diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/SessionView.tsx b/app/features/scanner/components/SessionView.tsx
index 2b478662f..209b9d277 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/SessionView.tsx
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/SessionView.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ import { useDebug } from "./use-debug";
 
 const NO_KEYS: ReadonlySet<React.Key> = new Set();
 
+/**
+ * Builds keyed by the events array: views re-render for reasons other than new
+ * events (clips, upload state), and reusing the same `BuiltMatch` objects lets
+ * the unchanged cards skip rendering.
+ */
+const builtCache = new WeakMap<readonly ScanEvent[], BuiltMatch<ScanEvent>[]>();
+
 type LobbyGroup = "private" | "x" | "other";
 
 const LOBBY_GROUPS: LobbyGroup[] = ["private", "x", "other"];
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@ export function SessionView({
 	const debug = useDebug();
 	const [playing, setPlaying] = useState<ScannerClip | null>(null);
 
-	const built = buildScannerMatches(events);
+	const built = cachedBuild(events);
 	const skipReasons = ingestSkipReasons(built);
 	const clipsByMatch = built.map((b, index) =>
 		clipsOf(b.match, built[index + 1]?.match, clips),
@@ -237,6 +244,14 @@ function MatchList({
 	);
 }
 
+function cachedBuild(events: readonly ScanEvent[]): BuiltMatch<ScanEvent>[] {
+	const cached = builtCache.get(events);
+	if (cached) return cached;
+	const built = buildScannerMatches(events);
+	builtCache.set(events, built);
+	return built;
+}
+
 function lobbyGroup(lobby: ScannerLobby | null): LobbyGroup {
 	if (lobby === "PRIVATE") return "private";
 	if (lobby === "X") return "x";
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/VodView.tsx b/app/features/scanner/components/VodView.tsx
index 5d3a17451..571b4195e 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/VodView.tsx
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/VodView.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import {
 	startVodScan,
 	uploadVodScan,
 	useVodScan,
+	useVodScanProgress,
 	vodScanFrame,
 } from "./vod-scan";
 import { refreshVods } from "./vods-feed";
@@ -96,19 +97,7 @@ function ScanVodView({ name }: { name: string }) {
 					</div>
 				) : scanning ? (
 					<div className={styles.scanning}>
-						<div className={styles.progressRow}>
-							<StatusPill>Scanning</StatusPill>
-							<progress
-								className={styles.progress}
-								value={scan.progress?.t ?? 0}
-								max={scan.progress?.duration ?? 1}
-							/>
-							<span className={styles.progressText}>
-								{scan.progress
-									? `${Math.round((scan.progress.t / Math.max(1, scan.progress.duration)) * 100)}% · ${formatPosition(scan.progress.t)} / ${formatPosition(scan.progress.duration)}${scan.progress.rate > 0 ? ` · ${scan.progress.rate.toFixed(1)}× realtime` : ""}`
-									: "opening the file…"}
-							</span>
-						</div>
+						<ScanProgressRow />
 						<div className={styles.previewRow}>
 							<canvas ref={setVodPreviewCanvas} className={styles.preview} />
 							<div className={styles.previewNotes}>
@@ -133,11 +122,36 @@ function ScanVodView({ name }: { name: string }) {
 					</div>
 				)
 			}
-			telemetry={debug && telemetryOn ? scan.telemetry : null}
+			telemetry={debug && telemetryOn ? <ScanTelemetryPanel /> : null}
 		/>
 	);
 }
 
