diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 1c7f6ac9a..cb1f00a66 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
   "confirm": "Confirm",
   "followSetting": "Follow Setting",
   "followSettingDisabled": "Messages you send will no longer disappear. Are you sure you want to turn off disappearing messages?",
-  "followSettingTimeAndType": "Set your messages to disappear $time$ after they have been $type$?",
+  "followSettingTimeAndType": "Set your messages to disappear <b>$time$</b> after they have been <b>$type$</b>?",
   "youChangedTheTimer": "<b>You</b> have set messages to disappear <b>$time$</b> after they have been <b>$mode$</b>",
   "youChangedTheTimerLegacy": "<b>You</b> set the disappearing message timer to <b>$time$</b>",
   "theyChangedTheTimer": "<b>$name$</b> has set messages to disappear <b>$time$</b> after they have been <b>$mode$</b>",
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/TimerNotification.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/TimerNotification.tsx
index 758e4a6c7..d556d5afc 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/TimerNotification.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/TimerNotification.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function useFollowSettingsButtonClick(
             props.timespanSeconds ?? undefined
           );
         },
-        showExitIcon: true,
+        showExitIcon: false,
         onClickClose: onExit,
       })
     );
diff --git a/ts/components/dialog/SessionConfirm.tsx b/ts/components/dialog/SessionConfirm.tsx
index 18cec46c9..3687461ec 100644
--- a/ts/components/dialog/SessionConfirm.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/dialog/SessionConfirm.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { shell } from 'electron';
 import { Dispatch } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import { shell } from 'electron';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import styled from 'styled-components';
 import { MessageInteraction } from '../../interactions';
 import { updateConfirmModal } from '../../state/ducks/modalDialog';
 import { SessionWrapperModal } from '../SessionWrapperModal';
@@ -10,6 +11,15 @@ import { SessionSpinner } from '../basic/SessionSpinner';
 import { SpacerLG } from '../basic/Text';
 import { SessionIcon, SessionIconSize, SessionIconType } from '../icon';
 
+const StyledSubText = styled(SessionHtmlRenderer)<{ textLength: number }>`
+  font-size: var(--font-size-md);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  max-width: ${props =>
+    props.textLength > 90
+      ? '60ch'
+      : '33ch'}; // this is ugly, but we want the dialog description to have multiple lines when a short text is displayed
+`;
+
 export interface SessionConfirmDialogProps {
   message?: string;
   messageSub?: string;
@@ -64,8 +74,6 @@ export const SessionConfirm = (props: SessionConfirmDialogProps) => {
   const cancelText = props.cancelText || window.i18n('cancel');
   const showHeader = !!props.title;
 
-  const messageSubText = messageSub ? 'session-confirm-main-message' : undefined;
-
   const onClickOkHandler = async () => {
     if (onClickOk) {
       setIsLoading(true);
@@ -101,7 +109,6 @@ export const SessionConfirm = (props: SessionConfirmDialogProps) => {
 
     window.inboxStore?.dispatch(updateConfirmModal(null));
   };
-
   return (
     <SessionWrapperModal
       title={title}
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ export const SessionConfirm = (props: SessionConfirmDialogProps) => {
           </>
         )}
 
-        <SessionHtmlRenderer tag="span" className={messageSubText} html={message} />
+        <StyledSubText tag="span" textLength={message.length} html={message} />
         <SessionHtmlRenderer tag="span" className="session-confirm-sub-message" html={messageSub} />
 
         <SessionSpinner loading={isLoading} />
diff --git a/ts/models/message.ts b/ts/models/message.ts
index f7c49261e..4048a94b7 100644
--- a/ts/models/message.ts
+++ b/ts/models/message.ts
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
    * Also returns the uploaded ids to include in the message post so that those attachments are linked to that message.
    */
   public async uploadData() {
+    const start = Date.now();
     const finalAttachments = await Promise.all(
       (this.get('attachments') || []).map(loadAttachmentData)
     );
@@ -816,7 +817,10 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
       attachments[0].flags = SignalService.AttachmentPointer.Flags.VOICE_MESSAGE;
     }
 
-    window.log.info(`Upload of message data for message ${this.idForLogging()} is finished.`);
+    window.log.info(
+      `Upload of message data for message ${this.idForLogging()} is finished in ${Date.now() -
+        start}ms.`
+    );
     return {
       body,
       attachments,
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/file_server_api/FileServerApi.ts b/ts/session/apis/file_server_api/FileServerApi.ts
index b3720fa97..eb47c164d 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/file_server_api/FileServerApi.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/file_server_api/FileServerApi.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import {
   parseBatchGlobalStatusCode,
 } from '../open_group_api/sogsv3/sogsV3BatchPoll';
 
