diff --git a/apps/tangle-cloud/src/app/app.tsx b/apps/tangle-cloud/src/app/app.tsx
index dd7ee9987..88564efcb 100644
--- a/apps/tangle-cloud/src/app/app.tsx
+++ b/apps/tangle-cloud/src/app/app.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Navigate, Route, Routes } from 'react-router';
 import { lazy, Suspense, type FC, type ReactNode } from 'react';
 import Layout from '../components/Layout';
+import ScrollToTop from '../components/ScrollToTop';
 import Providers from './providers';
 import { PagePath } from '../types';
 import { Skeleton } from '@tangle-network/sandbox-ui/primitives';
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ const withLayout = (LayoutCmp: FC<{ children: ReactNode }>, Page: FC) => (
 const App: FC = () => {
   return (
     <Providers>
+      <ScrollToTop />
       <Layout>
         <Routes>
           <Route
diff --git a/apps/tangle-cloud/src/components/ScrollToTop.tsx b/apps/tangle-cloud/src/components/ScrollToTop.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd701eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tangle-cloud/src/components/ScrollToTop.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+/**
+ * Reset the window scroll position to (0, 0) on every pathname change.
+ *
+ * The default `react-router-dom` `<BrowserRouter>` is path-aware but
+ * scroll-naive: navigating from a long /blueprints listing to /rewards
+ * lands the next page already scrolled wherever the previous page was,
+ * which makes transitions feel broken (the user has to scroll up to
+ * read the heading of the new page).
+ *
+ * Drop this component anywhere inside the router tree — it renders
+ * `null` and only runs an effect.
+ *
+ * NOTE: pathname-only dependency is deliberate. We do NOT scroll on
+ * search-param or hash changes, because some pages use those for in-page
+ * tab state and an unsolicited scroll would yank the viewport away.
+ */
+const ScrollToTop = () => {
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Use 'instant' (not 'smooth') so the new page is at the top before
+    // the first paint — smooth-scroll across route transitions looks
+    // janky because the previous page's content briefly remains visible.
+    window.scrollTo({ top: 0, left: 0, behavior: 'instant' });
+  }, [pathname]);
+
+  return null;
+};
+
+export default ScrollToTop;
diff --git a/apps/tangle-cloud/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/apps/tangle-cloud/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 634d42918..b81de4ac4 100644
--- a/apps/tangle-cloud/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/tangle-cloud/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const SIDEBAR_ITEMS: SidebarItem[] = [
     Icon: CoinsLineIcon,
   },
   {
-    name: 'Payments',
+    name: 'Private Payments',
     href: PagePath.PAYMENTS_POOL,
     isInternal: true,
     Icon: ShieldKeyholeLineIcon,
diff --git a/apps/tangle-cloud/src/pages/rewards/page.tsx b/apps/tangle-cloud/src/pages/rewards/page.tsx
index ee5da966d..e0f702f7f 100644
--- a/apps/tangle-cloud/src/pages/rewards/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/tangle-cloud/src/pages/rewards/page.tsx
@@ -415,7 +415,18 @@ const RewardsPage: FC = () => {
               <Skeleton className="h-16 rounded-md" />
             </div>
           ) : rewardHistoryError ? (
-            <ErrorMessage>Could not load claim history.</ErrorMessage>
+            // Render an empty-state instead of a red error when the
+            // indexer is simply absent (e.g. `testnet` env with no
+            // VITE_ENVIO_TESTNET_ENDPOINT configured). The original
+            // `<ErrorMessage>` here surfaced an alarming
+            // "Could not load claim history" banner on every page
+            // load — that's the UX equivalent of a 500, but the
+            // actual cause is "no historical data source", which is
+            // a legitimate empty state.
+            <EmptyState
+              title="Claim history unavailable on this network"
+              description="The indexed history endpoint is not configured for this network. Past reward claims will appear here once the indexer is online."
+            />
           ) : rewardHistory?.length ? (
             <RewardClaimsTable
               entries={rewardHistory}