+function ScanProgressRow() {
+	const { progress } = useVodScanProgress();
+
+	return (
+		<div className={styles.progressRow}>
+			<StatusPill>Scanning</StatusPill>
+			<progress
+				className={styles.progress}
+				value={progress?.t ?? 0}
+				max={progress?.duration ?? 1}
+			/>
+			<span className={styles.progressText}>
+				{progress
+					? `${Math.round((progress.t / Math.max(1, progress.duration)) * 100)}% · ${formatPosition(progress.t)} / ${formatPosition(progress.duration)}${progress.rate > 0 ? ` · ${progress.rate.toFixed(1)}× realtime` : ""}`
+					: "opening the file…"}
+			</span>
+		</div>
+	);
+}
+
+function ScanTelemetryPanel() {
+	const { telemetry } = useVodScanProgress();
+	return telemetry ? <TelemetryPanel telemetry={telemetry} /> : null;
+}
+
 /** A saved scan reopened from the landing. */
 function StoredVodView({ name }: { name: string }) {
 	const stored = useStoredVod(name);
@@ -223,7 +237,7 @@ function VodSessionView({
 	getFrame: (event: ScanEvent) => (() => Promise<Blob | undefined>) | undefined;
 	onUpload: (built: SessionInfo["built"][number]) => void;
 	status: React.ReactNode;
-	telemetry: ScanTelemetry | null;
+	telemetry: React.ReactNode;
 }) {
 	const [, setParams] = useSearchParamsTyped(scannerSearchParams);
 	const clips = useClips();
@@ -317,7 +331,7 @@ function VodSessionView({
 			)}
 		>
 			{status}
-			{telemetry ? <TelemetryPanel telemetry={telemetry} /> : null}
+			{telemetry}
 		</SessionView>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/live-session.ts b/app/features/scanner/components/live-session.ts
index 6c77af7e4..1202e22a8 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/live-session.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/live-session.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
 import { OBJECTIVE_EVENT_TYPE } from "../core/detectors/objective/index";
 import { PLAYER_STATUS_EVENT_TYPE } from "../core/detectors/objective/player-status";
 import { SCOREBOARD_EVENT_TYPES } from "../core/detectors/registry";
-import type { DetectedEvent, GateResult } from "../core/detectors/types";
+import type { DetectedEvent } from "../core/detectors/types";
 import type { ScannerMatch } from "../core/scanner-match";
 import { TimelineBuilder } from "../core/timeline/index";
 import {
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ export interface LiveSnapshot {
 	/** what the clip encoder is getting from that track; null while clips are off */
 	audioSignal: AudioSignal | null;
 	clips: ClipsState;
-	/** highest gate score on the latest frame (debug) */
-	gateScore: number | null;
-	/** a detector fired on the latest frame */
-	detecting: boolean;
 }
 
 const IDLE: LiveSnapshot = {
@@ -122,8 +118,6 @@ const IDLE: LiveSnapshot = {
 	audioError: null,
 	audioSignal: null,
 	clips: "off",
-	gateScore: null,
-	detecting: false,
 };
 
 let snapshot = IDLE;
@@ -140,7 +134,6 @@ let releaseCaptureLock: (() => void) | null = null;
 let unsubscribeFeed: (() => void) | null = null;
 let timeline = new TimelineBuilder();
 const storedIds = new WeakMap<DetectedEvent, number>();
-const gates = new Map<string, GateResult>();
 // the open match is known to be a non-SZ mode, so counter reads are
 // misreads of another mode's overlay and are not collected at all
 let objectiveBlocked = false;
@@ -201,7 +194,6 @@ export async function startCapture(): Promise<void> {
 	}
 	set({ ...IDLE, status: "starting" });
 	objectiveBlocked = false;
-	gates.clear();
 	cuts.length = 0;
 	ownClipIds.clear();
 	timeline = new TimelineBuilder();
@@ -379,14 +371,6 @@ function onWorkerError(message: string): void {
 function onResult(
 	result: Parameters<ConstructorParameters<typeof AnalyzerClient>[0]>[0],
 ): void {
-	// one result arrives per detector per frame; status reflects whether any fired
-	gates.set(result.detector, result.gate);
-	const scores = [...gates.values()];
-	const detecting = scores.some((g) => g.pass);
-	set({
-		gateScore: Math.max(...scores.map((g) => g.score)),
-		detecting,
-	});
 	if (!result.gate.pass) return;
 	for (const event of result.events as DetectedEvent<FixtureData>[]) {
 		if (
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/vod-scan.ts b/app/features/scanner/components/vod-scan.ts
index 80283e170..9a0f16172 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/vod-scan.ts
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/vod-scan.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ const SEEK_CALM_STRIDE_S = 2.5;
 const MAX_VOD_CLIPS = 20;
 
 const UI_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS = 250;
+/**
+ * Each publish re-renders every match card (expanded ones draw whole charts),
+ * so found events reach the view at most this often, not per event.
+ */
+const EVENTS_PUBLISH_INTERVAL_MS = 1000;
 
 export type VodScanStatus = "idle" | "scanning" | "done" | "error";
 
@@ -78,28 +83,37 @@ export interface VodScanSnapshot {
 	name: string | null;
 	status: VodScanStatus;
 	error: string | null;
-	progress: VodScanProgress | null;
 	/** what the scan found, chronological; reloaded from the store once saved */
 	events: ScanEvent[];
 	clipsWork: ClipsWork | null;
-	telemetry: ScanTelemetry | null;
 	/** matches uploading right after the scan */
 	uploading: boolean;
 }
 
