diff --git a/util/eventbus/client.go b/util/eventbus/client.go
index e2806ffd8..0168acdd4 100644
--- a/util/eventbus/client.go
+++ b/util/eventbus/client.go
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ func SubscribeFunc[T any](c *Client, f func(T)) *SubscriberFunc[T] {
 // It panics if c is closed.
 func Publish[T any](c *Client) *Publisher[T] {
 	p := newPublisher[T](c)
-	c.addPublisher(p)
+	// Register the non-generic core with the client so the
+	// per-Client publisher set, the publisher interface itab, and
+	// the publisher equality function are not parameterized by T.
+	// This eliminates per-T itab/dictionary/eq cost for every new
+	// event type passed through Publish[T].
+	c.addPublisher(p.core)
 	return p
 }
diff --git a/util/eventbus/publish.go b/util/eventbus/publish.go
index f6fd029b7..fd037ac34 100644
--- a/util/eventbus/publish.go
+++ b/util/eventbus/publish.go
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 )
 
-// publisher is a uniformly typed wrapper around Publisher[T], so that
-// debugging facilities can look at active publishers.
+// publisher is a uniformly typed wrapper around publisherCore so that
+// debugging facilities can enumerate active publishers on a [Client]
+// and report the types each one publishes. The interface is
+// implemented by the non-generic *publisherCore (not by the typed
+// user-facing *Publisher[T]); this keeps the bus's per-Client
+// publisher set, and the publisher itab/dictionary, free of
+// per-T duplication.
 type publisher interface {
 	publishType() reflect.Type
 	Close()
@@ -16,12 +21,35 @@ type publisher interface {
 
 // A Publisher publishes typed events on a bus.
 type Publisher[T any] struct {
+	// Implementation note: Publisher[T] is a thin user-facing facade over a
+	// non-generic *publisherCore. Carrying T on the public type preserves the
+	// typed API of Publish(v T), but all of the actual state (the *Client
+	// back-pointer, the stop flag, and the cached reflect.Type used by
+	// diagnostic introspection) lives on the core and is not duplicated per T.
+	//
+	// The diagnostic surface that motivates the publisher interface
+	// (Debugger.PublishTypes) is served by *publisherCore directly, so adding
+	// new typed publishers does not pay an itab+dictionary cost just to satisfy
+	// diagnostic enumeration.
+	core *publisherCore
+}
+
+// publisherCore is the non-generic implementation of a Publisher.
+// It implements the package-private publisher interface; the bus's
+// outputs map and itab key on this single type, not on Publisher[T].
+type publisherCore struct {
 	client *Client
 	stop   stopFlag
+	typ    reflect.Type // cached reflect.TypeFor[T]()
 }
 
 func newPublisher[T any](c *Client) *Publisher[T] {
-	return &Publisher[T]{client: c}
+	return &Publisher[T]{
+		core: &publisherCore{
+			client: c,
+			typ:    reflect.TypeFor[T](),
+		},
+	}
 }
 
 // Close closes the publisher.
@@ -31,35 +59,46 @@ func newPublisher[T any](c *Client) *Publisher[T] {
 // If the Bus or Client from which the Publisher was created is closed,
 // the Publisher is implicitly closed and does not need to be closed
 // separately.
-func (p *Publisher[T]) Close() {
+func (p *Publisher[T]) Close() { p.core.Close() }
+
+// Close implements the publisher interface and the user-facing
+// (*Publisher[T]).Close.
+func (c *publisherCore) Close() {
 	// Just unblocks any active calls to Publish, no other
 	// synchronization needed.
-	p.stop.Stop()
-	p.client.deletePublisher(p)
+	c.stop.Stop()
+	c.client.deletePublisher(c)
 }
 
-func (p *Publisher[T]) publishType() reflect.Type {
-	return reflect.TypeFor[T]()
-}
+// publishType implements the publisher interface.
+func (c *publisherCore) publishType() reflect.Type { return c.typ }
 
 // Publish publishes event v on the bus.
 func (p *Publisher[T]) Publish(v T) {
+	publish(p.core, v)
+}
+
+// publish is the non-generic body of Publisher[T].Publish. The only
+// per-T work is the boxing of v into evt.Event (an `any` field) and
+// the construction of the PublishedEvent struct itself; all of the
+// channel/select dance is shared across every T.
+func publish(c *publisherCore, v any) {
 	// Check for just a stopped publisher or bus before trying to
 	// write, so that once closed Publish consistently does nothing.
 	select {
-	case <-p.stop.Done():
+	case <-c.stop.Done():
 		return
 	default:
 	}
 
 	evt := PublishedEvent{
 		Event: v,
-		From:  p.client,
+		From:  c.client,
 	}
 
 	select {
-	case p.client.publish() <- evt:
-	case <-p.stop.Done():
+	case c.client.publish() <- evt:
+	case <-c.stop.Done():
 	}
 }
 
@@ -70,5 +109,5 @@ func (p *Publisher[T]) Publish(v T) {
 // nobody seems to care. Publishers must not assume that someone will
 // definitely receive an event if ShouldPublish returns true.
 func (p *Publisher[T]) ShouldPublish() bool {
-	return p.client.shouldPublish(reflect.TypeFor[T]())
+	return p.core.client.shouldPublish(p.core.typ)
 }