diff --git a/src/main/services/infrastructure/TeamTaskWatchRegistry.ts b/src/main/services/infrastructure/TeamTaskWatchRegistry.ts
index 1f259402..64d6ddb5 100644
--- a/src/main/services/infrastructure/TeamTaskWatchRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/infrastructure/TeamTaskWatchRegistry.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ export interface TeamTaskWatchRegistryOptions {
 
 const RECONCILE_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000;
 
+// Coalesce bursts of directory add/remove events (e.g. a team launch creating
+// many dirs/files) into a single target reconcile + watcher rebuild. collectTargets
+// re-reads the current directory state, so a trailing reconcile still sees every
+// change; this only avoids rebuilding the whole watcher once per event in a burst.
+const RECONCILE_DEBOUNCE_MS = 250;
+
 // Keep this list aligned with FileWatcher.processTeamsChange().
 // If a new team artifact should produce TeamChangeEvent, add it here too.
 const TEAM_ROOT_FILES = new Set([
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ export class TeamTaskWatchRegistry {
   private generation = 0;
   private reconcileInProgress = false;
   private reconcileAgain = false;
+  private reconcileDebounceTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
 
   constructor(private readonly options: TeamTaskWatchRegistryOptions) {}
 
@@ -101,6 +108,26 @@ export class TeamTaskWatchRegistry {
     await this.reconcileTargets();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Debounced target reconcile for high-frequency directory events. Bursts of
+   * add/remove dir events (notably while a team launch creates many dirs/files)
+   * collapse into a single rebuild after a short window instead of tearing down
+   * and recreating the whole watcher once per event. Correctness is preserved:
+   * collectTargets re-reads the current directory state, so the trailing reconcile
+   * still sees every change, and emitExistingFilesForNewTargets backfills files
+   * created before the rebuild.
+   */
+  private scheduleReconcile(): void {
+    if (this.closed || this.reconcileDebounceTimer) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.reconcileDebounceTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+      this.reconcileDebounceTimer = null;
+      void this.reconcileTargets();
+    }, RECONCILE_DEBOUNCE_MS);
+    this.reconcileDebounceTimer.unref?.();
+  }
+
   async close(): Promise<void> {
     this.closed = true;
     this.generation += 1;
@@ -109,6 +136,10 @@ export class TeamTaskWatchRegistry {
       clearInterval(this.reconcileTimer);
       this.reconcileTimer = null;
     }
+    if (this.reconcileDebounceTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(this.reconcileDebounceTimer);
+      this.reconcileDebounceTimer = null;
+    }
 
     const watcher = this.watcher;
     this.watcher = null;
@@ -197,9 +228,10 @@ export class TeamTaskWatchRegistry {
       }
 
       // addDir/unlinkDir can make the watch target set stale immediately.
-      // Periodic reconciliation is the backup path if the directory event is missed.
+      // Debounced so a burst of dir events (e.g. a team launch) coalesces into one
+      // rebuild; periodic reconciliation is the backup path if an event is missed.
       if (this.shouldReconcile(eventType, relativePath)) {
-        void this.reconcileTargets();
+        this.scheduleReconcile();
       }
 
       if (!this.shouldEmit(eventType, relativePath)) {
diff --git a/test/main/services/infrastructure/TeamTaskWatchRegistry.test.ts b/test/main/services/infrastructure/TeamTaskWatchRegistry.test.ts
index 2076fc5c..07afa05a 100644
--- a/test/main/services/infrastructure/TeamTaskWatchRegistry.test.ts
+++ b/test/main/services/infrastructure/TeamTaskWatchRegistry.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 type MockChokidarWatcher = {
   targets: string[];
   options: unknown;
+  handlers: Map<string, Array<(...args: unknown[]) => void>>;
   on: (event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => MockChokidarWatcher;
+  emit: (event: string, ...args: unknown[]) => void;
   close: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 };
 
@@ -16,9 +18,18 @@ const chokidarMock = vi.hoisted(() => {
     const watcher = {
       targets: (Array.isArray(targets) ? targets : [targets]).map((t) => String(t)),
       options,
+      handlers: new Map<string, Array<(...args: unknown[]) => void>>(),
       close: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+      emit(event: string, ...args: unknown[]) {
+        for (const h of watcher.handlers.get(event) ?? []) h(...args);
+      },
     } as MockChokidarWatcher;
-    watcher.on = vi.fn(() => watcher);
+    watcher.on = vi.fn((event: string, handler: (...args: unknown[]) => void) => {
+      const hs = watcher.handlers.get(event) ?? [];
+      hs.push(handler);
+      watcher.handlers.set(event, hs);
+      return watcher;
+    });
     instances.push(watcher);
     return watcher;
   };
@@ -156,4 +167,31 @@ describe('TeamTaskWatchRegistry scoping', () => {
 
     expect(targets).toContain(path.normalize(path.join(root, 'beta')));
   });
+
+  it('coalesces a burst of addDir events into a single watcher rebuild', async () => {
+    const registry = new TeamTaskWatchRegistry({
+      kind: 'teams',
+      rootPath: root,
+      onChange: () => {},
+      onError: () => {},
+    });
+    await registry.start();
+    const instancesAfterStart = chokidarMock.instances.length;
+    const watcher = chokidarMock.instances.at(-1) as MockChokidarWatcher;
+
+    // A new team dir appears, then a burst of addDir events fire for it.
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(root, 'delta', 'inboxes'), { recursive: true });
+    for (let i = 0; i < 4; i += 1) {
+      watcher.emit('addDir', path.join(root, 'delta'));
+    }
+
+    // Wait past the debounce window for the single coalesced reconcile to run.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 400));
+    const finalTargets = latestTargets();
+    await registry.close();
+
+    // Exactly one rebuild despite 4 addDir events, and it picked up the new dir.
+    expect(chokidarMock.instances.length).toBe(instancesAfterStart + 1);
+    expect(finalTargets).toContain(path.normalize(path.join(root, 'delta')));
+  });
 });