diff --git a/src/utils/isRealtimePayloadEqual.test.ts b/src/utils/isRealtimePayloadEqual.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9945b5b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/isRealtimePayloadEqual.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import type { RealTimeTaskResponse } from '@/hoc/RealTime'
+import { isTaskPayloadEqual } from '@/utils/isRealtimePayloadEqual'
+import { RealtimePostgresChangesPayload } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
+
+const buildTaskPayload = ({
+  newPayload,
+  oldPayload,
+}: {
+  newPayload: Record<string, unknown>
+  oldPayload: Record<string, unknown>
+}): RealtimePostgresChangesPayload<RealTimeTaskResponse> =>
+  ({
+    commit_timestamp: '2026-07-08T12:00:00.000Z',
+    errors: [],
+    eventType: 'UPDATE',
+    new: newPayload,
+    old: oldPayload,
+    schema: 'public',
+    table: 'Tasks',
+  }) as unknown as RealtimePostgresChangesPayload<RealTimeTaskResponse>
+
+describe('isTaskPayloadEqual', () => {
+  it('ignores no-op updates for task fields', () => {
+    const task = {
+      id: 'task-1',
+      title: 'Prepare docs',
+      workflowStateId: 'workflow-state-1',
+      associations: [{ companyId: 'company-1' }],
+      isShared: true,
+    }
+
+    expect(isTaskPayloadEqual(buildTaskPayload({ newPayload: { ...task }, oldPayload: { ...task } }))).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('detects changed task fields', () => {
+    expect(
+      isTaskPayloadEqual(
+        buildTaskPayload({
+          newPayload: { id: 'task-1', title: 'Prepare docs' },
+          oldPayload: { id: 'task-1', title: 'Prepare draft' },
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('does not recurse through cyclic payload values', () => {
+    const newPayload: Record<string, unknown> = { id: 'task-1', title: 'Prepare docs' }
+    const oldPayload: Record<string, unknown> = { id: 'task-1', title: 'Prepare docs' }
+    newPayload.self = newPayload
+    oldPayload.self = oldPayload
+
+    expect(() => isTaskPayloadEqual(buildTaskPayload({ newPayload, oldPayload }))).not.toThrow()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/utils/isRealtimePayloadEqual.ts b/src/utils/isRealtimePayloadEqual.ts
index 6ef32e0c5..8af7ef05f 100644
--- a/src/utils/isRealtimePayloadEqual.ts
+++ b/src/utils/isRealtimePayloadEqual.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,82 @@
-import { RealTimeTaskResponse } from '@/hoc/RealTime'
-import { RealTimeTemplateResponse } from '@/hoc/RealtimeTemplates'
+import type { RealTimeTaskResponse } from '@/hoc/RealTime'
+import type { RealTimeTemplateResponse } from '@/hoc/RealtimeTemplates'
 import { RealtimePostgresChangesPayload } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
-import deepEqual from 'deep-equal'
+
+const taskRealtimeFields = [
+  'id',
+  'label',
+  'workspaceId',
+  'assigneeId',
+  'internalUserId',
+  'clientId',
+  'companyId',
+  'assigneeType',
+  'title',
+  'body',
+  'createdById',
+  'workflowStateId',
+  'assignedAt',
+  'completedAt',
+  'dueDate',
+  'lastActivityLogUpdated',
+  'lastSubtaskUpdated',
+  'createdAt',
+  'updatedAt',
+  'deletedAt',
+  'parentId',
+  'subtaskCount',
+  'path',
+  'isArchived',
+  'lastArchivedDate',
+  'source',
+  'templateId',
+  'completedBy',
+  'completedByUserType',
+  'archivedBy',
+  'deletedBy',
+  'associations',
+  'isShared',
+] as const
+
+const isRecord = (value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> =>
+  typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value)
+
+const toRecord = (value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined => (isRecord(value) ? value : undefined)
+
+const arePrimitiveRecordValuesEqual = (newValue: Record<string, unknown>, oldValue: Record<string, unknown>): boolean => {
+  const keys = [...new Set([...Object.keys(newValue), ...Object.keys(oldValue)])]
+  return keys.every((key) => Object.is(newValue[key], oldValue[key]))
+}
+
+const areFlatArraysEqual = (newValue: unknown[], oldValue: unknown[]): boolean => {
+  if (newValue.length !== oldValue.length) return false
+  return newValue.every((item, index) => {
+    const oldItem = oldValue[index]
+    if (isRecord(item) && isRecord(oldItem)) {
+      return arePrimitiveRecordValuesEqual(item, oldItem)
+    }
+    return Object.is(item, oldItem)
+  })
+}
+
+const areRealtimeValuesEqual = (newValue: unknown, oldValue: unknown): boolean => {
+  if (Object.is(newValue, oldValue)) return true
+  if (Array.isArray(newValue) && Array.isArray(oldValue)) {
+    return areFlatArraysEqual(newValue, oldValue)
+  }
+  if (isRecord(newValue) && isRecord(oldValue)) {
+    return arePrimitiveRecordValuesEqual(newValue, oldValue)
+  }
+  return false
+}
 
 export function isTaskPayloadEqual(
   payload: RealtimePostgresChangesPayload<RealTimeTaskResponse | RealTimeTemplateResponse>,
 ): boolean {
-  const newPayload = payload.new
-  const oldPayload = payload.old
+  const newPayload = toRecord(payload.new)
+  const oldPayload = toRecord(payload.old)
   if (!newPayload || !oldPayload) return true
-  return deepEqual(newPayload, oldPayload)
+  return taskRealtimeFields.every((field) => areRealtimeValuesEqual(newPayload[field], oldPayload[field]))
 }
 
 export function isTemplatePayloadEqual(payload: RealtimePostgresChangesPayload<RealTimeTemplateResponse>): boolean {