diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
index 135ae2970ceb9..5695c9860c470 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
@@ -413,16 +413,16 @@ export function PullRequestDetailPanel({
     Partial<Record<PullRequestDetailTab, boolean>>
   >({});
   const condensed = condensedByTab[tab] ?? false;
-  const scrollerByTab = useRef<Partial<Record<PullRequestDetailTab, HTMLDivElement | null>>>({});
+  const scrollerByTab = useRef<Partial<Record<PullRequestDetailTab, HTMLElement | null>>>({});
   // Fresh ref callbacks would detach and reattach every scroller on each render.
   const [scrollerRefs] = useState(() => ({
-    summary: (node: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
+    summary: (node: HTMLElement | null) => {
       scrollerByTab.current.summary = node;
     },
-    timeline: (node: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
+    timeline: (node: HTMLElement | null) => {
       scrollerByTab.current.timeline = node;
     },
-    code: (node: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
+    code: (node: HTMLElement | null) => {
       scrollerByTab.current.code = node;
     },
   }));
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ export function PullRequestDetailPanel({
   // so applying a delta afterward would compensate twice.
   const compensationRef = useRef<{
     tab: PullRequestDetailTab;
-    scroller: HTMLDivElement;
+    scroller: HTMLElement;
     target: number;
   } | null>(null);
   // oxlint-disable-next-line t3code/no-unreasoned-state-sync -- restores the scroller's scrollTop before paint after the header condenses
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestTimelineTab.browser.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestTimelineTab.browser.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4e8f1e4319c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestTimelineTab.browser.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import {
+  EnvironmentId,
+  ProjectId,
+  SourceControlProviderKind,
+  type PullRequestDetailView,
+} from "@t3tools/contracts";
+import { expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import { render } from "../../../test/render";
+import "../../index.css";
+import { PullRequestTimelineTab } from "./PullRequestTimelineTab";
+
+const COMMITS = 2000;
+
+const detail: PullRequestDetailView = {
+  provider: SourceControlProviderKind.make("github"),
+  projectId: ProjectId.make("project"),
+  projectTitle: "Project",
+  workspaceRoot: "/workspace",
+  repository: "owner/repo",
+  number: 1,
+  title: "Huge pull request",
+  body: "",
+  url: "https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/1",
+  author: { login: "author", name: null, avatarUrl: null },
+  viewer: "author",
+  state: "open",
+  isDraft: false,
+  mergeability: "mergeable",
+  additions: 1,
+  deletions: 0,
+  changedFiles: 1,
+  headBranch: "feature",
+  baseBranch: "main",
+  createdAt: "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z",
+  updatedAt: "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z",
+  mergedAt: null,
+  closedAt: null,
+  reviewers: [],
+  labels: [],
+  checks: [],
+  comments: [],
+  commentCount: 0,
+  commentsTruncated: false,
+  reviewThreads: [],
+  commits: Array.from({ length: COMMITS }, (_, index) => ({
+    oid: `${index.toString(16).padStart(7, "0")}${"0".repeat(33)}`,
+    messageHeadline: `Commit number ${index}`,
+    committedDate: new Date(Date.UTC(2026, 8, 1, 0, index)).toISOString(),
+  })),
+  mergeCapabilities: { merge: false, squash: false, rebase: false },
+  capabilities: {
+    diff: true,
+    comment: true,
+    search: true,
+    actions: [],
+    mergeMethods: [],
+    review: { inlineComment: false, reply: false, resolve: false, verdicts: [] },
+    reviewers: { request: false, listCandidates: false },
+    edit: { changeRequest: false, comment: false },
+  },
+  viewerPermissions: {
+    actions: [],
+    comment: false,
+    resolve: false,
+    verdicts: [],
+    requestReviewers: false,
+  },
+};
+
+it("mounts only the timeline rows near the viewport of a huge pull request", async () => {
+  await using screen = await render(
+    <div style={{ height: 600 }}>
+      <PullRequestTimelineTab
+        scrollerRef={() => {}}
+        detail={detail}
+        environmentId={EnvironmentId.make("environment")}
+        reference={detail}
+        order="oldest"
+        onOpenCommit={() => {}}
+        onRefresh={() => {}}
+      />
+    </div>,
+  );
+  await expect.element(screen.getByText("Commit number 0")).toBeVisible();
+  const mounted = screen.container.querySelectorAll("button").length;
+  expect(mounted).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  expect(mounted).toBeLessThan(COMMITS / 10);
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestTimelineTab.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestTimelineTab.tsx
index b522094e90c98..1f41f2381148f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestTimelineTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestTimelineTab.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { Tooltip, TooltipPopup, TooltipTrigger } from "../ui/tooltip";
 import {
   buildPullRequestTimeline,
   groupPullRequestTimelineConversations,
+  type PullRequestTimelineRow,
   isPullRequestVerdictStale,
   newestPullRequestCommitAt,
   pullRequestReviewOutcome,
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ import {
   pullRequestReviewOutcomeToneClassName,
 } from "./pullRequestPresentation";
 import { PullRequestGlyph } from "./pullRequestIcons";
+import { LegendList, type LegendListRef } from "@legendapp/list/react";
 
 interface ReactionSurface {
   readonly canReact: boolean;
@@ -634,7 +636,7 @@ export function PullRequestTimelineTab({
   onOpenCommit,
   onRefresh,
 }: {
-  scrollerRef: (node: HTMLDivElement | null) => void;
+  scrollerRef: (node: HTMLElement | null) => void;
   detail: PullRequestDetailView;
   environmentId: EnvironmentId;
   threadRef?: ScopedThreadRef | null;
@@ -666,66 +668,81 @@ export function PullRequestTimelineTab({
     void readLocalApi()?.shell.openExternal(url);
   };
 
