diff --git a/public/app.js b/public/app.js
index 208092e..6b16970 100644
--- a/public/app.js
+++ b/public/app.js
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ function handleRefreshRateChange(e) {
   const rate = parseInt(e.target.value);
   currentRefreshRate = rate;
   startAutoRefresh();
+  // Restart status panel refresh if it's open
+  const statusPanel = document.getElementById('status-panel');
+  if (statusPanel && statusPanel.style.display !== 'none') {
+    if (statusRefreshHandle) { clearInterval(statusRefreshHandle); statusRefreshHandle = null; }
+    if (currentRefreshRate > 0) {
+      statusRefreshHandle = setInterval(refreshStatusPanel, currentRefreshRate);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function handleShowAllToggle(e) {
@@ -569,21 +577,42 @@ function escapeHtml(str) {
   return div.innerHTML;
 }
 
+let statusRefreshHandle = null;
+
 async function toggleStatusPanel() {
   const panel = document.getElementById('status-panel');
   if (panel.style.display !== 'none') {
     panel.style.display = 'none';
+    if (statusRefreshHandle) { clearInterval(statusRefreshHandle); statusRefreshHandle = null; }
     return;
   }
   panel.style.display = 'block';
-  panel.innerHTML = '<p class="status-loading">Loading status…</p>';
+  await refreshStatusPanel();
+  // Auto-refresh in sync with dashboard refresh rate
+  if (statusRefreshHandle) clearInterval(statusRefreshHandle);
+  if (currentRefreshRate > 0) {
+    statusRefreshHandle = setInterval(refreshStatusPanel, currentRefreshRate);
+  }
+}
+
+function closeStatusPanel() {
+  document.getElementById('status-panel').style.display = 'none';
+  if (statusRefreshHandle) { clearInterval(statusRefreshHandle); statusRefreshHandle = null; }
+}
+
+async function refreshStatusPanel() {
+  const panel = document.getElementById('status-panel');
+  if (!panel || panel.style.display === 'none') return;
   try {
     const res = await fetch('/api/dashboard/status');
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Failed to fetch status');
     const data = await res.json();
     renderStatusPanel(data, panel);
   } catch (err) {
-    panel.innerHTML = '<p class="status-error">Failed to load status.</p>';
+    // Don't overwrite panel on transient error during auto-refresh
+    if (!panel.innerHTML || panel.innerHTML.includes('status-loading')) {
+      panel.innerHTML = '<p class="status-error">Failed to load status.</p>';
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -595,11 +624,12 @@ function renderStatusPanel(data, panel) {
   const uptime = `${hrs}h ${mins}m ${secs}s`;
 
   const totalKB = (data.cache.totalSizeBytes / 1024).toFixed(1);
+  const refreshLabel = currentRefreshRate > 0 ? (currentRefreshRate / 1000) + 's' : 'Off';
 
   let html = `
     <div class="status-header">
       <h3>Server Status</h3>
-      <button class="status-close" onclick="document.getElementById('status-panel').style.display='none'">&times;</button>
+      <button class="status-close" onclick="closeStatusPanel()">&times;</button>
     </div>
     <div class="status-grid">
       <div class="status-card">
@@ -613,7 +643,31 @@ function renderStatusPanel(data, panel) {
         <div class="status-card-title">Polling</div>
         <div class="status-row"><span>Mode</span><span>${data.polling.enabled ? 'Background' : 'On-demand'}</span></div>
         ${data.polling.enabled ? `<div class="status-row"><span>Interval</span><span>${data.polling.intervalMs / 1000}s</span></div>` : ''}
-      </div>
+        <div class="status-row"><span>Client refresh</span><span>${refreshLabel}</span></div>
+      </div>`;
+
+  // Poll timings card
+  const lp = data.polling.lastPoll;
+  if (lp) {
+    const pollAge = Math.round((Date.now() - new Date(lp.timestamp).getTime()) / 1000);
+    html += `
+      <div class="status-card status-card-wide">
+        <div class="status-card-title">Last Poll (${lp.totalMs}ms total, ${pollAge}s ago)</div>
+        <div class="status-timings">`;
+    for (const t of lp.tasks) {
+      const barWidth = lp.totalMs > 0 ? Math.max(2, (t.ms / lp.totalMs) * 100) : 0;
+      html += `
+          <div class="timing-row">
+            <span class="timing-label">${escapeHtml(t.label)}</span>
+            <div class="timing-bar-bg"><div class="timing-bar" style="width:${barWidth.toFixed(1)}%"></div></div>
+            <span class="timing-value">${t.ms}ms</span>
+          </div>`;
+    }
+    html += `</div></div>`;
+  }
+
+  // Cache table
+  html += `
       <div class="status-card status-card-wide">
         <div class="status-card-title">Cache (${data.cache.entryCount} entries, ${totalKB} KB)</div>
         <table class="status-table">
diff --git a/public/style.css b/public/style.css
index 8087fe5..74e7bed 100644
--- a/public/style.css
+++ b/public/style.css
@@ -862,6 +862,51 @@ body {
   font-size: 0.7rem;
 }
 
