diff --git a/config/scripts/locale-collator-sort-benchmark.mjs b/config/scripts/locale-collator-sort-benchmark.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a68331bd44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/scripts/locale-collator-sort-benchmark.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// Benchmarks optioned localeCompare calls used by renderer list comparators.
+import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { createJiti } from 'jiti'
+
+const ROUND_COUNT = 5
+const MIN_ROUND_MS = 120
+const jiti = createJiti(import.meta.url, {
+  alias: { '@': fileURLToPath(new URL('../../src/renderer/src', import.meta.url)) }
+})
+const { compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText } = await jiti.import(
+  '../../src/renderer/src/lib/locale-text-collators.ts'
+)
+const { sortJiraIssues } = await jiti.import(
+  '../../src/renderer/src/components/jira-issue-sorter.ts'
+)
+
+let randomState = 0x9e3779b9
+function random() {
+  randomState = (Math.imul(randomState, 1664525) + 1013904223) >>> 0
+  return randomState / 0x100000000
+}
+
+function shuffle(values) {
+  for (let index = values.length - 1; index > 0; index -= 1) {
+    const swapIndex = Math.floor(random() * (index + 1))
+    ;[values[index], values[swapIndex]] = [values[swapIndex], values[index]]
+  }
+  return values
+}
+
+const labels = ['alpha', 'Álpha', 'beta', 'BÉTA', 'café', 'Cafe', 'zeta', 'Ångström']
+
+function makeJiraIssues(count) {
+  return shuffle(
+    Array.from({ length: count }, (_, index) => ({
+      key: `TASK-${(index * 37) % (count + 17)}`,
+      title: labels[index % labels.length],
+      updatedAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'
+    }))
+  )
+}
+
+function makeBaseSensitivityValues(count) {
+  return shuffle(
+    Array.from(
+      { length: count },
+      (_, index) =>
+        `${labels[(index * 5) % labels.length]}-${String((index * 41) % (count + 23)).padStart(4, '0')}`
+    )
+  )
+}
+
+function calibrate(run) {
+  for (let index = 0; index < 5; index += 1) {
+    run()
+  }
+  let iterations = 1
+  while (true) {
+    const startedAt = performance.now()
+    for (let index = 0; index < iterations; index += 1) {
+      run()
+    }
+    if (performance.now() - startedAt >= MIN_ROUND_MS) {
+      break
+    }
+    iterations *= 2
+  }
+  return iterations
+}
+
+function measureRound(run, iterations) {
+  const startedAt = performance.now()
+  for (let index = 0; index < iterations; index += 1) {
+    run()
+  }
+  return (performance.now() - startedAt) / iterations
+}
+
+function measurePair(before, after) {
+  const beforeIterations = calibrate(before)
+  const afterIterations = calibrate(after)
+  const beforeSamples = []
+  const afterSamples = []
+  for (let round = 0; round < ROUND_COUNT; round += 1) {
+    if (round % 2 === 0) {
+      beforeSamples.push(measureRound(before, beforeIterations))
+      afterSamples.push(measureRound(after, afterIterations))
+    } else {
+      afterSamples.push(measureRound(after, afterIterations))
+      beforeSamples.push(measureRound(before, beforeIterations))
+    }
+  }
+  const middle = Math.floor(ROUND_COUNT / 2)
+  return {
+    beforeMs: beforeSamples.sort((a, b) => a - b)[middle],
+    afterMs: afterSamples.sort((a, b) => a - b)[middle]
+  }
+}
+
+function assertSameOrder(before, after, label) {
+  const expected = before()
+  const actual = after()
+  if (
+    expected.length !== actual.length ||
+    expected.some((value, index) => value !== actual[index])
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(`${label} sort order changed`)
+  }
+}
+
+const pad = (value, width) => String(value).padStart(width)
+console.log('Renderer locale sort, ms per sort (median of 5 rounds). Lower is better.')
+console.log(
+  `${pad('mode', 9)} ${pad('items', 7)} ${pad('per-call', 11)} ${pad('reused', 11)} ${pad('speedup', 9)}`
+)
+
+for (const count of [36, 50, 250]) {
+  const issues = makeJiraIssues(count)
+  const before = () =>
+    [...issues]
+      .sort((a, b) => a.key.localeCompare(b.key, undefined, { numeric: true }))
+      .map((issue) => issue.key)
+  const after = () => sortJiraIssues(issues, 'key', 'asc').map((issue) => issue.key)
+  assertSameOrder(before, after, `numeric ${count}`)
+  const { beforeMs, afterMs } = measurePair(before, after)
+  console.log(
+    `${pad('numeric', 9)} ${pad(count, 7)} ${pad(`${beforeMs.toFixed(3)} ms`, 11)} ${pad(`${afterMs.toFixed(3)} ms`, 11)} ${pad(`${(beforeMs / afterMs).toFixed(1)}x`, 9)}`
+  )
+}
+
+for (const count of [10, 50, 250]) {
+  const values = makeBaseSensitivityValues(count)
+  const before = () =>
+    [...values].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' }))
+  const after = () => [...values].sort(compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText)
+  assertSameOrder(before, after, `base ${count}`)
+  const { beforeMs, afterMs } = measurePair(before, after)
+  console.log(
+    `${pad('base', 9)} ${pad(count, 7)} ${pad(`${beforeMs.toFixed(3)} ms`, 11)} ${pad(`${afterMs.toFixed(3)} ms`, 11)} ${pad(`${(beforeMs / afterMs).toFixed(1)}x`, 9)}`
+  )
+}
+
+console.log(
+  '\n36 rows matches the Linear page size, 50 matches the picker/Jira scale, and\n250 is a stress case. Both arms assert identical output before timing.'
+)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/TaskPage.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/TaskPage.tsx
index 6b86b16a000..520f2debbdd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/TaskPage.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/TaskPage.tsx
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import { useAllWorktrees, useRepoMap } from '@/store/selectors'
 import { callRuntimeRpc, getActiveRuntimeTarget } from '@/runtime/runtime-rpc-client'
 import { getLocalPreflightContext, localPreflightContextKey } from '@/lib/local-preflight-context'
 import { getProviderRuntimeContextKey } from '@/lib/provider-runtime-context'
+import { compareNumericLocaleText } from '@/lib/locale-text-collators'
 import {
   getSettingsFocusedExecutionHostId,
   parseExecutionHostId,
@@ -846,7 +847,7 @@ function compareLinearIssues(a: LinearIssue, b: LinearIssue, orderBy: LinearOrde
     return new Date(b.updatedAt).getTime() - new Date(a.updatedAt).getTime()
   }
   if (orderBy === 'identifier') {
-    return a.identifier.localeCompare(b.identifier, undefined, { numeric: true })
+    return compareNumericLocaleText(a.identifier, b.identifier)
   }
 
