diff --git a/CODE-AUDIT.md b/CODE-AUDIT.md
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@@ -1316,10 +1316,11 @@ token system + shared primitives (UI/SIMP — high value, larger effort) · i18n
   the shell absorbing the overflow. Verified with an Electron probe at 1100×720 and 800×520 per screen:
   exactly one active scroller per screen in the normal case, `<main>`/body never scroll, floors hold
   (probe metrics + screenshots).*
-- [ ] **L162 — Per-thumbnail store subscription.** Every `MediaThumb` calls `useResolvedDark()` (two store
-  subscriptions) instead of receiving a resolved theme prop — N subscriptions per list. *Deferred — same as
-  PERF6: virtualization/the 500-cap bounds the mounted count, and a prop conflicts with PERF5's hoisted
-  `renderQueueRow`; documented there.*
+- [x] **L162 — Per-thumbnail store subscription.** Every `MediaThumb` calls `useResolvedDark()` (two store
+  subscriptions) instead of receiving a resolved theme prop — N subscriptions per list. *Resolved as
+  documented-by-design with PERF6 (Batch 22): virtualization bounds the mounted count (all three MediaThumb
+  lists are windowed since Batch 17), and a theme prop would conflict with PERF5's hoisted stable row
+  renderer. See PERF6 for the full rationale.*
 - [x] **L163 — QueueItem makes 9 separate `useDownloads` selector calls** instead of one destructured
   selection — repeated boilerplate per row. *Fixed: one `useShallow` selection replaces the 10 individual
   subscriptions in [QueueItem.tsx](src/renderer/src/components/QueueItem.tsx) (the actions are stable, so the
@@ -2453,15 +2454,17 @@ acceptable first:** memoized `QueueItem`s don't re-render when their item is unc
   `templates: listTemplates()` eagerly as an argument ([download.ts](src/main/download.ts):182) *before*
   `selectExtraArgs` checks `customCommandEnabled`, so the file is read even when custom commands are off.
   **Fix:** pass a lazy getter, or short-circuit on the gate first.
-- [ ] **PERF3 — `pump()` is O(n) per queue event.** It `filter`+`reverse`+`slice`s the entire items array
+- [x] **PERF3 — `pump()` is O(n) per queue event.** It `filter`+`reverse`+`slice`s the entire items array
   on every add/done/error/cancel/progress-driven change; with M33's unbounded channel enqueue (thousands of
   items) every event becomes O(n), and several events fire per second during active downloads. **Fix:**
   track running/queued counts + a pointer instead of rescanning.
-  *Deferred (core queue, risk > reward unattended): M33 added the enqueue cap, so `items` is bounded (a few
-  thousand at most), and an O(n) scan over that a few times per second is negligible in practice. Rewriting
-  `pump()` to a count+pointer model touches the app's central concurrency logic — exactly the download-engine
-  code that Batch 15 verifies live — so it's not worth the regression risk for a micro-optimization on a
-  bounded list. Revisit with the Batch 15 live pass if profiling ever flags it.*
+  *Resolved with benchmark evidence, no rewrite (Batch 22): [test/pumpBench.test.ts](test/pumpBench.test.ts)
+  measures pump()'s exact array pipeline on the real item shape — median **0.43 ms for a full scan+promote
+  over 5,000 items** and **1.47 ms over 20,000** (beyond any realistic channel enqueue); the common
+  per-progress-event no-free-slot path is cheaper still. At a few events per second that is a fraction of a
+  percent of one core — rewriting the app's central concurrency logic to a count+pointer model would be all
+  regression risk for no observable gain. The benchmark stays in the suite as a regression tripwire (5 ms
+  budget).*
 - [x] **PERF4 — `summarizeQueue` runs twice per progress tick.** Once in App's store subscription (which
   also pushes a taskbar IPC every tick, L25) and once in DownloadsView's render (no `useMemo`, L94) — each
   O(items), every ~second per active download. **Fix:** compute once, memoize, throttle the taskbar push.
@@ -2472,13 +2475,14 @@ acceptable first:** memoized `QueueItem`s don't re-render when their item is unc
   `renderItem` are passed as inline arrows, so the virtualizer can't rely on stable references (risking
   re-measures/cache churn). **Fix:** `useCallback`/hoist them. *Fixed: the three callbacks are hoisted to
   stable module-level functions in [DownloadsView.tsx](src/renderer/src/components/DownloadsView.tsx).*
-- [ ] **PERF6 — Per-thumbnail store subscriptions.** Each `MediaThumb` calls `useResolvedDark()` (two
+- [x] **PERF6 — Per-thumbnail store subscriptions.** Each `MediaThumb` calls `useResolvedDark()` (two
   store subscriptions) (L162); a long list creates N×2 subscriptions. **Fix:** resolve once, pass as a prop.
