diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/tasks/js/tasks-row-expand.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/tasks/js/tasks-row-expand.js
index e4e4d39..0e5475f 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/tasks/js/tasks-row-expand.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/tasks/js/tasks-row-expand.js
@@ -197,63 +197,29 @@ Object.assign(TasksManager.prototype, {
       window.removeEventListener('taskCompleted', onComplete);
     });
   },
-  // Auto-expand a task when it's created
-  async autoExpandTask(taskId) {
-    
-    // Wait for task to be rendered
+  // Auto-expand a task when it's created/started. Waits for its row to land in
+  // the DOM, then hands off to selectTask, which collapses any other open panel
+  // first. Opening the row directly here (as this used to) skipped that
+  // collapse and never set highlightedTaskId, so a burst of monitored tasks —
+  // e.g. a multi-app first install — stacked every panel open instead of
+  // showing just the active one.
+  autoExpandTask(taskId) {
     let attempts = 0;
     const maxAttempts = 10;
-    
-    const tryExpand = async () => {
+
+    const tryExpand = () => {
       attempts++;
-      
-      // Check if task element exists
-      const taskElement = document.querySelector(`[data-task-id="${taskId}"]`);
-      if (!taskElement) {
-        if (attempts < maxAttempts) {
-          setTimeout(tryExpand, 500); // Try again in 500ms
-        } else {
-          console.warn(`⚠️ Could not find task element for ${taskId} after ${maxAttempts} attempts`);
-        }
-        return;
+      // selectTask returns false until the row exists; once it succeeds it has
+      // also attached the right log view (live stream vs snapshot), set
+      // highlightedTaskId and scrolled the row into view — nothing more to do.
+      if (this.selectTask(taskId)) return;
+      if (attempts < maxAttempts) {
+        setTimeout(tryExpand, 500);
+      } else {
+        console.warn(`⚠️ Could not find task element for ${taskId} after ${maxAttempts} attempts`);
       }
-      
-      
-      // Get the details element
-      const details = document.getElementById(`details-${taskId}`);
-      if (!details) {
-        if (attempts < maxAttempts) {
-          setTimeout(tryExpand, 500);
-        } else {
-          console.warn(`⚠️ Could not find details element for ${taskId}`);
-        }
-        return;
-      }
-      
-      
-      // Expand the task details
-      details.style.display = 'block';
-      details.classList.add('task-details-open');
-      
-      // Update toggle button
-      const toggleBtn = document.querySelector(`.task-btn.toggle-details[onclick*="toggleTaskDetails('${taskId}')"]`);
-      if (toggleBtn) {
-        toggleBtn.classList.add('expanded');
-      }
-      
-      // Scroll to the task
-      taskElement.scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'center' });
-      
-      // Load the output if task is completed
-      const task = await this.taskManager.getTask(taskId);
-      if (task && (task.status === 'completed' || task.status === 'failed')) {
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          this.loadTaskOutput(taskId);
-        }, 1000);
-      }
-      
     };
-    
+
     tryExpand();
   },
 });