diff --git a/pkg/gui/command_log_panel.go b/pkg/gui/command_log_panel.go
index 258a9cac1..c0aa83bec 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/command_log_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/command_log_panel.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) LogAction(action string) {
 
 	gui.Views.Extras.Autoscroll = true
 
+	gui.GuiLog = append(gui.GuiLog, action)
 	fmt.Fprint(gui.Views.Extras, "\n"+style.FgYellow.Sprint(action))
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) LogCommand(cmdStr string, commandLine bool) {
 		// we style it differently to communicate that
 		textStyle = style.FgMagenta
 	}
-	gui.CmdLog = append(gui.CmdLog, cmdStr)
+	gui.GuiLog = append(gui.GuiLog, cmdStr)
 	indentedCmdStr := "  " + strings.Replace(cmdStr, "\n", "\n  ", -1)
 	fmt.Fprint(gui.Views.Extras, "\n"+textStyle.Sprint(indentedCmdStr))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/context.go b/pkg/gui/context.go
index d5a7f35a2..b55713f27 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/context.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/context.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (self *ContextMgr) pushToContextStack(c types.Context) ([]types.Context, ty
 	defer self.Unlock()
 
 	if len(self.ContextStack) > 0 &&
-		c == self.ContextStack[len(self.ContextStack)-1] {
+		c.GetKey() == self.ContextStack[len(self.ContextStack)-1].GetKey() {
 		// Context being pushed is already on top of the stack: nothing to
 		// deactivate or activate
 		return contextsToDeactivate, nil
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ func (self *ContextMgr) pushToContextStack(c types.Context) ([]types.Context, ty
 		self.ContextStack = append(self.ContextStack, c)
 	} else if c.GetKind() == types.SIDE_CONTEXT {
 		// if we are switching to a side context, remove all other contexts in the stack
-		contextsToDeactivate = self.ContextStack
+		contextsToDeactivate = lo.Filter(self.ContextStack, func(context types.Context, _ int) bool {
+			return context.GetKey() != c.GetKey()
+		})
 		self.ContextStack = []types.Context{c}
 	} else if c.GetKind() == types.MAIN_CONTEXT {
 		// if we're switching to a main context, remove all other main contexts in the stack
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/merge_conflicts_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/merge_conflicts_helper.go
index 3610e28c8..e6a56bfae 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/merge_conflicts_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/merge_conflicts_helper.go
@@ -56,7 +56,15 @@ func (self *MergeConflictsHelper) EscapeMerge() error {
 
 	// doing this in separate UI thread so that we're not still holding the lock by the time refresh the file
 	self.c.OnUIThread(func() error {
-		return self.c.PushContext(self.c.Contexts().Files)
+		// There is a race condition here: refreshing the files scope can trigger the
+		// confirmation context to be pushed if all conflicts are resolved (prompting
+		// to continue the merge/rebase. In that case, we don't want to then push the
+		// files context over it.
+		// So long as both places call OnUIThread, we're fine.
+		if self.c.IsCurrentContext(self.c.Contexts().MergeConflicts) {
+			return self.c.PushContext(self.c.Contexts().Files)
+		}
+		return nil
 	})
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui.go b/pkg/gui/gui.go
index 6b42da4fc..b429bda27 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui.go
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ type Gui struct {
 
 	Views types.Views
 
-	// Log of the commands that get run, to be displayed to the user.
-	CmdLog []string
+	// Log of the commands/actions logged in the Command Log panel.
+	GuiLog []string
 
 	// the extras window contains things like the command log
 	ShowExtrasWindow bool
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ func NewGui(
 		showRecentRepos:      showRecentRepos,
 		RepoPathStack:        &utils.StringStack{},
 		RepoStateMap:         map[Repo]*GuiRepoState{},
-		CmdLog:               []string{},
+		GuiLog:               []string{},
 
 		// originally we could only hide the command log permanently via the config
 		// but now we do it via state. So we need to still support the config for the
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui_driver.go b/pkg/gui/gui_driver.go
index c409ebdb9..a90578b65 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui_driver.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui_driver.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (self *GuiDriver) Fail(message string) {
 		"%s\nFinal Lazygit state:\n%s\nUpon failure, focused view was '%s'.\nLog:\n%s", message,
 		self.gui.g.Snapshot(),
 		currentView.Name(),
-		strings.Join(self.gui.CmdLog, "\n"),
+		strings.Join(self.gui.GuiLog, "\n"),
 	)
 
 	self.gui.g.Close()