diff --git a/web/src/components/overlay/ShareTimestampDialog.tsx b/web/src/components/overlay/ShareTimestampDialog.tsx
index 003796489..c92a3aed3 100644
--- a/web/src/components/overlay/ShareTimestampDialog.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/overlay/ShareTimestampDialog.tsx
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ function CustomTimestampSelector({
       return 0;
     }
 
+    // the picker edits a timestamp in the configured UI timezone,
+    // but the stored value remains a unix timestamp
     return (timezoneOffset - localTimeOffset) * 60;
   }, [timezoneOffset, localTimeOffset]);
 
@@ -262,6 +264,7 @@ function CustomTimestampSelector({
 
   const setFromDisplayDate = useCallback(
     (date: Date) => {
+      // convert the edited display time back into the underlying Unix timestamp
       setTimestamp(date.getTime() / 1000 - offsetDeltaSeconds);
     },
     [offsetDeltaSeconds, setTimestamp],
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Events.tsx b/web/src/pages/Events.tsx
index ee6638ba2..b1e829037 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Events.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Events.tsx
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ export default function Events() {
     [recording, setRecording, setReviewFilter],
   );
 
+  // shared recording links enter /review through query params, but the
+  // existing recording view is opened via router state (`recording`)
+
+  // this effect translates the URL entry point into the state shape the
+  // rest of the page already uses, then cleans the URL back to plain /review
   useEffect(() => {
     const timestamp = searchParams.get(RECORDING_REVIEW_START_PARAM);
     const timezone = searchParams.get(RECORDING_REVIEW_TIMEZONE_PARAM);
@@ -262,16 +267,18 @@ export default function Events() {
     const reviewLink = parseRecordingReviewLink(camera, timestamp, timezone);
 
     if (!reviewLink) {
-      navigate(location.pathname + location.hash, {
+      navigate(location.pathname, {
         state: location.state,
         replace: true,
       });
       return;
     }
 
-    const nextRecording = {
+    const nextRecording: RecordingStartingPoint = {
       camera: reviewLink.camera,
       startTime: reviewLink.timestamp,
+      // severity not actually applicable here, but the type requires it
+      // this pattern is also used LiveCameraView to enter recording view
       severity: "alert" as const,
     };
 
@@ -280,7 +287,7 @@ export default function Events() {
       ...getReviewDayBounds(new Date(reviewLink.timestamp * 1000)),
     });
 
-    navigate(location.pathname + location.hash, {
+    navigate(location.pathname, {
       state: {
         ...location.state,
         recording: nextRecording,
diff --git a/web/src/utils/recordingReviewUrl.ts b/web/src/utils/recordingReviewUrl.ts
index e409c7db9..2083331bf 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/recordingReviewUrl.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils/recordingReviewUrl.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ function formatRecordingReviewTimestamp(
   const date = new Date(Math.floor(timestamp) * 1000);
 
   if (timezone) {
+    // when the UI timezone is configured, keep the URL readable by storing
+    // local time plus a separate timezone query param
     return formatInTimeZone(date, timezone, "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
   }
 
+  // without a configured UI timezone, fall back to UTC timestamp
   return formatInTimeZone(date, "UTC", "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
 }