diff --git a/.ai/lessons.md b/.ai/lessons.md
index 36a776d5a4..3452106a2e 100644
--- a/.ai/lessons.md
+++ b/.ai/lessons.md
@@ -154,3 +154,6 @@
 
 ## Validate input safely
 - In PCRE, `$` also matches before a final `\n`. In validation regexes, use `\z` or reject control characters first, or a trailing newline passes.
+
+## Measure database reads end to end
+- On PostgreSQL 15, `EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS)` does not detoast or send the selected columns, so a wide `jsonb`/`json`/`text` column does not show in it. Time the full fetch (`psql \timing` with `-o /dev/null`, or PDO `fetchAll`) as well before you blame or rule out an index.
diff --git a/app/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.php b/app/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.php
index 7e137dadaa..48b4b0dae1 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ScheduledJobManager.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use Cron\CronExpression;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasOne;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
@@ -741,7 +742,7 @@ class ScheduledJobManager implements ShouldQueue
 
     private function getServersForCleanupQuery(): Builder
     {
-        $query = Server::with('settings')
+        $query = Server::with(['settings' => fn (HasOne $query) => $query->withoutPatchCheckResult()])
             ->whereNotNull('ip')
             ->where('ip', '!=', '')
             ->whereNotIn('ip', Server::PLACEHOLDER_IPS);
diff --git a/app/Jobs/ServerManagerJob.php b/app/Jobs/ServerManagerJob.php
index 815bb09361..f21f66a3e3 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ServerManagerJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ServerManagerJob.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use App\Models\Team;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldBeEncrypted;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasOne;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
 use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
@@ -78,11 +79,12 @@ class ServerManagerJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldQueue
 
     private function getServers(): Collection
     {
-        $allServers = Server::with(['settings', 'cloudProviderToken']);
+        $relations = ['settings' => fn (HasOne $query) => $query->withoutPatchCheckResult(), 'cloudProviderToken'];
+        $allServers = Server::with($relations);
 
         if (isCloud()) {
             $servers = $allServers->whereRelation('team.subscription', 'stripe_invoice_paid', true)->get();
-            $own = Team::find(0)->servers()->with(['settings', 'cloudProviderToken'])->get();
+            $own = Team::find(0)->servers()->with($relations)->get();
 
             return $servers->merge($own)->unique('id')->values();
         } else {
diff --git a/app/Models/ServerSetting.php b/app/Models/ServerSetting.php
index f251b7fd5a..ae32835c10 100644
--- a/app/Models/ServerSetting.php
+++ b/app/Models/ServerSetting.php
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ namespace App\Models;
 use App\Enums\ServerRole;
 use App\Enums\TrafficIpMode;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\DecryptException;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Casts\Attribute;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use OpenApi\Attributes as OA;
 
 #[OA\Schema(
@@ -231,6 +233,9 @@ class ServerSetting extends Model
         'geoip_maxmind_license_key',
     ];
 
