diff --git a/backend/src/services/puppeteer-preflight.ts b/backend/src/services/puppeteer-preflight.ts
index 44d8b1a0..40f1008e 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/puppeteer-preflight.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/puppeteer-preflight.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ export async function runPuppeteerPreflight(
 
     const page = await browser.newPage();
 
+    // Block unnecessary resources to save bandwidth
+    await page.setRequestInterception(true);
+    page.on('request', (request: any) => {
+      const resourceType = request.resourceType();
+      if (['image', 'font', 'media', 'stylesheet'].includes(resourceType)) {
+        request.abort();
+      } else {
+        request.continue();
+      }
+    });
+
     // If proxy has auth, set it up
     if (proxyUrl) {
       const proxyUrlParsed = new URL(proxyUrl);
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/handlers/entry-point-discovery.ts b/backend/src/tasks/handlers/entry-point-discovery.ts
index 05584482..f81758c0 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/handlers/entry-point-discovery.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/handlers/entry-point-discovery.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,18 @@ export async function handleEntryPointDiscovery(ctx: TaskContext): Promise<TaskR
 
     const page = await browser.newPage();
 
+    // Block unnecessary resources to save bandwidth
+    // We only need HTML/JS for session, then GraphQL JSON
+    await page.setRequestInterception(true);
+    page.on('request', (request: any) => {
+      const resourceType = request.resourceType();
+      if (['image', 'font', 'media', 'stylesheet'].includes(resourceType)) {
+        request.abort();
+      } else {
+        request.continue();
+      }
+    });
+
     // Setup proxy auth if needed
     if (proxyUrl) {
       const proxyUrlParsed = new URL(proxyUrl);
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/handlers/product-discovery-http.ts b/backend/src/tasks/handlers/product-discovery-http.ts
index 6f9fa783..23e188e1 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/handlers/product-discovery-http.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/handlers/product-discovery-http.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ export async function handleProductDiscoveryHttp(ctx: TaskContext): Promise<Task
 
     const page = await browser.newPage();
 
+    // Block unnecessary resources to save bandwidth
+    // We only need HTML/JS for session, then GraphQL JSON
+    await page.setRequestInterception(true);
+    page.on('request', (request: any) => {
+      const resourceType = request.resourceType();
+      // Block images, fonts, media, and stylesheets - we don't need them
+      if (['image', 'font', 'media', 'stylesheet'].includes(resourceType)) {
+        request.abort();
+      } else {
+        request.continue();
+      }
+    });
+
     // Setup proxy auth if needed
     if (proxyUrl) {
       const proxyUrlParsed = new URL(proxyUrl);
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/handlers/store-discovery-http.ts b/backend/src/tasks/handlers/store-discovery-http.ts
index e434a7d7..22fb0343 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/handlers/store-discovery-http.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/handlers/store-discovery-http.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ export async function handleStoreDiscoveryHttp(ctx: TaskContext): Promise<TaskRe
 
     const page = await browser.newPage();
 
+    // Block unnecessary resources to save bandwidth
+    // We only need HTML/JS for session, then GraphQL JSON
+    await page.setRequestInterception(true);
+    page.on('request', (request: any) => {
+      const resourceType = request.resourceType();
+      if (['image', 'font', 'media', 'stylesheet'].includes(resourceType)) {
+        request.abort();
+      } else {
+        request.continue();
+      }
+    });
+
     // Setup proxy auth if needed
     if (proxyUrl) {
       const proxyUrlParsed = new URL(proxyUrl);
diff --git a/backend/src/tasks/handlers/store-discovery-state.ts b/backend/src/tasks/handlers/store-discovery-state.ts
index 294c2c9f..1fe6e4ff 100644
--- a/backend/src/tasks/handlers/store-discovery-state.ts
+++ b/backend/src/tasks/handlers/store-discovery-state.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ export async function handleStoreDiscoveryState(ctx: TaskContext): Promise<TaskR
 
     const page = await browser.newPage();
 
+    // Block unnecessary resources to save bandwidth
+    await page.setRequestInterception(true);
+    page.on('request', (request: any) => {
+      const resourceType = request.resourceType();
+      if (['image', 'font', 'media', 'stylesheet'].includes(resourceType)) {
+        request.abort();
+      } else {
+        request.continue();
+      }
+    });
+
     // Setup proxy auth if needed
     if (proxyUrl) {
       const proxyUrlParsed = new URL(proxyUrl);