $this->updateCurrentPage();
-        $this->loadDeployments();
     }
 
     public function nextPage(): void
@@ -162,27 +154,11 @@ class Index extends Component
         $this->skip = ($page - 1) * $this->defaultTake;
         $this->showPrev = $page > 1;
         $this->updateCurrentPage();
-        $this->loadDeployments();
-    }
-
-    public function loadDeployments()
-    {
-        ['deployments' => $deployments, 'count' => $count] = $this->application->deployments(
-            skip: $this->skip,
-            take: $this->defaultTake,
-            pullRequestId: $this->pull_request_id,
-            search: $this->search,
-            filters: $this->deploymentFilters,
-            sort: $this->deploymentSort,
-        );
-        $this->deployments = $deployments;
-        $this->deployments_count = $count;
-        $this->showMore();
     }
 
     public function updatedSearch(): void
     {
-        $this->resetPaginationAndLoad();
+        $this->resetPagination();
     }
 
     public function toggleDeploymentFilter(string $filter): void
@@ -204,7 +180,7 @@ class Index extends Component
         }
 
         $this->pull_request_id = null;
-        $this->resetPaginationAndLoad();
+        $this->resetPagination();
     }
 
     public function setPullRequestFilter(string $pullRequestId): void
@@ -217,7 +193,7 @@ class Index extends Component
 
         $this->pull_request_id = $pullRequestId === '' ? null : $pullRequestId;
         $this->deploymentFilters = [];
-        $this->resetPaginationAndLoad();
+        $this->resetPagination();
     }
 
     public function setDeploymentSort(string $sort): void
@@ -227,7 +203,7 @@ class Index extends Component
         }
 
         $this->deploymentSort = $sort;
-        $this->resetPaginationAndLoad();
+        $this->resetPagination();
     }
 
     public function updatedPullRequestId($value)
@@ -248,14 +224,14 @@ class Index extends Component
         }
 
         $this->deploymentFilters = [];
-        $this->resetPaginationAndLoad();
+        $this->resetPagination();
     }
 
     public function clearFilter()
     {
         $this->pull_request_id = null;
         $this->deploymentFilters = [];
-        $this->resetPaginationAndLoad();
+        $this->resetPagination();
     }
 
     private function updateCurrentPage()
@@ -367,16 +343,30 @@ class Index extends Component
             ->all();
     }
 
-    private function resetPaginationAndLoad(): void
+    private function resetPagination(): void
     {
         $this->skip = 0;
         $this->showPrev = false;
         $this->updateCurrentPage();
-        $this->loadDeployments();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The list is not a public property: Livewire would restore it with SELECT * on every request.
+     */
     public function render()
     {
-        return view('livewire.project.application.deployment.index');
+        ['deployments' => $deployments, 'count' => $this->deployments_count] = $this->application->deployments(
+            skip: $this->skip,
+            take: $this->defaultTake,
+            pullRequestId: $this->pull_request_id,
+            search: $this->search,
+            filters: $this->deploymentFilters,
+            sort: $this->deploymentSort,
+            columns: self::HISTORY_COLUMNS,
+        );
+
+        return view('livewire.project.application.deployment.index', [
+            'deployments' => $deployments,
+        ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Application.php b/app/Models/Application.php
index 2a32c515e0..5b737db56a 100644
--- a/app/Models/Application.php
+++ b/app/Models/Application.php
@@ -1320,6 +1320,7 @@ class Application extends BaseModel
         ?string $search = null,
         array $filters = [],
         string $sort = 'newest',
+        array $columns = ['*'],
     ): array {
         $deployments = ApplicationDeploymentQueue::query()
             ->where('application_id', $this->id);
@@ -1412,7 +1413,7 @@ class Application extends BaseModel
             ->orderBy('id', $sort === 'oldest' ? 'asc' : 'desc')
             ->skip($skip)
             ->take($take)
-            ->get();
+            ->get($columns);
 
