diff --git a/public/script/admin.js b/public/script/admin.js
index d3d1403..b824dba 100644
--- a/public/script/admin.js
+++ b/public/script/admin.js
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ angular
           getQueues();
           getMetrics();
         }
-      }, 5000);
+      }, 15000);
       $scope.$on("$destroy", () => $interval.cancel(stop));
 
       $scope.refreshNow = function () { getQueues(); getMetrics(); };
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ angular
       load();
       const stop = $interval(() => {
         if ($scope.query.autoRefresh) load();
-      }, 5000);
+      }, 15000);
       $scope.$on("$destroy", () => $interval.cancel(stop));
 
       $scope.$watch("query.search", recompute);
diff --git a/src/queue/queueMetrics.ts b/src/queue/queueMetrics.ts
index 773f629..16c2b7c 100644
--- a/src/queue/queueMetrics.ts
+++ b/src/queue/queueMetrics.ts
@@ -69,10 +69,18 @@ export interface MetricPoint {
   avgMs: number;
 }
 
+const METRIC_FIELDS = ["c", "f", "ms"];
+const metricsCache = new Map<string, { data: MetricPoint[]; ts: number }>();
+const METRICS_CACHE_TTL = 30_000;
+
 export async function queryMetrics(
   queue: string,
   rangeMinutes: number
 ): Promise<MetricPoint[]> {
+  const cacheKey = `${queue}:${rangeMinutes}`;
+  const cached = metricsCache.get(cacheKey);
+  if (cached && Date.now() - cached.ts < METRICS_CACHE_TTL) return cached.data;
+
   const c = getClient();
   if (!c || !c.isOpen) return [];
 
@@ -88,14 +96,14 @@ export async function queryMetrics(
 
   try {
     const pipe = c.multi();
-    for (const k of keys) pipe.hGetAll(k);
+    for (const k of keys) pipe.hmGet(k, METRIC_FIELDS);
     const results = await pipe.exec();
 
-    return timestamps.map((ts, i) => {
-      const h = (results[i] as unknown as Record<string, string>) || {};
-      const completed = parseInt(h.c || "0", 10) || 0;
-      const failed = parseInt(h.f || "0", 10) || 0;
-      const totalMs = parseInt(h.ms || "0", 10) || 0;
+    const points = timestamps.map((ts, i) => {
+      const vals = (results[i] as unknown as (string | null)[]) || [];
+      const completed = parseInt(vals[0] || "0", 10) || 0;
+      const failed = parseInt(vals[1] || "0", 10) || 0;
+      const totalMs = parseInt(vals[2] || "0", 10) || 0;
       const total = completed + failed;
       return {
         ts,
@@ -104,6 +112,8 @@ export async function queryMetrics(
         avgMs: total > 0 ? Math.round(totalMs / total) : 0,
       };
     });
+    metricsCache.set(cacheKey, { data: points, ts: Date.now() });
+    return points;
   } catch {
     return [];
   }
diff --git a/src/server/routes/admin.ts b/src/server/routes/admin.ts
index d9b1aa4..59dc4f1 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/admin.ts
+++ b/src/server/routes/admin.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import config from "../../config";
 const logger = createLogger("admin");
 
 let errorLogClient: RedisClientType | null = null;
+
+let errorStatsCache: { data: unknown; ts: number } | null = null;
+const ERROR_STATS_CACHE_TTL = 30_000;
 async function getErrorLogClient(): Promise<RedisClientType | null> {
   if (errorLogClient && errorLogClient.isOpen) return errorLogClient;
   try {
@@ -69,6 +72,15 @@ router.use(
 
 router.use("/tokens", adminTokensRouter);
 
+function dashboardCache(
+  _req: express.Request,
+  res: express.Response,
+  next: express.NextFunction
+) {
+  res.set("Cache-Control", "private, max-age=10, must-revalidate");
+  next();
+}
+
 const QUEUE_STATES = [
   "waiting",
   "active",
@@ -256,7 +268,16 @@ router.post("/queues/pause-all", async (_req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+const queueStatsCache = new Map<
+  string,
+  { data: Record<string, unknown>; ts: number }
+>();
+const QUEUE_STATS_CACHE_TTL = 15_000;
+
 async function queueStats(queueKey: string, queue: Queue) {
+  const cached = queueStatsCache.get(queueKey);
+  if (cached && Date.now() - cached.ts < QUEUE_STATS_CACHE_TTL) return cached.data;
+
   const [counts, workers, paused, metrics24h] =
     await Promise.all([
       queue.getJobCounts(...QUEUE_STATES),
@@ -275,7 +296,7 @@ async function queueStats(queueKey: string, queue: Queue) {
     failed24h += p.failed;
   }
 
