diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Interfaces/Repositories/IDeploymentManagerRepository.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Interfaces/Repositories/IDeploymentManagerRepository.cs
index c8d71116..1fb37f1d 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Interfaces/Repositories/IDeploymentManagerRepository.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons/Interfaces/Repositories/IDeploymentManagerRepository.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.Deployment;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.ExternalSystems;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.Instances;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types.Deployment;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types.Enums;
@@ -206,6 +207,16 @@ public interface IDeploymentManagerRepository
     /// <returns>The number of rows deleted; fewer than <paramref name="batchSize"/> means the sweep is complete.</returns>
     Task<int> PurgeSystemArtifactDeploymentRecordsAsync(DateTimeOffset cutoffUtc, int batchSize, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads every external-system method in ONE untracked query, for the artifact-deploy
+    /// global snapshot (which serializes each system's methods into its artifact). Replaces a
+    /// per-system method query that ran on every artifact deploy and every pending-updates
+    /// evaluation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">A cancellation token that can be used to cancel the operation.</param>
+    /// <returns>All external-system methods; group by <c>ExternalSystemDefinitionId</c>.</returns>
+    Task<IReadOnlyList<ExternalSystemMethod>> GetAllExternalSystemMethodsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
     // DeployedConfigSnapshot
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the deployed config snapshot for an instance.
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase/Repositories/DeploymentManagerRepository.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase/Repositories/DeploymentManagerRepository.cs
index ef0d07be..5215de91 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase/Repositories/DeploymentManagerRepository.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase/Repositories/DeploymentManagerRepository.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.Deployment;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.ExternalSystems;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.Instances;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Interfaces.Repositories;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Types.Deployment;
@@ -308,6 +309,17 @@ public class DeploymentManagerRepository : IDeploymentManagerRepository
         return stale.Count;
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public async Task<IReadOnlyList<ExternalSystemMethod>> GetAllExternalSystemMethodsAsync(
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        return await _dbContext.Set<ExternalSystemMethod>()
+            .AsNoTracking()
+            .OrderBy(m => m.ExternalSystemDefinitionId)
+            .ThenBy(m => m.Id)
+            .ToListAsync(cancellationToken);
+    }
+
     // --- DeployedConfigSnapshot ---
 
     /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.DeploymentManager/ArtifactDeploymentService.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.DeploymentManager/ArtifactDeploymentService.cs
index 9c580cbe..99926aae 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.DeploymentManager/ArtifactDeploymentService.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.DeploymentManager/ArtifactDeploymentService.cs
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ public class ArtifactDeploymentService
     /// <remarks>
     /// The per-site artifact build path previously re-issued
     /// every one of these queries per site (≈ N + M·N round trips for N sites
-    /// and M external systems). Hoisting them here drops that to a single fetch.
+    /// and M external systems). Hoisting them here drops that to a single fetch, and the
+    /// methods of every external system are read in one query rather than one per system.
     ///
     /// Notification lists and SMTP configurations are NOT
     /// fetched here. Notification delivery is central-only, so they are never
@@ -313,6 +314,10 @@ public class ArtifactDeploymentService
         var externalSystems = await _externalSystemRepo.GetAllExternalSystemsAsync(cancellationToken);
         var dbConnections = await _externalSystemRepo.GetAllDatabaseConnectionsAsync(cancellationToken);
 
+        // Every system's methods in ONE query, grouped here — not one query per system.
+        var methodsBySystem = (await _deploymentRepo.GetAllExternalSystemMethodsAsync(cancellationToken))
+            .ToLookup(m => m.ExternalSystemDefinitionId);
+
         // Map shared scripts
         var scriptArtifacts = sharedScripts.Select(s =>
             new SharedScriptArtifact(s.Name, s.Code, s.ParameterDefinitions, s.ReturnDefinition)).ToList();
@@ -321,7 +326,7 @@ public class ArtifactDeploymentService
         var externalSystemArtifacts = new List<ExternalSystemArtifact>();
         foreach (var es in externalSystems)
         {
-            var methods = await _externalSystemRepo.GetMethodsByExternalSystemIdAsync(es.Id, cancellationToken);
+            var methods = methodsBySystem[es.Id].ToList();
             // The property NAMES emitted here are part of a contract:
             // ArtifactRevisionHashService.CanonicalizeMethodDefinitions re-orders this array by
             // each element's "Name" property (case-insensitively) so repository row order cannot
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests/SystemArtifactDeploymentPurgeTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests/DeploymentManagerArtifactRepositoryTests.cs
similarity index 56%
rename from tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests/SystemArtifactDeploymentPurgeTests.cs
rename to tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests/DeploymentManagerArtifactRepositoryTests.cs
index 7f91a83f..94b04b48 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests/SystemArtifactDeploymentPurgeTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests/DeploymentManagerArtifactRepositoryTests.cs
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.Deployment;
+using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.Commons.Entities.ExternalSystems;
 using ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase.Repositories;
 
 namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.ConfigurationDatabase.Tests;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// Retention purge for <see cref="SystemArtifactDeploymentRecord"/> rows (review 2026-10-21
+/// Artifact-deploy queries on DeploymentManagerRepository. Retention purge for
+/// <see cref="SystemArtifactDeploymentRecord"/> rows (review 2026-10-21
 /// 08/G2): one row is written per Deploy Artifacts run and nothing reads them back, so they
 /// must share the terminal deployment-record retention window.
 /// </summary>
-public sealed class SystemArtifactDeploymentPurgeTests : IDisposable
+public sealed class DeploymentManagerArtifactRepositoryTests : IDisposable
 {
     private readonly ScadaBridgeDbContext _context = SqliteTestHelper.CreateInMemoryContext();
     private readonly DeploymentManagerRepository _repository;
 
