diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 034c878..9eafcf9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4596,7 +4596,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "omnigraph-cli"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "clap",
@@ -4616,7 +4616,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "omnigraph-compiler"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4637,7 +4637,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "omnigraph-engine"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-cast",
@@ -4646,6 +4646,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrow-select",
  "async-trait",
  "base64",
+ "chrono",
  "fail",
  "futures",
  "lance",
@@ -4674,7 +4675,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "omnigraph-server"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "aws-config",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e7129d..1766b07 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ lance-table = "4.0.0"
 ulid = "1"
 futures = "0.3"
 async-trait = "0.1"
+chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 pest = "2"
 pest_derive = "2"
 thiserror = "2"
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/omnigraph-cli/Cargo.toml
index dd30eca..0813d12 100644
--- a/crates/omnigraph-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/omnigraph-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "omnigraph-cli"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "CLI for the Omnigraph graph database."
 license = "MIT"
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ name = "omnigraph"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-omnigraph = { package = "omnigraph-engine", path = "../omnigraph", version = "0.3.0" }
-omnigraph-compiler = { path = "../omnigraph-compiler", version = "0.3.0" }
-omnigraph-server = { path = "../omnigraph-server", version = "0.3.0" }
+omnigraph = { package = "omnigraph-engine", path = "../omnigraph", version = "0.3.1" }
+omnigraph-compiler = { path = "../omnigraph-compiler", version = "0.3.1" }
+omnigraph-server = { path = "../omnigraph-server", version = "0.3.1" }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 color-eyre = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/omnigraph-cli/src/main.rs
index c29cac6..03d1d14 100644
--- a/crates/omnigraph-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/omnigraph-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -214,6 +214,39 @@ enum Command {
         #[command(subcommand)]
         command: PolicyCommand,
     },
+    /// Compact small Lance fragments in every table of the repo
+    Optimize {
+        /// Repo URI
+        uri: Option<String>,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        target: Option<String>,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        config: Option<PathBuf>,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        json: bool,
+    },
+    /// Remove old Lance versions from every table of the repo (destructive)
+    Cleanup {
+        /// Repo URI
+        uri: Option<String>,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        target: Option<String>,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        config: Option<PathBuf>,
+        /// Number of recent versions to keep per table. Either `--keep` or
+        /// `--older-than` (or both) must be set.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        keep: Option<u32>,
+        /// Only remove versions older than this duration. Accepts Go-style
+        /// durations: `7d`, `24h`, `90m`. At least one of --keep / --older-than.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        older_than: Option<String>,
+        /// Required to actually run; without it, prints what would be removed
+        #[arg(long)]
+        confirm: bool,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        json: bool,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
@@ -795,6 +828,31 @@ fn resolve_uri(
     config.resolve_target_uri(cli_uri, cli_target, config.cli_graph_name())
 }
 
+/// Parse a Go-style compact duration: `7d`, `24h`, `30m`, `90s`, or a plain
+/// integer as seconds. Used by the `cleanup --older-than` flag.
+fn parse_duration_arg(s: &str) -> Result<std::time::Duration> {
+    let s = s.trim();
+    if s.is_empty() {
+        bail!("duration is empty");
+    }
+    let (num_part, unit) = match s.char_indices().rev().find(|(_, c)| c.is_ascii_alphabetic()) {
+        Some((i, _)) => (&s[..i + 1 - s[i..].chars().next().unwrap().len_utf8()], &s[i..]),
+        None => (s, ""),
+    };
+    let n: u64 = num_part
+        .parse()
+        .map_err(|e| color_eyre::eyre::eyre!("invalid duration '{}': {}", s, e))?;
+    let secs = match unit {
+        "" | "s" => n,
+        "m" => n * 60,
+        "h" => n * 60 * 60,
+        "d" => n * 60 * 60 * 24,
+        "w" => n * 60 * 60 * 24 * 7,
+        _ => bail!("unknown duration unit '{}'. Supported: s, m, h, d, w", unit),
+    };
+    Ok(std::time::Duration::from_secs(secs))
+}
+
 fn resolve_local_uri(
     config: &OmnigraphConfig,
     cli_uri: Option<String>,
@@ -2465,6 +2523,111 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 print_policy_explain(&decision, &request);
             }
         },
+        Command::Optimize {
+            uri,
+            target,
+            config,
+            json,
+        } => {
+            let config = load_cli_config(config.as_ref())?;
+            let uri = resolve_uri(&config, uri, target.as_deref())?;
+            let mut db = Omnigraph::open(&uri).await?;
+            let stats = db.optimize().await?;
+            if json {
+                let value = serde_json::json!({
+                    "uri": uri,
+                    "tables": stats.iter().map(|s| serde_json::json!({
+                        "table_key": s.table_key,
+                        "fragments_removed": s.fragments_removed,
+                        "fragments_added": s.fragments_added,
+                        "committed": s.committed,
+                    })).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                });
+                print_json(&value)?;
+            } else {
+                println!("optimize {} — {} tables", uri, stats.len());
+                for s in &stats {
+                    if s.committed {
+                        println!(
+                            "  {:<40} frags {} → {} ✓",
+                            s.table_key,
+                            s.fragments_removed + s.fragments_added - s.fragments_added,
+                            s.fragments_added
+                        );
+                    } else {
+                        println!("  {:<40} no-op", s.table_key);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Command::Cleanup {
+            uri,
+            target,
+            config,
+            keep,
+            older_than,
+            confirm,
+            json,
+        } => {
+            let config = load_cli_config(config.as_ref())?;
+            let uri = resolve_uri(&config, uri, target.as_deref())?;
+
+            let older_than_dur = older_than
+                .as_deref()
+                .map(parse_duration_arg)
+                .transpose()?;
+
+            if keep.is_none() && older_than_dur.is_none() {
+                bail!("cleanup requires at least one of --keep or --older-than");
+            }
+
+            let policy_desc = match (keep, older_than_dur) {
+                (Some(k), Some(d)) => format!("keep {} versions, remove anything older than {:?}", k, d),
+                (Some(k), None) => format!("keep {} versions", k),
+                (None, Some(d)) => format!("remove anything older than {:?}", d),
+                _ => unreachable!(),
+            };
+
+            if !confirm {
+                eprintln!(
+                    "cleanup is destructive — rerun with --confirm. Policy for {}: {}",
+                    uri, policy_desc
+                );
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+
+            let options = omnigraph::db::CleanupPolicyOptions {
+                keep_versions: keep,
+                older_than: older_than_dur,
+            };
+
+            let mut db = Omnigraph::open(&uri).await?;
+            let stats = db.cleanup(options).await?;
+            if json {
+                let value = serde_json::json!({
+                    "uri": uri,
+                    "keep_versions": keep,
+                    "older_than_secs": older_than_dur.map(|d| d.as_secs()),
+                    "tables": stats.iter().map(|s| serde_json::json!({
+                        "table_key": s.table_key,
+                        "bytes_removed": s.bytes_removed,
+                        "old_versions_removed": s.old_versions_removed,
+                    })).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                });
+                print_json(&value)?;
+            } else {
+                let total_bytes: u64 = stats.iter().map(|s| s.bytes_removed).sum();
+                let total_versions: u64 = stats.iter().map(|s| s.old_versions_removed).sum();
+                println!(
+                    "cleanup {} ({}) — removed {} versions ({} bytes) across {} tables",
+                    uri,
+                    policy_desc,
+                    total_versions,
+                    total_bytes,
+                    stats.len()
+                );
+            }
+        }
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph-compiler/Cargo.toml b/crates/omnigraph-compiler/Cargo.toml
index f8aaf04..3a0af1e 100644
--- a/crates/omnigraph-compiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/omnigraph-compiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "omnigraph-compiler"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Schema/query compiler for Omnigraph. Zero Lance dependency."
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph-server/Cargo.toml b/crates/omnigraph-server/Cargo.toml
index f808c76..0f938a6 100644
--- a/crates/omnigraph-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/omnigraph-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "omnigraph-server"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "HTTP server for the Omnigraph graph database."
 license = "MIT"
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ default = []
 aws = ["dep:aws-config", "dep:aws-sdk-secretsmanager"]
 
