diff --git a/lib/__tests__/plugin-store.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/plugin-store.test.ts
index 08ff4b611..e4d906d37 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/plugin-store.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/plugin-store.test.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ vi.mock('@/lib/plugin-sandbox/bundle-fetch', () => ({
 
 import { register as registerActive, deregister as deregisterActive, get as getActive } from '@/lib/plugin-sandbox/registry';
 // Import after mocks
-import { usePluginStore } from '@/stores/plugin-store';
+import { usePluginStore, PLUGIN_PERSIST_DELAY_MS } from '@/stores/plugin-store';
 import { pluginStorage } from '@/lib/plugin-storage';
 
 function resetStore() {
@@ -430,3 +430,54 @@ describe('plugins the admin removed', () => {
     expect(pluginStorage.deletePreview).toHaveBeenCalledWith('gone');
   });
 });
+
+describe('saving the plugin list', () => {
+  const writes = (setItem: { mock: { calls: unknown[][] } }) =>
+    setItem.mock.calls.filter(([key]) => key === 'plugin-storage') as [string, string][];
+
+  it('writes once for a burst of changes, and not again when only the status changed', () => {
+    // Write what the reset in beforeEach left pending, before counting.
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event('pagehide'));
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const setItem = vi.spyOn(Storage.prototype, 'setItem');
+    try {
+      usePluginStore.setState({ plugins: [mockPlugin({ enabled: true, status: 'enabled', locales: { de: { hello: 'Hallo' } } })] });
+      // Start-up: one status change per plugin and step.
+      for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) usePluginStore.getState().setPluginStatus('test-plugin', i % 2 ? 'running' : 'enabled');
+      expect(writes(setItem)).toHaveLength(0);
+
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(PLUGIN_PERSIST_DELAY_MS);
+      expect(writes(setItem)).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(JSON.parse(writes(setItem)[0][1]).state.plugins[0]).toMatchObject({ id: 'test-plugin', status: 'enabled', locales: { de: { hello: 'Hallo' } } });
+
+      // The status is not stored, so the text is the same: nothing to write.
+      usePluginStore.getState().setPluginStatus('test-plugin', 'error', 'boom');
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(PLUGIN_PERSIST_DELAY_MS);
+      expect(writes(setItem)).toHaveLength(1);
+
+      usePluginStore.setState((s) => ({ plugins: s.plugins.map((p) => ({ ...p, settings: { theme: 'dark' } })) }));
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(PLUGIN_PERSIST_DELAY_MS);
+      expect(writes(setItem)).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(JSON.parse(writes(setItem)[1][1]).state.plugins[0].settings).toEqual({ theme: 'dark' });
+    } finally {
+      setItem.mockRestore();
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('writes a pending change right away when the page is hidden', () => {
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event('pagehide'));
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const setItem = vi.spyOn(Storage.prototype, 'setItem');
+    try {
+      usePluginStore.setState({ plugins: [mockPlugin({ id: 'hidden-test', enabled: true })] });
+      expect(writes(setItem)).toHaveLength(0);
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('pagehide'));
+      expect(writes(setItem)).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(JSON.parse(writes(setItem)[0][1]).state.plugins[0].id).toBe('hidden-test');
+    } finally {
+      setItem.mockRestore();
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/stores/plugin-store.ts b/stores/plugin-store.ts
index c234767cc..8de589761 100644
--- a/stores/plugin-store.ts
+++ b/stores/plugin-store.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import { cancelConnectFor, forgetCredentials } from '@/lib/plugin-sandbox/connect-dialog';
 import { create } from 'zustand';
-import { persist } from 'zustand/middleware';
+import { persist, type PersistStorage, type StorageValue } from 'zustand/middleware';
 import type { InstalledPlugin, PluginStatus, PluginTier } from '@/lib/plugin-types';
 import { pluginStorage } from '@/lib/plugin-storage';
 import { extractPlugin } from '@/lib/plugin-validator';
@@ -62,6 +62,66 @@ interface PluginStoreState {
   initializePlugins: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
+// ─── Persistence ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** How long a change waits before it is written, so a burst becomes one write. */
+export const PLUGIN_PERSIST_DELAY_MS = 250;
+
+/**
+ * localStorage for the plugin list, written once per burst of changes and
+ * only when the stored text changes. The list carries every plugin's locale
+ * tables (about 1 MB with a dozen plugins), and the stock storage serialized
+ * and wrote all of it on every set(): start-up, one status change per plugin,
+ * wrote 13 MB and blocked the page for ~400 ms. Status is not even persisted
+ * (partialize resets it), so most of those writes stored the same text again.
+ * Pending changes are written when the page is hidden or unloaded.
+ */
+function batchedLocalStorage<S>(): PersistStorage<S> {
+  let pending: { name: string; value: StorageValue<S> } | null = null;
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+  const written = new Map<string, string>();
+
+  const flush = () => {
+    if (timer) { clearTimeout(timer); timer = null; }
+    if (!pending) return;
+    const { name, value } = pending;
+    pending = null;
+    try {
+      const text = JSON.stringify(value);
+      if (written.get(name) === text) return;
+      localStorage.setItem(name, text);
+      written.set(name, text);
+    } catch {
+      // Storage full or blocked: the list is still in memory for this page.
+    }
+  };
+
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    window.addEventListener('pagehide', flush);
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState === 'hidden') flush();
+    });
+  }
+
+  return {
+    getItem: (name) => {
+      const text = localStorage.getItem(name);
+      if (text === null) return null;
+      written.set(name, text);
+      return JSON.parse(text) as StorageValue<S>;
+    },
+    setItem: (name, value) => {
+      pending = { name, value };
+      if (!timer) timer = setTimeout(flush, PLUGIN_PERSIST_DELAY_MS);
+    },
+    removeItem: (name) => {
+      if (pending?.name === name) pending = null;
+      written.delete(name);
+      localStorage.removeItem(name);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 // ─── Store ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 export const usePluginStore = create<PluginStoreState>()(
@@ -330,6 +390,7 @@ export const usePluginStore = create<PluginStoreState>()(
     }),
     {
       name: 'plugin-storage',
+      storage: batchedLocalStorage(),
       partialize: (state) => ({
         plugins: state.plugins.map(p => ({
           ...p,