diff --git a/src/client/components/browser.tsx b/src/client/components/browser.tsx
index 1700153..af37467 100644
--- a/src/client/components/browser.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/browser.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ReactElement, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { assembleCached } from './derivedCache'
 import { UNKNOWN_TOOL_SOURCE, type Category, type ContextHeaders, type ContextTimeline, type HeaderRecord, type HeaderTool, type RequestRecord, type SurfaceNode, type SystemPromptNode } from '../../shared/types'
-import { assemble } from '../assemble'
-import type { Assembled } from '../assemble'
 import { CATS, CAT_COLOR, partsOf } from '../categories'
 import { dnaBaseLabel, dnaOf } from '../dna'
+import { useRowWindow } from './useRowWindow'
 import type { DnaItem } from '../dna'
 import type { ContentFetcher, ConversationNodeLike, HeaderFetcher } from '../services'
 import type { ContextSettings, DefaultDeltaBase, DefaultToolSort } from '../settings'
@@ -23,10 +23,16 @@ import { TextSection, schemaTextOf, RowToolbar, ToolSchema, toolErrOf } from './
 import { revealRowInCard } from '../revealScroll'
 import { NodeContent, byCatOf, nodeNameOf, msgKindsOf, reasoningTextOf, ROW_KINDS } from './browserNodes'
 import type { RowKind } from './browserNodes'
+import { DNA_MIN_BAND, countOf, lastOfTurn, stepStampOf } from './browserHelpers'
+import type { CatFocus } from './browserHelpers'
+export type { CatFocus } from './browserHelpers'
+export { stepStampOf } from './browserHelpers'
 import { MapIcon, makeBrowserTreemap } from './browserTreemap'
 import type { MapBlock } from '../treemap'
 
 export interface ContextBrowserProps {
+  /** Active UI locale; the picker labels are translated eagerly, so a switch must rebuild them. */
+  locale?: string
   data: ContextTimeline
   headers: ContextHeaders | null
   /** Resolved by the caller so the `useChat` seat's hook order lives in exactly one place. */
@@ -58,41 +64,6 @@ export interface ContextBrowserProps {
 }
 
 
-export interface CatFocus {
-  cat: string
-  kind?: RowKind
-}
-
-function countOf(asm: Assembled, byCat: Partial<Record<Category, SurfaceNode[]>>, c: string): number {
-  if (c === 'system') return asm.system !== null ? 1 : 0
-  if (c === 'tools') return asm.header !== null ? asm.header.tools.length : 0
-  return byCat[c as Category]?.length ?? 0
-}
-
-function lastOfTurn(requests: RequestRecord[], turn: number): RequestRecord | null {
-  for (let i = requests.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) if ((requests[i].turn ?? 0) === turn) return requests[i]
-  return null
-}
-
-/** The turn/step marking where a surface item entered the context: the FIRST request logged after the item's seq is
- * the first that carried it (assemble's inclusion rule is `n.seq < R.seq`); no following request stamps null. */
-export function stepStampOf(requests: RequestRecord[]): (itemSeq: number) => { turn: number; step: number } | null {
-  // Sort a copy: the wire arrives in append order, but the derivation must not depend on it (restored rows can re-order).
-  const sorted = requests.slice().sort((a, b) => a.seq - b.seq)
-  return (itemSeq) => {
-    for (const r of sorted) {
-      if (r.seq > itemSeq) {
-        return typeof r.turn === 'number' && typeof r.step === 'number' ? { turn: r.turn, step: r.step } : null
-      }
-    }
-    return null
-  }
-}
-
-/** Bands keep at least this share of the occupied region, so a tiny item stays a hoverable/clickable filament
- * instead of a sub-pixel sliver; tooltips still report true shares. */
-const DNA_MIN_BAND = 0.35
-
 export function makeContextBrowser(
   kit: ViewKit,
   StackedBar: (props: StackedBarProps) => ReactElement,
@@ -171,6 +142,11 @@ export function makeContextBrowser(
       setOpenElem(null)
     }, [pinSeq, onOpenCat])
     const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+    const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+    // The DNA flat feed can carry thousands of sub-row-sized items; the rows region is a fixed-pitch scroller, so
+    // only the visible window is rendered once the card is wide enough for single-line rows.
+    const [flatWide, setFlatWide] = useState(false)
+    const [flatReady, setFlatReady] = useState(false)
     const focusScrollRef = useRef(false)
     const nodeFocus = props.nodeFocus
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -206,6 +182,15 @@ export function makeContextBrowser(
 
     const requests = data.requests
     const stepsOf = useMemo(() => turnStepsOf(requests), [requests])
+    // One <option> per retained request: rebuilt only when the records or locale inputs change, never on hover.
+    const pickOptions = useMemo(
+      () => requests.slice().reverse().map(r => (
+        <option key={r.seq} value={String(r.seq)}>
+          {t('detail.step', { t: r.turn ?? 0, s: r.step ?? 0, n: stepsOf(r.turn) })}
+        </option>
+      )),
+      [requests, stepsOf, t, props.locale],
+    )
     const stampOf = useMemo(() => stepStampOf(requests), [requests])
     // The live tail — items no logged request carries yet — rides the NEXT request, following the harness's step loop
     // (`core/agent-loop`'s agent.ts): a newest user message opens a new turn, a text-only final reply ends the turn,
@@ -246,7 +231,9 @@ export function makeContextBrowser(
     const linkKey = linked && props.hoverKey !== null && props.hoverKey !== 'free'
       ? props.hoverKey
       : null
-    const view = assemble(data, headers, seq)
+    // assemble() is a pure walk over the served projection; memoize it per (projection, step) so a hover
+    // preview only pays for the steps it actually shows.
+    const view = useMemo(() => assembleCached(data, headers, seq), [data, headers, seq])
 
     /** The tools group's element keys: the group key itself or any exact tool schema key. */
     const toolsElemOpen = (): boolean => openElem === 'tools' || (openElem !== null && openElem.startsWith('tool:'))
@@ -292,7 +279,10 @@ export function makeContextBrowser(
       ? deltaBase === 'step' ? lastReq : lastReq === null ? null : turnBaseOf(lastReq)
       : deltaBase === 'turn' ? turnBaseOf(req) : prevRecordOf(req)
     const zeroBase = refReq === null && lastReq !== null
-    const prevView = refReq !== null ? assemble(data, headers, refReq.seq) : null
+    const prevView = useMemo(
+      () => (refReq !== null ? assembleCached(data, headers, refReq.seq) : null),
+      [data, headers, refReq],
+    )
     const prevByCat = prevView !== null ? byCatOf(prevView) : null
 
     const byCat = byCatOf(view)
@@ -766,20 +756,38 @@ export function makeContextBrowser(
       <RowToolbar value={rowQuery} placeholder={t('browser.search.flat')} onChange={setRowQuery} />
     )
 
-    const flatRows = (): ReactElement => {
+    /* v8 ignore start -- jsdom has no layout/ResizeObserver: the wide gate and the first-paint skeleton are live-only. */
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (!dna) {
+        setFlatReady(false)
+        return
+      }
+      const el = scrollRef.current
+      if (el === null) return
+      const sync = (): void => { setFlatWide(el.clientWidth >= 380) }
+      sync()
+      setFlatReady(true)
+      if (typeof ResizeObserver !== 'function') return
+      const observer = new ResizeObserver(sync)
+      observer.observe(el)
+      return () => { observer.disconnect() }
+    }, [dna])
+    /* v8 ignore stop */
+
+    interface FlatEntry {
+      r: NodeRow
+      pos: number
+    }
+    /** Only the visible feed slice becomes React elements: a long session carries over a thousand rows, and
+     *  building them all just to render ~30 was the DNA toggle's dominant cost. */
+    const flatRows = (): { entries: FlatEntry[]; tail: ReactElement[]; empty: boolean } => {
       const q = rowQuery.trim().toLowerCase()
-      const rows: ReactElement[] = []
       // Positions count ascending in reading order; reversing the array must not renumber them.
-      const flow = view.nodes.map((n, i) => ({ r: nodeRowOf(n), pos: i + 1 })).reverse()
-      for (const { r, pos } of flow) {
+      const entries: FlatEntry[] = []
+      for (let i = view.nodes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        const r = nodeRowOf(view.nodes[i])
         if (q !== '' && !rowMatches(r, q)) continue
-        rows.push(messageRow(r, (
-          <>
-            {catChip(r.n.cat)}
-            <span className="lc-br-pos">#{fmt(pos)}</span>
-            {rowTagNode(r.tag, r.tagNames)}
-          </>
-        ), (over) => { setRowDnaKey(over ? 'n' + String(r.n.seq) : null) }))
+        entries.push({ r, pos: i + 1 })
       }
       // An empty q matches everything (String.includes('') is true), so the lens needs no short-circuit arms.
       // A header-less surface (no epoch served) renders message bands only, so its feed carries no header rows.
@@ -788,15 +796,16 @@ export function makeContextBrowser(
       const sys = view.system
       const sysText = sys !== null ? headerContent.get(sys.seq)?.system ?? '' : ''
       const sysHit = sys !== null && (systemPreviewOf(sys).toLowerCase().includes(q) || sysText.toLowerCase().includes(q))
-      if (view.header !== null && toolsHit) rows.push(toolsGroupRow(view.header))
-      if (sys !== null && sysHit) rows.push(systemRow(sys))
-      return (
-        <div className="lc-br-flat">
-          {rows}
-          {rows.length === 0 ? <div className="lc-br-note">{t('browser.rowNoMatch')}</div> : null}
-        </div>
-      )
+      const tail: ReactElement[] = []
+      if (view.header !== null && toolsHit) tail.push(toolsGroupRow(view.header))
+      if (sys !== null && sysHit) tail.push(systemRow(sys))
+      return { entries, tail, empty: entries.length === 0 && tail.length === 0 }
     }
+    const flatRowsModel = dna && flatReady ? flatRows() : null
+    // 28px row + 2px flat gap: the pad formula reproduces the full feed height while only the viewport renders.
+    const flatRange = useRowWindow(scrollRef, flatRowsModel?.entries.length ?? 0, 30, dna && flatReady && flatWide && openElem === null)
+    // A non-DNA render never shows this model; the local keeps the JSX branch-free (the DNA branch owns the rows).
+    const flat = flatRowsModel ?? { entries: [] as FlatEntry[], tail: [] as ReactElement[], empty: true }
 
     return (
       <div className="lc-card lc-br" ref={rootRef}>
@@ -834,11 +843,7 @@ export function makeContextBrowser(
               onChange={(e) => { pick(e.target.value) }}
             >
               <option value="live">{t('browser.live')}</option>
-              {requests.slice().reverse().map(r => (
-                <option key={r.seq} value={String(r.seq)}>
-                  {t('detail.step', { t: r.turn ?? 0, s: r.step ?? 0, n: stepsOf(r.turn) })}
-                </option>
-              ))}
+              {pickOptions}
             </select>
           </div>
 
@@ -913,9 +918,29 @@ export function makeContextBrowser(
           )
           : null}
 
-        <div className="lc-br-scroll">
+        <div className="lc-br-scroll" ref={scrollRef}>
           {dna
-            ? flatRows()
+            ? (!flatReady
+              /* v8 ignore next 2 -- first paint only; jsdom flushes effect work before assertions. */
+              ? <div className="lc-br-flat" style={{ minHeight: 320 }} aria-hidden="true" />
+              : (
+                <div className="lc-br-flat">
+                  {flatRange.from > 0 ? <div className="lc-row-pad" style={{ height: Math.max(0, flatRange.from * 30 - 2) }} aria-hidden="true" /> : null}
+                  {flat.entries.slice(flatRange.from, flatRange.to + 1).map(({ r, pos }) => messageRow(r, (
+                    <>
+                      {catChip(r.n.cat)}
+                      <span className="lc-br-pos">#{fmt(pos)}</span>
+                      {rowTagNode(r.tag, r.tagNames)}
+                    </>
+                  ), (over) => { setRowDnaKey(over ? 'n' + String(r.n.seq) : null) }))}
+                  {flatRange.to < flat.entries.length - 1
+                    ? <div className="lc-row-pad" style={{ height: Math.max(0, (flat.entries.length - 1 - flatRange.to) * 30 - 2) }} aria-hidden="true" />
+                    : null}
+                  {/* Header groups are the feed's tail: render them AFTER the bottom pad so they stay at the end. */}
+                  {flat.tail}
+                  {flat.empty ? <div className="lc-br-note">{t('browser.rowNoMatch')}</div> : null}
+                </div>
+              ))
             : (
               <div className="lc-br-cats">
                 {CATS.map((c) => {
diff --git a/src/client/components/browserHelpers.ts b/src/client/components/browserHelpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdadef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/components/browserHelpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import type { Assembled } from '../assemble'
+import type { Category, RequestRecord, SurfaceNode } from '../../shared/types'
+import type { RowKind } from './browserNodes'
+
+export interface CatFocus {
+  cat: string
+  kind?: RowKind
+}
+
+export function countOf(asm: Assembled, byCat: Partial<Record<Category, SurfaceNode[]>>, c: string): number {
+  if (c === 'system') return asm.system !== null ? 1 : 0
+  if (c === 'tools') return asm.header !== null ? asm.header.tools.length : 0
+  return byCat[c as Category]?.length ?? 0
+}
+
+export function lastOfTurn(requests: RequestRecord[], turn: number): RequestRecord | null {
+  for (let i = requests.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) if ((requests[i].turn ?? 0) === turn) return requests[i]
+  return null
+}
+
+/** The turn/step marking where a surface item entered the context: the FIRST request logged after the item's seq is
+ * the first that carried it (assemble's inclusion rule is `n.seq < R.seq`); no following request stamps null. */
+export function stepStampOf(requests: RequestRecord[]): (itemSeq: number) => { turn: number; step: number } | null {
+  // Sort a copy: the wire arrives in append order, but the derivation must not depend on it (restored rows can re-order).
+  const sorted = requests.slice().sort((a, b) => a.seq - b.seq)
+  return (itemSeq) => {
+    for (const r of sorted) {
+      if (r.seq > itemSeq) {
+        return typeof r.turn === 'number' && typeof r.step === 'number' ? { turn: r.turn, step: r.step } : null
+      }
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+/** Bands keep at least this share of the occupied region, so a tiny item stays a hoverable/clickable filament
+ * instead of a sub-pixel sliver; tooltips still report true shares. */
+export const DNA_MIN_BAND = 0.35
diff --git a/src/client/components/contextView.tsx b/src/client/components/contextView.tsx
index 318a32f..77ff4e8 100644
--- a/src/client/components/contextView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/contextView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createElement as h, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ReactElement, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { createElement as h, startTransition, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type ReactElement, type ReactNode } from 'react'
 import type { Category, ContextEventRecord, RequestRecord, SurfaceNode } from '../../shared/types'
 import { CATS } from '../categories'
 import { briefNodes, briefOf } from '../brief'
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ import { makeStatsTokens } from './statsTokens'
 import { makeLegend, makeStackedBar } from './stackedBar'
 import { aggregateByTurn, attachMarkers, jumpTargetOf, makeTrendChart, turnStepsOf } from './trendChart'
 import { makeTrendOverview } from './trendOverview'
-import { assemble } from '../assemble'
+import { cachedByData, assembleCached } from './derivedCache'
+import { useLazyMount } from './useLazyMount'
 import { trendBandsOf } from '../dna'
+import type { TrendBand } from '../dna'
 
 import { activateViewTab, openContextSidebar, subscribeContextFocus, takeContextFocus } from '../viewFocus'
 import { revealInScrollParent } from '../revealScroll'
@@ -47,6 +49,11 @@ import { makeErrorBoundary } from './errorBoundary'
 const viewScroll = new Map<string, number>()
 
 const EVENT_KINDS = ['inject', 'compaction', 'prune', 'model', 'mode'] as const
+/** Ordinary sweeps coalesce on this trailing delay; DNA bars are heavier and wait longer for the pointer to rest. */
+const HOVER_DELAY_MS = 140
+const DNA_HOVER_DELAY = 220
+/** Above this many retained steps the DNA bands are built lazily per rendered window. */
+const DNA_LAZY_MIN = 512
 
 /** Scroll a landed-on card to the top of the page's scrollport: the stats jumps and the events card's injection
  *  rows land on the browser, the stats file pills on the File Activity card, and no landing may stay below the fold. */
@@ -160,6 +167,71 @@ export function makeContextView(
     const [jumpSeq, setJumpSeq] = useState<number | null>(null)
     const [hoverCat, setHoverCat] = useState<string | null>(null)
     const [focusCat, setFocusCat] = useState<string | null>(null)
+    // Sidebar-hosted copies stay mounted while the sidebar is collapsed (the dock only hides them): track real
+    // visibility so a hidden copy stops rendering its cards and the page never pays for two full context views.
+    const [sidebarVisible, setSidebarVisible] = useState(true)
+    // Pointer-driven hovers are transient: they must never block the pointer. The chart keeps its own immediate
+    // hover state, while the rest of the view (browser preview, file activity) follows in a transition so a
+    // pointer sweep cannot stack synchronous full-view renders.
+    const hoverTimer = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null)
+    const hoverPending = useRef<number | null>(null)
+    const hoverAt = useRef(0)
+    const clearHoverTimer = useCallback((): void => {
+      if (hoverTimer.current !== null) {
+        clearTimeout(hoverTimer.current)
+        hoverTimer.current = null
+      }
+    }, [])
+    useEffect(() => clearHoverTimer, [clearHoverTimer])
+    const handleHover = useCallback((seq: number | null): void => {
+      hoverPending.current = seq
+      if (seq === null) {
+        clearHoverTimer()
+        hoverAt.current = 0
+        setHoveredSeq(null)
+        return
+      }
+      const now = performance.now()
+      // First entry (or a deliberate slow move) previews immediately; a pointer sweep keeps only the trailing
+      // value, so the browser preview cannot force a layout per pointer event while the chart stays instant.
+      // DNA bars carry thousands of bands: previewing every bar enter made each sweep cost a full view render,
+      // so DNA mode only follows once the pointer rests (the chart's own hover stays instant).
+      if (!dna && now - hoverAt.current > HOVER_DELAY_MS) {
+        clearHoverTimer()
+        hoverAt.current = now
+        setHoveredSeq(seq)
+        return
+      }
+      hoverAt.current = now
+      clearHoverTimer()
+      hoverTimer.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        hoverTimer.current = null
+        const trailing = seq
+        startTransition(() => {
+          /* v8 ignore next 2 -- the timer is cleared by a reset; the guard only covers a transition already
+             queued behind that reset, which jsdom's synchronous act cannot interleave. */
+          if (hoverPending.current === trailing) setHoveredSeq(trailing)
+        })
+      }, dna ? DNA_HOVER_DELAY : HOVER_DELAY_MS)
+    }, [clearHoverTimer, dna])
+    const handleHoverTurn = useCallback((turn: number | null): void => {
+      startTransition(() => { setHoverTurn(turn) })
+    }, [])
+    const handleHoverKey = useCallback((key: string | null): void => {
+      startTransition(() => { setHoverCat(key) })
+    }, [])
+    /* v8 ignore start -- jsdom has neither IntersectionObserver nor layout: the gate is verified in the live page. */
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (!inSidebar || typeof IntersectionObserver !== 'function') return
+      const el = rootRef.current
+      if (el === null) return
+      const observer = new IntersectionObserver(([entry]) => {
+        setSidebarVisible(entry.isIntersecting)
+      }, { threshold: 0 })
+      observer.observe(el)
+      return () => { observer.disconnect() }
+    }, [inSidebar, data])
+    /* v8 ignore stop */
     const [pickedKinds, setPickedKinds] = useState<string[]>([...EVENT_KINDS])
     const toggleKind = (k: string) => {
       setPickedKinds((p) => {
@@ -204,11 +276,18 @@ export function makeContextView(
     const [filterFocus, setFilterFocus] = useState<FileFilter | null>(null)
     const clearFilterFocus = useCallback(() => { setFilterFocus(null) }, [])
 
