diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/pages/rsync.php b/Plugin/unraid/pages/rsync.php
index a4d88e2..86a3a9d 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/pages/rsync.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/pages/rsync.php
@@ -591,6 +591,18 @@ function _dur(s) {
   return sec + 's';
 }
 
+// Escapes text going INSIDE a double-quoted HTML attribute. A bare " there ends the attribute
+// early and silently destroys everything after it — an onclick built by string concatenation
+// becomes a syntax error and the element simply stops responding, with nothing logged.
+//
+// Duplicated from scheduler.php rather than shared: js/varaverk.js is loaded after the page
+// partials, so a page cannot rely on it during its own setup. Four lines in two places beats a
+// load-order bug that only shows up on a slow load.
+function vvRyEscAttr(s) {
+  return String(s).replace(/&/g,'&').replace(/"/g,'"')
+                  .replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;');
+}
+
 // ── Status + active card ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 function _statusCard(data) {
   const en    = data.enabled;
@@ -1207,14 +1219,14 @@ function vvRyEBrowse(key) {
       let h = '';
       if (d.parent) {
         const pn = d.parent === '/' ? '/' : (d.parent.replace(/^.*\//,'') || d.parent) + '/';
-        h += `<div class="vv-ms-dir parent" onclick="vvRyENavTo('${key}',${JSON.stringify(d.parent)})">↑ ${pn}</div>`;
+        h += `<div class="vv-ms-dir parent" onclick="vvRyENavTo('${key}',${vvRyEscAttr(JSON.stringify(d.parent))})">↑ ${pn}</div>`;
       }
       if (!d.dirs.length) {
         h += '<div class="vv-ms-dir" style="color:#2a2a2a;cursor:default;">— empty —</div>';
       } else {
         for (const dir of d.dirs) {
           const name = dir.replace(/^.*\//,'') || dir;
-          h += `<div class="vv-ms-dir" onclick="vvRyENavTo('${key}',${JSON.stringify(dir)})" title="${dir}">▶ ${name}</div>`;
+          h += `<div class="vv-ms-dir" onclick="vvRyENavTo('${key}',${vvRyEscAttr(JSON.stringify(dir))})" title="${vvRyEscAttr(dir)}">▶ ${name}</div>`;
         }
       }
       dirsEl.innerHTML = h;
@@ -1653,7 +1665,7 @@ function _vvMsRenderDirs(dirsElId, dirs, parent, navFn) {
 
   if (parent !== null) {
     const pname = parent === '/' ? '/' : (parent.replace(/^.*\//, '') || parent) + '/';
-    html += `<div class="vv-ms-dir parent" onclick="${navFn}(${JSON.stringify(parent)})">↑ ${pname}</div>`;
+    html += `<div class="vv-ms-dir parent" onclick="${navFn}(${vvRyEscAttr(JSON.stringify(parent))})">↑ ${pname}</div>`;
   }
 
   if (!dirs.length) {
@@ -1661,7 +1673,7 @@ function _vvMsRenderDirs(dirsElId, dirs, parent, navFn) {
   } else {
     for (const d of dirs) {
       const name = d.replace(/^.*\//, '') || d;
-      html += `<div class="vv-ms-dir" onclick="${navFn}(${JSON.stringify(d)})" title="${d}">▶ ${name}</div>`;
+      html += `<div class="vv-ms-dir" onclick="${navFn}(${vvRyEscAttr(JSON.stringify(d))})" title="${vvRyEscAttr(d)}">▶ ${name}</div>`;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/pages/scheduler.php b/Plugin/unraid/pages/scheduler.php
index 6c26f37..ab9bec2 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/pages/scheduler.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/pages/scheduler.php
@@ -1985,21 +1985,21 @@ function _vvImpRender(d) {
 
   if (d.parent !== null) {
     const pname = d.parent === '/' ? '/' : (d.parent.replace(/^.*\//, '') || d.parent) + '/';
-    html += `<div class="vv-imp-row" onclick="_vvImpBrowse(${JSON.stringify(d.parent)})"
+    html += `<div class="vv-imp-row" onclick="_vvImpBrowse(${vvEscAttr(JSON.stringify(d.parent))})"
       style="padding:5px 12px;font-size:11px;color:#444;font-style:italic;cursor:pointer;font-family:monospace;">&#8593; ${pname}</div>`;
   }
 