   const priorityDelta = getLinearPriorityRank(a.priority) - getLinearPriorityRank(b.priority)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/jira-issue-sorter.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/jira-issue-sorter.ts
index a95680c1c34..875aaff0ef0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/jira-issue-sorter.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/jira-issue-sorter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { JiraIssue, JiraPriority } from '../../../shared/types'
+import { compareNumericLocaleText } from '@/lib/locale-text-collators'
 
 export type JiraIssueSortColumn = 'key' | 'title' | 'status' | 'priority' | 'assignee' | 'updated'
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ export function sortJiraIssues(
   return [...issues].sort((a, b) => {
     let comparison = 0
     if (orderBy === 'key') {
-      comparison = a.key.localeCompare(b.key, undefined, { numeric: true })
+      comparison = compareNumericLocaleText(a.key, b.key)
     } else if (orderBy === 'title') {
       comparison = a.title.localeCompare(b.title)
     } else if (orderBy === 'status') {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-picker-items.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-picker-items.ts
index 2592ca0acab..6938c2078a4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-picker-items.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/native-chat-picker-items.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   isSafeDisplayCharacter,
   stripUnsafeDisplayCharacters
 } from '../../../../shared/skill-display-text'
+import { compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText } from '@/lib/locale-text-collators'
 
 // Send classification lives in shared so mobile gates optimistic echoes with
 // the same rules; re-exported here to keep renderer import paths stable.
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ function sanitizePickerText(value: string, maxLength: number): string {
 function compareDiscoveredSkills(a: DiscoveredSkill, b: DiscoveredSkill): number {
   return (
     SCOPE_PRIORITY[a.sourceKind] - SCOPE_PRIORITY[b.sourceKind] ||
-    a.name.localeCompare(b.name, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' }) ||
+    compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText(a.name, b.name) ||
     a.skillFilePath.localeCompare(b.skillFilePath)
   )
 }
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ function comparePickerSkills(
 ): number {
   return (
     SCOPE_PRIORITY[a.sources[0].sourceKind] - SCOPE_PRIORITY[b.sources[0].sourceKind] ||
-    a.name.localeCompare(b.name, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' })
+    compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText(a.name, b.name)
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/browser-palette-search.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/browser-palette-search.ts
index 94233164037..7c76e9f9ead 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/browser-palette-search.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/browser-palette-search.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ORCA_BROWSER_BLANK_URL } from '../../../shared/constants'
 import type { BrowserPage, BrowserWorkspace, Worktree } from '../../../shared/types'
 import { isClipboardTextByteLengthOverLimit } from '../../../shared/clipboard-text'
+import { compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText } from './locale-text-collators'
 import { resolveWorktreeDisplayName } from './worktree-default-display-name'
 import type { MatchRange } from './worktree-palette-search'
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export function isBrowserPaletteQueryTooLarge(
 }
 
