perf(startup): defer heavy startup work

src/main/index.ts

@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ import {
   markRendererUnavailable,
   safeSendToRenderer,
 } from './utils/safeWebContentsSend';
+import {
+  captureStartupMemorySnapshot,
+  formatStartupMemorySnapshot,
+} from './utils/startupTelemetry';
 import { syncTelemetryFlag } from './sentry';
 import { setCodexRuntimeMainWindow } from './ipc/codexRuntime';
 import {
@@ -236,7 +240,12 @@ import {
 } from './services';
 
 import type { FileChangeEvent } from '@main/types';
-import type { AppStartupStatus, AppStartupStep, TeamChangeEvent } from '@shared/types';
+import type {
+  AppStartupMemorySnapshot,
+  AppStartupStatus,
+  AppStartupStep,
+  TeamChangeEvent,
+} from '@shared/types';
 
 const logger = createLogger('App');
 const appStartedAtMs = Date.now();
@@ -936,12 +945,14 @@ const STARTUP_CLI_WARMUP_DELAY_MS = 90_000;
 const STARTUP_BACKGROUND_SERVICE_DELAY_MS = 5_000;
 const STARTUP_RECOVERY_CONCURRENCY = 1;
 const appStartupStartedAt = Date.now();
+const initialStartupMemory = captureStartupMemorySnapshot();
 let appStartupSteps: AppStartupStep[] = [
   {
     phase: 'boot',
     message: 'Starting Agent Teams AI...',
     startedAt: appStartupStartedAt,
     updatedAt: appStartupStartedAt,
+    memoryAtStart: initialStartupMemory,
   },
 ];
 let appStartupStatus: AppStartupStatus = {
@@ -951,6 +962,7 @@ let appStartupStatus: AppStartupStatus = {
   error: null,
   startedAt: appStartupStartedAt,
   updatedAt: appStartupStartedAt,
+  memory: initialStartupMemory,
   steps: appStartupSteps,
 };
 
@@ -1001,7 +1013,11 @@ function cloneStartupSteps(): AppStartupStep[] {
   return appStartupSteps.map((step) => ({ ...step }));
 }
 
-function updateStartupTimeline(update: Partial<AppStartupStatus>, now: number): void {
+function updateStartupTimeline(
+  update: Partial<AppStartupStatus>,
+  now: number,
+  memory: AppStartupMemorySnapshot
+): void {
   if (!update.phase && !update.message) {
     return;
   }
@@ -1015,12 +1031,14 @@ function updateStartupTimeline(update: Partial<AppStartupStatus>, now: number):
       current.finishedAt = now;
       current.durationMs = now - current.startedAt;
       current.updatedAt = now;
+      current.memoryAtEnd = memory;
     }
     appStartupSteps.push({
       phase,
       message,
       startedAt: now,
       updatedAt: now,
+      memoryAtStart: memory,
     });
     if (appStartupSteps.length > 32) {
       appStartupSteps = appStartupSteps.slice(-32);
@@ -1031,7 +1049,7 @@ function updateStartupTimeline(update: Partial<AppStartupStatus>, now: number):
   }
 }
 
-function finishCurrentStartupStep(now: number): void {
+function finishCurrentStartupStep(now: number, memory: AppStartupMemorySnapshot): void {
   const current = appStartupSteps[appStartupSteps.length - 1];
   if (!current || current.finishedAt) {
     return;
@@ -1039,20 +1057,30 @@ function finishCurrentStartupStep(now: number): void {
   current.finishedAt = now;
   current.durationMs = now - current.startedAt;
   current.updatedAt = now;
+  current.memoryAtEnd = memory;
 }
 
