diff --git a/Kanban/UI/Board/LaneView.swift b/Kanban/UI/Board/LaneView.swift
index 47a754b..c32cae4 100644
--- a/Kanban/UI/Board/LaneView.swift
+++ b/Kanban/UI/Board/LaneView.swift
@@ -657,7 +657,13 @@ struct LaneView: View {
     }
 
     private var scrollableCards: some View {
-        ScrollView(.vertical) {
+        // Evaluated ONCE per body, deliberately: the per-element `.accessibilitySortPriority`
+        // below reads `slots.count`, and reading the computed property from inside the `ForEach`
+        // closure re-runs the whole chain (`slots` → `renderedCards` → the O(n) card filter and
+        // the session's hidden-member resolution) once per element — O(n²) per lane body, which
+        // a drag pickup's synchronous whole-board layout multiplied into a visible stall.
+        let slots = self.slots
+        return ScrollView(.vertical) {
             // Cards stay standard width whatever the lane spans: at a slot width of
             // `units × standard + (units - 1) × gap`, `MasonryLayout` divides back into exactly
             // `units` columns of `standard` (03-board-ui.md § Layout — full visibility).