diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/use-terminal-pane-context-menu.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/use-terminal-pane-context-menu.ts
index f3fc5b0bfec..9aad2b9dd7a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/use-terminal-pane-context-menu.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/use-terminal-pane-context-menu.ts
@@ -272,8 +272,11 @@ export function useTerminalPaneContextMenu({
     setOpen(true)
   }
 
-  const paneCount = managerRef.current?.getPanes().length ?? 1
-  const menuPaneId = resolveMenuPane()?.id ?? null
+  // Why: PaneManager.getPanes() allocates public pane wrappers. Closed menus
+  // do not need pane counts or target identity, so avoid that work on every
+  // render across hundreds of mounted terminal tabs.
+  const paneCount = open ? (managerRef.current?.getPanes().length ?? 1) : 1
+  const menuPaneId = open ? (resolveMenuPane()?.id ?? null) : null
 
   return {
     open,