diff --git a/src/db/repositories.ts b/src/db/repositories.ts
index f7f4a9916e..d82d073e78 100644
--- a/src/db/repositories.ts
+++ b/src/db/repositories.ts
@@ -4031,6 +4031,47 @@ export async function listSignalSnapshots(env: Env, signalType: string, targetKe
   return rows.map(toSignalSnapshotRecord);
 }
 
+/** Bulk variant of `listSignalSnapshots` for callers that need the LATEST snapshot per target key across many
+ *  keys in one round trip (#3202 review finding: a per-repo loop here made the daily repo-doc refresh sweep
+ *  scale linearly in DB round trips with the installed-repo count). Keyed by the exact `targetKey` string, same
+ *  casing convention as `listSignalSnapshots` -- callers that key by lowercased repo name must lowercase both
+ *  the input and the returned map's keys themselves. */
+export async function listLatestSignalSnapshotsForTargets(
+  env: Env,
+  signalType: string,
+  targetKeys: readonly string[],
+): Promise<Map<string, SignalSnapshotRecord>> {
+  const result = new Map<string, SignalSnapshotRecord>();
+  if (targetKeys.length === 0) return result;
+  const placeholders = targetKeys.map(() => "?").join(", ");
+  const { results } = await env.DB.prepare(
+    `
+      SELECT id, signal_type, target_key, repo_full_name, generated_at
+      FROM (
+        SELECT
+          id, signal_type, target_key, repo_full_name, generated_at,
+          row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY target_key ORDER BY generated_at DESC, id DESC) AS snapshot_rank
+        FROM signal_snapshots
+        WHERE signal_type = ? AND target_key IN (${placeholders})
+      )
+      WHERE snapshot_rank = 1
+    `,
+  )
+    .bind(signalType, ...targetKeys)
+    .all<{ id: string; signal_type: string; target_key: string; repo_full_name: string | null; generated_at: string }>();
+  for (const row of results) {
+    result.set(row.target_key, {
+      id: row.id,
+      signalType: row.signal_type,
+      targetKey: row.target_key,
+      repoFullName: row.repo_full_name,
+      payload: {},
+      generatedAt: row.generated_at,
+    });
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 export async function listLatestSignalSnapshotsByTarget(
   env: Env,
   options: { limit?: number; generatedAfter?: string; maxTargetKeyChars?: number } = {},
diff --git a/src/github/repo-doc-refresh-runner.ts b/src/github/repo-doc-refresh-runner.ts
index 251e1cd1f6..e2b066c751 100644
--- a/src/github/repo-doc-refresh-runner.ts
+++ b/src/github/repo-doc-refresh-runner.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 // this, matching #3002's own "manifest-only, no DB layer" precedent for this whole feature. The marker is
 // recorded here (not in the sweep itself) so a MANUAL trigger also resets that clock, keeping the sweep from
 // immediately re-checking a repo an operator just refreshed by hand.
-import { getRepositorySettings, listSignalSnapshots, persistSignalSnapshot } from "../db/repositories";
+import { getRepositorySettings, listLatestSignalSnapshotsForTargets, listSignalSnapshots, persistSignalSnapshot } from "../db/repositories";
 import { resolveRepoActionMode } from "./client";
 import { openRepoDocPullRequest, type RepoDocPullRequestResult } from "./repo-doc-pr";
 import { nowIso } from "../utils/json";
+import type { SignalSnapshotRecord } from "../types";
 
 const REPO_DOC_REFRESH_ATTEMPT_SIGNAL_TYPE = "repo-doc-refresh-attempt";
 
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@ export async function getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt(env: Env, repoFullName: s
   return snapshots[0]?.generatedAt ?? null;
 }
 
