diff --git a/server/adapters/cache/runtime-cache.test.ts b/server/adapters/cache/runtime-cache.test.ts
index 0405854e..40ace62b 100644
--- a/server/adapters/cache/runtime-cache.test.ts
+++ b/server/adapters/cache/runtime-cache.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ describe('runtime cache', () => {
     expect(await cache.getOrLoad(stringPolicy, 'a', loader)).toMatchObject({ value: 'value-2', tier: 'source' })
   })
 
+  it('coalesces concurrent loads for the same key', async () => {
+    let release: (value: string) => void = () => undefined
+    const loader = vi.fn(() => new Promise<string>((resolve) => (release = resolve)))
+    const cache = createRuntimeCache({ mode: 'memory' })
+
+    const first = cache.getOrLoad(stringPolicy, 'a', loader)
+    const second = cache.getOrLoad(stringPolicy, 'a', loader)
+    expect(loader).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+    release('shared')
+    expect(await first).toMatchObject({ value: 'shared', tier: 'source' })
+    expect(await second).toMatchObject({ value: 'shared', tier: 'coalesced' })
+  })
+
   it('uses the shorter negative-cache TTL', async () => {
     let now = 1_000
     const loader = vi.fn(async () => null)
diff --git a/server/adapters/cache/runtime-cache.ts b/server/adapters/cache/runtime-cache.ts
index dac0e1a6..108a2050 100644
--- a/server/adapters/cache/runtime-cache.ts
+++ b/server/adapters/cache/runtime-cache.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export function createRuntimeCache(options: RuntimeCacheOptions): CacheService {
   }
 
   const stores = new Map<string, Map<string, MemoryEntry>>()
+  const loads = new Map<string, Promise<CacheResult<unknown>>>()
   const now = options.now ?? Date.now
 
   function memoryStore(namespace: string): Map<string, MemoryEntry> {
@@ -151,16 +152,32 @@ export function createRuntimeCache(options: RuntimeCacheOptions): CacheService {
       const inMemory = memoryGet(policy, key)
       if (inMemory !== undefined) return observed(policy.namespace, 'memory', startedAt, inMemory)
 
-      if (usesDistributed(policy)) {
-        const distributed = await distributedGet(policy, key)
-        if (distributed !== undefined) return observed(policy.namespace, 'distributed', startedAt, distributed)
+      const loadKey = cacheKey(policy, key)
+      const existing = loads.get(loadKey) as Promise<CacheResult<T>> | undefined
+      if (existing) {
+        const result = await existing
+        return observed(policy.namespace, 'coalesced', startedAt, result.value)
       }
 
-      const value = await loader()
-      const freshUntil = now() + ttlFor(policy, value)
-      memoryPut(policy, key, value, freshUntil)
-      if (usesDistributed(policy)) await distributedPut(policy, key, value, freshUntil)
-      return observed(policy.namespace, 'source', startedAt, value)
+      const load = (async (): Promise<CacheResult<T>> => {
+        if (usesDistributed(policy)) {
+          const distributed = await distributedGet(policy, key)
+          if (distributed !== undefined) return { value: distributed, tier: 'distributed' }
+        }
+
+        const value = await loader()
+        const freshUntil = now() + ttlFor(policy, value)
+        memoryPut(policy, key, value, freshUntil)
+        if (usesDistributed(policy)) await distributedPut(policy, key, value, freshUntil)
+        return { value, tier: 'source' }
+      })()
+      loads.set(loadKey, load as Promise<CacheResult<unknown>>)
+      try {
+        const result = await load
+        return observed(policy.namespace, result.tier, startedAt, result.value)
+      } finally {
+        if (loads.get(loadKey) === load) loads.delete(loadKey)
+      }
     },
 
     async replace<T>(policy: CachePolicy<T>, key: string, value: T): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/server/adapters/repos/webdav-path.ts b/server/adapters/repos/webdav-path.ts
index bc01cbaa..d85b18b1 100644
--- a/server/adapters/repos/webdav-path.ts
+++ b/server/adapters/repos/webdav-path.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { member, organization } from '../../db/auth-schema'
 import { matters } from '../../db/schema'
 import type { Database } from '../../platform/interface'
 import {
+  type CachePolicy,
+  type CacheService,
   type Matter,
   WebDavPathError,
   type WebDavPathRepo,
@@ -17,7 +19,38 @@ type WorkspaceMatterRow = {
   matter: Matter | null
 }
 
