diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/AppleEventBeat.h b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/AppleEventBeat.h
index 71ea0a112dc..4a11927bafb 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/AppleEventBeat.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/AppleEventBeat.h
@@ -70,6 +70,20 @@ class AppleEventBeat : public EventBeat, public RunLoopObserver::Delegate {
   WindowLayerResolver windowLayerResolver_;
   NSMapTable<CALayer *, RCTEventBeatFlusherLayer *> *layers_;
   void (^onDisplay_)(void);
+
+  /*
+   * Whether a display phase has already induced in the current run loop turn.
+   *
+   * The beat a display phase induces runs the whole event loop tick on the
+   * main thread, mounting included, so a `VirtualView` whose layout metrics
+   * change during that mount emits another synchronous request from inside the
+   * display it is servicing. Core Animation honours `setNeedsDisplay` made
+   * during a display by running the commit's layout and display phases again,
+   * with no bound, so without this flag one commit can perform an unbounded
+   * number of blocking JavaScript round trips. Requests that arrive after the
+   * first induce keep the ordinary run loop observer timing.
+   */
+  mutable bool didInduceInCurrentTurn_{false};
 };
 
 } // namespace facebook::react
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/AppleEventBeat.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/AppleEventBeat.mm
index 31323191962..2a4cb1588e7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/AppleEventBeat.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/AppleEventBeat.mm
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ - (void)display
     if (!owner) {
       return;
     }
+    if (this->didInduceInCurrentTurn_) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this->didInduceInCurrentTurn_ = true;
     this->induce();
   };
 
@@ -117,6 +121,9 @@ - (void)display
     RunLoopObserver::Activity /*activity*/) const noexcept
 {
   react_native_assert(delegate == this);
+  // This observer runs before Core Animation's commit observer, so it is the
+  // start of the turn whose display phase `didInduceInCurrentTurn_` bounds.
+  didInduceInCurrentTurn_ = false;
   induce();
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Fabric/AppleEventBeatTests.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Fabric/AppleEventBeatTests.mm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84eed211f20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Tests/Fabric/AppleEventBeatTests.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
+#import <XCTest/XCTest.h>
+
+#import <react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlags.h>
+#import <react/featureflags/ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults.h>
+#import <react/renderer/runtimescheduler/RuntimeScheduler.h>
+
+#import <hermes/hermes.h>
+
+#import <condition_variable>
+#import <deque>
+#import <memory>
+#import <mutex>
+#import <thread>
+
+// `AppleEventBeat.h` is private to `RCTFabric` and is not reachable from a
+// dependent target, so the test target declares it as its own header rather
+// than the library exporting it for one test's sake.
+#import "AppleEventBeat.h"
+
+using facebook::react::AppleEventBeat;
+using facebook::react::EventBeat;
+using facebook::react::kNoTag;
+using facebook::react::ReactNativeFeatureFlags;
+using facebook::react::ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults;
+using facebook::react::RunLoopObserver;
+using facebook::react::RuntimeExecutor;
+using facebook::react::RuntimeScheduler;
+using facebook::react::Tag;
+
+namespace {
+
+/*
+ * The beat only needs an observer it can own; the tests drive the turn
+ * boundary through `activityDidChange` directly, which is what the real
+ * observer does.
+ */
+class StubRunLoopObserver : public RunLoopObserver {
+ public:
+  using RunLoopObserver::RunLoopObserver;
+
+  bool isOnRunLoopThread() const noexcept override
+  {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  void startObserving() const noexcept override {}
+  void stopObserving() const noexcept override {}
+};
+
+class BridgelessFeatureFlags : public ReactNativeFeatureFlagsDefaults {
+ public:
+  bool enableBridgelessArchitecture() override
+  {
+    return true;
+  }
+};
+
+/*
+ * A real JavaScript-thread stand-in: `induce` blocks the calling thread until
+ * another thread hands it the runtime, so the executor cannot run inline.