 function publishStartupStatus(update: Partial<AppStartupStatus>): void {
   const now = Date.now();
-  updateStartupTimeline(update, now);
+  const memory = captureStartupMemorySnapshot();
+  updateStartupTimeline(update, now, memory);
   if (update.ready === true || update.error) {
-    finishCurrentStartupStep(now);
+    finishCurrentStartupStep(now, memory);
   }
   appStartupStatus = {
     ...appStartupStatus,
     ...update,
     updatedAt: now,
+    memory,
     steps: cloneStartupSteps(),
   };
+  if (update.phase || update.ready === true || update.error) {
+    logger.info(
+      `[startup] phase=${appStartupStatus.phase} ready=${appStartupStatus.ready} elapsedMs=${
+        now - appStartupStartedAt
+      } ${formatStartupMemorySnapshot(memory)}`
+    );
+  }
   safeSendToRenderer(mainWindow, APP_STARTUP_PROGRESS, appStartupStatus);
 }
 

src/main/services/infrastructure/CrossPlatformFileChangeSource.ts

@@ -14,11 +14,19 @@ export interface WatcherLifecycle {
   isCurrent: () => boolean;
 }
 
+export interface PollSnapshotResult {
+  files: Map<string, string>;
+  cycleComplete: boolean;
+  deleteSafe?: boolean;
+}
+
+type PollSnapshot = Map<string, string> | PollSnapshotResult;
+
 export interface CrossPlatformFileChangeSourceOptions {
   name: string;
   pollIntervalMs: number;
   createWatcher?: (lifecycle: WatcherLifecycle) => Promise<CloseableWatcher> | CloseableWatcher;
-  collectPollSnapshot: () => Promise<Map<string, string>>;
+  collectPollSnapshot: () => Promise<PollSnapshot>;
   emitPolledChange: (eventType: PollingChangeEventType, relativePath: string) => void;
   isOwnerActive: () => boolean;
   isWatchLimitError: (error: unknown) => boolean;
@@ -34,6 +42,7 @@ export class CrossPlatformFileChangeSource {
   private pollingGenerationInProgress: number | null = null;
   private pollingPrimed = false;
   private pollSnapshot = new Map<string, string>();
+  private partialPollSnapshot = new Map<string, string>();
   private closedGeneration: number | null = null;
   private rejectedGeneration: number | null = null;
   private generation = 0;
@@ -180,6 +189,7 @@ export class CrossPlatformFileChangeSource {
     this.pollingGenerationInProgress = null;
     this.pollingPrimed = false;
     this.pollSnapshot.clear();
+    this.partialPollSnapshot.clear();
 
     const timer = this.pollingTimer;
     this.pollingTimer = null;
@@ -265,34 +275,51 @@ export class CrossPlatformFileChangeSource {
   }
 
   private async pollForChanges(expectedGeneration: number): Promise<void> {
-    const nextSnapshot = await this.options.collectPollSnapshot();
+    const nextSnapshot = normalizePollSnapshot(await this.options.collectPollSnapshot());
     if (expectedGeneration !== this.generation || !this.options.isOwnerActive()) {
       return;
     }
 
+    this.mergePartialPollSnapshot(nextSnapshot.files);
+
     if (!this.pollingPrimed) {
-      logger.info(`${this.options.name} polling baseline captured`);
+      if (nextSnapshot.cycleComplete) {
-      this.pollSnapshot = nextSnapshot;
+        logger.info(`${this.options.name} polling baseline captured`);
-      this.pollingPrimed = true;
+        this.pollSnapshot = this.partialPollSnapshot;
+        this.partialPollSnapshot = new Map();
+        this.pollingPrimed = true;
+      }
       return;
     }
 
-    for (const [relativePath, fingerprint] of nextSnapshot) {
+    for (const [relativePath, fingerprint] of nextSnapshot.files) {
       const previous = this.pollSnapshot.get(relativePath);
       if (previous === undefined) {
         this.options.emitPolledChange('rename', relativePath);
       } else if (previous !== fingerprint) {
         this.options.emitPolledChange('change', relativePath);
       }
+      this.pollSnapshot.set(relativePath, fingerprint);
     }
 
