diff --git a/src/aphront/response/AphrontPlainTextResponse.php b/src/aphront/response/AphrontPlainTextResponse.php
--- a/src/aphront/response/AphrontPlainTextResponse.php
+++ b/src/aphront/response/AphrontPlainTextResponse.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
   public function getHeaders() {
     $headers = array(
-      array('Content-Type', 'text/plain'),
+      array('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'),
     );
 
     return array_merge(parent::getHeaders(), $headers);
diff --git a/src/applications/feed/conduit/ConduitAPI_feed_query_Method.php b/src/applications/feed/conduit/ConduitAPI_feed_query_Method.php
--- a/src/applications/feed/conduit/ConduitAPI_feed_query_Method.php
+++ b/src/applications/feed/conduit/ConduitAPI_feed_query_Method.php
@@ -95,7 +95,14 @@
 
         $data = null;
 
-        $view = $story->renderView();
+        try {
+          $view = $story->renderView();
+        } catch (Exception $ex) {
+          // When stories fail to render, just fail that story.
+          phlog($ex);
+          continue;
+        }
+
         $view->setEpoch($story->getEpoch());
         $view->setUser($user);
 
diff --git a/src/applications/feed/controller/PhabricatorFeedDetailController.php b/src/applications/feed/controller/PhabricatorFeedDetailController.php
--- a/src/applications/feed/controller/PhabricatorFeedDetailController.php
+++ b/src/applications/feed/controller/PhabricatorFeedDetailController.php
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
       return new Aphront404Response();
     }
 
+    if ($request->getStr('text')) {
+      $text = $story->renderText();
+      return id(new AphrontPlainTextResponse())->setContent($text);
+    }
+
     $feed = array($story);
     $builder = new PhabricatorFeedBuilder($feed);
     $builder->setUser($user);
@@ -32,7 +37,6 @@
     $crumbs = $this->buildApplicationCrumbs();
     $crumbs->addTextCrumb($title);
 
-
     return $this->buildApplicationPage(
       array(
         $crumbs,
diff --git a/src/applications/feed/story/PhabricatorFeedStoryCommit.php b/src/applications/feed/story/PhabricatorFeedStoryCommit.php
--- a/src/applications/feed/story/PhabricatorFeedStoryCommit.php
+++ b/src/applications/feed/story/PhabricatorFeedStoryCommit.php
@@ -90,10 +90,16 @@
     }
 
     if ($author) {
-      $text = "{$committer} (authored by {$author})".
-              "committed {$commit_name} {$commit_uri}";
+      $text = pht(
+        '%s committed %s (authored by %s).',
+        $committer,
+        $commit_name,
+        $author);
     } else {
-      $text = "{$committer} committed {$commit_name} {$commit_uri}";
+      $text = pht(
+        '%s committed %s.',
+        $committer,
+        $commit_name);
     }
 
     return $text;
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php b/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     $old_target = $xaction->getRenderingTarget();
     $new_target = PhabricatorApplicationTransaction::TARGET_TEXT;
     $xaction->setRenderingTarget($new_target);
+    $xaction->setHandles($this->getHandles());
     $text = $xaction->getTitleForFeed($this);
     $xaction->setRenderingTarget($old_target);
     return $text;