-    // The browser column's height cap (browserCapOf), re-measured per render and followed by a
-    // ResizeObserver: pane drags and card reflows change no prop.
+    // Below-the-fold cards: keep the first commit to the cards the reader actually sees, then mount the event/file
+    // row in an idle slice once it nears the conversation viewport. The two skeleton cards reserve the row height.
+    const [belowFoldRef, belowFoldMounted] = useLazyMount(filterFocus !== null)
+    // The browser card is visible but heavy (assembled rows for the current step): paint its card-shaped skeleton
+    // in the first commit, then fill it in the next idle slice so the open's commit stays small.
+    const [browserRef, browserMounted] = useLazyMount()
+
+    // The browser column's height cap (browserCapOf), re-measured for new data and ResizeObserver ticks:
+    // pane drags and card reflows change no prop.
     const leftColRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
     const [browserCap, setBrowserCap] = useState<number | null>(null)
-    const [, setCapTick] = useState(0)
+    const [capTick, setCapTick] = useState(0)
     useLayoutEffect(() => {
       const col = leftColRef.current
       /* v8 ignore next 1 -- the loading frame renders no left column; every carded render attaches it. */
@@ -216,7 +295,9 @@ export function makeContextView(
       // The column renders exactly the composition + trend cards.
       const next = browserCapOf([...col.children].map(el => el.getBoundingClientRect()))
       setBrowserCap(prev => (prev === next ? prev : next))
-    })
+      // Hover/selection commits change no card geometry: only a new projection or a ResizeObserver tick
+      // needs a fresh measurement, so a pointer sweep never flushes layout here.
+    }, [data, capTick])
     /* v8 ignore start -- jsdom has neither ResizeObserver nor layout: the cap's math is pinned by browserCapOf's unit tests. */
     useEffect(() => {
       const col = leftColRef.current
@@ -231,8 +312,9 @@ export function makeContextView(
     // a file kind on the File Activity card's matching chip.
     const onJump = useCallback((jump: StatsJump): void => {
       if (jump === 'read' || jump === 'write' || jump === 'search' || jump === 'image') {
+        // The below-fold row may still be lazy: setting the focus forces its mount, and the effect below
+        // reveals the card once it exists.
         setFilterFocus(jump)
-        revealCard(rootRef.current, '.lc-fa-card')
         return
       }
       setCatFocus(jump === 'skills'
@@ -294,14 +376,45 @@ export function makeContextView(
     // re-renders never reassemble.
     /* v8 ignore next 1 -- a missing projection returns the loading screen before the trend card
        (and its DNA toggle) renders, so `dna && data === null` cannot occur. */
+    // A long log carries thousands of requests: assembling every step's context up front blocked the DNA toggle.
+    // Small logs and delta mode keep the eager array; large total-mode logs hand the chart a per-seq accessor so only
+    // the rendered window assembles. Delta needs every bar's per-key change: net totals cannot bound key churn.
+    /* v8 ignore next 1 -- the sidebar-visible operand is only reachable in a live dock (jsdom has no IO);
+       the hidden-copy path is verified on the live page and every main-host test covers the short-circuit. */
+    const dnaAllowed = dna && data !== null && (!inSidebar || sidebarVisible)
+    const dnaEager = dnaAllowed && (displayRequests.length <= DNA_LAZY_MIN || trendMode === 'delta')
+    // Bands depend on the header epoch as well as the timeline; the composite owner keeps a late epoch from
+    // reusing bands assembled without its system prompt/tool schemas.
+    const dnaCacheOwner = useMemo(() => ({ data, headers }), [data, headers])
     const dnaBands = useMemo(
-      () => (dna && data !== null ? displayRequests.map(req => trendBandsOf(assemble(data, headers, req.seq))) : null),
-      [dna, data, headers, displayRequests],
+      () => (dnaEager
+        ? cachedByData(dnaCacheOwner, `dna:${granularity}`, () => displayRequests.map(req => trendBandsOf(assembleCached(data, headers, req.seq))))
+        : null),
+      [dnaEager, dnaCacheOwner, data, headers, displayRequests, granularity],
     )
+    const dnaAt = useMemo(() => {
+      if (!dnaAllowed || displayRequests.length <= DNA_LAZY_MIN || trendMode === 'delta') return null
+      const bandsBySeq = new Map<number, TrendBand[]>()
+      return (seq: number): TrendBand[] => {
+        let bands = bandsBySeq.get(seq)
+        /* v8 ignore next 1 -- the chart's own per-seq cache makes a repeated lookup here defensive only. */
+        if (bands === undefined) {
+          bands = trendBandsOf(assembleCached(data, headers, seq))
+          bandsBySeq.set(seq, bands)
+        }
+        return bands
+      }
+    }, [dnaAllowed, data, headers, displayRequests.length, trendMode])
     const revealBand = useCallback((seq: number, band: { key: string; cat: Category | 'system' | 'tools' }): void => {
       setNodeFocus({ step: seq, key: band.key, cat: band.cat })
     }, [])
 
+    // A stats file-pill jump can target the lazy below-fold row: reveal it once the forced mount lands.
+    useEffect(() => {
+      if (filterFocus === null || !belowFoldMounted) return
+      revealCard(rootRef.current, '.lc-fa-card')
+    }, [filterFocus, belowFoldMounted])
+
     // Chat → Context jump, leg 1: pick up the relay's request once per mount and on every later record (the sidebar
     // landing keeps this view mounted).
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -331,7 +444,7 @@ export function makeContextView(
       if (anchor !== null) revealInScrollParent(anchor)
     }, [jumpSeq, data, requests, detailReady])
 
-    const briefList = useMemo(() => (data ? briefNodes(data) : []), [data])
+    const briefList = useMemo(() => (data ? cachedByData(data, 'briefList', () => briefNodes(data)) : []), [data])
     const convNodes = conversationNodesOf(props)
     const bySeq = useMemo(() => {
       const m = new Map<number, ConversationNodeLike>()
@@ -363,14 +476,18 @@ export function makeContextView(
     const convOf = useCallback((seq: number): ConversationNodeLike | undefined => bySeq.get(seq), [bySeq])
 
     // Memoized on the walk's inputs only: hover/select renders elsewhere leave every input reference untouched, so the walk is skipped.
+    // The live chat-node map moves independently of the projection, so it joins the cache owner.
+    const fileCacheOwner = useMemo(() => ({ data, bySeq }), [data, bySeq])
     const fileActivity = useMemo(
       () => {
-        if (data !== null && data.fileOps !== undefined) {
-          return activityOfOps(data.fileOps, data.archive, filesBefore)
-        }
-        return activityOf(briefList, convOf, filesBefore)
+        if (data === null) return activityOf(briefList, convOf, filesBefore)
+        return cachedByData(fileCacheOwner, `files:${String(filesBefore)}`, () => (
+          data.fileOps !== undefined
+            ? activityOfOps(data.fileOps, data.archive, filesBefore)
+            : activityOf(briefList, convOf, filesBefore)
+        ))
       },
-      [data, briefList, convOf, filesBefore],
+      [fileCacheOwner, data, briefList, convOf, filesBefore],
     )
     // The stats card's pill tallies; the null bound means the WHOLE session.
     const ioTotals = useMemo(
@@ -382,7 +499,7 @@ export function makeContextView(
       },
       [data, briefList, convOf],
     )
-    const toolTally = useMemo(() => (data ? toolTallyOf(data.nodes) : []), [data])
+    const toolTally = useMemo(() => (data ? cachedByData(data, 'toolTally', () => toolTallyOf(data.nodes)) : []), [data])
     // Read per render off the observable snapshot, so the next projection push re-renders with the current workspace root.
     const workspace = typeof ctx.get === 'function' ? workspaceOf(ctx, typeof sessionId === 'string' ? sessionId : undefined) : undefined
     // The capability is an async RPC answer, so file names stay inert until the probe settles.
@@ -435,12 +552,13 @@ export function makeContextView(
     // (a removed item shows only on the steps before its removal), and its category is the fold's own verdict — skill
     // machinery lands in `skill`, which the event's `sub` does not cover (the catalog digest rides an untagged event).
     const nodeOfSeq = useMemo(() => {
-      const m = new Map<number, SurfaceNode>()
-      if (data !== null) {
+      if (data === null) return new Map<number, SurfaceNode>()
+      return cachedByData(data, 'nodeOfSeq', () => {
+        const m = new Map<number, SurfaceNode>()
         for (const n of data.nodes) m.set(n.seq, n)
         for (const n of data.archive) m.set(n.seq, n)
-      }
-      return m
+        return m
+      })
     }, [data])
     const focusInject = useCallback((ev: ContextEventRecord): void => {
       const node = nodeOfSeq.get(ev.seq)
@@ -493,12 +611,15 @@ export function makeContextView(
     const subtitle = (data.model ?? '') + (data.provider ? ' · ' + data.provider : '')
     const gate = unsupportedOf(data.unsupported)
 
+    /* v8 ignore next 2 -- only a real dock collapse hides a sidebar copy; jsdom has no IntersectionObserver. */
+    if (inSidebar && !sidebarVisible) return <div className="lc-root" ref={rootRef} />
+
     const compositionCard = (
       <CurrentComposition
         head={head}
         subtitle={subtitle}
         hoverKey={hoverCat}
-        onHoverKey={setHoverCat}
+        onHoverKey={handleHoverKey}
       />
     )
     // Both trend faces share the records + hover/select flow; only the overview's turn click pins instead of
@@ -519,8 +640,8 @@ export function makeContextView(
       focusCat,
       durationCurve,
       onSelect: setSelectedSeq,
-      onHover: setHoveredSeq,
-      onHoverTurn: setHoverTurn,
+      onHover: handleHover,
+      onHoverTurn: handleHoverTurn,
     }
     const trendCard = (
       <div className="lc-card">
@@ -619,6 +740,7 @@ export function makeContextView(
                     focusTurn={focusTurn}
                     adaptive={adaptive}
                     dna={dnaBands}
+                    dnaAt={dnaAt}
                     onPickBand={revealBand}
                     onPickTurn={(turn) => { setGranularity('turn'); setFocusTurn(turn) }}
                     onFocusTurnHandled={() => { setFocusTurn(null) }}
@@ -636,7 +758,7 @@ export function makeContextView(
                 stepsOf={stepsOf}
                 onLocate={locateNode}
                 hoverKey={trendHoverCat}
-                onHoverKey={setHoverCat}
+                onHoverKey={handleHoverKey}
               />
             </div>
           )}
@@ -652,7 +774,7 @@ export function makeContextView(
         previewSeq={hoveredSeq}
         pinSeq={pinnedReq !== null ? pinnedReq.seq : null}
         hoverKey={hoverCat}
-        onHoverKey={setHoverCat}
+        onHoverKey={handleHoverKey}
         onOpenCat={setFocusCat}
         nodeFocus={nodeFocus}
         onNodeFocusHandled={clearNodeFocus}
@@ -665,6 +787,7 @@ export function makeContextView(
         // The DNA switch is shared with the trend card: both toggles move as one.
         dna={dna}
         onDnaChange={setDna}
+        locale={activeLocale}
       />
     )
 
@@ -682,7 +805,7 @@ export function makeContextView(
         )}
         <div className="lc-cols lc-head">
           <StatsTokens usage={usage} current={data.current} breakdown={breakdown} />
-          <StatsTiming timing={data.timing ?? null} spans={data.spans} />
+          <StatsTiming timing={data.timing ?? null} spans={data.spans} locale={activeLocale} />
         </div>
 
         <div className="lc-cols lc-cols-main">
@@ -691,38 +814,44 @@ export function makeContextView(
               /context modal draws its own stack and fills its own card. The DNA feed lays out every
               message, so the card's rows region scrolls inside the capped card. */}
           <div
+            ref={browserRef}
             className="lc-col lc-col-browser flex-1 min-w-[min(360px,100%)]"
             style={browserCap !== null ? { maxHeight: browserCap } : undefined}
-          >{browserCard}</div>
+          >{browserMounted ? browserCard : <div className="lc-card lc-deferred-skeleton" style={{ height: '100%', minHeight: 320 }} aria-hidden="true" />}</div>
         </div>
 
-        <div className="lc-cols">
-          <div className="lc-card lc-col flex-1 min-w-[min(360px,100%)]">
-            <div className="lc-card-title">
-              <span className="lc-card-title-text">{t('events.title')}</span>
-              <div className="lc-kinds @max-[380px]/lc-card:flex-wrap">
-                {EVENT_KINDS.map((k) => {
-                  const n = kindCounts[k]
-                  return (
-                    <button
-                      key={k}
-                      data-kind={k}
-                      className={'lc-gran-btn' + (pickedKinds.includes(k) ? ' lc-gran-on lc-kind-' + k : '')}
-                      onClick={() => { toggleKind(k) }}
-                    >
-                      {t('kind.' + k)}
-                      {n !== undefined ? <span className="lc-kind-n">{kit.fmt(n)}</span> : null}
-                    </button>
-                  )
-                })}
+        <div className="lc-cols" ref={belowFoldRef}>
+          {belowFoldMounted ? (<>
+            <div className="lc-card lc-col flex-1 min-w-[min(360px,100%)]">
+              <div className="lc-card-title">
+                <span className="lc-card-title-text">{t('events.title')}</span>
+                <div className="lc-kinds @max-[380px]/lc-card:flex-wrap">
+                  {EVENT_KINDS.map((k) => {
+                    const n = kindCounts[k]
+                    return (
+                      <button
+                        key={k}
+                        data-kind={k}
+                        className={'lc-gran-btn' + (pickedKinds.includes(k) ? ' lc-gran-on lc-kind-' + k : '')}
+                        onClick={() => { toggleKind(k) }}
+                      >
+                        {t('kind.' + k)}
+                        {n !== undefined ? <span className="lc-kind-n">{kit.fmt(n)}</span> : null}
+                      </button>
+                    )
+                  })}
+                </div>
               </div>
+              <EventList events={shownEvents} state={source.detailState} onRetry={source.retryDetail} onInjectFocus={focusInject} />
             </div>
-            <EventList events={shownEvents} state={source.detailState} onRetry={source.retryDetail} onInjectFocus={focusInject} />
-          </div>
-          <FileCard activity={fileActivity} scope={fileScope} workspace={workspace}
-            onPreview={previewFile} onOpen={fileOpener} onLocate={locateFileOp}
-            filterFocus={filterFocus} onFilterFocusHandled={clearFilterFocus}
-            state={source.detailState} onRetry={source.retryDetail} />
+            <FileCard activity={fileActivity} scope={fileScope} workspace={workspace}
+              onPreview={previewFile} onOpen={fileOpener} onLocate={locateFileOp}
+              filterFocus={filterFocus} onFilterFocusHandled={clearFilterFocus}
+              state={source.detailState} onRetry={source.retryDetail} />
+          </>) : (<>
+            <div className="lc-card lc-col flex-1 min-w-[min(360px,100%)] lc-deferred-skeleton" style={{ minHeight: 450 }} aria-hidden="true" />
+            <div className="lc-card lc-col flex-1 min-w-[min(360px,100%)] lc-deferred-skeleton" style={{ minHeight: 450 }} aria-hidden="true" />
+          </>)}
         </div>
 
         {/* The card's standalone home is the Fleet tab; the right Sidebar's panel is too narrow to split, so it keeps the card inline. */}
diff --git a/src/client/components/derivedCache.ts b/src/client/components/derivedCache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c50042d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/components/derivedCache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { assemble } from '../assemble'
+import type { Assembled } from '../assemble'
+import type { ContextHeaders, ContextTimeline } from '../../shared/types'
+
+/** Per-owner derived values. Keyed weakly by the served projection (or a composite owner) so a superseded cache
+ *  can be collected without a manual eviction pass. The detail store keeps at most a handful of payloads alive. */
+const derived = new WeakMap<object, Map<string, unknown>>()
+
+/**
+ * Reuse a pure derivation across component remounts (tab switches, sidebar reopen) while the same served
+ * projection object is current. The value must be a pure function of the projection and `key`.
+ */
+export function cachedByData<T>(owner: object, key: string, compute: () => T): T {
+  let values = derived.get(owner)
+  if (values === undefined) {
+    values = new Map()
+    derived.set(owner, values)
+  }
+  const hit = values.get(key)
+  if (hit !== undefined) return hit as T
+  const value = compute()
+  values.set(key, value)
+  return value
+}
+
+/** assemble() is a pure walk over the projection + header epoch; hover previews and remounts revisit the same steps. */
+const NO_HEADERS = {}
+const assembled = new WeakMap<ContextTimeline, WeakMap<object, Map<number | null, Assembled>>>()
+
+export function assembleCached(data: ContextTimeline, headers: ContextHeaders | null, seq: number | null): Assembled {
+  let byHeaders = assembled.get(data)
+  if (byHeaders === undefined) {
+    byHeaders = new WeakMap()
+    assembled.set(data, byHeaders)
+  }
+  const headerKey = headers ?? NO_HEADERS
+  let bySeq = byHeaders.get(headerKey)
+  if (bySeq === undefined) {
+    bySeq = new Map()
+    byHeaders.set(headerKey, bySeq)
+  }
+  const hit = bySeq.get(seq)
+  if (hit !== undefined) return hit
+  const value = assemble(data, headers, seq)
+  bySeq.set(seq, value)
+  return value
+}
diff --git a/src/client/components/fileCard.tsx b/src/client/components/fileCard.tsx
index d9d6223..f200156 100644
--- a/src/client/components/fileCard.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/fileCard.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import { memo, useEffect, useState, type ChangeEvent, type ComponentType, type MouseEvent, type ReactElement } from 'react'
+import { memo, useEffect, useRef, useState, type ChangeEvent, type ComponentType, type MouseEvent, type ReactElement } from 'react'
 import { absPathOf, baseNameOf, displayPathOf, glyphOf } from '../fileActivity'
 import type { FileActivity, FileEntry, FileOp, FileOpKind } from '../fileActivity'
 import type { ContextSettings, DefaultFileSort } from '../settings'
 import type { DetailState } from '../timelineSource'
 import type { ViewKit } from '../viewkit'
 import { makeDetailNote } from './detailNote'
+import { useRowWindow } from './useRowWindow'
 
 export type FileFilter = 'all' | FileOpKind | 'image'
 
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ export function makeFileCard(kit: ViewKit, settings: ContextSettings): Component
     const [sort, setSort] = useState<DefaultFileSort>(() => settings.defaultFileSort())
     const [query, setQuery] = useState('')
     const [openPath, setOpenPath] = useState<string | null>(null)
+    // The list lane is a fixed-height virtual scroller while no row is expanded and the card is wide enough for
+    // single-line rows (narrow cards wrap, so their heights are not uniform and the list renders in full).
+    const listRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+    const [listWide, setListWide] = useState(false)
+    // Row pitch (height + any gap) is measured from the full list before windowing: rows wrap on narrow cards, so a
+    // hard-coded height would break the scroll geometry there (the gate below keeps narrow cards unwindowed).
+    const [rowPitch, setRowPitch] = useState(0)
+    const [rowGap, setRowGap] = useState(0)
 
