diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/workspace-terminal-placeholders.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/workspace-terminal-placeholders.ts
index a2bb0674b7e..94a520993a0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/workspace-terminal-placeholders.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/workspace-terminal-placeholders.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ export function buildRuntimeSessionPlaceholders({
   repos: readonly Repo[]
   worktreesByRepo: Record<string, Worktree[]>
 } {
-  // Why not `repos.slice()`: hydration writes this array straight back to the store, and
-  // sessions that add no placeholder repo are the common case. Copying unconditionally
-  // gave `repos` a new identity on every workspace hydration, rerendering every component
-  // that selects the whole array. Appends below already build a new array, as
-  // nextWorktreesByRepo does for its own copy-on-write.
+  // Why copy-on-write: hydration writes both straight to the store, and an unconditional copy
+  // rerendered every whole-array/map selector on every hydration with no data change.
   let nextRepos: readonly Repo[] = repos
   let nextWorktreesByRepo = worktreesByRepo
   for (const workspaceSessionKey of Object.keys(runtimeHostIdByWorkspaceSessionKey)) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/workspace-terminal-ssh-placeholders.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/workspace-terminal-ssh-placeholders.ts
index d714d3cec38..b2cdc5581e2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/workspace-terminal-ssh-placeholders.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/terminals/workspace-terminal-ssh-placeholders.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ export function addHydratedSshWorktreePlaceholders(
   tabsByWorktree: Record<string, TerminalTab[]>
 ): Record<string, Worktree[]> {
   const sshRepoIds = new Set(repos.filter((repo) => repo.connectionId).map((repo) => repo.id))
-  // Why copy-on-write: hydration writes this map straight to the store, and a session
-  // that needs no SSH placeholder is the common case. Copying unconditionally gave
-  // worktreesByRepo a new identity on every hydration, rerendering the sidebar and
-  // everything else selecting the whole map for no data change.
+  // Why copy-on-write: hydration writes this map straight to the store; an unconditional copy
+  // rerendered every whole-map selector on every hydration with no data change.
   let worktreesByRepo = sourceWorktreesByRepo
   for (const worktreeId of Object.keys(tabsByWorktree)) {
     const repoId = getRepoIdFromWorktreeId(worktreeId)