diff --git a/web/components/bio/editable-bio.tsx b/web/components/bio/editable-bio.tsx
index a145e584..2e83e97b 100644
--- a/web/components/bio/editable-bio.tsx
+++ b/web/components/bio/editable-bio.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {Editor} from '@tiptap/core'
+import {useEditorState} from '@tiptap/react'
 import {MIN_BIO_LENGTH} from 'common/constants'
 import {MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH} from 'common/envs/constants'
 import {Profile, ProfileWithoutUser} from 'common/profiles/profile'
@@ -174,7 +175,12 @@ export function BaseBio({defaultValue, onBlur, onEditor, onClickTips}: BaseBioPr
       "Tell us all the details about yourself — and what you're looking for!",
     ),
   })
-  const textLength = editor?.getText().length ?? 0
+  // Subscribe to the text length; the editor no longer re-renders us per keystroke (see editor.tsx).
+  const textLength =
+    useEditorState({
+      editor,
+      selector: ({editor}) => editor?.getText().length ?? 0,
+    }) ?? 0
   const remainingChars = MIN_BIO_LENGTH - textLength
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/web/components/comments/comment-input.tsx b/web/components/comments/comment-input.tsx
index d855087c..807746c6 100644
--- a/web/components/comments/comment-input.tsx
+++ b/web/components/comments/comment-input.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {PaperAirplaneIcon} from '@heroicons/react/24/solid'
-import {Editor} from '@tiptap/react'
+import {Editor, useEditorState} from '@tiptap/react'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import {MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH, ReplyToUserInfo} from 'common/comment'
 import {User} from 'common/user'
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ export function CommentInputTextArea(props: {
   } = props
   const t = useT()
 
+  // The editor no longer re-renders this component on every keystroke (see editor.tsx), so subscribe
+  // to just the emptiness of the doc — that's all the send buttons below need to enable/disable.
+  const isEmpty =
+    useEditorState({
+      editor,
+      selector: ({editor}) => editor?.isEmpty ?? true,
+    }) ?? true
+
   useEffect(() => {
     editor?.setEditable(!isSubmitting)
   }, [isSubmitting, editor])
@@ -211,7 +219,7 @@ export function CommentInputTextArea(props: {
         {user && !isSubmitting && submit && commentTypes.includes('repost') && (
           <Tooltip text={'Post question & comment to your followers'} className={'mt-2'}>
             <button
-              disabled={isDisabled || !editor || editor.isEmpty}
+              disabled={isDisabled || !editor || isEmpty}
               className="text-ink-500 hover:text-ink-700 active:bg-ink-300 disabled:text-ink-300 px-2 transition-colors"
               onClick={() => submit('repost')}
             >
@@ -242,7 +250,7 @@ export function CommentInputTextArea(props: {
             <button
               data-testid="conversation-message-submit"
               className="text-ink-500 hover:text-ink-700 active:bg-ink-300 disabled:text-ink-300 px-4 transition-colors"
-              disabled={isDisabled || !editor || editor.isEmpty}
+              disabled={isDisabled || !editor || isEmpty}
               onClick={() => submit('comment')}
             >
               <PaperAirplaneIcon className="m-0 h-[25px] w-[22px] p-0" />
diff --git a/web/components/contact.tsx b/web/components/contact.tsx
index e164443e..3865895d 100644
--- a/web/components/contact.tsx
+++ b/web/components/contact.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {JSONContent} from '@tiptap/core'
+import {useEditorState} from '@tiptap/react'
 import {formLink} from 'common/constants'
 import {MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH} from 'common/envs/constants'
 import Link from 'next/link'
@@ -22,7 +23,11 @@ export function ContactComponent() {
     placeholder: t('contact.editor.placeholder', 'Contact us here...'), // localized placeholder
   })
 
-  const showButton = !!editor?.getText().length
+  // Subscribe to non-emptiness; the editor no longer re-renders us per keystroke (see editor.tsx).
+  const showButton = useEditorState({
+    editor,
+    selector: ({editor}) => !!editor && !editor.isEmpty,
+  })
 
   return (
     <Col className="max-w-3xl mx-auto">
diff --git a/web/components/editor/floating-format-menu.tsx b/web/components/editor/floating-format-menu.tsx
index c543daef..2e230b32 100644
--- a/web/components/editor/floating-format-menu.tsx
+++ b/web/components/editor/floating-format-menu.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {CheckIcon, LinkIcon, TrashIcon} from '@heroicons/react/24/solid'
 import {Editor} from '@tiptap/core'
-import {BubbleMenu} from '@tiptap/react'
+import {BubbleMenu, useEditorState} from '@tiptap/react'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import {getUrl} from 'common/util/parse'
 import {Bold, Italic, Type} from 'lucide-react'
@@ -17,7 +17,23 @@ export function FloatingFormatMenu(props: {
 
   const [url, setUrl] = useState<string | null>(null)
 