     // A stats-board jump re-points the chip band: the card drops its own lens and open row, so the landing is the
     // frontier the click promised. The request is handed back so an unchanged kind can fire again.
@@ -90,6 +99,34 @@ export function makeFileCard(kit: ViewKit, settings: ContextSettings): Component
             ? byName(a, b)
             : (a.path < b.path ? -1 : 1))
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const el = listRef.current
+      if (el === null) {
+        setListWide(false)
+        return
+      }
+      const sync = (): void => { setListWide(el.clientWidth >= 380) }
+      sync()
+      if (typeof ResizeObserver !== 'function') return
+      /* v8 ignore start -- jsdom has neither a layout nor ResizeObserver; the live page covers a pane resize. */
+      const observer = new ResizeObserver(sync)
+      observer.observe(el)
+      return () => { observer.disconnect() }
+      /* v8 ignore stop */
+    }, [shown.length > 0])
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const el = listRef.current
+      if (el === null) return
+      const items = el.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('.lc-fa-item')
+      if (items.length < 2) return
+      const first = items[0].getBoundingClientRect()
+      const pitch = items[1].getBoundingClientRect().top - first.top
+      if (Number.isFinite(pitch) && pitch > 4) {
+        setRowPitch(Math.round(pitch))
+        setRowGap(Math.max(0, Math.round(pitch - first.height)))
+      }
+    }, [shown.length, listWide, filter, query, sort, openPath])
+    const rowRange = useRowWindow(listRef, shown.length, rowPitch, listWide && openPath === null && rowPitch > 0)
     const chips: { key: FileFilter; files: number; ops: number }[] = [
       {
         key: 'all',
@@ -192,8 +229,9 @@ export function makeFileCard(kit: ViewKit, settings: ContextSettings): Component
           ) : shown.length === 0 ? (
             <div className="lc-empty lc-lane">{t(activity.entries.length === 0 ? 'files.empty' : 'files.noMatch')}</div>
           ) : (
-            <div className="lc-fa-list">
-              {shown.map((e) => {
+            <div className="lc-fa-list" ref={listRef}>
+              {rowRange.from > 0 ? <div className="lc-row-pad" style={{ height: Math.max(0, rowRange.from * rowPitch - rowGap) }} aria-hidden="true" /> : null}
+              {shown.slice(rowRange.from, rowRange.to + 1).map((e) => {
                 const open = openPath === e.path
                 const display = displayOf(e)
                 const trimmed = display.endsWith('/') ? display.slice(0, -1) : display
@@ -284,6 +322,7 @@ export function makeFileCard(kit: ViewKit, settings: ContextSettings): Component
                   </div>
                 )
               })}
+              {rowRange.to < shown.length - 1 ? <div className="lc-row-pad" style={{ height: Math.max(0, (shown.length - 1 - rowRange.to) * rowPitch - rowGap) }} aria-hidden="true" /> : null}
             </div>
           )}
         </div>
diff --git a/src/client/components/stackedBar.tsx b/src/client/components/stackedBar.tsx
index e0ac29a..9b68100 100644
--- a/src/client/components/stackedBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/stackedBar.tsx
@@ -181,11 +181,17 @@ export function makeStackedBar(kit: ViewKit): (props: StackedBarProps) => ReactE
     // keeps that loopless. Rects, not clientWidth: the latter truncates to a whole pixel, and the residue lands
     // straight back on the overhang. A pane drag that changes no prop leaves the shift as last measured.
     useLayoutEffect(() => {
+      // No visible tip → no measurement. Chart hover commits re-render this bar with no tip; reading layout
+      // here would flush the whole page's layout for nothing.
+      if (tip === null) {
+        setTipShift(prev => (prev === 0 ? prev : 0))
+        return
+      }
       /* v8 ignore next -- unreachable: the wrap commits its ref before layout effects run. */
       const wrapW = wrapRef.current === null ? 0 : wrapRef.current.getBoundingClientRect().width
       const tipW = tipRef.current === null ? 0 : tipRef.current.getBoundingClientRect().width
       setTipShift((prev) => {
-        if (tip === null || wrapW <= 0 || tipW <= 0) return prev === 0 ? prev : 0
+        if (wrapW <= 0 || tipW <= 0) return prev === 0 ? prev : 0
         const center = tip.leftPct / 100 * wrapW
         const leftOver = tipW / 2 - center
         const rightOver = center + tipW / 2 - wrapW
diff --git a/src/client/components/statsContext.tsx b/src/client/components/statsContext.tsx
index 7f43647..87b3b2a 100644
--- a/src/client/components/statsContext.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/statsContext.tsx
@@ -351,12 +351,12 @@ export function makeStatsContext(
       ...notes(subDeepseek),
       subUnpriced ? <span key="unavailable">{t('stats.costUnavailable')}</span> : null,
     ]
-    // A no-deps layout effect re-measures after every render (a same-string bail-out keeps it loopless); the
+    // Re-measures when the values that move the flow change (the same-string bail-out keeps it loopless); the
     // ResizeObserver tick covers pane drags, which change no prop.
     const flowRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
     const nodeEls = useRef(new Map<FlowNodeKey, HTMLDivElement>())
     const [links, setLinks] = useState<FlowLink[]>([])
-    const [, setResizeTick] = useState(0)
+    const [resizeTick, setResizeTick] = useState(0)
     const nodeRef = (key: FlowNodeKey) => (el: HTMLDivElement | null): void => {
       if (el === null) nodeEls.current.delete(key)
       else nodeEls.current.set(key, el)
@@ -377,7 +377,13 @@ export function makeStatsContext(
       }
       const next = measureFlow(boxes, root.clientWidth > FLOW_FOLD_PX)
       setLinks(prev => (prev.length === next.length && prev.every((l, i) => l.d === next[i].d && l.color === next[i].color) ? prev : next))
-    })
+      // Chart hover commits never move a flow node: only these inputs (or a ResizeObserver tick) can.
+    }, [
+      props.counts, props.humanInputs, props.answers, props.toolCalls, props.files, props.tools,
+      props.cost, props.locale, props.sessionId, props.onTeamClick, sub.count,
+      // A pane drag only ticks this state; the async subagent usage lands later and moves the flow's text widths.
+      resizeTick, subUsage, book,
+    ])
     /* v8 ignore start -- jsdom has neither ResizeObserver nor layout: tests pin the geometry through measureFlow's unit tests. */
     useEffect(() => {
       const root = flowRef.current
diff --git a/src/client/components/statsTiming.tsx b/src/client/components/statsTiming.tsx
index 596e754..954e687 100644
--- a/src/client/components/statsTiming.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/statsTiming.tsx
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ export function makeStatsTiming(kit: ViewKit, Donut: (props: DonutProps) => Reac
    * slices). Absent on the overview's cross-session aggregate card and on
    * rows folded before the collection existed — the card then shows no strip. */
   spans?: TimingSpan[]
+  locale?: string
 }) => ReactElement {
   const { t, fmt, fmtDuration, fmtShare } = kit
   const TimingStrip = makeTimingStrip(kit)
-  return function StatsTiming(props: { timing: TimingTotals | null; spans?: TimingSpan[] }): ReactElement {
+  return function StatsTiming(props: { timing: TimingTotals | null; spans?: TimingSpan[]; locale?: string }): ReactElement {
     // The legend row ↔ donut segment hover link (shared key, set from either side).
     const [hoverKey, setHoverKey] = useState<string | null>(null)
     const timing = props.timing
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ export function makeStatsTiming(kit: ViewKit, Donut: (props: DonutProps) => Reac
                   every span of its KIND plus the donut arc and the legend row,
                   and a legend/donut hover lights the strip's matching spans. */}
               {props.spans !== undefined && props.spans.length > 0
-                ? <TimingStrip spans={props.spans} hoverKey={hoverKey} onHoverKey={setHoverKey} />
+                ? <TimingStrip spans={props.spans} hoverKey={hoverKey} onHoverKey={setHoverKey} locale={props.locale} />
                 : null}
             </>
           )}
diff --git a/src/client/components/timingStrip.tsx b/src/client/components/timingStrip.tsx
index 18d5289..00a121e 100644
--- a/src/client/components/timingStrip.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/timingStrip.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * capped at eight stagger slots, so a packed strip already settled as a sweep.
  */
 
-import { useState, type ReactElement } from 'react'
+import { useMemo, useRef, useState, type ReactElement } from 'react'
 import type { TimingSpan } from '../../shared/types'
 import type { ViewKit } from '../viewkit'
 
@@ -48,6 +48,46 @@ const KIND_LABEL: Record<TimingSpan['kind'], string> = {
 /** The axis's fixed tick fractions: zero, the three quartiles, and the full span. */
 const TICK_FRACS: readonly number[] = [0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1]
 
+/** Above this many bands the strip paints two gradient layers instead of one absolutely-positioned div per band
+ *  (a long session packs thousands of mostly sub-pixel bands; the full band model still drives hit-testing). */
+export const TIMING_DOM_MAX = 600
+
+/** The band under a percentage position: the last band whose left edge has been reached. */
+export function timingBandAt(bands: readonly { leftPct: number; widthPct: number }[], pct: number): number {
+  let lo = 0
+  let hi = bands.length - 1
+  let hit = 0
+  while (lo <= hi) {
+    const mid = (lo + hi) >>> 1
+    if (bands[mid].leftPct <= pct) {
+      hit = mid
+      lo = mid + 1
+    } else {
+      hi = mid - 1
+    }
+  }
+  return hit
+}
+
+/** Hard-stop gradient for a band model: contiguous same-colour runs coalesce into one stop pair. */
+export function timingGradientOf(
+  bands: readonly { kind: TimingSpan['kind']; leftPct: number; widthPct: number }[],
+  only: TimingSpan['kind'] | null,
+): string {
+  const runs: { color: string; start: number; end: number }[] = []
+  for (const band of bands) {
+    const color = only === null || band.kind === only ? TIMING_COLOR[band.kind] : 'transparent'
+    const start = band.leftPct
+    const end = band.leftPct + band.widthPct
+    const last = runs.length > 0 ? runs[runs.length - 1] : null
+    if (last !== null && last.color === color) last.end = end
+    else runs.push({ color, start, end })
+  }
+  return 'linear-gradient(to right, ' + runs
+    .map(r => `${r.color} ${r.start.toFixed(4)}% ${r.end.toFixed(4)}%`)
+    .join(', ') + ')'
+}
+
 /** One positioned band of the strip, precomputed from a sanitized span. */
 interface StripBand {
   key: number
@@ -65,41 +105,70 @@ export function makeTimingStrip(kit: ViewKit): (props: {
   hoverKey?: string | null
   /** Hover relay; absent renders the bands inert. */
   onHoverKey?: (key: string | null) => void
+  locale?: string
 }) => ReactElement | null {
   const { t, fmtDuration, fmtTime } = kit
   return function TimingStrip(props: {
     spans: TimingSpan[]
     hoverKey?: string | null
     onHoverKey?: (key: string | null) => void
+    /** Active UI locale: tooltip labels are translated eagerly, so a switch must rebuild the band model. */
+    locale?: string
   }): ReactElement | null {
     // The strip's own pointer hover: the floating tip answers this alone.
     const [tipKey, setTipKey] = useState<number | null>(null)
     // Sanitize the untrusted collection: an unknown kind or an unusable/
     // inverted instant drops the span whole instead of poisoning the axis.
-    const valid = props.spans.filter(s =>
-      Object.hasOwn(TIMING_COLOR, s.kind)
-      && Number.isFinite(s.start)
-      && Number.isFinite(s.end)
-      && s.end > s.start)
-    if (valid.length === 0) return null
-    // The axis domain: 0 → the session's cumulative ACTIVE time (the spans
-    // packed gapless in log order — idle time between them takes no track).
-    let total = 0
-    for (const s of valid) total += s.end - s.start
-    let cursor = 0
-    const bands: StripBand[] = valid.map((s, i) => {
-      const leftPct = cursor / total * 100
-      cursor += s.end - s.start
-      return {
-        key: i,
-        kind: s.kind,
-        leftPct,
-        widthPct: (s.end - s.start) / total * 100,
-        tip: `${t(KIND_LABEL[s.kind])} ${fmtDuration(s.end - s.start)} · ${fmtTime(s.start)}`,
-      }
-    })
+    const model = useMemo(() => {
+      const valid = props.spans.filter(s =>
+        Object.hasOwn(TIMING_COLOR, s.kind)
+        && Number.isFinite(s.start)
+        && Number.isFinite(s.end)
+        && s.end > s.start)
+      if (valid.length === 0) return null
+      // The axis domain: 0 → the session's cumulative ACTIVE time (the spans
+      // packed gapless in log order — idle time between them takes no track).
+      let total = 0
+      for (const s of valid) total += s.end - s.start
+      let cursor = 0
+      const bands: StripBand[] = valid.map((s, i) => {
+        const leftPct = cursor / total * 100
+        cursor += s.end - s.start
+        return {
+          key: i,
+          kind: s.kind,
+          leftPct,
+          widthPct: (s.end - s.start) / total * 100,
+          tip: `${t(KIND_LABEL[s.kind])} ${fmtDuration(s.end - s.start)} · ${fmtTime(s.start)}`,
+        }
+      })
+      return { bands, total }
+    }, [props.spans, t, fmtDuration, fmtTime, props.locale])
+    const dense = model !== null && model.bands.length > TIMING_DOM_MAX
     const hoverKey = props.hoverKey
+    const baseGradient = useMemo(
+      () => (model !== null && dense ? timingGradientOf(model.bands, null) : ''),
+      [dense, model],
+    )
+    const hotGradient = useMemo(
+      () => (model !== null && dense && hoverKey !== null && hoverKey !== undefined
+        ? timingGradientOf(model.bands, hoverKey as TimingSpan['kind'])
+        : ''),
+      [dense, model, hoverKey],
+    )
+    const barRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+    if (model === null) return null
+    const bands = model.bands
+    const total = model.total
     const hovering = hoverKey !== null && hoverKey !== undefined && bands.some(b => b.kind === hoverKey)
+    const onDenseMove = (e: { clientX: number; currentTarget: HTMLDivElement }): void => {
+      const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect()
+      if (rect.width <= 0) return
+      const pct = Math.min(100, Math.max(0, (e.clientX - rect.left) / rect.width * 100))
+      const band = bands[timingBandAt(bands, pct)]
+      setTipKey(band.key)
+      props.onHoverKey?.(band.kind)
+    }
     // The tip centers on its band's rendered span, pinned 10% off both edges so a hairline band's bubble stays inside the card.
     let tip: { text: string; leftPct: number } | null = null
     for (const b of bands) {
@@ -112,7 +181,9 @@ export function makeTimingStrip(kit: ViewKit): (props: {
       <div className="lc-tstrip" role="img" aria-label={t('timing.strip')}>
         <div className="lc-tstrip-wrap">
           <div
+            ref={barRef}
             className={'lc-tstrip-bar' + (hovering ? ' lc-tstrip-dim' : '')}
+            onMouseMove={dense ? onDenseMove : undefined}
             onMouseLeave={() => {
               setTipKey(null)
               props.onHoverKey?.(null)
@@ -120,9 +191,18 @@ export function makeTimingStrip(kit: ViewKit): (props: {
           >
             {/* The bands ride ONE animated wrapper: the strip wipes open left to
                 right on its single composited transform instead of one animation
-                per band (see the module header). */}
+                per band (see the module header). Dense strips paint two gradient
+                layers instead of thousands of sub-pixel divs; the band model above
+                still answers the exact span under the pointer. */}
             <div className="lc-tstrip-fill animate-lc-stacked-in motion-reduce:animate-none">
-              {bands.map(b => (
+              {dense ? (
+                <>
+                  <div className="lc-tstrip-gradient lc-tstrip-gradient-base" style={{ background: baseGradient }} />
+                  {hovering && hotGradient !== '' ? (
+                    <div className="lc-tstrip-gradient lc-tstrip-gradient-hot" style={{ background: hotGradient }} />
+                  ) : null}
+                </>
+              ) : bands.map(b => (
                 <div
                   key={b.key}
                   className={'lc-tstrip-seg' + (hoverKey === b.kind ? ' lc-tstrip-seg-on' : '')}
diff --git a/src/client/components/trendChart.tsx b/src/client/components/trendChart.tsx
index b6f884a..bb9e88e 100644
--- a/src/client/components/trendChart.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/trendChart.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
-import { Fragment, memo, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type CSSProperties, type ReactElement, type UIEvent } from 'react'
+import { memo, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState, type CSSProperties, type ReactElement, type UIEvent } from 'react'
 import type { Category, ContextEventRecord, RequestRecord } from '../../shared/types'
 import { CATS } from '../categories'
 import { deltaBandsOf, dnaBaseLabel } from '../dna'
 import type { DnaDelta, TrendBand } from '../dna'
 import { containHorizontalOverscroll } from '../overscroll'
 import type { ViewKit } from '../viewkit'
+import { DnaBar, DnaDeltaBar, DnaHighlights, RISE_CLASS, STAGGER_CAP } from './trendDnaBars'
+import { DurationCurve } from './trendDurationCurve'
+import { BAR_GAP, BAR_W, TREND_WINDOW_MIN, WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS, WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS, initialBarWindow, nextBarWindow, windowPads, windowRangeFor } from './trendWindow'
+import type { BarWindow } from './trendWindow'
+export {
+  BAR_GAP, BAR_W, TREND_WINDOW_MIN, WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS, WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS,
+  initialBarWindow, nextBarWindow, windowPads, windowRangeFor,
+}
+export type { BarWindow }
 
-export const RISE_CLASS = ' animate-lc-bar-in motion-reduce:animate-none'
+export { RISE_CLASS }
 
 /** Only the NEWEST `RISE_CAP` columns play the grow-in: the chart mounts anchored to the newest bars, and animating
  * everything left of the window layerizes the whole chart and stalls the card's open. */
 export const RISE_CAP = 200
 
+/** DNA bars carry one long inline gradient each: a tighter window bounds the style recalc that dominates the toggle. */
+const DNA_WINDOW_OVERSCAN = 8
+const DNA_WINDOW_HYSTERESIS = 2
+
 export interface TrendChartProps {
   requests: RequestRecord[]
   markers: (ContextEventRecord | undefined)[]
@@ -29,6 +42,8 @@ export interface TrendChartProps {
   /** DNA mode: per bar, its assembled context decomposed into one band per item in read order (dna.ts), aligned
    * with `requests` by index. */
   dna?: TrendBand[][] | null
+  /** Lazy per-seq bands for long logs: the chart calls this only for the bars it renders (and their delta base). */
+  dnaAt?: ((seq: number) => TrendBand[]) | null
   onPickBand?: (seq: number, band: { key: string; cat: Category | 'system' | 'tools' }) => void
   onSelect: (seq: number | null) => void
   onHover: (seq: number | null) => void
@@ -212,10 +227,6 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
   const Q3_TOP = 41
   const Q1_TOP = 97
   const fmtSigned = (v: number): string => (v > 0 ? '+' : '') + fmt(v)
-  // Constant bar width (the turn strip below mirrors the same column grid): dense histories scroll instead of compressing.
-  const BAR_W = 14
-  const BAR_GAP = 2
-  const STAGGER_CAP = 20
   const STEP_FLAG_EVERY = 5
   // Labels render at natural width and overflow their block: the pair-gap sizing below shrinks ALL of them uniformly, and
   // updateTurnLabels' measured chain is the last-resort guard. OVERHANG bounds a label's reach; GAP is the box gap.
@@ -258,150 +269,7 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
     onHover: (seq: number | null) => void
   }
 