+/** Kept apart from the snapshot: it ticks several times a second, which must not re-render the match cards. */
+export interface VodScanProgressSnapshot {
+	progress: VodScanProgress | null;
+	telemetry: ScanTelemetry | null;
+}
+
 const IDLE: VodScanSnapshot = {
 	name: null,
 	status: "idle",
 	error: null,
-	progress: null,
 	events: [],
 	clipsWork: null,
-	telemetry: null,
 	uploading: false,
 };
 
+const IDLE_PROGRESS: VodScanProgressSnapshot = {
+	progress: null,
+	telemetry: null,
+};
+
 let snapshot = IDLE;
 const listeners = new Set<() => void>();
+let progressSnapshot = IDLE_PROGRESS;
+const progressListeners = new Set<() => void>();
 let previewCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement | null = null;
 /** lossless PNGs of the frames the detectors analyzed this scan, until saved */
 let frames = new WeakMap<ScanEvent, Blob>();
@@ -130,6 +144,24 @@ function set(patch: Partial<VodScanSnapshot>): void {
 	for (const listener of listeners) listener();
 }
 
+export function useVodScanProgress(): VodScanProgressSnapshot {
+	return useSyncExternalStore(
+		subscribeProgress,
+		() => progressSnapshot,
+		() => IDLE_PROGRESS,
+	);
+}
+
+function subscribeProgress(listener: () => void): () => void {
+	progressListeners.add(listener);
+	return () => progressListeners.delete(listener);
+}
+
+function setProgress(patch: Partial<VodScanProgressSnapshot>): void {
+	progressSnapshot = { ...progressSnapshot, ...patch };
+	for (const listener of progressListeners) listener();
+}
+
 /** The view showing the scan hands over its canvas for the frame preview. */
 export function setVodPreviewCanvas(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement | null): void {
 	previewCanvas = canvas;
@@ -188,6 +220,9 @@ export async function startVodScan(
 	const update = (patch: Partial<VodScanSnapshot>) => {
 		if (own === generation) set(patch);
 	};
+	const updateProgress = (patch: Partial<VodScanProgressSnapshot>) => {
+		if (own === generation) setProgress(patch);
+	};
 	const preview = (frame: ImageBitmap | VideoFrame) => {
 		if (own === generation) drawPreview(frame);
 	};
@@ -196,12 +231,19 @@ export async function startVodScan(
 		name: file.name,
 		status: "scanning",
 	});
+	setProgress(IDLE_PROGRESS);
 
 	const timeline = new TimelineBuilder();
 	let events: ScanEvent[] = [];
 	let clients: AnalyzerClient[] = [];
 	const thumbnailWork: Promise<void>[] = [];
-	const publish = () => update({ events });
+	let publishTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+	const publish = () => {
+		publishTimer ??= setTimeout(() => {
+			publishTimer = null;
+			update({ events });
+		}, EVENTS_PUBLISH_INTERVAL_MS);
+	};
 
 	try {
 		// seek fallback: latest per-frame done info + the waiter for the next one
@@ -295,7 +337,7 @@ export async function startVodScan(
 					(c) => Math.min(c.t, c.tEnd) - c.tStart,
 				);
 				const elapsed = (now - started) / 1000;
-				update({
+				updateProgress({
 					progress: {
 						t: covered,
 						duration,
@@ -337,7 +379,7 @@ export async function startVodScan(
 			);
 			abortChunks = null;
 			if (abort.aborted) return;
-			update({ telemetry: mergedTelemetry() });
+			updateProgress({ telemetry: mergedTelemetry() });
 			await finalize(duration);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -367,7 +409,7 @@ export async function startVodScan(
 					// frame to the worker detaches it
 					preview(frame);
 					const elapsed = (now - started) / 1000;
-					update({
+					updateProgress({
 						progress: {
 							t,
 							duration: vod.duration,
@@ -392,13 +434,15 @@ export async function startVodScan(
 		if (!abort.aborted)
 			update({ status: "error", error: describeError(error) });
 	} finally {
+		if (publishTimer !== null) clearTimeout(publishTimer);
 		for (const client of clients) client.dispose();
 	}
 
 	async function finalize(duration: number): Promise<void> {
 		await Promise.all(thumbnailWork);
 		events = withoutInvalidObjectives(events);
-		update({ events, progress: { t: duration, duration, rate: 0 } });
+		update({ events });
+		updateProgress({ progress: { t: duration, duration, rate: 0 } });
 		await saveVod(
 			{
 				name: file.name,