diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/AppRootSurfaces.tsx b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/AppRootSurfaces.tsx
index 983c571f4aa..042b10565f0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/AppRootSurfaces.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/AppRootSurfaces.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { shouldRenderPetOverlay } from '../components/pet/pet-overlay-visibility
 import { useAppStore } from '../store'
 import type { UpdateStatus } from '../../../shared/update-status-types'
 import { useLazyModalMounts } from './use-lazy-modal-mounts'
+import { usePreloadWorktreeJumpPalette, WorktreeJumpPalette } from './worktree-jump-palette-preload'
 import {
   selectAppRootSurfacePetEnabled,
   selectAppRootSurfaceTelemetryOptedIn,
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import type { FloatingWorkspacePanelState } from './use-floating-workspace-panel
 import type { OnboardingGate } from './use-onboarding-and-feature-tips'
 
 const QuickOpen = lazy(() => import('../components/QuickOpen'))
-const WorktreeJumpPalette = lazy(() => import('../components/WorktreeJumpPalette'))
 const WorkspaceCleanupDialog = lazy(
   () => import('../components/workspace-cleanup/WorkspaceCleanupDialog')
 )
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export function AppRootSurfaces(props: {
 }): React.JSX.Element {
   const { floatingWorkspace, onboardingGate } = props
   const { mountedLazyModalIds, shouldMountAddRepoDialog } = useLazyModalMounts()
+  usePreloadWorktreeJumpPalette()
   const activeView = useAppStore((s) => s.activeView)
   const activeModal = useAppStore((s) => s.activeModal)
   // Keep this always-mounted surface subscribed only to the settings fields it reads. A
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/app-shell/worktree-jump-palette-preload.ts b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/worktree-jump-palette-preload.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..846be9b5dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/app-shell/worktree-jump-palette-preload.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react'
+import { scheduleAfterInputQuiet } from '@/lib/input-quiet-scheduler'
+import { lazyWithPreload } from '@/lib/lazy-with-retry'
+
+export const WorktreeJumpPalette = lazyWithPreload(
+  () => import('../components/WorktreeJumpPalette')
+)
+
+/** Loads the Cmd+J palette after startup settles so its first open renders without suspending. */
+export function usePreloadWorktreeJumpPalette(): void {
+  useEffect(
+    () =>
+      scheduleAfterInputQuiet(WorktreeJumpPalette.preload, {
+        delayMs: 500,
+        quietMs: 300,
+        idleTimeoutMs: 1_000,
+        maxWaitMs: 2_000
+      }),
+    []
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.preload.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.preload.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f76223cacb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.preload.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { act, Suspense } from 'react'
+import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { lazyWithPreload } from './lazy-with-retry'
+
+Object.assign(globalThis, { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT: true })
+
+function Palette(): React.JSX.Element {
+  return <input aria-label="palette" />
+}
+
+describe('lazyWithPreload', () => {
+  it('renders a preloaded component in the same commit, without the Suspense fallback', async () => {
+    const factory = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ default: Palette }))
+    const Preloadable = lazyWithPreload(factory)
+    Preloadable.preload()
+    await act(async () => {})
+
+    const container = document.createElement('div')
+    const root = createRoot(container)
+    // A synchronous act flushes one render with no chance to retry a suspended one.
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <Suspense fallback={<span>loading</span>}>
+          <Preloadable />
+        </Suspense>
+      )
+    })
+
+    expect(container.querySelector('input[aria-label="palette"]')).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('loading')
+    expect(factory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    act(() => root.unmount())
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
index 77650b67ded..a19ad4063a8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/lazy-with-retry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import { lazy, type ComponentType, type LazyExoticComponent } from 'react'
+import {
+  createElement,
+  lazy,
+  useState,
+  type ComponentProps,
+  type ComponentType,
+  type LazyExoticComponent,
+  type ReactNode
+} from 'react'
 
 import {
   requestLazyChunkRecoveryReload,
@@ -256,3 +264,45 @@ export function lazyWithRetry<T extends AnyComponent>(
 ): LazyExoticComponent<T> {
   return lazy(() => loadLazyWithRetry(factory, options))
 }
+
+export type PreloadableLazyComponent<T extends AnyComponent> = ComponentType<ComponentProps<T>> & {
+  /** Loads the chunk ahead of first render; failures stay silent so the real render owns recovery. */
+  preload: () => void
+}
+
+/**
+ * lazyWithRetry plus preload(). Once preloaded, the component renders the loaded module
+ * directly instead of through React.lazy, so its first render never suspends: React holds
+ * a newly resolved Suspense reveal for up to 300 ms, which is what made first opens slow.
+ */
+export function lazyWithPreload<T extends AnyComponent>(
+  factory: LazyFactory<T>,
+  options?: LazyWithRetryOptions
+): PreloadableLazyComponent<T> {
+  let loaded: T | null = null
+  const LazyComponent = lazyWithRetry(
+    () =>
+      factory().then((module) => {
+        loaded ??= module.default
+        return module
+      }),
+    options
+  )
+  function PreloadableComponent(props: ComponentProps<T>): ReactNode {
+    // Why: pinned per mount so a module resolving mid-life cannot swap the element type and remount the subtree.
+    const [Component] = useState(() => loaded ?? LazyComponent)
+    return createElement(Component, props)
+  }
+  PreloadableComponent.preload = (): void => {
+    if (loaded) {
+      return
+    }
+    factory().then(
+      (module) => {
+        loaded ??= module.default
+      },
+      () => undefined
+    )
+  }
+  return PreloadableComponent
+}