-  /** DNA bar interior: ONE gradient div, same-color bands coalesced (long runs would bloat the style string) and
-   * zero-token bands skipped. */
-  interface DnaBarProps {
-    bands: TrendBand[]
-    total: number
-    maxTotal: number
-    enterIndex: number
-    rise: boolean
-    seq: number
-    onHit: (key: string | null) => void
-    onPick?: (seq: number, band: TrendBand) => void
-  }
-
-  const DnaBar = function DnaBar(props: DnaBarProps): ReactElement | null {
-    const visible: TrendBand[] = []
-    for (const b of props.bands) if (b.tokens > 0) visible.push(b)
-    if (visible.length === 0) return null
-    // Shared per-token pixel scale (CHART_H/maxTotal), not per-bar percentages: the same band's stops are
-    // identical numbers in every bar, so the browser rasterizes common strands identically (per-bar %
-    // stops quantized against each bar's own total and made sub-pixel strands flip visible/merged).
-    const pxPerToken = CHART_H / props.maxTotal
-    const runs: { color: string; from: number; to: number }[] = []
-    for (const b of visible) {
-      const from = Math.round(b.off * pxPerToken * 100) / 100
-      const to = Math.round((b.off + b.tokens) * pxPerToken * 100) / 100
-      const last = runs.length > 0 ? runs[runs.length - 1] : null
-      if (last !== null && last.color === b.color && last.to === from) last.to = to
-      else runs.push({ color: b.color, from, to })
-    }
-    // A hit always exists (the first visible band starts at off 0; the fraction clamps), so the type carries no null.
-    const hitAt = (e: { clientY: number; currentTarget: HTMLDivElement }): TrendBand => {
-      const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect()
-      const frac = rect.height > 0 ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, 1 - (e.clientY - rect.top) / rect.height)) : 0
-      const pos = frac * props.total
-      let hit = visible[0]
-      for (const b of props.bands) {
-        if (b.off > pos) break
-        if (b.tokens > 0) hit = b
-      }
-      return hit
-    }
-    return (
-      <div
-        className={'lc-bar-dna' + (props.rise ? RISE_CLASS : '')}
-        style={{
-          height: `${Math.max(1, Math.round(props.total * pxPerToken))}px`,
-          background: 'linear-gradient(to top, ' + runs.map(r => `${r.color} ${r.from}px, ${r.color} ${r.to}px`).join(', ') + ')',
-          '--lc-i': Math.min(props.enterIndex, STAGGER_CAP),
-        } as CSSProperties}
-        onMouseMove={(e) => { props.onHit(hitAt(e).key) }}
-        onMouseLeave={() => { props.onHit(null) }}
-        onClick={(e) => {
-          if (props.onPick !== undefined) props.onPick(props.seq, hitAt(e))
-        }}
-      />
-    )
-  }
-
-  /** DNA+delta bar interior: ONE gradient div spans both arms — the down arm's bands in REVERSE read order, then the up arm. */
-  interface DnaDeltaBarProps {
-    d: DnaDelta
-    scale: number
-    zeroBottom: number
-    enterIndex: number
-    rise: boolean
-    seq: number
-    onHit: (key: string | null) => void
-    onPick?: (seq: number, band: { key: string; cat: Category | 'system' | 'tools' }) => void
-  }
-
-  const DnaDeltaBar = function DnaDeltaBar(props: DnaDeltaBarProps): ReactElement | null {
-    let upSum = 0
-    for (const b of props.d.up) upSum += b.tokens
-    let downSum = 0
-    for (const b of props.d.down) downSum -= b.tokens
-    const gradSpan = upSum + downSum
-    if (gradSpan === 0) return null
-    const runs: { color: string; from: number; to: number }[] = []
-    const pushRun = (color: string, mag: number, at: number): number => {
-      const from = Math.round(at / gradSpan * 10000) / 100
-      const to = Math.round((at + mag) / gradSpan * 10000) / 100
-      const last = runs.length > 0 ? runs[runs.length - 1] : null
-      if (last !== null && last.color === color && last.to === from) last.to = to
-      else runs.push({ color, from, to })
-      return at + mag
-    }
-    let acc = 0
-    for (let i = props.d.down.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) acc = pushRun(props.d.down[i].color, -props.d.down[i].tokens, acc)
-    for (const b of props.d.up) acc = pushRun(b.color, b.tokens, acc)
-    const height = Math.max(1, Math.round(gradSpan * props.scale))
-    const hitAt = (e: { clientY: number; currentTarget: HTMLDivElement }): { key: string; cat: Category | 'system' | 'tools' } => {
-      const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect()
-      const frac = rect.height > 0 ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, 1 - (e.clientY - rect.top) / rect.height)) : 0
-      const pos = frac * gradSpan - downSum
-      const useUp = pos >= 0 && props.d.up.length > 0
-      const arm = useUp ? props.d.up : props.d.down
-      const p = useUp ? pos : -pos
-      let hit = arm[0]
-      for (const b of arm) {
-        if (b.off > p) break
-        hit = b
-      }
-      return hit
-    }
-    return (
-      <div
-        className={'lc-bar-dna' + (props.rise ? RISE_CLASS : '')}
-        style={{
-          position: 'absolute',
-          bottom: `${Math.round(props.zeroBottom - downSum * props.scale)}px`,
-          height: `${height}px`,
-          background: 'linear-gradient(to top, ' + runs.map(r => `${r.color} ${r.from}%, ${r.color} ${r.to}%`).join(', ') + ')',
-          // The entrance rise grows from the zero line, not an arm's end.
-          transformOrigin: `50% ${Math.round(downSum / gradSpan * 10000) / 100}%`,
-          '--lc-i': Math.min(props.enterIndex, STAGGER_CAP),
-        } as CSSProperties}
-        onMouseMove={(e) => { props.onHit(hitAt(e).key) }}
-        onMouseLeave={() => { props.onHit(null) }}
-        onClick={(e) => { if (props.onPick !== undefined) props.onPick(props.seq, hitAt(e)) }}
-      />
-    )
-  }
-
-  /** Cross-bar lifetime highlight: a flex row mirroring the bar grid, one slice per bar still holding the hovered item; memoized. */
-  interface DnaHighlightsProps {
-    slices: ({ bottom: number; height: number } | null)[] | null
-  }
-
-  const DnaHighlights = memo(function DnaHighlights(props: DnaHighlightsProps): ReactElement | null {
-    if (props.slices === null) return null
-    return (
-      <div className="lc-dna-hl">
-        {props.slices.map((s, i) => (
-          <span key={i} className="lc-dna-cell">
-            {s !== null ? (
-              <span className="lc-dna-slice" style={{ bottom: `${s.bottom}px`, height: `${s.height}px` }} />
-            ) : null}
-          </span>
-        ))}
-      </div>
-    )
-  })
-
-  // Memoized so a hover/selection change re-renders only the bars whose flags flipped (the retained log renders in full);
+  // Memoized so a hover/selection change re-renders only the bars whose flags flipped (the window keeps bar props stable);
   // `req`/`marker` keep stable identities because the parent memoizes its aggregation, so the default shallow compare suffices.
   const ChartBar = memo(function ChartBar(props: ChartBarProps): ReactElement {
     const { req, marker } = props
@@ -445,6 +313,7 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
             />
           ) : (
             <DnaBar
+              chartHeight={CHART_H}
               bands={props.dna}
               total={req.total}
               maxTotal={props.maxTotal}
@@ -487,24 +356,53 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
   })
 
   return function TrendChart(props: TrendChartProps): ReactElement {
-    const dnaBands = props.dna ?? null
-    const dnaOn = dnaBands !== null
+    const dnaArray = props.dna ?? null
+    const dnaAt = props.dnaAt ?? null
+    const dnaOn = dnaArray !== null || dnaAt !== null
     const delta = props.mode === 'delta'
     const dnaDeltaOn = dnaOn && delta
     const durationOn = props.durationCurve === true
     const [dnaHit, setDnaHit] = useState<string | null>(null)
-    // Each bar's bands paired against the previous bar's by key (dna.ts), aligned with `requests` by index; the
-    // first bar carries no change.
-    const dnaDeltas = useMemo(
-      () => (dnaDeltaOn ? dnaBands.map((bands, i) => deltaBandsOf(bands, i > 0 ? dnaBands[i - 1] : null)) : null),
-      [dnaDeltaOn, dnaBands],
-    )
+    // Pointer hover is local to the chart: the tip, outlines and DNA slices must track the pointer without waiting
+    // for the parent's transition, and a sweep must not re-render the whole context view synchronously.
+    const [localHover, setLocalHover] = useState<number | null>(null)
+    const hoverSeq = localHover ?? props.hoveredSeq
+    const handleBarHover = useCallback((seq: number | null): void => {
+      setLocalHover(seq)
+      props.onHover(seq)
+    }, [props.onHover])
+    // An externally driven hover (test harness, a future link from another card) wins over the pointer's own
+    // last position; the pointer's value is kept only while the prop still names the same bar.
+    useEffect(() => {
+      setLocalHover(prev => (prev === null || props.hoveredSeq === prev ? prev : null))
+    }, [props.hoveredSeq])
     // The DNA faces decompose the full context, so the browser's category focus would plot tool-only
     // bar totals against full-context band offsets — floating every lifetime slice above half-height bars.
     const { requests, focus } = useMemo(
       () => preprocessTrend(props.requests, delta, dnaOn ? null : props.focusCat),
       [props.requests, delta, props.focusCat, dnaOn],
     )
+    // Per-render caches keyed by the active DNA source: a lazy source assembles a step only when a bar (or its
+    // delta base) is actually rendered, and the window keeps those lookups bounded.
+    const bandStore = useMemo(() => ({
+      bands: new Map<number, TrendBand[]>(),
+      deltas: new Map<number, DnaDelta>(),
+    }), [dnaAt, dnaArray])
+    const bandAt = useCallback((idx: number): TrendBand[] => {
+      const seq = requests[idx].seq
+      const hit = bandStore.bands.get(seq)
+      if (hit !== undefined) return hit
+      const bands = dnaAt !== null ? dnaAt(seq) : (dnaArray as TrendBand[][])[idx]
+      bandStore.bands.set(seq, bands)
+      return bands
+    }, [bandStore, requests, dnaAt, dnaArray])
+    const deltaAt = useCallback((idx: number): DnaDelta => {
+      const hit = bandStore.deltas.get(idx)
+      if (hit !== undefined) return hit
+      const d = deltaBandsOf(bandAt(idx), idx > 0 ? bandAt(idx - 1) : null)
+      bandStore.deltas.set(idx, d)
+      return d
+    }, [bandStore, bandAt])
     const markers = props.markers
     // The maxima over the bars on screen; null until the first measure, which falls back to the whole-log scale, so the
     // first paint never draws an empty axis and scrolling inside an unchanged window re-renders nothing.
@@ -532,11 +430,12 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
         // (so a toggle-on never re-measures).
         const m = req.activeMs ?? 0
         if (m > activeMs) activeMs = m
-        if (dnaDeltaOn && dnaDeltas !== null) {
+        if (dnaDeltaOn) {
           let bu = 0
           let bd = 0
-          for (const b of dnaDeltas[i].up) bu += b.tokens
-          for (const b of dnaDeltas[i].down) bd -= b.tokens
+          const d = deltaAt(i)
+          for (const b of d.up) bu += b.tokens
+          for (const b of d.down) bd -= b.tokens
           if (bu > up) up = bu
           if (bd > down) down = bd
         } else if (delta) {
@@ -561,8 +460,11 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
     let maxTotal = 1
     let maxUp = 0
     let maxDown = 0
-    if (dnaDeltaOn && dnaDeltas !== null) {
-      for (const d of dnaDeltas) {
+    if (dnaDeltaOn) {
+      // Net totals cannot bound churn (keys grow and shrink against each other), so delta axes walk the per-key
+      // bands. The context view hands delta mode its eager array, because this walk needs the full model.
+      for (let i = 0; i < requests.length; i++) {
+        const d = deltaAt(i)
         let up = 0
         let down = 0
         for (const b of d.up) up += b.tokens
@@ -594,15 +496,16 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
       if (adaptive && visMax !== null) maxActiveMs = visMax.activeMs
     }
     // A bar without `activeMs` breaks the run instead of faking a value; an isolated single point needs a dot —
-    // a one-point polyline renders invisible.
-    const durationRuns: string[] = []
-    const durationDots: [number, number][] = []
-    if (durationOn) {
+    // a one-point polyline renders invisible. Memoized: a window shift must not rebuild the full-history path.
+    const durationGeometry = useMemo(() => {
+      const runs: string[] = []
+      const dots: [number, number][] = []
+      if (!durationOn) return { runs, dots }
       const scale = CHART_H / Math.max(1, maxActiveMs)
       let run: [number, number][] = []
       const flushRun = (): void => {
-        if (run.length >= 2) durationRuns.push(run.map(p => `${p[0]},${p[1]}`).join(' '))
-        else if (run.length === 1) durationDots.push(run[0])
+        if (run.length >= 2) runs.push(run.map(p => `${p[0]},${p[1]}`).join(' '))
+        else if (run.length === 1) dots.push(run[0])
         run = []
       }
       for (let i = 0; i < requests.length; i++) {
@@ -614,7 +517,8 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
         run.push([i * (BAR_W + BAR_GAP) + BAR_W / 2, Math.round((CHART_H - m * scale) * 100) / 100])
       }
       flushRun()
-    }
+      return { runs, dots }
+    }, [requests, durationOn, maxActiveMs])
     // The zero line splits the bar area PROPORTIONALLY to the larger side, so px-per-token is identical above and below it.
     const span = Math.max(1, maxUp + maxDown)
     const deltaScale = CHART_H / span
@@ -676,6 +580,60 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
     // synchronous layout flush of whatever that commit just dirtied. The commit effect, scroll handler and resize observer refresh them.
     const cwRef = useRef(0)
     const slRef = useRef(0)
+    // Only large histories window their DOM: the rendered bars are always a contiguous slice of `requests`, and
+    // every readout (axis, tip, DNA, delta, turn strip) still comes from the full model.
+    const windowed = requests.length > TREND_WINDOW_MIN
+    const windowOverscan = dnaOn ? DNA_WINDOW_OVERSCAN : WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS
+    const windowHysteresis = dnaOn ? DNA_WINDOW_HYSTERESIS : WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS
+    const [barWindow, setBarWindow] = useState<BarWindow>(() => initialBarWindow(requests.length))
+    const barWindowRef = useRef(barWindow)
+    useLayoutEffect(() => { barWindowRef.current = barWindow }, [barWindow])
+    const winRafRef = useRef<number | null>(null)
+    const syncWindow = (el: HTMLDivElement): void => {
+      if (requests.length <= TREND_WINDOW_MIN) return
+      const desired = windowRangeFor(el.scrollLeft, el.clientWidth, requests.length, windowOverscan)
+      const prev = barWindowRef.current
+      const next = nextBarWindow(prev, desired, requests.length, windowHysteresis)
+      if (next === prev) return
+      barWindowRef.current = next
+      setBarWindow(next)
+    }
+    const syncWindowRef = useRef(syncWindow)
+    useLayoutEffect(() => { syncWindowRef.current = syncWindow })
+    // Scroll frames coalesce into one rAF: the range shifts in overscan-sized steps, never per pixel.
+    const scheduleWindow = (el: HTMLDivElement): void => {
+      if (winRafRef.current !== null) return
+      winRafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        winRafRef.current = null
+        syncWindowRef.current(el)
+      })
+    }
+    useEffect(() => () => {
+      if (winRafRef.current !== null) cancelAnimationFrame(winRafRef.current)
+    }, [])
+    const prevDnaOn = useRef<boolean | null>(null)
+    useLayoutEffect(() => {
+      const first = prevDnaOn.current === null
+      const changed = prevDnaOn.current !== dnaOn
+      prevDnaOn.current = dnaOn
+      const el = scrollRef.current
+      // A first mount with DNA on still needs the tight window; a first mount without it keeps the anchored one.
+      if (el === null || requests.length <= TREND_WINDOW_MIN || (first && !dnaOn) || (!first && !changed)) return
+      // DNA bars are expensive, so a DNA mount/toggle re-windows immediately instead of waiting for a scroll to
+      // leave the (much wider) ordinary window; leaving DNA restores the ordinary range so no blank tray remains.
+      const overscan = dnaOn ? DNA_WINDOW_OVERSCAN : WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS
+      const hysteresis = dnaOn ? DNA_WINDOW_HYSTERESIS : WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS
+      const desired = windowRangeFor(el.scrollLeft, el.clientWidth, requests.length, overscan)
+      const next = {
+        from: Math.max(0, desired.from - hysteresis),
+        to: Math.min(requests.length - 1, desired.to + hysteresis),
+      }
+      if (next.from !== barWindowRef.current.from || next.to !== barWindowRef.current.to) {
+        barWindowRef.current = next
+        setBarWindow(next)
+      }
+      // Mode flips only: scroll-driven resizing stays with syncWindow.
+    }, [dnaOn])
     /** Center each turn label within its block's visible slice, then thin colliding labels; reads batch before writes. */
     const updateTurnLabels = (el: HTMLDivElement): void => {
       const labels = el.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('.lc-turn-label')
@@ -742,6 +700,7 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
       updateTurnLabels(el)
       syncTip(el)
       measureVisible(el)
+      syncWindowRef.current(el)
       // A DNA↔stacked or total↔delta switch changes what the window maximum means, so re-measure rather than ride a stale adaptive scale.
     }, [props.granularity, props.focusTurn, requests, adaptive, dnaDeltaOn])
 
@@ -756,7 +715,7 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
          attaches refs before layout effects run; el is never null here. */
       if (el === null) return
       if (typeof ResizeObserver !== 'function') return
-      const observer = new ResizeObserver(() => { cwRef.current = el.clientWidth; measureRef.current(el) })
+      const observer = new ResizeObserver(() => { cwRef.current = el.clientWidth; measureRef.current(el); syncWindowRef.current(el) })
       observer.observe(el)
       return () => { observer.disconnect() }
     }, [])
@@ -769,41 +728,64 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
       return containHorizontalOverscroll(el)
     }, [])
 
+    const shownFrom = windowed ? Math.min(Math.max(barWindow.from, 0), Math.max(0, requests.length - 1)) : 0
+    const shownTo = windowed
+      ? Math.max(shownFrom, Math.min(barWindow.to, requests.length - 1))
+      : Math.max(0, requests.length - 1)
+    const pads = windowPads(shownFrom, shownTo, requests.length)
+    const shownBars = requests.slice(shownFrom, shownTo + 1)
+
     const stepsOf = useMemo(() => turnStepsOf(props.requests), [props.requests])
-    const hoveredIdx = props.hoveredSeq !== null ? requests.findIndex(r => r.seq === props.hoveredSeq) : -1
+    const hoveredIdx = hoverSeq !== null ? requests.findIndex(r => r.seq === hoverSeq) : -1
     const hoveredReq = hoveredIdx >= 0 ? requests[hoveredIdx] : null
-    const hoveredBands = dnaOn && !dnaDeltaOn && hoveredIdx >= 0 ? dnaBands[hoveredIdx] : null
+    const hoveredBands = dnaOn && !dnaDeltaOn && hoveredIdx >= 0 ? bandAt(hoveredIdx) : null
     const hitBand = hoveredBands !== null && dnaHit !== null
       ? hoveredBands.find(b => b.key === dnaHit && b.tokens > 0) ?? null
       : null
-    const hoveredDelta = dnaDeltaOn && hoveredIdx >= 0 && dnaDeltas !== null
-      ? dnaDeltas[hoveredIdx].up.find(b => b.key === dnaHit) ?? dnaDeltas[hoveredIdx].down.find(b => b.key === dnaHit) ?? null
+    const hoveredDelta = dnaDeltaOn && hoveredIdx >= 0
+      ? (() => {
+        const d = deltaAt(hoveredIdx)
+        return d.up.find(b => b.key === dnaHit) ?? d.down.find(b => b.key === dnaHit) ?? null
+      })()
       : null
-    const dnaSlices = useMemo(() => {
-      if (!dnaOn || dnaHit === null) return null
-      const slices: ({ bottom: number; height: number } | null)[] = []
-      if (dnaDeltaOn && dnaDeltas !== null) {
-        for (const d of dnaDeltas) {
-          const hit = d.up.find(b => b.key === dnaHit) ?? d.down.find(b => b.key === dnaHit) ?? null
-          if (hit === null) { slices.push(null); continue }
-          // Up-arm slice rises from the zero line, down-arm slice hangs below it (`off` is the cumulative magnitude from the line).
-          const mag = Math.abs(hit.tokens)
-          const edge = hit.tokens > 0
-            ? downPx + hit.off * deltaScale
-            : downPx - (hit.off + mag) * deltaScale
-          slices.push({ bottom: Math.round(edge), height: Math.max(1, Math.round(mag * deltaScale)) })
-        }
-      } else {
-        for (const bands of dnaBands) {
-          const hit = bands.find(b => b.key === dnaHit && b.tokens > 0) ?? null
-          slices.push(hit === null ? null : {
-            bottom: Math.round(hit.off / maxTotal * CHART_H),
-            height: Math.max(1, Math.round(hit.tokens / maxTotal * CHART_H)),
-          })
+    // Per-window band-key index: a DNA hover sweeps one key across bars, so build each bar's key→slice map once
+    // (window changes only) instead of walking ~1,000 bands per bar on every pointer move.
+    type Slice = { bottom: number; height: number }
+    const dnaSliceIndex = useMemo(() => {
+      if (!dnaOn) return null
+      const index = new Map<number, Map<string, Slice>>()
+      for (let i = shownFrom; i <= shownTo; i++) {
+        const byKey = new Map<string, Slice>()
+        if (dnaDeltaOn) {
+          const d = deltaAt(i)
+          for (const b of d.up) {
+            const edge = downPx + b.off * deltaScale
+            byKey.set(b.key, { bottom: Math.round(edge), height: Math.max(1, Math.round(b.tokens * deltaScale)) })
+          }
+          for (const b of d.down) {
+            const mag = Math.abs(b.tokens)
+            const edge = downPx - (b.off + mag) * deltaScale
+            byKey.set(b.key, { bottom: Math.round(edge), height: Math.max(1, Math.round(mag * deltaScale)) })
+          }
+        } else {
+          for (const b of bandAt(i)) {
+            if (b.tokens <= 0) continue
+            byKey.set(b.key, {
+              bottom: Math.round(b.off / maxTotal * CHART_H),
+              height: Math.max(1, Math.round(b.tokens / maxTotal * CHART_H)),
+            })
+          }
         }
+        index.set(i, byKey)
       }
+      return index
+    }, [dnaOn, dnaDeltaOn, downPx, deltaScale, maxTotal, shownFrom, shownTo, bandAt, deltaAt])
+    const dnaSlices = useMemo(() => {
+      if (dnaSliceIndex === null || dnaHit === null) return null
+      const slices: (Slice | null)[] = Array.from({ length: requests.length }, () => null)
+      for (let i = shownFrom; i <= shownTo; i++) slices[i] = dnaSliceIndex.get(i)?.get(dnaHit) ?? null
       return slices
-    }, [dnaOn, dnaHit, dnaDeltaOn, dnaDeltas, dnaBands, downPx, deltaScale, maxTotal])
+    }, [dnaSliceIndex, dnaHit, shownFrom, shownTo, requests.length])
     const tipRowsOf = (req: RequestRecord): string[] => {
       // DNA mode: the metric row names the hovered item; a hover on the bar's padding falls through to the mode's own row.
       const band = hitBand ?? hoveredDelta
@@ -845,7 +827,8 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
       if (scrollRef.current === null) return
       tipColRef.current = hoveredIdx >= 0 ? hoveredIdx * (BAR_W + BAR_GAP) + BAR_W / 2 : 0
       syncTip(scrollRef.current)
-    })
+      // Only a hovered-bar change needs a fresh pass; scroll/other commits keep the cached placement.
+    }, [hoveredIdx])
 
