diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 459048aa57..4c94019842 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11172,7 +11172,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-error",
  "url",
  "urlencoding",
  "uuid 1.23.3",
diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue b/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
index 668c557a86..35770abfc9 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ import { useCheckDisableMouseover } from '@/composables/macCssFix.js'
 import { useAppEvent } from '@/composables/use-app-event'
 import { useAppSettings } from '@/composables/use-app-settings.ts'
 import { useError } from '@/composables/use-error.js'
+import { useInstanceMetadataRefresh } from '@/composables/use-instance-metadata-refresh'
 import { isDarkTheme, useTheme } from '@/composables/use-theme.ts'
 import { config } from '@/config'
 import { getAccountAppearance, rememberAccountAppearance } from '@/helpers/account-appearance.ts'
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ const appTheme = useTheme()
 const router = useRouter()
 const route = useRoute()
 const { channel: appEventChannel, events: appEvents } = setupAppEventsProvider()
+useInstanceMetadataRefresh(appEvents)
 const breadcrumbManager = createBreadcrumbManager()
 provideBreadcrumbManager(breadcrumbManager)
 const canNavigateBack = ref(false)
diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/components/ui/QuickInstanceSwitcher.vue b/apps/app-frontend/src/components/ui/QuickInstanceSwitcher.vue
index d926b34069..99cc39a147 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/components/ui/QuickInstanceSwitcher.vue
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/components/ui/QuickInstanceSwitcher.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 	injectNotificationManager,
 	useVIntl,
 } from '@modrinth/ui'
-import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/vue-query'
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/vue-query'
 import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import { computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
 import { useRouter } from 'vue-router'
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ import NavButton from '@/components/ui/NavButton.vue'
 import { useAppEvent } from '@/composables/use-app-event'
 import { handleSevereError } from '@/composables/use-error.js'
 import { trackEvent } from '@/helpers/analytics'
-import { getInstanceIconUrl, kill, list, run } from '@/helpers/instance'
+import { getInstanceIconUrl, kill, run } from '@/helpers/instance'
 import { get_all } from '@/helpers/process'
 import { showInstanceInFolder } from '@/helpers/utils'
-import { instanceKeys } from '@/pages/instance/query-options'
+import { instanceListQueryOptions } from '@/pages/instance/query-options'
 
 const ITEM_SIZE = 52
 const APPROX_USED_VERTICAL_SPACE = 475 // doesn't need to be exact lol just close enough so there's a little gap and no overflow
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'modrinth-quick-instance-count'
 
 const { handleError } = injectNotificationManager()
-const queryClient = useQueryClient()
+const instancesQuery = useQuery(instanceListQueryOptions())
 const router = useRouter()
 const instanceOptions = ref()
 const runningInstances = ref([])
@@ -35,7 +35,24 @@ const runningInstances = ref([])
 const { formatMessage } = useVIntl()
 
 const maxAuto = ref(0)
-const allInstances = ref([])
+const allInstances = computed(() =>
+	(instancesQuery.data.value ?? []).slice().sort((a, b) => {
+		const dateACreated = dayjs(a.created)
+		const dateAPlayed = a.last_played ? dayjs(a.last_played) : dayjs(0)
+
+		const dateBCreated = dayjs(b.created)
+		const dateBPlayed = b.last_played ? dayjs(b.last_played) : dayjs(0)
+
+		const dateA = dateACreated.isAfter(dateAPlayed) ? dateACreated : dateAPlayed
+		const dateB = dateBCreated.isAfter(dateBPlayed) ? dateBCreated : dateBPlayed
+
+		if (dateA.isSame(dateB)) {
+			return a.name.localeCompare(b.name)
+		}
+
+		return dateB - dateA
+	}),
+)
 const dragging = ref(false)
 
 const stored = localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY)
@@ -134,40 +151,9 @@ const onDividerPointerUp = (event) => {
 	endDrag(event)
 }
 
-const getInstances = async () => {
-	const instances = await list().catch(handleError)
-
-	for (const instance of instances) {
-		queryClient.setQueryData(instanceKeys.detail(instance.id), instance)
-	}
-
-	allInstances.value = instances.sort((a, b) => {
-		const dateACreated = dayjs(a.created)
-		const dateAPlayed = a.last_played ? dayjs(a.last_played) : dayjs(0)
-
-		const dateBCreated = dayjs(b.created)
-		const dateBPlayed = b.last_played ? dayjs(b.last_played) : dayjs(0)
-
-		const dateA = dateACreated.isAfter(dateAPlayed) ? dateACreated : dateAPlayed
-		const dateB = dateBCreated.isAfter(dateBPlayed) ? dateBCreated : dateBPlayed
-
-		if (dateA.isSame(dateB)) {
-			return a.name.localeCompare(b.name)
-		}
-
-		return dateB - dateA
-	})
-}
-
-await getInstances()
+await instancesQuery.suspense().catch(handleError)
 updateMaxAuto()
 
