diff --git a/classes/api.php b/classes/api.php
index 1b3ee7d92..18f9c83b5 100755
--- a/classes/api.php
+++ b/classes/api.php
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ class API extends Handler {
 
 			/* API only: -4 All feeds, including virtual feeds */
 			if ($cat_id == -4 || $cat_id == -2) {
-				$counters = Counters::get_labels(true);
+				$counters = Counters::get_labels();
 
 				foreach (array_values($counters) as $cv) {
 
diff --git a/classes/article.php b/classes/article.php
index f77275122..6baf8f068 100755
--- a/classes/article.php
+++ b/classes/article.php
@@ -640,10 +640,41 @@ class Article extends Handler_Protected {
 		return [$article_image, $article_stream, $article_kind];
 	}
 
-	static function _feeds_of(array $article_ids) {
+	// only cached, returns label ids (not label feed ids)
+	static function _labels_of(array $article_ids) {
+		if (count($article_ids) == 0)
+			return [];
+
 		$id_qmarks = arr_qmarks($article_ids);
 
-		$sth = DB::pdo()->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT feed_id FROM ttrss_entries e, ttrss_user_entries ue
+		$sth = Db::pdo()->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT label_cache FROM ttrss_entries e, ttrss_user_entries ue
+					WHERE ue.ref_id = e.id AND id IN ($id_qmarks)");
+
+		$sth->execute($article_ids);
+
+		$rv = [];
+
+		while ($row = $sth->fetch()) {
+			$labels = json_decode($row["label_cache"]);
+
+			if (isset($labels) && is_array($labels)) {
+				foreach ($labels as $label) {
+					if (empty($label["no-labels"]))
+						array_push($rv, Labels::feed_to_label_id($label[0]));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return array_unique($rv);
+	}
+
+	static function _feeds_of(array $article_ids) {
+		if (count($article_ids) == 0)
+			return [];
+
+		$id_qmarks = arr_qmarks($article_ids);
+
+		$sth = Db::pdo()->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT feed_id FROM ttrss_entries e, ttrss_user_entries ue
 					WHERE ue.ref_id = e.id AND id IN ($id_qmarks)");
 
 		$sth->execute($article_ids);
diff --git a/classes/counters.php b/classes/counters.php
index 1c75e009e..b4602825c 100644
--- a/classes/counters.php
+++ b/classes/counters.php
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ class Counters {
 		);
 	}
 
-	static function get_for_feeds($feed_ids) {
+	static function get_conditional(array $feed_ids = null, array $label_ids = null) {
 		return array_merge(
 			self::get_global(),
 			self::get_virt(),
-			self::get_labels(),
+			self::get_labels($label_ids),
 			self::get_feeds($feed_ids),
-			self::get_cats(Feeds::_cats_of($feed_ids, $_SESSION["uid"], true)));
+			self::get_cats(is_array($feed_ids) ? Feeds::_cats_of($feed_ids, $_SESSION["uid"], true) : null)
+		);
 	}
 
 	static private function get_cat_children($cat_id, $owner_uid) {
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class Counters {
 		return [$unread, $marked];
 	}
 
-	private static function get_cats(array $cat_ids = []) {
+	private static function get_cats(array $cat_ids = null) {
 		$ret = [];
 
 		/* Labels category */
@@ -52,29 +53,10 @@ class Counters {
 
 		$pdo = Db::pdo();
 
-		if (count($cat_ids) == 0) {
-			$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT fc.id,
-					SUM(CASE WHEN unread THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count,
-						SUM(CASE WHEN marked THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked,
-						(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM ttrss_feed_categories fcc
-						WHERE fcc.parent_cat = fc.id) AS num_children
-				FROM ttrss_feed_categories fc
-					LEFT JOIN ttrss_feeds f ON (f.cat_id = fc.id)
-					LEFT JOIN ttrss_user_entries ue ON (ue.feed_id = f.id)
-				WHERE fc.owner_uid = :uid
-				GROUP BY fc.id
-			UNION
-				SELECT 0,
-					SUM(CASE WHEN unread THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count,
-						SUM(CASE WHEN marked THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked,
-						0
-				FROM ttrss_feeds f, ttrss_user_entries ue
-				WHERE f.cat_id IS NULL AND
-					ue.feed_id = f.id AND
-					ue.owner_uid = :uid");
+		if (is_array($cat_ids)) {
+			if (count($cat_ids) == 0)
+				return [];
 
