diff --git a/src/renderer/hooks/useDesktopEvents.ts b/src/renderer/hooks/useDesktopEvents.ts
index e0994d67..7ace761b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/hooks/useDesktopEvents.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/hooks/useDesktopEvents.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { useEffect, type MutableRefObject } from "react";
 import type { DesktopEvent } from "@shared/types";
-import { createDomainEventBatcher, type GranularEventEntry } from "../lib/ipc-batcher";
+import {
+  createDomainEventBatcher,
+  isSnapshotIrrelevantEvent,
+  type GranularEventEntry,
+} from "../lib/ipc-batcher";
 import { useAppStore } from "../state/store";
 
 export function useDesktopEvents(
@@ -106,10 +110,13 @@ export function useDesktopEvents(
       }
     }
 
+    // 500ms window for full-refresh events (e.g. new-message,
+    // thread-wait-state-updated) so bursts coalesce into one reload.
+    // Granular entity events still flush at this window but are cheap.
     const batcher = createDomainEventBatcher(
       () => { void refreshRef.current(); },
       (events) => { void handleGranularBatch(events); },
-      50,
+      500,
     );
 
     const unsubscribe = window.agentCompany.subscribe((event: DesktopEvent) => {
@@ -140,7 +147,12 @@ export function useDesktopEvents(
         store.getState().navigateTo(event.section, event.entityId);
         return;
       }
-      // All data-mutating events go through the enhanced batcher
+      // One-shot events that do not affect ProfileSnapshot -- handled by
+      // their own listeners elsewhere, never trigger a snapshot refresh.
+      if (isSnapshotIrrelevantEvent(event)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      // All remaining data-mutating events go through the enhanced batcher
       batcher.push(event);
     });
     return () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/lib/ipc-batcher.ts b/src/renderer/lib/ipc-batcher.ts
index b503b3e9..ae3b26d8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lib/ipc-batcher.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/lib/ipc-batcher.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,34 @@ export function entityKeyFromEvent(event: DesktopEvent): GranularEventEntry | nu
       return { type: "agent-updated", entityId: event.agentId, action: event.action };
     case "budget-changed":
       return { type: "budget-changed", entityId: event.companyId, action: "changed" };
+    // run-status is a run-level state change -- map onto run entity so
+    // granular patchRun refetches the run record.
+    case "run-status":
+      return { type: "run-updated", entityId: event.runId, action: "status_changed" };
+    // heartbeat-status mutates agent metadata (nextWakeAt / enabled) -- map
+    // onto agent entity so granular patchAgent refetches.
+    case "heartbeat-status":
+      return { type: "agent-updated", entityId: event.agentId, action: "updated" };
+    // agent-message posts a new comment under a task; patchTask refetch will
+    // pick up the task's updated comment list.
+    case "agent-message":
+      return { type: "task-updated", entityId: event.taskId, action: "updated" };
     default:
       return null;
   }
 }
 
+// Events that do NOT affect ProfileSnapshot and therefore must not trigger
+// a snapshot refresh -- they are handled exclusively by their own listeners.
+const SNAPSHOT_IRRELEVANT_EVENT_TYPES = new Set<DesktopEvent["type"]>([
+  "automation-fired",
+  "recovery-needed",
+]);
+
+export function isSnapshotIrrelevantEvent(event: DesktopEvent): boolean {
+  return SNAPSHOT_IRRELEVANT_EVENT_TYPES.has(event.type);
+}
+
 export function createDomainEventBatcher(
   onFullRefresh: () => void,
   onGranularBatch: (events: GranularEventEntry[]) => void,