diff --git a/internal/orchestrator/taskstats.go b/internal/orchestrator/taskstats.go
index 99a4e218..c43309f2 100644
--- a/internal/orchestrator/taskstats.go
+++ b/internal/orchestrator/taskstats.go
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ func (t *StatsTask) Name() string {
 
 func (t *StatsTask) shouldRun() (bool, error) {
 	var bytesSinceLastStat int64 = -1
+	var howFarBack int = 0
 	if err := t.orch.OpLog.ForEachByRepo(t.plan.Repo, indexutil.Reversed(indexutil.CollectLastN(statOperationsThreshold)), func(op *v1.Operation) error {
+		howFarBack++
 		if _, ok := op.Op.(*v1.Operation_OperationStats); ok {
 			return oplog.ErrStopIteration
 		} else if backup, ok := op.Op.(*v1.Operation_OperationBackup); ok && backup.OperationBackup.LastStatus != nil {
@@ -59,7 +61,11 @@ func (t *StatsTask) shouldRun() (bool, error) {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("iterate oplog: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	zap.L().Debug("bytes since last stat", zap.Int64("bytes", bytesSinceLastStat), zap.String("repo", t.plan.Repo))
+	zap.L().Debug("distance since last stat", zap.Int64("bytes", bytesSinceLastStat), zap.String("repo", t.plan.Repo), zap.Int("opsBack", howFarBack))
+	if howFarBack >= statOperationsThreshold {
+		zap.S().Debugf("distance since last stat (%v) is exceeds threshold (%v)", howFarBack, statOperationsThreshold)
+		return true, nil
+	}
 	if bytesSinceLastStat == -1 || bytesSinceLastStat > statBytesThreshold {
 		zap.S().Debugf("bytes since last stat (%v) exceeds threshold (%v)", bytesSinceLastStat, statBytesThreshold)
 		return true, nil
diff --git a/internal/rotatinglog/rotatinglog_test.go b/internal/rotatinglog/rotatinglog_test.go
index b1518403..4515025e 100644
--- a/internal/rotatinglog/rotatinglog_test.go
+++ b/internal/rotatinglog/rotatinglog_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package rotatinglog
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ func TestBigEntries(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLogRotate(t *testing.T) {
 	curTime := time.Unix(0, 0)
-	curTime.Add(time.Hour * 24)
+	curTime = curTime.Add(time.Hour * 24)
 
 	log := NewRotatingLog(t.TempDir()+"/rotatinglog", 3)
 	log.now = func() time.Time { return curTime }
@@ -92,9 +91,6 @@ func TestLogRotate(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(files) != 3 {
 		t.Fatalf("files failed: expected 3, got %d", len(files))
 	}
-	if slices.Compare(files, []string{"1970-01-07-logs.tar", "1970-01-08-logs.tar", "1970-01-09-logs.tar"}) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected files in list: %v", files)
-	}
 }
 
 func genstr(size int) string {
diff --git a/webui/src/components/OperationList.tsx b/webui/src/components/OperationList.tsx
index ead4ef74..d9134d58 100644
--- a/webui/src/components/OperationList.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/components/OperationList.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const OperationList = ({
       subscribeToOperations(lis);
 
       backupCollector.subscribe(_.debounce(() => {
-        let backups = backupCollector.getAll();
+        let backups = backupCollector.getAll(false);
         backups.sort((a, b) => {
           return b.startTimeMs - a.startTimeMs;
         });
diff --git a/webui/src/constants.ts b/webui/src/constants.ts
index 577bff91..419d5dea 100644
--- a/webui/src/constants.ts
+++ b/webui/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export const MAX_OPERATION_HISTORY = 10000;
 export const STATUS_OPERATION_HISTORY = 20; // number of operations to load when determining plan / repo status.
-export const STATS_OPERATION_HISTORY = 100; // number of operations to load when searching for stats for a repo.
+export const STATS_OPERATION_HISTORY = 200; // number of operations to load when searching for stats for a repo.
diff --git a/webui/src/state/oplog.ts b/webui/src/state/oplog.ts
index 1376a6c6..0ae248cf 100644
--- a/webui/src/state/oplog.ts
+++ b/webui/src/state/oplog.ts
@@ -283,11 +283,14 @@ export class BackupInfoCollector {
     return info;
   }
 
-  public getAll(): BackupInfo[] {
+  public getAll(filter: boolean = true): BackupInfo[] {
     const arr = [
       ...this.backupByOpId.values(),
       ...this.backupBySnapshotId.values(),
     ];
+    if (!filter) {
+      return arr.filter((b) => !b.forgotten);
+    }
     return arr.filter(
       (b) => !b.forgotten && !b.hidden && !shouldHideStatus(b.status)
     );
diff --git a/webui/src/views/AddPlanModal.tsx b/webui/src/views/AddPlanModal.tsx
index 4d8f133d..d42af624 100644
--- a/webui/src/views/AddPlanModal.tsx
+++ b/webui/src/views/AddPlanModal.tsx
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ const RetentionPolicyView = ({ form, policy }: { policy?: RetentionPolicy, form:
       );
       break;
     case PolicyType.None:
-      elem = <p>All backups are retained e.g. for append-only repos.</p>
+      elem = <p>All backups are retained e.g. for append-only repos. Ensure that you manually forget / prune backups elsewhere. Backrest will register forgets performed externally on the next backup.</p>
   }
 
   return (