diff --git a/android/plugins/litho/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/litho/descriptors/DebugComponentDescriptor.kt b/android/plugins/litho/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/litho/descriptors/DebugComponentDescriptor.kt
index d88df74e4..035bcc698 100644
--- a/android/plugins/litho/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/litho/descriptors/DebugComponentDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/plugins/litho/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/litho/descriptors/DebugComponentDescriptor.kt
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.litho.descriptors.props.LayoutPro
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Bounds
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.MetadataId
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.Deferred
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.MaybeDeferred
 import com.facebook.litho.DebugComponent
 
 class DebugComponentDescriptor(val register: DescriptorRegister) : NodeDescriptor<DebugComponent> {
@@ -67,19 +69,20 @@ class DebugComponentDescriptor(val register: DescriptorRegister) : NodeDescripto
   private val UserPropsId =
       MetadataRegister.register(MetadataRegister.TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, NAMESPACE, "Litho Props")
 
-  override fun getData(node: DebugComponent): Map<MetadataId, InspectableObject> {
+  override fun getData(node: DebugComponent): MaybeDeferred<Map<MetadataId, InspectableObject>> {
+    return Deferred {
+      val attributeSections = mutableMapOf<MetadataId, InspectableObject>()
 
-    val attributeSections = mutableMapOf<MetadataId, InspectableObject>()
+      val layoutProps = LayoutPropExtractor.getProps(node)
+      attributeSections[LayoutId] = InspectableObject(layoutProps.toMap())
 
-    val layoutProps = LayoutPropExtractor.getProps(node)
-    attributeSections[LayoutId] = InspectableObject(layoutProps.toMap())
+      if (!node.canResolve()) {
+        val props = ComponentPropExtractor.getProps(node.component)
+        attributeSections[UserPropsId] = InspectableObject(props.toMap())
+      }
 
-    if (!node.canResolve()) {
-      val props = ComponentPropExtractor.getProps(node.component)
-      attributeSections[UserPropsId] = InspectableObject(props.toMap())
+      attributeSections
     }
-
-    return attributeSections
   }
 
   override fun getBounds(node: DebugComponent): Bounds =
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/NativeScanScheduler.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/NativeScanScheduler.kt
index 582353bba..53eb74d07 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/NativeScanScheduler.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/core/NativeScanScheduler.kt
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.SubtreeUpdateEvent
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.observers.TreeObserverFactory
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.scheduler.Scheduler
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.traversal.PartialLayoutTraversal
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.MaybeDeferred
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 
 data class ScanResult(
     val txId: Long,
     val scanStart: Long,
     val scanEnd: Long,
-    val nodes: List<Node>
+    val nodes: List<MaybeDeferred<Node>>
 )
 
 const val observerType = "FullScan"
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ class NativeScanScheduler(val context: Context) : Scheduler.Task<ScanResult> {
   }
 
   private fun sendSubtreeUpdate(input: ScanResult) {
+    val nodes = input.nodes.map { it.value() }
+    val deferredComputationComplete = System.currentTimeMillis()
+
     val serialized =
         Json.encodeToString(
             SubtreeUpdateEvent.serializer(),
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ class NativeScanScheduler(val context: Context) : Scheduler.Task<ScanResult> {
                 input.txId,
                 observerType,
                 ApplicationRefDescriptor.getId(context.applicationRef),
-                input.nodes))
+                nodes))
     val serializationEnd = System.currentTimeMillis()
 
     context.connectionRef.connection?.send(
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ class NativeScanScheduler(val context: Context) : Scheduler.Task<ScanResult> {
                 input.scanStart,
                 input.scanEnd,
                 input.scanEnd,
+                deferredComputationComplete,
                 serializationEnd,
                 socketEnd,
                 input.nodes.size)))
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ChainedDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ChainedDescriptor.kt
index 164b4b686..42667e259 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ChainedDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ChainedDescriptor.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Bounds
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.MetadataId
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.Immediate
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.MaybeDeferred
 
 /**
  * A chained descriptor is a special type of descriptor that models the inheritance hierarchy in
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ abstract class ChainedDescriptor<T> : NodeDescriptor<T> {
 
   open fun onGetChildren(node: T): List<Any>? = null
 
-  final override fun getData(node: T): Map<MetadataId, InspectableObject> {
+  final override fun getData(node: T): MaybeDeferred<Map<MetadataId, InspectableObject>> {
     val builder = mutableMapOf<MetadataId, InspectableObject>()
     onGetData(node, builder)
 
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ abstract class ChainedDescriptor<T> : NodeDescriptor<T> {
       curDescriptor = curDescriptor.mSuper
     }
 
-    return builder
+    return Immediate(builder)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
index ac075a36f..af52ebf63 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/NodeDescriptor.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Bounds
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.MetadataId
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.MaybeDeferred
 
 /*
  Descriptors are an extension point used during traversal to extract data out of arbitrary
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ interface NodeDescriptor<T> {
    * Get the data to show for this node in the sidebar of the inspector. The object will be shown in
    * order and with a header matching the given name.
    */
-  fun getData(node: T): Map<MetadataId, InspectableObject>
+  fun getData(node: T): MaybeDeferred<Map<MetadataId, InspectableObject>>
 
