diff --git a/lib/bds/ai/openai_compatible_runtime.ex b/lib/bds/ai/openai_compatible_runtime.ex
index 97296a0..ffabc44 100644
--- a/lib/bds/ai/openai_compatible_runtime.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/ai/openai_compatible_runtime.ex
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ defmodule BDS.AI.OpenAICompatibleRuntime do
   end
 
   defp generate_blocking(url, headers, payload, request) do
-    payload_json = encode_payload(payload)
+    payload_json = Jason.encode!(payload)
 
-    log_request(:blocking, url, request, payload, payload_json)
+    Logger.debug(
+      "AI OpenAI-compatible request operation=#{inspect(Map.get(request, :operation))} model=#{inspect(request.model)} url=#{url} tools=#{payload |> Map.get("tools", []) |> length()} payload_size=#{byte_size(payload_json)}"
+    )
 
     case HttpClient.post(url, headers, payload_json) do
       {:ok, %{status: 200, body: body}} ->
@@ -75,9 +77,11 @@ defmodule BDS.AI.OpenAICompatibleRuntime do
   # snapshots to `on_stream` as they arrive. The assembled message goes
   # through the same normalization as the blocking path.
   defp generate_streaming(url, headers, payload, request, on_stream) do
-    payload_json = payload |> streaming_payload() |> encode_payload()
+    payload_json = payload |> streaming_payload() |> Jason.encode!()
 
-    log_request(:streaming, url, request, payload, payload_json)
+    Logger.debug(
+      "AI OpenAI-compatible streaming request operation=#{inspect(Map.get(request, :operation))} model=#{inspect(request.model)} url=#{url} payload_size=#{byte_size(payload_json)}"
+    )
 
     sse = SSE.new(on_stream, emit_interval_ms: stream_emit_interval_ms())
 
@@ -234,20 +238,6 @@ defmodule BDS.AI.OpenAICompatibleRuntime do
     |> Map.put("stream_options", %{"include_usage" => true})
   end
 
-  defp encode_payload(payload), do: Jason.encode!(payload)
-
-  defp log_request(mode, url, request, payload, payload_json) do
-    tools_segment =
-      case mode do
-        :blocking -> " tools=#{payload |> Map.get("tools", []) |> length()}"
-        :streaming -> ""
-      end
-
-    Logger.debug(
-      "AI OpenAI-compatible#{if mode == :streaming, do: " streaming", else: ""} request operation=#{inspect(Map.get(request, :operation))} model=#{inspect(request.model)} url=#{url}#{tools_segment} payload_size=#{byte_size(payload_json)}"
-    )
-  end
-
   defp log_http_status_error(prefix, status, body) do
     Logger.error("#{prefix} HTTP error status=#{status} body=#{String.slice(body, 0, 2000)}")
   end
diff --git a/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/chat_editor.ex b/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/chat_editor.ex
index 0ae78ea..c4ee88c 100644
--- a/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/chat_editor.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/chat_editor.ex
@@ -545,8 +545,13 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.ChatEditor do
 
   @spec markdown_html(binary()) :: Phoenix.HTML.Safe.t()
   def markdown_html(content) when is_binary(content) do
+    # Match Earmark's defaults (GFM tables, strikethrough, autolinks); escape
+    # raw HTML to text rather than rendering it, as the old escape: true did.
     html =
-      case MDEx.to_html(content) do
+      case MDEx.to_html(content,
+             extension: [table: true, strikethrough: true, autolink: true],
+             render: [escape: true]
+           ) do
         {:ok, rendered} -> rendered
         {:error, _reason} -> ""
       end
diff --git a/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/misc_editor.ex b/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/misc_editor.ex
index 03ea60b..5b8eaf2 100644
--- a/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/misc_editor.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/misc_editor.ex
@@ -278,8 +278,13 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.MiscEditor do
 
   @spec markdown_html(String.t()) :: Phoenix.HTML.safe()
   def markdown_html(content) do
+    # Match Earmark's defaults (GFM tables, strikethrough, autolinks); escape
+    # raw HTML to text rather than rendering it, as the old escape: true did.
     html =
-      case MDEx.to_html(content || "") do
+      case MDEx.to_html(content || "",
+             extension: [table: true, strikethrough: true, autolink: true],
+             render: [escape: true]
+           ) do
         {:ok, rendered} -> rendered
         {:error, _reason} -> ""
       end
diff --git a/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/sidebar_events.ex b/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/sidebar_events.ex
index 2b5eb0d..fe2b573 100644
--- a/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/sidebar_events.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/desktop/shell_live/sidebar_events.ex
@@ -3,24 +3,6 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
 
   alias BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarState, as: ShellSidebarState
 