-export function createWebDavPathRepo(db: Database): WebDavPathRepo {
+const WEB_DAV_WORKSPACES_CACHE_POLICY: CachePolicy<WebDavWorkspace[]> = {
+  namespace: 'webdav-workspaces',
+  version: 1,
+  ttlMs: 1_000,
+  maxEntries: 256,
+  distributed: false,
+  validate(value): value is WebDavWorkspace[] {
+    return (
+      Array.isArray(value) &&
+      value.every(
+        (workspace) =>
+          typeof workspace === 'object' &&
+          workspace !== null &&
+          typeof workspace.id === 'string' &&
+          typeof workspace.name === 'string' &&
+          typeof workspace.slug === 'string' &&
+          typeof workspace.pathSegment === 'string',
+      )
+    )
+  },
+}
+
+export function createWebDavPathRepo(db: Database, cache?: CacheService): WebDavPathRepo {
+  async function listUserWorkspaces(userId: string): Promise<WebDavWorkspace[]> {
+    if (!cache) return toWebDavWorkspaces(await userWorkspaceRows(db, userId))
+    return (
+      await cache.getOrLoad(WEB_DAV_WORKSPACES_CACHE_POLICY, userId, async () =>
+        toWebDavWorkspaces(await userWorkspaceRows(db, userId)),
+      )
+    ).value
+  }
+
   async function resolveWebDavPath(userId: string, rawPath: string): Promise<WebDavTarget> {
     const parts = decodeDavPath(rawPath)
     if (parts.length === 0) return { workspace: null, mountRoot: true, parent: '', name: '', matter: null }
@@ -25,15 +58,21 @@ export function createWebDavPathRepo(db: Database): WebDavPathRepo {
     const matterParts = parts.slice(1)
     const name = matterParts.at(-1) ?? ''
     const parent = matterParts.slice(0, -1).join('/')
+    if (cache) {
+      const workspaces = await listUserWorkspaces(userId)
+      const workspace = findWorkspace(workspaces, parts[0])
+      if (!workspace) throw new WebDavPathError('Workspace not found', 404)
+      if (parts.length === 1) return { workspace, mountRoot: false, parent: '', name: '', matter: null }
+      const matter = await workspaceMatterRow(db, workspace.id, parent, name)
+      return { workspace, mountRoot: false, parent, name, matter }
+    }
+
     const rows =
       parts.length === 1
         ? (await userWorkspaceRows(db, userId)).map((workspace) => ({ workspace, matter: null }))
         : await userWorkspaceMatterRows(db, userId, parent, name)
     const workspaces = toWebDavWorkspaces(rows.map((row) => row.workspace))
-    const workspace =
-      workspaces.find(
-        (candidate) => candidate.slug === parts[0] || candidate.id === parts[0] || candidate.pathSegment === parts[0],
-      ) ?? null
+    const workspace = findWorkspace(workspaces, parts[0])
     if (!workspace) throw new WebDavPathError('Workspace not found', 404)
     if (parts.length === 1) return { workspace, mountRoot: false, parent: '', name: '', matter: null }
 
@@ -43,7 +82,7 @@ export function createWebDavPathRepo(db: Database): WebDavPathRepo {
 
   return {
     async listUserWorkspaces(userId) {
-      return toWebDavWorkspaces(await userWorkspaceRows(db, userId))
+      return listUserWorkspaces(userId)
     },
 
     async listChildren(orgId, parent) {
@@ -72,6 +111,32 @@ export function createWebDavPathRepo(db: Database): WebDavPathRepo {
   }
 }
 
+function findWorkspace(workspaces: WebDavWorkspace[], segment: string): WebDavWorkspace | null {
+  return (
+    workspaces.find(
+      (candidate) => candidate.slug === segment || candidate.id === segment || candidate.pathSegment === segment,
+    ) ?? null
+  )
+}
+
+async function workspaceMatterRow(db: Database, orgId: string, parent: string, name: string): Promise<Matter | null> {
+  const rows = await db
+    .select()
+    .from(matters)
+    .where(
+      and(
+        eq(matters.orgId, orgId),
+        eq(matters.parent, parent),
+        eq(matters.name, name),
+        eq(matters.status, ObjectStatus.ACTIVE),
+        isNull(matters.trashedAt),
+        isNull(matters.purgedAt),
+      ),
+    )
+    .limit(1)
+  return rows[0] ?? null
+}
+
 async function userWorkspaceRows(db: Database, userId: string): Promise<WorkspaceRow[]> {
   return db
     .select({ id: organization.id, name: organization.name, slug: organization.slug })
diff --git a/server/composition.ts b/server/composition.ts
index 9afdd2b6..95a604e6 100644
--- a/server/composition.ts
+++ b/server/composition.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export function createDeps(platform: Platform, options: CreateDepsOptions = {}):
     teams: createTeamRepo(db),
     teamInvites: createTeamInviteRepo(db),
     userAdmin: createUserAdminRepo(db),
-    webdavPath: createWebDavPathRepo(db),
+    webdavPath: createWebDavPathRepo(db, cache),
     webdavState: createWebDavStateRepo(db),
     zip: createZipGateway(),
     zipPlan: createZipPlanRepo(db),
diff --git a/server/usecases/ports/cache.ts b/server/usecases/ports/cache.ts
index ba1262ce..5eb1524a 100644
--- a/server/usecases/ports/cache.ts
+++ b/server/usecases/ports/cache.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export type CacheMode = 'off' | 'memory' | 'distributed'
 
-export type CacheTier = 'bypass' | 'memory' | 'distributed' | 'source'
+export type CacheTier = 'bypass' | 'memory' | 'distributed' | 'source' | 'coalesced'
 
 export interface CachePolicy<T> {
   namespace: string