diff --git a/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts b/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
index 6d006174..6785e8f2 100644
--- a/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.ts
@@ -693,6 +693,11 @@ interface BootstrapTranscriptOutcomeCacheEntry {
   outcome: BootstrapTranscriptOutcome | null;
 }
 
+interface BootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCacheEntry {
+  expiresAtMs: number;
+  outcome: BootstrapTranscriptOutcome | null;
+}
+
 import type {
   ActiveToolCall,
   AgentActionMode,
@@ -3295,9 +3300,10 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
   private static readonly SAME_TEAM_RUN_START_SKEW_MS = 1_000;
   private static readonly SAME_TEAM_PERSIST_RETRY_MS = 2_000;
   private static readonly AGENT_RUNTIME_SNAPSHOT_CACHE_TTL_MS = 2_000;
-  private static readonly PERSISTED_AGENT_RUNTIME_SNAPSHOT_CACHE_TTL_MS = 5_000;
+  private static readonly PERSISTED_AGENT_RUNTIME_SNAPSHOT_CACHE_TTL_MS = 10_000;
   private static readonly AGENT_RUNTIME_RESOURCE_HISTORY_LIMIT = 60;
   private static readonly BOOTSTRAP_TRANSCRIPT_OUTCOME_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES = 2_048;
+  private static readonly PERSISTED_BOOTSTRAP_TRANSCRIPT_OUTCOME_LOOKUP_CACHE_TTL_MS = 10_000;
   private static readonly MAX_RUNTIME_TREE_PIDS_PER_ROOT = 64;
   private static readonly MAX_RUNTIME_USAGE_PIDS_PER_SNAPSHOT = 512;
   private static readonly RUNTIME_PROCESS_TABLE_TIMEOUT_MS = 1_500;
@@ -3363,6 +3369,10 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
     string,
     BootstrapTranscriptOutcomeCacheEntry
   >();
+  private readonly bootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCache = new Map<
+    string,
+    BootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCacheEntry
+  >();
   private readonly teamOpLocks = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
   private readonly leadInboxRelayInFlight = new Map<string, Promise<number>>();
   private readonly relayedLeadInboxMessageIds = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
@@ -30101,6 +30111,19 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
     memberName: string,
     sinceMs: number | null
   ): Promise<BootstrapTranscriptOutcome | null> {
+    const lookupCacheKey = this.buildBootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCacheKey(
+      teamName,
+      memberName,
+      sinceMs
+    );
+    const cachedLookup = this.getPersistedBootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCacheEntry(
+      teamName,
+      lookupCacheKey
+    );
+    if (cachedLookup !== undefined) {
+      return this.cloneBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(cachedLookup);
+    }
+
     let summaries: Awaited<ReturnType<TeamMemberLogsFinder['findMemberLogs']>>;
     try {
       summaries = await this.memberLogsFinder.findMemberLogs(teamName, memberName, sinceMs);
@@ -30127,7 +30150,69 @@ export class TeamProvisioningService {
       ...(await this.readBootstrapTranscriptOutcomesInProjectRoot(teamName, memberName, sinceMs))
     );
 
-    return this.selectLatestBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(outcomes);
+    const outcome = this.selectLatestBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(outcomes);
+    this.setPersistedBootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCacheEntry(teamName, lookupCacheKey, outcome);
+    return outcome;
+  }
+
+  private cloneBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(
+    outcome: BootstrapTranscriptOutcome | null
+  ): BootstrapTranscriptOutcome | null {
+    return outcome ? { ...outcome } : null;
+  }
+
+  private buildBootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCacheKey(
+    teamName: string,
+    memberName: string,
+    sinceMs: number | null
+  ): string {
+    return [teamName.trim().toLowerCase(), memberName.trim().toLowerCase(), sinceMs ?? ''].join(
+      '\0'
+    );
+  }
+
+  private getPersistedBootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCacheEntry(
+    teamName: string,
+    cacheKey: string
+  ): BootstrapTranscriptOutcome | null | undefined {
+    if (this.getTrackedRunId(teamName) || this.runtimeAdapterRunByTeam.has(teamName)) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const cached = this.bootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCache.get(cacheKey);
+    if (!cached) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    if (cached.expiresAtMs <= Date.now()) {
+      this.bootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCache.delete(cacheKey);
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return cached.outcome;
+  }
+
+  private setPersistedBootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCacheEntry(
+    teamName: string,
+    cacheKey: string,
+    outcome: BootstrapTranscriptOutcome | null
+  ): void {
+    if (this.getTrackedRunId(teamName) || this.runtimeAdapterRunByTeam.has(teamName)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (
+      !this.bootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCache.has(cacheKey) &&
+      this.bootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCache.size >=
+        TeamProvisioningService.BOOTSTRAP_TRANSCRIPT_OUTCOME_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES
+    ) {
+      const oldestKey = this.bootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCache.keys().next().value;
+      if (oldestKey) {
+        this.bootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCache.delete(oldestKey);
+      }
+    }
+    this.bootstrapTranscriptOutcomeLookupCache.set(cacheKey, {
+      expiresAtMs:
+        Date.now() +
+        TeamProvisioningService.PERSISTED_BOOTSTRAP_TRANSCRIPT_OUTCOME_LOOKUP_CACHE_TTL_MS,
+      outcome: this.cloneBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(outcome),
+    });
   }
 
