diff --git a/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts b/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts
index 73093af6c750b..302e12dfc05a7 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.test.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function layerTestFor(state: {
   remoteStatusError?: GitManagerError;
   backgroundWorkEnabled?: boolean;
   automaticFetchInterval?: Effect.Effect<Duration.Duration>;
-  beforeRemoteStatus?: Effect.Effect<void>;
+  beforeRemoteStatus?: Effect.Effect<void, GitManagerError>;
   beforeLocalStatus?: Effect.Effect<void>;
   beforeCurrentBranch?: Effect.Effect<void>;
   beforeInvalidate?: Effect.Effect<void>;
@@ -1724,6 +1724,92 @@ describe("VcsStatusBroadcaster", () => {
       assert.isTrue(Option.isSome(yield* Deferred.poll(remoteInterrupted)));
     }).pipe(Effect.provide(layerTest));
   });
+
+  it.effect("refreshes requested during a refresh share one follow-up refresh", () => {
+    const state: Parameters<typeof layerTestFor>[0] = {
+      currentLocalStatus: baseLocalStatus,
+      currentRemoteStatus: baseRemoteStatus,
+      localStatusCalls: 0,
+      remoteStatusCalls: 0,
+      localInvalidationCalls: 0,
+      remoteInvalidationCalls: 0,
+    };
+
+    return Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const broadcaster = yield* VcsStatusBroadcaster.VcsStatusBroadcaster;
+      const fetchStarted = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
+      const finishFetch = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
+      state.beforeRemoteStatus = Deferred.succeed(fetchStarted, undefined).pipe(
+        Effect.andThen(Deferred.await(finishFetch)),
+      );
+      const first = yield* broadcaster.refreshStatus("/repo").pipe(Effect.forkScoped);
+      yield* Deferred.await(fetchStarted);
+      // Every read after the first sees a PR, so a caller that reused the
+      // first refresh would get a status from before its own request.
+      state.beforeRemoteStatus = Effect.sync(() => {
+        state.currentRemoteStatus = remoteStatusWithPr;
+      });
+      const later = yield* Effect.all(
+        [broadcaster.refreshStatus("/repo"), broadcaster.refreshStatus("/repo")],
+        { concurrency: "unbounded" },
+      ).pipe(Effect.forkScoped({ startImmediately: true }));
+      yield* Deferred.succeed(finishFetch, undefined);
+
+      assert.isNull((yield* Fiber.join(first)).pr);
+      const [second, third] = yield* Fiber.join(later);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(second.pr, remoteStatusWithPr.pr);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(third.pr, remoteStatusWithPr.pr);
+      assert.equal(state.remoteStatusCalls, 2);
+
+      yield* broadcaster.refreshStatus("/repo");
+      assert.equal(state.remoteStatusCalls, 3);
+    }).pipe(Effect.provide(layerTestFor(state)));
+  });
+
+  it.effect("a failed refresh releases interrupted waiters and runs the shared follow-up", () => {
+    const state: Parameters<typeof layerTestFor>[0] = {
+      currentLocalStatus: baseLocalStatus,
+      currentRemoteStatus: remoteStatusWithPr,
+      localStatusCalls: 0,
+      remoteStatusCalls: 0,
+      localInvalidationCalls: 0,
+      remoteInvalidationCalls: 0,
+    };
+
+    return Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const broadcaster = yield* VcsStatusBroadcaster.VcsStatusBroadcaster;
+      const started = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
+      const release = yield* Deferred.make<void>();
+      state.beforeRemoteStatus = Deferred.succeed(started, undefined).pipe(
+        Effect.andThen(Deferred.await(release)),
+        Effect.andThen(
+          Effect.fail(
+            new GitManagerError({
+              operation: "VcsStatusBroadcaster.test",
+              cwd: "/repo",
+              detail: "remote status failed",
+            }),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      const first = yield* broadcaster.refreshStatus("/repo").pipe(Effect.exit, Effect.forkScoped);
+      yield* Deferred.await(started);
