diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4d4607..9162843 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.14.1] - 2026-10-07
+
+### Fixed
+- tmux status bar no longer forks shell jobs for user and host (`#{user}@#{host_short}`); on a large server each fork cost ~40 ms, and the server sat at 60% CPU, lagging every pane.
+- tmux `history-limit` lowered from 10M to 20000 lines: at 10M the server grew to 1.3 GB. Takes effect for new panes; run `tmux clear-history` on old ones.
+
 ## [1.14.0] - 2026-09-21
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/tmux/.tmux.conf.local b/tmux/.tmux.conf.local
index 1f5db42..674d29c 100644
--- a/tmux/.tmux.conf.local
+++ b/tmux/.tmux.conf.local
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ tmux_conf_theme_right_separator_sub="|"
 #     - #{username}
 #     - #{username_ssh}
 tmux_conf_theme_status_left=" #S "
-tmux_conf_theme_status_right=" #{prefix}#{synchronized} %R | #{loadavg} | #{username}#{root}@#{hostname} "
+tmux_conf_theme_status_right=" #{prefix}#{synchronized} %R | #{loadavg} | #{user}@#{host_short} "
 
 # status left style
 tmux_conf_theme_status_left_fg="$tmux_conf_theme_colour_6,$tmux_conf_theme_colour_7,$tmux_conf_theme_colour_8"
@@ -328,8 +328,10 @@ tmux_conf_copy_to_os_clipboard=true
 # -- user customizations -------------------------------------------------------
 # this is the place to override or undo settings
 
-# increase history size (overrides base 5000000 with a larger value)
-set -g history-limit 10000000
+# cap scrollback: the server holds every pane's history in one process, and at
+# 10M lines it reached 1.3 GB (352k lines over 19 panes, 8 days up), and every
+# fork for a status job or run-shell hook copies page tables of that size.
+set -g history-limit 20000
 
 # start with mouse mode enabled
 set -g mouse on