diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/timeline/TimelineResourcePanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/timeline/TimelineResourcePanel.tsx
index d26f30a..804531f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/timeline/TimelineResourcePanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/timeline/TimelineResourcePanel.tsx
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ interface TimelineResourcePanelProps {
   optimisticAllocations: TimelineVisualOverrides;
   suppressHoverInteractions: boolean;
   onInlineEdit?: (allocationId: string, initialValues: { startDate: Date; endDate: Date; hoursPerDay: number }, barRect: DOMRect) => void;
+  /** Horizontal virtualization: current scroll offset and visible container width */
+  scrollLeft?: number;
+  containerWidth?: number;
   // Layout from useTimelineLayout
   CELL_WIDTH: number;
   dates: Date[];
@@ -130,6 +133,8 @@ function TimelineResourcePanelInner({
   optimisticAllocations,
   suppressHoverInteractions,
   onInlineEdit,
+  scrollLeft = 0,
+  containerWidth = 1200,
   CELL_WIDTH,
   dates,
   totalCanvasWidth,
@@ -513,6 +518,8 @@ function TimelineResourcePanelInner({
                       multiSelectState,
                       suppressHoverInteractions,
                       onInlineEdit,
+                      scrollLeft,
+                      containerWidth,
                     )}
                 {filters.showVacations &&
                   renderVacationBlocks(
@@ -619,7 +626,12 @@ function renderAllocBlocksFromData(
   multiSelectState: MultiSelectState,
   suppressHoverInteractions: boolean,
   onInlineEdit?: (allocationId: string, initialValues: { startDate: Date; endDate: Date; hoursPerDay: number }, barRect: DOMRect) => void,
+  scrollLeft = 0,
+  containerWidth = 1200,
 ) {
+  const OVERSCAN_PX = 10 * CELL_WIDTH;
+  const visibleLeft = scrollLeft - OVERSCAN_PX;
+  const visibleRight = scrollLeft + containerWidth + OVERSCAN_PX;
   const anyDragActive = dragState.isDragging || allocDragState.isActive;
   const selectedAllocationSet = new Set(multiSelectState.selectedAllocationIds);
 
@@ -764,6 +776,12 @@ function renderAllocBlocksFromData(
         return [];
       }
 
+      // Horizontal virtualization: skip bars entirely outside the visible window
+      const effectiveRight = segmentLeft + segmentWidth;
+      if (effectiveRight < visibleLeft || segmentLeft > visibleRight) {
+        return [];
+      }
+
       const handleWidth = segmentWidth >= 48 ? 10 : 6;
       const dragInset = Math.min(handleWidth, Math.max(2, Math.floor(segmentWidth / 4)));
       const segmentInfo: AllocMouseDownInfo = {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/timeline/TimelineView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/timeline/TimelineView.tsx
index e601c8a..65f6224 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/timeline/TimelineView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/timeline/TimelineView.tsx
@@ -678,6 +678,13 @@ function TimelineViewContent({
     };
   }, [resourceHover?.resourceId, isInitialLoading, hasActivePointerOverlay]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
+  // ─── Scroll-left tracking for horizontal virtualization ────────────────────
+  // Updated via RAF so React state only updates after a frame, not on every
+  // pixel of scroll. The ref gives instant reads inside event handlers.
+  const scrollLeftRef = useRef(0);
+  const scrollRafRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  const [scrollLeft, setScrollLeft] = useState(0);
+
   // ─── Lazy-extend date range on scroll ─────────────────────────────────────
   function handleContainerScroll() {
     const el = scrollContainerRef.current;
@@ -686,6 +693,13 @@ function TimelineViewContent({
     if (distanceFromRight < CELL_WIDTH * 40) {
       setViewDays((d) => d + 120);
     }
+    scrollLeftRef.current = el.scrollLeft;
+    if (scrollRafRef.current === null) {
+      scrollRafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+        scrollRafRef.current = null;
+        setScrollLeft(scrollLeftRef.current);
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   const handleMouseMove = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
@@ -809,6 +823,8 @@ function TimelineViewContent({
                   optimisticAllocations={optimisticAllocations}
                   suppressHoverInteractions={hasActivePointerOverlay}
                   {...(!isSelfServiceTimeline ? { onInlineEdit: (id: string, vals: { startDate: Date; endDate: Date; hoursPerDay: number }, rect: DOMRect) => setInlineEditTarget({ allocationId: id, ...vals, barRect: rect }) } : {})}
+                  scrollLeft={scrollLeft}
+                  containerWidth={scrollContainerRef.current?.clientWidth ?? 1200}
                   CELL_WIDTH={CELL_WIDTH}
                   dates={dates}
                   totalCanvasWidth={totalCanvasWidth}