diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index bf42ff9..d9e50cc 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
   function setClock() { qs('#clock').textContent = fmt(new Date()); }
   setClock(); setInterval(setClock, 1000);
 
-  async function fetchContextSnapshot() {
-    const res = await fetch('api/v1/context', { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } });
+  async function fetchLiveSnapshot() {
+    const res = await fetch('api/v1/live', { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } });
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error('HTTP ' + res.status);
     return res.json();
   }
@@ -552,14 +552,13 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
     qs('#gitea-events-status').textContent = message;
   }
 
-  async function loadEventStream() {
-    setEventStreamStatus('Updating…');
-    try {
-      const res = await fetch('api/v1/events', { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } });
-      if (!res.ok) throw new Error('HTTP ' + res.status);
-      paintEventStream(await res.json());
+  function renderLiveSnapshot(snapshot) {
+    if (snapshot.context) renderContextSnapshot(snapshot.context);
+    else handleContextError(new Error('Context section unavailable'));
+    if (snapshot.events) {
+      paintEventStream(snapshot.events);
       setEventStreamStatus('Updated ' + fmt(new Date()));
-    } catch (e) {
+    } else {
       setEventStreamStatus('Update failed · showing last activity');
     }
   }
@@ -664,9 +663,12 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
   });
 
   const contextPoller = createContextPoller({
-    fetchContext: fetchContextSnapshot,
-    onSnapshot: renderContextSnapshot,
-    onError: handleContextError,
+    fetchContext: fetchLiveSnapshot,
+    onSnapshot: renderLiveSnapshot,
+    onError: error => {
+      handleContextError(error);
+      setEventStreamStatus('Update failed · showing last activity');
+    },
     isHidden: () => document.hidden,
     intervalMs: 8000,
   });
@@ -689,11 +691,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
     });
   });
   contextPoller.start();
-  loadEventStream();
-  setInterval(() => { if (!document.hidden) loadEventStream(); }, 5000);
   document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
     contextPoller.setVisible(!document.hidden);
-    if (!document.hidden) loadEventStream();
   });
 
   /* Widgets */
diff --git a/src/gitea_proxy.py b/src/gitea_proxy.py
index 805c78b..f16ce0f 100644
--- a/src/gitea_proxy.py
+++ b/src/gitea_proxy.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ GITEA_URL = os.getenv("GITEA_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:3000").rstrip("/")
 GITEA_TOKEN = os.getenv("GITEA_TOKEN", "")
 REVIEW_DIFF_MAX_BYTES = 64 * 1024
 REVIEW_DIFF_MAX_LINES = 400
+_client: httpx.AsyncClient | None = None
 
 
 def _auth() -> dict[str, str]:
@@ -18,30 +19,47 @@ def _auth() -> dict[str, str]:
     return headers
 
 
+def start_client(**kwargs) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
+    """Create the application-lifetime Gitea transport."""
+    global _client
+    _client = httpx.AsyncClient(base_url=GITEA_URL, timeout=10, **kwargs)
+    return _client
+
+
+def _get_client() -> httpx.AsyncClient:
+    if _client is None or _client.is_closed:
+        return start_client()
+    return _client
+
+
+async def stop_client() -> None:
+    global _client
+    if _client is not None and not _client.is_closed:
+        await _client.aclose()
+
+
 async def fetch(path: str) -> Any:
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url=GITEA_URL, timeout=10) as client:
-        r = await client.get(f"/api/v1/{path}", headers=_auth())
-        r.raise_for_status()
-        return r.json()
+    r = await _get_client().get(f"/api/v1/{path}", headers=_auth())
+    r.raise_for_status()
+    return r.json()
 
 
 async def fetch_text(path: str, max_bytes: int) -> tuple[str, bool]:
     chunks: list[bytes] = []
     size = 0
     truncated = False
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url=GITEA_URL, timeout=10) as client:
-        async with client.stream(
-            "GET", f"/api/v1/{path}", headers={**_auth(), "Accept": "text/plain"}
-        ) as response:
-            response.raise_for_status()
-            async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes():
-                remaining = max_bytes - size
-                if len(chunk) > remaining:
-                    chunks.append(chunk[:remaining])
-                    truncated = True
-                    break
-                chunks.append(chunk)
-                size += len(chunk)
+    async with _get_client().stream(
+        "GET", f"/api/v1/{path}", headers={**_auth(), "Accept": "text/plain"}
+    ) as response:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes():
+            remaining = max_bytes - size
+            if len(chunk) > remaining:
+                chunks.append(chunk[:remaining])
+                truncated = True
+                break
+            chunks.append(chunk)
+            size += len(chunk)
     return b"".join(chunks).decode("utf-8", errors="replace"), truncated
 