-export const fileServerURL = 'http://filev2.getsession.org';
+export const fileServerHost = 'filev2.getsession.org';
+export const fileServerURL = `http://${fileServerHost}`;
+
 export const fileServerPubKey = 'da21e1d886c6fbaea313f75298bd64aab03a97ce985b46bb2dad9f2089c8ee59';
 const RELEASE_VERSION_ENDPOINT = '/session_version?platform=desktop';
 
diff --git a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/onions.ts b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/onions.ts
index 95cc0e476..3768e2676 100644
--- a/ts/session/apis/snode_api/onions.ts
+++ b/ts/session/apis/snode_api/onions.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import https from 'https';
 // eslint-disable import/no-named-default
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-named-default
 import { AbortSignal } from 'abort-controller';
 import ByteBuffer from 'bytebuffer';
 import { to_string } from 'libsodium-wrappers-sumo';
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import { toHex } from '../../utils/String';
 import { Snode } from '../../../data/data';
 import { callUtilsWorker } from '../../../webworker/workers/browser/util_worker_interface';
 import { encodeV4Request } from '../../onions/onionv4';
+import { fileServerHost } from '../file_server_api/FileServerApi';
 import { hrefPnServerProd } from '../push_notification_api/PnServer';
 import { ERROR_CODE_NO_CONNECT } from './SNodeAPI';
 
@@ -854,6 +856,7 @@ async function sendOnionRequestHandlingSnodeEject({
     response = result.response;
     if (
       !isEmpty(finalRelayOptions) &&
+      finalRelayOptions.host !== fileServerHost &&
       response.status === 502 &&
       response.statusText === 'Bad Gateway'
     ) {
@@ -863,6 +866,7 @@ async function sendOnionRequestHandlingSnodeEject({
     decodingSymmetricKey = result.decodingSymmetricKey;
   } catch (e) {
     window?.log?.warn('sendOnionRequestNoRetries error message: ', e.message);
+
     if (e.code === 'ENETUNREACH' || e.message === 'ENETUNREACH' || throwErrors) {
       throw e;
     }
diff --git a/ts/session/onions/onionSend.ts b/ts/session/onions/onionSend.ts
index c040cb313..c2f827112 100644
--- a/ts/session/onions/onionSend.ts
+++ b/ts/session/onions/onionSend.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ import {
 } from '../apis/open_group_api/sogsv3/sogsV3SendMessage';
 import { pnServerPubkeyHex, pnServerUrl } from '../apis/push_notification_api/PnServer';
 import {
-  buildErrorMessageWithFailedCode,
   FinalDestNonSnodeOptions,
   FinalRelayOptions,
   Onions,
-  SnodeResponse,
   STATUS_NO_STATUS,
+  SnodeResponse,
+  buildErrorMessageWithFailedCode,
 } from '../apis/snode_api/onions';
 import { PROTOCOLS } from '../constants';
 import { OnionV4 } from './onionv4';
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ const sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries = async (
         minTimeout: OnionSending.getMinTimeoutForSogs(),
         onFailedAttempt: e => {
           window?.log?.warn(
-            `sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeRetryable attempt #${e.attemptNumber} failed. ${e.retriesLeft} retries left...: ${e.message}`
+            `sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries attempt #${e.attemptNumber} failed. ${e.retriesLeft} retries left...: ${e.message}`
           );
         },
       }
     );
   } catch (e) {
-    window?.log?.warn('sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeRetryable failed ', e.message, throwErrors);
+    window?.log?.warn('sendViaOnionV4ToNonSnodeWithRetries failed ', e.message, throwErrors);
     if (throwErrors) {
       throw e;
     }
diff --git a/ts/themes/globals.tsx b/ts/themes/globals.tsx
index 680fca95f..4ff6d175a 100644
--- a/ts/themes/globals.tsx
+++ b/ts/themes/globals.tsx
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export const THEME_GLOBALS: ThemeGlobals = {
   '--button-path-connecting-color': COLORS.PATH.CONNECTING,
   '--button-path-error-color': COLORS.PATH.ERROR,
 
-  '--modal-background-color': `rgba(${hexColorToRGB(COLORS.BLACK)}, 0.3)`,
+  '--modal-background-color': `rgba(${hexColorToRGB(COLORS.BLACK)}, 0.6)`,
   '--modal-drop-shadow': `0px 0px 10px rgba(${hexColorToRGB(COLORS.BLACK)}, 0.22)`,
 
   '--lightbox-background-color': `rgba(${hexColorToRGB(COLORS.BLACK)}, 0.8)`,