   /**
    * Set of tags to describe this node in an abstract way for the UI Unfortunately this can't be an
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
index a909a4c1e..910a2b2e7 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Bounds
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.MetadataId
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.Immediate
 
 object ObjectDescriptor : NodeDescriptor<Any> {
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ object ObjectDescriptor : NodeDescriptor<Any> {
 
   override fun getChildren(node: Any) = listOf<Any>()
 
-  override fun getData(node: Any) = mutableMapOf<MetadataId, InspectableObject>()
+  override fun getData(node: Any) = Immediate(mapOf<MetadataId, InspectableObject>())
 
   override fun getBounds(node: Any): Bounds = Bounds(0, 0, 0, 0)
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/OffsetChildDescriptor.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/OffsetChildDescriptor.kt
index 04f57c17e..4278ca8e8 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/OffsetChildDescriptor.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/descriptors/OffsetChildDescriptor.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import android.graphics.Bitmap
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Bounds
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.InspectableObject
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.MetadataId
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.MaybeDeferred
 
 /** a drawable or view that is mounted, along with the correct descriptor */
 class OffsetChild(val child: Any, val descriptor: NodeDescriptor<Any>, val x: Int, val y: Int) {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ object OffsetChildDescriptor : NodeDescriptor<OffsetChild> {
 
   override fun getActiveChild(node: OffsetChild): Any? = node.descriptor.getActiveChild(node.child)
 
-  override fun getData(node: OffsetChild): Map<MetadataId, InspectableObject> =
+  override fun getData(node: OffsetChild): MaybeDeferred<Map<MetadataId, InspectableObject>> =
       node.descriptor.getData(node.child)
 
   override fun getTags(node: OffsetChild): Set<String> = node.descriptor.getTags(node.child)
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Events.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Events.kt
index 6907441ca..ae6df92e5 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Events.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Events.kt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ data class PerfStatsEvent(
     val traversalComplete: Long,
     val snapshotComplete: Long,
     val queuingComplete: Long,
+    val deferredComputationComplete: Long,
     val serializationComplete: Long,
     val socketComplete: Long,
     val nodesCount: Int
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/observers/TreeObserverManager.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/observers/TreeObserverManager.kt
index 188f1158e..f5e1adfc8 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/observers/TreeObserverManager.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/observers/TreeObserverManager.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.MetadataUpdateEvent
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Node
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.PerfStatsEvent
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.SubtreeUpdateEvent
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.MaybeDeferred
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ data class CoordinateUpdate(val observerType: String, val nodeId: Id, val coordi
 data class SubtreeUpdate(
     val observerType: String,
     val rootId: Id,
-    val nodes: List<Node>,
+    val deferredNodes: List<MaybeDeferred<Node>>,
     val startTime: Long,
     val traversalCompleteTime: Long,
     val snapshotComplete: Long,
@@ -104,12 +105,13 @@ class TreeObserverManager(val context: Context) {
     sendMetadata()
 
     val serialized: String?
+    val nodes = treeUpdate.deferredNodes.map { it.value() }
+    val deferredComptationComplete = System.currentTimeMillis()
     if (treeUpdate.snapshot == null) {
       serialized =
           Json.encodeToString(
               SubtreeUpdateEvent.serializer(),
-              SubtreeUpdateEvent(
-                  txId, treeUpdate.observerType, treeUpdate.rootId, treeUpdate.nodes))
+              SubtreeUpdateEvent(txId, treeUpdate.observerType, treeUpdate.rootId, nodes))
     } else {
       val stream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
       val base64Stream = Base64OutputStream(stream, Base64.DEFAULT)
@@ -118,8 +120,7 @@ class TreeObserverManager(val context: Context) {
       serialized =
           Json.encodeToString(
               SubtreeUpdateEvent.serializer(),
-              SubtreeUpdateEvent(
-                  txId, treeUpdate.observerType, treeUpdate.rootId, treeUpdate.nodes, snapshot))
+              SubtreeUpdateEvent(txId, treeUpdate.observerType, treeUpdate.rootId, nodes, snapshot))
 
       treeUpdate.snapshot.readyForReuse()
     }
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class TreeObserverManager(val context: Context) {
     val socketEnd = System.currentTimeMillis()
     Log.i(
         LogTag,
-        "Sent event for ${treeUpdate.observerType} root ID ${treeUpdate.rootId} nodes ${treeUpdate.nodes.size}")
+        "Sent event for ${treeUpdate.observerType} root ID ${treeUpdate.rootId} nodes ${nodes.size}")
 
     val perfStats =
         PerfStatsEvent(
@@ -140,9 +141,10 @@ class TreeObserverManager(val context: Context) {
             traversalComplete = treeUpdate.traversalCompleteTime,
             snapshotComplete = treeUpdate.snapshotComplete,
             queuingComplete = onWorkerThread,
+            deferredComputationComplete = deferredComptationComplete,
             serializationComplete = serializationEnd,
             socketComplete = socketEnd,
-            nodesCount = treeUpdate.nodes.size)
+            nodesCount = nodes.size)
 
     context.connectionRef.connection?.send(
         PerfStatsEvent.name, Json.encodeToString(PerfStatsEvent.serializer(), perfStats))
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/traversal/PartialLayoutTraversal.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/traversal/PartialLayoutTraversal.kt
index 26fd41dfc..1dde63542 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/traversal/PartialLayoutTraversal.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/traversal/PartialLayoutTraversal.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors.Id
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.descriptors.NodeDescriptor
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.model.Node
 import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.observers.TreeObserverFactory
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.Immediate
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util.MaybeDeferred
 
