diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AISettingsController.php b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AISettingsController.php
index a3b0a874987..c3b4ee8c571 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AISettingsController.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AISettingsController.php
@@ -12,20 +12,15 @@ use OCA\Settings\Settings\Admin\ArtificialIntelligence;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Controller;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Attribute\AuthorizedAdminSetting;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\DataResponse;
-use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 
 class AISettingsController extends Controller {
 
-	/**
-	 * @param string $appName
-	 * @param IRequest $request
-	 * @param IConfig $config
-	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		$appName,
 		IRequest $request,
-		private IConfig $config,
+		private IAppConfig $appConfig,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct($appName, $request);
 	}
@@ -43,7 +38,7 @@ class AISettingsController extends Controller {
 			if (!isset($settings[$key])) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			$this->config->setAppValue('core', $key, json_encode($settings[$key]));
+			$this->appConfig->setValueString('core', $key, json_encode($settings[$key]), lazy: in_array($key, \OCP\TaskProcessing\IManager::LAZY_CONFIG_KEYS, true));
 		}
 
 		return new DataResponse();
diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Admin/ArtificialIntelligence.php b/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Admin/ArtificialIntelligence.php
index 78bec73382d..b4974ffbc77 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Admin/ArtificialIntelligence.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/Settings/Admin/ArtificialIntelligence.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace OCA\Settings\Settings\Admin;
 
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Services\IInitialState;
-use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\Settings\IDelegatedSettings;
 use OCP\SpeechToText\ISpeechToTextManager;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class ArtificialIntelligence implements IDelegatedSettings {
 	public function __construct(
-		private IConfig $config,
+		private IAppConfig $appConfig,
 		private IL10N $l,
 		private IInitialState $initialState,
 		private ITranslationManager $translationManager,
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class ArtificialIntelligence implements IDelegatedSettings {
 		];
 		foreach ($settings as $key => $defaultValue) {
 			$value = $defaultValue;
-			$json = $this->config->getAppValue('core', $key, '');
+			$json = $this->appConfig->getValueString('core', $key, '', lazy: in_array($key, \OCP\TaskProcessing\IManager::LAZY_CONFIG_KEYS, true));
 			if ($json !== '') {
 				try {
 					$value = json_decode($json, true, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
diff --git a/core/Command/TaskProcessing/EnabledCommand.php b/core/Command/TaskProcessing/EnabledCommand.php
index 7195d19a7a4..0d4b831812c 100644
--- a/core/Command/TaskProcessing/EnabledCommand.php
+++ b/core/Command/TaskProcessing/EnabledCommand.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 namespace OC\Core\Command\TaskProcessing;
 
 use OC\Core\Command\Base;
-use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\TaskProcessing\IManager;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 class EnabledCommand extends Base {
 	public function __construct(
 		protected IManager $taskProcessingManager,
-		private IConfig $config,
+		private IAppConfig $appConfig,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct();
 	}
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class EnabledCommand extends Base {
 	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
 		$enabled = (bool)$input->getArgument('enabled');
 		$taskType = $input->getArgument('task-type-id');
-		$json = $this->config->getAppValue('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_type_preferences');
+		$json = $this->appConfig->getValueString('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_type_preferences', lazy: true);
 		try {
 			if ($json === '') {
 				$taskTypeSettings = [];
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class EnabledCommand extends Base {
 
 			$taskTypeSettings[$taskType] = $enabled;
 
-			$this->config->setAppValue('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_type_preferences', json_encode($taskTypeSettings));
+			$this->appConfig->setValueString('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_type_preferences', json_encode($taskTypeSettings), lazy: true);
 			$this->writeArrayInOutputFormat($input, $output, $taskTypeSettings);
 			return 0;
 		} catch (\JsonException $e) {
diff --git a/lib/private/TaskProcessing/Manager.php b/lib/private/TaskProcessing/Manager.php
index a9c9f1e1ca2..ab892c1de85 100644
--- a/lib/private/TaskProcessing/Manager.php
+++ b/lib/private/TaskProcessing/Manager.php
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ use OCP\Files\Node;
 use OCP\Files\NotPermittedException;
 use OCP\Files\SimpleFS\ISimpleFile;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
 use OCP\ICache;
 use OCP\ICacheFactory;
-use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\IServerContainer;
 use OCP\IUserManager;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 	private ?GetTaskProcessingProvidersEvent $eventResult = null;
 
 	public function __construct(
-		private IConfig $config,
+		private IAppConfig $appConfig,
 		private Coordinator $coordinator,
 		private IServerContainer $serverContainer,
 		private LoggerInterface $logger,
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 	 */
 	private function _getTaskTypeSettings(): array {
 		try {
-			$json = $this->config->getAppValue('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_type_preferences', '');
+			$json = $this->appConfig->getValueString('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_type_preferences', '', lazy: true);
 			if ($json === '') {
 				return [];
 			}
@@ -788,7 +788,11 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 			if ($this->preferences === null) {
 				$this->preferences = $this->distributedCache->get('ai.taskprocessing_provider_preferences');
 				if ($this->preferences === null) {
-					$this->preferences = json_decode($this->config->getAppValue('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_provider_preferences', 'null'), associative: true, flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+					$this->preferences = json_decode(
+						$this->appConfig->getValueString('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_provider_preferences', 'null', lazy: true),
+						associative: true,
+						flags: JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR,
+					);
 					$this->distributedCache->set('ai.taskprocessing_provider_preferences', $this->preferences, 60 * 3);
 				}
 			}
@@ -889,7 +893,7 @@ class Manager implements IManager {
 			$user = $this->userManager->get($userId);
 		}
 
-		$guestsAllowed = $this->config->getAppValue('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_guests', 'false');
+		$guestsAllowed = $this->appConfig->getValueString('core', 'ai.taskprocessing_guests', 'false');
 		if ($guestsAllowed == 'true' || !class_exists(\OCA\Guests\UserBackend::class) || !($user->getBackend() instanceof \OCA\Guests\UserBackend)) {
 			return true;
 		}
diff --git a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IManager.php b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IManager.php
index f161030f5f4..e937917a6cb 100644
--- a/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IManager.php
+++ b/lib/public/TaskProcessing/IManager.php
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ use OCP\TaskProcessing\Exception\ValidationException;
  * @since 30.0.0
  */
 interface IManager {
+
+	/**
+	 * Task processing config keys that can be stored and loaded lazily
+	 *
+	 * @since 32.0.0
+	 */
+	public const LAZY_CONFIG_KEYS = [
+		'ai.taskprocessing_type_preferences',
+		'ai.taskprocessing_provider_preferences',
+	];
+
 	/**
 	 * @since 30.0.0
 	 */