diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
index ca5b68785c..dd230d3787 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
@@ -143,6 +143,21 @@ export class Batch {
 		return (this.#stale_effects ??= new Map());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @type {Set<Reaction> | null}
+	 */
+	#stale_readers = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * Reactions that, while running in an earlier batch, read a value that this batch holds
+	 * a newer version of, and that are therefore scheduled to re-run in this batch. Used to
+	 * avoid scheduling the same reaction multiple times when it reads more than one such value.
+	 * Lazily initialized for performance reasons.
+	 */
+	get stale_readers() {
+		return (this.#stale_readers ??= new Set());
+	}
+
 	/** @type {Batch | null} */
 	prev = null;
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index 8fffee8c47..62d26c0391 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -771,18 +771,27 @@ function get_batch_value(signal, first_time) {
 					(active_effect.f & REACTION_IS_UPDATING) !== 0) ||
 				(active_effect !== null && (active_effect.f & ASYNC) !== 0);
 
-			if (reader !== null && reactive) {
+			if (
+				reader !== null &&
+				reactive &&
+				// a reaction can read several stale values in one run — only schedule the re-run once
+				!batch.stale_readers.has(reader)
+			) {
+				batch.stale_readers.add(reader);
+
 				if (current.is_eager) {
 					// Reactions of eager effects with at least one non-eager effect (which we know is true here due to the stale_sources check above)
 					// need to rerun because they could do something like `$state.eager(count) !== count`.
 					if (reader.deps?.some((dep) => dep.f & EAGER_EFFECT)) {
 						batch.oncommit(() => {
+							batch.stale_readers.delete(reader);
 							Batch.ensure();
 							invalidate(reader, DIRTY);
 						});
 					}
 				} else {
 					queue_micro_task(() => {
+						batch.stale_readers.delete(reader);
 						const b = batch.activate();
 						invalidate(reader, MAYBE_DIRTY);
 						b.flush();
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-stale-read-many-sources/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-stale-read-many-sources/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5318b930a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-stale-read-many-sources/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+const buttons = '<button>show</button><button>items</button><button>shift</button>';
+/** @param {number} offset */
+const list = (offset) => Array.from({ length: 2000 }, (_, i) => `${i + offset},`).join('');
+
+// When the branch is created in B1, the each block reads all 2000 items, each of which B2 holds
+// a newer value of. The each block must be scheduled to re-run in B2 once, not once per stale
+// value — otherwise B2 is flushed 2000 times (each flush being O(size of B2)), which takes seconds
+export default test({
+	mode: ['client'],
+	async test({ assert, target }) {
+		await tick();
+		const [show, items, shift] = target.querySelectorAll('button');
+
+		// B1: show = true -> pending
+		show.click();
+		await tick();
+
+		// B2: increment all items -> pending
+		items.click();
+		await tick();
+
+		// B1 resolves -> the branch is created, reading 2000 values that are stale relative to B2
+		const start = performance.now();
+		shift.click();
+		await tick();
+		const duration = performance.now() - start;
+
+		assert.ok(duration < 1000, `took ${duration}ms`);
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `${buttons}<p>0</p><div>${list(0)}</div>`);
+
+		// B2 resolves
+		shift.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `${buttons}<p>1</p><div>${list(1)}</div>`);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-stale-read-many-sources/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-stale-read-many-sources/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f932241cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-stale-read-many-sources/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<script>
+	let show = $state(false);
+	let items = $state(Array.from({ length: 2000 }, (_, i) => i));
+
+	const deferred = [];
+
+	function delay(v) {
+		if (!v) return v;
+		return new Promise((resolve) => deferred.push(() => resolve(v)));
+	}
+</script>
+
+<button onclick={() => (show = true)}>show</button>
+<button onclick={() => items.forEach((_, i) => items[i]++)}>items</button>
+<button onclick={() => deferred.shift()?.()}>shift</button>
+
+<p>{await delay(items[0])}</p>
+
+{#if await delay(show)}
+	<div>
+		{#each items as item}{item},{/each}
+	</div>
+{/if}