diff --git a/tools/fake_dragonxd/README.md b/tools/fake_dragonxd/README.md
index d1a8100..7dd1688 100644
--- a/tools/fake_dragonxd/README.md
+++ b/tools/fake_dragonxd/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ What it copies from the real daemon (DragonX v1.3.0):
   command line or `DRAGONX.conf`). When the queue is full the request gets an immediate plain-text
   `HTTP 500 "Work queue depth exceeded"`. A request whose client timed out **keeps its slot** until
   a worker reaches it.
-- **cs_main.** One global lock. Every method except `stop` and `help` takes it. A "witness rebuild"
+- **cs_main.** One global lock. Every method except `stop`, `help` and `getrescaninfo` (lock-free in dragonxd too) takes it. A "witness rebuild"
   holds it for `FAKE_REBUILD_SECS` and logs the real markers:
   - `Reading blocks for witness rebuild: <off> / <total>` (Phase 1, abortable);
   - nothing during Phase 2, which ignores shutdown;
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Everything that matters for a test is appended to `<datadir>/fake_dragonxd.event
 | `sigterm` | SIGTERM/SIGINT received (POSIX) |
 | `http-interrupted`, `shutdown-begin` | shutdown progress |
 | `stats ...` | counters, every 30 s when they change |
+| `methods ...` | the 10 most-requested JSON-RPC methods with counts (with `stats`, and at exit): what the GUI is polling |
 | `clean-exit ...` | **graceful exit**, with final counters. If this is missing, the process was killed. |
 
 ## Build
diff --git a/tools/fake_dragonxd/fake_dragonxd.cpp b/tools/fake_dragonxd/fake_dragonxd.cpp
index 6f917aa..ce24e84 100644
--- a/tools/fake_dragonxd/fake_dragonxd.cpp
+++ b/tools/fake_dragonxd/fake_dragonxd.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //     exceeded" before any handler runs, and a request whose client gave up keeps its slot until a
 //     worker reaches it (libevent has no close callback);
 //   * a global cs_main that a "witness rebuild" holds for minutes, logging the real markers. Every
-//     method except the lock-free `stop` / `help` takes it;
+//     method except the lock-free `stop` / `help` / `getrescaninfo` takes it;
 //   * dragonxd's shutdown: `stop` (or SIGTERM/SIGINT on POSIX; Windows has no signal channel, as in
 //     v1.3.0) unbinds the listener at once, answers new requests on open connections with 503, then
 //     waits for the rebuild (Phase 2 is not abortable) before "Shutdown: In progress..." -> flush ->
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@ struct Stats {
 
 Stats g_stats;
 
+// Requests per JSON-RPC method, for "what is the GUI polling" (the `methods` event).
+std::mutex g_methodsMx;
+std::map<std::string, long> g_methodCounts;
+
+std::string topMethodsLine(size_t n)
+{
+    std::vector<std::pair<long, std::string>> v;
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(g_methodsMx);
+        for (const auto& kv : g_methodCounts) v.push_back({kv.second, kv.first});
+    }
+    std::sort(v.rbegin(), v.rend());
+    std::string out;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < v.size() && i < n; ++i) out += (i ? " " : "") + v[i].second + "=" + std::to_string(v[i].first);
+    return out;
+}
+
 bool raiseMax(std::atomic<int>& max, int value)
 {
     int cur = max.load();
@@ -541,11 +558,16 @@ json execOne(const json& req, int& status)
     if (!req.is_object() || !req.contains("method") || !req["method"].is_string())
         return fail(-32600, "Missing method");
     const std::string m = req["method"].get<std::string>();
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(g_methodsMx);
+        ++g_methodCounts[m];
+    }
     json params = req.contains("params") ? req["params"] : json::array();
     if (!params.is_array()) params = json::array();
     status = 200;
 
-    const bool lockFree = (m == "stop" || m == "help");
+    // Like dragonxd: stop and help take no lock, nor does getrescaninfo (it only reads wallet fields).
+    const bool lockFree = (m == "stop" || m == "help" || m == "getrescaninfo");
     if (!lockFree && !cannedReply(m, params).known) return fail(-32601, "Method not found");
     if (g_warmup.load() && !allowedInWarmup(m)) return fail(-28, warmupStatus());
 
@@ -561,7 +583,9 @@ json execOne(const json& req, int& status)
     }
 
     Canned c;
-    {
+    if (lockFree) {
+        c = cannedReply(m, params);
+    } else {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(g_csMain);
         c = cannedReply(m, params);
         if (m == "setgenerate") g_minerOn = !params.empty() && params[0].is_boolean() && params[0].get<bool>();
@@ -1264,7 +1288,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         if (Clock::now() - lastStats >= 30s) {
             lastStats = Clock::now();
             const std::string s = statsLine();
-            if (s != lastStatsLine) event("stats", s);
+            if (s != lastStatsLine) {
+                event("stats", s);
+                event("methods", topMethodsLine(10));
+            }
             lastStatsLine = s;
         }
     }
@@ -1304,6 +1331,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         fs::remove(cookieFile, ec2);
     }
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(200ms);   // let connection threads flush their last replies
+    event("methods", topMethodsLine(10));
     event("clean-exit", statsLine());
     exitNow(0);
 }