diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRefTableController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRefTableController.php
index 2f113e225b..f3f005594d 100644
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRefTableController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRefTableController.php
@@ -66,18 +66,32 @@ final class DiffusionRefTableController extends DiffusionController {
           $type = idx($cache, 'type');
         }
 
-        $identifier = idx($vcs, 'identifier');
-        if ($identifier !== null) {
-          $identifier = DiffusionView::linkCommit(
+        $hash = idx($vcs, 'identifier');
+        if ($hash !== null) {
+          $hash = DiffusionView::linkCommit(
             $repository,
-            $identifier);
+            $hash);
         }
 
-        $cache_identifier = idx($cache, 'identifier');
-        if ($cache_identifier !== null) {
-          $cache_identifier = DiffusionView::linkCommit(
+        $cached_hash = idx($cache, 'identifier');
+        if ($cached_hash !== null) {
+          $cache_hash = DiffusionView::linkCommit(
             $repository,
-            $cache_identifier);
+            $cached_hash);
+        }
+
+        $closed = idx($vcs, 'closed', false);
+        if (!$vcs) {
+          $state = null;
+        } else {
+          $state = $closed ? pht('Closed') : pht('Open');
+        }
+
+        $cached_closed = idx($cache, 'closed', false);
+        if (!$cache) {
+          $cached_state = null;
+        } else {
+          $cached_state = $cached_closed ? pht('Closed') : pht('Open');
         }
 
         $alternate = idx($vcs, 'alternate');
@@ -90,8 +104,10 @@ final class DiffusionRefTableController extends DiffusionController {
         $rows[] = array(
           $ref,
           $type,
-          $identifier,
-          $cache_identifier,
+          $hash,
+          $cached_hash,
+          $state,
+          $cached_state,
           $alternate,
         );
       }
@@ -102,8 +118,10 @@ final class DiffusionRefTableController extends DiffusionController {
         array(
           pht('Ref'),
           pht('Type'),
-          pht('Identifier'),
-          pht('Cached'),
+          pht('Hash'),
+          pht('Cached Hash'),
+          pht('State'),
+          pht('Cached State'),
           pht('Alternate'),
         ));
 
diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/query/lowlevel/DiffusionLowLevelResolveRefsQuery.php b/src/applications/diffusion/query/lowlevel/DiffusionLowLevelResolveRefsQuery.php
index a187077832..66ecbb2f2c 100644
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/query/lowlevel/DiffusionLowLevelResolveRefsQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/query/lowlevel/DiffusionLowLevelResolveRefsQuery.php
@@ -140,15 +140,72 @@ final class DiffusionLowLevelResolveRefsQuery
   private function resolveMercurialRefs() {
     $repository = $this->getRepository();
 
+    // First, pull all of the branch heads in the repository. Doing this in
+    // bulk is much faster than querying each individual head if we're
+    // checking even a small number of refs.
     $futures = array();
-    foreach ($this->refs as $ref) {
+    $futures['all'] = $repository->getLocalCommandFuture(
+      'log --template=%s --rev %s',
+      '{node} {branch}\\n',
+      hgsprintf('head()'));
+    $futures['open'] = $repository->getLocalCommandFuture(
+      'log --template=%s --rev %s',
+      '{node} {branch}\\n',
+      hgsprintf('head() and not closed()'));
+
+
+    $map = array();
+    foreach (new FutureIterator($futures) as $key => $future) {
+      list($stdout) = $future->resolvex();
+      $lines = phutil_split_lines($stdout, $retain_endings = false);
+      foreach ($lines as $idx => $line) {
+        list($node, $branch) = explode(' ', $line, 2);
+        $map[$branch]['nodes'][] = $node;
+        if ($key == 'open') {
+          $map[$branch]['open'] = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    $results = array();
+    $unresolved = $this->refs;
+    foreach ($unresolved as $key => $ref) {
+      if (!isset($map[$ref])) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      $is_closed = !idx($map[$ref], 'open', false);
+      foreach ($map[$ref]['nodes'] as $node) {
+        $results[$ref][$node] = array(
+          'type' => 'branch',
+          'identifier' => $node,
+          'closed' => $is_closed,
+        );
+      }
+
+      unset($unresolved[$key]);
+    }
+
+    // Strip the node keys off the result list.
+    foreach ($results as $ref => $result_list) {
+      $results[$ref] = array_values($result_list);
+    }
+
+    if (!$unresolved) {
+      return $results;
+    }
+
+    // If we still have unresolved refs (which might be things like "tip"),
+    // try to resolve them individually.
+
+    $futures = array();
+    foreach ($unresolved as $ref) {
       $futures[$ref] = $repository->getLocalCommandFuture(
         'log --template=%s --rev %s',
         '{node}',
         hgsprintf('%s', $ref));
     }
 
-    $results = array();
     foreach (new FutureIterator($futures) as $ref => $future) {
       try {
         list($stdout) = $future->resolvex();