+/** Bulk variant for the sweep's fan-out (#3202 review finding): one round trip for every candidate repo
+ *  instead of one `getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt` call per repo. Keyed by the exact `repoFullName` string
+ *  passed in, same casing convention as the single-repo lookup above. A repo absent from the returned map has
+ *  never been attempted -- callers should read `.get(repoFullName)?.generatedAt ?? null`, same pattern as the
+ *  single-repo lookup above. */
+export async function getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAtBulk(env: Env, repoFullNames: readonly string[]): Promise<Map<string, SignalSnapshotRecord>> {
+  return listLatestSignalSnapshotsForTargets(env, REPO_DOC_REFRESH_ATTEMPT_SIGNAL_TYPE, repoFullNames);
+}
+
 async function recordRepoDocRefreshAttempt(env: Env, repoFullName: string): Promise<void> {
   await persistSignalSnapshot(env, {
     id: crypto.randomUUID(),
diff --git a/src/queue/processors.ts b/src/queue/processors.ts
index 70d9c613a4..93b6aeca75 100644
--- a/src/queue/processors.ts
+++ b/src/queue/processors.ts
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ import {
   loadRepoReviewContext,
 } from "../signals/focus-manifest-loader";
 import { resolveRepositorySettings } from "../settings/repository-settings";
-import { getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt, performRepoDocRefresh } from "../github/repo-doc-refresh-runner";
+import { getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAtBulk, performRepoDocRefresh } from "../github/repo-doc-refresh-runner";
 import { isRepoDocRefreshDue } from "../review/repo-doc-refresh-schedule";
 import type { LocalBranchAnalysisInput } from "../signals/local-branch";
 import {
@@ -1725,14 +1725,22 @@ async function fanOutRepoDocRefreshSweepJobs(env: Env, requestedBy: "schedule" |
   const now = nowIso();
   const repoFullNames = (await listRepositories(env)).map((repo) => repo.fullName);
   const manifests = await loadRepoFocusManifests(env, repoFullNames);
-  const due: string[] = [];
-  for (const repoFullName of repoFullNames) {
+  const enabledRepos = repoFullNames.flatMap((repoFullName) => {
     const manifest = manifests.get(repoFullName.toLowerCase());
-    if (!manifest?.repoDocGeneration.enabled) continue;
-    const lastAttemptedAt = await getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt(env, repoFullName);
-    if (!isRepoDocRefreshDue(lastAttemptedAt, manifest.repoDocGeneration.refreshIntervalDays, now)) continue;
-    due.push(repoFullName);
-  }
+    return manifest?.repoDocGeneration.enabled ? [{ repoFullName, manifest }] : [];
+  });
+  // Bulk-loaded in ONE round trip rather than one `getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt` call per repo (#3202
+  // review finding) -- this sweep runs daily across every installed repo, so a per-repo query here would scale
+  // linearly in DB round trips with the installed-repo count.
+  const lastAttempts = await getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAtBulk(
+    env,
+    enabledRepos.map((entry) => entry.repoFullName),
+  );
+  const due = enabledRepos
+    .filter((entry) =>
+      isRepoDocRefreshDue(lastAttempts.get(entry.repoFullName)?.generatedAt ?? null, entry.manifest.repoDocGeneration.refreshIntervalDays, now),
+    )
+    .map((entry) => entry.repoFullName);
   await Promise.all(
     due.map((repoFullName, index) => {
       const message: JobMessage = { type: "repo-doc-refresh-sweep", requestedBy, repoFullName };
diff --git a/test/unit/data-spine.test.ts b/test/unit/data-spine.test.ts
index f32ba98d50..11cfa01efe 100644
--- a/test/unit/data-spine.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/data-spine.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   listPullRequestReviews,
   listRecentMergedPullRequests,
   listRepoLabels,
+  listLatestSignalSnapshotsForTargets,
   listRepoSyncStates,
   listSignalSnapshots,
   countOpenIssues,
@@ -489,3 +490,26 @@ describe("data spine repositories", () => {
     await expect(updatePullRequestSlopAssessment(env, "owner/sloppr", 999, { slopRisk: 5, slopBand: "low" })).resolves.toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+describe("listLatestSignalSnapshotsForTargets (#3202 — bulk latest-per-target lookup)", () => {
+  it("returns an empty map without querying the DB for an empty target-key list", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv();
+    expect(await listLatestSignalSnapshotsForTargets(env, "queue-health", [])).toEqual(new Map());
+  });
+
+  it("resolves the LATEST snapshot per target key in one call, ignores other signal types, and omits an unmatched key", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv();
+    await persistSignalSnapshot(env, { id: "a-old", signalType: "repo-doc-refresh-attempt", targetKey: "owner/a", payload: {}, generatedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" });
+    await persistSignalSnapshot(env, { id: "a-new", signalType: "repo-doc-refresh-attempt", targetKey: "owner/a", payload: {}, generatedAt: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z" });
+    await persistSignalSnapshot(env, { id: "b-only", signalType: "repo-doc-refresh-attempt", targetKey: "owner/b", payload: {}, generatedAt: "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z" });
+    // Same target key, but a DIFFERENT signal type -- must not leak into the result.
+    await persistSignalSnapshot(env, { id: "a-other-signal", signalType: "queue-health", targetKey: "owner/a", payload: {}, generatedAt: "2026-12-01T00:00:00.000Z" });
+
+    const result = await listLatestSignalSnapshotsForTargets(env, "repo-doc-refresh-attempt", ["owner/a", "owner/b", "owner/c"]);
+
+    expect(result.size).toBe(2);
+    expect(result.get("owner/a")).toMatchObject({ id: "a-new", generatedAt: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z" });
+    expect(result.get("owner/b")).toMatchObject({ id: "b-only", generatedAt: "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z" });
+    expect(result.has("owner/c")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/repo-doc-refresh-runner.test.ts b/test/unit/repo-doc-refresh-runner.test.ts
index 1e32a48e57..3e19a8c45b 100644
--- a/test/unit/repo-doc-refresh-runner.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/repo-doc-refresh-runner.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { generateKeyPairSync } from "node:crypto";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt, performRepoDocRefresh } from "../../src/github/repo-doc-refresh-runner";
+import { getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt, getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAtBulk, performRepoDocRefresh } from "../../src/github/repo-doc-refresh-runner";
 import { upsertRepositoryFromGitHub, upsertRepositorySettings } from "../../src/db/repositories";
 import { upsertRepoFocusManifest } from "../../src/signals/focus-manifest-loader";
 import { createTestEnv } from "../helpers/d1";
@@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ describe("getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt (#3003)", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAtBulk (#3202 — N+1 fix)", () => {
+  it("returns an empty map without querying the DB for an empty repo list", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv();
+    expect(await getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAtBulk(env, [])).toEqual(new Map());
+  });
+
+  it("resolves attempted repos in one call and omits a repo that was never attempted", async () => {
+    const env = createTestEnv();
+    await upsertRepositoryFromGitHub(env, { name: "attempted", full_name: "owner/attempted", private: false, owner: { login: "owner" } });
+    // repoDocGeneration stays disabled -- performRepoDocRefresh still records an attempt marker on decline.
+    const result = await performRepoDocRefresh(env, "owner/attempted");
+    expect(result.opened).toBe(false);
+    const attemptedAt = await getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAt(env, "owner/attempted");
+
+    const bulk = await getLastRepoDocRefreshAttemptedAtBulk(env, ["owner/attempted", "owner/never-attempted"]);
+    expect(bulk.get("owner/attempted")?.generatedAt).toBe(attemptedAt);
+    expect(bulk.has("owner/never-attempted")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("performRepoDocRefresh (#3003)", () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.unstubAllGlobals();