diff --git a/src/interfaces/records.ts b/src/interfaces/records.ts
index 03627904..ff2a0dec 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/records.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/records.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ export interface OfferToPlanSummaryRecord extends OfferSummaryRecord {
   planName: string;
 }
 
-// a summary record; the VC is not currently part of this record
+/**
+ * A summary record
+ * The VC is not currently part of this record.
+ *
+ * If you change this, you may want to update NewActivityView.vue to handle differences correctly.
+ */
 export interface PlanSummaryRecord {
   agentDid?: string;
   description: string;
@@ -76,7 +81,9 @@ export interface PlanSummaryRecord {
 
 export interface PlanSummaryAndPreviousClaim {
   plan: PlanSummaryRecord;
-  wrappedClaimBefore: GenericCredWrapper<PlanActionClaim>;
+  // This can be undefined, eg. if a project is starred after the stored last-seen-change-jwt ID.
+  // The endorser-ch test code shows some cases.
+  wrappedClaimBefore?: GenericCredWrapper<PlanActionClaim>;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/views/NewActivityView.vue b/src/views/NewActivityView.vue
index 6dff8909..cbaa5cfd 100644
--- a/src/views/NewActivityView.vue
+++ b/src/views/NewActivityView.vue
@@ -284,7 +284,10 @@
               </table>
             </div>
           </div>
-          <div v-else>The changes did not affect essential project data.</div>
+          <div v-else>
+            The changes are not important, like it was saved by accident or
+            you've seen it all before.
+          </div>
           <!-- New line that appears on hover -->
           <div
             class="absolute left-0 w-full text-left text-gray-500 text-sm hidden group-hover:flex cursor-pointer items-center"
@@ -589,13 +592,13 @@ export default class NewActivityView extends Vue {
 
     for (const planChange of planChanges) {
       const currentPlan: PlanSummaryRecord = planChange.plan;
-      const wrappedClaim: GenericCredWrapper<PlanActionClaim> =
+      const wrappedClaim: GenericCredWrapper<PlanActionClaim> | undefined =
         planChange.wrappedClaimBefore;
 
       // Extract the actual claim from the wrapped claim
-      let previousClaim: PlanActionClaim;
+      let previousClaim: PlanActionClaim | undefined;
 
-      const embeddedClaim: PlanActionClaim = wrappedClaim.claim;
+      const embeddedClaim: PlanActionClaim | undefined = wrappedClaim?.claim;
       if (
         embeddedClaim &&
         typeof embeddedClaim === "object" &&
@@ -609,7 +612,9 @@ export default class NewActivityView extends Vue {
         previousClaim = embeddedClaim;
       }
 
-      if (!previousClaim || !currentPlan.handleId) {
+      if (!previousClaim) {
+        // Can happen when a project is starred after the stored last-seen-change-jwt ID
+        // so we'll just leave the message saying there are no important differences.
         continue;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/views/TestView.vue b/src/views/TestView.vue
index 7d0b6315..a56b6258 100644
--- a/src/views/TestView.vue
+++ b/src/views/TestView.vue
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
         <button :class="sqlLinkClasses" @click="setAccountsQuery">
           Accounts
         </button>
+        <button :class="sqlLinkClasses" @click="setActiveIdentityQuery">
+          Active DID
+        </button>
         <button :class="sqlLinkClasses" @click="setContactsQuery">
           Contacts
         </button>
@@ -525,6 +528,11 @@ export default class Help extends Vue {
     this.executeSql();
   }
 
+  setActiveIdentityQuery() {
+    this.sqlQuery = "SELECT * FROM active_identity;";
+    this.executeSql();
+  }
+
   setContactsQuery() {
     this.sqlQuery = "SELECT * FROM contacts;";
     this.executeSql();