diff --git a/apps/ade-cli/src/bootstrap.ts b/apps/ade-cli/src/bootstrap.ts
index c4623dc8a..b3807b06a 100644
--- a/apps/ade-cli/src/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/apps/ade-cli/src/bootstrap.ts
@@ -1085,6 +1085,9 @@ export async function createAdeRuntime(args: {
     githubService: headlessLinearServices.githubService,
     listRules: () => (automationService ? projectConfigService.get().effective.automations ?? [] : []),
     ingressCursorStore: createKvIngressCursorStore(db),
+    // 30s halves worst-case webhook latency. Each poll is one request to our
+    // own relay worker (no GitHub data cost); the service floors at 30s.
+    pollIntervalMs: 30_000,
   });
   void automationIngressService.start().catch((error) => {
     logger.warn("automations.ingress_start_failed", {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/main/main.ts b/apps/desktop/src/main/main.ts
index 08268b16a..67f32d3b8 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/main/main.ts
@@ -3201,6 +3201,9 @@ app.whenReady().then(async () => {
       githubService,
       listRules: () => (automationService ? projectConfigService.get().effective.automations ?? [] : []),
       ingressCursorStore: createKvIngressCursorStore(db),
+      // 30s halves worst-case webhook latency. Each poll is one request to
+      // our own relay worker (no GitHub data cost); the service floors at 30s.
+      pollIntervalMs: 30_000,
     });
 
     const githubPollingService = automationService