diff --git a/src/fxhnt/adapters/warehouse/timescale_feature_store.py b/src/fxhnt/adapters/warehouse/timescale_feature_store.py
index 747c39f..43f7a70 100644
--- a/src/fxhnt/adapters/warehouse/timescale_feature_store.py
+++ b/src/fxhnt/adapters/warehouse/timescale_feature_store.py
@@ -92,9 +92,11 @@ class TimescaleFeatureStore:
         # Hypertable + compression: best-effort perf layer, guarded so it no-ops without timescaledb.
         if self._is_pg:
             self._try_make_hypertable()
-        # Live-mark matview: idempotently create it at setup so the cockpit's read_latest fast path is live as
-        # soon as the bybit_features store exists (no separate migration step). No-op off-PG/off-bybit.
-        self.ensure_latest_matview()
+        # NB: the live-mark matview is NOT created here — CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW over the ~4M-row hypertable
+        # is far too heavy for the store-init path, which runs on EVERY cockpit pod startup (it blocked uvicorn
+        # from binding → readiness/liveness failed → crashloop). The matview is created + refreshed ONLY by the
+        # nightly ingest (refresh_latest → ensure_latest_matview); read_latest falls back to the LATERAL until
+        # then, so the cockpit boots instantly and is never wrong.
 
     # -- live-mark matview (PG + bybit_features only; perf layer, never affects correctness) ---------
     def ensure_latest_matview(self) -> None: