diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/client.json b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/client.json
index 9b8c430dd2ead..8e9e8ae0c4b40 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/client.json
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/client.json
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
   "RunAssetChecksQuery": "6946372fc625c6aba249a54be1943c0858c8efbd5e6f5c64c55723494dc199e4",
   "RunAssetsQuery": "53c1e7814d451dfd58fb2427dcb326a1e9628c8bbc91b3b9c76f8d6c7b75e278",
   "RunTabsCountQuery": "5fe1760a3bf0494fb98e3c09f31add5138f9f31d59507a8b25186e2103bebbb4",
-  "RunRootQuery": "1aa4561b33c2cfb079d7a3ff284096fc3208a46dee748a24c7af827a2cb22919",
+  "RunStepStatsQuery": "77d73353a4aea095bfa241903122abf14eb38341c5869a9688b70c0d53f5a167",
+  "RunRootQuery": "4f2633b31ddc71c08d3a985be30dc1bf21fbc462287554f165060c51a3554beb",
   "RunStatsQuery": "75e80f740a79607de9e1152f9b7074d319197fbc219784c767c1abd5553e9a49",
   "LaunchPipelineExecution": "292088c4a697aca6be1d3bbc0cfc45d8a13cdb2e75cfedc64b68c6245ea34f89",
   "LaunchMultipleRuns": "a56d9efdb35e71e0fd1744dd768129248943bc5b23e717458b82c46829661763",
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@
   "RunTagValuesQuery": "0c0a9998c215bb801eb0adcd5449c0ac4cf1e8efbc6d0fcc5fb6d76fcc95cb92",
   "ScheduledRunsListQuery": "2650d8ebdfc444fe76fcf8acd9ff54f9ecacdb680b1d83e3f487cb71dd0c7eae",
   "TerminateRunIdsQuery": "d38573af47f3ab2f2b11d90cb85ce8426307e2384e67a5b20e2bf67d5c1054bb",
-  "RunActionButtonsTestQuery": "d85a7e0201a27eb36be5a7471d2724fe5a68b7257e6635f54f120fc40f8169c0",
+  "RunActionButtonsTestQuery": "5d358c3360e683549b885108c3dbb7c1d21d8afd790a5ee963e6e9640ccdbfe8",
   "RunsRootQuery": "091646e47ecea81ba4765a3f2cead18880b09ee400d1d7e9dcb6e194ee364e51",
   "RunsFeedRootQuery": "ef8eb6ca144d661c6bcd409ed878551851f15dd1c0aa8c03ee9c68c1c4c301d1",
   "OngoingRunTimelineQuery": "055420e85ba799b294bab52c01d3f4a4470580606a40483031c35777d88d527f",
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/RunFragments.tsx b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/RunFragments.tsx
index c0ebb65c183fd..b34d76e07dab3 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/RunFragments.tsx
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/RunFragments.tsx
@@ -46,20 +46,6 @@ export const RUN_FRAGMENT = gql`
     }
     stepKeysToExecute
     updateTime
-    stepStats {
-      stepKey
-      status
-      startTime
-      endTime
-      attempts {
-        startTime
-        endTime
-      }
-      markers {
-        startTime
-        endTime
-      }
-    }
     ...RunTimingFragment
   }
 
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/RunMetadataProvider.tsx b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/RunMetadataProvider.tsx
index c99bfc4106a6f..a3d495d021e7e 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/RunMetadataProvider.tsx
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/RunMetadataProvider.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
+import {useMemo} from 'react';
 
 import {LogsProviderLogs} from './LogsProvider';
 import {RunContext} from './RunContext';
-import {gql} from '../apollo-client';
+import {gql, useQuery} from '../apollo-client';
 import {flattenOneLevel} from '../util/flattenOneLevel';
 import {RunFragment} from './types/RunFragments.types';
-import {RunMetadataProviderMessageFragment} from './types/RunMetadataProvider.types';
+import {
+  RunMetadataProviderMessageFragment,
+  RunStepStatsFragment,
+  RunStepStatsQuery,
+  RunStepStatsQueryVariables,
+} from './types/RunMetadataProvider.types';
 import {StepEventStatus} from '../graphql/types';
 import {METADATA_ENTRY_FRAGMENT} from '../metadata/MetadataEntryFragment';
 
@@ -103,13 +109,17 @@ export const extractLogCaptureStepsFromLegacySteps = (stepKeys: string[]) => {
 
 const fromTimestamp = (ts: number | null) => (ts ? Math.floor(ts * 1000) : undefined);
 
