diff --git a/src/web/public/app.js b/src/web/public/app.js
index eaaac438..ac553127 100644
--- a/src/web/public/app.js
+++ b/src/web/public/app.js
@@ -2150,9 +2150,9 @@ class CodemanApp {
         this.renderSubagentDetail();
       }
       this.renderSubagentPanel();
-      // Update floating window
+      // Update floating window (debounced — tool_call events fire rapidly)
       if (this.subagentWindows.has(data.agentId)) {
-        this.renderSubagentWindowContent(data.agentId);
+        this.scheduleSubagentWindowRender(data.agentId);
       }
     });
 
@@ -2165,9 +2165,9 @@ class CodemanApp {
       if (this.activeSubagentId === data.agentId) {
         this.renderSubagentDetail();
       }
-      // Update floating window
+      // Update floating window (debounced)
       if (this.subagentWindows.has(data.agentId)) {
-        this.renderSubagentWindowContent(data.agentId);
+        this.scheduleSubagentWindowRender(data.agentId);
       }
     });
 
@@ -2180,9 +2180,9 @@ class CodemanApp {
       if (this.activeSubagentId === data.agentId) {
         this.renderSubagentDetail();
       }
-      // Update floating window
+      // Update floating window (debounced)
       if (this.subagentWindows.has(data.agentId)) {
-        this.renderSubagentWindowContent(data.agentId);
+        this.scheduleSubagentWindowRender(data.agentId);
       }
     });
 
@@ -2208,9 +2208,9 @@ class CodemanApp {
       if (this.activeSubagentId === data.agentId) {
         this.renderSubagentDetail();
       }
-      // Update floating window
+      // Update floating window (debounced)
       if (this.subagentWindows.has(data.agentId)) {
-        this.renderSubagentWindowContent(data.agentId);
+        this.scheduleSubagentWindowRender(data.agentId);
       }
     });
 
@@ -6054,6 +6054,24 @@ class CodemanApp {
       display.textContent = '';
       display.onclick = null;
     }
+    // Upload URL row
+    const uploadRow = document.getElementById('tunnelUploadUrlRow');
+    const uploadDisplay = document.getElementById('tunnelUploadUrlDisplay');
+    if (!uploadRow || !uploadDisplay) return;
+    if (url) {
+      const uploadUrl = url + '/upload.html';
+      uploadRow.style.display = '';
+      uploadDisplay.textContent = uploadUrl;
+      uploadDisplay.onclick = () => {
+        navigator.clipboard.writeText(uploadUrl).then(() => {
+          this.showToast('Upload URL copied', 'success');
+        });
+      };
+    } else {
+      uploadRow.style.display = 'none';
+      uploadDisplay.textContent = '';
+      uploadDisplay.onclick = null;
+    }
   }
 
   showTunnelQR() {
@@ -9213,6 +9231,19 @@ class CodemanApp {
   }
 
 
+  // Debounced wrapper — coalesces rapid subagent events (tool_call, progress,
+  // message) into a single DOM update per 100ms per agent window.
+  scheduleSubagentWindowRender(agentId) {
+    if (!this._subagentWindowRenderTimeouts) this._subagentWindowRenderTimeouts = new Map();
+    if (this._subagentWindowRenderTimeouts.has(agentId)) {
+      clearTimeout(this._subagentWindowRenderTimeouts.get(agentId));
+    }
+    this._subagentWindowRenderTimeouts.set(agentId, setTimeout(() => {
+      this._subagentWindowRenderTimeouts.delete(agentId);
+      scheduleBackground(() => this.renderSubagentWindowContent(agentId));
+    }, 100));
+  }
+
   renderSubagentWindowContent(agentId) {
     // Skip if this window has a live terminal (don't overwrite xterm with activity HTML)
     if (this.teammateTerminals.has(agentId)) return;
diff --git a/src/web/server.ts b/src/web/server.ts
index aee347ab..9b618640 100644
--- a/src/web/server.ts
+++ b/src/web/server.ts
@@ -583,10 +583,12 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
       this.sendSSE(reply, 'init', this.getLightState());
       // Flush Cloudflare tunnel buffer with padding — ensures the init event
       // (and any immediately following events) are delivered without proxy delay.
-      try {
-        reply.raw.write(SSE_PADDING);
-      } catch {
-        /* client gone */
+      if (this.tunnelManager.getUrl()) {
+        try {
+          reply.raw.write(SSE_PADDING);
+        } catch {
+          /* client gone */
+        }
       }
 
       req.raw.on('close', () => {
@@ -1870,11 +1872,12 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
       this.cachedSessionsList = null;
     }
     // Performance optimization: serialize JSON once for all clients.
-    // Append padding to flush Cloudflare tunnel buffers for all non-terminal events.
-    // Terminal data is high-volume and already exceeds buffer thresholds naturally.
+    // Only append Cloudflare tunnel padding when tunnel is actually active —
+    // direct/Tailscale clients don't need 8KB padding on every event.
+    const padding = this.tunnelManager.getUrl() ? SSE_PADDING : '';
     let message: string;
     try {
-      message = `event: ${event}\ndata: ${JSON.stringify(data)}\n\n` + SSE_PADDING;
+      message = `event: ${event}\ndata: ${JSON.stringify(data)}\n\n` + padding;
     } catch (err) {
       // Handle circular references or non-serializable values
       console.error(`[Server] Failed to serialize SSE event "${event}":`, err);
@@ -2144,9 +2147,11 @@ export class WebServer extends EventEmitter {
         if (!socket || socket.destroyed || !socket.writable) {
           deadClients.push(client);
         } else {
-          // Send padded SSE comment as keep-alive — the padding flushes
-          // Cloudflare tunnel buffers so subsequent events arrive promptly.
-          client.raw.write(':keepalive\n' + SSE_PADDING);
+          // Send SSE comment as keep-alive. Only add padding when tunnel is
+          // active — it flushes Cloudflare proxy buffers but wastes bandwidth
+          // for direct/Tailscale connections.
+          const ka = this.tunnelManager.getUrl() ? ':keepalive\n' + SSE_PADDING : ':keepalive\n\n';
+          client.raw.write(ka);
         }
       } catch {
         // Error accessing socket means client is dead