diff --git a/home.php b/home.php
index 3ccb3519..9759e663 100644
--- a/home.php
+++ b/home.php
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ function ogpHome()
 		if ($isAdmin) {
 			$xml_errors = function_exists('gsp_get_xml_errors') ? gsp_get_xml_errors() : array();
 			if (!empty($xml_errors)) {
-				echo "<div style='background:#fff3cd;border:1px solid #ffc107;border-radius:4px;padding:10px 14px;margin:10px 0;color:#856404;font-size:0.9em;'>";
+				echo "<div class='gsp-xml-error-banner' style='background:#fff3cd;border:1px solid #ffc107;border-radius:4px;padding:10px 14px;margin:10px 0;color:#856404;font-size:0.9em;'>";
 				echo "<strong>⚠ One or more game config XML files failed to load and have been skipped:</strong><ul style='margin:6px 0 0 16px;'>";
 				foreach ($xml_errors as $xe) {
 					echo "<li><code>" . htmlspecialchars(basename($xe['file']), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8') . "</code>: "
diff --git a/modules/config_games/server_config_parser.php b/modules/config_games/server_config_parser.php
index b3f59133..b7121659 100644
--- a/modules/config_games/server_config_parser.php
+++ b/modules/config_games/server_config_parser.php
@@ -63,14 +63,6 @@ if (!function_exists('gsp_collect_xml_error')) {
 		$log_message = "[GSP] $title" . (empty($details) ? '' : ' Details: ' . $details);
 		error_log($log_message);
 
-		static $errors = [];
-		$errors[] = array(
-			'file'    => $file,
-			'title'   => $title,
-			'details' => $details,
-		);
-		// Store in a predictable global so callers (e.g. home.php) can read it
-		// even across include boundaries without having to call the function.
 		$GLOBALS['_gsp_xml_errors'][] = array(
 			'file'    => $file,
 			'title'   => $title,
diff --git a/modules/faq/rss_php.php b/modules/faq/rss_php.php
index 328d5537..7c6ec8f7 100644
--- a/modules/faq/rss_php.php
+++ b/modules/faq/rss_php.php
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class rss_php {
             $rss = ltrim($rss);
 
             // Reject obviously non-XML content early to avoid noisy libxml warnings.
+            // Minimum well-formed XML is at least "<a/>" (4 bytes); require one more.
             if(strlen($rss) < 5 || $rss[0] !== '<') {
                 return;
             }