[Perf] (MG_Backend): let DirectVulkan's draw fast path survive a VAO swap

TrySetupDrawFastPath declined on its VAO pointer check for every draw of
a 512-VAO cycle - the Blaze3D chunk-render shape - so the fast path was
dead exactly where it mattered: full SetupDraw, per-draw
ResolveSamplerDescriptor, SyncTextureAndGetDescriptor and render-pass
re-fetch, for draws whose only change was the VAO.

Three fixes. A moved VAO now re-runs only the vertex-input pre-flight
and re-resolves the pipeline instead of declining to the full path. That
resolution probes the value-keyed pipeline memo directly off a cached
pipeline-state hash and snapshot render-pass hash, skipping
GetOrCreateRenderPass and its GetPendingRenderbufferClear probes per
draw; a stale cached hash can only miss, never false-hit. And when the
sampler-descriptor hint holds and the program's single dynamic UBO
re-resolves to the same VkBuffer and range - only the dynamic offset
moved, the per-draw glUniform case - the descriptor walk collapses to
one offset recompute and a vkCmdBindDescriptorSets of the same recorded
set with new pDynamicOffsets. The rebind memo is invalidated at
BeginFrame, layout destruction and override walks; the program lifetime
id never repeats, and per-frame descriptor sets are never rewritten
within their frame.

mc_vanilla_draw -36.9% (1260 -> 795 ns/op, 4.6x native to 3.4x),
sodium_multidraw -18.0%, state_toggle -14.9%, sampler_churn -7.8%,
use_program -7.7%, ubo_range -7.3%, tex_param -7.3%. All nine cases on
both backends, interleaved A/B; no attributable regression. Unit tests
421/421.

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/UniformManager.cpp

@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         for (auto& entry : m_descriptorReuseMemo) {
             entry.valid = false;
         }
+        m_fastRebindMemo.valid = false;
         m_lastBindValid = false;
         // Re-fingerprint the bound sampler set fresh this frame so any GL object address
         // reuse cannot outlive a single frame (see SamplerResolveMemo).
@@ -248,6 +249,8 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             for (auto& entry : m_descriptorReuseMemo) {
                 entry.valid = false;
             }
+            // The rebind memo's set may be among the freed ones.
+            m_fastRebindMemo.valid = false;
             MGLOG_D("UniformDescriptorBinder: freed %zu descriptor sets for destroyed layout", purgedSets);
         }
     }
@@ -1242,6 +1245,94 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         return VK_SUCCESS;
     }
 
+    Bool UniformManager::ResolveDynamicUboDescriptor(const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program,
+                                                     const ProgramFactory::VkProgramObject& programObj,
+                                                     Uint32 binding, Uint32 arrayElement, Uint32 frameIndex,
+                                                     VkBuffer& outBuffer, VkDeviceSize& outRange,
+                                                     Uint32& outDynamicOffset) {
+        UboBindResult ubo{};
+        const Bool hasPayload = ResolveUniformBufferPayload(program, programObj, binding, arrayElement, ubo);
+        MOBILEGL_ASSERT(hasPayload && (ubo.directBindable || (ubo.payload != nullptr && ubo.payloadSize > 0)),
+                        "UniformDescriptorBinder::ResolveDynamicUboDescriptor failed: missing UBO payload on binding %u element %u",
+                        binding, arrayElement);
+        if (ubo.directBindable) {
+            // Zero-copy: bind the app's resident VkBuffer directly, no per-draw memcpy.
+            outBuffer = ubo.buffer;
+            outRange = ubo.range;
+            outDynamicOffset = static_cast<Uint32>(ubo.dynamicOffset);
+            return true;
+        }
+        // Global-UBO slice reuse (see GlobalUboSliceMemo): unchanged
+        // uniform bytes re-use the slice already uploaded this frame.
+        const Bool isGlobalUbo = programObj.globalUboBinding == static_cast<Int>(binding) && arrayElement == 0;
+        const Uint64 uboFrameSerial = m_bufferManager->GetFrameSerial();
+        const Uint64 uboProgramLifetimeId = program.GetLifetimeId();
+        const Uint32 uboContentVersion = program.GetUBOContentVersion();
+        if (isGlobalUbo) {
+            for (const auto& memo : m_globalUboMemo) {
+                if (memo.buffer != VK_NULL_HANDLE && memo.programLifetimeId == uboProgramLifetimeId &&
+                    memo.frameSerial == uboFrameSerial && memo.uboContentVersion == uboContentVersion &&
+                    memo.range == static_cast<VkDeviceSize>(ubo.payloadSize)) {
+                    outBuffer = memo.buffer;
+                    outRange = memo.range;
+                    outDynamicOffset = static_cast<Uint32>(memo.offset);
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        BufferSlice slice{};
+        if (!m_bufferManager->UploadTransient(BufferKind::Uniform, frameIndex, ubo.payload, ubo.payloadSize,
+                                              m_minDynamicOffsetAlignment, slice)) {
+            MOBILEGL_ASSERT(false,
+                            "UniformDescriptorBinder::ResolveDynamicUboDescriptor failed: UBO upload failed on binding %u element %u",
+                            binding, arrayElement);
+            return false;
+        }
+        outBuffer = slice.buffer;
+        outRange = ubo.payloadSize;
+        outDynamicOffset = static_cast<Uint32>(slice.offset);
+        if (isGlobalUbo) {
+            m_globalUboMemo[m_globalUboMemoNext] =
+                GlobalUboSliceMemo{uboProgramLifetimeId, uboFrameSerial, uboContentVersion,
+                                   slice.buffer, slice.offset, static_cast<VkDeviceSize>(ubo.payloadSize)};
+            m_globalUboMemoNext = (m_globalUboMemoNext + 1) % kGlobalUboMemoSize;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void UniformManager::BindDescriptorSetDeduped(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer, VkPipelineBindPoint bindPoint,
+                                                  VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout, VkDescriptorSet descriptorSet,
+                                                  const Vector<Uint32>& dynamicOffsets) {
+        // Skip the driver call when this exact binding is already live on the
+        // command buffer (see the bind-dedup shadow in the header).
+        const Uint32 offsetCount = static_cast<Uint32>(dynamicOffsets.size());
+        Bool identicalBind = m_lastBindValid && m_lastBindSet == descriptorSet &&
+                             m_lastBindLayout == pipelineLayout && m_lastBindPoint == bindPoint &&
+                             m_lastBindOffsetCount == offsetCount && offsetCount <= kMaxShadowedDynamicOffsets;
+        if (identicalBind) {
+            for (Uint32 i = 0; i < offsetCount; ++i) {
+                if (m_lastBindOffsets[i] != dynamicOffsets[i]) {
+                    identicalBind = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!identicalBind) {
+            vkCmdBindDescriptorSets(commandBuffer, bindPoint, pipelineLayout, 0, 1,
+                                    &descriptorSet, offsetCount, dynamicOffsets.data());
+            if (offsetCount <= kMaxShadowedDynamicOffsets) {
+                m_lastBindValid = true;
+                m_lastBindSet = descriptorSet;
+                m_lastBindLayout = pipelineLayout;
+                m_lastBindPoint = bindPoint;
+                m_lastBindOffsetCount = offsetCount;
+                std::copy_n(dynamicOffsets.data(), offsetCount, m_lastBindOffsets);
+            } else {
+                m_lastBindValid = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     Bool UniformManager::BindProgramUniformBuffers(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
                                                              const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program,
                                                              const ProgramFactory::VkProgramObject& programObj,
@@ -1258,6 +1349,34 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             frame.activeDescriptorPoolIndex = 0;
         }
 