-  @event_handlers %{
-    "toggle_sidebar_filters" => :toggle_sidebar_filters,
-    "toggle_sidebar_archive" => :toggle_sidebar_archive,
-    "toggle_sidebar_tags" => :toggle_sidebar_tags,
-    "toggle_sidebar_categories" => :toggle_sidebar_categories,
-    "update_sidebar_search" => :update_sidebar_search,
-    "clear_sidebar_search" => :clear_sidebar_search,
-    "clear_sidebar_tags" => :clear_sidebar_tags,
-    "clear_sidebar_categories" => :clear_sidebar_categories,
-    "toggle_sidebar_tag" => :toggle_sidebar_tag,
-    "toggle_sidebar_category" => :toggle_sidebar_category,
-    "select_sidebar_year" => :select_sidebar_year,
-    "select_sidebar_month" => :select_sidebar_month,
-    "clear_sidebar_month" => :clear_sidebar_month,
-    "clear_sidebar_filters" => :clear_sidebar_filters,
-    "load_more_sidebar" => :load_more_sidebar
-  }
-
   @spec handle(Phoenix.LiveView.Socket.t(), String.t(), map(), (Phoenix.LiveView.Socket.t(),
                                                                 term() ->
                                                                   Phoenix.LiveView.Socket.t())) ::
@@ -29,14 +11,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     {:noreply, dispatch(event, socket, params, reload)}
   end
 
-  defp dispatch(event, socket, params, reload) do
-    case Map.fetch(@event_handlers, event) do
-      {:ok, handler} -> handle_event(handler, socket, params, reload)
-      :error -> socket
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp handle_event(:toggle_sidebar_filters, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("toggle_sidebar_filters", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket =
       ShellSidebarState.put_filter_panel_state(socket, fn state ->
         if state.visible do
@@ -55,7 +30,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     reload.(socket, socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:toggle_sidebar_archive, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("toggle_sidebar_archive", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filter_panel_state(fn state ->
       %{state | archive_collapsed: not state.archive_collapsed}
@@ -63,7 +38,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:toggle_sidebar_tags, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("toggle_sidebar_tags", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filter_panel_state(fn state ->
       %{state | tags_collapsed: not state.tags_collapsed}
@@ -71,7 +46,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:toggle_sidebar_categories, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("toggle_sidebar_categories", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filter_panel_state(fn state ->
       %{state | categories_collapsed: not state.categories_collapsed}
@@ -79,7 +54,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:update_sidebar_search, socket, %{"sidebar_filters" => params}, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("update_sidebar_search", socket, %{"sidebar_filters" => params}, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filters(fn filters ->
       Map.put(
@@ -91,25 +66,25 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:clear_sidebar_search, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("clear_sidebar_search", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filters(fn filters -> Map.put(filters, :search, nil) end)
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:clear_sidebar_tags, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("clear_sidebar_tags", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filters(fn filters -> Map.put(filters, :tags, []) end)
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:clear_sidebar_categories, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("clear_sidebar_categories", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filters(fn filters -> Map.put(filters, :categories, []) end)
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:toggle_sidebar_tag, socket, %{"tag" => tag}, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("toggle_sidebar_tag", socket, %{"tag" => tag}, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filters(fn filters ->
       ShellSidebarState.toggle_filter_value(filters, :tags, tag)
@@ -117,7 +92,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:toggle_sidebar_category, socket, %{"category" => category}, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("toggle_sidebar_category", socket, %{"category" => category}, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filters(fn filters ->
       ShellSidebarState.toggle_filter_value(filters, :categories, category)
@@ -125,7 +100,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:select_sidebar_year, socket, %{"year" => year}, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("select_sidebar_year", socket, %{"year" => year}, reload) do
     parsed_year = ShellSidebarState.parse_optional_integer(year)
 
     socket
@@ -144,7 +119,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:select_sidebar_month, socket, %{"year" => year, "month" => month}, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("select_sidebar_month", socket, %{"year" => year, "month" => month}, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filter_panel_state(fn state ->
       %{
@@ -161,7 +136,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:clear_sidebar_month, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("clear_sidebar_month", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filter_panel_state(fn state ->
       %{state | archive_collapsed: false}
@@ -172,7 +147,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:clear_sidebar_filters, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("clear_sidebar_filters", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filters(fn filters ->
       filters
@@ -189,7 +164,7 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.SidebarEvents do
     |> reload.(socket.assigns.workbench)
   end
 