-    for (const relativePath of this.pollSnapshot.keys()) {
+    if (nextSnapshot.cycleComplete) {
-      if (!nextSnapshot.has(relativePath)) {
+      const completedSnapshot = this.partialPollSnapshot;
-        this.options.emitPolledChange('rename', relativePath);
+      if (nextSnapshot.deleteSafe !== false) {
+        for (const relativePath of this.pollSnapshot.keys()) {
+          if (!completedSnapshot.has(relativePath)) {
+            this.options.emitPolledChange('rename', relativePath);
+          }
+        }
       }
+      this.pollSnapshot = completedSnapshot;
+      this.partialPollSnapshot = new Map();
     }
+  }
 
-    this.pollSnapshot = nextSnapshot;
+  private mergePartialPollSnapshot(files: Map<string, string>): void {
+    for (const [relativePath, fingerprint] of files) {
+      this.partialPollSnapshot.set(relativePath, fingerprint);
+    }
   }
 
   private async closeWatcher(watcher: CloseableWatcher): Promise<void> {
@@ -318,3 +345,14 @@ export class CrossPlatformFileChangeSource {
     );
   }
 }
+
+function normalizePollSnapshot(snapshot: PollSnapshot): PollSnapshotResult {
+  if (snapshot instanceof Map) {
+    return {
+      files: snapshot,
+      cycleComplete: true,
+      deleteSafe: true,
+    };
+  }
+  return snapshot;
+}

src/main/services/infrastructure/FileWatcher.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ import { projectPathResolver } from '../discovery/ProjectPathResolver';
 import { errorDetector } from '../error/ErrorDetector';
 
 import { ConfigManager } from './ConfigManager';
-import { CrossPlatformFileChangeSource } from './CrossPlatformFileChangeSource';
+import {
+  CrossPlatformFileChangeSource,
+  type PollSnapshotResult,
+} from './CrossPlatformFileChangeSource';
 import { type DataCache } from './DataCache';
 import { LocalFileSystemProvider } from './LocalFileSystemProvider';
 import { type NotificationManager } from './NotificationManager';
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ const WATCHER_RETRY_MS = 2000;
 const TEAMS_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 1000;
 /** Poll interval for task files, which can be much larger than team metadata/inboxes */
 const TASKS_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 3000;
+/** Bound each projects polling slice so fallback/SSH mode cannot rescan huge histories every tick. */
+const PROJECTS_POLL_PROJECT_SLICE_BUDGET = 64;
+/** Soft cap: a single large project can exceed this, but broad trees are split across ticks. */
+const PROJECTS_POLL_FILE_SOFT_BUDGET = 1024;
 /** Interval for periodic catch-up scan to detect missed fs.watch events */
 const CATCH_UP_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000;
 /** Only catch-up scan files modified within this window */
@@ -106,6 +113,10 @@ export class FileWatcher extends EventEmitter {
   private catchUpCursor = 0;
   /** Consecutive catch-up stat timeouts per file. */
   private catchUpStatFailures = new Map<string, number>();
+  /** Cursor for chunked project polling snapshots. */
+  private projectsPollCursor = 0;
+  /** Whether the current project polling cycle has already been split across ticks. */
+  private projectsPollCycleChunked = false;
   /** Polling interval for projects fallback and SSH mode. */
   private static readonly SSH_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 3000;
   /** Files currently being processed (concurrency guard) */
@@ -302,6 +313,8 @@ export class FileWatcher extends EventEmitter {
     this.lastProcessedSize.clear();
     this.activeSessionFiles.clear();
     this.catchUpStatFailures.clear();
+    this.projectsPollCursor = 0;
+    this.projectsPollCycleChunked = false;
     this.processingInProgress.clear();
     this.pendingReprocess.clear();
 
@@ -683,15 +696,30 @@ export class FileWatcher extends EventEmitter {
     this.changeSources.projects.startPolling();
   }
 
-  private async collectProjectsPollSnapshot(): Promise<Map<string, string>> {
+  private async collectProjectsPollSnapshot(): Promise<PollSnapshotResult> {
     const snapshot = new Map<string, string>();
-    const projectDirs = await this.readProviderSnapshotDir(this.projectsPath);
+    const projectDirs = (await this.readProviderSnapshotDir(this.projectsPath))
+      .filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory())
+      .sort((left, right) => left.name.localeCompare(right.name));
 