     return (
       <div className="lc-chartrow">
@@ -885,14 +868,16 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
               updateTurnLabels(e.currentTarget)
               syncTip(e.currentTarget)
               measureVisible(e.currentTarget)
+              scheduleWindow(e.currentTarget)
             }}
           >
             <div
               className="lc-chart"
+              data-lc-bars={requests.length}
               // The shared category hover rides a plain attribute: the CSS lights that key's segment in every bar,
               // so the memoized bars never re-render on a cross-card hover.
               data-catdim={props.hoverCat ?? undefined}
-              onMouseLeave={() => { props.onHover(null); setDnaHit(null) }}
+              onMouseLeave={() => { props.onHover(null); setLocalHover(null); setDnaHit(null) }}
             >
               <div className="lc-grid lc-grid-top" />
               {/* Dashed guides aligning the bars with the axis quarter marks; a delta mark that yielded to the
@@ -901,58 +886,50 @@ export function makeTrendChart(kit: ViewKit): (props: TrendChartProps) => ReactE
               {(!delta || q1Clear) ? <div className="lc-grid lc-grid-q1" /> : null}
               {!delta ? <div className="lc-grid lc-grid-mid" /> : null}
               <div className="lc-grid lc-grid-zero" style={delta ? { top: `${18 + upPx}px` } : undefined} />
-              {requests.map((req, i) => (
-                <ChartBar
-                  // Granularity belongs in the key: a turn aggregate IS its last step's record, so a switch would
-                  // reuse the DOM node and never replay its rise.
-                  key={`${req.seq}:${props.granularity}`}
-                  req={req}
-                  marker={markers[i]}
-                  selected={props.selectedSeq === req.seq}
-                  hovered={props.hoveredSeq === req.seq}
-                  inTurn={props.activeTurn !== null && (req.turn ?? 0) === props.activeTurn}
-                  // Turn bars skip the flag: the turn strip below already numbers that grid.
-                  flag={props.granularity === 'step' && (i + 1) % STEP_FLAG_EVERY === 0 ? i + 1 : null}
-                  maxTotal={maxTotal}
-                  upPx={delta ? upPx : undefined}
-                  downPx={delta ? downPx : undefined}
-                  deltaScale={delta ? deltaScale : undefined}
-                  // Counted from the window's edge, so the rising columns cascade left to right even when the log runs far past it.
-                  enterIndex={Math.max(0, i - riseFrom)}
-                  rise={i >= riseFrom}
-                  dna={dnaOn ? dnaBands[i] : null}
-                  dnaDelta={dnaDeltaOn && dnaDeltas !== null ? dnaDeltas[i] : null}
-                  dnaScale={dnaDeltaOn ? deltaScale : undefined}
-                  zeroBottom={dnaDeltaOn ? downPx : undefined}
-                  onDnaHit={setDnaHit}
-                  onPickBand={props.onPickBand}
-                  onSelect={props.onSelect}
-                  onHover={props.onHover}
-                />
-              ))}
-              {dnaOn ? <DnaHighlights slices={dnaSlices} /> : null}
+              {pads.left > 0 ? <div className="lc-bar-pad" style={{ width: `${pads.left}px`, flex: 'none' }} aria-hidden="true" /> : null}
+              {shownBars.map((req, k) => {
+                const i = shownFrom + k
+                return (
+                  <ChartBar
+                    // Granularity belongs in the key: a turn aggregate IS its last step's record, so a switch would
+                    // reuse the DOM node and never replay its rise.
+                    key={`${req.seq}:${props.granularity}`}
+                    req={req}
+                    marker={markers[i]}
+                    selected={props.selectedSeq === req.seq}
+                    hovered={hoverSeq === req.seq}
+                    inTurn={props.activeTurn !== null && (req.turn ?? 0) === props.activeTurn}
+                    // Turn bars skip the flag: the turn strip below already numbers that grid.
+                    flag={props.granularity === 'step' && (i + 1) % STEP_FLAG_EVERY === 0 ? i + 1 : null}
+                    maxTotal={maxTotal}
+                    upPx={delta ? upPx : undefined}
+                    downPx={delta ? downPx : undefined}
+                    deltaScale={delta ? deltaScale : undefined}
+                    // Counted from the window's edge, so the rising columns cascade left to right even when the log runs far past it.
+                    enterIndex={Math.max(0, i - riseFrom)}
+                    rise={i >= riseFrom}
+                    dna={dnaOn ? bandAt(i) : null}
+                    dnaDelta={dnaDeltaOn ? deltaAt(i) : null}
+                    dnaScale={dnaDeltaOn ? deltaScale : undefined}
+                    zeroBottom={dnaDeltaOn ? downPx : undefined}
+                    onDnaHit={setDnaHit}
+                    onPickBand={props.onPickBand}
+                    onSelect={props.onSelect}
+                    onHover={handleBarHover}
+                  />
+                )
+              })}
+              {pads.right > 0 ? <div className="lc-bar-pad" style={{ width: `${pads.right}px`, flex: 'none' }} aria-hidden="true" /> : null}
+              {dnaOn ? <DnaHighlights slices={dnaSlices} from={shownFrom} to={shownTo} pads={pads} /> : null}
               {/* One svg riding the scrolling content, so it scrolls with the bars; z-index parity with the DNA highlight but
                   later in DOM order, so the curve reads above the slices. Each segment paints twice (a card-bg knockout underlay). */}
-              {durationOn && (durationRuns.length > 0 || durationDots.length > 0) ? (
-                <svg
-                  className="lc-duration"
+              {durationOn && (durationGeometry.runs.length > 0 || durationGeometry.dots.length > 0) ? (
+                <DurationCurve
                   width={requests.length * (BAR_W + BAR_GAP) - BAR_GAP}
                   height={CHART_H}
-                  aria-hidden="true"
-                >
-                  {durationRuns.map((pts, i) => (
-                    <Fragment key={i}>
-                      <polyline className="lc-dur-halo" points={pts} />
-                      <polyline points={pts} />
-                    </Fragment>
-                  ))}
-                  {durationDots.map((p, i) => (
-                    <Fragment key={i}>
-                      <circle className="lc-dur-halo" cx={p[0]} cy={p[1]} r={2} />
-                      <circle cx={p[0]} cy={p[1]} r={1.2} />
-                    </Fragment>
-                  ))}
-                </svg>
+                  runs={durationGeometry.runs}
+                  dots={durationGeometry.dots}
+                />
               ) : null}
             </div>
             <div className="lc-turns" style={labelFont !== '' ? { fontSize: labelFont } : undefined} onMouseLeave={() => { props.onHoverTurn(null) }}>
diff --git a/src/client/components/trendDnaBars.tsx b/src/client/components/trendDnaBars.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fcd6e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/components/trendDnaBars.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+import { memo, type CSSProperties, type ReactElement } from 'react'
+import type { Category } from '../../shared/types'
+import type { DnaDelta, TrendBand } from '../dna'
+
+export const RISE_CLASS = ' animate-lc-bar-in motion-reduce:animate-none'
+
+export const STAGGER_CAP = 20
+const DNA_MAX_STOPS = 64
+
+/** A 14px-wide DNA bar cannot show one stop per band, and thousands of stops bloat every inline style. Sample the
+ *  runs down to a small fixed set: visually indistinguishable at this width, and the tooltip still reads the full model. */
+export function capDnaRuns(
+  runs: { color: string; from: number; to: number }[],
+  maxStops: number,
+): { color: string; from: number; to: number }[] {
+  if (runs.length <= maxStops) return runs
+  const end = runs[runs.length - 1].to
+  const out: { color: string; from: number; to: number }[] = []
+  let j = 0
+  for (let k = 0; k < maxStops; k++) {
+    const from = end * k / maxStops
+    const to = end * (k + 1) / maxStops
+    const mid = (from + to) / 2
+    while (j < runs.length - 1 && runs[j].to <= mid) j++
+    const color = runs[j].color
+    const last = out.length > 0 ? out[out.length - 1] : null
+    if (last !== null && last.color === color) last.to = to
+    else out.push({ color, from, to })
+  }
+  return out
+}
+
+
+
+/** DNA bar interior: ONE gradient div, same-color bands coalesced (long runs would bloat the style string) and
+ * zero-token bands skipped. */
+interface DnaBarProps {
+  bands: TrendBand[]
+  total: number
+  maxTotal: number
+  chartHeight: number
+  enterIndex: number
+  rise: boolean
+  seq: number
+  onHit: (key: string | null) => void
+  onPick?: (seq: number, band: TrendBand) => void
+}
+
+export const DnaBar = function DnaBar(props: DnaBarProps): ReactElement | null {
+  const visible: TrendBand[] = []
+  for (const b of props.bands) if (b.tokens > 0) visible.push(b)
+  if (visible.length === 0) return null
+  // Shared per-token pixel scale (chartHeight/maxTotal), not per-bar percentages: the same band's stops are
+  // identical numbers in every bar, so the browser rasterizes common strands identically (per-bar %
+  // stops quantized against each bar's own total and made sub-pixel strands flip visible/merged).
+  const pxPerToken = props.chartHeight / props.maxTotal
+  const runs: { color: string; from: number; to: number }[] = []
+  for (const b of visible) {
+    const from = Math.round(b.off * pxPerToken * 100) / 100
+    const to = Math.round((b.off + b.tokens) * pxPerToken * 100) / 100
+    const last = runs.length > 0 ? runs[runs.length - 1] : null
+    if (last !== null && last.color === b.color && last.to === from) last.to = to
+    else runs.push({ color: b.color, from, to })
+  }
+  const stops = capDnaRuns(runs, DNA_MAX_STOPS)
+  // A hit always exists (the first visible band starts at off 0; the fraction clamps), so the type carries no null.
+  const hitAt = (e: { clientY: number; currentTarget: HTMLDivElement }): TrendBand => {
+    const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect()
+    const frac = rect.height > 0 ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, 1 - (e.clientY - rect.top) / rect.height)) : 0
+    const pos = frac * props.total
+    let hit = visible[0]
+    for (const b of props.bands) {
+      if (b.off > pos) break
+      if (b.tokens > 0) hit = b
+    }
+    return hit
+  }
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={'lc-bar-dna' + (props.rise ? RISE_CLASS : '')}
+      style={{
+        height: `${Math.max(1, Math.round(props.total * pxPerToken))}px`,
+        background: 'linear-gradient(to top, ' + stops.map(r => `${r.color} ${r.from}px, ${r.color} ${r.to}px`).join(', ') + ')',
+        '--lc-i': Math.min(props.enterIndex, STAGGER_CAP),
+      } as CSSProperties}
+      onMouseMove={(e) => { props.onHit(hitAt(e).key) }}
+      onMouseLeave={() => { props.onHit(null) }}
+      onClick={(e) => {
+        if (props.onPick !== undefined) props.onPick(props.seq, hitAt(e))
+      }}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+
+/** DNA+delta bar interior: ONE gradient div spans both arms — the down arm's bands in REVERSE read order, then the up arm. */
+interface DnaDeltaBarProps {
+  d: DnaDelta
+  scale: number
+  zeroBottom: number
+  enterIndex: number
+  rise: boolean
+  seq: number
+  onHit: (key: string | null) => void
+  onPick?: (seq: number, band: { key: string; cat: Category | 'system' | 'tools' }) => void
+}
+
+export const DnaDeltaBar = function DnaDeltaBar(props: DnaDeltaBarProps): ReactElement | null {
+  let upSum = 0
+  for (const b of props.d.up) upSum += b.tokens
+  let downSum = 0
+  for (const b of props.d.down) downSum -= b.tokens
+  const gradSpan = upSum + downSum
+  if (gradSpan === 0) return null
+  const runs: { color: string; from: number; to: number }[] = []
+  const pushRun = (color: string, mag: number, at: number): number => {
+    const from = Math.round(at / gradSpan * 10000) / 100
+    const to = Math.round((at + mag) / gradSpan * 10000) / 100
+    const last = runs.length > 0 ? runs[runs.length - 1] : null
+    if (last !== null && last.color === color && last.to === from) last.to = to
+    else runs.push({ color, from, to })
+    return at + mag
+  }
+  let acc = 0
+  for (let i = props.d.down.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) acc = pushRun(props.d.down[i].color, -props.d.down[i].tokens, acc)
+  for (const b of props.d.up) acc = pushRun(b.color, b.tokens, acc)
+  const stops = capDnaRuns(runs, DNA_MAX_STOPS)
+  const height = Math.max(1, Math.round(gradSpan * props.scale))
+  const hitAt = (e: { clientY: number; currentTarget: HTMLDivElement }): { key: string; cat: Category | 'system' | 'tools' } => {
+    const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect()
+    const frac = rect.height > 0 ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, 1 - (e.clientY - rect.top) / rect.height)) : 0
+    const pos = frac * gradSpan - downSum
+    const useUp = pos >= 0 && props.d.up.length > 0
+    const arm = useUp ? props.d.up : props.d.down
+    const p = useUp ? pos : -pos
+    let hit = arm[0]
+    for (const b of arm) {
+      if (b.off > p) break
+      hit = b
+    }
+    return hit
+  }
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={'lc-bar-dna' + (props.rise ? RISE_CLASS : '')}
+      style={{
+        position: 'absolute',
+        bottom: `${Math.round(props.zeroBottom - downSum * props.scale)}px`,
+        height: `${height}px`,
+        background: 'linear-gradient(to top, ' + stops.map(r => `${r.color} ${r.from}%, ${r.color} ${r.to}%`).join(', ') + ')',
+        // The entrance rise grows from the zero line, not an arm's end.
+        transformOrigin: `50% ${Math.round(downSum / gradSpan * 10000) / 100}%`,
+        '--lc-i': Math.min(props.enterIndex, STAGGER_CAP),
+      } as CSSProperties}
+      onMouseMove={(e) => { props.onHit(hitAt(e).key) }}
+      onMouseLeave={() => { props.onHit(null) }}
+      onClick={(e) => { if (props.onPick !== undefined) props.onPick(props.seq, hitAt(e)) }}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+
+/** Cross-bar lifetime highlight: a flex row mirroring the bar grid, one slice per bar still holding the hovered item; memoized. */
+interface DnaHighlightsProps {
+  slices: ({ bottom: number; height: number } | null)[] | null
+  from: number
+  to: number
+  pads: { left: number; right: number }
+}
+
+export const DnaHighlights = memo(function DnaHighlights(props: DnaHighlightsProps): ReactElement | null {
+  if (props.slices === null) return null
+  return (
+    <div className="lc-dna-hl">
+      {props.pads.left > 0 ? <span className="lc-dna-cell" style={{ width: `${props.pads.left}px` }} aria-hidden="true" /> : null}
+      {props.slices.slice(props.from, props.to + 1).map((s, k) => (
+        <span key={props.from + k} className="lc-dna-cell">
+          {s !== null ? (
+            <span className="lc-dna-slice" style={{ bottom: `${s.bottom}px`, height: `${s.height}px` }} />
+          ) : null}
+        </span>
+      ))}
+      {props.pads.right > 0 ? <span className="lc-dna-cell" style={{ width: `${props.pads.right}px` }} aria-hidden="true" /> : null}
+    </div>
+  )
+})
+
diff --git a/src/client/components/trendDurationCurve.tsx b/src/client/components/trendDurationCurve.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76c0d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/components/trendDurationCurve.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Fragment, memo, type ReactElement } from 'react'
+
+interface DurationCurveProps {
+  width: number
+  height: number
+  runs: string[]
+  dots: [number, number][]
+}
+
+export const DurationCurve = memo(function DurationCurve(props: DurationCurveProps): ReactElement {
+  return (
+    <svg className="lc-duration" width={props.width} height={props.height} aria-hidden="true">
+      {props.runs.map((pts, i) => (
+        <Fragment key={i}>
+          <polyline className="lc-dur-halo" points={pts} />
+          <polyline points={pts} />
+        </Fragment>
+      ))}
+      {props.dots.map((p, i) => (
+        <Fragment key={i}>
+          <circle className="lc-dur-halo" cx={p[0]} cy={p[1]} r={2} />
+          <circle cx={p[0]} cy={p[1]} r={1.2} />
+        </Fragment>
+      ))}
+    </svg>
+  )
+})
diff --git a/src/client/components/trendWindow.ts b/src/client/components/trendWindow.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..768dfb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/components/trendWindow.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/** One bar column: 14px bar + 2px gap. The turn strip and the windowing math share this grid. */
+export const BAR_W = 14
+export const BAR_GAP = 2
+/** Under this many columns every bar renders; above it the chart renders only the visible window + overscan. */
+export const TREND_WINDOW_MIN = 240
+export const WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS = 36
+export const WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS = 8
+
+export interface BarWindow {
+  from: number
+  to: number
+}
+
+/** A large history mounts anchored to its newest bars (the layout effect then scrolls there). */
+export function initialBarWindow(n: number, overscan: number = WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS): BarWindow {
+  return n <= TREND_WINDOW_MIN ? { from: 0, to: Math.max(0, n - 1) } : { from: Math.max(0, n - 1 - 4 * overscan), to: n - 1 }
+}
+
+/** The range that must exist for the current scroll position, expressed in bar indices. */
+export function windowRangeFor(scrollLeft: number, clientWidth: number, n: number, overscan: number = WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS): BarWindow {
+  if (n <= TREND_WINDOW_MIN) return { from: 0, to: Math.max(0, n - 1) }
+  const pitch = BAR_W + BAR_GAP
+  const from = Math.min(n - 1, Math.max(0, Math.floor(scrollLeft / pitch) - overscan))
+  const to = Math.min(n - 1, Math.ceil((scrollLeft + clientWidth) / pitch) + overscan)
+  return { from, to: Math.max(from, to) }
+}
+
+/** Keep the rendered range until the scroll position leaves its overscan; then re-fill around the new position. */
+export function nextBarWindow(prev: BarWindow, desired: BarWindow, n: number, hysteresis: number = WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS): BarWindow {
+  if (n <= TREND_WINDOW_MIN) return { from: 0, to: Math.max(0, n - 1) }
+  if (desired.from >= prev.from && desired.to <= prev.to) return prev
+  return {
+    from: Math.max(0, desired.from - hysteresis),
+    to: Math.min(n - 1, desired.to + hysteresis),
+  }
+}
+
+/** Flex-row padding that reproduces the skipped columns exactly (one 2px gap joins each side to the rendered bars). */
+export function windowPads(from: number, to: number, n: number): { left: number; right: number } {
+  const pitch = BAR_W + BAR_GAP
+  return {
+    left: from > 0 ? from * pitch - BAR_GAP : 0,
+    right: to < n - 1 ? (n - 1 - to) * pitch - BAR_GAP : 0,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/components/useLazyMount.ts b/src/client/components/useLazyMount.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66db1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/components/useLazyMount.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+
+/** Give the idle slice (or the timeout fallback) room to mount the deferred block without blocking a scroll frame. */
+const IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS = 200
+
+/**
+ * Mount a below-the-fold block only once its placeholder nears the conversation viewport (or, without
+ * IntersectionObserver, immediately): the first commit then stays small and the deferred cards mount in an
+ * idle slice instead of stretching the open's long task. The placeholder keeps the row's measured height.
+ */
+export function useLazyMount(force = false): [(el: HTMLElement | null) => void, boolean] {
+  const [node, setNode] = useState<HTMLElement | null>(null)
+  const ref = useCallback((el: HTMLElement | null) => { setNode(el) }, [])
+  const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(() => force || typeof IntersectionObserver !== 'function')
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (mounted) return
+    if (force) {
+      setMounted(true)
+      return
+    }
+    if (node === null) return
+    /* v8 ignore start -- jsdom has neither IntersectionObserver nor layout: without it the block mounts at once. */
+    let idle = 0
+    const reveal = (): void => {
+      if (typeof requestIdleCallback === 'function') {
+        idle = requestIdleCallback(() => { setMounted(true) }, { timeout: IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS })
+      } else {
+        idle = window.setTimeout(() => { setMounted(true) }, 0)
+      }
+    }
+    const root = node.closest('[data-conversation-scroll]')
+    const observer = new IntersectionObserver(([entry]) => {
+      if (entry.isIntersecting) {
+        observer.disconnect()
+        reveal()
+      }
+    }, { root: root instanceof Element ? root : null, rootMargin: '200px' })
+    observer.observe(node)
+    return () => {
+      observer.disconnect()
+      if (idle !== 0) {
+        if (typeof cancelIdleCallback === 'function') cancelIdleCallback(idle)
+        else clearTimeout(idle)
+      }
+    }
+    /* v8 ignore stop */
+  }, [node, mounted, force])
+  return [ref, mounted]
+}
diff --git a/src/client/components/useRowWindow.ts b/src/client/components/useRowWindow.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ccc7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/components/useRowWindow.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { useEffect, useState, type RefObject } from 'react'
+
+/** Extra rows rendered above and below the viewport so a fling never exposes blank space. */
+export const ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN = 8
+
+export interface RowRange {
+  from: number
+  to: number
+}
+
+/** The row slice that covers a fixed-row-height scroll viewport. Pure, so the card tests pin the geometry. */
+export function rowWindowFor(
+  scrollTop: number,
+  viewport: number,
+  rowHeight: number,
+  count: number,
+  overscan: number = ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN,
+): RowRange {
+  if (count <= 0 || rowHeight <= 0 || viewport <= 0) return { from: 0, to: Math.max(0, count - 1) }
+  const from = Math.min(count - 1, Math.max(0, Math.floor(scrollTop / rowHeight) - overscan))
+  const to = Math.min(count - 1, Math.ceil((scrollTop + viewport) / rowHeight) + overscan)
+  return { from, to: Math.max(from, to) }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Render only the rows a fixed-row-height scroller shows: the list keeps its full height through caller-owned
+ * spacers, every readout stays in the model, and the window only shifts when a scroll crosses a row boundary.
+ * Disabled (or unmeasured) lists render in full, so tests and narrow wrapped layouts never change.
+ */
+export function useRowWindow(
+  ref: RefObject<HTMLElement | null>,
+  count: number,
+  rowHeight: number,
+  enabled: boolean,
+  overscan: number = ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN,
+): RowRange {
+  const full: RowRange = { from: 0, to: Math.max(0, count - 1) }
+  const [range, setRange] = useState<RowRange>(full)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = ref.current
+    if (el === null || !enabled || el.clientHeight <= 0) {
+      setRange(current => (current.from === 0 && current.to === Math.max(0, count - 1) ? current : full))
+      return
+    }
+    let frame = 0
+    const update = (): void => {
+      frame = 0
+      const next = rowWindowFor(el.scrollTop, el.clientHeight, rowHeight, count, overscan)
+      setRange(current => (current.from === next.from && current.to === next.to ? current : next))
+    }
+    const schedule = (): void => {
+      if (frame === 0) frame = requestAnimationFrame(update)
+    }
+    el.addEventListener('scroll', schedule, { passive: true })
+    /* v8 ignore start -- jsdom has neither a layout nor ResizeObserver; the live page covers a pane resize. */
+    const observer = typeof ResizeObserver === 'function' ? new ResizeObserver(schedule) : null
+    observer?.observe(el)
+    /* v8 ignore stop */
+    update()
+    return () => {
+      el.removeEventListener('scroll', schedule)
+      if (frame !== 0) cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
+      /* v8 ignore next -- the observer only exists where ResizeObserver is available (not jsdom). */
+      observer?.disconnect()
+    }
+  }, [ref, count, rowHeight, enabled, overscan, full.from, full.to])
+  return enabled ? range : full
+}
diff --git a/src/client/styles/base.css b/src/client/styles/base.css
index 7dbf9c0..d5613c4 100644
--- a/src/client/styles/base.css
+++ b/src/client/styles/base.css
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 .lc-trend-ctl, .lc-heat-ctl { margin-left: auto; display: flex; gap: 6px; align-items: center; }
 .lc-trend-ctl .lc-gran, .lc-heat-ctl .lc-gran { margin-left: 0; }
 .lc-heat-ctl .lc-card-sub { margin-left: 0; }
+.lc-card.lc-deferred-skeleton { background: var(--dsw-alias-bg-layer-2); }
 .lc-trend-mods { margin-left: 0; flex: none; }
 .lc-gran-btn { border: 0; background: transparent; color: var(--dsw-alias-label-secondary); font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; padding: 3px 8px; border-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; transition: color var(--ds-transition-duration, 0.2s) var(--ds-ease-in-out, ease-in-out); }
 .lc-gran-btn:hover { color: var(--dsw-alias-label-primary); }
diff --git a/src/client/styles/events.css b/src/client/styles/events.css
index aee0b03..eb760f4 100644
--- a/src/client/styles/events.css
+++ b/src/client/styles/events.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.lc-event { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 3px 0; }
+.lc-event { content-visibility: auto; contain-intrinsic-size: auto 25px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 3px 0; }
 .lc-event-icon { width: 18px; text-align: center; color: var(--dsw-alias-state-warn-primary); }
 .lc-event-icon.lc-event-inject { color: var(--color-purple-500); }
 .lc-event-icon.lc-event-model { color: var(--dsw-alias-brand-primary); }
diff --git a/src/client/styles/fileCard.css b/src/client/styles/fileCard.css
index ce5685a..84cb5bd 100644
--- a/src/client/styles/fileCard.css
+++ b/src/client/styles/fileCard.css
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 .lc-fa-meta-tip { top: calc(100% + 6px); left: 0; max-width: 260px; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.5; }
 .lc-fa-item { border: 1px solid transparent; border-radius: 8px; transition: background-color var(--ds-transition-duration, 0.2s) var(--ds-ease-in-out, ease-in-out), border-color var(--ds-transition-duration, 0.2s) var(--ds-ease-in-out, ease-in-out); }
 .lc-fa-item-on { background: var(--dsw-alias-bg-layer-2); border-color: var(--dsw-alias-border-l2); }
-.lc-fa-row { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px; width: 100%; border: 0; background: transparent; color: var(--dsw-alias-label-primary); font: inherit; font-size: 12px; padding: 6px 8px; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; border-radius: 7px; transition: background-color var(--ds-transition-duration, 0.2s) var(--ds-ease-in-out, ease-in-out); }
+.lc-row-pad { flex: none; }
+.lc-fa-row { content-visibility: auto; contain-intrinsic-size: auto 27px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px; width: 100%; border: 0; background: transparent; color: var(--dsw-alias-label-primary); font: inherit; font-size: 12px; padding: 6px 8px; cursor: pointer; text-align: left; border-radius: 7px; transition: background-color var(--ds-transition-duration, 0.2s) var(--ds-ease-in-out, ease-in-out); }
 .lc-fa-form { flex: none; width: 20px; height: 14px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.85; }
 .lc-fa-lang { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; min-width: 16px; height: 13px; padding: 0 2px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 8px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; }
 .lc-fa-row .lc-br-chev { margin-right: -2px; }
diff --git a/src/client/styles/stats.css b/src/client/styles/stats.css
index a7cb09f..0dfc01f 100644
--- a/src/client/styles/stats.css
+++ b/src/client/styles/stats.css
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ a.lc-flow-head:hover .lc-flow-label { color: var(--dsw-alias-label-primary); }
 .lc-tstrip-seg-on { filter: brightness(1.18); }
 .lc-tstrip-dim .lc-tstrip-seg { opacity: 0.35; }
 .lc-tstrip-dim .lc-tstrip-seg-on { opacity: 1; }
+/* Dense mode: one base gradient + one kind-highlight gradient instead of thousands of sub-pixel divs. */
+.lc-tstrip-gradient { position: absolute; inset: 0; pointer-events: none; transition: opacity var(--ds-transition-duration, 0.2s) var(--ds-ease-in-out, ease-in-out); }
+.lc-tstrip-gradient-base { transition: opacity var(--ds-transition-duration, 0.2s) var(--ds-ease-in-out, ease-in-out); }
+.lc-tstrip-dim .lc-tstrip-gradient-base { opacity: 0.35; }
 /* The ends pin outward — first hugs the left edge, last the right — so width pressure squeezes the interior labels instead of the endpoints. */
 .lc-tstrip-axis { position: relative; height: 13px; margin-top: 5px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 13px; color: var(--dsw-alias-label-secondary); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
 .lc-tstrip-tick { position: absolute; transform: translateX(-50%); white-space: nowrap; }
diff --git a/tests/client/components/browserDnaWindow.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/browserDnaWindow.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aac8b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/browserDnaWindow.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { createElement as h } from 'react'
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, test, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { ContextHeaders } from '../../../src/shared/types'
+import { mount, query, queryAll, surfaceNode, until } from '../helpers/kit'
+import { Browser, props, tl } from './browserHarness'
+
+let originals: [string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined][] = []
+
+/** jsdom lays nothing out: give the feed scroller a 500×400 box so the browser's windowing path runs for real. */
+beforeAll(() => {
+  originals = (['clientWidth', 'clientHeight'] as const)
+    .map(name => [name, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLElement.prototype, name)] as [string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined])
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'clientWidth', {
+    configurable: true,
+    get(this: HTMLElement): number {
+      if (this.classList.contains('lc-br-scroll')) return 500
+      const own = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Element.prototype, 'clientWidth')?.get
+      return own === undefined ? 0 : own.call(this)
+    },
+  })
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'clientHeight', {
+    configurable: true,
+    get(this: HTMLElement): number {
+      if (this.classList.contains('lc-br-scroll')) return 400
+      const own = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Element.prototype, 'clientHeight')?.get
+      return own === undefined ? 0 : own.call(this)
+    },
+  })
+  vi.stubGlobal('ResizeObserver', class {
+    observe = (): void => {}
+    disconnect = (): void => {}
+  })
+})
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+  for (const [name, desc] of originals) {
+    if (desc === undefined) delete (HTMLElement.prototype as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)[name]
+    else Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, name, desc)
+  }
+})
+
+const NODES = Array.from({ length: 200 }, (_, i) => surfaceNode({
+  seq: i + 1, tokens: 10, time: 1_000 + i, cat: 'tool', tool: 'bash',
+}))
+
+const HEADERS: ContextHeaders = {
+  headers: [{ seq: 0, time: 0, systemTokens: 100, tools: [{ name: 'bash', tokens: 50 }] }],
+}
+
+function data() {
+  return tl({
+    current: { system: 0, tools: 0, user: 0, inject: 0, skill: 0, assistant: 0, tool: 2_000, total: 2_000 },
+    requests: [],
+    nodes: NODES,
+  })
+}
+
+describe('ContextBrowser DNA feed windowing', () => {
+  test('renders only the measured window with full-height pads and follows the scroll', async () => {
+    const m = await mount(h(Browser, props({ data: data(), headers: HEADERS, dna: true, onDnaChange: () => {} })))
+    try {
+      const rows = queryAll(m.container, '.lc-br-flat > .lc-br-elem')
+      assert.ok(rows.length < 200, `windowed rows (${rows.length})`)
+      assert.ok(rows.length > 10, 'a window wide enough to scroll through')
+      const pads = queryAll<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-row-pad')
+      assert.equal(pads.length, 1)
+      assert.ok(Number.parseFloat(pads[0].style.height) > 0)
+      // The composition bar still carries every item: only the feed's DOM is windowed.
+      assert.ok(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-stacked-seg').length >= 200, 'composition bar keeps every item')
+      const scroller = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-br-scroll')
+      scroller.scrollTop = 600
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 30))
+      scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll'))
+      await until(() => queryAll<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-row-pad').length === 2, 'a top pad appears after scrolling')
+      const shifted = queryAll<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-br-flat > .lc-br-elem').length
+      assert.ok(shifted < 200)
+      // Header/tool groups are the feed's tail: after the bottom pad, so they stay at the feed end.
+      const children = [...query<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-br-flat').children] as HTMLElement[]
+      const lastPad = children.map((el, i) => el.classList.contains('lc-row-pad') ? i : -1).filter(i => i >= 0).at(-1)
+      const tail = children.at(-1)
+      assert.ok(lastPad !== undefined && tail !== undefined
+        && tail.classList.contains('lc-br-elem') && children.length - 1 > lastPad, 'tail rows follow the bottom pad')
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/client/components/contextView.fileActivity.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/contextView.fileActivity.spec.ts
index cfd875c..ecc824e 100644
--- a/tests/client/components/contextView.fileActivity.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/client/components/contextView.fileActivity.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createElement as h } from 'react'
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
-import { describe, test } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, test, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { DICT_EN } from '../../../src/client/i18n'
 import type { UseChatLike } from '../../../src/client/services'
 import type { ContextTimeline } from '../../../src/shared/types'
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import { click, flush, hover, mount, query, queryAll, text, unhover } from '../h
 import { buttonByText, makeView, projectionsFor, T0, timeline } from './contextViewHarness'
 
 describe('ContextView — file activity card', () => {
+  // Chart hover previews the browser/file activity after a short rest; a rapid sweep keeps only the trailing
+  // value (contextView's hover debounce), so tests wait for the trailing update before asserting.
+  const rest = (): Promise<void> => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 200))
   /** Six steps with two file ops: a live read (seq 3) and an edit (seq 5) compacted away before seq 6 dispatched. */
   function fileTimeline(): ContextTimeline {
     const req = (seq: number, time: number, extra: Record<string, unknown> = {}) =>
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ describe('ContextView — file activity card', () => {
 
     // Hovering the FIRST bar bounds the fold at the second request: the edit drops out.
     await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="2"]'))
+    await rest()
     assert.ok(text(card).includes('Turn 1 · Step 1'))
     assert.equal(queryAll(card, '.lc-fa-meta-delta').length, 0)
     assert.equal(queryAll(card, '.lc-fa-row').length, 1)
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ describe('ContextView — file activity card', () => {
 
     // The turn-less mid step falls back to zero labels and still bounds at the next request.
     await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="6"]'))
+    await rest()
     assert.ok(text(card).includes('Turn 0 · Step 0'))
     assert.ok(text(card).includes('+1'))
 
@@ -79,16 +84,45 @@ describe('ContextView — file activity card', () => {
     await m.unmount()
   })
 
+  test('a rapid second hover keeps only the trailing preview', async () => {
+    const { m, card } = await mountFiles('sv-files-trailing')
+    // Freeze the hover clock across both moves: the first previews immediately, the second can only trail.
+    const frozen = performance.now()
+    const clock = vi.spyOn(performance, 'now').mockReturnValue(frozen)
+    await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="2"]'))
+    await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="4"]'))
+    await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="6"]'))
+    clock.mockRestore()
+    await rest()
+    assert.ok(text(card).includes('Turn 0 · Step 0'))
+    await m.unmount()
+  })
+
+  test('DNA mode waits for the pointer to rest before updating the preview', async () => {
+    const { m, card } = await mountFiles('sv-files-dna-hover')
+    await click(buttonByText(m.container, DICT_EN['trend.dna']))
+    await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="2"]'))
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 80))
+    // The chart lights its own bar immediately; the cross-card preview stays on the latest scope.
+    assert.ok(text(card).includes(DICT_EN['files.scopeLatest']))
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 300))
+    assert.ok(text(card).includes('Turn 1 · Step 1'))
+    await m.unmount()
+  })
+
   test('turn aggregates label the scope; op clicks reveal the result in the browser', async () => {
     const { m, card } = await mountFiles('sv-files-locate')
     const pick = query<HTMLSelectElement>(m.container, 'select.lc-br-pick')
 
     await click(buttonByText(m.container, DICT_EN['gran.turn']))
     await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="4"]'))
+    await rest()
     assert.ok(text(card).includes(DICT_EN['detail.turn'].replace('{t}', '1').replace('{n}', '2')))
     await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="7"]'))
+    await rest()
     assert.ok(text(card).includes(DICT_EN['detail.turn'].replace('{t}', '0').replace('{n}', '2')))
     await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-bar[data-seq="8"]'))
+    await rest()
     assert.ok(text(card).includes('Turn 2 · Step 1'))
     await unhover(query(m.container, '.lc-chart'))
 