-  defp handle_event(:load_more_sidebar, socket, _params, reload) do
+  defp dispatch("load_more_sidebar", socket, _params, reload) do
     socket
     |> ShellSidebarState.put_filters(fn filters ->
       Map.update(
diff --git a/lib/bds/rendering/filters.ex b/lib/bds/rendering/filters.ex
index 10546ee..42244cb 100644
--- a/lib/bds/rendering/filters.ex
+++ b/lib/bds/rendering/filters.ex
@@ -180,10 +180,13 @@ defmodule BDS.Rendering.Filters do
   end
 
   defp render_markdown_html(markdown) do
-    # Macros above inject raw HTML (gallery, video embeds), so the render path
-    # must pass HTML through untouched. unsafe: true matches the prior Earmark
-    # no-escape behavior.
-    case MDEx.to_html(markdown, render: [unsafe: true]) do
+    # Match Earmark's defaults: GFM tables, strikethrough and bare-URL autolinks
+    # were all on. Macros above inject raw HTML (gallery, video embeds), so
+    # unsafe: true keeps that HTML untouched as Earmark's no-escape path did.
+    case MDEx.to_html(markdown,
+           extension: [table: true, strikethrough: true, autolink: true],
+           render: [unsafe: true]
+         ) do
       {:ok, html} -> html
       {:error, _reason} -> markdown
     end
diff --git a/test/bds/desktop/shell_live_test.exs b/test/bds/desktop/shell_live_test.exs
index db365b9..eb0b4bc 100644
--- a/test/bds/desktop/shell_live_test.exs
+++ b/test/bds/desktop/shell_live_test.exs
@@ -5465,6 +5465,18 @@ defmodule BDS.Desktop.ShellLiveTest do
     refute html =~ ~r/<img\b/
   end
 
+  test "chat editor renders GFM markdown and escapes raw HTML" do
+    {:safe, html} =
+      BDS.Desktop.ShellLive.ChatEditor.markdown_html(
+        "~~old~~ value\n\n| A | B |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | 2 |\n\n<script>alert(1)</script>"
+      )
+
+    assert html =~ "<del>old</del>"
+    assert html =~ "<table>"
+    refute html =~ "<script>"
+    assert html =~ "&lt;script&gt;"
+  end
+
   test "chat editor renders chart inline surfaces from render_chart tool calls" do
     assert {:ok, conversation} = AI.start_chat(%{title: "Chart Chat", model: "gpt-4.1"})
 
diff --git a/test/bds/gallery_pipeline_test.exs b/test/bds/gallery_pipeline_test.exs
index 4978b4c..5364de1 100644
--- a/test/bds/gallery_pipeline_test.exs
+++ b/test/bds/gallery_pipeline_test.exs
@@ -171,6 +171,37 @@ defmodule BDS.GalleryPipelineTest do
       assert result =~ "tag-cloud-empty"
     end
 
+    test "renders GFM tables, strikethrough and autolinks like Earmark did", %{
+      project: project,
+      post: post
+    } do
+      {:ok, metadata} = BDS.Metadata.get_project_metadata(project.id)
+      language = metadata.main_language || "en"
+      template_context = BDS.Rendering.TemplateSelection.template_render_context(project.id)
+
+      markdown = """
+      | A | B |
+      |---|---|
+      | 1 | 2 |
+
+      ~~gone~~ and visit https://example.com now
+      """
+
+      result =
+        BDS.Rendering.Filters.render_markdown(
+          markdown,
+          %{},
+          %{},
+          language,
+          template_context,
+          post.id
+        )
+
+      assert result =~ "<table>"
+      assert result =~ "<del>gone</del>"
+      assert result =~ ~s(<a href="https://example.com">)
+    end
+
     test "[[photo_archive]] renders without media", %{project: project, post: post} do
       {:ok, metadata} = BDS.Metadata.get_project_metadata(project.id)
       language = metadata.main_language || "en"