diff --git a/TUnit.Engine/Services/EventReceiverOrchestrator.cs b/TUnit.Engine/Services/EventReceiverOrchestrator.cs
index c3417ace96..b0bfec5c67 100644
--- a/TUnit.Engine/Services/EventReceiverOrchestrator.cs
+++ b/TUnit.Engine/Services/EventReceiverOrchestrator.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using TUnit.Core;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public EventReceiverOrchestrator(TUnitFrameworkLogger logger)
         _logger = logger;
     }
 
-    public void RegisterReceivers(TestContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    public void RegisterReceivers(TestContext context)
     {
         var vlb = new ValueListBuilder<object>([null, null, null, null]);
 
@@ -80,6 +81,41 @@ obj is IFirstTestInAssemblyEventReceiver ||
         vlb.Dispose();
     }
 
+    // Precondition: ClassInstance has just been assigned; the initial RegisterReceivers call (with ClassInstance still null) already covered every other eligible object.
+    public void RegisterClassInstanceReceiver(TestContext context)
+    {
+        var classInstance = context.Metadata.TestDetails.ClassInstance;
+        Debug.Assert(classInstance is not null, "RegisterClassInstanceReceiver should only be called after ClassInstance is assigned.");
+        if (classInstance is null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Defense-in-depth: SkippedTestInstance is a sentinel singleton for tests skipped
+        // at registration time and should never be treated as an event receiver. Callers
+        // already short-circuit on this sentinel, but guard here too.
+        if (classInstance is SkippedTestInstance)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!_initializedObjects.Add(classInstance))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (classInstance is IFirstTestInTestSessionEventReceiver
+            or IFirstTestInAssemblyEventReceiver
+            or IFirstTestInClassEventReceiver)
+        {
+            if (!_registeredFirstEventReceiverTypes.Add(classInstance.GetType()))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        _registry.RegisterReceiver(classInstance);
+    }
 
     // Fast-path checks with inlining
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
diff --git a/TUnit.Engine/Services/TestExecution/TestCoordinator.cs b/TUnit.Engine/Services/TestExecution/TestCoordinator.cs
index a39f2fc516..9ff9277b2a 100644
--- a/TUnit.Engine/Services/TestExecution/TestCoordinator.cs
+++ b/TUnit.Engine/Services/TestExecution/TestCoordinator.cs
@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@ private async ValueTask ExecuteTestInternalAsync(AbstractExecutableTest test, Ca
         try
         {
             _stateManager.MarkRunning(test);
-            // Fire-and-forget InProgress - it's informational and doesn't need to block test execution
-            _ = _messageBus.InProgress(test.Context);
+            // Await InProgress so back-pressure from MTP's bounded channel spreads publishes
+            // across each test task rather than fanning 1000+ fire-and-forget writers into
+            // the channel at once.
+            await _messageBus.InProgress(test.Context).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             _contextRestorer.RestoreContext(test);
 
             // Register event receivers early so that skip event receivers work
             // even when the test is skipped before full initialization.
-            _eventReceiverOrchestrator.RegisterReceivers(test.Context, cancellationToken);
+            _eventReceiverOrchestrator.RegisterReceivers(test.Context);
 
             // Check if test was already marked as skipped during registration
             // (e.g., by a derived SkipAttribute evaluated in OnTestRegistered).
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ private async ValueTask ExecuteTestLifecycleAsync(AbstractExecutableTest test, C
 
         test.Context.Metadata.TestDetails.ClassInstance = await test.CreateInstanceAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-        // Invalidate cached eligible event objects since ClassInstance changed
+        // Drop the cached eligible-objects list so any later consumer rebuilds it with the new ClassInstance included — the initial list was built before the instance existed.
         test.Context.CachedEligibleEventObjects = null;
 
         // Check if this test should be skipped (after creating instance).
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ private async ValueTask ExecuteTestLifecycleAsync(AbstractExecutableTest test, C
 
         try
         {
-            _testInitializer.PrepareTest(test, cancellationToken);
+            _testInitializer.PrepareTest(test);
             test.Context.RestoreExecutionContext();
             var testTimeout = test.Context.Metadata.TestDetails.Timeout;
             await _testExecutor.ExecuteAsync(test, _testInitializer, cancellationToken, testTimeout).ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/TUnit.Engine/TestInitializer.cs b/TUnit.Engine/TestInitializer.cs
index 7aa378a844..9665e0112f 100644
--- a/TUnit.Engine/TestInitializer.cs
+++ b/TUnit.Engine/TestInitializer.cs
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ public TestInitializer(
         _objectLifecycleService = objectLifecycleService;
     }
 
-    public void PrepareTest(AbstractExecutableTest test, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    public void PrepareTest(AbstractExecutableTest test)
     {
-        // Register event receivers
-        _eventReceiverOrchestrator.RegisterReceivers(test.Context, cancellationToken);
+        // Register the freshly created ClassInstance as an event receiver. The initial
+        // registration happens before instance creation, so re-iterating the full
+        // eligible-event-object set would duplicate work — only the ClassInstance is new.
+        _eventReceiverOrchestrator.RegisterClassInstanceReceiver(test.Context);
 
-        // Prepare test: set cached property values on the instance
-        // Does NOT call IAsyncInitializer - that is deferred until after BeforeClass hooks
+        // Prepare test: set cached property values on the instance.
+        // Does NOT call IAsyncInitializer - that is deferred until after BeforeClass hooks.
         _objectLifecycleService.PrepareTest(test.Context);
     }