diff --git a/tests/browser/workspace.spec.mjs b/tests/browser/workspace.spec.mjs
index 45166e2..c22f6a0 100644
--- a/tests/browser/workspace.spec.mjs
+++ b/tests/browser/workspace.spec.mjs
@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ test('counts refresh after a confirmed editor save', async ({ page, request }) =
     await expect(navCount(page, 'library')).toHaveText(String(after.library));
     await expect(navCount(page, 'tags')).toHaveText(String(after.tags));
     expect(reads.filter(path => path === '/prompt_manager/library').length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    // A Library write cannot change the Images count, so the Images listing is not read again.
+    expect(reads.filter(path => path === '/prompt_manager/images/output')).toEqual([]);
 });
 
 test('a superseded count read never lands and a failed refresh removes the stale count', async ({ page, request }) => {
diff --git a/tests/js/workspace-state.test.js b/tests/js/workspace-state.test.js
index 86d810e..ef6c222 100644
--- a/tests/js/workspace-state.test.js
+++ b/tests/js/workspace-state.test.js
@@ -131,3 +131,19 @@ test('nav counts issue three bounded requests and drop only the failed count', a
     assert.equal(urls[0].searchParams.get('mode'), 'workspace');
     assert.ok(calls.every(([, used]) => used === signal));
 });
+
+test('a Library or vocabulary write re-reads only the Library and Tags counts', async () => {
+    const { loadNavCounts, LIBRARY_WRITE_COUNTS } = await source;
+    assert.deepEqual([...LIBRARY_WRITE_COUNTS], ['library', 'tags']);
+    assert.ok(Object.isFrozen(LIBRARY_WRITE_COUNTS));
+    const calls = [];
+    const api = {get: async url => {
+        calls.push(new URL(url, 'http://host').pathname);
+        return {success: true, total: url.startsWith('/prompt_manager/library') ? 4 : 9};
+    }};
+    const settled = [];
+    const counts = await loadNavCounts(api, new AbortController().signal, (id, count) => settled.push([id, count]), LIBRARY_WRITE_COUNTS);
+    assert.deepEqual(calls, ['/prompt_manager/library', '/prompt_manager/vocabulary/tags']);
+    assert.deepEqual(settled.sort(), [['library', 4], ['tags', 9]]);
+    assert.deepEqual([...counts], [['library', 4], ['tags', 9]]);
+});
diff --git a/web/js/workspace/index.mjs b/web/js/workspace/index.mjs
index 44208cb..a525b17 100644
--- a/web/js/workspace/index.mjs
+++ b/web/js/workspace/index.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import '../api-client.js';
 import { createButton, createScope } from '../shared/toolkit/core.js';
-import { routes, mountRouter, summarizeStats, routeTitle, isHandoff, loadNavCounts } from './state.mjs';
+import { routes, mountRouter, summarizeStats, routeTitle, isHandoff, loadNavCounts,
+    LIBRARY_WRITE_COUNTS, NAV_COUNT_ROUTES } from './state.mjs';
 import { mountWorkspaceTheme } from './theme.mjs';
 import { mountImages } from './images.mjs';
 import { mountLibrary, mountNewPromptAction, onLibraryWrite } from './library.mjs';
@@ -59,21 +60,26 @@ function mountWorkspace() {
     // D28: System, then the production Overview hub, in the concept's tools-and-system group.
     systemNav.replaceChildren(...navLinks([['system', 'settings'], ['overview', 'overview']]));
     const sidebar = document.querySelector('aside.sidebar');
-    let countsRequest;
-    function refreshCounts() {
-        countsRequest?.abort();
-        const request = countsRequest = new AbortController();
-        // Each badge lands as its own read settles; a count that failed to refresh is removed, never left stale.
-        loadNavCounts(api, request.signal, (id, count) => {
-            if (request.signal.aborted) return;
-            const link = primaryNav.querySelector(`[data-route="${id}"]`);
-            link?.querySelector('.nav-count')?.remove();
-            if (link && Number.isSafeInteger(count)) link.append(element('span', count.toLocaleString(), 'nav-count'));
-        });
+    // One read per count, so a write that refreshes Library and Tags never supersedes an Images read in flight.
+    const countRequests = new Map();
+    function refreshCounts(ids) {
+        for (const id of ids) {
+            countRequests.get(id)?.abort();
+            const request = new AbortController();
+            countRequests.set(id, request);
+            // Each badge lands as its own read settles; a count that failed to refresh is removed, never left stale.
+            loadNavCounts(api, request.signal, (_, count) => {
+                if (request.signal.aborted) return;
+                const link = primaryNav.querySelector(`[data-route="${id}"]`);
+                link?.querySelector('.nav-count')?.remove();
+                if (link && Number.isSafeInteger(count)) link.append(element('span', count.toLocaleString(), 'nav-count'));
+            }, [id]);
+        }
     }
-    scope.cleanup(() => countsRequest?.abort());
-    scope.cleanup(onLibraryWrite(refreshCounts));
-    refreshCounts();
+    scope.cleanup(() => { for (const request of countRequests.values()) request.abort(); });
+    // A confirmed Library or vocabulary write cannot change the Images count, so only Library and Tags are re-read.
+    scope.cleanup(onLibraryWrite(() => refreshCounts(LIBRARY_WRITE_COUNTS)));
+    refreshCounts(NAV_COUNT_ROUTES);
     let viewScope;
     let firstRender = true;
     scope.cleanup(() => viewScope?.dispose());
diff --git a/web/js/workspace/state.mjs b/web/js/workspace/state.mjs
index 6cb6f81..831ad0b 100644
--- a/web/js/workspace/state.mjs
+++ b/web/js/workspace/state.mjs
@@ -61,13 +61,20 @@ export function summarizeNavCounts(pages = {}) {
  * Read the three counts; a failed read yields null for its route only. `onCount(id, count)` runs as each read
  * settles, so a slow listing (the Images output scan) never holds back the cheap Library and Tags counts.
  */
-export async function loadNavCounts(api, signal, onCount = () => {}) {
+/** The WORKSPACE routes that carry a count. */
+export const NAV_COUNT_ROUTES = Object.freeze(NAV_COUNT_SOURCES.map(([id]) => id));
+
+/** The counts a confirmed Library or vocabulary write can change; the Images listing cannot. */
+export const LIBRARY_WRITE_COUNTS = Object.freeze(['library', 'tags']);
+
+/** Read the given WORKSPACE counts (all by default), reporting each as its own read settles. */
+export async function loadNavCounts(api, signal, onCount = () => {}, ids = NAV_COUNT_ROUTES) {
     const pages = {};
-    await Promise.all(NAV_COUNT_SOURCES.map(async ([id, url]) => {
+    await Promise.all(NAV_COUNT_SOURCES.filter(([id]) => ids.includes(id)).map(async ([id, url]) => {
         try { pages[id] = await api.get(url, { signal }); } catch { pages[id] = undefined; }
         onCount(id, summarizeNavCounts(pages).get(id));
     }));
-    return summarizeNavCounts(pages);
+    return new Map([...summarizeNavCounts(pages)].filter(([id]) => ids.includes(id)));
 }
 
 export function mountRouter(win, onRoute) {