From 48a2fae5f6dd96fb9011a77d103340f6d6181ff6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobi Lutke <tobi@shopify.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:04:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] hoist write score check out of render loop: skip
 increment_write_score when no limits active

---
 lib/liquid/block_body.rb      | 8 ++++++--
 lib/liquid/resource_limits.rb | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/liquid/block_body.rb b/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
index 9908aae4..f452bc77 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/block_body.rb
@@ -297,7 +297,11 @@ module Liquid
     def render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
       freeze unless frozen?
 
-      context.resource_limits.increment_render_score(@nodelist.length)
+      resource_limits = context.resource_limits
+      resource_limits.increment_render_score(@nodelist.length)
+
+      # Check if we need per-node write score tracking
+      check_write = resource_limits.render_length_limit || resource_limits.last_capture_length
 
       idx = 0
       while (node = @nodelist[idx])
@@ -312,7 +316,7 @@ module Liquid
         end
         idx += 1
 
-        context.resource_limits.increment_write_score(output)
+        resource_limits.increment_write_score(output) if check_write
       end
 
       output
diff --git a/lib/liquid/resource_limits.rb b/lib/liquid/resource_limits.rb
index ee0c66cb..3b4fc93a 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/resource_limits.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/resource_limits.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module Liquid
       :cumulative_assign_score_limit
     attr_reader :render_score,
       :assign_score,
+      :last_capture_length,
       :cumulative_render_score,
       :cumulative_assign_score