+      const interrupted = yield* broadcaster
+        .refreshStatus("/repo")
+        .pipe(Effect.forkScoped({ startImmediately: true }));
+      const remaining = yield* broadcaster
+        .refreshStatus("/repo")
+        .pipe(Effect.forkScoped({ startImmediately: true }));
+      yield* Fiber.interrupt(interrupted);
+      state.beforeRemoteStatus = Effect.void;
+      yield* Deferred.succeed(release, undefined);
+      assert.isTrue(Exit.isFailure(yield* Fiber.join(first)));
+      assert.deepStrictEqual((yield* Fiber.join(remaining)).pr, remoteStatusWithPr.pr);
+      assert.equal(state.remoteStatusCalls, 1);
+      yield* broadcaster.refreshStatus("/repo");
+      assert.equal(state.remoteStatusCalls, 2);
+    }).pipe(Effect.provide(layerTestFor(state)));
+  });
 });
 
 const newState = (): Parameters<typeof layerTestFor>[0] => ({
diff --git a/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts b/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts
index 28daef7d790ca..ace2289e49aed 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsStatusBroadcaster.ts
@@ -799,6 +799,57 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
     }
   });
 
+  // A request made during a refresh needs a read that starts after it, so overlapping requests
+  // share one follow-up. Keyed by raw cwd because auto-pull policy depends on it.
+  // Missing means idle; null means running with no follow-up queued.
+  type SharedRefresh = Deferred.Deferred<VcsStatusResult, GitManagerServiceError>;
+  const queuedRefreshesRef = yield* Ref.make(new Map<string, SharedRefresh | null>());
+
+  const runQueuedRefreshes = Effect.fn("VcsStatusBroadcaster.runQueuedRefreshes")(function* (
+    rawCwd: string,
+    first: SharedRefresh,
+  ) {
+    let next: SharedRefresh | null = first;
+    while (next !== null) {
+      yield* Deferred.into(refreshStatus(rawCwd), next);
+      next = yield* Ref.modify(queuedRefreshesRef, (queued) => {
+        const followUp = queued.get(rawCwd) ?? null;
+        const nextQueued = new Map(queued);
+        if (followUp === null) {
+          nextQueued.delete(rawCwd);
+        } else {
+          nextQueued.set(rawCwd, null);
+        }
+        return [followUp, nextQueued] as const;
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  const shareQueuedRefreshStatus: VcsStatusBroadcaster["Service"]["refreshStatus"] = Effect.fn(
+    "VcsStatusBroadcaster.shareQueuedRefreshStatus",
+  )(function* (rawCwd, options) {
+    if (options?.localOnly) return yield* refreshStatus(rawCwd, options);
+    const requested = yield* Deferred.make<VcsStatusResult, GitManagerServiceError>();
+    // Registering and forking together keeps an interrupt from leaving an entry with no worker.
+    const shared = yield* Effect.uninterruptible(
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const followUp = yield* Ref.modify(
+          queuedRefreshesRef,
+          (queued): readonly [SharedRefresh | undefined, Map<string, SharedRefresh | null>] => {
+            if (!queued.has(rawCwd)) return [undefined, new Map(queued).set(rawCwd, null)];
+            const followUp = queued.get(rawCwd) ?? requested;
+            return [followUp, new Map(queued).set(rawCwd, followUp)];
+          },
+        );
+        if (followUp !== undefined) return followUp;
+        // The broadcaster scope owns the work, so one caller's interrupt does not cancel it for the rest.
+        yield* runQueuedRefreshes(rawCwd, requested).pipe(Effect.forkIn(broadcasterScope));
+        return requested;
+      }),
+    );
+    return yield* Deferred.await(shared);
+  });
+
   // Serialize branch publication and cache invalidation with detailed reads and refreshes.
   const refreshBranchStatusCore = Effect.fn("VcsStatusBroadcaster.refreshBranchStatusCore")(
     (cwd: string) =>
@@ -1028,7 +1079,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
     ),
     getStatus,
     refreshLocalStatus,
-    refreshStatus,
+    refreshStatus: shareQueuedRefreshStatus,
     refreshPullRequestStatus,
     streamStatus,
   });