-useAppEvent('instance', async (event) => {
-	if (event.event !== 'synced') {
-		await getInstances()
-	}
-})
-
 useAppEvent('process', checkProcesses)
 
 onMounted(() => {
diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/composables/use-instance-metadata-refresh.ts b/apps/app-frontend/src/composables/use-instance-metadata-refresh.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34bbbd836b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/composables/use-instance-metadata-refresh.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/vue-query'
+
+import type { InstancePayload } from '@/generated/app-events/InstancePayload'
+import { instanceKeys, instanceListQueryOptions } from '@/pages/instance/query-options'
+import type { AppEvents } from '@/providers/app-events'
+
+import { useAppEvent } from './use-app-event'
+
+const INSTANCE_METADATA_EVENTS = new Set<InstancePayload['event']>([
+	'created',
+	'synced',
+	'edited',
+	'removed',
+])
+
+export function useInstanceMetadataRefresh(events: AppEvents) {
+	const queryClient = useQueryClient()
+	let refreshQueued = false
+	let refreshPromise: Promise<void> | undefined
+
+	function queueRefresh() {
+		refreshQueued = true
+		if (!refreshPromise) {
+			refreshPromise = Promise.resolve().then(async () => {
+				try {
+					do {
+						refreshQueued = false
+						const joinedExistingRequest =
+							queryClient.isFetching({ queryKey: instanceKeys.list(), exact: true }) > 0
+						const instances = await queryClient.fetchQuery({
+							...instanceListQueryOptions(),
+							staleTime: 0,
+						})
+
+						for (const instance of instances) {
+							queryClient.setQueryData(instanceKeys.detail(instance.id), instance)
+						}
+
+						if (joinedExistingRequest) {
+							refreshQueued = true
+						}
+					} while (refreshQueued)
+				} finally {
+					refreshPromise = undefined
+				}
+			})
+		}
+
+		return refreshPromise
+	}
+
+	useAppEvent(
+		'instance',
+		(event) => {
+			if (INSTANCE_METADATA_EVENTS.has(event.event)) return queueRefresh()
+		},
+		events,
+	)
+	useAppEvent('instance_groups_changed', queueRefresh, events)
+}
diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/Index.vue b/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/Index.vue
index 62003cf6cb..e1200bd3c2 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/Index.vue
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/Index.vue
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { PlayIcon, PlusIcon } from '@modrinth/assets'
 import { ContextMenu, defineMessages, injectNotificationManager, useVIntl } from '@modrinth/ui'
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/vue-query'
 import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import { computed, inject, onActivated, ref } from 'vue'
 
 import LibrarySection from '@/components/ui/library/index.vue'
 import WelcomeScreen from '@/components/ui/WelcomeScreen.vue'
 import RecentWorldsList from '@/components/ui/world/RecentWorldsList.vue'
-import { useAppEvent } from '@/composables/use-app-event'
 import { useAppSettings } from '@/composables/use-app-settings.ts'
-import { toError } from '@/helpers/errors'
-import { list } from '@/helpers/instance'
-import type { GameInstance } from '@/helpers/types'
+import { instanceListQueryOptions } from '@/pages/instance/query-options'
 import { useRootBreadcrumb } from '@/providers/breadcrumbs'
 import { injectOnboardingChecklist } from '@/providers/onboarding-checklist'
 
@@ -19,8 +17,8 @@ defineOptions({
 	name: 'LibraryPage',
 })
 
-const { handleError } = injectNotificationManager()
 const { formatMessage } = useVIntl()
+const { handleError } = injectNotificationManager()
 const { hasCreatedInstance, isReady } = injectOnboardingChecklist()
 const showCreationModal = inject<() => void>('showCreationModal')
 const pageOptions = ref<InstanceType<typeof ContextMenu>>()
@@ -50,8 +48,11 @@ const homeBreadcrumb = useRootBreadcrumb({
 })
 onActivated(homeBreadcrumb.reset)
 