-  if (!editor) return null
+  // The editor no longer re-renders this component on every transaction (see editor.tsx), so subscribe
+  // to just the active marks we highlight. This re-renders only the bubble menu when they change.
+  const active = useEditorState({
+    editor,
+    selector: ({editor}) =>
+      editor
+        ? {
+            h1: editor.isActive('heading', {level: 1}),
+            h2: editor.isActive('heading', {level: 2}),
+            bold: editor.isActive('bold'),
+            italic: editor.isActive('italic'),
+            link: editor.isActive('link'),
+          }
+        : null,
+  })
+
+  if (!editor || !active) return null
 
   const setLink = () => {
     const href = url && getUrl(url)
@@ -45,12 +61,12 @@ export function FloatingFormatMenu(props: {
               <IconButton
                 icon={Type}
                 onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleHeading({level: 1}).run()}
-                isActive={editor.isActive('heading', {level: 1})}
+                isActive={active.h1}
               />
               <IconButton
                 icon={Type}
                 onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleHeading({level: 2}).run()}
-                isActive={editor.isActive('heading', {level: 2})}
+                isActive={active.h2}
                 className="!h-4"
               />
               <Divider />
@@ -59,17 +75,17 @@ export function FloatingFormatMenu(props: {
           <IconButton
             icon={Bold}
             onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleBold().run()}
-            isActive={editor.isActive('bold')}
+            isActive={active.bold}
           />
           <IconButton
             icon={Italic}
             onClick={() => editor.chain().focus().toggleItalic().run()}
-            isActive={editor.isActive('italic')}
+            isActive={active.italic}
           />
           <IconButton
             icon={LinkIcon}
-            onClick={() => (editor.isActive('link') ? unsetLink() : setUrl(''))}
-            isActive={editor.isActive('link')}
+            onClick={() => (active.link ? unsetLink() : setUrl(''))}
+            isActive={active.link}
           />
         </>
       ) : (
diff --git a/web/components/filters/incomplete-profiles-toggle.tsx b/web/components/filters/incomplete-profiles-toggle.tsx
index 6d943fda..28c501aa 100644
--- a/web/components/filters/incomplete-profiles-toggle.tsx
+++ b/web/components/filters/incomplete-profiles-toggle.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import {CheckIcon} from '@heroicons/react/24/outline'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import {FilterFields} from 'common/filters'
 import {Row} from 'web/components/layout/row'
-import {Checkbox} from 'web/components/widgets/checkbox'
 import {useT} from 'web/lib/locale'
 
 export function IncompleteProfilesToggle(props: {
@@ -19,13 +19,31 @@ export function IncompleteProfilesToggle(props: {
 
   const checked = filters.shortBio || false
 
+  // Styled as a chip, matching the connection filter's OptionChip, so the whole rail reads as one
+  // product. Still a real visually-hidden checkbox underneath, so keyboard and screen-reader
+  // semantics are unchanged.
   return (
-    <Row className={clsx('mr-2', checked && 'font-semibold')}>
-      <Checkbox
-        label={label}
-        checked={checked}
-        toggle={(checked) => updateFilter({shortBio: checked ? true : undefined})}
-      />
+    <Row className="mr-2">
+      <label
+        className={clsx(
+          'group relative inline-flex cursor-pointer select-none items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border px-3.5 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium transition-all duration-150',
+          'focus-within:ring-2 focus-within:ring-primary-400 focus-within:ring-offset-1 focus-within:ring-offset-canvas-50',
+          checked
+            ? 'border-cta bg-cta text-white shadow-[0_2px_8px_rgba(193,127,62,0.28)]'
+            : 'border-canvas-300 bg-canvas-0 text-ink-600 hover:border-primary-400 hover:text-primary-700',
+        )}
+      >
+        <input
+          type="checkbox"
+          className="sr-only"
+          checked={checked}
+          onChange={(e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
+            updateFilter({shortBio: e.target.checked ? true : undefined})
+          }
+        />
+        {checked && <CheckIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5 flex-shrink-0" strokeWidth={3} />}
+        <span className="whitespace-nowrap">{label}</span>
+      </label>
     </Row>
   )
 }
diff --git a/web/components/llm-extract-section.tsx b/web/components/llm-extract-section.tsx
index 939e04b3..3a8d5718 100644
--- a/web/components/llm-extract-section.tsx
+++ b/web/components/llm-extract-section.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {useEditorState} from '@tiptap/react'
 import {isUrl} from 'common/parsing'
 import {useT} from 'web/lib/locale'
 
