diff --git a/src/app/components/mobile-tabs-pager/MobileTabsLayout.tsx b/src/app/components/mobile-tabs-pager/MobileTabsLayout.tsx
index d7ed9ccc..093a3e8a 100644
--- a/src/app/components/mobile-tabs-pager/MobileTabsLayout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/mobile-tabs-pager/MobileTabsLayout.tsx
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ import { ScreenSize, useScreenSizeContext } from '../../hooks/useScreenSize';
 import { isNativePlatform } from '../../utils/capacitor';
 import { BOTS_PATH, CHANNELS_PATH, CHANNELS_SPACE_PATH, DIRECT_PATH } from '../../pages/paths';
 
-// MobileTabsPager is the ONLY static importer of the Channels and Bots feature
-// modules. It renders only on `mobile && native` (below), so lazy-loading it
-// here removes the static edge that otherwise pinned Channels + Bots into the
-// boot bundle for every target. On native the chunk streams from the local APK
-// filesystem (no network), so a null Suspense fallback is imperceptible.
+// MobileTabsPager statically imports the Channels and Bots feature modules and
+// renders only on `mobile && native` (below), so lazy-loading it here keeps the
+// pager glue (gesture/geometry/header) off non-native targets. NOTE: this no
+// longer keeps Channels/Bots off the boot bundle — those listing tabs are now
+// imported eagerly in `Router.tsx` (their lazy-split caused a web tab-switch
+// flicker for ~5.6 KB gz; see `docs/ai/bugs.md`), so they ship in the entry on
+// every target regardless. On native the pager chunk streams from the local APK
+// filesystem (no network), so its null Suspense fallback is imperceptible.
 const MobileTabsPager = React.lazy(() =>
   import('./MobileTabsPager').then((m) => ({ default: m.MobileTabsPager }))
 );
diff --git a/src/app/pages/Router.tsx b/src/app/pages/Router.tsx
index 60c2394d..2b45fe53 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/Router.tsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/Router.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ import { ClientBindAtoms, ClientLayout, ClientRoot } from './client';
 import { HomeRouteRoomProvider } from './client/home';
 import { Direct, DirectCreate, DirectRouteRoomProvider } from './client/direct';
 import { ChannelPickPlaceholder } from './client/channels/ChannelPickPlaceholder';
+// Bots/Channels LISTING tabs are eager (not React.lazy) — see the code-split
+// comment below. Imported from the concrete source files (not the barrels) so
+// the eager edge doesn't drag the still-lazy BotExperienceHost chunk into boot.
+import { Bots } from './client/bots/Bots';
+import { Channels, ChannelsRootNav } from './client/channels/Channels';
 import { RouteSpaceProvider, Space, SpaceRouteRoomProvider, SpaceSearch } from './client/space';
 import { setAfterLoginRedirectPath } from './afterLoginRedirectPath';
 import { WelcomePage } from './client/WelcomePage';
@@ -127,11 +132,18 @@ function UserLinkRedirect() {
 
 // Route-level code-splitting. Each heavy page is loaded on first navigation
 // instead of in the boot bundle — this pulls the timeline (Room), lobby,
-// explore, bots and channels subsystems off first load. Imports point at the
-// concrete source file (not the barrel) so each chunk stays tight.
+// explore, create and the bot-experience host off first load. Imports point at
+// the concrete source file (not the barrel) so each chunk stays tight.
 // `routeSuspense` wraps every usage so only the content area shows the fallback
 // while the chunk streams in — surrounding nav/chrome stays mounted.
 //
+// The Channels/Bots LISTING tabs are deliberately NOT here — they are imported
+// eagerly (top of file). Code-splitting those two tiny chunks (~5.6 KB gz) won
+// almost nothing on first load, but made every first switch to the tab suspend
+// and paint a fallback in the nav column that reflowed the layout — a visible
+// web-only "tab-switch flicker". Eager import restores the pre-split behavior.
+// See `docs/ai/bugs.md`.
+//
 // NOTE: SettingsScreen is intentionally NOT lazy here. The settings UI
 // (`features/settings/Settings`) is already pulled into the boot graph by
 // `Direct` → `MobileSettingsHorseshoe` (the mobile settings sheet, mounted in
@@ -152,16 +164,9 @@ const FeaturedRooms = React.lazy(() =>
 const PublicRooms = React.lazy(() =>
   import('./client/explore/Server').then((m) => ({ default: m.PublicRooms }))
 );
-const Bots = React.lazy(() => import('./client/bots/Bots').then((m) => ({ default: m.Bots })));
 const BotExperienceHost = React.lazy(() =>
   import('./client/bots/BotExperienceHost').then((m) => ({ default: m.BotExperienceHost }))
 );
-const Channels = React.lazy(() =>
-  import('./client/channels/Channels').then((m) => ({ default: m.Channels }))
-);
-const ChannelsRootNav = React.lazy(() =>
-  import('./client/channels/Channels').then((m) => ({ default: m.ChannelsRootNav }))
-);
 const Create = React.lazy(() =>
   import('./client/create/Create').then((m) => ({ default: m.Create }))
 );
@@ -313,7 +318,7 @@ export const createRouter = (clientConfig: ClientConfig, screenSize: ScreenSize)
               <PageRoot
                 nav={
                   <MobileFriendlyPageNav path={BOTS_PATH}>
-                    {routeSuspense(<Bots />)}
+                    <Bots />
                   </MobileFriendlyPageNav>
                 }
               >
@@ -343,7 +348,7 @@ export const createRouter = (clientConfig: ClientConfig, screenSize: ScreenSize)
                 <PageRoot
                   nav={
                     <MobileFriendlyPageNav path={CHANNELS_PATH}>
-                      {routeSuspense(<ChannelsRootNav />)}
+                      <ChannelsRootNav />
                     </MobileFriendlyPageNav>
                   }
                 >
@@ -358,7 +363,7 @@ export const createRouter = (clientConfig: ClientConfig, screenSize: ScreenSize)
                   <PageRoot
                     nav={
                       <MobileFriendlyPageNav path={CHANNELS_SPACE_PATH}>
-                        {routeSuspense(<Channels />)}
+                        <Channels />
                       </MobileFriendlyPageNav>
                     }
                   >