 [dependencies]
-omnigraph = { package = "omnigraph-engine", path = "../omnigraph", version = "0.3.0" }
-omnigraph-compiler = { path = "../omnigraph-compiler", version = "0.3.0" }
+omnigraph = { package = "omnigraph-engine", path = "../omnigraph", version = "0.3.1" }
+omnigraph-compiler = { path = "../omnigraph-compiler", version = "0.3.1" }
 axum = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 color-eyre = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph/Cargo.toml b/crates/omnigraph/Cargo.toml
index fdd520b..0e1bae9 100644
--- a/crates/omnigraph/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/omnigraph/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "omnigraph-engine"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "Runtime engine for the Omnigraph graph database."
 license = "MIT"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ default = []
 failpoints = ["dep:fail", "fail/failpoints"]
 
 [dependencies]
-omnigraph-compiler = { path = "../omnigraph-compiler", version = "0.3.0" }
+omnigraph-compiler = { path = "../omnigraph-compiler", version = "0.3.1" }
 lance = { workspace = true }
 lance-datafusion = { workspace = true }
 lance-file = { workspace = true }
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ fail = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 time = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
+chrono = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-omnigraph-compiler = { path = "../omnigraph-compiler", version = "0.3.0" }
+omnigraph-compiler = { path = "../omnigraph-compiler", version = "0.3.1" }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 lance-namespace-impls = { workspace = true }
 serial_test = "3"
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph/src/db/mod.rs b/crates/omnigraph/src/db/mod.rs
index a4f90d1..77c3d26 100644
--- a/crates/omnigraph/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/omnigraph/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ mod schema_state;
 pub use commit_graph::GraphCommit;
 pub use graph_coordinator::{GraphCoordinator, ReadTarget, ResolvedTarget, SnapshotId};
 pub use manifest::{Snapshot, SubTableEntry, SubTableUpdate};
-pub use omnigraph::{MergeOutcome, Omnigraph, SchemaApplyResult};
+pub use omnigraph::{
+    CleanupPolicyOptions, MergeOutcome, Omnigraph, SchemaApplyResult, TableCleanupStats,
+    TableOptimizeStats,
+};
 pub(crate) use run_registry::is_internal_run_branch;
 pub use run_registry::{RunId, RunRecord, RunStatus};
 
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph/src/db/omnigraph.rs b/crates/omnigraph/src/db/omnigraph.rs
index 04e64c4..0f251ba 100644
--- a/crates/omnigraph/src/db/omnigraph.rs
+++ b/crates/omnigraph/src/db/omnigraph.rs
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ use crate::storage::{StorageAdapter, join_uri, normalize_root_uri, storage_for_u
 use crate::table_store::TableStore;
 
 mod export;
+mod optimize;
 mod schema_apply;
 mod table_ops;
 
+pub use optimize::{CleanupPolicyOptions, TableCleanupStats, TableOptimizeStats};
+
 use super::commit_graph::GraphCommit;
 use super::manifest::{
     ManifestChange, Snapshot, SubTableEntry, TableRegistration, TableTombstone,
@@ -440,6 +443,22 @@ impl Omnigraph {
         table_ops::ensure_indices_on(self, branch).await
     }
 