+    /** @var list<string>|null */
+    private static ?array $columnsWithoutPatchCheckResult = null;
+
     protected static function booted()
     {
         static::creating(function ($setting) {
@@ -465,6 +470,17 @@ class ServerSetting extends Model
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Selects every column except patch_check_result, which holds the full update list of the last patch
+     * check (often tens of kilobytes). Use it for instance-wide server loops that do not read the result.
+     */
+    public function scopeWithoutPatchCheckResult(Builder $query): Builder
+    {
+        self::$columnsWithoutPatchCheckResult ??= array_values(array_diff(Schema::getColumnListing($this->getTable()), ['patch_check_result']));
+
+        return $query->select(self::$columnsWithoutPatchCheckResult);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Summary of the saved patch check, or null when the server was never checked.
      * Results saved before security and reboot detection count as 0 and false.
diff --git a/tests/Feature/ServerSettingsBulkLoadTest.php b/tests/Feature/ServerSettingsBulkLoadTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..befb493855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/ServerSettingsBulkLoadTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Jobs\DockerCleanupJob;
+use App\Jobs\ScheduledJobManager;
+use App\Jobs\ServerManagerJob;
+use App\Jobs\ServerPatchCheckJob;
+use App\Models\InstanceSettings;
+use App\Models\Server;
+use App\Models\ServerSetting;
+use App\Models\Team;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasOne;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+
+uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
+
+beforeEach(function () {
+    Server::flushIdentityMap();
+    Cache::flush();
+    config(['constants.coolify.self_hosted' => true]);
+    InstanceSettings::forceCreate(['id' => 0, 'instance_timezone' => 'UTC']);
+    $this->team = Team::factory()->create();
+    $this->patchResult = ['package_manager' => 'apt', 'total_updates' => 1, 'updates' => [['package' => 'openssl', 'new_version' => '3.0.13-2']]];
+});
+
+afterEach(function () {
+    Carbon::setTestNow();
+});
+
+function createBulkLoadServer(Team $team, array $settings): Server
+{
+    $server = Server::factory()->create(['team_id' => $team->id]);
+    $server->settings->forceFill([
+        'is_reachable' => true,
+        'is_usable' => true,
+        'server_timezone' => 'UTC',
+        ...$settings,
+    ])->saveQuietly();
+
+    return $server;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @return list<string>
+ */
+function serverSettingsQueriesDuring(Closure $callback): array
+{
+    $queries = [];
+    DB::listen(function ($query) use (&$queries) {
+        if (str_contains($query->sql, 'from "server_settings"')) {
+            $queries[] = $query->sql;
+        }
+    });
+    $callback();
+
+    return $queries;
+}
+
+it('loads every settings column except the patch result and matches each settings row to its server', function () {
+    $first = createBulkLoadServer($this->team, ['docker_cleanup_frequency' => '0 1 * * *', 'patch_check_result' => $this->patchResult]);
+    $second = createBulkLoadServer($this->team, ['docker_cleanup_frequency' => '0 2 * * *', 'patch_check_frequency' => 'daily']);
+
+    $servers = Server::query()
+        ->whereKey([$first->id, $second->id])
+        ->with(['settings' => fn (HasOne $query) => $query->withoutPatchCheckResult()])
+        ->get()
+        ->keyBy('id');
+
+    foreach ([$first, $second] as $server) {
+        $full = ServerSetting::query()->where('server_id', $server->id)->firstOrFail()->getAttributes();
+        unset($full['patch_check_result']);
+
+        expect($servers[$server->id]->settings->getAttributes())->toBe($full);
+    }
+    expect($servers[$first->id]->settings->docker_cleanup_frequency)->toBe('0 1 * * *')
+        ->and($servers[$second->id]->settings->docker_cleanup_frequency)->toBe('0 2 * * *')
+        ->and($servers[$second->id]->settings->patch_check_frequency)->toBe('daily')
+        ->and($servers[$first->id]->settings->is_reachable)->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+it('does not read the patch results of all servers in the server manager, and its jobs still get them', function () {
+    Queue::fake();
+    Carbon::setTestNow(Carbon::create(2026, 10, 28, 12, 0, 0, 'UTC'));
+    $server = createBulkLoadServer($this->team, ['patch_check_frequency' => '* * * * *', 'patch_check_result' => $this->patchResult]);
+
+    $queries = serverSettingsQueriesDuring(fn () => (new ServerManagerJob)->handle());
+
+    expect($queries)->not->toBeEmpty();
+    foreach ($queries as $sql) {
+        expect($sql)->not->toContain('patch_check_result')->not->toContain('*');
+    }
+
+    Queue::assertPushed(ServerPatchCheckJob::class, function (ServerPatchCheckJob $job) use ($server) {
+        $restored = unserialize(serialize($job));
+
+        return $restored->server->id === $server->id
+            && $restored->server->settings->patch_check_result === $this->patchResult;
+    });
+});
+
+it('does not read the patch results of all servers when it schedules Docker cleanups', function () {
+    Queue::fakeExcept(ScheduledJobManager::class);
+    Carbon::setTestNow(Carbon::create(2026, 10, 28, 12, 0, 0, 'UTC'));
+    $server = createBulkLoadServer($this->team, ['docker_cleanup_frequency' => '* * * * *', 'patch_check_result' => $this->patchResult]);
+
+    $queries = serverSettingsQueriesDuring(fn () => (new ScheduledJobManager)->handle());
+
+    expect(collect($queries)->filter(fn (string $sql) => str_contains($sql, '"server_id" in')))->not->toBeEmpty();
+    foreach ($queries as $sql) {
+        if (str_contains($sql, '"server_id" in')) {
+            expect($sql)->not->toContain('patch_check_result')->not->toContain('*');
+        }
+    }
+    Queue::assertPushed(DockerCleanupJob::class, fn (DockerCleanupJob $job) => $job->server->id === $server->id);
+});