-    for (const projectDir of projectDirs) {
+    if (projectDirs.length === 0) {
-      if (!projectDir.isDirectory()) {
+      this.projectsPollCursor = 0;
-        continue;
+      this.projectsPollCycleChunked = false;
-      }
+      return { files: snapshot, cycleComplete: true, deleteSafe: true };
+    }
 
+    if (this.projectsPollCursor >= projectDirs.length) {
+      this.projectsPollCursor = 0;
+      this.projectsPollCycleChunked = false;
+    }
+
+    let index = this.projectsPollCursor;
+    let visitedProjects = 0;
+    let collectedFiles = 0;
+
+    while (visitedProjects < projectDirs.length) {
+      const projectDir = projectDirs[index];
+      const sizeBefore = snapshot.size;
       const projectPath = path.join(this.projectsPath, projectDir.name);
       const entries = await this.readProviderSnapshotDir(projectPath);
       for (const entry of entries) {
@@ -726,9 +754,31 @@ export class FileWatcher extends EventEmitter {
           );
         }
       }
+
+      collectedFiles += snapshot.size - sizeBefore;
+      visitedProjects += 1;
+      index = (index + 1) % projectDirs.length;
+
+      if (index === 0) {
+        const deleteSafe = !this.projectsPollCycleChunked;
+        this.projectsPollCursor = 0;
+        this.projectsPollCycleChunked = false;
+        return { files: snapshot, cycleComplete: true, deleteSafe };
+      }
+
+      if (
+        visitedProjects >= PROJECTS_POLL_PROJECT_SLICE_BUDGET ||
+        collectedFiles >= PROJECTS_POLL_FILE_SOFT_BUDGET
+      ) {
+        this.projectsPollCursor = index;
+        this.projectsPollCycleChunked = true;
+        return { files: snapshot, cycleComplete: false };
+      }
     }
 
-    return snapshot;
+    this.projectsPollCursor = 0;
+    this.projectsPollCycleChunked = false;
+    return { files: snapshot, cycleComplete: true, deleteSafe: true };
   }
 
   private async collectTodosPollSnapshot(): Promise<Map<string, string>> {

src/main/utils/startupTelemetry.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { AppStartupMemorySnapshot } from '@shared/types';
+
+export type MemoryUsageReader = () => NodeJS.MemoryUsage;
+
+export function captureStartupMemorySnapshot(
+  readMemoryUsage: MemoryUsageReader = () => process.memoryUsage()
+): AppStartupMemorySnapshot {
+  const memory = readMemoryUsage();
+  return {
+    rssBytes: memory.rss,
+    heapUsedBytes: memory.heapUsed,
+    heapTotalBytes: memory.heapTotal,
+    externalBytes: memory.external,
+    arrayBuffersBytes: memory.arrayBuffers,
+  };
+}
+
+export function formatStartupMemorySnapshot(memory: AppStartupMemorySnapshot): string {
+  return `rss=${formatMiB(memory.rssBytes)} heap=${formatMiB(memory.heapUsedBytes)}/${formatMiB(
+    memory.heapTotalBytes
+  )} external=${formatMiB(memory.externalBytes)}`;
+}
+
+function formatMiB(bytes: number): string {
+  return `${(bytes / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)}MiB`;
+}

src/renderer/store/index.ts

@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ const TASK_LOG_ACTIVITY_PULSE_MS = 3_500;
 const STARTUP_RUNTIME_STATUS_IDLE_DELAY_MS = 30_000;
 const STARTUP_PROVIDER_STATUS_MIN_DELAY_MS = 2_000;
 const STARTUP_PROVIDER_STATUS_MAX_DELAY_MS = 30_000;
+const STARTUP_GLOBAL_TASKS_MIN_DELAY_MS = 5_000;
+const STARTUP_GLOBAL_TASKS_MAX_DELAY_MS = 30_000;
 const ACTIVE_PROVISIONING_STATES_FOR_PROCESS_LITE: ReadonlySet<TeamProvisioningProgress['state']> =
   new Set(['validating', 'spawning', 'configuring', 'assembling', 'finalizing', 'verifying']);
 export const TEAM_PROCESS_LITE_FANOUT_STORAGE_KEY = 'team:processLiteFanout';
@@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ export function initializeNotificationListeners(): () => void {
   let cliStatusTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
   let runtimeStatusTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
   let deferredProviderStatusCleanup: (() => void) | null = null;
+  let deferredGlobalTasksCleanup: (() => void) | null = null;
+  let disposed = false;
   useStore.getState().subscribeProvisioningProgress();
   cleanupFns.push(() => {
     useStore.getState().unsubscribeProvisioningProgress();
@@ -286,18 +290,33 @@ export function initializeNotificationListeners(): () => void {
       runtimeStatusTimer = null;
     }, STARTUP_RUNTIME_STATUS_IDLE_DELAY_MS);
 
