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@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common.js');
+const { ReadableStream } = require('node:stream/web');
+
+// Benchmark for reading from a pre-buffered ReadableStream.
+// This measures the fast path optimization where data is already
+// queued in the controller, avoiding DefaultReadRequest allocation.
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [1e5],
+  bufferSize: [1, 10, 100, 1000],
+});
+
+async function main({ n, bufferSize }) {
+  let enqueued = 0;
+
+  const rs = new ReadableStream({
+    start(controller) {
+      // Pre-fill the buffer
+      for (let i = 0; i < bufferSize; i++) {
+        controller.enqueue('a');
+        enqueued++;
+      }
+    },
+    pull(controller) {
+      // Refill buffer when pulled
+      const toEnqueue = Math.min(bufferSize, n - enqueued);
+      for (let i = 0; i < toEnqueue; i++) {
+        controller.enqueue('a');
+        enqueued++;
+      }
+      if (enqueued >= n) {
+        controller.close();
+      }
+    },
+  }, {
+    // Use buffer size as high water mark to allow pre-buffering
+    highWaterMark: bufferSize,
+  });
+
+  const reader = rs.getReader();
+  let x = null;
+  let reads = 0;
+
+  bench.start();
+  while (reads < n) {
+    const { value, done } = await reader.read();
+    if (done) break;
+    x = value;
+    reads++;
+  }
+  bench.end(reads);
+  console.assert(x);
+}
@@ -860,6 +860,31 @@ class ReadableStreamDefaultReader {
         new ERR_INVALID_STATE.TypeError(
           'The reader is not attached to a stream'));
     }
+
+    const stream = this[kState].stream;
+    const controller = stream[kState].controller;
+
+    // Fast path: if data is already buffered in a default controller,
+    // return a resolved promise immediately without creating a read request.
+    // This is spec-compliant because read() returns a Promise, and
+    // Promise.resolve() callbacks still run in the microtask queue.
+    if (stream[kState].state === 'readable' &&
+        isReadableStreamDefaultController(controller) &&
+        controller[kState].queue.length > 0) {
+      stream[kState].disturbed = true;
+      const chunk = dequeueValue(controller);
+
+      if (controller[kState].closeRequested && !controller[kState].queue.length) {
+        readableStreamDefaultControllerClearAlgorithms(controller);
+        readableStreamClose(stream);
+      } else {
+        readableStreamDefaultControllerCallPullIfNeeded(controller);
+      }
+
+      return PromiseResolve({ value: chunk, done: false });
+    }
+
+    // Slow path: create request and go through normal flow
     const readRequest = new DefaultReadRequest();
     readableStreamDefaultReaderRead(this, readRequest);
     return readRequest.promise;
@@ -1286,6 +1311,8 @@ const isReadableStream =
   isBrandCheck('ReadableStream');
 const isReadableByteStreamController =
   isBrandCheck('ReadableByteStreamController');
+const isReadableStreamDefaultController =
+  isBrandCheck('ReadableStreamDefaultController');
 const isReadableStreamBYOBRequest =
   isBrandCheck('ReadableStreamBYOBRequest');
 const isReadableStreamDefaultReader =
@@ -1510,6 +1537,57 @@ function readableStreamPipeTo(
 
     await writer[kState].ready.promise;
 
+    const controller = source[kState].controller;
+
+    // Fast path: batch reads when data is buffered in a default controller.
+    // This avoids creating PipeToReadableStreamReadRequest objects and
+    // reduces promise allocation overhead.
+    if (source[kState].state === 'readable' &&
+        isReadableStreamDefaultController(controller) &&
+        controller[kState].queue.length > 0) {
+
+      while (controller[kState].queue.length > 0) {
+        if (shuttingDown) return true;
+
+        source[kState].disturbed = true;
+        const chunk = dequeueValue(controller);
+
+        if (controller[kState].closeRequested && !controller[kState].queue.length) {
+          readableStreamDefaultControllerClearAlgorithms(controller);
+          readableStreamClose(source);
+        }
+
+        // Write the chunk - we're already in a separate microtask from enqueue
+        // because we awaited writer[kState].ready.promise above
+        state.currentWrite = writableStreamDefaultWriterWrite(writer, chunk);
+        setPromiseHandled(state.currentWrite);
+
+        // Check backpressure after each write
+        if (dest[kState].state === 'writable') {
+          const desiredSize = writer.desiredSize;
+          if (desiredSize !== null && desiredSize <= 0) {
+            // Backpressure - stop batch and wait for ready
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Trigger pull if needed after batch
+      if (source[kState].state === 'readable' &&
+          !controller[kState].closeRequested) {
+        readableStreamDefaultControllerCallPullIfNeeded(controller);
+      }
+
+      // Check if stream closed during batch
+      if (source[kState].state === 'closed') {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      // Yield to microtask queue between batches to allow events/signals to fire
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Slow path: use read request for async reads
     const promise = PromiseWithResolvers();
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-use-before-define
     readableStreamDefaultReaderRead(reader, new PipeToReadableStreamReadRequest(writer, state, promise));