diff --git a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
index f447075f..629fdebf 100644
--- a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
+++ b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
@@ -1467,18 +1467,12 @@ let http_render_page env path =
     ] in
     let page_source = serialize_value full_ast in
     let t1 = Unix.gettimeofday () in
-    (* Phase 1: aser — expand all components server-side *)
-    let expand_fn = NativeFn ("expand-components?", fun _args -> Bool true) in
-    ignore (env_bind env "expand-components?" expand_fn);
+    (* Phase 1: aser — expand all components server-side.
+       expand-components? is pre-bound at startup (always true in HTTP mode). *)
     let body_result =
-      try
-        let call = List [Symbol "aser"; List [Symbol "quote"; full_ast]; Env env] in
-        Sx_ref.eval_expr call (Env env)
-      with e ->
-        Hashtbl.remove env.bindings (Sx_types.intern "expand-components?");
-        raise e
+      let call = List [Symbol "aser"; List [Symbol "quote"; full_ast]; Env env] in
+      Sx_ref.eval_expr call (Env env)
     in
-    Hashtbl.remove env.bindings (Sx_types.intern "expand-components?");
     let body_str = match body_result with
       | String s | SxExpr s -> s
       | _ -> serialize_value body_result
@@ -1523,7 +1517,7 @@ let http_render_page env path =
       Keyword "meta-html"; String "";
     ] in
     let shell_call = List (Symbol "~shared:shell/sx-page-shell" :: shell_args) in
-    let html = sx_render_to_html shell_call env in
+    let html = Sx_render.render_to_html shell_call env in
     let t4 = Unix.gettimeofday () in
     Printf.eprintf "[sx-http] %s route=%.3fs aser=%.3fs ssr=%.3fs shell=%.3fs total=%.3fs html=%d\n%!"
       path (t1 -. t0) (t2 -. t1) (t3 -. t2) (t4 -. t3) (t4 -. t0) (String.length html);
@@ -1788,16 +1782,26 @@ let http_mode port =
       match args with
       | String code :: _ -> SxExpr (Printf.sprintf "(pre :class \"text-sm overflow-x-auto\" (code \"%s\"))" (escape_sx_string code))
       | _ -> Nil))));
+  (* HTTP mode always expands components — bind once, shared across domains *)
+  ignore (env_bind env "expand-components?" (NativeFn ("expand-components?", fun _args -> Bool true)));
   (* Inject shell statics *)
   http_inject_shell_statics env;
-  (* Start TCP server *)
-  let sock = Unix.socket Unix.PF_INET Unix.SOCK_STREAM 0 in
-  Unix.setsockopt sock Unix.SO_REUSEADDR true;
-  Unix.bind sock (Unix.ADDR_INET (Unix.inet_addr_any, port));
-  Unix.listen sock 128;
-  Printf.eprintf "[sx-http] Listening on port %d (project=%s)\n%!" port project_dir;
-  while true do
-    let (client, _addr) = Unix.accept sock in
+  (* Write full response to a socket *)
+  let write_response client response =
+    let resp_bytes = Bytes.of_string response in
+    let total = Bytes.length resp_bytes in
+    let written = ref 0 in
+    (try
+      while !written < total do
+        let n = Unix.write client resp_bytes !written (total - !written) in
+        written := !written + n
+      done
+    with Unix.Unix_error _ -> ());
+    (try Unix.close client with _ -> ())
+  in
+
+  (* Handle one HTTP request *)
+  let handle_client env client =
     let buf = Bytes.create 8192 in
     let n = try Unix.read client buf 0 8192 with _ -> 0 in
     if n > 0 then begin
@@ -1824,18 +1828,65 @@ let http_mode port =
           Printf.eprintf "[sx-http] Error: %s\n%!" (Printexc.to_string e);
           http_response ~status:500 "<h1>Internal Server Error</h1>"
       in
-      let resp_bytes = Bytes.of_string response in
-      let total = Bytes.length resp_bytes in
-      let written = ref 0 in
-      (try
-        while !written < total do
-          let n = Unix.write client resp_bytes !written (total - !written) in
-          written := !written + n
-        done
-      with Unix.Unix_error _ -> ());
-    end;
-    (try Unix.close client with _ -> ())
-  done
+      write_response client response
+    end else
+      (try Unix.close client with _ -> ())
+  in
+
+  (* Domain pool — each domain has its own minor heap for GC isolation.
+     Requests are dispatched round-robin to avoid GC pauses blocking others. *)
+  let n_workers = max 1 (Domain.recommended_domain_count ()) in
+  Printf.eprintf "[sx-http] Starting %d worker domains\n%!" n_workers;
+
+  (* Request queue: mutex + condition + list *)
+  let queue : Unix.file_descr list ref = ref [] in
+  let queue_mutex = Mutex.create () in
+  let queue_cond = Condition.create () in
+  let shutdown = ref false in
+
+  (* Worker loop — each domain pops from queue and handles requests *)
+  let worker_fn _id () =
+    while not !shutdown do
+      let client =
+        Mutex.lock queue_mutex;
+        while !queue = [] && not !shutdown do
+          Condition.wait queue_cond queue_mutex
+        done;
+        let c = match !queue with
+          | fd :: rest -> queue := rest; Some fd
+          | [] -> None
+        in
+        Mutex.unlock queue_mutex;
+        c
+      in
+      match client with
+      | Some fd -> handle_client env fd
+      | None -> ()
+    done
+  in
+
+  (* Spawn worker domains *)
+  let workers = Array.init n_workers (fun id ->
+    Domain.spawn (worker_fn id)) in
+
+  (* Start TCP server — main domain accepts and enqueues *)
+  let sock = Unix.socket Unix.PF_INET Unix.SOCK_STREAM 0 in
+  Unix.setsockopt sock Unix.SO_REUSEADDR true;
+  Unix.bind sock (Unix.ADDR_INET (Unix.inet_addr_any, port));
+  Unix.listen sock 128;
+  Printf.eprintf "[sx-http] Listening on port %d (%d workers, project=%s)\n%!" port n_workers project_dir;
+  (try
+    while true do
+      let (client, _addr) = Unix.accept sock in
+      Mutex.lock queue_mutex;
+      queue := !queue @ [client];
+      Condition.signal queue_cond;
+      Mutex.unlock queue_mutex
+    done
+  with _ ->
+    shutdown := true;
+    Condition.broadcast queue_cond;
+    Array.iter Domain.join workers)
 
 
 let () =