diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.test.ts
index acf50f00476e..203c497f0ce4 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.test.ts
@@ -4341,7 +4341,7 @@ it.layer(layerTest)("ProjectionStoreV2", (it) => {
     }),
   );
 
-  it.effect("looks up shell stop requests through the interrupt request index", () =>
+  it.effect("looks up shell stop requests and active runs through their indexes", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const projectionStore = yield* ProjectionStore.ProjectionStoreV2;
       const sql = yield* SqlClient.SqlClient;
@@ -4355,15 +4355,23 @@ it.layer(layerTest)("ProjectionStoreV2", (it) => {
         statement.includes("AS latest_run_stop_requested"),
       );
       assert.isDefined(threadQuery);
-      const stopRequestLookups = (yield* sql.unsafe<{ readonly detail: string }>(
+      const plan = (yield* sql.unsafe<{ readonly detail: string }>(
         `EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN ${threadQuery}`,
-      ))
-        .map((row) => row.detail)
-        .filter((detail) => detail.startsWith("SEARCH stop_request "));
+      )).map((row) => row.detail);
+      const stopRequestLookups = plan.filter((detail) => detail.startsWith("SEARCH stop_request "));
       assert.lengthOf(stopRequestLookups, 2);
       for (const lookup of stopRequestLookups) {
         assert.include(lookup, "orchestration_v2_projection_turn_items_stop_request_idx");
       }
+      // The active, activity, and pending-secret lookups; walking the ordinal index instead
+      // reads every run of an idle thread.
+      const activeRunLookups = plan.filter(
+        (detail) => detail.startsWith("SEARCH r ") && detail.includes("(thread_id=?"),
+      );
+      assert.lengthOf(activeRunLookups, 4);
+      for (const lookup of activeRunLookups) {
+        assert.include(lookup, "orchestration_v2_projection_runs_thread_status_idx");
+      }
     }),
   );
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
index b901ea6b0a49..f1060ffe707d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
@@ -6217,7 +6217,10 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2, never, SqlClient.SqlClient> =
               active.status AS active_run_status,
               (
                 SELECT r.status
+                -- Read active runs by status. Walking the ordinal index to skip this sort
+                -- reads every run of a thread with none active.
                 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_runs r
+                  INDEXED BY orchestration_v2_projection_runs_thread_status_idx
                 WHERE r.thread_id = t.thread_id
                   AND r.status IN ('preparing', 'starting', 'running', 'waiting')
                   AND NOT ${isSilentShellRun("r")}
@@ -6232,6 +6235,7 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2, never, SqlClient.SqlClient> =
                   r.requested_at
                 )
                 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_runs r
+                  INDEXED BY orchestration_v2_projection_runs_thread_status_idx
                 WHERE r.thread_id = t.thread_id
                   AND r.status IN ('preparing', 'starting', 'running', 'waiting')
                   AND NOT ${isSilentShellRun("r")}
@@ -6293,6 +6297,7 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2, never, SqlClient.SqlClient> =
                 SELECT secret.payload_json
                 -- Keep runs outermost so completed history is never scanned for a pending secret.
                 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_runs r
+                  INDEXED BY orchestration_v2_projection_runs_thread_status_idx
                 CROSS JOIN orchestration_v2_projection_turn_items secret
                   INDEXED BY orchestration_v2_projection_turn_items_thread_run_idx
                 WHERE r.thread_id = t.thread_id
@@ -6341,6 +6346,7 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2, never, SqlClient.SqlClient> =
             LEFT JOIN orchestration_v2_projection_runs active ON active.run_id = (
               SELECT r.run_id
               FROM orchestration_v2_projection_runs r
+                INDEXED BY orchestration_v2_projection_runs_thread_status_idx
               WHERE r.thread_id = t.thread_id
                 AND r.status IN ('preparing', 'starting', 'running')
                 AND NOT ${isSilentShellRun("r")}