   for (const dir of d.dirs) {
     const name = dir.replace(/^.*\//, '') || dir;
-    html += `<div class="vv-imp-row" onclick="_vvImpBrowse(${JSON.stringify(dir)})" title="${_vvImpEsc(dir)}"
+    html += `<div class="vv-imp-row" onclick="_vvImpBrowse(${vvEscAttr(JSON.stringify(dir))})" title="${vvEscAttr(dir)}"
       style="padding:5px 12px;font-size:11px;color:#666;cursor:pointer;font-family:monospace;">&#9654; ${_vvImpEsc(name)}</div>`;
   }
 
   for (const file of d.files) {
     const name = file.replace(/^.*\//, '') || file;
     const sel  = file === _vvImpSelected;
-    html += `<div class="vv-imp-row vv-imp-file${sel ? ' vv-imp-file-sel' : ''}" data-path="${_vvImpEsc(file)}"
-      onclick="_vvImpSelectFile(${JSON.stringify(file)})" title="${_vvImpEsc(file)}"
+    html += `<div class="vv-imp-row vv-imp-file${sel ? ' vv-imp-file-sel' : ''}" data-path="${vvEscAttr(file)}"
+      onclick="_vvImpSelectFile(${vvEscAttr(JSON.stringify(file))})" title="${vvEscAttr(file)}"
       style="padding:5px 12px;font-size:11px;cursor:pointer;font-family:monospace;
       color:${sel ? '#4caf50' : '#4a9eff'};background:${sel ? '#0f1f0f' : 'transparent'};">&#128196; ${_vvImpEsc(name)}</div>`;
   }
@@ -2677,8 +2677,8 @@ function vvUpdateLocks(locks) {
     html += '<div class="vv-lock-row">'
           + '<span class="vv-lk-name">'  + vvEscHtml(lk.name) + '</span>'
           + '<span class="vv-lk-age">'   + vvFmtAge(lk.age)   + '</span>'
-          + '<button class="vv-btn-sm vv-lock-clear" onclick="vvClearLock(\''
-          + vvEscHtml(lk.file) + '\',this)">Clear</button>'
+          + '<button class="vv-btn-sm vv-lock-clear" onclick="vvClearLock('
+          + vvEscAttr(JSON.stringify(lk.file)) + ',this)">Clear</button>'
           + '</div>';
   }
   body.innerHTML = html + '</div>';
@@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ function vvUpdateErrors(errors) {
           + ' onclick="vvErrOpenAtLine(' + scriptJs + ',' + e.ts + ',' + lineJs + ',this)">'
           + vvEscHtml(label) + '</span>'
           + '<span class="vv-err-age">' + vvFmtAge(now - e.ts) + '</span>'
-          + '<button class="vv-btn-sm vv-ack-btn" onclick="vvAckError(\'' + e.script.replace(/\\/g,"\\\\").replace(/'/g,"\\'") + "'," + e.ts + ',this)">Ack</button>'
+          + '<button class="vv-btn-sm vv-ack-btn" onclick="vvAckError(' + scriptJs + ',' + e.ts + ',this)">Ack</button>'
           + '</div>'
           + '<div class="vv-err-line vv-err-line-open"'
           + ' title="Open the log at this line — also acknowledges it"'
@@ -3173,10 +3173,10 @@ function vvLoadRecentActivity() {
           ? '<button class="vv-activity-ask' + (bad ? ' vv-ask-bad' : '') + '"'
             + ' title="' + (bad ? 'Ask the assistant why this run failed'
                                 : 'Ask the assistant how this run went') + '"'
-            + ' onclick="vvAiAskRun(' + JSON.stringify(r.id) + ',' + bad + ',event)">'
+            + ' onclick="vvAiAskRun(' + vvEscAttr(JSON.stringify(r.id)) + ',' + bad + ',event)">'
             + (bad ? 'why?' : 'recap') + '</button>'
           : '';
-        html += '<div class="vv-activity-row" onclick="vvOpenRight(' + JSON.stringify(r.id) + ')">'
+        html += '<div class="vv-activity-row" onclick="vvOpenRight(' + vvEscAttr(JSON.stringify(r.id)) + ')">'
               + '<span class="vv-activity-dot ' + cls + '">●</span>'
               + '<span class="vv-activity-label">' + vvEscHtml(r.label) + '</span>'
               + '<span class="vv-activity-ago">'   + vvTimeAgo(now - r.start) + '</span>'