diff --git a/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/BillingAccountLineItemsModal.spec.tsx b/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/BillingAccountLineItemsModal.spec.tsx
index 274cf83ed..3bac81a72 100644
--- a/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/BillingAccountLineItemsModal.spec.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/BillingAccountLineItemsModal.spec.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ import { fetchAssignmentPaymentSplits } from '../../services/payments.service'
 
 import BillingAccountLineItemsModal from './BillingAccountLineItemsModal'
 
+jest.mock('./billing-detail-requests', () => ({
+    loadBillingDetails: (values: string[], lookup: (value: string) => Promise<unknown>) => (
+        Promise.all(values.map(lookup))
+    ),
+}))
+
 jest.mock('../../../config/routes.config', () => ({
     rootRoute: '/work',
 }))
diff --git a/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/BillingAccountLineItemsModal.tsx b/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/BillingAccountLineItemsModal.tsx
index 52d8e9486..c7bfece22 100644
--- a/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/BillingAccountLineItemsModal.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/BillingAccountLineItemsModal.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
     getCopilotMemberPaymentsBudgetInfo,
 } from '../../utils/project-billing-account.utils'
 
+import { loadBillingDetails } from './billing-detail-requests'
 import styles from './BillingAccountLineItemsModal.module.scss'
 
 type SortField = 'amount' | 'status' | 'date'
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ function getEngagementPaymentAssignmentIds(items: BillingAccountLineItem[]): str
 async function fetchChallengeDetailsById(
     challengeIds: string[],
 ): Promise<ChallengeDetailsById> {
-    const entries = await Promise.all(challengeIds.map(async challengeId => {
+    const entries = await loadBillingDetails(challengeIds, async challengeId => {
         try {
             const challenge = await fetchChallenge(challengeId)
 
@@ -574,7 +575,7 @@ async function fetchChallengeDetailsById(
         } catch {
             return undefined
         }
-    }))
+    })
 
     return new Map(
         entries.filter((entry): entry is readonly [string, Challenge] => !!entry),
@@ -586,13 +587,14 @@ async function fetchChallengeDetailsById(
  *
  * @param assignmentIds Engagement assignment ids referenced by consumed line items.
  * @returns Map keyed by assignment id with finance payment rows.
- * @remarks Individual assignment failures are ignored so billing-account
+ * @remarks Requests share a paced queue with challenge hydration.
+ * Individual assignment failures are ignored so billing-account
  * details still render with existing fallback values.
  */
 async function fetchAssignmentPaymentsById(
     assignmentIds: string[],
 ): Promise<AssignmentPaymentsById> {
-    const entries = await Promise.all(assignmentIds.map(async assignmentId => {
+    const entries = await loadBillingDetails(assignmentIds, async assignmentId => {
         try {
             const payments = await fetchAssignmentPaymentSplits(assignmentId)
 
@@ -600,7 +602,7 @@ async function fetchAssignmentPaymentsById(
         } catch {
             return [assignmentId, [] as AssignmentPayment[]] as const
         }
-    }))
+    })
 
     return new Map(entries)
 }
@@ -1014,8 +1016,9 @@ export const BillingAccountLineItemsModal: FC<BillingAccountLineItemsModalProps>
             : undefined,
         () => fetchChallengeDetailsById(challengeLineItemIds),
         {
-            errorRetryCount: 2,
-            shouldRetryOnError: true,
+            revalidateOnFocus: false,
+            revalidateOnReconnect: false,
+            shouldRetryOnError: false,
         },
     )
     const challengeDetailsById = challengeLineItemIds.length > 0
@@ -1031,8 +1034,9 @@ export const BillingAccountLineItemsModal: FC<BillingAccountLineItemsModalProps>
             : undefined,
         () => fetchAssignmentPaymentsById(engagementPaymentAssignmentIds),
         {
-            errorRetryCount: 2,
-            shouldRetryOnError: true,
+            revalidateOnFocus: false,
+            revalidateOnReconnect: false,
+            shouldRetryOnError: false,
         },
     )
     const assignmentPaymentsById = engagementPaymentAssignmentIds.length > 0
diff --git a/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/billing-detail-requests.spec.ts b/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/billing-detail-requests.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adc06f18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/billing-detail-requests.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { loadBillingDetails } from './billing-detail-requests'
+
+describe('billing detail request queue', () => {
+    it('paces concurrent challenge and finance batches through the same queue', async () => {
+        const starts: number[] = []
+        let active = 0
+        let peak = 0
+        const lookup = async (value: string): Promise<string> => {
+            starts.push(Date.now())
+            active += 1
+            peak = Math.max(peak, active)
+            await Promise.resolve()
+            active -= 1
+            return value
+        }
+
+        const [challenges, payments] = await Promise.all([
+            loadBillingDetails(['challenge-1', 'challenge-2'], lookup),
+            loadBillingDetails(['assignment-1'], lookup),
+        ])
+        expect(challenges)
+            .toEqual(['challenge-1', 'challenge-2'])
+        expect(payments)
+            .toEqual(['assignment-1'])
+        expect(peak)
+            .toBe(1)
+        expect(starts[1] - starts[0])
+            .toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(450)
+        expect(starts[2] - starts[1])
+            .toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(450)
+    })
+
+    it('releases the queue after a failed request', async () => {
+        await expect(loadBillingDetails(['missing'], async () => {
+            throw new Error('Unavailable')
+        })).rejects.toThrow('Unavailable')
+        await expect(loadBillingDetails(['next'], async value => value)).resolves.toEqual(['next'])
+    })
+})
diff --git a/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/billing-detail-requests.ts b/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/billing-detail-requests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cf5c27a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/work/src/lib/components/BillingAccountLineItemsModal/billing-detail-requests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const REQUEST_INTERVAL_MS = 500
+let nextRequest: Promise<unknown> = Promise.resolve()
+
+/**
+ * Schedules billing detail lookups through one shared queue so opening a large
+ * account cannot burst hundreds of requests at the challenge and finance APIs.
+ * Each request settles before the next begins, with a half-second gap. A failed
+ * request releases the queue; the caller decides which row fallback to display.
+ * @param values Unique identifiers to hydrate, in display-independent order.
+ * @param fetchDetail Asynchronous lookup for one identifier.
+ * @returns Results in input order after all lookups settle successfully.
+ * @throws Propagates lookup errors without blocking subsequent queued requests.
+ */
+export async function loadBillingDetails<T>(
+    values: string[],
+    fetchDetail: (value: string) => Promise<T>,
+): Promise<T[]> {
+    return Promise.all(values.map(value => {
+        const request = nextRequest.then(() => fetchDetail(value))
+        nextRequest = request.catch(() => undefined)
+            .then(() => new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+                setTimeout(resolve, REQUEST_INTERVAL_MS)
+            }))
+        return request
+    }))
+}