From d518c428a2075e1b5d04032a3e6c1692ff2a3de2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Makkison <timmakkison@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:39:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] perf: add capacity to `StringBuilder` in `ValueAssertion`

---
 TUnit.Assertions/Sources/ValueAssertion.cs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/TUnit.Assertions/Sources/ValueAssertion.cs b/TUnit.Assertions/Sources/ValueAssertion.cs
index a17d8ed7e9..b6ce07b451 100644
--- a/TUnit.Assertions/Sources/ValueAssertion.cs
+++ b/TUnit.Assertions/Sources/ValueAssertion.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ public class ValueAssertion<TValue> : IAssertionSource<TValue>
 
     public ValueAssertion(TValue? value, string? expression)
     {
-        var expressionBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        // Initialize StringBuilder with enough space for expression and text
+        var expressionBuilder = new StringBuilder((expression?.Length ?? 1) + 32);
         expressionBuilder.Append($"Assert.That({expression ?? "?"})");
         Context = new AssertionContext<TValue>(value, expressionBuilder);
     }