-			$sth->execute(["uid" => $_SESSION['uid']]);
-		} else {
 			$cat_ids_qmarks = arr_qmarks($cat_ids);
 
 			$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT fc.id,
@@ -102,6 +84,29 @@ class Counters {
 				$cat_ids,
 				[$_SESSION['uid']]
 			));
+
+		} else {
+			$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT fc.id,
+					SUM(CASE WHEN unread THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count,
+						SUM(CASE WHEN marked THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked,
+						(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM ttrss_feed_categories fcc
+						WHERE fcc.parent_cat = fc.id) AS num_children
+				FROM ttrss_feed_categories fc
+					LEFT JOIN ttrss_feeds f ON (f.cat_id = fc.id)
+					LEFT JOIN ttrss_user_entries ue ON (ue.feed_id = f.id)
+				WHERE fc.owner_uid = :uid
+				GROUP BY fc.id
+			UNION
+				SELECT 0,
+					SUM(CASE WHEN unread THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count,
+						SUM(CASE WHEN marked THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked,
+						0
+				FROM ttrss_feeds f, ttrss_user_entries ue
+				WHERE f.cat_id IS NULL AND
+					ue.feed_id = f.id AND
+					ue.owner_uid = :uid");
+
+			$sth->execute(["uid" => $_SESSION['uid']]);
 		}
 
 		while ($line = $sth->fetch()) {
@@ -125,25 +130,16 @@ class Counters {
 		return $ret;
 	}
 
-	private static function get_feeds(array $feed_ids = []) {
+	private static function get_feeds(array $feed_ids = null) {
 
 		$ret = [];
 
 		$pdo = Db::pdo();
 
-		if (count($feed_ids) == 0) {
-			$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT f.id,
-					f.title,
-					".SUBSTRING_FOR_DATE."(f.last_updated,1,19) AS last_updated,
-					f.last_error,
-					SUM(CASE WHEN unread THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count,
-					SUM(CASE WHEN marked THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked
-				FROM ttrss_feeds f, ttrss_user_entries ue
-				WHERE f.id = ue.feed_id AND ue.owner_uid = :uid
-				GROUP BY f.id");
+		if (is_array($feed_ids)) {
+			if (count($feed_ids) == 0)
+				return [];
 
-			$sth->execute(["uid" => $_SESSION['uid']]);
-		} else {
 			$feed_ids_qmarks = arr_qmarks($feed_ids);
 
 			$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT f.id,
@@ -157,6 +153,18 @@ class Counters {
 				GROUP BY f.id");
 
 			$sth->execute(array_merge([$_SESSION['uid']], $feed_ids));
+		} else {
+			$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT f.id,
+					f.title,
+					".SUBSTRING_FOR_DATE."(f.last_updated,1,19) AS last_updated,
+					f.last_error,
+					SUM(CASE WHEN unread THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count,
+					SUM(CASE WHEN marked THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked
+				FROM ttrss_feeds f, ttrss_user_entries ue
+				WHERE f.id = ue.feed_id AND ue.owner_uid = :uid
+				GROUP BY f.id");
+
+			$sth->execute(["uid" => $_SESSION['uid']]);
 		}
 
 		while ($line = $sth->fetch()) {
@@ -269,23 +277,42 @@ class Counters {
 		return $ret;
 	}
 
-	static function get_labels($descriptions = false) {
+	static function get_labels(array $label_ids = null) {
 
 		$ret = [];
 
 		$pdo = Db::pdo();
 
