diff --git a/utils/src/rw_task_lock.rs b/utils/src/rw_task_lock.rs
index aa522f23..139248f8 100644
--- a/utils/src/rw_task_lock.rs
+++ b/utils/src/rw_task_lock.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::mem::replace;
 use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::sync::{RwLock, RwLockReadGuard};
 use tokio::task::{JoinError, JoinHandle};
 
+type BoxedFuture<T, E> = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<T, E>> + Send>>;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum RwTaskLockError {
@@ -16,7 +20,21 @@ pub enum RwTaskLockError {
     CalledAfterError,
 }
 
+/// Internal state for `RwTaskLock`.
+///
+/// The `Delayed` variant wraps the future in `std::sync::Mutex` to satisfy `Sync` bounds.
+/// This is necessary because:
+/// - `tokio::sync::RwLock<T>` requires `T: Send + Sync` to be `Sync` (since multiple readers can hold `&T`
+///   simultaneously).
+/// - `BoxedFuture` (`Pin<Box<dyn Future<...> + Send>>`) is `Send` but NOT `Sync`.
+/// - `std::sync::Mutex<T>` is `Sync` when `T: Send` (exclusive access only).
+/// - We're gauranteed that we won't have contention, and move the value out of the Mutex immediately to use, so it's
+///   just a quick trick to satisfy the `Sync` bounds.
+///
+/// We use `RwLock` (not `Mutex`) for the outer lock because once the value is `Ready`,
+/// multiple callers can hold read guards simultaneously to access the cached result.
 enum RwTaskLockState<T, E> {
+    Delayed(Mutex<BoxedFuture<T, E>>),
     Pending(JoinHandle<Result<T, E>>),
     Ready(T),
     Error,
@@ -93,6 +111,34 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    /// From a future yielding Result<T, E> that will not start until `run_delayed()` is called
+    /// or `read()` is called.
+    pub fn from_task_delayed<Fut>(fut: Fut) -> Self
+    where
+        Fut: Future<Output = Result<T, E>> + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        Self {
+            state: RwLock::new(RwTaskLockState::Delayed(Mutex::new(Box::pin(fut)))),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Start the delayed future as a background task, moving it to the Pending state.
+    pub fn run_delayed(&self) {
+        let state = self.state.try_write();
+        if let Ok(mut state_guard) = state {
+            match replace(&mut *state_guard, RwTaskLockState::Error) {
+                RwTaskLockState::Delayed(fut_mutex) => {
+                    let fut = fut_mutex.into_inner().unwrap();
+                    let task = tokio::spawn(fut);
+                    *state_guard = RwTaskLockState::Pending(task);
+                },
+                other => {
+                    *state_guard = other;
+                },
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Awaitable read: yields a custom read guard or error.
     pub async fn read(&self) -> Result<RwTaskLockReadGuard<'_, T, E>, E> {
         // Fast path
@@ -104,6 +150,7 @@ where
                 },
                 RwTaskLockState::Error => return Err(E::from(RwTaskLockError::CalledAfterError)),
                 RwTaskLockState::Pending(_) => {},
+                RwTaskLockState::Delayed(_) => {},
             }
         }
         // Acquire write lock to initialize if necessary
@@ -127,6 +174,18 @@ where
                     },
                 };
             },
+            RwTaskLockState::Delayed(fut_mutex) => {
+                let mut fut = fut_mutex.into_inner().unwrap();
+                match fut.as_mut().await {
+                    Ok(v) => {
+                        *state = RwTaskLockState::Ready(v);
+                    },
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        *state = RwTaskLockState::Error;
+                        return Err(e);
+                    },
+                };
+            },
         };
 