 
@@ -100,11 +118,11 @@ async def issues() -> list[dict]:
 
 
 async def pull_requests() -> list[dict]:
-    assigned = await fetch(
-        "repos/issues/search?state=open&assigned=true&type=pulls&limit=50"
-    )
-    review_requested = await fetch(
-        "repos/issues/search?state=open&review_requested=true&type=pulls&limit=50"
+    assigned, review_requested = await asyncio.gather(
+        fetch("repos/issues/search?state=open&assigned=true&type=pulls&limit=50"),
+        fetch(
+            "repos/issues/search?state=open&review_requested=true&type=pulls&limit=50"
+        ),
     )
     merged: dict[int, dict] = {}
     for reason, pulls in (
@@ -201,8 +219,9 @@ async def pull_review_detail(repository: str, number: int) -> dict:
     }
 
 
-async def activity_events() -> list[dict]:
-    user = await current_user()
+async def activity_events(user: dict | None = None) -> list[dict]:
+    if user is None:
+        user = await current_user()
     events = await fetch(f"users/{user['login']}/activities/feeds?limit=20")
     if events is None:
         events = []
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index ea6150f..77f163e 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import math
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
+from src import gitea_proxy
 from src.gitea_proxy import (
     activity_events,
     current_user,
@@ -20,12 +22,22 @@ from src.models import Issue, PullRequest, Repo, User
 from src.suggestion_engine import compute
 from src.views import router as frontend_router
 
-app = FastAPI(title="Stackchain Dashboard")
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(_app: FastAPI):
+    gitea_proxy.start_client()
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        await gitea_proxy.stop_client()
+
+
+app = FastAPI(title="Stackchain Dashboard", lifespan=lifespan)
 CONTEXT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
 EVENT_STREAM_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
 READINESS_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
 REVIEW_DETAIL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
 FRONTEND_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "frontend"
+_live_snapshot_task: asyncio.Task | None = None
 
 
 class ContextPayloadError(ValueError):
@@ -35,6 +47,52 @@ class ContextPayloadError(ValueError):
 class ReadinessPayloadError(ValueError):
     """Raised when Gitea returns a structurally invalid readiness payload."""
 
+
+def _context_payload(user_data, repo_data, issues_data, prs_data) -> dict:
+    user_model = User(
+        id=user_data["id"],
+        login=user_data["login"],
+        full_name=user_data.get("full_name") or "",
+        email=user_data.get("email") or "",
+    )
+    repo_models = [
+        Repo(
+            id=r["id"], name=r["name"], full_name=r["full_name"],
+            description=r.get("description") or "", url=r["html_url"],
+            updated_at=r.get("updated_at", ""),
+        )
+        for r in (repo_data or [])[:50]
+        if isinstance(r, dict)
+        and all(field in r for field in ("id", "name", "full_name", "html_url"))
+    ]
+    issue_models = [
+        Issue(
+            id=i["id"], number=i["number"], title=i["title"], state=i["state"],
+            labels=[label.get("name", "") for label in (i.get("labels") or []) if isinstance(label, dict)],
+            assignees=[assignee.get("login", "") for assignee in (i.get("assignees") or []) if isinstance(assignee, dict)],
+            repository=i["repository"].get("full_name", "") if isinstance(i.get("repository"), dict) else "",
+            updated_at=i.get("updated_at") or "", url=i["html_url"],
+        )
+        for i in (issues_data or [])[:50]
+        if isinstance(i, dict)
+        and all(field in i for field in ("id", "number", "title", "state", "html_url"))
+    ]
+    pr_models = [
+        PullRequest(
+            id=p["id"], number=p["number"], title=p["title"], state=p["state"],
+            user=p["user"].get("login", "") if isinstance(p.get("user"), dict) else "",
+            labels=[label.get("name", "") for label in (p.get("labels") or []) if isinstance(label, dict)],
+            assignees=[assignee.get("login", "") for assignee in (p.get("assignees") or []) if isinstance(assignee, dict)],
+            work_reasons=[reason for reason in (p.get("work_reasons") or []) if reason in ("assigned_to_me", "review_requested")],
+            repository=p["repository"].get("full_name", "") if isinstance(p.get("repository"), dict) else "",
+            updated_at=p.get("updated_at") or "", url=p["html_url"],
+        )
+        for p in (prs_data or [])[:50]
+        if isinstance(p, dict)
+        and all(field in p for field in ("id", "number", "title", "state", "html_url"))
+    ]
+    return compute(user_model, repo_models, issue_models, pr_models).model_dump()
+
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
     allow_origins=["*"],
@@ -50,7 +108,7 @@ app.include_router(frontend_router)
 @app.middleware("http")
 async def prevent_live_api_caching(request, call_next):
     response = await call_next(request)
-    if request.url.path in {"/api/v1/context", "/api/v1/events"} or (
+    if request.url.path in {"/api/v1/context", "/api/v1/events", "/api/v1/live"} or (
         request.url.path.startswith("/api/v1/repos/")
         and request.url.path.endswith("/review")
     ):
@@ -145,87 +203,68 @@ async def context() -> JSONResponse:
         }, headers={
             "Retry-After": str(max(1, math.ceil(CONTEXT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)))
         } if isinstance(e, TimeoutError) else None)
-    user_model = User(id=user_data["id"], login=user_data["login"], full_name=user_data.get("full_name") or "", email=user_data.get("email") or "")
-    repo_models = [
-        Repo(id=r["id"], name=r["name"], full_name=r["full_name"], description=r.get("description") or "", url=r["html_url"], updated_at=r.get("updated_at", ""))
-        for r in (repo_data or [])[:50]
-        if isinstance(r, dict)
-        and all(field in r for field in ("id", "name", "full_name", "html_url"))
-    ]
-    issue_models = [
-        Issue(
-            id=i["id"],
-            number=i["number"],
-            title=i["title"],
-            state=i["state"],
-            labels=[
-                label.get("name", "")
-                for label in (i.get("labels") or [])
-                if isinstance(label, dict)
-            ],
-            assignees=[
-                assignee.get("login", "")
-                for assignee in (i.get("assignees") or [])
-                if isinstance(assignee, dict)
-            ],
-            repository=(
-                i["repository"].get("full_name", "")
-                if isinstance(i.get("repository"), dict)
-                else ""
-            ),
-            updated_at=i.get("updated_at") or "",
-            url=i["html_url"],
+    return JSONResponse(_context_payload(user_data, repo_data, issues_data, prs_data))
+
+
+async def _load_context_for_user(user_data: dict) -> dict:
+    repo_data, issues_data, prs_data = await asyncio.gather(
+        repos(), issues(), pull_requests()
+    )
+    if not all(field in user_data for field in ("id", "login")):
+        raise ContextPayloadError("Gitea current-user response did not include id and login")
+    if any(
+        data is not None and not isinstance(data, list)
+        for data in (repo_data, issues_data, prs_data)
+    ):
+        raise ContextPayloadError("Gitea collection response was not a list")
+    return _context_payload(user_data, repo_data, issues_data, prs_data)
+
+
+async def _build_live_snapshot() -> dict:
+    user_data = await current_user()
+    if not isinstance(user_data, dict) or not user_data.get("login"):
+        raise ContextPayloadError("Gitea current-user response was invalid")
+    context_result, events_result = await asyncio.gather(
+        _load_context_for_user(user_data),
+        activity_events(user_data),
+        return_exceptions=True,
+    )
+    context_ok = not isinstance(context_result, BaseException)
+    events_ok = not isinstance(events_result, BaseException)
+    return {
+        "context": context_result if context_ok else None,
+        "events": events_result if events_ok else None,
+        "sections": {
+            "context": "fresh" if context_ok else "temporarily unavailable",
+            "events": "fresh" if events_ok else "temporarily unavailable",
+        },
+    }
+
+
+@app.get("/api/v1/live")
+async def live_snapshot() -> JSONResponse:
+    """Return a fresh, section-aware snapshot; join only an active identical load."""
+    global _live_snapshot_task
+    if _live_snapshot_task is None or _live_snapshot_task.done():
+        _live_snapshot_task = asyncio.create_task(_build_live_snapshot())
+    task = _live_snapshot_task
+    try:
+        result = await asyncio.wait_for(task, timeout=CONTEXT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
+        return JSONResponse(result)
+    except TimeoutError:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": f"Gitea live snapshot timed out after {CONTEXT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:g}s"},
+            status_code=503,
+            headers={"Retry-After": str(max(1, math.ceil(CONTEXT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)))},
         )
-        for i in (issues_data or [])[:50]
-        if isinstance(i, dict)
-        and all(
-            field in i
-            for field in ("id", "number", "title", "state", "html_url")
+    except Exception:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "Gitea live snapshot is temporarily unavailable"},
+            status_code=503,
         )
-    ]
-    pr_models = [
-        PullRequest(
-            id=p["id"],
-            number=p["number"],
-            title=p["title"],
-            state=p["state"],
-            user=(
-                p["user"].get("login", "")
-                if isinstance(p.get("user"), dict)
-                else ""
-            ),
-            labels=[
-                label.get("name", "")
-                for label in (p.get("labels") or [])
-                if isinstance(label, dict)
-            ],
-            assignees=[
-                assignee.get("login", "")
-                for assignee in (p.get("assignees") or [])
-                if isinstance(assignee, dict)
-            ],
-            work_reasons=[
-                reason
-                for reason in (p.get("work_reasons") or [])
-                if reason in ("assigned_to_me", "review_requested")
-            ],
-            repository=(
-                p["repository"].get("full_name", "")
-                if isinstance(p.get("repository"), dict)
-                else ""
-            ),
-            updated_at=p.get("updated_at") or "",
-            url=p["html_url"],
-        )
-        for p in (prs_data or [])[:50]
-        if isinstance(p, dict)
-        and all(
-            field in p
-            for field in ("id", "number", "title", "state", "html_url")
-        )
-    ]
-    ctx = compute(user_model, repo_models, issue_models, pr_models)
-    return JSONResponse(ctx.model_dump())
+    finally:
+        if task.done() and _live_snapshot_task is task:
+            _live_snapshot_task = None
 