-  return {
+  const data = {
     counts,
     paused,
     workers: workerCount,
@@ -283,6 +304,8 @@ async function queueStats(queueKey: string, queue: Queue) {
     completed24h,
     failed24h,
   };
+  queueStatsCache.set(queueKey, { data, ts: Date.now() });
+  return data;
 }
 
 const RANGE_MINUTES: Record<string, number> = {
@@ -292,7 +315,7 @@ const RANGE_MINUTES: Record<string, number> = {
   "7d": 10080,
 };
 
-router.get("/queues/metrics", async (req, res) => {
+router.get("/queues/metrics", dashboardCache, async (req, res) => {
   const queueName = String(req.query.queue || "download");
   if (!pickQueue(queueName)) return res.status(404).json({ error: "queue_not_found" });
   const range = String(req.query.range || "1h");
@@ -305,9 +328,17 @@ router.get("/queues/metrics", async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
-router.get("/queues", async (req, res) => {
+const queuesCache = new Map<string, { data: unknown; ts: number }>();
+const QUEUES_CACHE_TTL = 10_000;
+
+router.get("/queues", dashboardCache, async (req, res) => {
   const search = req.query.search ? String(req.query.search).toLowerCase() : "";
   const queueName = req.query.queue ? String(req.query.queue) : "";
+  const cacheKey = `${queueName}|${search}`;
+  const cached = queuesCache.get(cacheKey);
+  if (cached && Date.now() - cached.ts < QUEUES_CACHE_TTL) {
+    return res.json(cached.data);
+  }
 
   const allQueues: { key: string; label: string; queue: Queue }[] = [
     { key: "download", label: "Download", queue: downloadQueue },
@@ -315,19 +346,31 @@ router.get("/queues", async (req, res) => {
     { key: "cache", label: "Cache cleanup", queue: cacheQueue },
   ];
 
-  const statsResults = await Promise.all(
-    allQueues.map(async (q) => ({
-      key: q.key,
-      label: q.label,
-      ...(await queueStats(q.key, q.queue)),
-    }))
-  );
-
   const target = queueName
     ? allQueues.find((q) => q.key === queueName)
     : allQueues[0];
   const targetQueue = target ? target.queue : downloadQueue;
 
+  const [statsResults, ...jobsByState] = await Promise.all([
+    Promise.all(
+      allQueues.map(async (q) => ({
+        key: q.key,
+        label: q.label,
+        ...(await queueStats(q.key, q.queue)),
+      }))
+    ),
+    ...QUEUE_STATES.map(async (state) => {
+      const jobs = await targetQueue.getJobs([state], 0, 199);
+      return jobs.map((j) => {
+        const json: Record<string, unknown> = { ...j.asJSON(), _state: state };
+        if (state === "delayed" && j.delay > 0) {
+          json.delayUntil = j.timestamp + j.delay;
+        }
+        return json;
+      });
+    }),
+  ]);
+
   const matches = (job: { id?: string | undefined; name?: string }) => {
     if (!search) return true;
     return (
@@ -335,33 +378,20 @@ router.get("/queues", async (req, res) => {
       (job.name || "").toLowerCase().includes(search)
     );
   };
+  const allJobs = (jobsByState as Record<string, unknown>[][]).flat().filter(matches);
 
-  // Fetch all states in parallel, tag each job with its state
-  const jobsByState = await Promise.all(
-    QUEUE_STATES.map(async (state) => {
-      const jobs = await targetQueue.getJobs([state]);
-      return jobs.map((j) => {
-        const json: Record<string, unknown> = { ...j.asJSON(), _state: state };
-        if (state === "delayed" && j.delay > 0) {
-          json.delayUntil = j.timestamp + j.delay;
-        }
-        return json;
-      });
-    })
-  );
-  const allJobs = jobsByState.flat().filter(matches);
-
-  // Sort: active first, then waiting, delayed, failed, completed
   const stateOrder: Record<string, number> = {
     active: 0, waiting: 1, delayed: 2, failed: 3, completed: 4,
   };
   allJobs.sort((a, b) => (stateOrder[a._state as string] ?? 9) - (stateOrder[b._state as string] ?? 9));
 
