diff --git a/crates/epix-runtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/epix-runtime/src/lib.rs
index 7ea25ca..ba5b4f3 100644
--- a/crates/epix-runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/epix-runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -480,13 +480,28 @@ async fn announce_loop(
         // from previous runs, plus the runtime-contributed list (Syncronite's
         // live bootstrap) - re-read every pass, like EpixNet's loadTrackersFile
         // in its announce loop.
-        let all = state.all_trackers(&trackers).await;
+        let all = std::sync::Arc::new(state.all_trackers(&trackers).await);
         if all.is_empty() {
             return;
         }
+        // Bounded-concurrent per-xite announces. Strictly serial passes made
+        // a cold start unusable: each xite's announce waits out its slowest
+        // tracker (75s ceiling), so a boot pass over dozens of xites with the
+        // usual dead trackers ground on for tens of minutes - during which
+        // the loop could not react to Tor coming up either. Four at a time
+        // keeps the dial pressure modest while cutting the pass to a quarter.
+        let gate = std::sync::Arc::new(tokio::sync::Semaphore::new(4));
+        let mut passes = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
         for address in state.xite_addresses().await {
-            state.announce_to_trackers(&address, &all).await;
+            let state = state.clone();
+            let all = all.clone();
+            let gate = gate.clone();
+            passes.spawn(async move {
+                let Ok(_permit) = gate.acquire_owned().await else { return };
+                state.announce_to_trackers(&address, &all).await;
+            });
         }
+        while passes.join_next().await.is_some() {}
         // AnnounceBitTorrent: also announce to any configured HTTP(S) BT
         // trackers and fold their peers in.
         if let Some(bt) = state.config_get("bt_trackers").await.and_then(|v| v.as_array().cloned()) {
diff --git a/crates/epix-ui/src/command.rs b/crates/epix-ui/src/command.rs
index eb0d4c4..7a569dc 100644
--- a/crates/epix-ui/src/command.rs
+++ b/crates/epix-ui/src/command.rs
@@ -1090,14 +1090,27 @@ impl WsCommand for ServerInfo {
 }
 
 /// `announcerStats` - per-tracker announce status for the dashboard.
+/// `{planned: true}` also includes overlay-gated trackers (waiting on
+/// Tor/I2P), so the health drawer can list everything the node will try.
+/// The default answer stays gated-free: dashboards that predate the flag
+/// count every returned entry in their health ratio.
 struct AnnouncerStats;
 #[async_trait]
 impl WsCommand for AnnouncerStats {
     fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
         "announcerStats"
     }
-    async fn handle(&self, s: &WsSession, _p: &Value) -> Result<Value, String> {
-        Ok(s.state.announcer_stats().await)
+    async fn handle(&self, s: &WsSession, p: &Value) -> Result<Value, String> {
+        let planned = p
+            .get("planned")
+            .or_else(|| p.as_array().and_then(|a| a.first()))
+            .and_then(Value::as_bool)
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        if planned {
+            Ok(s.state.announcer_stats_planned().await)
+        } else {
+            Ok(s.state.announcer_stats().await)
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/epix-ui/src/state.rs b/crates/epix-ui/src/state.rs
index f2cd0d1..c662209 100644
--- a/crates/epix-ui/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/epix-ui/src/state.rs
@@ -8132,6 +8132,7 @@ impl AppState {
         // many timeouts and the dashboard's per-tracker stats would trickle in.
         let mut set = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
         let mut skipped = 0;
+        let mut seeded = false;
         for tracker in trackers.iter().cloned() {
             if tracker_gated(&tracker, tor_on, &tor_st, i2p_on) {
                 self.mark_tracker_gated(&tracker).await;
@@ -8141,6 +8142,7 @@ impl AppState {
                 skipped += 1;
                 continue;
             }
+            seeded |= self.mark_tracker_announcing(&tracker).await;
             let sender = sender.clone();
             let key = key.clone();
             let advert = advert.clone();
@@ -8160,6 +8162,12 @@ impl AppState {
                 (tracker, result, started.elapsed())
             });
         }
+        // New trackers entered the stats as "announcing": push right away so
+        // the dashboard lists what this pass is trying instead of waiting up
+        // to 75s for the slowest announce to resolve.
+        if seeded {
+            self.push_announcer_info(&key).await;
+        }
         let all = self.absorb_announce_results(set, &key).await;
         self.add_peers(address, all.clone()).await;
         let skip_note = if skipped > 0 { format!(" ({skipped} backed off)") } else { String::new() };
@@ -8288,6 +8296,32 @@ impl AppState {
         backoff.retain(|_, &mut (_, tried)| now - tried < STALE_SECS);
     }
 
+    /// Seed a stats entry for a tracker this pass is about to try, so the
+    /// dashboard can list it before its announce resolves. Only a tracker
+    /// with no entry yet gets the "announcing" status: one with a verdict
+    /// keeps showing that verdict while the retry is in flight. Returns
+    /// whether a new entry was created.
+    async fn mark_tracker_announcing(&self, tracker: &epix_xite::Tracker) -> bool {
+        let key = tracker_stat_key(tracker);
+        let now = now_secs();
+        let mut stats = self.tracker_stats.write().await;
+        if let Some(entry) = stats.get_mut(&key) {
+            // A gated entry whose overlay came back up is being tried now.
+            let gated = entry.get("status").and_then(|s| s.as_str()) == Some("gated");
+            if gated {
+                if let Some(obj) = entry.as_object_mut() {
+                    obj.insert("status".into(), json!("announcing"));
+                }
+            }
+            return gated;
+        }
+        stats.insert(
+            key,
+            json!({ "status": "announcing", "num_request": 0, "num_success": 0, "num_error": 0, "num_added": 0, "time_request": 0, "time_success": 0, "time_first_request": now }),
+        );
+        true
+    }
+
     /// Mark a tracker skipped because its overlay is down (Tor off for an
     /// onion announcer, no I2P transport for an i2p one) so the dashboard can
     /// exclude it from the working-tracker denominator instead of counting it
@@ -8339,6 +8373,23 @@ impl AppState {
         )
     }
 
+    /// [`Self::announcer_stats`] including overlay-gated entries, so the
+    /// dashboard's health drawer can list every tracker the node plans to
+    /// try once its overlay comes up. Served only to a caller that asks
+    /// (`announcerStats {planned: true}`): the shipped dashboard counts
+    /// every returned entry in its health ratio, so gated rows must never
+    /// reach it unrequested.
+    pub async fn announcer_stats_planned(&self) -> Value {
+        Value::Object(
+            self.tracker_stats
+                .read()
+                .await
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.clone()))
+                .collect(),
+        )
+    }
+
     /// Mark a peer connected/disconnected for a xite.
     pub async fn set_peer_connected(&self, address: &str, addr: &PeerAddr, connected: bool) {
         if let Some(x) = self.xites.write().await.get_mut(address) {
@@ -8645,6 +8696,10 @@ impl AppState {
         // The dashboard shows the Tor state live (serverChanged).
         if changed {
             self.push_server_info().await;
+            // A Tor state move changes which trackers are dialable. Wake the
+            // announce loop so onion trackers gated during boot get tried
+            // seconds after Tor comes up, not at the next periodic pass.
+            self.trackers_changed.notify_one();
         }
     }
 
@@ -16650,6 +16705,9 @@ impl AppState {
         };
         if changed {
             self.push_server_info().await;
+            // Same rule as set_tor_status: an I2P reachability move regates
+            // i2p trackers, so the announce loop should run early.
+            self.trackers_changed.notify_one();
         }
     }