-function extractMetadataFromRun(run?: RunFragment): IRunMetadataDict {
+function extractMetadataFromRun(
+  run: RunFragment | null = null,
+  stepStats: RunStepStatsFragment['stepStats'] = [],
+): IRunMetadataDict {
   const metadata: IRunMetadataDict = {
     firstLogAt: 0,
     mostRecentLogAt: 0,
     globalMarkers: [],
     steps: {},
   };
+
   if (!run) {
     return metadata;
   }
@@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ function extractMetadataFromRun(run?: RunFragment): IRunMetadataDict {
     metadata.exitedAt = fromTimestamp(run.endTime);
   }
 
-  run.stepStats.forEach((stepStat) => {
+  stepStats.forEach((stepStat) => {
     metadata.steps[stepStat.stepKey] = {
       // state:
       // current state
@@ -370,7 +380,18 @@ interface IRunMetadataProviderProps {
 
 export const RunMetadataProvider = ({logs, children}: IRunMetadataProviderProps) => {
   const run = React.useContext(RunContext);
-  const runMetadata = React.useMemo(() => extractMetadataFromRun(run), [run]);
+
+  // Step stats can be expensive to load, so we separate them from the main run query.
+  const {data} = useQuery<RunStepStatsQuery, RunStepStatsQueryVariables>(RUN_STEP_STATS_QUERY, {
+    variables: run ? {runId: run.id} : undefined,
+    skip: !run,
+  });
+
+  const stepStats = useMemo(() => {
+    return data?.pipelineRunOrError.__typename === 'Run' ? data.pipelineRunOrError.stepStats : [];
+  }, [data]);
+
+  const runMetadata = React.useMemo(() => extractMetadataFromRun(run, stepStats), [run, stepStats]);
   const metadata = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       logs.loading ? runMetadata : extractMetadataFromLogs(flattenOneLevel(logs.allNodeChunks)),
@@ -379,6 +400,35 @@ export const RunMetadataProvider = ({logs, children}: IRunMetadataProviderProps)
   return <>{children(metadata)}</>;
 };
 
+const RUN_STEP_STATS_QUERY = gql`
+  query RunStepStatsQuery($runId: ID!) {
+    pipelineRunOrError(runId: $runId) {
+      ... on Run {
+        id
+        ...RunStepStatsFragment
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  fragment RunStepStatsFragment on Run {
+    id
+    stepStats {
+      stepKey
+      status
+      startTime
+      endTime
+      attempts {
+        startTime
+        endTime
+      }
+      markers {
+        startTime
+        endTime
+      }
+    }
+  }
+`;
+
 export const RUN_METADATA_PROVIDER_MESSAGE_FRAGMENT = gql`
   fragment RunMetadataProviderMessageFragment on DagsterRunEvent {
     ... on MessageEvent {
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/__tests__/types/RunActionButtonsTestQuery.types.ts b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/__tests__/types/RunActionButtonsTestQuery.types.ts
index ea344cf423ea4..cc5a89e67c1fb 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/__tests__/types/RunActionButtonsTestQuery.types.ts
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/__tests__/types/RunActionButtonsTestQuery.types.ts
@@ -56,25 +56,8 @@ export type RunActionButtonsTestQuery = {
             }>;
           }>;
         } | null;
-        stepStats: Array<{
-          __typename: 'RunStepStats';
-          stepKey: string;
-          status: Types.StepEventStatus | null;
-          startTime: number | null;
-          endTime: number | null;
-          attempts: Array<{
-            __typename: 'RunMarker';
-            startTime: number | null;
-            endTime: number | null;
-          }>;
-          markers: Array<{
-            __typename: 'RunMarker';
-            startTime: number | null;
-            endTime: number | null;
-          }>;
-        }>;
       }
     | {__typename: 'RunNotFoundError'};
 };
 