+    /// Compact small Lance fragments into fewer larger ones across every
+    /// node + edge table on `main`. See [`optimize`] for details.
+    pub async fn optimize(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<optimize::TableOptimizeStats>> {
+        optimize::optimize_all_tables(self).await
+    }
+
+    /// Remove Lance manifests (and the fragments they uniquely own) per the
+    /// given [`optimize::CleanupPolicyOptions`]. Destructive to version
+    /// history. See [`optimize`] for details.
+    pub async fn cleanup(
+        &mut self,
+        options: optimize::CleanupPolicyOptions,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<optimize::TableCleanupStats>> {
+        optimize::cleanup_all_tables(self, options).await
+    }
+
     /// Read a blob from a node by its string ID and property name.
     ///
     /// Returns a `BlobFile` handle with async `read()`, `seek()`, `tell()`,
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph/src/db/omnigraph/optimize.rs b/crates/omnigraph/src/db/omnigraph/optimize.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32889a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/omnigraph/src/db/omnigraph/optimize.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+//! Lance compaction + version cleanup exposed at the graph level.
+//!
+//! Lance accumulates many small `.lance` fragment files per table over the
+//! life of a repo: each `write`, `load`, and `change` op appends one or more
+//! fragments and a new manifest. Over long timescales this hurts open times
+//! and S3 object counts without improving anything.
+//!
+//! Two dials:
+//!
+//! * `optimize_all_tables` — Lance `compact_files` on every table. Rewrites
+//!   small fragments into fewer large ones. Non-destructive (creates a new
+//!   version; old fragments remain reachable via older manifest versions).
+//! * `cleanup_all_tables` — Lance `cleanup_old_versions` on every table.
+//!   Removes manifests (and their unique fragments) older than the configured
+//!   retention. Destructive to version history — callers should gate this
+//!   behind an explicit confirm flag at the CLI layer.
+//!
+//! Both walk every node + edge table on the `main` branch. Run branches are
+//! ephemeral by design (MR-670 / MR-674) so we do not optimize them.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use chrono::Utc;
+use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+use lance::dataset::cleanup::{CleanupPolicy, RemovalStats};
+use lance::dataset::optimize::{CompactionMetrics, CompactionOptions, compact_files};
+
+use super::*;
+
+/// How many tables to optimize/cleanup concurrently. Each hits a separate
+/// Lance dataset so there is no shared state; the bound is there to avoid
+/// flooding the runtime and the S3 connection pool.
+const DEFAULT_MAINT_CONCURRENCY: usize = 8;
+
+fn maint_concurrency() -> usize {
+    std::env::var("OMNIGRAPH_MAINTENANCE_CONCURRENCY")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|v| v.parse::<usize>().ok())
+        .filter(|v| *v > 0)
+        .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_MAINT_CONCURRENCY)
+}
+
+/// Retention knobs for [`cleanup_all_tables`]. At least one must be set or
+/// nothing is cleaned. If both are set, Lance applies them as AND (a manifest
+/// is kept if it satisfies either — i.e. only manifests older than BOTH the
+/// time cutoff AND the version cutoff are removed).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
+pub struct CleanupPolicyOptions {
+    /// Keep this many most-recent versions per table.
+    pub keep_versions: Option<u32>,
+    /// Only remove versions older than this duration.
+    pub older_than: Option<Duration>,
+}
+
+/// Per-table outcome of `optimize_all_tables`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct TableOptimizeStats {
+    pub table_key: String,
+    /// Number of source fragments that were rewritten by Lance.
+    pub fragments_removed: usize,
+    /// Number of new, larger fragments Lance produced.
+    pub fragments_added: usize,
+    /// Did this table get a new Lance manifest version from the compaction?
+    pub committed: bool,
+}
+
+/// Per-table outcome of `cleanup_all_tables`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct TableCleanupStats {
+    pub table_key: String,
+    pub bytes_removed: u64,
+    pub old_versions_removed: u64,
+}
+
+/// Run Lance `compact_files` on every node + edge table on `main`.
+/// Tables run in parallel (bounded concurrency).
+pub async fn optimize_all_tables(db: &mut Omnigraph) -> Result<Vec<TableOptimizeStats>> {
+    db.ensure_schema_state_valid().await?;
+    db.ensure_schema_apply_idle("optimize").await?;
+
+    let resolved = db.resolved_branch_target(None).await?;
+    let snapshot = resolved.snapshot;
+
+    let table_tasks: Vec<_> = all_table_keys(&db.catalog)
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|table_key| {
