diff --git a/src/scene/mod.rs b/src/scene/mod.rs
index 9a3c58ac1..6e8298c8f 100644
--- a/src/scene/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scene/mod.rs
@@ -9080,6 +9080,11 @@ impl Scene {
         let mut materialize_ms = 0.0f64;
         let mut memo_hits = 0usize;
         let memo_misses;
+        // Two consecutive identical resident builds both missed every entry,
+        // which a stable guard cannot explain — the memo is being cleared
+        // between them. Report the guard and the inputs that can move it.
+        let mut guard_dbg = 0u64;
+        let mut guard_was_stale = false;
         let t_build = perf.then(iced::time::Instant::now);
         let mut wires: Vec<WireModel> = if memo_active {
             // Guard hash of everything tessellate_entity output depends on
@@ -9114,7 +9119,9 @@ impl Scene {
             } else {
                 (&self.tess_memo, &self.tess_memo_guard)
             };
-            if guard_cell.get() != guard {
+            guard_dbg = guard;
+            guard_was_stale = guard_cell.get() != guard;
+            if guard_was_stale {
                 memo_cell.borrow_mut().clear();
                 guard_cell.set(guard);
             }
@@ -9228,7 +9235,8 @@ impl Scene {
             crate::perf_record!(
                 "[perf] wires-build total={:.1}ms sort_cache={:.1} visible={:.1} blk_cache={:.1} \
 build={:.1} [classify={:.1} hits={:.1} tess={:.1} materialize={:.1}] sort={:.1}({}) \
-entities={} memo_hit={} memo_miss={} wires={} memo={} visible_path={} candidates={}",
+entities={} memo_hit={} memo_miss={} wires={} memo={} visible_path={} candidates={} \
+guard={:016x} guard_stale={} avp={} anno={:.4} anno_h={} all_vis={} sdf_gen={}",
                 crate::perf::elapsed_ms(t_fn),
                 sort_cache_ms,
                 visible_ms,
@@ -9247,6 +9255,13 @@ entities={} memo_hit={} memo_miss={} wires={} memo={} visible_path={} candidates
                 if memo_active { "on" } else { "off" },
                 visible_path,
                 visible_candidates,
+                guard_dbg,
+                guard_was_stale,
+                avp.map(|h| h.value()).unwrap_or(0),
+                anno,
+                annotation_scale_handle.map(|h| h.value()).unwrap_or(0),
+                all_visible,
+                crate::scene::text::sdf_atlas::generation(),
             );
         }
         wires
diff --git a/src/scene/paper.rs b/src/scene/paper.rs
index d7a1d9285..450074122 100644
--- a/src/scene/paper.rs
+++ b/src/scene/paper.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,36 @@ impl Scene {
         (layout_block, sheet, content)
     }
 
+    /// Could any viewport in this layout draw a grid?
+    ///
+    /// Read from the same fields `active_viewports` copies into
+    /// `ViewportInstance::grid_on`, and deliberately without the visibility
+    /// filters that function also applies: answering "maybe" only costs the
+    /// work that would have happened anyway, while answering "no" wrongly
+    /// would drop a grid the user asked for.
+    fn any_viewport_grid_on(&self) -> bool {
+        if self.current_layout == "Model" {
+            return self.model_tiles.borrow().iter().any(|tile| tile.grid_on);
+        }
+        let (_, sheet, content) = self.paper_viewport_handles();
+        let grid_on = |handle: Handle| {
+            matches!(
+                self.document.get_entity(handle),
+                Some(EntityType::Viewport(vp)) if vp.status.grid_on
+            )
+        };
+        grid_on(sheet) || content.iter().copied().any(grid_on)
+    }
+
     pub fn grid_views(&self, vw: f32, vh: f32) -> Vec<(iced::Rectangle, Camera, Handle)> {
+        // `active_viewports` resolves a camera for every viewport, and
+        // `camera_for_viewport` reaches `model_space_extents`, which outside the
+        // Model layout tessellates the whole drawing. Filtering on `grid_on`
+        // afterwards threw all of that away: on the reproducer the first paper
+        // frame spent 7.8 s here to produce `n=0` views. Ask first.
+        if !self.any_viewport_grid_on() {
+            return Vec::new();
+        }
         self.active_viewports(vw, vh, acadrust::entities::ViewportRenderMode::Wireframe2D)
             .into_iter()
             .filter(|inst| inst.grid_on)