 /**
  * This will traverse the layout hierarchy until it sees a node that has an observer registered for
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ class PartialLayoutTraversal(
   @Suppress("unchecked_cast")
   internal fun NodeDescriptor<*>.asAny(): NodeDescriptor<Any> = this as NodeDescriptor<Any>
 
-  fun traverse(root: Any): Pair<List<Node>, List<Any>> {
+  fun traverse(root: Any): Pair<List<MaybeDeferred<Node>>, List<Any>> {
 
-    val visited = mutableListOf<Node>()
+    val visited = mutableListOf<MaybeDeferred<Node>>()
     val observableRoots = mutableListOf<Any>()
 
     val stack = mutableListOf<Any>()
@@ -53,15 +55,16 @@ class PartialLayoutTraversal(
 
         if (shallow.contains(node)) {
           visited.add(
-              Node(
-                  descriptor.getId(node),
-                  descriptor.getQualifiedName(node),
-                  descriptor.getName(node),
-                  emptyMap(),
-                  descriptor.getBounds(node),
-                  emptySet(),
-                  emptyList(),
-                  null))
+              Immediate(
+                  Node(
+                      descriptor.getId(node),
+                      descriptor.getQualifiedName(node),
+                      descriptor.getName(node),
+                      emptyMap(),
+                      descriptor.getBounds(node),
+                      emptySet(),
+                      emptyList(),
+                      null)))
 
           shallow.remove(node)
           continue
@@ -93,15 +96,17 @@ class PartialLayoutTraversal(
         val bounds = descriptor.getBounds(node)
         val tags = descriptor.getTags(node)
         visited.add(
-            Node(
-                descriptor.getId(node),
-                descriptor.getQualifiedName(node),
-                descriptor.getName(node),
-                attributes,
-                bounds,
-                tags,
-                childrenIds,
-                activeChildId))
+            attributes.map { attrs ->
+              Node(
+                  descriptor.getId(node),
+                  descriptor.getQualifiedName(node),
+                  descriptor.getName(node),
+                  attrs,
+                  bounds,
+                  tags,
+                  childrenIds,
+                  activeChildId)
+            })
       } catch (exception: Exception) {
         Log.e(LogTag, "Error while processing node ${node.javaClass.name} $node", exception)
       }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/util/MaybeDeferred.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/util/MaybeDeferred.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..057a47209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/util/MaybeDeferred.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.flipper.plugins.uidebugger.util
+
+/**
+ * This abstracts over a value which could be available immediately or calculated later. The use
+ * case is for shifting computation to a background thread.
+ */
+abstract class MaybeDeferred<T> {
+  abstract fun value(): T
+
+  /** similar to map on an Option or Functor in a functional language. */
+  abstract fun <U> map(fn: (T) -> U): MaybeDeferred<U>
+}
+
+class Immediate<T>(private val value: T) : MaybeDeferred<T>() {
+  override fun value(): T = value
+
+  override fun <U> map(fn: (T) -> U): MaybeDeferred<U> = Immediate(fn(value))
+}
+
+class Deferred<T>(private val lazyLoader: () -> T) : MaybeDeferred<T>() {
+  override fun value(): T = lazyLoader()
+  override fun <U> map(fn: (T) -> U): MaybeDeferred<U> {
+    return Deferred { fn(lazyLoader()) }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/PerfStats.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/PerfStats.tsx
index 3743f243b..fbff575aa 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/PerfStats.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/components/PerfStats.tsx
@@ -63,11 +63,21 @@ const columns: DataTableColumn<PerfStatsEvent>[] = [
       return formatDiff(row.snapshotComplete, row.queuingComplete);
     },
   },
+  {
+    key: 'deferredComputationComplete',
+    title: 'Deferred processing time',
+    onRender: (row: PerfStatsEvent) => {
+      return formatDiff(row.queuingComplete, row.deferredComputationComplete);
+    },
+  },
   {
     key: 'serializationComplete',
     title: 'Serialization time',
     onRender: (row: PerfStatsEvent) => {
-      return formatDiff(row.queuingComplete, row.serializationComplete);
+      return formatDiff(
+        row.deferredComputationComplete,
+        row.serializationComplete,
+      );
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
index a1557c729..efed0e407 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/ui-debugger/types.tsx
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ export type PerfStatsEvent = {
   start: number;
   traversalComplete: number;
   snapshotComplete: number;
-  serializationComplete: number;
   queuingComplete: number;
+  deferredComputationComplete: number;
+  serializationComplete: number;
   socketComplete: number;
   nodesCount: number;
 };