diff --git a/frontend/src/components/APYTrendChart.tsx b/frontend/src/components/APYTrendChart.tsx
index 556987c7..dbde2a12 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/APYTrendChart.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/APYTrendChart.tsx
@@ -410,4 +410,4 @@ const APYTrendChart: React.FC<APYTrendChartProps> = ({ data = ALL_HISTORY }) =>
   );
 };
 
-export default APYTrendChart;
+export default React.memo(APYTrendChart);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VaultPerformanceChart.tsx b/frontend/src/components/VaultPerformanceChart.tsx
index 692b68b2..92f68100 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/VaultPerformanceChart.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VaultPerformanceChart.tsx
@@ -258,4 +258,4 @@ const VaultPerformanceChart: React.FC = () => {
   );
 };
 
-export default VaultPerformanceChart;
+export default React.memo(VaultPerformanceChart);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/YieldBreakdownChart.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/YieldBreakdownChart.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..187b42dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/YieldBreakdownChart.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import YieldBreakdownChart from "../components/YieldBreakdownChart";
+
+// ─── Mocks ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+vi.mock("../context/PreferencesContext", () => ({
+  usePreferencesContext: () => ({
+    preferences: { locale: "en-US", currency: "USD" },
+    chartModes: { vaultPerformance: "area", apyTrend: "line", yieldBreakdown: "line" },
+    setChartMode: vi.fn(),
+    tableDensity: "comfortable",
+    setTableDensity: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+
+// recharts ResizeObserver shim (jsdom doesn't implement it)
+vi.mock("recharts", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("recharts")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    ResponsiveContainer: ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => (
+      <div data-testid="responsive-container">{children}</div>
+    ),
+  };
+});
+
+// ─── Tests ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("YieldBreakdownChart", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.stubEnv("NODE_ENV", "test");
+  });
+
+  it("renders the section heading", () => {
+    render(<YieldBreakdownChart totalGain={1000} />);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { name: /yield earnings/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("defaults to the 30D period", () => {
+    render(<YieldBreakdownChart totalGain={1000} />);
+    const group = screen.getByRole("group", { name: /select yield period/i });
+    const btn = Array.from(group.querySelectorAll("button")).find(
+      (b) => b.textContent === "30D",
+    );
+    expect(btn).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "true");
+  });
+
+  it("switches to the ALL period, spanning the full 90-day mock series, without crashing", () => {
+    render(<YieldBreakdownChart totalGain={1000} />);
+    const group = screen.getByRole("group", { name: /select yield period/i });
+    const btnAll = Array.from(group.querySelectorAll("button")).find(
+      (b) => b.textContent === "ALL",
+    ) as HTMLElement;
+    fireEvent.click(btnAll);
+    expect(btnAll).toHaveAttribute("aria-pressed", "true");
+    expect(document.querySelector("svg")).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("shows the empty state and does not render a chart when there is no gain", () => {
+    render(<YieldBreakdownChart totalGain={0} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/no yield data yet/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the period total consistent regardless of point-sampling for rendering", () => {
+    // The chart downsamples the rendered series for long ranges (see sampleChartSeries),
+    // but the displayed total must reflect the full underlying dataset, not the
+    // downsampled one.
+    render(<YieldBreakdownChart totalGain={3650} />);
+    const group = screen.getByRole("group", { name: /select yield period/i });
+    const btnAll = Array.from(group.querySelectorAll("button")).find(
+      (b) => b.textContent === "ALL",
+    ) as HTMLElement;
+    fireEvent.click(btnAll);
+    // 3650 total gain over 90 days averages ~40.5/day; the displayed total for
+    // the full period should be close to the full totalGain, not a fraction of
+    // it truncated by rendering-only downsampling.
+    expect(screen.getByText(/earned in selected period/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/YieldBreakdownChart.tsx b/frontend/src/components/YieldBreakdownChart.tsx
index 3ff6be52..27b27427 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/YieldBreakdownChart.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/YieldBreakdownChart.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import { ChartModeToggle } from "./ChartModeToggle";
 import { usePreferencesContext } from "../context/PreferencesContext";
 import { formatCurrency, formatDate } from "../lib/formatters";
 import { formatChartCurrency, createChartCurrencyTickFormatter } from "../lib/chartFormatters";
+import { sampleChartSeries } from "../lib/chartSeries";
+
+const MAX_RENDER_POINTS = 120;
 
 interface YieldDataPoint {
   date: string;
@@ -100,15 +103,22 @@ const YieldBreakdownChart: React.FC<YieldBreakdownChartProps> = ({ totalGain })
 
   const allData = useMemo(() => generateYieldData(totalGain, 90), [totalGain]);
 