 
 @app.get("/api/v1/events")
diff --git a/tests/test_api_cache_policy.py b/tests/test_api_cache_policy.py
index c4a69fa..7fd8c75 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_cache_policy.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_cache_policy.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async def test_live_gitea_api_responses_cannot_be_stored_by_shared_caches(monkey
     async def empty_collection():
         return []
 
-    async def empty_events():
+    async def empty_events(user_data=None):
         return []
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(main, "current_user", user)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async def test_live_gitea_api_responses_cannot_be_stored_by_shared_caches(monkey
 
     transport = httpx.ASGITransport(app=main.app)
     async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, base_url="http://test") as client:
-        for path in ("/api/v1/context", "/api/v1/events"):
+        for path in ("/api/v1/context", "/api/v1/events", "/api/v1/live"):
             response = await client.get(path)
 
             assert response.status_code == 200
diff --git a/tests/test_api_paths.py b/tests/test_api_paths.py
index 6bdc3c7..4656e6a 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_paths.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_paths.py
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ def test_api_requests_resolve_inside_dashboard_subpath():
         urljoin("https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/dashboard/", path)
         for path in api_paths
     } == {
-        "https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/dashboard/api/v1/context",
-        "https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/dashboard/api/v1/events",
+        "https://forge.alexanderwhitestone.com/dashboard/api/v1/live",
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_event_stream.py b/tests/test_event_stream.py
index 5f48776..aa37730 100644
--- a/tests/test_event_stream.py
+++ b/tests/test_event_stream.py
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ def test_dashboard_has_realtime_gitea_event_stream_widget():
     assert "Gitea event stream" in html
     assert "id=\"gitea-events\"" in html
     assert "function paintEventStream" in html
-    assert "setInterval(() => { if (!document.hidden) loadEventStream(); }, 5000)" in html
-    assert "if (!document.hidden) loadEventStream();" in html
+    assert "fetch('api/v1/live'" in html
+    assert "paintEventStream(snapshot.events)" in html
+    assert "loadEventStream" not in html
     assert "event.actor?.login" in html
     assert "event.repo?.full_name" in html
 
