diff --git a/lib/actions/recordings.ts b/lib/actions/recordings.ts
index 023aad3..85668af 100644
--- a/lib/actions/recordings.ts
+++ b/lib/actions/recordings.ts
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ export const getRecording = defineAction({
           })
         : null,
       gitlabConfigured()
-        ? recordUrl(recordKeys(rec), rec.startedAt).catch((error) => {
+        ? recordUrl(recordKeys(rec)).catch((error) => {
             emitErrorLog(error, { source: "gitlab record" })
             return null
           })
diff --git a/lib/gitlab.ts b/lib/gitlab.ts
index 2f80bc8..692ba38 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab.ts
+++ b/lib/gitlab.ts
@@ -12,29 +12,29 @@ export const gitlabConfigured = () => Boolean(process.env.GITLAB_API_TOKEN)
 type Epic = { web_url: string; description: string | null; state: string }
 
 /** The record's web URL for the first key found, or null. Searches the
- * lab's epics that mention meet.winlab.tw, updated from a day before the
- * recording started (filing a recording updates its record). */
-export async function recordUrl(keys: string[], since: Date) {
+ * lab's epics for each key in turn: the record links the recording on
+ * Nextcloud, not on meet.winlab.tw, so the key is the one text it is sure
+ * to hold. */
+export async function recordUrl(keys: string[]) {
   const token = process.env.GITLAB_API_TOKEN
-  if (!token || keys.length === 0) return null
-  const query = new URLSearchParams({
-    search: "meet.winlab.tw",
-    include_descendant_groups: "true",
-    state: "all",
-    updated_after: new Date(since.getTime() - 86_400_000).toISOString(),
-    per_page: "100",
-  })
-  const response = await fetch(
-    `${base()}/api/v4/groups/${encodeURIComponent(group())}/epics?${query}`,
-    {
-      headers: { "private-token": token },
-      cache: "no-store",
-      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(8000),
-    }
-  )
-  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`GitLab ${response.status}`)
-  const epics = (await response.json()) as Epic[]
+  if (!token) return null
   for (const key of keys) {
+    const query = new URLSearchParams({
+      search: key,
+      include_descendant_groups: "true",
+      state: "all",
+      per_page: "20",
+    })
+    const response = await fetch(
+      `${base()}/api/v4/groups/${encodeURIComponent(group())}/epics?${query}`,
+      {
+        headers: { "private-token": token },
+        cache: "no-store",
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(8000),
+      }
+    )
+    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`GitLab ${response.status}`)
+    const epics = (await response.json()) as Epic[]
     const marker = `request="${key}"`
     const found = epics.find((e) => e.description?.includes(marker))
     if (found) return found.web_url