@@ -23,7 +24,15 @@ export function LLMExtractSection({
   progress,
 }: LLMExtractSectionProps) {
   const t = useT()
-  const parsingText = parsingEditor?.getText?.()
+  // Subscribe to just the editor's text so only this small section re-renders per keystroke — enough
+  // to keep the button's URL-vs-text label live. Previously `onChange` did `setParsingEditor({...})`
+  // on every keystroke, which re-rendered the entire profile form (and produced a broken non-Editor
+  // copy), which is what made typing here lag.
+  const parsingText =
+    useEditorState({
+      editor: parsingEditor ?? null,
+      selector: ({editor}) => editor?.getText?.() ?? '',
+    }) ?? ''
 
   return (
     <Col className={'gap-4'}>
@@ -43,10 +52,6 @@ export function LLMExtractSection({
         onEditor={(e) => {
           if (e) setParsingEditor(e)
         }}
-        onChange={() => {
-          // Trigger re-render to update button state and text on every key stroke
-          setParsingEditor({...parsingEditor})
-        }}
         placeholder={t(
           'profile.llm.extract.placeholder',
           'Insert a URL or paste your profile content here.',
diff --git a/web/components/messaging/send-message-button.tsx b/web/components/messaging/send-message-button.tsx
index bf0694f0..e4e39bcc 100644
--- a/web/components/messaging/send-message-button.tsx
+++ b/web/components/messaging/send-message-button.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {CheckIcon} from '@heroicons/react/24/outline'
+import {useEditorState} from '@tiptap/react'
 import clsx from 'clsx'
 import {MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH} from 'common/comment'
 import {Profile} from 'common/profiles/profile'
@@ -171,7 +172,13 @@ export const SendMessageButton = (props: {
 
   const MIN_CHARS = 200
 
-  const charCount = editor?.getText().trim().length ?? 0
+  // Subscribe to just the trimmed length; the editor no longer re-renders us per keystroke (see
+  // editor.tsx), and this drives the live progress bar / unlock threshold below.
+  const charCount =
+    useEditorState({
+      editor,
+      selector: ({editor}) => editor?.getText().trim().length ?? 0,
+    }) ?? 0
   const pct = Math.min((charCount / MIN_CHARS) * 100, 100)
   const isReady = charCount >= MIN_CHARS
   const firstName = toUser.name.split(' ')[0]
diff --git a/web/components/widgets/editor.tsx b/web/components/widgets/editor.tsx
index 181eb8a4..40b60c57 100644
--- a/web/components/widgets/editor.tsx
+++ b/web/components/widgets/editor.tsx
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ export function useTextEditor(props: {
       transformPastedHTML: (html) => html,
     },
     immediatelyRender: false,
+    // Don't re-render the whole host component on every transaction. Otherwise every keystroke
+    // re-renders whatever renders this editor — on the messages page that's the entire conversation
+    // (all ChatMessageItems), which is what made typing lag. Components that display editor-derived
+    // state (send-button enabled-ness, char counts, the format menu's active marks) subscribe to just
+    // what they need via `useEditorState` instead, so only those tiny components re-render.
+    shouldRerenderOnTransaction: false,
     onUpdate: ({editor}) => {
       if (key) {
         save(editor.getJSON())
@@ -307,7 +313,7 @@ export function TextEditor(props: {
    */
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!editor) return
-    const keepToolbarInView = () => {
+    const measureAndScroll = () => {
       if (!editor.isFocused) return
       const el = toolbarRef.current
       if (!el) return
@@ -335,11 +341,28 @@ export function TextEditor(props: {
       if (overshoot > 0) window.scrollBy(0, overshoot)
       else if (rect.top < 0) el.scrollIntoView({block: 'nearest'})
     }
+
+    // Coalesce the measurement into a single animation frame. TipTap fires `update` *and*
+    // `selectionUpdate` for every keystroke, and `measureAndScroll` reads layout
+    // (getBoundingClientRect / getComputedStyle / a document-wide querySelectorAll), which forces a
+    // synchronous reflow — so running it inline made every character pay for two full-page reflows on
+    // the input's critical path, which is what made typing lag on large DOMs (e.g. a message channel).
+    // Deferring to rAF collapses the bursts into at most one measurement per frame, off the keystroke
+    // path, so typing stays smooth while the toolbar still gets nudged back into view.
+    let frame = 0
+    const keepToolbarInView = () => {
+      if (frame) return
+      frame = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        frame = 0
+        measureAndScroll()
+      })
+    }
     editor.on('update', keepToolbarInView)
     editor.on('selectionUpdate', keepToolbarInView)
     return () => {
       editor.off('update', keepToolbarInView)
       editor.off('selectionUpdate', keepToolbarInView)
+      if (frame) cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
     }
   }, [editor])