-const instances = ref<GameInstance[]>([])
-let latestInstanceFetch = 0
+const instancesQuery = useQuery(instanceListQueryOptions())
+const instances = computed(() => instancesQuery.data.value ?? [])
+if (hasCreatedInstance.value) {
+	await instancesQuery.suspense().catch(handleError)
+}
 
 const recentInstances = computed(() =>
 	instances.value
@@ -59,27 +60,6 @@ const recentInstances = computed(() =>
 		.sort((a, b) => dayjs(b.last_played ?? b.created).diff(dayjs(a.last_played ?? a.created))),
 )
 
-async function fetchInstances() {
-	const fetchId = ++latestInstanceFetch
-	try {
-		const nextInstances = await list()
-		if (fetchId === latestInstanceFetch) {
-			instances.value = nextInstances
-		}
-	} catch (error: unknown) {
-		if (fetchId === latestInstanceFetch) {
-			handleError(toError(error))
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-if (hasCreatedInstance.value) {
-	await fetchInstances()
-}
-
-useAppEvent('instance', fetchInstances)
-useAppEvent('instance_groups_changed', fetchInstances)
-
 function openPageContextMenu(event: MouseEvent) {
 	if (
 		!(event.target instanceof HTMLElement) ||
diff --git a/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/instance/layout.vue b/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/instance/layout.vue
index 6ece98f1f7..6b0442a204 100644
--- a/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/instance/layout.vue
+++ b/apps/app-frontend/src/pages/instance/layout.vue
@@ -867,15 +867,8 @@ watch(instanceId, (currentInstanceId, previousInstanceId) => {
 })
 
 useAppEvent('instance', async (event) => {
-	if (event.instance_id !== instanceId.value) return
-	if (event.event === 'removed' || route.path === '/') {
-		if (route.path !== '/') await router.push({ path: '/' })
-		return
-	}
-	await queryClient.invalidateQueries({
-		queryKey: instanceKeys.detail(event.instance_id),
-		exact: true,
-	})
+	if (event.instance_id !== instanceId.value || event.event !== 'removed') return
+	if (route.path !== '/') await router.push({ path: '/' })
 })
 
 useAppEvent('process', (event) => {
diff --git a/apps/app/Cargo.toml b/apps/app/Cargo.toml
index b2cb4b40a3..5e7115cad3 100644
--- a/apps/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ theseus = { workspace = true, features = ["tauri"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
-tracing-error = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 urlencoding = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
diff --git a/apps/app/src/api/mod.rs b/apps/app/src/api/mod.rs
index 805118e991..c8570f9b02 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/apps/app/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_serialize {
                 S: Serializer,
             {
                 match self {
-                    // For the Theseus variant, we add a special display for the error,
-                    // to view the spans if subscribed to them (which is information that is lost when serializing)
                     TheseusSerializableError::Theseus(theseus_error) => {
-                        $crate::error::display_tracing_error(theseus_error);
-
                         let unavailable_reason = match theseus_error.raw.as_ref() {
                             theseus::ErrorKind::SharedInstanceUnavailable(reason) => Some(reason),
                             _ => None,
diff --git a/apps/app/src/error.rs b/apps/app/src/error.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 22454d65e5..0000000000
--- a/apps/app/src/error.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-use tracing_error::ExtractSpanTrace;
-
-pub fn display_tracing_error(err: &theseus::Error) {
-    match get_span_trace(err) {
-        Some(span_trace) => {
-            tracing::error!(error = %err, span_trace = %span_trace);
-        }
-        None => {
-            tracing::error!(error = %err);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn get_span_trace<'a>(
-    error: &'a (dyn std::error::Error + 'static),
-) -> Option<&'a tracing_error::SpanTrace> {
-    error.source().and_then(|e| e.span_trace())
-}
diff --git a/apps/app/src/main.rs b/apps/app/src/main.rs
index 0f89a9a6e9..b4547fe339 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/app/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use tauri_plugin_fs::FsExt;
 use theseus::prelude::*;
 
 mod api;
-mod error;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 mod macos;
diff --git a/packages/app-lib/src/state/db.rs b/packages/app-lib/src/state/db.rs
index 61c0b44dd7..8e89b424bd 100644
--- a/packages/app-lib/src/state/db.rs
+++ b/packages/app-lib/src/state/db.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ async fn open_app_db_pool(db_path: &Path) -> crate::Result<Pool<Sqlite>> {
         .create_if_missing(true);
 
     Ok(SqlitePoolOptions::new()
-        .max_connections(100)
+        .max_connections(10)
+        .idle_timeout(None)
+        .max_lifetime(None)
         .connect_with(conn_options)
         .await?)
 }