fix(ui): Correct performance profiling instrumentation and Diagnostics UI

conductor/tracks.md

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 19. [ ] **Track: Manual UX Validation & Review**
     *Link: [./tracks/manual_ux_validation_20260302/](./tracks/manual_ux_validation_20260302/)*
 
+### Misc Side-tracks
+
 20. [x] **Track: Enhanced Context Control & Cache Awareness**
     *Link: [./tracks/enhanced_context_control_20260307/](./tracks/enhanced_context_control_20260307/)*
 
+22. [~] **Track: GUI Performance Profiling & Optimization**
+    *Link: [./tracks/gui_performance_profiling_20260307/](./tracks/gui_performance_profiling_20260307/)*
+
 ---
 
 ## Completed / Archived

conductor/tracks/gui_performance_profiling_20260307/spec.md

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+# Track Specification: GUI Performance Profiling & Optimization (gui_performance_profiling_20260307)
+
+## Overview
+Implement fine-grained performance profiling within the main ImGui rendering loop (`gui_2.py`) to ensure adherence to data-oriented and immediate mode heuristics. This track will provide visual diagnostics for high-overhead UI components, allowing developers to monitor and optimize render frame times.
+
+## Core Requirements
+1. **Instrumentation:** Inject `start_component()` and `end_component()` calls from the `PerformanceMonitor` API (`src/performance_monitor.py`) around identified high-overhead methods in `src/gui_2.py`.
+2. **Diagnostics UI:** Expand the Diagnostics panel in `gui_2.py` to include a new table titled "Detailed Component Timings".
+3. **Threshold Alerting:** Add visual threshold alerts (e.g., color highlighting) in the new Diagnostics table for any individual component whose execution time exceeds 10ms.
+4. **Target Methods:**
+   - `_render_log_management`
+   - `_render_discussion_panel`
+   - `_render_mma_dashboard`
+   - `_gui_func` (as a global wrapper)
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+- [ ] Profiling calls correctly wrap target methods.
+- [ ] "Detailed Component Timings" table displays in Diagnostics panel.
+- [ ] Timings update in real-time (every 0.5s or similar).
+- [ ] Components exceeding 10ms are highlighted (e.g., Red).
+- [ ] 1-space indentation maintained.