-    // Remaining visible startup fetches have no data dependency on each other.
+    // Keep immediately visible startup data first; global task aggregation can
+    // scan all team task files, so hydrate it after first paint/idle.
     await Promise.all([
-      useStore.getState().fetchAllTasks(),
       useStore.getState().fetchTeams(),
       useStore.getState().fetchNotifications(),
       useStore.getState().fetchSchedules(),
     ]);
+    if (disposed) {
+      return;
+    }
+    deferredGlobalTasksCleanup = scheduleStartupIdleTask(
+      () => {
+        deferredGlobalTasksCleanup = null;
+        void useStore.getState().fetchAllTasks();
+      },
+      {
+        minDelayMs: STARTUP_GLOBAL_TASKS_MIN_DELAY_MS,
+        maxDelayMs: STARTUP_GLOBAL_TASKS_MAX_DELAY_MS,
+      }
+    );
   })();
   cleanupFns.push(() => {
+    disposed = true;
     if (cliStatusTimer) clearTimeout(cliStatusTimer);
     if (runtimeStatusTimer) clearTimeout(runtimeStatusTimer);
     if (deferredProviderStatusCleanup) deferredProviderStatusCleanup();
+    if (deferredGlobalTasksCleanup) deferredGlobalTasksCleanup();
   });
   // TODO(task-change-presence): re-enable this only after the board uses a bounded
   // batch/priority presence pipeline. The old one-task-per-tick poll was accurate

src/shared/types/api.ts

@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ export interface AppStartupStatus {
   startedAt: number;
   updatedAt: number;
   steps?: AppStartupStep[];
+  memory?: AppStartupMemorySnapshot;
 }
 
 export interface AppStartupStep {
@@ -346,6 +347,8 @@ export interface AppStartupStep {
   updatedAt: number;
   finishedAt?: number;
   durationMs?: number;
+  memoryAtStart?: AppStartupMemorySnapshot;
+  memoryAtEnd?: AppStartupMemorySnapshot;
 }
 
 export interface AppStartupAPI {
@@ -353,6 +356,14 @@ export interface AppStartupAPI {
   onProgress: (callback: (status: AppStartupStatus) => void) => () => void;
 }
 
+export interface AppStartupMemorySnapshot {
+  rssBytes: number;
+  heapUsedBytes: number;
+  heapTotalBytes: number;
+  externalBytes: number;
+  arrayBuffersBytes?: number;
+}
+
 // =============================================================================
 // Context API
 // =============================================================================