+ */
+class RuntimeThread {
+ public:
+  RuntimeThread()
+      : runtime_(facebook::hermes::makeHermesRuntime(::hermes::vm::RuntimeConfig::Builder().build())),
+        thread_([this] { loop(); })
+  {
+  }
+
+  ~RuntimeThread()
+  {
+    {
+      std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+      stopped_ = true;
+    }
+    condition_.notify_all();
+    thread_.join();
+  }
+
+  RuntimeExecutor executor()
+  {
+    return [this](std::function<void(facebook::jsi::Runtime &)> &&callback) {
+      {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+        queue_.push_back(std::move(callback));
+      }
+      condition_.notify_all();
+    };
+  }
+
+ private:
+  void loop()
+  {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex_);
+    while (true) {
+      condition_.wait(lock, [this] { return stopped_ || !queue_.empty(); });
+      if (queue_.empty()) {
+        return;
+      }
+      auto callback = std::move(queue_.front());
+      queue_.pop_front();
+      lock.unlock();
+      callback(*runtime_);
+      lock.lock();
+    }
+  }
+
+  std::unique_ptr<facebook::hermes::HermesRuntime> runtime_;
+  std::deque<std::function<void(facebook::jsi::Runtime &)>> queue_;
+  std::mutex mutex_;
+  std::condition_variable condition_;
+  bool stopped_{false};
+  std::thread thread_;
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+@interface AppleEventBeatTests : XCTestCase
+@end
+
+@implementation AppleEventBeatTests {
+  std::unique_ptr<RuntimeThread> _runtimeThread;
+  std::unique_ptr<RuntimeScheduler> _runtimeScheduler;
+  std::shared_ptr<EventBeat::OwnerBox> _ownerBox;
+  std::shared_ptr<int> _owner;
+  std::shared_ptr<int> _beatCount;
+  std::unique_ptr<AppleEventBeat> _eventBeat;
+  CALayer *_hostLayer;
+}
+
+- (void)setUp
+{
+  [super setUp];
+
+  ReactNativeFeatureFlags::dangerouslyReset();
+  ReactNativeFeatureFlags::override(std::make_unique<BridgelessFeatureFlags>());
+
+  _runtimeThread = std::make_unique<RuntimeThread>();
+  _runtimeScheduler = std::make_unique<RuntimeScheduler>(_runtimeThread->executor());
+
+  _owner = std::make_shared<int>(0);
+  _ownerBox = std::make_shared<EventBeat::OwnerBox>();
+  _ownerBox->owner = _owner;
+
+  _hostLayer = [CALayer layer];
+  CALayer *hostLayer = _hostLayer;
+
+  auto runLoopObserver =
+      std::make_unique<const StubRunLoopObserver>(RunLoopObserver::Activity::BeforeWaiting, _ownerBox->owner);
+  _eventBeat = std::make_unique<AppleEventBeat>(
+      _ownerBox, std::move(runLoopObserver), *_runtimeScheduler, [hostLayer](Tag) -> CALayer * { return hostLayer; });
+
+  _beatCount = std::make_shared<int>(0);
+  auto beatCount = _beatCount;
+  _eventBeat->setBeatCallback([beatCount](facebook::jsi::Runtime &) { (*beatCount)++; });
+}
+
+- (void)tearDown
+{
+  _eventBeat.reset();
+  _runtimeScheduler.reset();
+  _runtimeThread.reset();
+  ReactNativeFeatureFlags::dangerouslyReset();
+  [super tearDown];
+}
+
+- (CALayer *)flusherLayer
+{
+  XCTAssertEqual(_hostLayer.sublayers.count, 1u, @"the request should have attached a flusher to the window layer");
+  return _hostLayer.sublayers.firstObject;
+}
+
+- (void)testRequestAttachesAFlusherToTheResolvedWindowLayer
+{
+  XCTAssertEqual(_hostLayer.sublayers.count, 0u);
+  _eventBeat->requestSynchronous(42);
+  XCTAssertEqual(_hostLayer.sublayers.count, 1u);
+
+  // A second request reuses the same flusher rather than stacking layers.
+  _eventBeat->requestSynchronous(43);
+  XCTAssertEqual(_hostLayer.sublayers.count, 1u);
+}
+
+- (void)testDisplayInducesTheBeat
+{
+  _eventBeat->requestSynchronous(42);
+  [self.flusherLayer display];
+  XCTAssertEqual(*_beatCount, 1);
+}
+
+- (void)testAtMostOneDisplayInducePerRunLoopTurn
+{
+  _eventBeat->requestSynchronous(42);
+  CALayer *flusher = self.flusherLayer;
+
+  [flusher display];
+  XCTAssertEqual(*_beatCount, 1);
+
+  // What the beat does during the first induce — mount, which re-runs layout,
+  // which lets a layout-driven emitter request again — re-enters the display
+  // phase of the same commit. Core Animation puts no bound on that, so the
+  // beat must: the second display does not induce.
+  _eventBeat->requestSynchronous(42);
+  [flusher display];
+  XCTAssertEqual(*_beatCount, 1, @"a second display in the same run loop turn must not induce again");
+}
+
+- (void)testInducesAgainInTheNextRunLoopTurn
+{
+  _eventBeat->requestSynchronous(42);
+  CALayer *flusher = self.flusherLayer;
+  [flusher display];
+  XCTAssertEqual(*_beatCount, 1);
+
+  // The run loop observer runs before Core Animation's commit observer, so it
+  // opens the next turn. The previous request was already consumed, so the
+  // observer's own induce is a no-op.
+  _eventBeat->activityDidChange(_eventBeat.get(), RunLoopObserver::Activity::BeforeWaiting);
+  XCTAssertEqual(*_beatCount, 1);
+
+  _eventBeat->requestSynchronous(42);
+  [flusher display];
+  XCTAssertEqual(*_beatCount, 2, @"the bound is per turn, not for the lifetime of the beat");
+}
+
+- (void)testRequestWithoutATagDoesNotAttachAFlusher
+{
+  _eventBeat->requestSynchronous(kNoTag);
+  XCTAssertEqual(_hostLayer.sublayers.count, 0u);
+}
+
+@end