diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/src/hub_publish.rs b/backend/windmill-api/src/hub_publish.rs
index f864e9f4e3..bdf4bf1093 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/src/hub_publish.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/src/hub_publish.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ async fn publish_draft(
     Json(body): Json<PublishDraftBody>,
 ) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, Error> {
     require_admin(authed.is_admin, &authed.username)?;
-    // source_id is injected from the trusted `workspace` path by forward_to_hub.
     forward_to_hub(
         "/projects",
         &workspace,
@@ -311,11 +310,6 @@ async fn get_project_export(
     get_from_hub(&format!("/projects/{}/export", slug), &workspace).await
 }
 
-// `source_id` is the server-trusted workspace from the `{workspace}` path — NOT
-// client-supplied — so the Hub can enforce that the targeted project belongs to
-// the calling workspace. Without it, any workspace admin could mutate or read
-// another workspace's Hub project by passing its `project_slug`, since the Hub
-// authenticates every call with the same instance-wide HUB_DEV_TOKEN.
 async fn get_from_hub(path: &str, source_id: &str) -> Result<(StatusCode, String), Error> {
     let hub_token = std::env::var("HUB_DEV_TOKEN")
         .map_err(|_| Error::BadRequest("HUB_DEV_TOKEN not set".into()))?;
@@ -349,8 +343,6 @@ async fn forward_to_hub<T: Serialize>(
 
     let url = format!("{}{}", **HUB_BASE_URL.load(), path);
 
-    // Stamp the trusted workspace onto the payload so the Hub can verify
-    // ownership; never trust the client-supplied project_slug alone.
     let mut payload = serde_json::to_value(body).map_err(to_anyhow)?;
     let obj = payload
         .as_object_mut()
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/workspaceSettings/DeployToHub.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/workspaceSettings/DeployToHub.svelte
index eb9b8ebefb..920e5c6488 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/workspaceSettings/DeployToHub.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/workspaceSettings/DeployToHub.svelte
@@ -392,6 +392,19 @@
 			schedulePreviews = {}
 			selectedFolder = undefined
 			manualDeselected = new Set()
+			phase = 'predeploy'
+			draftItems = []
+			recordings = {}
+			deploymentStatus = {}
+			hubItemIds = {}
+			effectiveSlug = ''
+			hubVersion = 0
+			hubName = ''
+			hubSummary = ''
+			hubReadme = ''
+			bundleName = ''
+			bundleSummary = ''
+			bundleReadme = ''
 			loadWorkspace($workspaceStore, seq)
 			loadTriggers($workspaceStore, seq)
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/projects/install/+page.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/projects/install/+page.svelte
index 6aadff78e6..2637d43bca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/projects/install/+page.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/(root)/(logged)/projects/install/+page.svelte
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 			)
 			if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`export ${res.status}: ${await res.text()}`)
 			data = JSON.parse(await res.text())
-			// Default the target folder to the project slug.
 			if (data && !folderName) folderName = data.project.slug
 		} catch (e: any) {
 			loadError = e?.message ?? String(e)
@@ -85,9 +84,6 @@
 	// Minimal non-public policy for re-created apps.
 	const defaultPolicy = { execution_mode: 'publisher', triggerables_v2: {} } as any
 
-	// Everything in the bundle lives under `f/<slug>/`. To import into a different
-	// folder we swap that prefix everywhere (item paths, `$res:`/script refs,
-	// schedule runnable paths) by rewriting the serialized bundle in one pass.
 	function retarget(bundle: ProjectExport, fromSlug: string, folder: string): ProjectExport {
 		if (folder === fromSlug) return bundle
 		const json = JSON.stringify(bundle).split(`f/${fromSlug}/`).join(`f/${folder}/`)
@@ -101,7 +97,6 @@
 		results = []
 		done = false
 		try {
-			// Ensure the target folder exists (no-op/ignored if it already does).
 			try {
 				await FolderService.createFolder({ workspace, requestBody: { name: folder } })
 			} catch {}