diff --git a/src/commands/status.scan.test.ts b/src/commands/status.scan.test.ts
index 9d3399997bf..b94f1f0ece0 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.scan.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.scan.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   readBestEffortConfig: vi.fn(),
   resolveCommandSecretRefsViaGateway: vi.fn(),
   buildChannelsTable: vi.fn(),
+  callGateway: vi.fn(),
   getUpdateCheckResult: vi.fn(),
   getAgentLocalStatuses: vi.fn(),
   getStatusSummary: vi.fn(),
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ vi.mock("../infra/tailscale.js", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("../gateway/call.js", () => ({
   buildGatewayConnectionDetails: mocks.buildGatewayConnectionDetails,
-  callGateway: vi.fn(),
+  callGateway: mocks.callGateway,
 }));
 
 vi.mock("../gateway/probe.js", () => ({
@@ -245,6 +246,9 @@ describe("scanStatus", () => {
     await scanStatus({ json: true }, {} as never);
 
     expect(mocks.ensurePluginRegistryLoaded).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ scope: "channels" });
+    expect(mocks.callGateway).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ method: "channels.status" }),
+    );
   });
 
   it("preloads channel plugins for status --json when channel auth is env-only", async () => {
diff --git a/src/commands/status.scan.ts b/src/commands/status.scan.ts
index 0de308f17f2..8de4aae7745 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.scan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.scan.ts
@@ -247,11 +247,9 @@ async function scanStatusJsonFast(opts: {
   const gatewaySelf = gatewayProbe?.presence
     ? pickGatewaySelfPresence(gatewayProbe.presence)
     : null;
-  const channelsStatusPromise = resolveChannelsStatus({ cfg, gatewayReachable, opts });
   const memoryPlugin = resolveMemoryPluginStatus(cfg);
   const memoryPromise = resolveMemoryStatusSnapshot({ cfg, agentStatus, memoryPlugin });
-  const [channelsStatus, memory] = await Promise.all([channelsStatusPromise, memoryPromise]);
-  const channelIssues = channelsStatus ? collectChannelStatusIssues(channelsStatus) : [];
+  const memory = await memoryPromise;
 
   return {
     cfg,
@@ -270,7 +268,7 @@ async function scanStatusJsonFast(opts: {
     gatewayProbe,
     gatewayReachable,
     gatewaySelf,
-    channelIssues,
+    channelIssues: [],
     agentStatus,
     channels: { rows: [], details: [] },
     summary,