test/main/services/infrastructure/CrossPlatformFileChangeSource.test.ts

@@ -595,4 +595,126 @@ describe('CrossPlatformFileChangeSource', () => {
     source.stop();
     active = false;
   });
+
+  it('builds a silent startup baseline across incomplete polling cycles', async () => {
+    let active = true;
+    const emitted: Array<[string, string]> = [];
+    const collectPollSnapshot = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        files: new Map([['a.jsonl', '1']]),
+        cycleComplete: false,
+      })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        files: new Map([['b.jsonl', '1']]),
+        cycleComplete: true,
+      })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        files: new Map([
+          ['a.jsonl', '2'],
+          ['b.jsonl', '1'],
+        ]),
+        cycleComplete: true,
+      });
+    const source = new CrossPlatformFileChangeSource({
+      name: 'test-source',
+      pollIntervalMs: 1000,
+      collectPollSnapshot,
+      emitPolledChange: (eventType, relativePath) => emitted.push([eventType, relativePath]),
+      isOwnerActive: () => active,
+      isWatchLimitError: () => false,
+      requestRetry: vi.fn(),
+    });
+
+    await source.pollOnce();
+    expect(source.isPollingPrimed).toBe(false);
+    await source.pollOnce();
+    expect(source.isPollingPrimed).toBe(true);
+    expect(emitted).toEqual([]);
+
+    await source.pollOnce();
+
+    expect(emitted).toEqual([['change', 'a.jsonl']]);
+    source.stop();
+    active = false;
+  });
+
+  it('does not emit deletes from incomplete polling snapshots', async () => {
+    let active = true;
+    const emitted: Array<[string, string]> = [];
+    const collectPollSnapshot = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        new Map([
+          ['a.jsonl', '1'],
+          ['b.jsonl', '1'],
+        ])
+      )
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        files: new Map([['a.jsonl', '1']]),
+        cycleComplete: false,
+      })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        files: new Map<string, string>(),
+        cycleComplete: true,
+      });
+    const source = new CrossPlatformFileChangeSource({
+      name: 'test-source',
+      pollIntervalMs: 1000,
+      collectPollSnapshot,
+      emitPolledChange: (eventType, relativePath) => emitted.push([eventType, relativePath]),
+      isOwnerActive: () => active,
+      isWatchLimitError: () => false,
+      requestRetry: vi.fn(),
+    });
+
+    await source.pollOnce();
+    await source.pollOnce();
+    expect(emitted).toEqual([]);
+
+    await source.pollOnce();
+
+    expect(emitted).toEqual([['rename', 'b.jsonl']]);
+    source.stop();
+    active = false;
+  });
+
+  it('suppresses deletes when a completed polling cycle is not delete-safe', async () => {
+    let active = true;
+    const emitted: Array<[string, string]> = [];
+    const collectPollSnapshot = vi
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        new Map([
+          ['a.jsonl', '1'],
+          ['b.jsonl', '1'],
+        ])
+      )
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        files: new Map([['a.jsonl', '1']]),
+        cycleComplete: false,
+      })
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        files: new Map<string, string>(),
+        cycleComplete: true,
+        deleteSafe: false,
+      });
+    const source = new CrossPlatformFileChangeSource({
+      name: 'test-source',
+      pollIntervalMs: 1000,
+      collectPollSnapshot,
+      emitPolledChange: (eventType, relativePath) => emitted.push([eventType, relativePath]),
+      isOwnerActive: () => active,
+      isWatchLimitError: () => false,
+      requestRetry: vi.fn(),
+    });
+
+    await source.pollOnce();
+    await source.pollOnce();
+    await source.pollOnce();
+
+    expect(emitted).toEqual([]);
+    source.stop();
+    active = false;
+  });
 });

test/main/services/infrastructure/FileWatcher.test.ts

@@ -641,6 +641,70 @@ describe('FileWatcher', () => {
     watcher.stop();
   });
 
