diff --git a/backend/push.js b/backend/push.js
index e69916bcd..3fa5edfc4 100644
--- a/backend/push.js
+++ b/backend/push.js
@@ -248,16 +248,15 @@ const encryptPayload = async (subcription: Object, data: string) => {
   })
 }
 
-export const postEvent = async (subscription: Object, event: string): Promise<void> => {
+export const postEvent = async (subscription: Object, event: ?string): Promise<void> => {
   const authorization = await vapidAuthorization(subscription.endpoint)
+  // Note: web push notifications can be 'bodyless' or they can contain a body
+  // If there's no body, there isn't anything to encrypt, so we skip both the
+  // encryption and the encryption headers.
   const body = event
     ? await encryptPayload(subscription, event)
     : undefined
 
-  /* if (body) {
-    body[body.length - 2] = 0
-  } */
-
   const req = await fetch(subscription.endpoint, {
     method: 'POST',
     headers: [
diff --git a/test/cypress/support/output-logs.js b/test/cypress/support/output-logs.js
index 2c87c73f9..aa5f6ff64 100644
--- a/test/cypress/support/output-logs.js
+++ b/test/cypress/support/output-logs.js
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Cypress.mocha.getRunner().on('test', () => {
 // current fail, to the end of the error.stack property.
 Cypress.on('fail', (error) => {
   error.stack += '\nConsole Logs:\n========================\n'
+  // There isn't a 'good' way to capture browser logs from Cypress, so we
+  // capture them with the handler above. The logs can get pretty big, and this
+  // interferes with being able to upload test results to Cypress Cloud. Hence,
+  // the `.slice(-500)` part below to only keep the last 500 lines.
+  // TODO: Restore the slice part
   error.stack += '[' + logs./* slice(-500) */join('\n') + ']'
   // clear logs after fail so we dont see duplicate logs
   logs = []