+            let entry = snapshot.entry(&table_key)?;
+            let full_path = format!("{}/{}", db.root_uri, entry.table_path);
+            Some((table_key, full_path))
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    if table_tasks.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    }
+
+    let concurrency = maint_concurrency().min(table_tasks.len()).max(1);
+    let table_store = &db.table_store;
+
+    let stats: Vec<Result<TableOptimizeStats>> = futures::stream::iter(table_tasks.into_iter())
+        .map(|(table_key, full_path)| async move {
+            let mut ds = table_store
+                .open_dataset_head_for_write(&table_key, &full_path, None)
+                .await?;
+            let version_before = ds.version().version;
+            let metrics: CompactionMetrics =
+                compact_files(&mut ds, CompactionOptions::default(), None)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|e| OmniError::Lance(e.to_string()))?;
+            let version_after = ds.version().version;
+            Ok(TableOptimizeStats {
+                table_key,
+                fragments_removed: metrics.fragments_removed,
+                fragments_added: metrics.fragments_added,
+                committed: version_after != version_before,
+            })
+        })
+        .buffer_unordered(concurrency)
+        .collect()
+        .await;
+
+    stats.into_iter().collect()
+}
+
+/// Run Lance `cleanup_old_versions` on every node + edge table on `main`,
+/// using [`CleanupPolicyOptions`]. The latest manifest is always preserved
+/// regardless (Lance invariant).
+pub async fn cleanup_all_tables(
+    db: &mut Omnigraph,
+    options: CleanupPolicyOptions,
+) -> Result<Vec<TableCleanupStats>> {
+    if options.keep_versions.is_none() && options.older_than.is_none() {
+        return Err(OmniError::manifest(
+            "cleanup requires at least one of keep_versions or older_than",
+        ));
+    }
+
+    db.ensure_schema_state_valid().await?;
+    db.ensure_schema_apply_idle("cleanup").await?;
+
+    let before_timestamp = options.older_than.map(|d| Utc::now() - d);
+    let keep_versions = options.keep_versions;
+
+    let resolved = db.resolved_branch_target(None).await?;
+    let snapshot = resolved.snapshot;
+
+    let table_tasks: Vec<_> = all_table_keys(&db.catalog)
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|table_key| {
+            let entry = snapshot.entry(&table_key)?;
+            let full_path = format!("{}/{}", db.root_uri, entry.table_path);
+            Some((table_key, full_path))
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    if table_tasks.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    }
+
+    let concurrency = maint_concurrency().min(table_tasks.len()).max(1);
+    let table_store = &db.table_store;
+
+    let results: Vec<Result<TableCleanupStats>> = futures::stream::iter(table_tasks.into_iter())
+        .map(|(table_key, full_path)| async move {
+            let ds = table_store
+                .open_dataset_head_for_write(&table_key, &full_path, None)
+                .await?;
+            let before_version = keep_versions
+                .map(|n| ds.version().version.saturating_sub(n as u64))
+                .filter(|v| *v > 0);
+            let policy = CleanupPolicy {
+                before_timestamp,
+                before_version,
+                delete_unverified: false,
+                error_if_tagged_old_versions: false,
+                clean_referenced_branches: false,
+                delete_rate_limit: None,
+            };
+            let removed: RemovalStats =
+                lance::dataset::cleanup::cleanup_old_versions(&ds, policy)
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|e| OmniError::Lance(e.to_string()))?;
+            Ok(TableCleanupStats {
+                table_key,
+                bytes_removed: removed.bytes_removed,
+                old_versions_removed: removed.old_versions,
+            })
+        })
+        .buffer_unordered(concurrency)
+        .collect()
+        .await;
+
+    results.into_iter().collect()
+}
+
+fn all_table_keys(catalog: &omnigraph_compiler::catalog::Catalog) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut keys: Vec<String> = catalog
+        .node_types
+        .keys()
+        .map(|n| format!("node:{}", n))
+        .chain(
+            catalog
+                .edge_types
+                .keys()
+                .map(|n| format!("edge:{}", n)),
+        )
+        .collect();
+    keys.sort();
+    keys
+}
diff --git a/crates/omnigraph/src/loader/mod.rs b/crates/omnigraph/src/loader/mod.rs
index bb7f5cc..0e29c2a 100644
--- a/crates/omnigraph/src/loader/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/omnigraph/src/loader/mod.rs
@@ -323,30 +323,38 @@ async fn load_jsonl_reader<R: BufRead>(
         }
     }
 