     /// <summary>Initializes the repository over a fresh in-memory SQLite context.</summary>
-    public SystemArtifactDeploymentPurgeTests()
+    public DeploymentManagerArtifactRepositoryTests()
     {
         _repository = new DeploymentManagerRepository(_context);
     }
@@ -49,4 +51,30 @@ public sealed class SystemArtifactDeploymentPurgeTests : IDisposable
         var survivor = Assert.Single(remaining);
         Assert.True(survivor.DeployedAt > cutoff);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// review 2026-10-21 04/P7: the artifact-deploy method read returns every system's methods
+    /// in one untracked query.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GetAllExternalSystemMethods_ReturnsEverySystemsMethods_Untracked()
+    {
+        var a = new ExternalSystemDefinition("A", "https://a.test", "ApiKey");
+        var b = new ExternalSystemDefinition("B", "https://b.test", "ApiKey");
+        _context.AddRange(a, b);
+        await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
+        _context.AddRange(
+            new ExternalSystemMethod("A1", "GET", "/a1") { ExternalSystemDefinitionId = a.Id },
+            new ExternalSystemMethod("B1", "GET", "/b1") { ExternalSystemDefinitionId = b.Id },
+            new ExternalSystemMethod("B2", "POST", "/b2") { ExternalSystemDefinitionId = b.Id });
+        await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
+        _context.ChangeTracker.Clear();
+
+        var methods = await _repository.GetAllExternalSystemMethodsAsync();
+
+        Assert.Equal(3, methods.Count);
+        Assert.Equal(2, methods.Count(m => m.ExternalSystemDefinitionId == b.Id));
+        Assert.Empty(_context.ChangeTracker.Entries<ExternalSystemMethod>());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.DeploymentManager.Tests/ArtifactDeploymentServiceTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.DeploymentManager.Tests/ArtifactDeploymentServiceTests.cs
index a6bab7e8..829ba6d4 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.DeploymentManager.Tests/ArtifactDeploymentServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.DeploymentManager.Tests/ArtifactDeploymentServiceTests.cs
@@ -255,6 +255,47 @@ public class ArtifactDeploymentServiceTests : TestKit
         Assert.Equal(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120), artifact.RetryDelay);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// review 2026-10-21 04/P7: every external system's methods come from ONE query, grouped
+    /// per system — not one method query per external system — and each system's artifact
+    /// still carries exactly its own methods.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ExternalSystemMethods_AreReadInOneQuery_AndGroupedPerSystem()
+    {
+        _externalSystemRepo.GetAllExternalSystemsAsync(Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()).Returns(
+        [
+            new ExternalSystemDefinition("Mes", "https://mes", "ApiKey") { Id = 1 },
+            new ExternalSystemDefinition("Erp", "https://erp", "ApiKey") { Id = 2 },
+            new ExternalSystemDefinition("Idle", "https://idle", "ApiKey") { Id = 3 },
+        ]);
+        _deploymentRepo.GetAllExternalSystemMethodsAsync(Arg.Any<CancellationToken>()).Returns(
+        [
+            new ExternalSystemMethod("MoveOut", "POST", "/move") { Id = 10, ExternalSystemDefinitionId = 1 },
+            new ExternalSystemMethod("GetOrder", "GET", "/order") { Id = 11, ExternalSystemDefinitionId = 2 },
+            new ExternalSystemMethod("PostOrder", "POST", "/order") { Id = 12, ExternalSystemDefinitionId = 2 },
+        ]);
+
+        var recorder = new ArtifactProbeRecorder();
+        var probe = Sys.ActorOf(Props.Create(() => new ArtifactProbeActor(recorder)));
+        var service = CreateServiceWithCommActor(probe);
+
+        var result = await service.RetryForSiteAsync(1, "retry-site", "admin");
+
+        Assert.True(result.IsSuccess);
+        await _deploymentRepo.Received(1).GetAllExternalSystemMethodsAsync(Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+        await _externalSystemRepo.DidNotReceive().GetMethodsByExternalSystemIdAsync(
+            Arg.Any<int>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>());
+
+        var artifacts = Assert.Single(recorder.Received).ExternalSystems!.ToDictionary(a => a.Name);
+        Assert.Contains("MoveOut", artifacts["Mes"].MethodDefinitionsJson);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("Order", artifacts["Mes"].MethodDefinitionsJson);
+        Assert.Contains("GetOrder", artifacts["Erp"].MethodDefinitionsJson);
+        Assert.Contains("PostOrder", artifacts["Erp"].MethodDefinitionsJson);
+        Assert.Null(artifacts["Idle"].MethodDefinitionsJson);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Verifies that retrying a single site still runs the global artifact queries exactly once.</summary>
     /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
     [Fact]