diff --git a/src/main/agent-awake-service-platform-assertions.test.ts b/src/main/agent-awake-service-platform-assertions.test.ts
index cd1d7fb1adc..7b3566b322f 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-awake-service-platform-assertions.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-awake-service-platform-assertions.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ function workingStatus(): AgentAwakeStatus {
   }
 }
 
+describe('AgentAwakeService status array ownership', () => {
+  it('does not observe rows appended to the caller array after setStatuses', () => {
+    const service = new AgentAwakeService()
+    service.setMode('auto')
+    const statuses: AgentAwakeStatus[] = [workingStatus()]
+
+    service.setStatuses(statuses)
+    const before = service.getWorkingAgentCount()
+    statuses.push(workingStatus(), workingStatus())
+
+    expect(service.getWorkingAgentCount()).toBe(before)
+  })
+})
+
 function createBlocker() {
   const startedIds = new Set<number>()
   let nextId = 1
diff --git a/src/main/agent-awake-service.ts b/src/main/agent-awake-service.ts
index b79612e2b9c..6be27e9d0e6 100644
--- a/src/main/agent-awake-service.ts
+++ b/src/main/agent-awake-service.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ export class AgentAwakeService {
   }
 
   setStatuses(statuses: AgentAwakeStatus[]): void {
-    this.statuses = statuses.map((status) => ({ ...status }))
+    // Copy the array, not every row: the hook server allocates each row fresh per event.
+    this.statuses = [...statuses]
     this.refresh('status-change')
   }
 
@@ -171,7 +172,8 @@ export class AgentAwakeService {
 
   private getEligibleRunningStatusCount(): number {
     const now = this.now()
-    return this.statuses.filter((status) => this.isWakeEligible(status, now)).length
+    // Counted in place: the filtered array was only ever measured, and this runs per hook event.
+    return this.statuses.reduce((count, s) => count + (this.isWakeEligible(s, now) ? 1 : 0), 0)
   }
 
   private isWakeEligible(status: AgentAwakeStatus, now: number): boolean {