+.status-timings {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 6px;
+}
+
+.timing-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+}
+
+.timing-label {
+  width: 110px;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  color: var(--text-secondary);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.timing-bar-bg {
+  flex: 1;
+  height: 8px;
+  background: var(--border);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.timing-bar {
+  height: 100%;
+  background: var(--accent);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  min-width: 2px;
+  transition: width 0.3s ease;
+}
+
+.timing-value {
+  width: 50px;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  text-align: right;
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+  font-weight: 500;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+}
+
 .status-loading, .status-error {
   text-align: center;
   padding: 20px;
diff --git a/server/routes/dashboard.js b/server/routes/dashboard.js
index adddab8..640d57b 100644
--- a/server/routes/dashboard.js
+++ b/server/routes/dashboard.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const router = express.Router();
 
 const { mapTorrentToDownload } = require('../utils/qbittorrent');
 const cache = require('../utils/cache');
-const { pollAllServices, POLLING_ENABLED } = require('../utils/poller');
+const { pollAllServices, getLastPollTimings, POLLING_ENABLED } = require('../utils/poller');
 
 const EMBY_URL = process.env.EMBY_URL;
 const EMBY_API_KEY = process.env.EMBY_API_KEY;
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ router.get('/status', (req, res) => {
       },
       polling: {
         enabled: POLLING_ENABLED,
-        intervalMs: POLLING_ENABLED ? require('../utils/poller').POLL_INTERVAL : 0
+        intervalMs: POLLING_ENABLED ? require('../utils/poller').POLL_INTERVAL : 0,
+        lastPoll: getLastPollTimings()
       },
       cache: cacheStats
     });
diff --git a/server/utils/poller.js b/server/utils/poller.js
index 205ad03..671d4df 100644
--- a/server/utils/poller.js
+++ b/server/utils/poller.js
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ const POLL_INTERVAL = (rawPollInterval === 'off' || rawPollInterval === 'false'
 const POLLING_ENABLED = POLL_INTERVAL > 0;
 
 let polling = false;
+let lastPollTimings = null;
+
+// Timed fetch helper: runs a fetch and records how long it took
+async function timed(label, fn) {
+  const t0 = Date.now();
+  const result = await fn();
+  return { label, result, ms: Date.now() - t0 };
+}
 
 async function pollAllServices() {
   if (polling) {
@@ -28,40 +36,33 @@ async function pollAllServices() {
     const sonarrInstances = getSonarrInstances();
     const radarrInstances = getRadarrInstances();
 