-    // Phase 2: Build per-type RecordBatches and write to Lance
+    // Phase 2: Build per-type RecordBatches and write to Lance.
+    //
+    // Writes to different tables are independent in Lance (each table has its
+    // own manifest + fragments), so we parallelize across types with a bounded
+    // concurrency limit. Serial writes against S3 were the dominant cost of
+    // load — batching and parallelizing per-type cuts wall time by roughly
+    // `LOAD_WRITE_CONCURRENCY`× for wide schemas (see MR-677).
 
     let mut updates = Vec::new();
     let mut result = LoadResult::default();
     let snapshot = db.snapshot_for_branch(branch).await?;
 
-    // Write nodes first (edges reference node IDs)
+    // Phase 2a: build and validate every node batch up front. Cheap and
+    // synchronous — surfaces validation errors before any S3 traffic.
+    let mut prepared_nodes: Vec<(String, String, RecordBatch, usize)> =
+        Vec::with_capacity(node_rows.len());
     for (type_name, rows) in &node_rows {
         let node_type = &catalog.node_types[type_name];
         let batch = build_node_batch(node_type, rows)?;
-
-        // Validate value constraints before writing
         validate_value_constraints(&batch, node_type)?;
-
         let loaded_count = batch.num_rows();
-
         let table_key = format!("node:{}", type_name);
         snapshot
             .entry(&table_key)
             .ok_or_else(|| OmniError::manifest(format!("no manifest entry for {}", table_key)))?;
+        prepared_nodes.push((type_name.clone(), table_key, batch, loaded_count));
+    }
 
-        let (state, table_branch) =
-            write_batch_to_dataset(db, branch, &table_key, batch, mode).await?;
+    // Phase 2b: write every node type concurrently, bounded.
+    let node_write_results = write_batches_concurrently(db, branch, mode, prepared_nodes).await?;
 
+    for (type_name, table_key, loaded_count, state, table_branch) in node_write_results {
         updates.push(crate::db::SubTableUpdate {
             table_key,
             table_version: state.version,
@@ -354,7 +362,7 @@ async fn load_jsonl_reader<R: BufRead>(
             row_count: state.row_count,
             version_metadata: state.version_metadata,
         });
-        result.nodes_loaded.insert(type_name.clone(), loaded_count);
+        result.nodes_loaded.insert(type_name, loaded_count);
     }
 
     // Phase 2b: Validate edge referential integrity — every src/dst must
@@ -402,20 +410,23 @@ async fn load_jsonl_reader<R: BufRead>(
         }
     }
 