-		$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT id,
-       			caption,
-       			SUM(CASE WHEN u1.unread = true THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_unread,
-       			SUM(CASE WHEN u1.marked = true THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked,
-       			COUNT(u1.unread) AS total
-			FROM ttrss_labels2 LEFT JOIN ttrss_user_labels2 ON
-				(ttrss_labels2.id = label_id)
-					LEFT JOIN ttrss_user_entries AS u1 ON u1.ref_id = article_id AND u1.owner_uid = :uid
-						WHERE ttrss_labels2.owner_uid = :uid
-							GROUP BY ttrss_labels2.id, ttrss_labels2.caption");
-		$sth->execute([":uid" => $_SESSION['uid']]);
+		if (is_array($label_ids)) {
+			if (count($label_ids) == 0)
+				return [];
+
+			$label_ids_qmarks = arr_qmarks($label_ids);
+
+			$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT id,
+						caption,
+						SUM(CASE WHEN u1.unread = true THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_unread,
+						SUM(CASE WHEN u1.marked = true THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked,
+						COUNT(u1.unread) AS total
+				FROM ttrss_labels2 LEFT JOIN ttrss_user_labels2 ON
+					(ttrss_labels2.id = label_id)
+						LEFT JOIN ttrss_user_entries AS u1 ON u1.ref_id = article_id AND u1.owner_uid = ?
+							WHERE ttrss_labels2.owner_uid = ? AND ttrss_labels2.id IN ($label_ids_qmarks)
+								GROUP BY ttrss_labels2.id, ttrss_labels2.caption");
+			$sth->execute(array_merge([$_SESSION["uid"], $_SESSION["uid"]], $label_ids));
+		} else {
+			$sth = $pdo->prepare("SELECT id,
+						caption,
+						SUM(CASE WHEN u1.unread = true THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_unread,
+						SUM(CASE WHEN u1.marked = true THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS count_marked,
+						COUNT(u1.unread) AS total
+				FROM ttrss_labels2 LEFT JOIN ttrss_user_labels2 ON
+					(ttrss_labels2.id = label_id)
+						LEFT JOIN ttrss_user_entries AS u1 ON u1.ref_id = article_id AND u1.owner_uid = :uid
+							WHERE ttrss_labels2.owner_uid = :uid
+								GROUP BY ttrss_labels2.id, ttrss_labels2.caption");
+			$sth->execute([":uid" => $_SESSION['uid']]);
+		}
 
 		while ($line = $sth->fetch()) {
 
@@ -295,12 +322,10 @@ class Counters {
 				"id" => $id,
 				"counter" => (int) $line["count_unread"],
 				"auxcounter" => (int) $line["total"],
-				"markedcounter" => (int) $line["count_marked"]
+				"markedcounter" => (int) $line["count_marked"],
+				"description" => $line["caption"]
 			];
 
-			if ($descriptions)
-				$cv["description"] = $line["caption"];
-
 			array_push($ret, $cv);
 		}
 
diff --git a/classes/feeds.php b/classes/feeds.php
index 87fdc0bfe..ba2719f48 100755
--- a/classes/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/feeds.php
@@ -1792,6 +1792,9 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 	}
 
 	static function _cats_of(array $feeds, int $owner_uid, bool $with_parents = false) {
+		if (count($feeds) == 0)
+			return [];
+
 		$pdo = Db::pdo();
 
 		$feeds_qmarks = arr_qmarks($feeds);
diff --git a/classes/rpc.php b/classes/rpc.php
index b9fd492fa..2cc2e3879 100755
--- a/classes/rpc.php
+++ b/classes/rpc.php
@@ -73,11 +73,26 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 	}
 
 	function getAllCounters() {
-		$feed_ids = array_map("intval", clean($_REQUEST["feed_ids"] ?? []));
 		@$seq = (int) $_REQUEST['seq'];
 
+		$feed_id_count = (int)$_REQUEST["feed_id_count"];
+		$label_id_count = (int)$_REQUEST["label_id_count"];
+
+		// it seems impossible to distinguish empty array [] from a null - both become unset in $_REQUEST
+		// so, count is >= 0 means we had an array, -1 means null
+		// we need null because it means "return all counters"; [] would return nothing
+		if ($feed_id_count == -1)
+			$feed_ids = null;
+		else
+			$feed_ids = array_map("intval", clean($_REQUEST["feed_ids"] ?? []));
+
+		if ($label_id_count == -1)
+			$label_ids = null;
+		else
+			$label_ids = array_map("intval", clean($_REQUEST["label_ids"] ?? []));
+
 		// @phpstan-ignore-next-line
-		$counters = count($feed_ids) > 0 ? Counters::get_for_feeds($feed_ids) : Counters::get_all();
+		$counters = is_array($feed_ids) ? Counters::get_conditional($feed_ids, $label_ids) : Counters::get_all();
 
