diff --git a/server/public/home.html b/server/public/home.html
index ba67389..071aa74 100644
--- a/server/public/home.html
+++ b/server/public/home.html
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 <script src="/icons.js?v=6"></script>
-<script>window.__BUILD='2026-07-15-batch85';console.log('%cBiz Connect','color:#1F3B73;font-weight:bold','build '+window.__BUILD);
+<script>window.__BUILD='2026-07-15-batch86';console.log('%cBiz Connect','color:#1F3B73;font-weight:bold','build '+window.__BUILD);
 // Emoji are rendered with the OS's own (colour) emoji font — instant, zero network.
 //
 // We used to run Twemoji over every emoji, which swapped each one for an <img> pulled INDIVIDUALLY from
@@ -3706,7 +3706,7 @@ async function loadScheduledMeetings(){
     if(m.durationMins) meta.push(m.durationMins+' min');
     if(m.recurrenceLabel) meta.push('🔁 '+pEsc(m.recurrenceLabel));
     if(m.status==='running') meta.push(m.inCall+' in call');
-    meta.push(m.isHost?'You\'re the host':('Host: '+pEsc(m.createdByName||'—')));
+    if(m.isHost) meta.push('You\'re the host'); else if(m.createdByName) meta.push('Host: '+pEsc(m.createdByName)); // skip "Host: —" for logged calls
     if(m.invited&&m.invited.length) meta.push(m.invited.length+' invited');
     // Cancel only on a FUTURE upcoming meeting (#13: not once the time has passed).
     const canCancel=m.canManage && m.status==='upcoming' && m.scheduledAt>Date.now();
diff --git a/server/routes.js b/server/routes.js
index b8accaa..fec7078 100644
--- a/server/routes.js
+++ b/server/routes.js
@@ -1244,21 +1244,34 @@ route('GET', '/api/meetings', async (req, res) => {
   //   • a plain 1:1 direct call is NOT listed (it's a call, not a meeting) — UNLESS it produced a
   //     recording/transcript, which the `synth` entries above already cover;
   //   • a call that ever held MORE THAN 2 people IS listed (e.g. a 1:1 that a third person joined).
-  // #3/#7: calls.js writes a scheduled_meetings row for EVERY call ("Direct Call" for 1:1, "Group call"
-  // for group). Those are the 136 "Direct Call" cards. Peak participant count per room comes from the
-  // call log. Rule: an auto call-history row is shown in Past ONLY if it produced a recording/transcript
-  // OR the call ever held MORE than 2 people. Plain 1:1s with neither are dropped. Real, user-scheduled
-  // meetings (any other title) are never filtered.
-  const peakByRoom = {};
-  for (const c of R.callHistory.forTeam(u.team_id)) { if (c.room) peakByRoom[c.room] = Math.max(peakByRoom[c.room] || 0, c.peak || 0); }
+  // What belongs in Past meetings (the user's rules):
+  //   • real SCHEDULED meetings  → always;
+  //   • INSTANT meetings (Start-a-meeting → meeting-create → logged in call_history as 'adhoc') → always;
+  //   • ad-hoc CALLS — a 1:1 "Direct Call", a group call, or a 1:1 that a 3rd person joined — are NOT
+  //     meetings, so they show ONLY if they produced a recording/transcript.
+  // calls.js writes a 'Direct Call'/'Group call' scheduled row per call (that's the 136 cards); those are
+  // the ad-hoc calls to gate. Instant meetings have no scheduled row and live only in call_history.
   const CALL_TITLES = new Set(['Direct Call', 'Group call']);
   const keptRows = rows.filter((m) => {
-    if (!CALL_TITLES.has(m.title)) return true;                  // a real scheduled meeting
-    if (m.recordings && m.recordings.length) return true;        // has a recording / transcript
-    const peak = peakByRoom[m.roomCode] || 0;
-    if (peak > 2) { m.participantCount = peak; m.invited = []; return true; } // grew past 2 people
-    return false;                                                // nothing to show → hide (#3)
+    if (!CALL_TITLES.has(m.title)) return true;                  // a real, user-scheduled meeting
+    return !!(m.recordings && m.recordings.length);             // ad-hoc call → only with a recording/transcript
   });
+  // Instant meetings from the call log (deduped against anything already listed via a scheduled row/recording).
+  const usedRooms = new Set([...schedByRoom.keys(), ...[...unsched.values()].map((l) => l[0].room).filter(Boolean)]);
+  const instantRows = [];
+  for (const c of R.callHistory.forTeam(u.team_id)) {
+    if (c.room && usedRooms.has(c.room)) continue;
+    let uids = []; try { uids = JSON.parse(c.uids || '[]'); } catch (_) {}
+    if (!uids.includes(u.id)) continue;                          // only meetings you were actually in
+    let parts = []; try { parts = JSON.parse(c.participants || '[]'); } catch (_) {}
+    instantRows.push({
+      id: 'call-' + c.id, roomCode: c.room || '', title: c.title || 'Meeting', description: '',
+      scheduledAt: c.started_at, endedAt: c.ended_at, groupId: null, groupName: null,
+      createdBy: null, createdByName: '', canManage: false, isHost: false, invited: [],
+      participantCount: c.peak, durationMins: Math.max(1, Math.round((c.ended_at - c.started_at) / 60000)),
+      status: 'past', inCall: 0, recordings: [],
+    });
+  }
 
   // Date filter + pagination apply to PAST only (running/upcoming are small and always returned whole).
   const q = new URLSearchParams(req.url.split('?')[1] || '');
@@ -1266,7 +1279,7 @@ route('GET', '/api/meetings', async (req, res) => {
   const to = Number(q.get('to')) || 0;
   const page = Math.max(1, Number(q.get('page')) || 1);
   const pageSize = Math.min(50, Math.max(5, Number(q.get('pageSize')) || 10));
-  const all = keptRows.concat(synth);
+  const all = keptRows.concat(synth, instantRows);
   const live2 = all.filter((m) => m.status !== 'past');
   let past = all.filter((m) => m.status === 'past');
   if (from) past = past.filter((m) => m.scheduledAt >= from);