-  const data = useMemo(() => {
+  const filteredData = useMemo(() => {
     const days = PERIOD_DAYS[period];
     if (days === null) return allData;
     return allData.slice(-days);
   }, [allData, period]);
 
+  const data = useMemo(
+    () => sampleChartSeries(filteredData, MAX_RENDER_POINTS),
+    [filteredData],
+  );
+
+  const isCompactSeries = filteredData.length > data.length;
+
   const periodTotal = useMemo(
-    () => data.reduce((sum, p) => sum + p.yield, 0),
-    [data],
+    () => filteredData.reduce((sum, p) => sum + p.yield, 0),
+    [filteredData],
   );
 
   const isEmpty = totalGain === 0;
@@ -212,7 +222,13 @@ const YieldBreakdownChart: React.FC<YieldBreakdownChartProps> = ({ totalGain })
                 <XAxis dataKey="date" axisLine={false} tickLine={false} tick={{ fill: "var(--text-secondary)", fontSize: 11 }} tickFormatter={(str: string) => formatDate(str, { month: "short", day: "numeric" }, locale)} minTickGap={28} />
                 <YAxis axisLine={false} tickLine={false} tick={{ fill: "var(--text-secondary)", fontSize: 11 }} tickFormatter={createChartCurrencyTickFormatter(currency, locale, true)} />
                 <Tooltip content={(props: { active?: boolean; payload?: ReadonlyArray<{ value?: number }>; label?: string }) => <YieldTooltip {...props} locale={locale} currency={currency} />} />
-                <Bar dataKey="yield" fill="var(--accent-purple)" radius={[4, 4, 0, 0]} animationDuration={600} />
+                <Bar
+                  dataKey="yield"
+                  fill="var(--accent-purple)"
+                  radius={[4, 4, 0, 0]}
+                  isAnimationActive={!isCompactSeries}
+                  animationDuration={isCompactSeries ? 0 : 600}
+                />
               </BarChart>
             ) : chartMode === "area" ? (
               <AreaChart data={data} margin={{ top: 8, right: 8, left: -20, bottom: 0 }} aria-label="Daily yield earnings area chart">
@@ -220,7 +236,16 @@ const YieldBreakdownChart: React.FC<YieldBreakdownChartProps> = ({ totalGain })
                 <XAxis dataKey="date" axisLine={false} tickLine={false} tick={{ fill: "var(--text-secondary)", fontSize: 11 }} tickFormatter={(str: string) => formatDate(str, { month: "short", day: "numeric" }, locale)} minTickGap={28} />
                 <YAxis axisLine={false} tickLine={false} tick={{ fill: "var(--text-secondary)", fontSize: 11 }} tickFormatter={createChartCurrencyTickFormatter(currency, locale, true)} />
                 <Tooltip content={(props: { active?: boolean; payload?: ReadonlyArray<{ value?: number }>; label?: string }) => <YieldTooltip {...props} locale={locale} currency={currency} />} />
-                <Area type="monotone" dataKey="yield" stroke="var(--accent-purple)" strokeWidth={2} fill="var(--accent-purple)" fillOpacity={0.2} animationDuration={600} />
+                <Area
+                  type="monotone"
+                  dataKey="yield"
+                  stroke="var(--accent-purple)"
+                  strokeWidth={2}
+                  fill="var(--accent-purple)"
+                  fillOpacity={0.2}
+                  isAnimationActive={!isCompactSeries}
+                  animationDuration={isCompactSeries ? 0 : 600}
+                />
               </AreaChart>
             ) : (
             <LineChart
@@ -266,7 +291,8 @@ const YieldBreakdownChart: React.FC<YieldBreakdownChartProps> = ({ totalGain })
                 strokeWidth={2}
                 dot={false}
                 activeDot={{ r: 4, fill: "var(--accent-purple)" }}
-                animationDuration={600}
+                isAnimationActive={!isCompactSeries}
+                animationDuration={isCompactSeries ? 0 : 600}
               />
             </LineChart>
             )}
@@ -277,4 +303,4 @@ const YieldBreakdownChart: React.FC<YieldBreakdownChartProps> = ({ totalGain })
   );
 };
 
-export default YieldBreakdownChart;
+export default React.memo(YieldBreakdownChart);