diff --git a/internal/ui/app/app.go b/internal/ui/app/app.go
index 8063a18..cd4b8d4 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/ui/app/app.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const (
 	slotDescribe // extra metadata for the selected object
 	slotCopy     // fetch a value straight to the clipboard
 	slotVersions // count the selected object's versions
+	slotDetails  // a vault's, scope's or file's details
 	slotCount
 )
 
@@ -591,7 +592,14 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.groups[msg.provider] = groupsState{names: msg.names, err: msg.err}
 
 	case detailsMsg:
-		m.details[msg.key] = detailsState{attrs: msg.attrs, err: msg.err}
+		if msg.req == m.reqID[slotDetails] {
+			m.done(slotDetails)
+		}
+		if errors.Is(msg.err, context.Canceled) || errors.Is(msg.err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			delete(m.details, msg.key) // tried again when shown again
+		} else {
+			m.details[msg.key] = detailsState{attrs: msg.attrs, err: msg.err}
+		}
 
 	case crawlMsg:
 		cmds = append(cmds, m.handleCrawl(msg))
diff --git a/internal/ui/app/fields.go b/internal/ui/app/fields.go
index 12f119d..2e51e3a 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app/fields.go
+++ b/internal/ui/app/fields.go
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ type groupsMsg struct {
 }
 
 // A vault's, scope's or file's details beyond its listing load once a
-// session, the first time it's shown, and again with refresh.
+// session, when the cursor rests on it, and again with refresh. They're
+// extra: moving on cancels the load, and search never waits for them.
 type detailsState struct {
 	attrs   []provider.Attr
 	err     error
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ type detailsState struct {
 }
 
 type detailsMsg struct {
+	req   int
 	key   string
 	attrs []provider.Attr
 	err   error
@@ -211,14 +213,22 @@ func (m *Model) loadDetails(c provider.Container) tea.Cmd {
 	if _, seen := m.details[key]; !ok || seen {
 		return nil
 	}
-	m.details[key] = detailsState{loading: true}
-	timeout := m.timeout
-	return func() tea.Msg {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
-		defer cancel()
-		attrs, err := d.Details(ctx, c)
-		return detailsMsg{key: key, attrs: attrs, err: err}
+	// One at a time: the previous one, if it's still loading, is
+	// cancelled and forgotten, to load when it's shown again.
+	for k, st := range m.details {
+		if st.loading {
+			delete(m.details, k)
+		}
 	}
+	m.details[key] = detailsState{loading: true}
+	ctx, req := m.begin(slotDetails)
+	return m.settled(ctx, func() tea.Msg {
+		attrs, err := d.Details(ctx, c)
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			err = ctx.Err()
+		}
+		return detailsMsg{req: req, key: key, attrs: attrs, err: err}
+	})
 }
 
 // problemFields show why an account has nothing to show, wrapped to the