diff --git a/frontend/src/app/board-groups/[groupId]/page.tsx b/frontend/src/app/board-groups/[groupId]/page.tsx
index fb8db638..e2325fe4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/board-groups/[groupId]/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/board-groups/[groupId]/page.tsx
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ export default function BoardGroupDetailPage() {
     [],
   );
 
+  /**
+   * Computes the newest `created_at` timestamp in a list of memory items.
+   *
+   * We pass this as `since` when reconnecting SSE so we don't re-stream the
+   * entire chat history after transient disconnects.
+   */
   const latestMemoryTimestamp = useCallback((items: BoardGroupMemoryRead[]) => {
     if (!items.length) return undefined;
     const latest = items.reduce((max, item) => {
@@ -405,11 +411,13 @@ export default function BoardGroupDetailPage() {
         while (!isCancelled) {
           const { value, done } = await reader.read();
           if (done) break;
+
+          // Consider the stream healthy once we receive any bytes (including pings)
+          // and reset the backoff so a later disconnect doesn't wait the full max.
           if (value && value.length) {
-            // Consider the stream healthy once we receive any bytes (including pings),
-            // then reset the backoff for future reconnects.
             backoff.reset();
           }
+
           buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
           buffer = buffer.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n");
           let boundary = buffer.indexOf("\n\n");
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/boards/[boardId]/page.tsx b/frontend/src/app/boards/[boardId]/page.tsx
index e1a0cd00..297edb08 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/boards/[boardId]/page.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/boards/[boardId]/page.tsx
@@ -1315,6 +1315,12 @@ export default function BoardDetailPage() {
     return () => window.clearTimeout(timeout);
   }, [chatMessages, isChatOpen]);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns an ISO timestamp for the newest board chat message.
+   *
+   * Used as the `since` cursor when (re)connecting to the SSE endpoint so we
+   * don't re-stream the entire chat log.
+   */
   const latestChatTimestamp = (items: BoardChatMessage[]) => {
     if (!items.length) return undefined;
     const latest = items.reduce((max, item) => {
@@ -1373,9 +1379,9 @@ export default function BoardDetailPage() {
         while (!isCancelled) {
           const { value, done } = await reader.read();
           if (done) break;
+          // Consider the stream healthy once we receive any bytes (including pings)
+          // and reset the backoff so a later disconnect doesn't wait the full max.
           if (value && value.length) {
-            // Consider the stream "healthy" once we receive any bytes (including pings),
-            // then reset the backoff for future reconnects.
             backoff.reset();
           }
           buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });