diff --git a/web/hwlab-cloud-web/src/stores/workbench.ts b/web/hwlab-cloud-web/src/stores/workbench.ts
index 92f348fd..56de6857 100644
--- a/web/hwlab-cloud-web/src/stores/workbench.ts
+++ b/web/hwlab-cloud-web/src/stores/workbench.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const ACTIVE_TURN_GAP_INITIAL_DELAY_MS = 1_000;
 const ACTIVE_TURN_GAP_MAX_DELAY_MS = 5_000;
 const SESSION_LIST_PAGE_LIMIT = 20;
 const WORKBENCH_READ_HYDRATION_CONCURRENCY = 3;
+const SESSION_LIST_REALTIME_REFRESH_DELAY_MS = 1_200;
+const SESSION_LIST_TERMINAL_REFRESH_DELAY_MS = 400;
 
 interface HydrateOptions {
   sessionId?: string | null;
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ export const useWorkbenchStore = defineStore("workbench", () => {
   let realtimeGapTimer: number | null = null;
   let activeTurnGapTimer: number | null = null;
   const sessionListRefreshInFlight = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
+  const sessionListRefreshTimers = new Map<string, number>();
   let workbenchReadHydrationActive = 0;
   const workbenchReadHydrationQueue: Array<() => void> = [];
 
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ export const useWorkbenchStore = defineStore("workbench", () => {
   async function refreshSessions(includeSessionId: string | null = activeSessionId.value): Promise<void> {
     const requestIncludeSessionId = firstNonEmptyString(includeSessionId);
     const requestLimit = currentSessionListLimit();
-    const requestKey = `${requestIncludeSessionId ?? ""}|${requestLimit}`;
+    const requestKey = sessionListRefreshKey(requestIncludeSessionId, requestLimit);
     const existing = sessionListRefreshInFlight.get(requestKey);
     if (existing) return existing;
     const refresh = refreshSessionsNow(requestIncludeSessionId, requestLimit).finally(() => {
@@ -294,6 +297,27 @@ export const useWorkbenchStore = defineStore("workbench", () => {
     if (sessions.value.length === 0) error.value = response.error ?? "session list unavailable";
   }
 
+  function scheduleSessionListRefresh(includeSessionId: string | null | undefined = activeSessionId.value, delayMs = SESSION_LIST_REALTIME_REFRESH_DELAY_MS): void {
+    const requestIncludeSessionId = firstNonEmptyString(includeSessionId);
+    const requestLimit = currentSessionListLimit();
+    const requestKey = sessionListRefreshKey(requestIncludeSessionId, requestLimit);
+    if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+      void refreshSessions(requestIncludeSessionId);
+      return;
+    }
+    const existing = sessionListRefreshTimers.get(requestKey);
+    if (existing) window.clearTimeout(existing);
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      sessionListRefreshTimers.delete(requestKey);
+      void refreshSessions(requestIncludeSessionId);
+    }, Math.max(0, Math.trunc(delayMs)));
+    sessionListRefreshTimers.set(requestKey, timer);
+  }
+
+  function sessionListRefreshKey(includeSessionId: string | null | undefined, limit: number): string {
+    return `${firstNonEmptyString(includeSessionId) ?? ""}|${limit}`;
+  }
+
   async function loadMoreSessions(): Promise<void> {
     if (sessionListLoadingMore.value || !sessionListHasMore.value) return;
     const cursor = sessionListNextCursor.value;
@@ -624,7 +648,7 @@ function nonBlockingProjection(projection: ProjectionDiagnostic | null): Project
       status: response.data.status ?? "running"
     };
     applyTurnStatusSnapshot(canonicalTraceId, response.data);
-    void refreshSessions(sessionId);
+    scheduleSessionListRefresh(sessionId, SESSION_LIST_TERMINAL_REFRESH_DELAY_MS);
     if ((response.data as AgentChatResultResponse).terminal === true || isTerminalMessageStatus(response.data.status)) {
       completeTrace(canonicalTraceId, response.data as AgentChatResultResponse);
       return true;
@@ -653,7 +677,7 @@ function nonBlockingProjection(projection: ProjectionDiagnostic | null): Project
     }
     if (message.status === "running") chatPending.value = false;
     currentRequest.value = null;
-    void refreshSessions(message.sessionId ?? selectedSessionId.value);
+    scheduleSessionListRefresh(message.sessionId ?? selectedSessionId.value, SESSION_LIST_TERMINAL_REFRESH_DELAY_MS);
   }
 
   async function cancelRunningTrace(): Promise<void> {
@@ -1038,8 +1062,8 @@ function nonBlockingProjection(projection: ProjectionDiagnostic | null): Project
 
   async function hydrateRealtimeGap(reason: string): Promise<void> {
     recordActivity(`realtime-gap:${reason}`);
+    scheduleSessionListRefresh(activeSessionId.value, SESSION_LIST_REALTIME_REFRESH_DELAY_MS);
     await Promise.all([
-      refreshSessions(),
       hydrateTurnStatusAuthority(messages.value),
       hydrateTraceEvents(messages.value)
     ]);
@@ -1114,7 +1138,7 @@ function nonBlockingProjection(projection: ProjectionDiagnostic | null): Project
       return { ...message, ...messageTimingPatchForMerge(message, trace), runnerTrace, error: clearCompletedDiagnostics ? null : error ?? message.error ?? null, projection, projectionStatus: projection?.projectionStatus ?? null, projectionHealth: projection?.projectionHealth ?? null, blocker: projection?.blocker ?? null, updatedAt: new Date().toISOString() };
     }));
     markWorkbenchTraceProjected(traceId);
-    void refreshSessions(ownerSessionId);
+    scheduleSessionListRefresh(ownerSessionId, SESSION_LIST_REALTIME_REFRESH_DELAY_MS);
   }
 
   function completeTrace(traceId: string, result: AgentChatResultResponse): void {
@@ -1148,7 +1172,7 @@ function nonBlockingProjection(projection: ProjectionDiagnostic | null): Project
       void clearActiveTrace(traceId, "trace-terminal");
       restartRealtime("trace-terminal");
     }
-    void refreshSessions(ownerSessionId);
+    scheduleSessionListRefresh(ownerSessionId, SESSION_LIST_TERMINAL_REFRESH_DELAY_MS);
   }
 
   async function hydrateTerminalMessageDiagnostics(): Promise<void> {
@@ -1183,7 +1207,7 @@ function nonBlockingProjection(projection: ProjectionDiagnostic | null): Project
       return { ...message, ...messageTimingPatchForMerge(message, result), title: normalizeWorkbenchMessageTitle(message.role, message.title), runnerTrace, error, projection, projectionStatus: projection?.projectionStatus ?? null, projectionHealth: projection?.projectionHealth ?? null, blocker: projection?.blocker ?? null, agentRun: agentRun ?? undefined, updatedAt: new Date().toISOString() };
     }));
     void hydrateTraceEvents(serverState.value.messagesBySessionId[ownerSessionId] ?? []);
-    void refreshSessions(ownerSessionId);
+    scheduleSessionListRefresh(ownerSessionId, SESSION_LIST_TERMINAL_REFRESH_DELAY_MS);
   }
 
   function applyRealtimeProjectionError(event: WorkbenchRealtimeEvent): void {
@@ -1225,7 +1249,7 @@ function nonBlockingProjection(projection: ProjectionDiagnostic | null): Project
     chatPending.value = false;
     currentRequest.value = null;
     void clearActiveTrace(traceId, "trace-infrastructure-error");
-    void refreshSessions(selectedSessionId.value);
+    scheduleSessionListRefresh(selectedSessionId.value, SESSION_LIST_TERMINAL_REFRESH_DELAY_MS);
   }
 
   function projectOptimisticRunningTurn(input: { sessionId: string; threadId: string | null; traceId: string; userText: string }): void {
@@ -1365,12 +1389,14 @@ function sessionFromWorkbenchSession(value: unknown): WorkbenchSessionRecord | n
 async function loadWorkbenchSession(sessionId: string, seed: WorkbenchSessionRecord | null = null): Promise<WorkbenchSessionRecord | null> {
   const requestId = normalizeWorkbenchSessionRouteId(sessionId);
   if (!requestId) return null;
+  const normalizedRequestId = normalizeWorkbenchSessionId(requestId);
+  const eagerMessages = normalizedRequestId ? api.workbench.sessionMessages(normalizedRequestId, { limit: 100 }) : null;
   const detail = await api.workbench.session(requestId);
   if (!detail.ok) return null;
   const detailSession = sessionFromWorkbenchSession(detail.data?.session);
-  const id = detailSession?.sessionId ?? normalizeWorkbenchSessionId(requestId) ?? seed?.sessionId;
+  const id = detailSession?.sessionId ?? normalizedRequestId ?? seed?.sessionId;
   if (!id) return null;
-  const messages = await api.workbench.sessionMessages(id, { limit: 100 });
+  const messages = eagerMessages && id === normalizedRequestId ? await eagerMessages : await api.workbench.sessionMessages(id, { limit: 100 });
   const base = detailSession ?? seed;
   if (!base) return null;
   const page = messages.ok ? messages.data : null;