-    // Write edges
+    // Write edges (parallel per edge type, same pattern as nodes)
+    let mut prepared_edges: Vec<(String, String, RecordBatch, usize)> =
+        Vec::with_capacity(edge_rows.len());
     for (edge_name, rows) in &edge_rows {
         let edge_type = &catalog.edge_types[edge_name];
         let batch = build_edge_batch(edge_type, rows)?;
         let loaded_count = batch.num_rows();
-
         let table_key = format!("edge:{}", edge_name);
         snapshot
             .entry(&table_key)
             .ok_or_else(|| OmniError::manifest(format!("no manifest entry for {}", table_key)))?;
+        prepared_edges.push((edge_name.clone(), table_key, batch, loaded_count));
+    }
 
-        let (state, table_branch) =
-            write_batch_to_dataset(db, branch, &table_key, batch, mode).await?;
+    let edge_write_results = write_batches_concurrently(db, branch, mode, prepared_edges).await?;
 
+    for (edge_name, table_key, loaded_count, state, table_branch) in edge_write_results {
         updates.push(crate::db::SubTableUpdate {
             table_key,
             table_version: state.version,
@@ -423,7 +434,7 @@ async fn load_jsonl_reader<R: BufRead>(
             row_count: state.row_count,
             version_metadata: state.version_metadata,
         });
-        result.edges_loaded.insert(edge_name.clone(), loaded_count);
+        result.edges_loaded.insert(edge_name, loaded_count);
     }
 
     // Phase 3: Validate edge cardinality constraints (before commit — invalid
@@ -954,6 +965,64 @@ fn parse_date64_json_value(value: &JsonValue) -> Result<Option<i64>> {
 }
 
 /// Write a batch to a Lance dataset, returning (new_version, total_row_count).
+/// How many per-type Lance writes to run concurrently during a load.
+///
+/// Each write is an independent S3 manifest + fragment write against a
+/// different table. Ops within a single table must still be serial (Lance
+/// OCC on the manifest), but cross-table writes have no shared state.
+///
+/// 8 is a conservative default — enough to overlap S3 round-trip latency
+/// across the typical 10-30 table schemas without flooding the runtime.
+/// Override via `OMNIGRAPH_LOAD_CONCURRENCY` for benchmarking.
+const DEFAULT_LOAD_WRITE_CONCURRENCY: usize = 8;
+
+fn load_write_concurrency() -> usize {
+    std::env::var("OMNIGRAPH_LOAD_CONCURRENCY")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|v| v.parse::<usize>().ok())
+        .filter(|v| *v > 0)
+        .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_LOAD_WRITE_CONCURRENCY)
+}
+
+/// Write a set of prepared `(type_name, table_key, batch, row_count)` tuples
+/// concurrently. Returns results in original iteration order so callers can
+/// zip them back to per-type metadata.
+async fn write_batches_concurrently(
+    db: &Omnigraph,
+    branch: Option<&str>,
+    mode: LoadMode,
+    prepared: Vec<(String, String, RecordBatch, usize)>,
+) -> Result<
+    Vec<(
+        String,
+        String,
+        usize,
+        crate::table_store::TableState,
+        Option<String>,
+    )>,
+> {
+    use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+
+    if prepared.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    }
+
+    let concurrency = load_write_concurrency().min(prepared.len()).max(1);
+
+    futures::stream::iter(prepared.into_iter().map(
+        |(type_name, table_key, batch, loaded_count)| async move {
+            let (state, table_branch) =
+                write_batch_to_dataset(db, branch, &table_key, batch, mode).await?;
+            Ok::<_, OmniError>((type_name, table_key, loaded_count, state, table_branch))
+        },
+    ))
+    .buffered(concurrency)
+    .collect::<Vec<Result<_>>>()
+    .await
+    .into_iter()
+    .collect()
+}
+
 async fn write_batch_to_dataset(
     db: &Omnigraph,
     branch: Option<&str>,
diff --git a/openapi.json b/openapi.json
index edee87d..186e841 100644
--- a/openapi.json
+++ b/openapi.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       "name": "MIT",
       "identifier": "MIT"
     },
-    "version": "0.3.0"
+    "version": "0.3.1"
   },
   "paths": {
     "/branches": {