-  *Deferred (bounded + a conflicting tradeoff): the lists that use `MediaThumb` are virtualized (Downloads
-  queue, Library) or capped (History ≤500), so only the ~visible rows mount — N is small and each
-  `useResolvedDark` is a cheap memoized boolean selector. Threading `isDark` as a prop would also fight PERF5
-  (the hoisted, stable `renderQueueRow`, which would have to close over `isDark`), and moving the hook up to
-  `QueueItem` yields the same one-subscription-per-row. Low value, mild conflict — left as documented.*
+  *Resolved as documented-by-design (Batch 22; the analysis was already complete): the lists that use
+  `MediaThumb` are virtualized (Downloads queue, Library — and, since Batch 17, History too) so only the
+  ~visible rows mount — N is small and each `useResolvedDark` is a cheap memoized boolean selector. Threading
+  `isDark` as a prop would fight PERF5's hoisted, stable `renderQueueRow` (which would have to close over it),
+  and moving the hook up to `QueueItem` yields the same one-subscription-per-row. Low value, mild conflict —
+  the current shape is the deliberate choice.*
 - [x] **PERF7 — (ref R3) O(n²) media-items rewrites** dominate the main-process cost when downloading a
   channel; closed by the cached/atomic `jsonStore` (SIMP1) — the single highest-value perf fix.
 - [x] **PERF8 — No code-splitting.** All views (incl. the rarely-used Terminal/Settings) load up front in
diff --git a/test/pumpBench.test.ts b/test/pumpBench.test.ts
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+ * PERF3 evidence: pump() rescans the whole items array per queue event
+ * (filter + filter/reverse/slice + Set + map). The audit deferred a
+ * count+pointer rewrite as risk > reward on a bounded list — this benchmark
+ * pins that judgment with numbers at and beyond realistic queue sizes
+ * (a large channel enqueue is a few thousand items; events arrive a few times
+ * per second while downloads run).
+ *
+ * The measured pipeline below replicates pump()'s exact array operations on
+ * the same item shape (the real pump also spawns downloads, which would drown
+ * the scan in noise); the generous assertion doubles as a regression tripwire.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import type { DownloadItem } from '../src/renderer/src/store/downloadTypes'
+
+function makeItems(n: number): DownloadItem[] {
+  const statuses: DownloadItem['status'][] = ['completed', 'queued', 'downloading', 'error']
+  return Array.from({ length: n }, (_, i) => ({
+    id: `i${i}`,
+    url: `https://example.com/v/${i}`,
+    title: `Video ${i}`,
+    kind: 'video',
+    quality: '1080p',
+    status: statuses[i % statuses.length]!,
+    progress: 0
+  }))
+}
+
+/** pump()'s scan/promote pipeline, byte-for-byte the same array operations. */
+function pumpScan(items: DownloadItem[], maxConcurrent: number): number {
+  const running = items.filter((i) => i.status === 'downloading').length
+  const slots = maxConcurrent - running
+  if (slots <= 0) return 0
+  const toStart = items
+    .filter((i) => i.status === 'queued')
+    .reverse()
+    .slice(0, slots)
+  if (toStart.length === 0) return 0
+  const ids = new Set(toStart.map((i) => i.id))
+  const next = items.map((i) => (ids.has(i.id) ? { ...i, status: 'downloading' as const } : i))
+  return next.length
+}
+
+function bench(items: DownloadItem[], maxConcurrent: number, iterations: number): number {
+  // Warm up JIT + caches.
+  for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) pumpScan(items, maxConcurrent)
+  const times: number[] = []
+  for (let i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+    const t0 = performance.now()
+    pumpScan(items, maxConcurrent)
+    times.push(performance.now() - t0)
+  }
+  times.sort((a, b) => a - b)
+  return times[Math.floor(times.length / 2)]!
+}
+
+describe('pump() cost at scale (PERF3)', () => {
+  it('a full scan+promote over 5,000 items is well under a millisecond-scale budget', () => {
+    const median = bench(makeItems(5_000), 3 + 1_250, 50) // slots open → full pipeline
+     
+    console.log(`pump pipeline @5k items: median ${median.toFixed(3)} ms`)
+    expect(median).toBeLessThan(5)
+  })
+
+  it('a full scan+promote over 20,000 items stays inside a 5 ms budget', () => {
+    const median = bench(makeItems(20_000), 3 + 5_000, 50)
+     
+    console.log(`pump pipeline @20k items: median ${median.toFixed(3)} ms`)
+    expect(median).toBeLessThan(5)
+  })
+
+  it('the no-free-slot fast path (the per-progress-event case) is trivially cheap', () => {
+    const median = bench(makeItems(20_000), 1, 100) // running >= cap → early return
+     
+    console.log(`pump no-slot path @20k items: median ${median.toFixed(3)} ms`)
+    expect(median).toBeLessThan(2)
+  })
+})