diff --git a/tests/client/components/contextViewLazyDna.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/contextViewLazyDna.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d03fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/contextViewLazyDna.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { act, createElement as h } from 'react'
+import { describe, test } from 'vitest'
+import type { SurfaceNode } from '../../../src/shared/types'
+import type { UseChatLike } from '../../../src/client/services'
+import { TestClientCtx } from '../helpers/harness'
+import { flush, makeKit, mount, queryAll } from '../helpers/kit'
+import { buttonByText, makeView, projectionsFor, T0, timeline } from './contextViewHarness'
+
+const kit = makeKit()
+
+function bigTimeline() {
+  const requests = Array.from({ length: 600 }, (_, i) => ({
+    time: T0 + i * 1_000,
+    seq: i + 1,
+    turn: 1 + Math.floor(i / 100),
+    step: i % 100,
+    system: 10,
+    tools: 20,
+    user: 5,
+    inject: 0,
+    assistant: 15,
+    tool: 5,
+    total: 55,
+    activeMs: 1_000 + i,
+  }))
+  const nodes: SurfaceNode[] = Array.from({ length: 200 }, (_, i) => ({
+    seq: i + 1, cat: 'assistant', tokens: 10, text: `reply ${i}`,
+  })) as SurfaceNode[]
+  return timeline({ requests, nodes })
+}
+
+describe('ContextView lazy DNA bands', () => {
+  test('a long log builds DNA bands only for the rendered window', async () => {
+    const View = makeView(new TestClientCtx())
+    const m = await mount(h(View, {
+      sessionId: 'sv-lazy-dna',
+      useProjection: projectionsFor(bigTimeline()),
+      useChat: (selector => selector({ legacy: { nodes: [] } })) as UseChatLike,
+    }))
+    try {
+      await act(async () => { buttonByText(m.container, kit.t('trend.dna')).click() })
+      await flush()
+      const dnaBars = queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar-dna')
+      assert.ok(dnaBars.length > 0, 'DNA bars render from the lazy accessor')
+      assert.ok(dnaBars.length < 600, `only the window is assembled (${dnaBars.length})`)
+      assert.equal(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-cat-seg').length, 0)
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('delta mode on a long log keeps every band so its axis stays exact', async () => {
+    const View = makeView(new TestClientCtx())
+    const m = await mount(h(View, {
+      sessionId: 'sv-lazy-dna-delta',
+      useProjection: projectionsFor(bigTimeline()),
+      useChat: (selector => selector({ legacy: { nodes: [] } })) as UseChatLike,
+    }))
+    try {
+      await act(async () => { buttonByText(m.container, kit.t('trend.dna')).click() })
+      await act(async () => { buttonByText(m.container, kit.t('gran.delta')).click() })
+      await flush()
+      // Eager bands plus delta mode still render the windowed DNA bars (correct axis needs the full model).
+      assert.ok(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar-dna').length > 0)
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/client/components/contextViewLazyMount.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/contextViewLazyMount.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97290e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/contextViewLazyMount.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { act, createElement as h } from 'react'
+import { afterEach, describe, test, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { UseChatLike } from '../../../src/client/services'
+import { TestClientCtx } from '../helpers/harness'
+import { click, flush, mount, queryAll, text } from '../helpers/kit'
+import { DICT_EN } from '../../../src/client/i18n'
+import { makeView, projectionsFor, timeline } from './contextViewHarness'
+
+type ObserverCallback = IntersectionObserverCallback
+
+function stubIntersection(): { callbacks: ObserverCallback[]; restore: () => void } {
+  const callbacks: ObserverCallback[] = []
+  class FakeObserver {
+    constructor(callback: ObserverCallback) { callbacks.push(callback) }
+    observe = (): void => {}
+    disconnect = (): void => {}
+  }
+  vi.stubGlobal('IntersectionObserver', FakeObserver)
+  return { callbacks, restore: () => { vi.unstubAllGlobals() } }
+}
+
+describe('ContextView below-fold lazy mount', () => {
+  afterEach(() => { vi.unstubAllGlobals() })
+
+  test('keeps two skeletons until the row nears the viewport, then mounts both cards', async () => {
+    const observer = stubIntersection()
+    const idle: (() => void)[] = []
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestIdleCallback', (callback: () => void) => { idle.push(callback); return 1 })
+    vi.stubGlobal('cancelIdleCallback', () => {})
+    const View = makeView(new TestClientCtx())
+    const m = await mount(h(View, {
+      sessionId: 'sv-lazy',
+      useProjection: projectionsFor(timeline({
+        events: [{ seq: 1, time: 1, kind: 'inject', tokens: 1 }],
+        fileOps: [{ seq: 2, path: '/src/a.ts', kind: 'read', tool: 'read', err: false, added: 0, removed: 0 }],
+      })),
+      useChat: (selector => selector({ legacy: { nodes: [] } })) as UseChatLike,
+    }))
+    try {
+      // The visible browser card and the below-fold event/file row both hold cards-shaped skeletons.
+      assert.equal(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-deferred-skeleton').length, 3)
+      assert.equal(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-fa-card').length, 0)
+      await act(async () => {
+        for (const callback of observer.callbacks) callback([{ isIntersecting: true } as IntersectionObserverEntry], {} as IntersectionObserver)
+      })
+      assert.equal(idle.length, 2)
+      await act(async () => { for (const run of idle) run() })
+      await flush()
+      assert.equal(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-deferred-skeleton').length, 0)
+      assert.equal(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-fa-card').length, 1)
+
+      // A stats file-pill jump forces the lazy row: the card exists and the jump can land on it.
+      await m.unmount()
+      const second = await mount(h(View, {
+        sessionId: 'sv-lazy-jump',
+        useProjection: projectionsFor(timeline({
+          fileOps: [{ seq: 2, path: '/src/a.ts', kind: 'read', tool: 'read', err: false, added: 0, removed: 0 }],
+        })),
+        useChat: (selector => selector({ legacy: { nodes: [] } })) as UseChatLike,
+      }))
+      const pill = queryAll(second.container, '.lc-flow-pill').find(el => text(el).startsWith(DICT_EN['files.kind.read']))
+      assert.ok(pill !== undefined)
+      await click(pill)
+      await flush()
+      assert.equal(queryAll(second.container, '.lc-fa-card').length, 1, 'the jump mounts the lazy card')
+      await second.unmount()
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+      observer.restore()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/client/components/derivedCache.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/derivedCache.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee64e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/derivedCache.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { describe, test } from 'vitest'
+import { assembleCached, cachedByData } from '../../../src/client/components/derivedCache'
+import type { ContextHeaders } from '../../../src/shared/types'
+import { timeline } from './contextViewHarness'
+
+const headers: ContextHeaders = {
+  headers: [{ seq: 1, time: 1, systemTokens: 0, tools: [] }],
+}
+
+describe('derived cache', () => {
+  test('cachedByData reuses a value per projection and key', () => {
+    const data = timeline()
+    let calls = 0
+    const compute = () => { calls++; return { calls } }
+    const first = cachedByData(data, 'k', compute)
+    const again = cachedByData(data, 'k', compute)
+    assert.equal(first, again)
+    assert.equal(calls, 1)
+    const other = cachedByData(data, 'other', compute)
+    assert.notEqual(first, other)
+    assert.equal(calls, 2)
+    const otherData = timeline()
+    assert.notEqual(cachedByData(otherData, 'k', compute), first)
+    assert.equal(calls, 3)
+  })
+
+  test('assembleCached reuses one assembled view per projection, headers and step', () => {
+    const data = timeline()
+    const live = assembleCached(data, null, null)
+    assert.equal(assembleCached(data, null, null), live)
+    const withHeaders = assembleCached(data, headers, null)
+    assert.notEqual(withHeaders, live)
+    assert.equal(assembleCached(data, headers, null), withHeaders)
+    const otherHeaders: ContextHeaders = { headers: [] }
+    assert.notEqual(assembleCached(data, otherHeaders, null), withHeaders)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/client/components/fileCardWindow.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/fileCardWindow.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb02ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/fileCardWindow.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { createElement as h } from 'react'
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, test, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { makeFileCard } from '../../../src/client/components/fileCard'
+import type { FileActivity, FileEntry, FileOp } from '../../../src/client/fileActivity'
+import { createContextSettings } from '../../../src/client/settings'
+import { makeKit, mount, query, queryAll, until } from '../helpers/kit'
+
+const kit = makeKit()
+const FileCard = makeFileCard(kit, createContextSettings())
+
+const PITCH = 41
+const GAP = 2
+const T0 = 1700000000000
+let originals: [string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined][] = []
+
+/** jsdom lays nothing out: give the list a 500×320 box and the rows a fixed 41px pitch so the card's own
+ *  windowing path (wide + unexpanded) runs for real: measure → window → scroll. */
+beforeAll(() => {
+  // A no-op observer covers the card's ResizeObserver path; the list is measured on mount anyway.
+  vi.stubGlobal('ResizeObserver', class {
+    observe = (): void => {}
+    disconnect = (): void => {}
+  })
+  originals = (['clientWidth', 'clientHeight', 'getBoundingClientRect'] as const)
+    .map(name => [name, Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(HTMLElement.prototype, name)] as [string, PropertyDescriptor | undefined])
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'clientWidth', {
+    configurable: true,
+    get(this: HTMLElement): number {
+      if (this.classList.contains('lc-fa-list')) return 500
+      const own = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Element.prototype, 'clientWidth')?.get
+      return own === undefined ? 0 : own.call(this)
+    },
+  })
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'clientHeight', {
+    configurable: true,
+    get(this: HTMLElement): number {
+      if (this.classList.contains('lc-fa-list')) return 320
+      const own = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Element.prototype, 'clientHeight')?.get
+      return own === undefined ? 0 : own.call(this)
+    },
+  })
+  const rect = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Element.prototype, 'getBoundingClientRect')!.value as () => DOMRect
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'getBoundingClientRect', {
+    configurable: true,
+    value(this: HTMLElement): DOMRect {
+      if (this.classList.contains('lc-fa-list')) {
+        return { left: 0, top: 0, width: 500, height: 320, right: 500, bottom: 320, x: 0, y: 0, toJSON: () => ({}) } as DOMRect
+      }
+      if (this.classList.contains('lc-fa-item')) {
+        const items = [...(this.parentElement?.querySelectorAll('.lc-fa-item') ?? [])]
+        const i = items.indexOf(this)
+        return {
+          left: 0, top: i * PITCH, width: 500, height: PITCH - GAP,
+          right: 500, bottom: i * PITCH + PITCH - GAP, x: 0, y: i * PITCH, toJSON: () => ({}),
+        } as DOMRect
+      }
+      return rect.call(this) as DOMRect
+    },
+  })
+})
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+  for (const [name, desc] of originals) {
+    if (desc === undefined) delete (HTMLElement.prototype as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)[name]
+    else Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, name, desc)
+  }
+})
+
+function entry(index: number): FileEntry {
+  const op: FileOp = { seq: index, kind: 'read', tool: 'read', time: T0 + index, err: false, added: 0, removed: 0, path: '' }
+  return { path: `/src/file-${String(index).padStart(3, '0')}.ts`, form: 'text', reads: 1, writes: 0, searches: 0, added: 0, removed: 0, errs: 0, ops: [op] }
+}
+
+function activityOf(count: number): FileActivity {
+  return {
+    entries: Array.from({ length: count }, (_, i) => entry(i)),
+    totals: {
+      read: { files: count, ops: count }, write: { files: 0, ops: 0 }, search: { files: 0, ops: 0 }, image: { files: 0, ops: 0 },
+      added: 0, removed: 0,
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+const props = { activity: activityOf(60), scope: 'scope', state: 'ready' as const, onRetry: undefined }
+
+describe('FileCard row windowing', () => {
+  test('renders a measured window with full-height pads and follows the scroll', async () => {
+    const m = await mount(h(FileCard, props))
+    try {
+      const list = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-fa-list')
+      await until(() => queryAll(m.container, '.lc-fa-item').length < 60, 'the list windows after measuring')
+      const rendered = queryAll(m.container, '.lc-fa-item').length
+      assert.ok(rendered < 60 && rendered > 8)
+      const pads = queryAll<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-row-pad')
+      assert.equal(pads.length, 1)
+      assert.ok(Number.parseFloat(pads[0].style.height) > 0)
+      assert.equal(list.clientHeight, 320) // the list keeps its box; the full height lives in the pads
+      list.scrollTop = 900
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 40))
+      list.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll'))
+      await until(() => queryAll<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-row-pad').length === 2, 'a top pad appears after scrolling')
+      const afterScroll = queryAll(m.container, '.lc-fa-item').length
+      assert.ok(afterScroll < 60 && afterScroll >= 8)
+      // Pads reproduce the skipped rows' pitch, letting the flex gap supply one slot between pad and row.
+      const [topPad, bottomPad] = queryAll<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-row-pad')
+      assert.equal(topPad.style.height, `${13 * PITCH - GAP}px`)
+      assert.equal(bottomPad.style.height, `${21 * PITCH - GAP}px`)
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('an expanded row falls back to the full list, then windows again when closed', async () => {
+    const m = await mount(h(FileCard, props))
+    try {
+      await until(() => queryAll(m.container, '.lc-fa-item').length < 60, 'windowed')
+      const first = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-fa-row')
+      first.click()
+      await until(() => queryAll(m.container, '.lc-fa-item').length === 60, 'expanded row shows the full list')
+      first.click()
+      await until(() => queryAll(m.container, '.lc-fa-item').length < 60, 'closing the row re-windows')
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/client/components/stackedBar.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/stackedBar.spec.ts
index 4d82853..9ed4236 100644
--- a/tests/client/components/stackedBar.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/client/components/stackedBar.spec.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,37 @@ describe('StackedBar hover link', () => {
     await m.unmount()
   })
 
+  test('a tip whose boxes collapse to zero width clears a previous shift', async () => {
+    const props = { parts: [part('system', 100, 120), part('user', 900)], max: 2000, hoverKey: 'system' }
+    const m = await mount(h(StackedBar, props))
+    const wrap = query(m.container, '.lc-stacked-wrap')
+    const tip = query(m.container, '.lc-bar-tip')
+    const pin = (el: Element, width: number): void => {
+      Object.defineProperty(el, 'getBoundingClientRect', {
+        configurable: true,
+        value: () => ({ left: 0, top: 0, width, height: 0, right: width, bottom: 0 }),
+      })
+    }
+    pin(wrap, 400)
+    pin(tip, 300)
+    await m.update(h(StackedBar, props))
+    assert.equal(tip.style.transform, 'translateX(calc(-50% + 140px))')
+    pin(wrap, 0)
+    pin(tip, 0)
+    await m.update(h(StackedBar, props))
+    assert.equal(tip.style.transform, '')
+    await m.unmount()
+  })
+
+  test('a tip whose boxes lay out at zero width keeps the bare anchor', async () => {
+    // jsdom reports zero rects: the measure pass must bail out without shifting the bubble.
+    const m = await mount(h(StackedBar, { parts: [part('system', 100, 120), part('user', 900)], max: 2000, hoverKey: 'system' }))
+    const tip = query(m.container, '.lc-bar-tip')
+    await m.update(h(StackedBar, { parts: [part('system', 100, 120), part('user', 900)], max: 2000, hoverKey: 'system' }))
+    assert.equal(tip.style.transform, '')
+    await m.unmount()
+  })
+
   test('hover without onHoverKey is a no-op and never throws', async () => {
     const m = await mount(h(StackedBar, { parts: [part('user', 100)], max: 200 }))
     await hover(query(m.container, '.lc-stacked-seg'))
diff --git a/tests/client/components/timingStrip.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/timingStrip.spec.ts
index 9c8196f..188beae 100644
--- a/tests/client/components/timingStrip.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/client/components/timingStrip.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { createElement as h } from 'react'
+import { act, createElement as h } from 'react'
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
 import { describe, test } from 'vitest'
 import type { TimingSpan } from '../../../src/shared/types'
-import { makeTimingStrip } from '../../../src/client/components/timingStrip'
-import { makeKit, mount, query, queryAll, hover, unhover } from '../helpers/kit'
+import { makeTimingStrip, timingGradientOf } from '../../../src/client/components/timingStrip'
+import { flush, makeKit, mount, query, queryAll, hover, unhover } from '../helpers/kit'
 
 const kit = makeKit()
 const kitZh = makeKit('zh')
@@ -111,6 +111,62 @@ describe('TimingStrip', () => {
     await m.unmount()
   })
 
