diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/sidebar/TagsBrowserSidebar.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/sidebar/TagsBrowserSidebar.svelte
index f5240d5..f88217f 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/sidebar/TagsBrowserSidebar.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/sidebar/TagsBrowserSidebar.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		aggregateKeywords,
 		getAllMarks,
 		listLabels,
-		listPhotos,
+		listPhotosByUids,
 		listSubjects,
 		type AggregatedKeyword,
 		type PhotoMarksMap,
@@ -72,12 +72,17 @@
 	}));
 
 	// Same marks-pool query the drill page uses — colors/ratings need a
-	// representative photo per bucket for the count rollup. Cheap once
-	// cached; the drill page kicks the same key.
+	// representative photo per bucket for the count rollup. Resolved from the
+	// marked UIDs (complete set, any age) so the rollup counts every marked
+	// photo, not just those in the newest-N timeline slice.
+	const markedUids = $derived(Object.keys(marksQuery.data ?? {}));
 	const marksPoolQuery = createQuery<PpPhoto[]>(() => ({
-		queryKey: ['photos', 'marks-pool'],
-		queryFn: () => listPhotos({ count: 1000, order: 'newest', merged: true }),
-		enabled: isAuthenticated() && (category === 'ratings' || category === 'colors')
+		queryKey: ['photos', 'marks-pool', [...markedUids].sort()],
+		queryFn: () => listPhotosByUids(markedUids),
+		enabled:
+			isAuthenticated() &&
+			(category === 'ratings' || category === 'colors') &&
+			markedUids.length > 0
 	}));
 
 	// PhotoPrism returns labels in arbitrary order; sort by photo count
diff --git a/web/src/lib/services/photoprism.ts b/web/src/lib/services/photoprism.ts
index 664b4f4..4a21ef6 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/services/photoprism.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/services/photoprism.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,26 @@ export async function listPhotos(params: ListPhotosParams = {}): Promise<PpPhoto
 	return data;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve photos for an explicit set of UIDs. Used by the Colors / Ratings
+ * facets, whose member set comes from the mule-sidecar marks store and is NOT
+ * bounded to the newest N photos — a marked photo anywhere in the library must
+ * resolve. Fetches per-UID (concurrency-bounded) via the same `/photos/:uid`
+ * endpoint the metadata panel uses, so it can't drift from PhotoPrism's search
+ * DSL. Missing UIDs (deleted since marked) are skipped.
+ */
+export async function listPhotosByUids(uids: string[]): Promise<PpPhoto[]> {
+	if (uids.length === 0) return [];
+	const out: PpPhoto[] = [];
+	const concurrency = 8;
+	for (let i = 0; i < uids.length; i += concurrency) {
+		const slice = uids.slice(i, i + concurrency);
+		const fetched = await Promise.all(slice.map((uid) => getPhoto(uid).catch(() => null)));
+		for (const p of fetched) if (p) out.push(p);
+	}
+	return out;
+}
+
 /**
  * Fetch a page of photos *anchored at* a specific TakenAt — `before`
  * older photos preceded by `after` newer ones, merged newest-first.
@@ -619,17 +639,25 @@ export interface PhotoWithNote {
 }
 
 export async function listPhotosWithNotes(): Promise<PhotoWithNote[]> {
-	const list = await listPhotos({ count: 1000, order: 'newest', merged: true });
+	// PhotoPrism has no "caption is not empty" search filter, so we page the
+	// whole library and keep the captioned rows. Paging (rather than a single
+	// count:1000 fetch) means notes on photos older than the newest 1000 still
+	// surface — the previous cap silently hid them.
 	const out: PhotoWithNote[] = [];
 	const seen = new Set<string>();
-	for (const p of list) {
-		// `merged: true` can repeat a photo across file-rows; dedupe by UID
-		// so the same tile doesn't render twice.
-		if (seen.has(p.UID)) continue;
-		seen.add(p.UID);
-		const note = p.Caption?.trim();
-		if (!note) continue;
-		out.push({ photo: p, note });
+	const PAGE = 1000;
+	for (let offset = 0; ; offset += PAGE) {
+		const list = await listPhotos({ count: PAGE, offset, order: 'newest', merged: true });
+		for (const p of list) {
+			// `merged: true` can repeat a photo across file-rows; dedupe by UID
+			// so the same tile doesn't render twice.
+			if (seen.has(p.UID)) continue;
+			seen.add(p.UID);
+			const note = p.Caption?.trim();
+			if (!note) continue;
+			out.push({ photo: p, note });
+		}
+		if (list.length < PAGE) break;
 	}
 	return out;
 }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/stores/bulkAction.svelte.ts b/web/src/lib/stores/bulkAction.svelte.ts
index fde76a1..90e9ad1 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/stores/bulkAction.svelte.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/stores/bulkAction.svelte.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *   failBulk   → tiles flash red, auto-clears after 2 s
  */
 
-import { SvelteSet } from 'svelte/reactivity';
+import { SvelteMap, SvelteSet } from 'svelte/reactivity';
 
 interface BulkActionState {
 	active: boolean;
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ interface BulkActionState {
 }
 
 export const bulkAction = $state<BulkActionState>({ active: false, label: '' });
-export const bulkPhotoStates = $state(new Map<string, 'pending' | 'done' | 'error'>());
+// SvelteMap (not `$state(new Map())`) so a `.get(uid)` read in a PhotoTile
+// reliably re-runs when the entry flips — the plain-Map proxy form wasn't
+// re-rendering the timeline tiles' overlay.
+export const bulkPhotoStates = new SvelteMap<string, 'pending' | 'done' | 'error'>();
 
 /**
  * UIDs hidden from the timeline grid the instant a removing action (archive /
diff --git a/web/src/routes/tags/[category]/[[value]]/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/tags/[category]/[[value]]/+page.svelte
index 184892b..322a22e 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/tags/[category]/[[value]]/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/tags/[category]/[[value]]/+page.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 		getPhoto,
 		listLabels,
 		listPhotos,
+		listPhotosByUids,
 		listSubjects,
 		type PhotoMarksMap,
 		type PpLabel,
@@ -97,10 +98,14 @@
 		enabled: isAuthenticated() && useLocal,
 		staleTime: 60_000
 	}));
+	// Resolve the pool from the marked UIDs themselves (complete set, any age)
+	// rather than the newest-N timeline slice, so an old marked photo still
+	// lands in its color/rating bucket.
+	const markedUids = $derived(Object.keys(marksQuery.data ?? {}));
 	const marksPoolQuery = createQuery<PpPhoto[]>(() => ({
-		queryKey: ['photos', 'marks-pool'],
-		queryFn: () => listPhotos({ count: 1000, order: 'newest', merged: true }),
-		enabled: isAuthenticated() && useLocal
+		queryKey: ['photos', 'marks-pool', [...markedUids].sort()],
+		queryFn: () => listPhotosByUids(markedUids),
+		enabled: isAuthenticated() && useLocal && markedUids.length > 0
 	}));
 
 	const ratingGroups = $derived(