diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29b..d6b130cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.claude/settings.local.json
diff --git a/ruby/lib/ci/queue/grind.rb b/ruby/lib/ci/queue/grind.rb
index 1b93317b..12db730b 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/ci/queue/grind.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/ci/queue/grind.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ def from_uri(uri, config)
         end
       end
 
+      # Grind always eagerly loads test files and populates @index via
+      # Static#populate, so poll uses the @index path. Bypass entry_resolver
+      # to avoid JSON-formatting overhead on potentially millions of entries.
+      def entry_resolver; nil; end
+      def entry_resolver=(_); end
+
       def initialize(path, config)
         io = path == '-' ? STDIN : ::File.open(path)
 
diff --git a/ruby/test/ci/queue/redis_test.rb b/ruby/test/ci/queue/redis_test.rb
index 0a1d4643..18339a55 100644
--- a/ruby/test/ci/queue/redis_test.rb
+++ b/ruby/test/ci/queue/redis_test.rb
@@ -510,11 +510,12 @@ def test_resolve_entry_falls_back_to_resolver
   def test_resolve_entry_returns_unresolved_entry_without_index_or_resolver
     queue = worker(1, populate: false)
 
-    result = queue.send(:resolve_entry, "MissingTest#test_bar#{DELIMITER}/tmp/missing.rb")
+    entry = CI::Queue::QueueEntry.format("MissingTest#test_bar", "/tmp/missing.rb")
+    result = queue.send(:resolve_entry, entry)
 
     assert_instance_of CI::Queue::Redis::UnresolvedEntry, result
     assert_equal "MissingTest#test_bar", result.id
-    assert_equal "MissingTest#test_bar#{DELIMITER}/tmp/missing.rb", result.queue_entry
+    assert_equal entry, result.queue_entry
   end
 
   def test_continuously_timing_out_tests