-  res.json({
+  const data = {
     queues: statsResults,
     selectedQueue: target?.key || "download",
     jobs: allJobs,
-  });
+  };
+  queuesCache.set(cacheKey, { data, ts: Date.now() });
+  res.json(data);
 });
 
 // Errors captured by the logger sink. Server-paginated to avoid pulling
@@ -412,11 +442,18 @@ router.get("/errors", async (req, res) => {
 
 // Aggregated stats from the precomputed hourly counters (HINCRBY on each
 // persistError). No JSON parsing of stored entries — O(48 small HGETALLs).
-router.get("/errors/stats", async (req, res) => {
+router.get("/errors/stats", dashboardCache, async (req, res) => {
   try {
+    if (
+      errorStatsCache &&
+      Date.now() - errorStatsCache.ts < ERROR_STATS_CACHE_TTL
+    ) {
+      return res.json(errorStatsCache.data);
+    }
+
     const client = await getErrorLogClient();
     if (!client) {
-      return res.json({
+      const data = {
         available: false,
         last24h: 0,
         prev24h: 0,
@@ -424,10 +461,10 @@ router.get("/errors/stats", async (req, res) => {
         unique: { error: 0, warn: 0, info: 0 },
         buckets: [],
         dropped: getInProcessDropped(),
-      });
+      };
+      return res.json(data);
     }
     const now = new Date();
-    // Build the 48 hour keys to fetch (24 for current window + 24 for prev).
     function hourKey(d: Date) {
       const y = d.getUTCFullYear();
       const m = String(d.getUTCMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0");
@@ -440,8 +477,6 @@ router.get("/errors/stats", async (req, res) => {
     const bucketHourTs: number[] = [];
     for (let i = 23; i >= 0; i--) {
       const d = new Date(now.getTime() - i * 3600 * 1000);
-      // Anchor each bar at the end of its hour so a "9s ago" event lands in
-      // the rightmost bar.
       const anchor = new Date(
         Date.UTC(
           d.getUTCFullYear(),
@@ -467,17 +502,17 @@ router.get("/errors/stats", async (req, res) => {
     }
     const pipe = client.multi();
     for (const k of currentKeys) pipe.hGetAll(k);
-    for (const k of prevKeys) pipe.hGetAll(k);
+    for (const k of prevKeys) pipe.hmGet(k, ["total"]);
     pipe.get(ERROR_LOG_DROPPED_KEY);
     const results = (await pipe.exec()) as unknown[];
     const currentHashes = results.slice(0, currentKeys.length) as Record<
       string,
       string
     >[];
-    const prevHashes = results.slice(
+    const prevTotals = results.slice(
       currentKeys.length,
       currentKeys.length + prevKeys.length
-    ) as Record<string, string>[];
+    ) as (string | null)[][];
     const droppedRedis =
       parseInt(String(results[results.length - 1] || "0"), 10) || 0;
 
@@ -504,7 +539,6 @@ router.get("/errors/stats", async (req, res) => {
       sev.warn += w;
       sev.info += inf;
       last24h += parseInt(flat.total || "0", 10) || 0;
-      // cb:<bucket>:<code> fields → unique code sets.
       for (const k of Object.keys(flat)) {
         if (!k.startsWith("cb:")) continue;
         const sep = k.indexOf(":", 3);
@@ -515,11 +549,11 @@ router.get("/errors/stats", async (req, res) => {
       }
     });
     let prev24h = 0;
-    for (const h of prevHashes) {
-      prev24h += parseInt((h || {}).total || "0", 10) || 0;
+    for (const row of prevTotals) {
+      prev24h += parseInt((row && row[0]) || "0", 10) || 0;
     }
 
-    res.json({
+    const data = {
       available: true,
       last24h,
       prev24h,
@@ -531,7 +565,9 @@ router.get("/errors/stats", async (req, res) => {
       },
       buckets,
       dropped: droppedRedis + getInProcessDropped(),
-    });
+    };
+    errorStatsCache = { data, ts: Date.now() };
+    res.json(data);
   } catch (error) {
     handleError(error, res, req);
   }
@@ -559,6 +595,7 @@ router.delete("/errors", async (req, res) => {
     pipe.del(ERROR_LOG_DROPPED_KEY);
     if (hourlyKeys.length) pipe.del(hourlyKeys);
     await pipe.exec();
+    errorStatsCache = null;
     res.json({ ok: true, cleared: len, hourlyCleared: hourlyKeys.length });
   } catch (error) {
     handleError(error, res, req);