 function compareText(a: string, b: string): number {
-  return a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' })
+  return compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText(a, b)
 }
 
 export function isBlankBrowserUrl(url: string): boolean {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/locale-text-collators.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/locale-text-collators.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63a15ba5b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/locale-text-collators.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText, compareNumericLocaleText } from './locale-text-collators'
+
+function expectComparatorParity(
+  values: readonly string[],
+  legacy: (a: string, b: string) => number,
+  current: (a: string, b: string) => number
+): void {
+  for (const a of values) {
+    for (const b of values) {
+      expect(Math.sign(current(a, b))).toBe(Math.sign(legacy(a, b)))
+    }
+  }
+  expect([...values].sort(current)).toEqual([...values].sort(legacy))
+}
+
+describe('locale text collators', () => {
+  it('preserves base-sensitivity localeCompare ordering', () => {
+    const values = [
+      'zeta',
+      'Zeta',
+      'Álpha',
+      'alpha',
+      'BÉTA',
+      'beta',
+      'café',
+      'Cafe',
+      'a-b',
+      'a b',
+      'a_b',
+      'Ångström',
+      'alpha'
+    ]
+    const legacy = (a: string, b: string) => a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' })
+
+    expectComparatorParity(values, legacy, compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText)
+  })
+
+  it('preserves numeric localeCompare ordering and ties', () => {
+    const values = [
+      'TASK-10',
+      'TASK-2',
+      'TASK-02',
+      'TASK-1',
+      'TASK-20',
+      'TASK-11',
+      'TASK_2',
+      'task-2',
+      'TASK-2'
+    ]
+    const legacy = (a: string, b: string) => a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { numeric: true })
+
+    expectComparatorParity(values, legacy, compareNumericLocaleText)
+  })
+
+  it('constructs each collator only when its comparison mode is first used', async () => {
+    vi.resetModules()
+    const NativeCollator = Intl.Collator
+    const collatorSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(Intl, 'Collator')
+      .mockImplementation(function Collator(locales, options) {
+        return new NativeCollator(locales, options)
+      })
+    try {
+      const comparison = await import('./locale-text-collators')
+      expect(collatorSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      comparison.compareNumericLocaleText('TASK-2', 'TASK-10')
+      comparison.compareNumericLocaleText('TASK-3', 'TASK-11')
+      expect(collatorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      comparison.compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText('café', 'Cafe')
+      comparison.compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText('Álpha', 'alpha')
+      expect(collatorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    } finally {
+      collatorSpy.mockRestore()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/locale-text-collators.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/locale-text-collators.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8e7bccda12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/locale-text-collators.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+let baseSensitivityCollator: Intl.Collator | undefined
+let numericCollator: Intl.Collator | undefined
+
+export function compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText(a: string, b: string): number {
+  // Why: stay lazy like localeCompare while resolving ICU options only once.
+  baseSensitivityCollator ??= new Intl.Collator(undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' })
+  return baseSensitivityCollator.compare(a, b)
+}
+
+export function compareNumericLocaleText(a: string, b: string): number {
+  numericCollator ??= new Intl.Collator(undefined, { numeric: true })
+  return numericCollator.compare(a, b)
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/simulator-palette-search.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/simulator-palette-search.ts
index d1c7b47779b..148d723f8f2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/simulator-palette-search.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/simulator-palette-search.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { ExecutionHostId } from '../../../shared/execution-host'
 import type { Tab, TabGroup, Worktree } from '../../../shared/types'
 import { isClipboardTextByteLengthOverLimit } from '../../../shared/clipboard-text'
 import { selectPaletteTypeAliasMatch } from './palette-type-alias-match'
+import { compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText } from './locale-text-collators'
 import { resolveWorktreeDisplayName } from './worktree-default-display-name'
 import type { MatchRange } from './worktree-palette-search'
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ export type BuildSearchableSimulatorTabsOptions = {
 }
 
 function compareText(a: string, b: string): number {
-  return a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' })
+  return compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText(a, b)
 }
 
 function findRange(text: string, query: string): MatchRange | null {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/workspace-tab-palette-results.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/workspace-tab-palette-results.ts
index 18570802abc..6a34cfbd95a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/workspace-tab-palette-results.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/workspace-tab-palette-results.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { selectPaletteTypeAliasMatch } from './palette-type-alias-match'
+import { compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText } from './locale-text-collators'
 import { resolveWorktreeDisplayName } from './worktree-default-display-name'
 import type { MatchRange } from './worktree-palette-search'
 import type {
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export type WorkspaceTabPaletteSearchResult = {
 }
 
 function compareText(a: string, b: string): number {
-  return a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' })
+  return compareBaseSensitivityLocaleText(a, b)
 }
 
 function findRange(text: string, query: string): MatchRange | null {