diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 23a901cd..62d94a85 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -85,3 +85,4 @@ yarn.lock
 *.orig
 *.swp
 *.swo
+.aider*
diff --git a/packages/docs/pages/_meta.ts b/packages/docs/pages/_meta.ts
index b045fe68..1ff45b26 100644
--- a/packages/docs/pages/_meta.ts
+++ b/packages/docs/pages/_meta.ts
@@ -29,15 +29,16 @@ export default {
     'type': 'page',
     'theme': {
       'layout': 'raw',
+      'footer': false,
     },
   },
   'playground-node': {
     'title': 'Playground NodeJS',
     'display': 'hidden',
-    'footer': false,
     'type': 'page',
     'theme': {
       'layout': 'raw',
+      'footer': false,
     },
   },
   // 'Visualize': 'Visualize',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/TableNodeComponent.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/TableNodeComponent.tsx
index 83e7158b..8cd51fcd 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/TableNodeComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/TableNodeComponent.tsx
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ const TableNodeComponent = ({ id, data }: {
       return '40px';
     }
     if (rows.length <= 9) {
-      return (rows.length + 1) * FIXED_HEIGHT + 14 + 'px';
+      return (rows.length + 1) * FIXED_HEIGHT + 'px';
     }
+    // The 14px extra height is determined through testing to ensure that the table scrollbar does not obscure the height of the table body when it appears.
     return 11 * FIXED_HEIGHT + 14 + 'px';
   }, [showNoData, rows.length]);
 
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/UseObserverTable.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/UseObserverTable.tsx
index bb130a45..bfb8b711 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/UseObserverTable.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/UseObserverTable.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { createDataStoryId, ItemValue, ObserveLinkUpdate, RequestObserverType }
 import { useLatest } from 'ahooks';
 import { shallow } from 'zustand/shallow';
 import { MutableRefObject, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react';
-import { useHandleConnections } from '@xyflow/react';
 
 const initialScreenCount: number = 15;
 const tableThrottleMs: number = 100;
@@ -29,13 +28,12 @@ export function useObserverTable({ id, setIsDataFetched, setItems, items, parent
   const itemsRef = useRef(items);
   itemsRef.current = items;
 
-  const tableInputId = `${id}.input`;
-  const connections = useHandleConnections({ type: 'target', id: tableInputId });
+  const linkIds = toDiagram()?.getInputLinkIdsFromNodeIdAndPortName?.(id);
+  const linkIdsString = JSON.stringify(linkIds);
 
   const loadMore = useLatest(async () => {
     if (pendingRequest.current) return;
 
-    const linkIds = toDiagram()?.getInputLinkIdsFromNodeIdAndPortName?.(id);
     if (!client?.getDataFromStorage || !linkIds) return;
 
     // Clear offsets if re-running the diagram (no items)
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ export function useObserverTable({ id, setIsDataFetched, setItems, items, parent
   });
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const linkIds = toDiagram()?.getInputLinkIdsFromNodeIdAndPortName?.(id);
     if (!client?.observeLinkUpdate || !linkIds) return;
 
     const tableUpdate: ObserveLinkUpdate = {
@@ -95,8 +92,8 @@ export function useObserverTable({ id, setIsDataFetched, setItems, items, parent
     return () => {
       subscription?.unsubscribe();
     };
-    // connections.length is 0 means the node is not connected
-  }, [client, connections.length, id, loadMore, toDiagram]);
+    // use linkIdsString replace linkIds to prevent infinite loop
+  }, [client, id, linkIdsString, loadMore, toDiagram]);
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     const currentRef = parentRef.current;