 		$reply = [
 			'counters' => $counters,
@@ -95,16 +110,20 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 		$ids = array_map("intval", clean($_REQUEST["ids"] ?? []));
 		$cmode = (int)clean($_REQUEST["cmode"]);
 
-		Article::_catchup_by_id($ids, $cmode);
+		if (count($ids) > 0)
+			Article::_catchup_by_id($ids, $cmode);
 
-		print json_encode(["message" => "UPDATE_COUNTERS", "feeds" => Article::_feeds_of($ids)]);
+		print json_encode(["message" => "UPDATE_COUNTERS",
+			"labels" => Article::_labels_of($ids),
+			"feeds" => Article::_feeds_of($ids)]);
 	}
 
 	function markSelected() {
 		$ids = array_map("intval", clean($_REQUEST["ids"] ?? []));
 		$cmode = (int)clean($_REQUEST["cmode"]);
 
-		$this->markArticlesById($ids, $cmode);
+		if (count($ids) > 0)
+			$this->markArticlesById($ids, $cmode);
 
 		print json_encode(["message" => "UPDATE_COUNTERS", "feeds" => Article::_feeds_of($ids)]);
 	}
@@ -113,7 +132,8 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 		$ids = array_map("intval", clean($_REQUEST["ids"] ?? []));
 		$cmode = (int)clean($_REQUEST["cmode"]);
 
-		$this->publishArticlesById($ids, $cmode);
+		if (count($ids) > 0)
+			$this->publishArticlesById($ids, $cmode);
 
 		print json_encode(["message" => "UPDATE_COUNTERS", "feeds" => Article::_feeds_of($ids)]);
 	}
diff --git a/js/Feeds.js b/js/Feeds.js
index 5d64b77ee..3767f8b65 100644
--- a/js/Feeds.js
+++ b/js/Feeds.js
@@ -133,10 +133,15 @@ const	Feeds = {
 		this._search_query = "";
 		this.reloadCurrent();
 	},
-	requestCounters: function(feed_ids = null) {
-		xhr.json("backend.php", {op: "rpc", method: "getAllCounters", "feed_ids[]": feed_ids, seq: App.next_seq()}, () => {
-			//
-		});
+	// null = get all data, [] would give empty response for specific type
+	requestCounters: function(feed_ids = null, label_ids = null) {
+		xhr.json("backend.php", {op: "rpc",
+							method: "getAllCounters",
+							"feed_ids[]": feed_ids,
+							"feed_id_count": feed_ids ? feed_ids.length : -1,
+							"label_ids[]": label_ids,
+							"label_id_count": label_ids ? label_ids.length : -1,
+							seq: App.next_seq()});
 	},
 	reload: function() {
 		try {
diff --git a/js/Headlines.js b/js/Headlines.js
index d44866d94..6dbe24918 100755
--- a/js/Headlines.js
+++ b/js/Headlines.js
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ const Headlines = {
 
 		Promise.all(promises).then((results) => {
 			let feeds = [];
+			let labels = [];
 
 			results.forEach((res) => {
 				if (res) {
@@ -183,6 +184,10 @@ const Headlines = {
 
 						if (obj.feeds)
 							feeds = feeds.concat(obj.feeds);
+
+						if (obj.labels)
+							labels = labels.concat(obj.labels);
+
 					} catch (e) {
 						console.warn(e, res);
 					}
@@ -190,8 +195,8 @@ const Headlines = {
 			});
 
 			if (feeds.length > 0) {
-				console.log('requesting counters for', feeds);
-				Feeds.requestCounters(feeds);
+				console.log('requesting counters for', feeds, labels);
+				Feeds.requestCounters(feeds, labels);
 			}
 		});
 	},