         Ok(RwTaskLockReadGuard {
@@ -206,6 +265,16 @@ where
                 *state_lg = Pending(tokio::spawn(updater(v)));
                 Ok(())
             },
+            Delayed(fut_mutex) => {
+                // Execute the delayed future, then chain the updater.
+                let fut = fut_mutex.into_inner().unwrap();
+                let new_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    let current = fut.await?;
+                    updater(current).await
+                });
+                *state_lg = Pending(new_task);
+                Ok(())
+            },
             Error => {
                 // Can't update if in error.
                 *state_lg = Error;
@@ -218,6 +287,9 @@ where
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+
     use super::*;
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -252,7 +324,6 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_concurrent_read() {
-        use std::sync::Arc;
         let lock = Arc::new(RwTaskLock::from_task(async {
             tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(30)).await;
             Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>("concurrent".to_string())
@@ -282,7 +353,6 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_update_chained_pending() {
-        use std::sync::Arc;
         let lock = Arc::new(RwTaskLock::from_task(async {
             tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
             Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>(5)
@@ -321,4 +391,117 @@ mod tests {
         let guard = lock.read().await.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(*guard, 22);
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_delayed_read_executes_future() {
+        let flag = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let flag_ = flag.clone();
+        let lock = RwTaskLock::from_task_delayed(async move {
+            flag_.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+            Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>(42)
+        });
+        assert!(!flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        let guard = lock.read().await.unwrap();
+        assert!(flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        assert_eq!(*guard, 42);
+        let guard2 = lock.read().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*guard2, 42);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_delayed_run_delayed_spawns_task() {
+        let flag = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let flag_ = flag.clone();
+        let lock = RwTaskLock::from_task_delayed(async move {
+            flag_.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+            Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>(100)
+        });
+        assert!(!flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        lock.run_delayed();
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
+        assert!(flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        let guard = lock.read().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*guard, 100);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_delayed_error() {
+        let flag = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let flag_ = flag.clone();
+        let lock = RwTaskLock::<u8, RwTaskLockError>::from_task_delayed(async move {
+            flag_.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            Err(RwTaskLockError::CalledAfterError)
+        });
+        assert!(!flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        let result = lock.read().await;
+        assert!(flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        assert!(matches!(result, Err(RwTaskLockError::CalledAfterError)));
+        let result2 = lock.read().await;
+        assert!(matches!(result2, Err(RwTaskLockError::CalledAfterError)));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_delayed_concurrent_read() {
+        let flag = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let flag_ = flag.clone();
+        let lock = Arc::new(RwTaskLock::from_task_delayed(async move {
+            flag_.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(30)).await;
+            Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>("delayed_concurrent".to_string())
+        }));
+        assert!(!flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        let lock1 = lock.clone();
+        let lock2 = lock.clone();
+        let (a, b) = tokio::join!(lock1.read(), lock2.read());
+        assert!(flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        assert_eq!(*a.unwrap(), "delayed_concurrent");
+        assert_eq!(*b.unwrap(), "delayed_concurrent");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_delayed_update() {
+        let flag = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let flag_ = flag.clone();
+        let lock = RwTaskLock::from_task_delayed(async move {
+            flag_.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+            Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>(5)
+        });
+        assert!(!flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        lock.update(|v| async move { Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>(v * 2) }).await.unwrap();
+        let guard = lock.read().await.unwrap();
+        assert!(flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        assert_eq!(*guard, 10);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_delayed_run_delayed_then_read() {
+        let flag = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let flag_ = flag.clone();
+        let lock = RwTaskLock::from_task_delayed(async move {
+            flag_.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+            Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>(200)
+        });
+        assert!(!flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        lock.run_delayed();
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(25)).await;
+        assert!(flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+        let guard = lock.read().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*guard, 200);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_delayed_does_not_run_without_trigger() {
+        let flag = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let flag_ = flag.clone();
+        let _lock = RwTaskLock::from_task_delayed(async move {
+            flag_.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            Ok::<_, RwTaskLockError>(999)
+        });
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
+        assert!(!flag.load(Ordering::Relaxed));
+    }
 }