         return [
             'count' => $count,
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_10_28_214500_add_index_for_application_deployment_history.php b/database/migrations/2026_10_28_214500_add_index_for_application_deployment_history.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..134d74b85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_10_28_214500_add_index_for_application_deployment_history.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public $withinTransaction = false;
+
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        if (DB::getDriverName() === 'pgsql') {
+            DB::statement('CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS idx_deployment_queues_app_created_id ON application_deployment_queues (application_id, created_at DESC, id DESC)');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (! Schema::hasIndex('application_deployment_queues', 'idx_deployment_queues_app_created_id')) {
+            Schema::table('application_deployment_queues', function (Blueprint $table) {
+                $table->index(['application_id', 'created_at', 'id'], 'idx_deployment_queues_app_created_id');
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        if (DB::getDriverName() === 'pgsql') {
+            DB::statement('DROP INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF EXISTS idx_deployment_queues_app_created_id');
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (Schema::hasIndex('application_deployment_queues', 'idx_deployment_queues_app_created_id')) {
+            Schema::table('application_deployment_queues', function (Blueprint $table) {
+                $table->dropIndex('idx_deployment_queues_app_created_id');
+            });
+        }
+    }
+};
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/dashboard/active-deployments.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/dashboard/active-deployments.blade.php
index b6cb5a8358..dc3ab8ed93 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/dashboard/active-deployments.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/dashboard/active-deployments.blade.php
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
         return [$label, $type];
     };
 
-    $hasActiveDeployments = $activeDeployments->isNotEmpty();
-    $hasRecentDeployments = $recentDeployments->isNotEmpty();
+    $hasActiveDeployments = $this->activeDeployments->isNotEmpty();
+    $hasRecentDeployments = $this->recentDeployments->isNotEmpty();
     $hasAnyDeployments = $hasActiveDeployments || $hasRecentDeployments;
 @endphp
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
                             <span>Started</span>
                         </div>
 
-                        @foreach ($activeDeployments as $deployment)
+                        @foreach ($this->activeDeployments as $deployment)
                             @php
                                 [$deploymentStatus, $deploymentStatusType] = $deploymentStatusMeta($deployment->status);
                                 $projectName = $deployment->application?->environment?->project?->name;
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
                             <span>Started</span>
                         </div>
 
-                        @foreach ($recentDeployments as $deployment)
+                        @foreach ($this->recentDeployments as $deployment)
                             @php
                                 [$deploymentStatus, $deploymentStatusType] = $deploymentStatusMeta($deployment->status);
                                 $projectName = $deployment->application?->environment?->project?->name;
diff --git a/tests/Feature/DashboardDeploymentsTest.php b/tests/Feature/DashboardDeploymentsTest.php
index d949a62e7e..e35d3a07c3 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/DashboardDeploymentsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/DashboardDeploymentsTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use App\Models\StandaloneDocker;
 use App\Models\Team;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Livewire\Livewire;
 
 uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
@@ -175,3 +176,24 @@ it('only includes deployments of applications owned by the current team', functi
         ->assertDontSee('Other Team Deployment')
         ->assertDontSee('Running or queued right now');
 });
+
+it('does not load deployment payload columns when the dashboard list polls', function () {
+    createDashboardDeployment(['logs' => '[{"output":"large deployment log"}]']);
+
+    $deploymentQueries = [];
+    DB::listen(function ($query) use (&$deploymentQueries) {
+        if (str_contains($query->sql, 'application_deployment_queues')) {
+            $deploymentQueries[] = $query->sql;
+        }
+    });
+
+    Livewire::test(ActiveDeployments::class)
+        ->assertSee('Dashboard App')
+        ->call('refreshDeployments')
+        ->assertSee('Dashboard App');
+
+    expect($deploymentQueries)->not->toBeEmpty();
+    foreach ($deploymentQueries as $sql) {
+        expect($sql)->not->toMatch('/select\s+("?\w+"?\.)?\*/i')->not->toContain('logs');
+    }
+});
diff --git a/tests/Feature/DeploymentHistoryPayloadTest.php b/tests/Feature/DeploymentHistoryPayloadTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76a96006ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/DeploymentHistoryPayloadTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Enums\ApplicationDeploymentStatus;
+use App\Livewire\Project\Application\Deployment\Index;
+use App\Models\Application;
+use App\Models\ApplicationDeploymentQueue;
+use App\Models\Environment;
+use App\Models\InstanceSettings;
+use App\Models\Project;
+use App\Models\Server;
+use App\Models\StandaloneDocker;
+use App\Models\Team;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Livewire\Livewire;
+
+uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
+
+beforeEach(function () {
+    $this->user = User::factory()->create();
+    $this->team = Team::factory()->create();
+    $this->team->members()->attach($this->user->id, ['role' => 'owner']);
+
+    InstanceSettings::unguarded(fn () => InstanceSettings::query()->create(['id' => 0]));
+
+    $this->actingAs($this->user);
+    session(['currentTeam' => $this->team]);
+
+    $server = Server::factory()->create(['team_id' => $this->team->id]);
+    $destination = StandaloneDocker::query()->where('server_id', $server->id)->firstOrFail();
+    $this->project = Project::factory()->create(['team_id' => $this->team->id]);
+    $this->environment = Environment::factory()->create(['project_id' => $this->project->id]);
+    $this->application = Application::factory()->create([
+        'environment_id' => $this->environment->id,
+        'destination_id' => $destination->id,
+        'destination_type' => $destination->getMorphClass(),
+    ]);
+
+    $this->createDeployment = fn (string $uuid, string $createdAt) => ApplicationDeploymentQueue::query()->forceCreate([
+        'application_id' => $this->application->id,
+        'deployment_uuid' => $uuid,
+        'server_id' => $server->id,
+        'server_name' => $server->name,
+        'status' => ApplicationDeploymentStatus::FINISHED->value,
+        'commit' => 'abcdef1234567890',
+        'commit_message' => "Message of {$uuid}",
+        'logs' => '[{"output":"large deployment log"}]',
+        'configuration_snapshot' => ['fqdn' => 'https://example.com'],
+        'configuration_diff' => ['fqdn' => ['old' => null, 'new' => 'https://example.com']],
+        'created_at' => $createdAt,
+        'updated_at' => $createdAt,
+    ]);
+});
+
+it('does not load deployment payload columns for the history list on any Livewire request', function () {
+    ($this->createDeployment)('deployment-history-row', '2026-10-01 10:00:00');
+
+    $historyQueries = [];
+    DB::listen(function ($query) use (&$historyQueries) {
+        if (str_contains($query->sql, 'application_deployment_queues')) {
+            $historyQueries[] = $query->sql;
+        }
+    });
+
+    Livewire::test(Index::class, [
+        'project_uuid' => $this->project->uuid,
+        'environment_uuid' => $this->environment->uuid,
+        'application_uuid' => $this->application->uuid,
+        'embedded' => true,
+    ])
+        ->assertSee('deployment-history-row')
+        ->assertSee('Message of deployment-history-row')
+        ->call('reloadDeployments')
+        ->assertSee('deployment-history-row')
+        ->call('setDeploymentSort', 'oldest')
+        ->assertSee('deployment-history-row');
+
+    expect($historyQueries)->not->toBeEmpty();
+    foreach ($historyQueries as $sql) {
+        expect($sql)
+            ->not->toMatch('/select\s+("?\w+"?\.)?\*/i')
+            ->not->toContain('logs')
+            ->not->toContain('configuration_snapshot')
+            ->not->toContain('configuration_diff');
+    }
+});
+
+it('orders and pages deployments with equal timestamps by id in both directions', function () {
+    $uuids = collect(['first', 'second', 'third', 'fourth', 'fifth'])
+        ->each(fn (string $uuid) => ($this->createDeployment)($uuid, '2026-10-01 10:00:00'));
+
+    $page = fn (string $sort, int $skip) => $this->application
+        ->deployments(skip: $skip, take: 2, sort: $sort, columns: Index::HISTORY_COLUMNS)['deployments']
+        ->pluck('deployment_uuid')
+        ->all();
+
+    expect([...$page('newest', 0), ...$page('newest', 2), ...$page('newest', 4)])->toBe($uuids->reverse()->values()->all())
+        ->and([...$page('oldest', 0), ...$page('oldest', 2), ...$page('oldest', 4)])->toBe($uuids->all());
+});
+
+it('keeps the full deployment payload for callers that do not restrict the columns', function () {
+    ($this->createDeployment)('full-deployment', '2026-10-01 10:00:00');
+
+    $listed = $this->application->deployments(columns: Index::HISTORY_COLUMNS)['deployments']->sole();
+    $full = $this->application->deployments()['deployments']->sole();
+
+    expect($listed->getAttributes())->not->toHaveKeys(['logs', 'configuration_snapshot', 'configuration_diff'])
+        ->and($full->logs)->toBe('[{"output":"large deployment log"}]')
+        ->and($full->configuration_snapshot)->toBe(['fqdn' => 'https://example.com']);
+});