diff --git a/src/components/discovery/CampaignsDiscoverySection.tsx b/src/components/discovery/CampaignsDiscoverySection.tsx
index 00c469e5..0c941d60 100644
--- a/src/components/discovery/CampaignsDiscoverySection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/discovery/CampaignsDiscoverySection.tsx
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ export function CampaignsDiscoverySection({
   const { data: featuredCampaigns } = useCampaigns({
     coordinates: featuredCoords,
     limit: featuredCoords.length || 1,
-    enabled: moderationReady,
+    // Mirrors the pledges section's pattern: don't enable the query
+    // when there are no coords to fetch. `useCampaigns` already
+    // short-circuits internally on an empty `coordinates` array, so
+    // this is purely about not creating a meaningless cache entry.
+    enabled: moderationReady && featuredCoords.length > 0,
   });
 
   const showHiddenValue = showHiddenProp?.value ?? false;
diff --git a/src/components/discovery/PledgesDiscoverySection.tsx b/src/components/discovery/PledgesDiscoverySection.tsx
index 24cd6afd..f9b29b80 100644
--- a/src/components/discovery/PledgesDiscoverySection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/discovery/PledgesDiscoverySection.tsx
@@ -123,9 +123,18 @@ export function PledgesDiscoverySection({
     },
   });
 
+  // Chronological feed that backs the idle grid (and the
+  // featured-then-chronological fallback). Gated on `!isSearching`
+  // because the search branch renders `searchHits` instead and never
+  // reads `rawActions` / `actions` — leaving this query enabled during
+  // search burns a 300-event relay round-trip on every keystroke that
+  // activates the search view. The idle branch is the only consumer,
+  // and the idle branch only renders when `!isSearching`, so this
+  // gate strictly removes wasted work.
   const { data: rawActions, isLoading: actionsLoading } = useActions({
     countryCode: filters.country,
     limit: 300,
+    enabled: !isSearching,
   });
 
   const { data: pledgeModeration, isReady: pledgeModerationReady } =