-    // All fetches in parallel
-    const [
-      sabQueues, sabHistories,
-      sonarrTagsResults, sonarrQueues, sonarrHistories, sonarrSeriesResults,
-      radarrQueues, radarrHistories, radarrMoviesResults, radarrTagsResults,
-      qbittorrentTorrents
-    ] = await Promise.all([
-      // SABnzbd
-      Promise.all(sabInstances.map(inst =>
+    // All fetches in parallel, each individually timed
+    const results = await Promise.all([
+      timed('SABnzbd Queue', () => Promise.all(sabInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api`, {
           params: { mode: 'queue', apikey: inst.apiKey, output: 'json' }
         }).then(res => ({ instance: inst.id, data: res.data })).catch(err => {
           console.error(`[Poller] SABnzbd ${inst.id} queue error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: { queue: { slots: [] } } };
         })
-      )),
-      Promise.all(sabInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('SABnzbd History', () => Promise.all(sabInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api`, {
           params: { mode: 'history', apikey: inst.apiKey, output: 'json', limit: 20 }
         }).then(res => ({ instance: inst.id, data: res.data })).catch(err => {
           console.error(`[Poller] SABnzbd ${inst.id} history error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: { history: { slots: [] } } };
         })
-      )),
-      // Sonarr
-      Promise.all(sonarrInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('Sonarr Tags', () => Promise.all(sonarrInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api/v3/tag`, {
           headers: { 'X-Api-Key': inst.apiKey }
         }).then(res => ({ instance: inst.id, data: res.data })).catch(err => {
           console.error(`[Poller] Sonarr ${inst.id} tags error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: [] };
         })
-      )),
-      Promise.all(sonarrInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('Sonarr Queue', () => Promise.all(sonarrInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api/v3/queue`, {
           headers: { 'X-Api-Key': inst.apiKey },
           params: { includeSeries: true, includeEpisode: true }
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ async function pollAllServices() {
           console.error(`[Poller] Sonarr ${inst.id} queue error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: { records: [] } };
         })
-      )),
-      Promise.all(sonarrInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('Sonarr History', () => Promise.all(sonarrInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api/v3/history`, {
           headers: { 'X-Api-Key': inst.apiKey },
           params: { pageSize: 20, includeSeries: true, includeEpisode: true }
@@ -78,17 +79,16 @@ async function pollAllServices() {
           console.error(`[Poller] Sonarr ${inst.id} history error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: { records: [] } };
         })
-      )),
-      Promise.all(sonarrInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('Sonarr Series', () => Promise.all(sonarrInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api/v3/series`, {
           headers: { 'X-Api-Key': inst.apiKey }
         }).then(res => ({ instance: inst.id, data: res.data })).catch(err => {
           console.error(`[Poller] Sonarr ${inst.id} series error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: [] };
         })
-      )),
-      // Radarr
-      Promise.all(radarrInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('Radarr Queue', () => Promise.all(radarrInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api/v3/queue`, {
           headers: { 'X-Api-Key': inst.apiKey },
           params: { includeMovie: true }
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ async function pollAllServices() {
           console.error(`[Poller] Radarr ${inst.id} queue error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: { records: [] } };
         })
-      )),
-      Promise.all(radarrInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('Radarr History', () => Promise.all(radarrInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api/v3/history`, {
           headers: { 'X-Api-Key': inst.apiKey },
           params: { pageSize: 20, includeMovie: true }
@@ -105,30 +105,46 @@ async function pollAllServices() {
           console.error(`[Poller] Radarr ${inst.id} history error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: { records: [] } };
         })
-      )),
-      Promise.all(radarrInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('Radarr Movies', () => Promise.all(radarrInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api/v3/movie`, {
           headers: { 'X-Api-Key': inst.apiKey }
         }).then(res => ({ instance: inst.id, data: res.data })).catch(err => {
           console.error(`[Poller] Radarr ${inst.id} movies error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: [] };
         })
-      )),
-      Promise.all(radarrInstances.map(inst =>
+      ))),
+      timed('Radarr Tags', () => Promise.all(radarrInstances.map(inst =>
         axios.get(`${inst.url}/api/v3/tag`, {
           headers: { 'X-Api-Key': inst.apiKey }
         }).then(res => ({ instance: inst.id, data: res.data })).catch(err => {
           console.error(`[Poller] Radarr ${inst.id} tags error:`, err.message);
           return { instance: inst.id, data: [] };
         })
-      )),
-      // qBittorrent
-      getTorrents().catch(err => {
+      ))),
+      timed('qBittorrent', () => getTorrents().catch(err => {
         console.error(`[Poller] qBittorrent error:`, err.message);
         return [];
-      })
+      }))
     ]);
 
+    const [
+      { result: sabQueues }, { result: sabHistories },
+      { result: sonarrTagsResults }, { result: sonarrQueues },
+      { result: sonarrHistories }, { result: sonarrSeriesResults },
+      { result: radarrQueues }, { result: radarrHistories },
+      { result: radarrMoviesResults }, { result: radarrTagsResults },
+      { result: qbittorrentTorrents }
+    ] = results;
+
+    // Store per-task timings
+    const totalMs = Date.now() - start;
+    lastPollTimings = {
+      totalMs,
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      tasks: results.map(r => ({ label: r.label, ms: r.ms }))
+    };
+
     // When polling is active, TTL is 3x interval to avoid gaps between polls
     // When polling is disabled (on-demand), use 30s so data refreshes on next request after expiry
     const cacheTTL = POLLING_ENABLED ? POLL_INTERVAL * 3 : 30000;
@@ -205,4 +221,8 @@ function stopPoller() {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = { startPoller, stopPoller, pollAllServices, POLL_INTERVAL, POLLING_ENABLED };
+function getLastPollTimings() {
+  return lastPollTimings;
+}
+
+module.exports = { startPoller, stopPoller, pollAllServices, getLastPollTimings, POLL_INTERVAL, POLLING_ENABLED };