+  it('chunks broad project polling baselines and still emits changes after priming', async () => {
+    const projectsDir = '/virtual/projects';
+    const todosDir = '/virtual/todos';
+    const projectNames = Array.from({ length: 65 }, (_, index) =>
+      `encoded-project-${String(index).padStart(3, '0')}`
+    );
+    const fileState = new Map(projectNames.map((name) => [name, { size: 10, mtimeMs: 1000 }]));
+    const fsProvider = {
+      type: 'local' as const,
+      exists: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(true),
+      readFile: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(''),
+      stat: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        size: 10,
+        mtimeMs: 1000,
+        birthtimeMs: 1000,
+        isFile: () => true,
+        isDirectory: () => false,
+      }),
+      readdir: vi.fn(async (dirPath: string) => {
+        if (dirPath === projectsDir) {
+          return projectNames.map((name) => createFsDirent(name, 'directory'));
+        }
+        const projectName = path.basename(dirPath);
+        const state = fileState.get(projectName);
+        if (state) {
+          return [createFsDirent('session-1.jsonl', 'file', state)];
+        }
+        return [];
+      }),
+      createReadStream: vi.fn(() => Readable.from([])),
+      dispose: vi.fn(),
+    };
+
+    const dataCache = new DataCache(50, 10, false);
+    const watcher = new FileWatcher(dataCache, projectsDir, todosDir, fsProvider);
+    const events: unknown[] = [];
+    watcher.on('file-change', (event) => events.push(event));
+
+    setWatcherActive(watcher);
+    const projectsSource = getChangeSource(watcher, 'projects');
+
+    await projectsSource.pollOnce();
+    expect(projectsSource.isPollingPrimed).toBe(false);
+    expect(events).toEqual([]);
+
+    await projectsSource.pollOnce();
+    expect(projectsSource.isPollingPrimed).toBe(true);
+    expect(events).toEqual([]);
+
+    fileState.set(projectNames[0], { size: 12, mtimeMs: 2000 });
+    await projectsSource.pollOnce();
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(100);
+
+    expect(events).toContainEqual({
+      type: 'change',
+      path: path.join(projectsDir, projectNames[0], 'session-1.jsonl'),
+      projectId: projectNames[0],
+      sessionId: 'session-1',
+      isSubagent: false,
+    });
+
+    watcher.stop();
+  });
+
   it('treats SSH not-found subagent directories as empty during project polling', async () => {
     const projectsDir = '/remote/projects';
     const todosDir = '/remote/todos';

test/main/utils/startupTelemetry.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+  captureStartupMemorySnapshot,
+  formatStartupMemorySnapshot,
+} from '../../../src/main/utils/startupTelemetry';
+
+describe('startupTelemetry', () => {
+  it('captures only stable numeric memory fields', () => {
+    const snapshot = captureStartupMemorySnapshot(() => ({
+      rss: 128 * 1024 * 1024,
+      heapTotal: 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+      heapUsed: 32 * 1024 * 1024,
+      external: 8 * 1024 * 1024,
+      arrayBuffers: 4 * 1024 * 1024,
+    }));
+
+    expect(snapshot).toEqual({
+      rssBytes: 134217728,
+      heapUsedBytes: 33554432,
+      heapTotalBytes: 67108864,
+      externalBytes: 8388608,
+      arrayBuffersBytes: 4194304,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('formats rss and heap values for startup logs', () => {
+    expect(
+      formatStartupMemorySnapshot({
+        rssBytes: 128 * 1024 * 1024,
+        heapUsedBytes: 32 * 1024 * 1024,
+        heapTotalBytes: 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+        externalBytes: 8 * 1024 * 1024,
+        arrayBuffersBytes: 4 * 1024 * 1024,
+      })
+    ).toBe('rss=128.0MiB heap=32.0MiB/64.0MiB external=8.0MiB');
+  });
+});

test/renderer/store/teamChangeThrottle.test.ts

@@ -202,6 +202,38 @@ describe('team change throttling', () => {
     expect(getRepositoryGroupsSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('defers the initial global task fetch until the startup idle window', async () => {
+    const fetchAllTasksSpy = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    useStore.setState({ fetchAllTasks: fetchAllTasksSpy } as never);
+
+    cleanup?.();
+    cleanup = initializeNotificationListeners();
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+
+    expect(fetchAllTasksSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(4_999);
+    expect(fetchAllTasksSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1);
+    expect(fetchAllTasksSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('cancels the deferred initial global task fetch during listener cleanup', async () => {
+    const fetchAllTasksSpy = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
+    useStore.setState({ fetchAllTasks: fetchAllTasksSpy } as never);
+
+    cleanup?.();
+    cleanup = initializeNotificationListeners();
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0);
+    cleanup();
+    cleanup = null;
+
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(30_000);
+
+    expect(fetchAllTasksSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it('allows next refresh after throttle window passes', async () => {
     const state = useStore.getState();
     const refreshTeamDataSpy = vi.spyOn(state, 'refreshTeamData');