From 3a73e2508b7231b6409c31720af4e06e1a615433 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:56:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] perf(gateway): skip idle channel shutdown work

---
 src/gateway/server-channels.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/gateway/server-channels.ts b/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
index 73a6a11cd7a..1ed2250547f 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
@@ -180,8 +180,12 @@ export function createChannelManager(opts: ChannelManagerOptions): ChannelManage
 
   const stopChannel = async (channelId: ChannelId, accountId?: string) => {
     const plugin = getChannelPlugin(channelId);
-    const cfg = loadConfig();
     const store = getStore(channelId);
+    // Fast path: nothing running and no explicit plugin shutdown hook to run.
+    if (!plugin?.gateway?.stopAccount && store.aborts.size === 0 && store.tasks.size === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const cfg = loadConfig();
     const knownIds = new Set<string>([
       ...store.aborts.keys(),
       ...store.tasks.keys(),