-export const RunActionButtonsTestQueryVersion = 'd85a7e0201a27eb36be5a7471d2724fe5a68b7257e6635f54f120fc40f8169c0';
+export const RunActionButtonsTestQueryVersion = '5d358c3360e683549b885108c3dbb7c1d21d8afd790a5ee963e6e9640ccdbfe8';
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunFragments.types.ts b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunFragments.types.ts
index a50b77c1b0de8..e75aab9ccde18 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunFragments.types.ts
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunFragments.types.ts
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ export type RunFragment = {
       }>;
     }>;
   } | null;
-  stepStats: Array<{
-    __typename: 'RunStepStats';
-    stepKey: string;
-    status: Types.StepEventStatus | null;
-    startTime: number | null;
-    endTime: number | null;
-    attempts: Array<{__typename: 'RunMarker'; startTime: number | null; endTime: number | null}>;
-    markers: Array<{__typename: 'RunMarker'; startTime: number | null; endTime: number | null}>;
-  }>;
 };
 
 export type RunDagsterRunEventFragment_AlertFailureEvent = {
@@ -3186,13 +3177,4 @@ export type RunPageFragment = {
       }>;
     }>;
   } | null;
-  stepStats: Array<{
-    __typename: 'RunStepStats';
-    stepKey: string;
-    status: Types.StepEventStatus | null;
-    startTime: number | null;
-    endTime: number | null;
-    attempts: Array<{__typename: 'RunMarker'; startTime: number | null; endTime: number | null}>;
-    markers: Array<{__typename: 'RunMarker'; startTime: number | null; endTime: number | null}>;
-  }>;
 };
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunMetadataProvider.types.ts b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunMetadataProvider.types.ts
index db950cff62923..9c7d0454624ba 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunMetadataProvider.types.ts
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunMetadataProvider.types.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,52 @@
 
 import * as Types from '../../graphql/types';
 
+export type RunStepStatsQueryVariables = Types.Exact<{
+  runId: Types.Scalars['ID']['input'];
+}>;
+
+export type RunStepStatsQuery = {
+  __typename: 'Query';
+  pipelineRunOrError:
+    | {__typename: 'PythonError'}
+    | {
+        __typename: 'Run';
+        id: string;
+        stepStats: Array<{
+          __typename: 'RunStepStats';
+          stepKey: string;
+          status: Types.StepEventStatus | null;
+          startTime: number | null;
+          endTime: number | null;
+          attempts: Array<{
+            __typename: 'RunMarker';
+            startTime: number | null;
+            endTime: number | null;
+          }>;
+          markers: Array<{
+            __typename: 'RunMarker';
+            startTime: number | null;
+            endTime: number | null;
+          }>;
+        }>;
+      }
+    | {__typename: 'RunNotFoundError'};
+};
+
+export type RunStepStatsFragment = {
+  __typename: 'Run';
+  id: string;
+  stepStats: Array<{
+    __typename: 'RunStepStats';
+    stepKey: string;
+    status: Types.StepEventStatus | null;
+    startTime: number | null;
+    endTime: number | null;
+    attempts: Array<{__typename: 'RunMarker'; startTime: number | null; endTime: number | null}>;
+    markers: Array<{__typename: 'RunMarker'; startTime: number | null; endTime: number | null}>;
+  }>;
+};
+
 export type RunMetadataProviderMessageFragment_AlertFailureEvent = {
   __typename: 'AlertFailureEvent';
   message: string;
@@ -488,3 +534,5 @@ export type RunMetadataProviderMessageFragment =
   | RunMetadataProviderMessageFragment_StepExpectationResultEvent
   | RunMetadataProviderMessageFragment_StepWorkerStartedEvent
   | RunMetadataProviderMessageFragment_StepWorkerStartingEvent;
+
+export const RunStepStatsQueryVersion = '77d73353a4aea095bfa241903122abf14eb38341c5869a9688b70c0d53f5a167';
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunRoot.types.ts b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunRoot.types.ts
index d32da61f71afd..8c196998cc90a 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunRoot.types.ts
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/runs/types/RunRoot.types.ts
@@ -58,25 +58,8 @@ export type RunRootQuery = {
             }>;
           }>;
         } | null;
-        stepStats: Array<{
-          __typename: 'RunStepStats';
-          stepKey: string;
-          status: Types.StepEventStatus | null;
-          startTime: number | null;
-          endTime: number | null;
-          attempts: Array<{
-            __typename: 'RunMarker';
-            startTime: number | null;
-            endTime: number | null;
-          }>;
-          markers: Array<{
-            __typename: 'RunMarker';
-            startTime: number | null;
-            endTime: number | null;
-          }>;
-        }>;
       }
     | {__typename: 'RunNotFoundError'};
 };
 
-export const RunRootQueryVersion = '1aa4561b33c2cfb079d7a3ff284096fc3208a46dee748a24c7af827a2cb22919';
+export const RunRootQueryVersion = '4f2633b31ddc71c08d3a985be30dc1bf21fbc462287554f165060c51a3554beb';