diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37f9b8d8a7..63130c837f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ checkpoint, and status-only commits are intentionally omitted.
 - Fixed live worker scheduling to filter GitHub Actions runs through supported
   `workflowName` JSON fields instead of silently falling back to zero active
   workers when `gh run list --workflow` is unavailable.
+- Reduced repair live-capacity polling from one GitHub Actions API request per
+  active status to a single recent-runs request filtered locally, and avoided an
+  immediate duplicate capacity probe in the dispatch loop.
 - Retried Codex edit workers after TPM/rate-limit exits and collapsed JSONL failure transcripts into concise repair status reasons.
 - Added deterministic merged closing-PR provenance to issue close reports and
   public close comments when GitHub exposes a high-confidence closing PR.
diff --git a/src/repair/dispatch-jobs.ts b/src/repair/dispatch-jobs.ts
index cddeb73ba5..373ada7f1d 100755
--- a/src/repair/dispatch-jobs.ts
+++ b/src/repair/dispatch-jobs.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   activeRepairWorkflowRunForJob,
   assertLiveWorkerCapacity,
   currentProjectRepo,
-  liveWorkerCapacity,
   parseArgs,
   parseJob,
   readMaxLiveWorkers,
@@ -87,10 +86,9 @@ while (!failed && index < jobs.length) {
       requested: 1,
       maxLiveWorkers,
     });
-    const refreshed = liveWorkerCapacity({ repo, workflow, requested: 1, maxLiveWorkers });
-    batchSize = Math.min(batchSize, Math.max(1, refreshed.available || capacity.available || 1));
+    batchSize = Math.min(batchSize, Math.max(1, capacity.available || 1));
     console.log(
-      `live worker capacity: ${refreshed.active}/${refreshed.max_live_workers} active; dispatching next ${batchSize} run(s)`,
+      `live worker capacity: ${capacity.active}/${capacity.max_live_workers} active; dispatching next ${batchSize} run(s)`,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/repair/live-worker-capacity.ts b/src/repair/live-worker-capacity.ts
index 744cffa2f6..be0763de5f 100644
--- a/src/repair/live-worker-capacity.ts
+++ b/src/repair/live-worker-capacity.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_REPAIR_RUN_NAME_PREFIX = "repair cluster ";
 const DEFAULT_CAPACITY_POLL_MS = 30_000;
 const DEFAULT_CAPACITY_TIMEOUT_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000;
 const ACTIVE_WORKFLOW_STATUSES = ["queued", "in_progress", "waiting", "requested", "pending"];
+const ACTIVE_WORKFLOW_STATUS_SET = new Set(ACTIVE_WORKFLOW_STATUSES);
 
 export function readMaxLiveWorkers(args: LooseRecord = {}) {
   return readMaxLiveWorkerLimit(
@@ -110,24 +111,16 @@ export function listActiveWorkflowRuns({
   workflow = REPAIR_CLUSTER_WORKFLOW,
   runNamePrefix = "",
   excludeRunNamePrefix = "",
+  fetchWorkflowRuns = fetchRecentWorkflowRuns,
 }: LooseRecord = {}) {
-  const runs: LooseRecord[] = [];
-  for (const status of ACTIVE_WORKFLOW_STATUSES) {
-    const workflowRuns = ghJson([
-      "api",
-      "--method",
-      "GET",
-      `repos/${repo}/actions/workflows/${encodeURIComponent(workflow)}/runs`,
-      "-f",
-      `status=${status}`,
-      "-f",
-      "per_page=100",
-      "--jq",
-      ".workflow_runs",
-    ]);
-    if (Array.isArray(workflowRuns))
-      runs.push(...workflowRuns.map((run: JsonValue) => normalizeWorkflowRun(run, status)));
-  }
+  const fetchRuns =
+    typeof fetchWorkflowRuns === "function" ? fetchWorkflowRuns : fetchRecentWorkflowRuns;
+  const workflowRuns = fetchRuns({ repo, workflow });
+  const runs = Array.isArray(workflowRuns)
+    ? workflowRuns
+        .filter(isActiveWorkflowRun)
+        .map((run: JsonValue) => normalizeWorkflowRun(run, String(run.status ?? "")))
+    : [];
   return [
     ...new Map(runs.map((run: JsonValue) => [String(run.databaseId ?? run.id), run])).values(),
   ]
@@ -138,6 +131,19 @@ export function listActiveWorkflowRuns({
     );
 }
 
+function fetchRecentWorkflowRuns({ repo, workflow }: LooseRecord) {
+  return ghJson([
+    "api",
+    "--method",
+    "GET",
+    `repos/${repo}/actions/workflows/${encodeURIComponent(workflow)}/runs`,
+    "-f",
+    "per_page=100",
+    "--jq",
+    ".workflow_runs",
+  ]);
+}
+
 export function repairRunNamePrefixForJob(
   jobPath: JsonValue,
   automergeRunNamePrefix: JsonValue = DEFAULT_AUTOMERGE_REPAIR_RUN_NAME_PREFIX,
@@ -229,6 +235,10 @@ export function normalizeWorkflowRun(run: LooseRecord, fallbackStatus: string) {
   };
 }
 
+function isActiveWorkflowRun(run: LooseRecord) {
+  return ACTIVE_WORKFLOW_STATUS_SET.has(String(run.status ?? ""));
+}
+
 function joinRepairRunNamePrefix(prefix: JsonValue, jobPath: string) {
   const text = String(prefix ?? "");
   if (!text || !jobPath) return `${text}${jobPath}`;
diff --git a/test/repair/live-worker-capacity.test.ts b/test/repair/live-worker-capacity.test.ts
index c6bff452cc..6bb7e4b9c8 100644
--- a/test/repair/live-worker-capacity.test.ts
+++ b/test/repair/live-worker-capacity.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import test from "node:test";
 
 import {
   MAX_LIVE_WORKERS,
+  listActiveWorkflowRuns,
   normalizeWorkflowRun,
   readMaxLiveWorkers,
   repairRunNameForJob,
@@ -61,3 +62,54 @@ test("workflow run normalization prefers the human Actions URL", () => {
   );
   assert.equal(run.url, "https://github.com/openclaw/clawsweeper/actions/runs/123");
 });
+
+test("active workflow runs are filtered from one recent-runs fetch", () => {
+  const calls = [];
+  const runs = listActiveWorkflowRuns({
+    repo: "openclaw/clawsweeper",
+    workflow: "repair-cluster.yml",
+    runNamePrefix: "repair cluster ",
+    excludeRunNamePrefix: "repair cluster skip",
+    fetchWorkflowRuns: ({ repo, workflow }) => {
+      calls.push({ repo, workflow });
+      return [
+        {
+          id: 1,
+          status: "completed",
+          display_title: "repair cluster completed",
+          created_at: "2026-05-05T00:04:00.000Z",
+        },
+        {
+          id: 2,
+          status: "queued",
+          display_title: "repair cluster older.md",
+          created_at: "2026-05-05T00:01:00.000Z",
+        },
+        {
+          id: 3,
+          status: "in_progress",
+          display_title: "repair cluster newer.md",
+          created_at: "2026-05-05T00:03:00.000Z",
+        },
+        {
+          id: 4,
+          status: "waiting",
+          display_title: "repair cluster skip this.md",
+          created_at: "2026-05-05T00:05:00.000Z",
+        },
+        {
+          id: 5,
+          status: "requested",
+          display_title: "automerge repair jobs/openclaw/inbox/pr.md",
+          created_at: "2026-05-05T00:02:00.000Z",
+        },
+      ];
+    },
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [{ repo: "openclaw/clawsweeper", workflow: "repair-cluster.yml" }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    runs.map((run) => run.databaseId),
+    [3, 2],
+  );
+});