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id: transmission/push-instead-of-poll
title: "Push instead of poll"
theme: transmission
status: open
created: 2026-08-20
date_source: assumed
order: 5
---

**Push instead of poll.** Transmission RPC has no push channel, so `useTransmissionData` polls
every 5s. The sidecar could poll once and fan out over a WebSocket, which is both cheaper and
what every other live surface in the platform already does.