diff --git a/src/relay/git-handler-status-ops.test.ts b/src/relay/git-handler-status-ops.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c966ce1a97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/relay/git-handler-status-ops.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { mkdtempSync } from 'fs'
+import * as fs from 'fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import * as path from 'path'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type { GitExec } from './git-handler-ops'
+import { getStatusOp } from './git-handler-status-ops'
+
+const LARGE_STATUS_ENTRY_COUNT = 150_000
+
+function buildLargeStatusOutput(count: number): string {
+  const lines: string[] = []
+  for (let index = 0; index < count; index += 1) {
+    lines.push(`1 A. N... 100644 100644 100644 000000 111111 generated-${index}.txt`)
+  }
+  return lines.join('\n')
+}
+
+describe('getStatusOp', () => {
+  let tmpDir: string
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tmpDir = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), 'relay-git-status-'))
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await fs.rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  })
+
+  it('returns large parsed status entry lists', async () => {
+    const statusOutput = buildLargeStatusOutput(LARGE_STATUS_ENTRY_COUNT)
+    const git = vi.fn<GitExec>(async (args) => {
+      if (args.includes('status')) {
+        return { stdout: statusOutput, stderr: '' }
+      }
+      if (args.includes('diff')) {
+        return { stdout: '', stderr: '' }
+      }
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected git command: ${args.join(' ')}`)
+    })
+
+    const result = await getStatusOp(git, { worktreePath: tmpDir })
+
+    expect(result.entries).toHaveLength(LARGE_STATUS_ENTRY_COUNT)
+    expect(result.entries[0]).toEqual({
+      path: 'generated-0.txt',
+      status: 'added',
+      area: 'staged'
+    })
+    expect(result.entries.at(-1)).toEqual({
+      path: `generated-${LARGE_STATUS_ENTRY_COUNT - 1}.txt`,
+      status: 'added',
+      area: 'staged'
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/relay/git-handler-status-ops.ts b/src/relay/git-handler-status-ops.ts
index 02cfc3f5195..3c4b9c4ee8f 100644
--- a/src/relay/git-handler-status-ops.ts
+++ b/src/relay/git-handler-status-ops.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ export async function getStatusOp(
       disableOptionalLocks: true
     })
     const parsed = parseStatusOutput(stdout)
-    entries.push(...parsed.entries)
+    // Why: huge worktrees can produce enough status rows to exceed JavaScript's
+    // spread-argument limit during routine source-control polling.
+    for (const entry of parsed.entries) {
+      entries.push(entry)
+    }
     head = parsed.head
     branch = parsed.branch
     upstreamStatus = parsed.upstreamStatus