diff --git a/packages/client/src/views/hermes/PerformanceView.vue b/packages/client/src/views/hermes/PerformanceView.vue
index 790fe45..f7e7c38 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/views/hermes/PerformanceView.vue
+++ b/packages/client/src/views/hermes/PerformanceView.vue
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function setAutoRefresh(enabled: boolean) {
     timer = undefined
   }
   if (enabled) {
-    timer = setInterval(() => loadRuntime(false), 3000)
+    timer = setInterval(() => loadRuntime(false), 5000)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/services/hermes/agent-bridge/hermes_bridge.py b/packages/server/src/services/hermes/agent-bridge/hermes_bridge.py
index a531941..594d106 100755
--- a/packages/server/src/services/hermes/agent-bridge/hermes_bridge.py
+++ b/packages/server/src/services/hermes/agent-bridge/hermes_bridge.py
@@ -2320,6 +2320,27 @@ class BridgeBroker:
     def _write_response(self, conn: socket.socket, resp: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         _write_json_response(conn, resp)
 
+    def _handle_connection(self, conn: socket.socket) -> None:
+        try:
+            try:
+                req = self._read_request(conn)
+                data = self.handle(req)
+                resp = {"ok": True, **_jsonable(data)}
+            except Exception as exc:
+                resp = {
+                    "ok": False,
+                    "error": str(exc),
+                    "error_type": exc.__class__.__name__,
+                }
+            self._write_response(conn, resp)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            print(f"[hermes-bridge-broker] connection error: {exc}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+        finally:
+            try:
+                conn.close()
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+
     def _gc_idle_workers(self) -> None:
         now = time.time()
         if now - self._last_gc < self.GC_INTERVAL_SECONDS:
@@ -2346,34 +2367,22 @@ class BridgeBroker:
             print(json.dumps({"event": "ready", "endpoint": self.endpoint, "mode": "broker"}), flush=True)
 
             while not self._stop.is_set():
-                conn: socket.socket | None = None
                 try:
                     try:
                         conn, _addr = server.accept()
                     except socket.timeout:
                         self._gc_idle_workers()
                         continue
-                    try:
-                        req = self._read_request(conn)
-                        data = self.handle(req)
-                        resp = {"ok": True, **_jsonable(data)}
-                    except Exception as exc:
-                        resp = {
-                            "ok": False,
-                            "error": str(exc),
-                            "error_type": exc.__class__.__name__,
-                        }
-                    self._write_response(conn, resp)
+                    threading.Thread(
+                        target=self._handle_connection,
+                        args=(conn,),
+                        daemon=True,
+                        name="hermes-bridge-broker-connection",
+                    ).start()
                 except KeyboardInterrupt:
                     break
                 except Exception as exc:
                     print(f"[hermes-bridge-broker] server loop error: {exc}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
-                finally:
-                    if conn is not None:
-                        try:
-                            conn.close()
-                        except OSError:
-                            pass
         finally:
             restore_signals()
             try:
diff --git a/tests/server/agent-bridge-python-concurrency.test.ts b/tests/server/agent-bridge-python-concurrency.test.ts
index 2a2ba42..fcffb52 100644
--- a/tests/server/agent-bridge-python-concurrency.test.ts
+++ b/tests/server/agent-bridge-python-concurrency.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ function runPython(script: string): void {
 const harness = String.raw`
 import contextvars
 import importlib.util
+import json
 import os
 import sys
 import threading
@@ -501,6 +502,57 @@ finally:
     bridge._process_exists = original_process_exists
 
 assert seen_pids == [12345]
+`)
+  })
+
+  it('handles broker ping while another broker request is blocked', () => {
+    runPython(String.raw`
+${harness}
+
+class BlockingBroker(bridge.BridgeBroker):
+    def handle(self, req):
+        if req.get("action") == "block":
+            time.sleep(0.4)
+            return {"blocked": True}
+        return super().handle(req)
+
+class MemoryConn:
+    def __init__(self, req):
+        self.request = (json.dumps(req) + "\n").encode("utf-8")
+        self.response = b""
+        self.closed = False
+
+    def recv(self, size):
+        if not self.request:
+            return b""
+        chunk = self.request[:size]
+        self.request = self.request[size:]
+        return chunk
+
+    def sendall(self, payload):
+        self.response += payload
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.closed = True
+
+broker = BlockingBroker("ipc:///tmp/unused.sock")
+blocking_conn = MemoryConn({"action": "block"})
+thread = threading.Thread(target=broker._handle_connection, args=(blocking_conn,))
+thread.start()
+time.sleep(0.05)
+
+ping_conn = MemoryConn({"action": "ping"})
+broker._handle_connection(ping_conn)
+ping_resp = json.loads(ping_conn.response.decode("utf-8"))
+assert ping_resp["ok"] is True, ping_resp
+assert ping_resp["pong"] is True, ping_resp
+assert ping_conn.closed is True, ping_conn.closed
+
+thread.join(timeout=2)
+assert not thread.is_alive(), blocking_conn.response
+blocked_resp = json.loads(blocking_conn.response.decode("utf-8"))
+assert blocked_resp["ok"] is True, blocked_resp
+assert blocked_resp["blocked"] is True, blocked_resp
 `)
   })
 })