   private async readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(
diff --git a/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.test.ts b/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.test.ts
index b049b846..40ea9195 100644
--- a/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.test.ts
+++ b/test/main/services/team/TeamProvisioningService.test.ts
@@ -3405,6 +3405,11 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
       vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-05-03T12:00:06.000Z'));
       await (svc as any).getLiveTeamAgentRuntimeMetadata('runtime-team');
 
+      expect(listRuntimeProcessTableForCurrentPlatform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+      vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-05-03T12:00:11.000Z'));
+      await (svc as any).getLiveTeamAgentRuntimeMetadata('runtime-team');
+
       expect(listRuntimeProcessTableForCurrentPlatform).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     });
 
@@ -21134,6 +21139,66 @@ describe('TeamProvisioningService', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('caches persisted bootstrap transcript outcome lookup between close polling reads', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-05-03T12:00:00.000Z'));
+    const teamName = 'zz-unit-bootstrap-transcript-lookup-cache';
+    const memberName = 'tom';
+    const transcriptPath = path.join(tempProjectsBase, 'bootstrap-lookup-cache.jsonl');
+    const svc = new TeamProvisioningService();
+    const harness = svc as any;
+    const findMemberLogs = vi.fn(async () => [{ filePath: transcriptPath }]);
+    const readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      kind: 'success',
+      observedAt: '2026-05-24T09:25:42.904Z',
+      source: 'member_briefing',
+    }));
+    const readBootstrapTranscriptOutcomesInProjectRoot = vi.fn(async () => []);
+    harness.memberLogsFinder = { findMemberLogs };
+    harness.readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome = readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome;
+    harness.readBootstrapTranscriptOutcomesInProjectRoot =
+      readBootstrapTranscriptOutcomesInProjectRoot;
+
+    const firstOutcome = await harness.findBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(teamName, memberName, 123);
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-05-03T12:00:06.000Z'));
+    const secondOutcome = await harness.findBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(teamName, memberName, 123);
+
+    expect(secondOutcome).toEqual(firstOutcome);
+    expect(findMemberLogs).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(readBootstrapTranscriptOutcomesInProjectRoot).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-05-03T12:00:11.000Z'));
+    await harness.findBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(teamName, memberName, 123);
+
+    expect(findMemberLogs).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it('does not use persisted bootstrap transcript outcome lookup cache for tracked runs', async () => {
+    const teamName = 'zz-unit-bootstrap-transcript-active-lookup-cache';
+    const memberName = 'tom';
+    const transcriptPath = path.join(tempProjectsBase, 'bootstrap-active-lookup-cache.jsonl');
+    const svc = new TeamProvisioningService();
+    const harness = svc as any;
+    const findMemberLogs = vi.fn(async () => [{ filePath: transcriptPath }]);
+    const readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      kind: 'success',
+      observedAt: '2026-05-24T09:25:42.904Z',
+      source: 'member_briefing',
+    }));
+    harness.memberLogsFinder = { findMemberLogs };
+    harness.readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome = readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome;
+    harness.readBootstrapTranscriptOutcomesInProjectRoot = vi.fn(async () => []);
+    harness.aliveRunByTeam.set(teamName, 'run-1');
+
+    await harness.findBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(teamName, memberName, 123);
+    await harness.findBootstrapTranscriptOutcome(teamName, memberName, 123);
+
+    expect(findMemberLogs).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(readRecentBootstrapTranscriptOutcome).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
   it('caches persisted member spawn statuses between close polling reads', async () => {
     const teamName = 'zz-unit-persisted-status-cache';
     const svc = new TeamProvisioningService();