diff --git a/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/api.rs b/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/api.rs
index 26cc5a4b9..6c8ba2dfc 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/api.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/src/plugins/api.rs
@@ -1122,7 +1122,9 @@ impl HostApi for PluginApi {
         let binary = self.approved_program(program)?;
         let cwd = cwd.map(Path::to_path_buf).unwrap_or_else(|| self.shared.data_dir.join(self.id()));
         let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(&cwd);
-        let mut child = std::process::Command::new(&binary)
+        let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new(&binary);
+        ide_core::process::prepare(&mut cmd);
+        let mut child = cmd
             .args(&args)
             .current_dir(&cwd)
             .stdin(if stdin.is_some() { std::process::Stdio::piped() } else { std::process::Stdio::null() })
diff --git a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
index 937dc581c..ddb5c8d88 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
@@ -3863,3 +3863,26 @@ fn project_lookup_works_in_commands_and_provider_calls_without_an_invocation_pro
     f.host.set_capability("test.path-events", "events", false).unwrap();
     assert!(f.run("test.path-events", "filter", Some("*")).unwrap_err().contains("events"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn view_messages_accept_multi_megabyte_snapshots_and_cap_at_8_mib() {
+    let f = fixture(Limits::default());
+    f.install(&sample("jobs"));
+    f.take_events();
+    let two_mib = "x".repeat(2 << 20);
+    f.host.view_event("jobs", "jobs", ide_plugin::ViewEvent::Message { text: two_mib.clone() }, f.inv()).unwrap();
+    let echoed = f
+        .take_events()
+        .into_iter()
+        .find_map(|(_, e)| match e {
+            PluginEvent::ViewMessage { view, message, .. } if view == "jobs" => Some(message),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .expect("2 MiB view message round-trips");
+    assert_eq!(echoed.len(), 2 << 20);
+
+    let too_large = "x".repeat((8 << 20) + 1);
+    let err =
+        f.host.view_event("jobs", "jobs", ide_plugin::ViewEvent::Message { text: too_large }, f.inv()).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(err.message.contains("limited to"), "{}", err.message);
+}
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
index 84229dcb4..2d1da0fb6 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/wit_host.rs
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ fn too_much_to_write(path: &str) -> wit::Error {
 }
 
 /// Largest message between a plugin and its view's frame.
-const MAX_VIEW_MESSAGE: usize = 1 << 20;
+const MAX_VIEW_MESSAGE: usize = 8 << 20;
 
 pub(crate) mod indexing_bindings {
     wasmtime::component::bindgen!({
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm
index cdb25003e..4fda3080c 100644
Binary files a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm and b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm differ
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index 591da1285..f163bf61a 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bd79d7641d84e919a83ea082b00eca78d4d1427e1e3345fba7d289b06862edde
+6d3880d15cbc1e1f04364514e7cb61fc6d300b177c074b7b079cebc28b404a1e
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/src/lib.rs
index bfcc3b646..6373b8e5e 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/src/lib.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ impl Views for Jobs {
             ViewEvent::Button(b) if b == "follow" => return self.follow(),
             ViewEvent::Button(b) if b == "log" => return host::open_location("jobs.log", 2, 4),
             ViewEvent::Button(b) if b == "outside" => return host::open_location("../outside.log", 0, 0),
+            ViewEvent::Message(msg) => return host::post_view_message(VIEW, &msg),
             _ => return Ok(()),
         }
         host::refresh_view(VIEW);