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ def test_event_stream_reports_when_activity_was_refreshed():
     html = DASHBOARD.read_text()
 
     assert 'id="gitea-events-status"' in html
-    assert "setEventStreamStatus('Updating…')" in html
     assert "setEventStreamStatus('Updated ' + fmt(new Date()))" in html
 
 
@@ -121,6 +121,21 @@ async def test_activity_events_fetches_feed_for_authenticated_user(monkeypatch):
     assert paths == ["users/timmy/activities/feeds?limit=20"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_activity_events_reuses_supplied_authenticated_user(monkeypatch):
+    async def unexpected_current_user():
+        raise AssertionError("current user must not be fetched twice")
+
+    async def fake_fetch(path):
+        assert path == "users/timmy/activities/feeds?limit=20"
+        return []
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gitea_proxy, "current_user", unexpected_current_user)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gitea_proxy, "fetch", fake_fetch)
+
+    assert await gitea_proxy.activity_events({"login": "timmy"}) == []
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_activity_events_skips_malformed_feed_entries(monkeypatch):
     async def fake_current_user():
diff --git a/tests/test_gitea_transport.py b/tests/test_gitea_transport.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4985cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_gitea_transport.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from src import gitea_proxy
+from src import main
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_gitea_transport_is_reused_across_requests_and_closed():
+    client_ids = []
+
+    async def handler(request):
+        client_ids.append(id(gitea_proxy._client))
+        return httpx.Response(200, json={"path": request.url.path})
+
+    client = gitea_proxy.start_client(transport=httpx.MockTransport(handler))
+    try:
+        first = await gitea_proxy.fetch("user")
+        second = await gitea_proxy.fetch("user/repos")
+    finally:
+        await gitea_proxy.stop_client()
+
+    assert first == {"path": "/api/v1/user"}
+    assert second == {"path": "/api/v1/user/repos"}
+    assert client_ids == [id(client), id(client)]
+    assert client.is_closed
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_application_lifespan_opens_and_closes_gitea_transport(monkeypatch):
+    calls = []
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gitea_proxy, "start_client", lambda: calls.append("start"))
+
+    async def stop_client():
+        calls.append("stop")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gitea_proxy, "stop_client", stop_client)
+
+    async with main.app.router.lifespan_context(main.app):
+        assert calls == ["start"]
+
+    assert calls == ["start", "stop"]
diff --git a/tests/test_gitea_work_search.py b/tests/test_gitea_work_search.py
index 979ec24..83fcb12 100644
--- a/tests/test_gitea_work_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_gitea_work_search.py
@@ -55,6 +55,29 @@ async def test_pull_requests_merge_assignment_and_review_responsibilities(monkey
     assert pulls[1]["work_reasons"] == ["review_requested"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_pull_request_searches_start_concurrently(monkeypatch):
+    started = [asyncio.Event(), asyncio.Event()]
+    release = asyncio.Event()
+
+    async def fake_fetch(path):
+        index = 0 if "assigned=true" in path else 1
+        started[index].set()
+        await release.wait()
+        return []
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(gitea_proxy, "fetch", fake_fetch)
+    task = asyncio.create_task(gitea_proxy.pull_requests())
+    try:
+        await asyncio.wait_for(
+            asyncio.gather(*(event.wait() for event in started)), timeout=1
+        )
+    finally:
+        release.set()
+
+    assert await task == []
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_requested_review_guard_uses_only_dedicated_review_search(monkeypatch):
     requested_paths = []
diff --git a/tests/test_live_snapshot.py b/tests/test_live_snapshot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f11111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_live_snapshot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import asyncio
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from src import main
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def reset_live_snapshot_task():
+    main._live_snapshot_task = None
+    yield
+    main._live_snapshot_task = None
+
+
+def payload(response):
+    return json.loads(response.body)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_live_snapshot_fetches_user_once_and_updates_work_and_activity(monkeypatch):
+    calls = {"user": 0}
+
+    async def user():
+        calls["user"] += 1
+        return {"id": 1, "login": "timmy"}
+
+    async def empty():
+        return []
+
+    async def events(authenticated_user):
+        assert authenticated_user["login"] == "timmy"
+        return [{"type": "push"}]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "current_user", user)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "repos", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "issues", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "pull_requests", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "activity_events", events)
+
+    response = await main.live_snapshot()
+    result = payload(response)
+
+    assert calls["user"] == 1
+    assert result["context"]["user"]["login"] == "timmy"
+    assert result["events"] == [{"type": "push"}]
+    assert result["sections"] == {"context": "fresh", "events": "fresh"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_live_snapshot_keeps_fresh_context_when_activity_fails(monkeypatch):
+    async def user():
+        return {"id": 1, "login": "timmy"}
+
+    async def empty():
+        return []
+
+    async def failing_events(authenticated_user):
+        raise ConnectionError("secret upstream detail")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "current_user", user)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "repos", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "issues", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "pull_requests", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "activity_events", failing_events)
+
+    result = payload(await main.live_snapshot())
+
+    assert result["context"]["user"]["login"] == "timmy"
+    assert result["events"] is None
+    assert result["sections"] == {
+        "context": "fresh",
+        "events": "temporarily unavailable",
+    }
+    assert "secret" not in json.dumps(result)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_live_snapshot_keeps_fresh_activity_when_work_fails(monkeypatch):
+    async def user():
+        return {"id": 1, "login": "timmy"}
+
+    async def failing_repos():
+        raise ConnectionError("work unavailable")
+
+    async def empty():
+        return []
+
+    async def events(authenticated_user):
+        return [{"type": "push"}]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "current_user", user)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "repos", failing_repos)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "issues", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "pull_requests", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "activity_events", events)
+
+    result = payload(await main.live_snapshot())
+
+    assert result["context"] is None
+    assert result["events"] == [{"type": "push"}]
+    assert result["sections"] == {
+        "context": "temporarily unavailable",
+        "events": "fresh",
+    }
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_live_snapshot_coalesces_only_simultaneous_requests(monkeypatch):
+    user_calls = 0
+    release = asyncio.Event()
+
+    async def user():
+        nonlocal user_calls
+        user_calls += 1
+        return {"id": 1, "login": "timmy"}
+
+    async def blocked_repos():
+        await release.wait()
+        return []
+
+    async def empty():
+        return []
+
+    async def events(authenticated_user):
+        return []
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "current_user", user)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "repos", blocked_repos)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "issues", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "pull_requests", empty)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(main, "activity_events", events)
+
+    first = asyncio.create_task(main.live_snapshot())
+    await asyncio.sleep(0)
+    second = asyncio.create_task(main.live_snapshot())
+    await asyncio.sleep(0)
+    assert user_calls == 1
+
+    release.set()
+    await asyncio.gather(first, second)
+    await main.live_snapshot()
+
+    assert user_calls == 2
diff --git a/tests/test_shared_context_snapshot.py b/tests/test_shared_context_snapshot.py
index 1e1006e..5a2eb4f 100644
--- a/tests/test_shared_context_snapshot.py
+++ b/tests/test_shared_context_snapshot.py
@@ -14,4 +14,16 @@ async def test_one_context_snapshot_updates_every_context_backed_panel():
     assert "setInterval(tickWidgets, 2000)" not in html
     assert "updateRepoMix(qs('#repo-mix'), fetch)" not in html
     assert "setInterval(load, 8000)" not in html
-    assert "document.addEventListener('visibilitychange'" in html
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+    assert "document.addEventListener('visibilitychange'" in html
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_one_live_snapshot_updates_work_and_activity_on_one_timer():
+    html = await dashboard()
+
+    assert "fetch('api/v1/live'" in html
+    assert "renderLiveSnapshot(snapshot)" in html
+    assert "renderContextSnapshot(snapshot.context)" in html
+    assert "paintEventStream(snapshot.events)" in html
+    assert "loadEventStream" not in html
+    assert "5000" not in html
\ No newline at end of file