-  return (
-    <div ref={scrollerRef} className="scrollbar-gutter-both h-full overflow-y-auto px-4 py-5">
-      <div className="mx-auto max-w-3xl">
-        <div className="relative">
-          <span aria-hidden className="absolute bottom-5 left-[15px] top-1 w-px bg-border/45" />
-          {rows.map((row) => {
-            if (row.kind === "comments") {
-              return (
-                <ConversationGroup
-                  key={`comments:${row.events[0]?.id ?? "empty"}`}
-                  events={row.events}
-                  editable={editable}
-                  cwd={detail.workspaceRoot}
-                  onOpen={openOnHost}
-                  reactions={reactions}
-                />
-              );
-            }
-            const event = row.event;
-            if (event.thread !== undefined) {
-              return (
-                <ReviewThreadEvent
-                  key={`${reactions.reference.projectId}#${reactions.reference.number}:thread:${event.id}:${event.thread.isResolved}:${pullRequestReviewOutcome(event.reviewState) === "dismissed"}`}
-                  event={event}
-                  thread={event.thread}
-                  editable={editable}
-                  cwd={detail.workspaceRoot}
-                  onOpen={openOnHost}
-                  reactions={reactions}
-                />
-              );
-            }
-            if (event.kind === "commit") {
-              return <CommitEvent key={event.id} event={event} onOpen={onOpenCommit} />;
-            }
-            const outcome = pullRequestReviewOutcome(event.reviewState);
-            if (outcome !== null) {
-              return (
-                <ReviewVerdictEvent
-                  key={event.id}
-                  event={event}
-                  outcome={outcome}
-                  stale={isPullRequestVerdictStale(event.at, newestCommitAt)}
-                  cwd={detail.workspaceRoot}
-                  onOpen={openOnHost}
-                  reactions={reactions}
-                />
-              );
-            }
-            return <LifecycleEvent key={event.id} event={event} term={term} />;
-          })}
-        </div>
+  const rowKey = (row: PullRequestTimelineRow) => {
+    if (row.kind === "comments") return `comments:${row.events[0]?.id ?? "empty"}`;
+    const event = row.event;
+    // A thread's resolution or dismissal remounts it, so its disclosure starts in the new state.
+    return event.thread === undefined
+      ? event.id
+      : `thread:${event.id}:${event.thread.isResolved}:${pullRequestReviewOutcome(event.reviewState) === "dismissed"}`;
+  };
+  const renderRow = ({ item: row }: { item: PullRequestTimelineRow }) => {
+    if (row.kind === "comments") {
+      return (
+        <ConversationGroup
+          events={row.events}
+          editable={editable}
+          cwd={detail.workspaceRoot}
+          onOpen={openOnHost}
+          reactions={reactions}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+    const event = row.event;
+    if (event.thread !== undefined) {
+      return (
+        <ReviewThreadEvent
+          event={event}
+          thread={event.thread}
+          editable={editable}
+          cwd={detail.workspaceRoot}
+          onOpen={openOnHost}
+          reactions={reactions}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+    if (event.kind === "commit") return <CommitEvent event={event} onOpen={onOpenCommit} />;
+    const outcome = pullRequestReviewOutcome(event.reviewState);
+    if (outcome !== null) {
+      return (
+        <ReviewVerdictEvent
+          event={event}
+          outcome={outcome}
+          stale={isPullRequestVerdictStale(event.at, newestCommitAt)}
+          cwd={detail.workspaceRoot}
+          onOpen={openOnHost}
+          reactions={reactions}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+    return <LifecycleEvent event={event} term={term} />;
+  };
 
-        {events.length === 0 ? (
-          <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center py-16 text-center text-muted-foreground">
-            <PullRequestGlyph.pullRequest className="mb-2 size-5" />
-            <p className="text-xs">No activity yet.</p>
-          </div>
-        ) : null}
+  if (events.length === 0) {
+    return (
+      <div ref={scrollerRef} className="scrollbar-gutter-both h-full overflow-y-auto px-4 py-5">
+        <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center py-16 text-center text-muted-foreground">
+          <PullRequestGlyph.pullRequest className="mb-2 size-5" />
+          <p className="text-xs">No activity yet.</p>
+        </div>
       </div>
-    </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Virtualized: a large pull request has thousands of events, and mounting every one stalls
+  // the page. The connector line is drawn by the content container, behind the rows.
+  return (
+    <LegendList<PullRequestTimelineRow>
+      ref={(list: LegendListRef | null) => scrollerRef(list?.getScrollableNode() ?? null)}
+      data={rows}
+      extraData={{ editable, reactions, newestCommitAt }}
+      keyExtractor={rowKey}
+      renderItem={renderRow}
+      estimatedItemSize={140}
+      className="scrollbar-gutter-both h-full px-4"
+      contentContainerClassName="relative mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl before:absolute before:bottom-10 before:left-[15px] before:top-6 before:w-px before:bg-border/45"
+      ListHeaderComponent={<div className="h-5" />}
+      ListFooterComponent={<div className="h-5" />}
+    />
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
index d03f57bc44a36..f422dfbc0e3bd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestDetail.logic.ts
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ export interface PullRequestTimelineThread
   readonly replies: ReadonlyArray<PullRequestTimelineEvent>;
 }
 
-type PullRequestTimelineRow =
+export type PullRequestTimelineRow =
   | { readonly kind: "event"; readonly event: PullRequestTimelineEvent }
   | { readonly kind: "comments"; readonly events: ReadonlyArray<PullRequestTimelineEvent> };