diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
index fda27bf6..b6cd2e39 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -4727,6 +4727,25 @@ function App() {
         }
         return
       }
+
+      // Ctrl+Tab — next tab, Ctrl+Shift+Tab — previous tab (browser-style).
+      // Bound to Ctrl specifically (Cmd+Tab is the OS app switcher on macOS).
+      if (e.ctrlKey && e.key === 'Tab') {
+        e.preventDefault()
+        const direction = e.shiftKey ? -1 : 1
+        if (inFileView) {
+          const currentIdx = fileTabs.findIndex(t => t.id === targetFileTabId)
+          if (currentIdx === -1) return
+          const nextIdx = (currentIdx + direction + fileTabs.length) % fileTabs.length
+          switchFileTab(fileTabs[nextIdx].id)
+        } else {
+          const currentIdx = chatTabs.findIndex(t => t.id === activeChatTabId)
+          if (currentIdx === -1) return
+          const nextIdx = (currentIdx + direction + chatTabs.length) % chatTabs.length
+          switchChatTab(chatTabs[nextIdx].id)
+        }
+        return
+      }
     }
     document.addEventListener('keydown', handleTabKeyDown)
     return () => document.removeEventListener('keydown', handleTabKeyDown)
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx
index 266ae93c..8815723f 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx
@@ -1398,12 +1398,12 @@ const ComposeBox = memo(function ComposeBox({
             : (hasGenerated ? 'Edit' : 'Write')}
         </Button>
       </div>
-      <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5 border-b border-border px-3 pb-2.5">
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-x-1.5 gap-y-2 border-b border-border px-3 pb-2.5">
         <Button
           type="button"
           variant="outline"
           size="xs"
-          className="rounded-full"
+          className="rounded-md"
           onClick={() => { void runAi('Improve the clarity, grammar, and flow of this email while preserving its meaning.', 'rewrite') }}
           disabled={generating}
         >Improve</Button>
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ const ComposeBox = memo(function ComposeBox({
             type="button"
             variant="outline"
             size="xs"
-            className="rounded-full"
+            className="rounded-md"
             onClick={() => { void runAi(preset.instruction, 'rewrite') }}
             disabled={generating}
           >{preset.label}</Button>
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/sync_gmail.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/sync_gmail.ts
index 7868a34e..e4d478e9 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/sync_gmail.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/sync_gmail.ts
@@ -615,11 +615,29 @@ export function listEverythingElseThreads(opts: { cursor?: string; limit?: numbe
     return listInboxPage({ section: 'other', ...opts });
 }
 
+// In-memory index of parsed snapshots, keyed by cache filename and validated by
+// file mtime. listInboxPage runs on every inbox open, every "load more", and
+// every throttled live reload during a sync — without this it re-reads and
+// JSON.parses every cached thread (message bodies included) on each call. The
+// cache lets unchanged files skip the read+parse, so e.g. the "Everything else"
+// page right after "Important", reloads mid-sync, and re-opening the inbox cost
+// a cheap stat() per file instead of a full parse of the whole cache.
+interface ListCacheEntry {
+    mtimeMs: number;
+    dateMs: number;
+    section: InboxSection;
+    snapshot: GmailThreadSnapshot;
+}
+const listCache = new Map<string, ListCacheEntry>();
+
 export function listInboxPage(opts: InboxPageOptions): InboxPageResult {
     const limit = Math.max(1, Math.min(100, opts.limit ?? 25));
     const cursor = parseCursor(opts.cursor);
 
-    if (!fs.existsSync(CACHE_DIR)) return { threads: [], nextCursor: null };
+    if (!fs.existsSync(CACHE_DIR)) {
+        listCache.clear();
+        return { threads: [], nextCursor: null };
+    }
 
     let names: string[];
     try {
@@ -628,24 +646,56 @@ export function listInboxPage(opts: InboxPageOptions): InboxPageResult {
         return { threads: [], nextCursor: null };
     }
 
+    const seen = new Set<string>();
     const entries: IndexedEntry[] = [];
     for (const name of names) {
         if (!name.endsWith('.json')) continue;
+        seen.add(name);
         const filePath = path.join(CACHE_DIR, name);
+
+        let mtimeMs: number;
         try {
-            const raw = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
-            const wrapper = JSON.parse(raw) as SnapshotCacheEntry;
-            const snapshot = wrapper.snapshot;
-            if (!snapshot) continue;
-            if (snapshotImportance(snapshot) !== opts.section) continue;
-            entries.push({
-                threadId: snapshot.threadId,
-                dateMs: snapshotDateMs(snapshot),
-                snapshot,
-            });
-        } catch (err) {
-            console.warn(`[Inbox lists] read failed for ${name}:`, err);
+            mtimeMs = fs.statSync(filePath).mtimeMs;
+        } catch {
+            listCache.delete(name);
+            continue;
         }
+
+        let cached = listCache.get(name);
+        if (!cached || cached.mtimeMs !== mtimeMs) {
+            try {
+                const raw = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
+                const wrapper = JSON.parse(raw) as SnapshotCacheEntry;
+                const snapshot = wrapper.snapshot;
+                if (!snapshot) {
+                    listCache.delete(name);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                cached = {
+                    mtimeMs,
+                    dateMs: snapshotDateMs(snapshot),
+                    section: snapshotImportance(snapshot),
+                    snapshot,
+                };
+                listCache.set(name, cached);
+            } catch (err) {
+                console.warn(`[Inbox lists] read failed for ${name}:`, err);
+                listCache.delete(name);
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (cached.section !== opts.section) continue;
+        entries.push({
+            threadId: cached.snapshot.threadId,
+            dateMs: cached.dateMs,
+            snapshot: cached.snapshot,
+        });
+    }
+
+    // Evict cache entries for files that are gone (archived/trashed/pruned).
+    for (const key of listCache.keys()) {
+        if (!seen.has(key)) listCache.delete(key);
     }
 
     // Newest first, threadId asc as tiebreak.