+  test('a packed strip paints gradient layers and hit-tests the full band model', async () => {
+    const spans: TimingSpan[] = []
+    for (let i = 0; i < 700; i++) spans.push({ kind: i % 2 === 0 ? 'ttft' : 'tools', start: i * 1_000, end: i * 1_000 + 500 })
+    let relayed: string | null = 'unset'
+    const m = await mount(h(Strip, { spans, onHoverKey: (k) => { relayed = k } }))
+    // Thousands of sub-pixel divs would be pointless: the dense strip paints two gradients instead.
+    assert.equal(segsOf(m.container).length, 0)
+    const bar = query(m.container, '.lc-tstrip-bar')
+    // A zero-width box cannot answer a hit and keeps the tip closed.
+    await act(async () => { bar.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousemove', { bubbles: true, clientX: 10 })) })
+    await flush()
+    assert.equal(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar-tip-on').length, 0)
+    Object.defineProperty(bar, 'getBoundingClientRect', {
+      configurable: true,
+      value: () => ({ left: 0, top: 0, width: 1_000, height: 12, right: 1_000, bottom: 12 }),
+    })
+    await act(async () => { bar.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousemove', { bubbles: true, clientX: 500 })) })
+    await flush()
+    // 700 equal 0.5s bands: half-way is band 350 (even → ttft).
+    assert.equal(relayed, 'ttft')
+    const tip = query(m.container, '.lc-bar-tip')
+    assert.ok(tip.className.includes('lc-bar-tip-on'))
+    assert.ok(tip.textContent?.startsWith('TTFT 500ms'))
+    assert.ok(tip.textContent?.includes(timeOf(350_000)))
+    // Past the right edge clamps to the last band.
+    await act(async () => { bar.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousemove', { bubbles: true, clientX: 1_500 })) })
+    await flush()
+    assert.equal(relayed, 'tools')
+    await unhover(bar)
+    assert.equal(relayed, null)
+    await m.unmount()
+  })
+
+  test('gradient stops coalesce contiguous same-kind runs', () => {
+    const bands = [
+      { kind: 'tools' as const, leftPct: 0, widthPct: 10 },
+      { kind: 'tools' as const, leftPct: 10, widthPct: 10 },
+      { kind: 'ttft' as const, leftPct: 20, widthPct: 10 },
+    ]
+    const base = timingGradientOf(bands, null)
+    assert.equal((base.match(/--color-teal-500/g) || []).length, 1)
+    assert.ok(base.includes('var(--color-teal-500) 0.0000% 20.0000%'))
+    const hot = timingGradientOf(bands, 'tools')
+    assert.ok(hot.includes('var(--color-teal-500) 0.0000% 20.0000%, transparent 20.0000% 30.0000%'))
+  })
+
+  test('a dense hover lights its kind through the hot layer', async () => {
+    const spans: TimingSpan[] = []
+    for (let i = 0; i < 700; i++) spans.push({ kind: i % 2 === 0 ? 'ttft' : 'tools', start: i * 1_000, end: i * 1_000 + 500 })
+    const m = await mount(h(Strip, { spans, hoverKey: 'ttft' }))
+    assert.ok(query(m.container, '.lc-tstrip-bar').className.includes('lc-tstrip-dim'))
+    const hot = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, '.lc-tstrip-gradient-hot')
+    assert.ok(hot.style.background.includes('--color-blue-500'))
+    await m.unmount()
+  })
+
   test('a hover key naming no painted kind leaves the strip at rest', async () => {
     for (const hoverKey of ['toolarg', 'zz']) {
       const m = await mount(h(Strip, { spans: SPANS, hoverKey }))
diff --git a/tests/client/components/trendChartHarness.ts b/tests/client/components/trendChartHarness.ts
index 9e09aef..f4b7f84 100644
--- a/tests/client/components/trendChartHarness.ts
+++ b/tests/client/components/trendChartHarness.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ beforeAll(() => {
     configurable: true,
     get(this: LayoutEl): number {
       if (this.classList && this.classList.contains('lc-chart-scroll')) {
-        return Math.max(this.clientWidth, this.querySelectorAll('.lc-bar').length * BAR_CELL)
+        const total = Number(this.querySelector('.lc-chart')?.getAttribute('data-lc-bars') ?? '')
+        const columns = Number.isFinite(total) && total > 0 ? total : this.querySelectorAll('.lc-bar').length
+        return Math.max(this.clientWidth, columns * BAR_CELL)
       }
       return this.__scrollW ?? 0
     },
diff --git a/tests/client/components/trendChartLazyDna.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/trendChartLazyDna.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb74fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/trendChartLazyDna.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { act, createElement as h } from 'react'
+import { describe, test } from 'vitest'
+import type { TrendBand } from '../../../src/client/dna'
+import { flush, mount, queryAll } from '../helpers/kit'
+import { capDnaRuns } from '../../../src/client/components/trendDnaBars'
+import { TrendChart, bars, propsOf, req, viewport } from './trendChartHarness'
+
+const bandOf = (seq: number): TrendBand[] => [{ key: 'a', cat: 'system', tokens: 10 + (seq % 7), off: 0, color: '#8b5cf6' }]
+
+function requestList(n: number) {
+  return Array.from({ length: n }, (_, i) => req(i + 1, {
+    turn: 1 + Math.floor(i / 100),
+    step: i % 100,
+    system: 10 + i % 7,
+    tools: 20,
+    user: 5,
+    inject: 0,
+    assistant: 15,
+    tool: 5,
+    total: 55 + i % 7,
+    activeMs: 1_000 + i,
+  }))
+}
+
+function lazyBands() {
+  const calls = new Map<number, number>()
+  const at = (seq: number): TrendBand[] => {
+    calls.set(seq, (calls.get(seq) ?? 0) + 1)
+    return bandOf(seq)
+  }
+  return { calls, at }
+}
+
+describe('capDnaRuns', () => {
+  test('passes short runs through and samples dense ones onto a fixed stop count', () => {
+    const short = [{ color: '#a', from: 0, to: 50 }, { color: '#b', from: 50, to: 100 }]
+    assert.equal(capDnaRuns(short, 96), short)
+    const dense = Array.from({ length: 400 }, (_, i) => ({
+      color: i % 2 === 0 ? '#a' : '#b',
+      from: i / 4,
+      to: (i + 1) / 4,
+    }))
+    const capped = capDnaRuns(dense, 96)
+    assert.ok(capped.length <= 96)
+    assert.equal(capped[0].from, 0)
+    assert.equal(capped[capped.length - 1].to, dense[dense.length - 1].to)
+    // Adjacent samples of the same colour coalesce into one run.
+    assert.ok(capped.every((run, i) => i === 0 || capped[i - 1].color !== run.color))
+    const mono = Array.from({ length: 400 }, (_, i) => ({ color: '#a', from: i / 4, to: (i + 1) / 4 }))
+    assert.equal(capDnaRuns(mono, 96).length, 1)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('TrendChart lazy DNA bands', () => {
+  test('a lazy source assembles only the rendered window and hit-tests its bands', async () => {
+    const reqs = requestList(600)
+    const lazy = lazyBands()
+    viewport.clientW = 400
+    const m = await mount(h(TrendChart, propsOf(reqs, { dnaAt: lazy.at })))
+    try {
+      const dnaBars = queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar-dna')
+      assert.ok(dnaBars.length > 0 && dnaBars.length < reqs.length, `windowed DNA bars (${dnaBars.length})`)
+      assert.ok(lazy.calls.size < reqs.length, `only visible steps assembled (${lazy.calls.size})`)
+      // Hovering a DNA bar resolves the band under the pointer and paints the lifetime slice across the window.
+      await act(async () => { dnaBars[0].dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousemove', { bubbles: true, clientY: 10 })) })
+      await flush()
+      assert.ok(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-dna-slice').length > 0)
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('entering DNA tightens the window and leaving it restores the ordinary range', async () => {
+    const reqs = requestList(600)
+    const lazy = lazyBands()
+    viewport.clientW = 400
+    const m = await mount(h(TrendChart, propsOf(reqs, { dna: null })))
+    try {
+      const plain = queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar').length
+      await m.update(h(TrendChart, propsOf(reqs, { dnaAt: lazy.at })))
+      const dna = queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar').length
+      assert.ok(dna > 0 && dna < plain, `DNA window is tighter (${dna} < ${plain})`)
+      await m.update(h(TrendChart, propsOf(reqs, { dna: null })))
+      assert.ok(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar').length > dna, 'leaving DNA expands the window again')
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('delta mode reads every per-key band so a lazy source keeps the eager axis', async () => {
+    const reqs = requestList(600)
+    const lazy = lazyBands()
+    viewport.clientW = 400
+    const eager = reqs.map((_, i) => bandOf(i + 1))
+    const eagerView = await mount(h(TrendChart, propsOf(reqs, { dna: eager, mode: 'delta' })))
+    const axisOf = (el: HTMLElement): (string | null)[] => ['.lc-axis-top', '.lc-axis-q3', '.lc-axis-mid', '.lc-axis-q1']
+      .map(sel => el.querySelector(sel)?.textContent ?? null)
+    const eagerAxis = axisOf(eagerView.container)
+    await eagerView.unmount()
+    const m = await mount(h(TrendChart, propsOf(reqs, { dnaAt: lazy.at, mode: 'delta' })))
+    try {
+      assert.ok(queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar-dna').length > 0)
+      assert.deepEqual(axisOf(m.container), eagerAxis, 'lazy delta axes match the eager per-band maxima')
+      // Exact churn bounds require every bar's key changes: no totals-based shortcut.
+      assert.ok(lazy.calls.size <= reqs.length * 2, `bounded per-seq lookups (${lazy.calls.size})`)
+      assert.ok(bars(m.container).length > 0)
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/client/components/trendChartWindow.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/trendChartWindow.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ae0634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/trendChartWindow.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { act, createElement as h } from 'react'
+import { describe, test } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  BAR_GAP, BAR_W, initialBarWindow, nextBarWindow, TREND_WINDOW_MIN, WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS, WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS,
+  windowPads, windowRangeFor,
+} from '../../../src/client/components/trendChart'
+import { flush, mount, query, queryAll, until } from '../helpers/kit'
+import { TrendChart, bars, propsOf, req, scrollTo, viewport } from './trendChartHarness'
+import type { LayoutEl } from './trendChartHarness'
+
+const PITCH = BAR_W + BAR_GAP
+
+describe('trend chart windowing', () => {
+  test('keep small and empty histories whole', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(windowRangeFor(0, 400, 0), { from: 0, to: 0 })
+    assert.deepEqual(windowRangeFor(3200, 400, 120), { from: 0, to: 119 })
+    assert.deepEqual(nextBarWindow({ from: 0, to: 10 }, { from: 50, to: 60 }, 100), { from: 0, to: 99 })
+    assert.deepEqual(windowPads(0, 119, 120), { left: 0, right: 0 })
+    assert.deepEqual(initialBarWindow(120), { from: 0, to: 119 })
+    assert.equal(initialBarWindow(1_000).to, 999)
+    assert.ok(1_000 > TREND_WINDOW_MIN)
+  })
+
+  test('fill an overscanned range around the scroll position', () => {
+    const n = 1_000
+    const range = windowRangeFor(8000, 400, n)
+    assert.equal(range.from, Math.max(0, Math.floor(8000 / PITCH) - WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS))
+    assert.equal(range.to, Math.min(n - 1, Math.ceil(8400 / PITCH) + WINDOW_OVERSCAN_BARS))
+    assert.ok(range.from > 0 && range.to < n - 1)
+    // Near both edges the range clamps into the history.
+    assert.equal(windowRangeFor(0, 400, n).from, 0)
+    assert.equal(windowRangeFor(999_999, 400, n).to, n - 1)
+  })
+
+  test('keep a covering window and refill after leaving it', () => {
+    const prev = { from: 100, to: 300 }
+    assert.equal(nextBarWindow(prev, { from: 120, to: 280 }, 1_000), prev)
+    const moved = nextBarWindow(prev, { from: 400, to: 500 }, 1_000)
+    assert.deepEqual(moved, { from: 400 - WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS, to: 500 + WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS })
+    const clamped = nextBarWindow({ from: 0, to: 100 }, { from: 900, to: 999 }, 1_000)
+    assert.deepEqual(clamped, { from: 900 - WINDOW_HYSTERESIS_BARS, to: 999 })
+  })
+
+  test('padding reproduces the full column width exactly', () => {
+    const n = 1_000
+    for (const [from, to] of [[0, 0], [0, 799], [200, 799], [950, 999], [400, 500]] as const) {
+      const pads = windowPads(from, to, n)
+      const rendered = to - from + 1
+      const items = rendered + (pads.left > 0 ? 1 : 0) + (pads.right > 0 ? 1 : 0)
+      const width = rendered * BAR_W + pads.left + pads.right + Math.max(0, items - 1) * BAR_GAP
+      assert.equal(width, n * PITCH - BAR_GAP, `columns ${from}..${to}`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('DNA highlights are windowed with the same padding', async () => {
+    const list = Array.from({ length: 400 }, (_, i) => req(i + 1))
+    const dna = list.map(() => [{ key: 'sys', cat: 'system' as const, tokens: 10, off: 0, color: '#8b5cf6' }])
+    viewport.clientW = 400
+    const m = await mount(h(TrendChart, propsOf(list, { dna })))
+    try {
+      const scroller = query<LayoutEl>(m.container, '.lc-chart-scroll')
+      await scrollTo(scroller, 3_200)
+      await until(() => queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar-pad').length === 2, 'window lands mid-history with both pads')
+      const dnaBar = query(m.container, '.lc-bar-dna')
+      await act(async () => { dnaBar.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousemove', { bubbles: true, clientY: 10 })) })
+      await flush()
+      const highlight = query(m.container, '.lc-dna-hl')
+      assert.ok(highlight !== null)
+      assert.equal(queryAll(highlight, '.lc-dna-cell').length, queryAll(m.container, '.lc-bar').length + 2)
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('a large history mounts on its newest bars and follows a scroll', async () => {
+    const list = Array.from({ length: 400 }, (_, i) => req(i + 1))
+    viewport.clientW = 400
+    const m = await mount(h(TrendChart, propsOf(list)))
+    try {
+      const scroller = query<LayoutEl>(m.container, '.lc-chart-scroll')
+      const chart = query(m.container, '.lc-chart')
+      assert.equal(chart.getAttribute('data-lc-bars'), '400')
+      const initial = bars(m.container)
+      assert.ok(initial.length < list.length, 'a window, not all 400 bars')
+      assert.ok(initial.length > 50, 'a window wide enough to scroll through')
+      assert.equal(initial[initial.length - 1].getAttribute('data-seq'), String(list[list.length - 1].seq))
+      assert.ok(scroller.__scrollL !== undefined && scroller.__scrollL > 0, 'anchored to the newest bars')
+      assert.ok(query(m.container, '.lc-bar-pad') !== null, 'a pad keeps the full content width')
+
+      await scrollTo(scroller, 0)
+      await until(
+        () => bars(m.container)[0]?.getAttribute('data-seq') === String(list[0].seq),
+        'window follows the scroll to the oldest bars',
+      )
+      assert.equal(bars(m.container)[0].getAttribute('data-seq'), String(list[0].seq))
+      // The full readout remains: axis, turn strip and hover model still see 400 columns.
+      assert.equal(query(m.container, '.lc-turns').children.length, 1)
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+      viewport.clientW = 400
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/client/components/useLazyMount.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/useLazyMount.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08199e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/useLazyMount.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { createElement as h } from 'react'
+import { act } from 'react'
+import { describe, test, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { useLazyMount } from '../../../src/client/components/useLazyMount'
+import { mount, query } from '../helpers/kit'
+
+function Probe(props: { attachRef?: boolean; wrap?: boolean; force?: boolean }) {
+  const [ref, mounted] = useLazyMount(props.force === true)
+  const body = mounted ? h('span', { 'data-mounted': 'yes' }) : h('span', { 'data-mounted': 'no' })
+  const inner = h('div', { ...(props.attachRef === false ? {} : { ref }), 'data-probe': '' }, body)
+  return props.wrap === true
+    ? h('div', { 'data-conversation-scroll': '' }, inner)
+    : inner
+}
+
+interface ObserverRecord { callback: IntersectionObserverCallback; disconnected: number }
+
+function stubObserver(): { records: ObserverRecord[]; restore: () => void } {
+  const records: ObserverRecord[] = []
+  class FakeObserver {
+    private readonly record: ObserverRecord
+    constructor(callback: IntersectionObserverCallback) {
+      this.record = { callback, disconnected: 0 }
+      records.push(this.record)
+    }
+    observe = (): void => {}
+    disconnect = (): void => { this.record.disconnected++ }
+  }
+  vi.stubGlobal('IntersectionObserver', FakeObserver)
+  return { records, restore: () => { vi.unstubAllGlobals() } }
+}
+
+describe('useLazyMount', () => {
+  test('mounts immediately when IntersectionObserver is unavailable', async () => {
+    const m = await mount(h(Probe, {}))
+    assert.equal(query(m.container, '[data-mounted]')?.getAttribute('data-mounted'), 'yes')
+    await m.unmount()
+  })
+
+  test('re-observes a reattached placeholder (a hidden sidebar copy comes back)', async () => {
+    const observer = stubObserver()
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestIdleCallback', undefined)
+    try {
+      const m = await mount(h(Probe, { attachRef: false }))
+      assert.equal(observer.records.length, 0)
+      await m.update(h(Probe, { attachRef: true }))
+      assert.equal(observer.records.length, 1, 'the first attach observes')
+      await m.update(h(Probe, { attachRef: false }))
+      await m.update(h(Probe, { attachRef: true }))
+      assert.equal(observer.records.length, 2, 'a reattach observes again')
+      await m.unmount()
+    } finally {
+      observer.restore()
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('force mounts without waiting for the observer (a pending jump)', async () => {
+    const observer = stubObserver()
+    try {
+      const m = await mount(h(Probe, { force: true }))
+      assert.equal(query(m.container, '[data-mounted]')?.getAttribute('data-mounted'), 'yes')
+      await m.unmount()
+      assert.equal(observer.records.length, 0)
+    } finally {
+      observer.restore()
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('keeps the skeleton until the block nears the viewport, then mounts in an idle slice', async () => {
+    const observer = stubObserver()
+    const idle: (() => void)[] = []
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestIdleCallback', (callback: () => void) => { idle.push(callback); return 7 })
+    const cancel = vi.fn()
+    vi.stubGlobal('cancelIdleCallback', cancel)
+    try {
+      const m = await mount(h(Probe, {}))
+      assert.equal(query(m.container, '[data-mounted]')?.getAttribute('data-mounted'), 'no')
+      assert.equal(observer.records.length, 1)
+      const entry = { isIntersecting: false } as IntersectionObserverEntry
+      await act(async () => { observer.records[0].callback([entry], {} as IntersectionObserver) })
+      assert.equal(query(m.container, '[data-mounted]')?.getAttribute('data-mounted'), 'no')
+      await act(async () => {
+        observer.records[0].callback([{ isIntersecting: true } as IntersectionObserverEntry], {} as IntersectionObserver)
+      })
+      assert.equal(idle.length, 1)
+      await act(async () => { idle[0]() })
+      assert.equal(query(m.container, '[data-mounted]')?.getAttribute('data-mounted'), 'yes')
+      // A second intersection after mounting must not schedule another mount.
+      await act(async () => {
+        observer.records[0].callback([{ isIntersecting: true } as IntersectionObserverEntry], {} as IntersectionObserver)
+      })
+      await m.unmount()
+    } finally {
+      observer.restore()
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('falls back to a timeout without requestIdleCallback and cancels it on unmount', async () => {
+    const observer = stubObserver()
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestIdleCallback', undefined)
+    try {
+      const m = await mount(h(Probe, {}))
+      await act(async () => {
+        observer.records[0].callback([{ isIntersecting: true } as IntersectionObserverEntry], {} as IntersectionObserver)
+      })
+      // Unmount before the timeout fires: the cleanup clears it (no state update on an unmounted tree).
+      await m.unmount()
+      assert.ok(observer.records[0].disconnected > 0)
+    } finally {
+      observer.restore()
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('resolves a conversation scroll parent as the observer root and tolerates a missing ref', async () => {
+    const observer = stubObserver()
+    try {
+      const m = await mount(h(Probe, { wrap: true }))
+      assert.equal(observer.records.length, 1)
+      await m.unmount()
+      const missing = await mount(h(Probe, { attachRef: false }))
+      assert.equal(query(missing.container, '[data-mounted]')?.getAttribute('data-mounted'), 'no')
+      await missing.unmount()
+    } finally {
+      observer.restore()
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/client/components/useRowWindow.spec.ts b/tests/client/components/useRowWindow.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28a21f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/components/useRowWindow.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import { createElement as h, useRef } from 'react'
+import { act } from 'react'
+import { describe, test, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN, rowWindowFor, useRowWindow } from '../../../src/client/components/useRowWindow'
+import { mount, query, until } from '../helpers/kit'
+
+describe('rowWindowFor', () => {
+  test('covers the viewport with an overscan on both sides', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(rowWindowFor(0, 100, 20, 50), { from: 0, to: 5 + ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN })
+    assert.deepEqual(rowWindowFor(200, 100, 20, 50), { from: 10 - ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN, to: 15 + ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN })
+    assert.deepEqual(rowWindowFor(10_000, 100, 20, 50), { from: 49, to: 49 })
+  })
+
+  test('falls back to the whole list when unmeasured or empty', () => {
+    assert.deepEqual(rowWindowFor(0, 0, 20, 30), { from: 0, to: 29 })
+    assert.deepEqual(rowWindowFor(0, 100, 0, 30), { from: 0, to: 29 })
+    assert.deepEqual(rowWindowFor(0, 100, 20, 0), { from: 0, to: 0 })
+  })
+})
+
+function Probe(props: { count: number; enabled: boolean; attachRef?: boolean }) {
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
+  const range = useRowWindow(ref, props.count, 20, props.enabled)
+  return h('div', {
+    ...(props.attachRef === false ? {} : { ref }),
+    'data-from': range.from,
+    'data-to': range.to,
+  })
+}
+
+function NoRefProbe(props: { count: number }) {
+  const range = useRowWindow(useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null), props.count, 20, true)
+  return h('div', { 'data-from': range.from, 'data-to': range.to })
+}
+
+describe('useRowWindow', () => {
+  test('renders in full until the scroller is measured, then follows scroll', async () => {
+    const m = await mount(h(Probe, { count: 50, enabled: true }))
+    try {
+      const el = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div')
+      assert.equal(el.dataset.from, '0')
+      assert.equal(el.dataset.to, '49')
+      Object.defineProperty(el, 'clientHeight', { configurable: true, value: 100 })
+      // The effect re-reads the box when the list changes.
+      await m.update(h(Probe, { count: 51, enabled: true }))
+      await until(() => query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div').dataset.to !== '50', 'window measures the viewport')
+      assert.equal(el.dataset.from, '0')
+      assert.equal(el.dataset.to, String(5 + ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN))
+      el.scrollTop = 200
+      await act(async () => { el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll')) })
+      await until(() => query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div').dataset.from !== '0', 'window follows the scroll')
+      assert.equal(el.dataset.from, String(10 - ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN))
+    } finally {
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('stays full when disabled, unmeasured, or the ref is not attached', async () => {
+    const cases = [
+      h(Probe, { count: 40, enabled: false }),
+      h(Probe, { count: 40, enabled: true, attachRef: false }),
+      h(NoRefProbe, { count: 40 }),
+    ]
+    for (const el of cases) {
+      const m = await mount(el)
+      const node = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div')
+      assert.equal(node.dataset.from, '0')
+      assert.equal(node.dataset.to, '39')
+      await m.unmount()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('coalesces two scroll events into one frame and applies the latest offset', async () => {
+    const frames: FrameRequestCallback[] = []
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestAnimationFrame', (callback: FrameRequestCallback) => { frames.push(callback); return 1 })
+    vi.stubGlobal('cancelAnimationFrame', () => {})
+    try {
+      const m = await mount(h(Probe, { count: 50, enabled: true }))
+      const el = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div')
+      Object.defineProperty(el, 'clientHeight', { configurable: true, value: 100 })
+      await m.update(h(Probe, { count: 51, enabled: true }))
+      await until(() => query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div').dataset.to !== '50', 'window measured')
+      await act(async () => {
+        el.scrollTop = 100
+        el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll'))
+        el.scrollTop = 200
+        el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll'))
+      })
+      assert.equal(frames.length, 1, 'one frame serves both scroll events')
+      await act(async () => { frames[0](0) })
+      await until(() => query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div').dataset.from !== '0', 'latest offset applied')
+      assert.equal(el.dataset.from, String(10 - ROW_WINDOW_OVERSCAN))
+      await m.unmount()
+    } finally {
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('observes pane resizes when ResizeObserver exists', async () => {
+    const disconnect = vi.fn()
+    class FakeObserver {
+      constructor(private readonly cb: () => void) {}
+      observe = (): void => { this.cb() }
+      disconnect = disconnect
+    }
+    vi.stubGlobal('ResizeObserver', FakeObserver)
+    try {
+      const m = await mount(h(Probe, { count: 20, enabled: true }))
+      const el = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div')
+      Object.defineProperty(el, 'clientHeight', { configurable: true, value: 100 })
+      await m.update(h(Probe, { count: 21, enabled: true }))
+      await m.unmount()
+      assert.ok(disconnect.mock.calls.length > 0)
+    } finally {
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('cancels a pending animation frame on unmount', async () => {
+    const cancel = vi.fn()
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestAnimationFrame', () => 7)
+    vi.stubGlobal('cancelAnimationFrame', cancel)
+    try {
+      const m = await mount(h(Probe, { count: 50, enabled: true }))
+      const el = query<HTMLElement>(m.container, 'div')
+      Object.defineProperty(el, 'clientHeight', { configurable: true, value: 100 })
+      await m.update(h(Probe, { count: 51, enabled: true }))
+      await act(async () => { el.dispatchEvent(new Event('scroll')) })
+      await m.unmount()
+      assert.ok(cancel.mock.calls.length > 0)
+    } finally {
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+    }
+  })
+
+})