+        // Dynamic-offset-only rebind (see FastRebindMemo in the header): the last
+        // cacheable walk of this exact program selected a set whose contents are
+        // provably still what this walk would write - the hint covers every
+        // sampler binding, and an unchanged (buffer, range) for the single
+        // dynamic UBO covers the rest - except the dynamic offset, which rebinding
+        // the SAME set delivers without any descriptor write.
+        const Bool cacheable = (samplerBindingOverride == nullptr);
+        if (cacheable && samplerDescriptorsUnchangedHint && m_fastRebindMemo.valid &&
+            m_fastRebindMemo.frameIndex == frameIndex &&
+            m_fastRebindMemo.programLifetimeId == program.GetLifetimeId() &&
+            m_fastRebindMemo.programHash == programObj.hash) {
+            VkBuffer uboBuffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            VkDeviceSize uboRange = 0;
+            Uint32 uboDynamicOffset = 0;
+            if (ResolveDynamicUboDescriptor(program, programObj, m_fastRebindMemo.uboBinding, 0, frameIndex,
+                                            uboBuffer, uboRange, uboDynamicOffset) &&
+                uboBuffer == m_fastRebindMemo.uboBuffer && uboRange == m_fastRebindMemo.uboRange) {
+                auto& fastOffsets = m_dynamicOffsetsScratch;
+                fastOffsets.clear();
+                fastOffsets.push_back(uboDynamicOffset);
+                BindDescriptorSetDeduped(commandBuffer, bindPoint, programObj.pipelineLayout,
+                                         m_fastRebindMemo.set, fastOffsets);
+                return true;
+            }
+            // Any mismatch (arena wrap or growth, direct-bind retarget, upload
+            // failure) falls through to the full walk, which re-records the memo.
+        }
+
         // The descriptor set is chosen AFTER the writes are built (below), so a draw
         // whose resolved descriptor content matches the previous draw can reuse that
         // set and skip both AcquireDescriptorSet and vkUpdateDescriptorSets.
@@ -1289,6 +1408,14 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         texelBufferViews.reserve(m_maxBindings);
         dynamicOffsets.reserve(programObj.dynamicBindings.size() + uboArrayExtra);
 
+        // Eligibility probe for FastRebindMemo, filled by this walk: exactly one
+        // dynamic-UBO descriptor (no arrayed elements) and otherwise only
+        // combined-image samplers, so the whole set's content is pinned by the
+        // sampler hint plus one (buffer, range) compare.
+        Uint32 dynamicUboDescriptorCount = 0;
+        Uint32 fastRebindUboBinding = 0;
+        Bool fastRebindKindsEligible = true;
+
         // Iterate only the bindings this program declares. The old walk covered all 256 slots of
         // bindingKinds on every draw to find the 1-8 a real program uses.
         for (const Uint32 binding : programObj.activeBindings) {
@@ -1309,68 +1436,19 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                     binding < programObj.bindingDescriptorCounts.size()
                         ? std::max<Uint32>(1, programObj.bindingDescriptorCounts[binding])
                         : 1u;
+                dynamicUboDescriptorCount += descriptorCount;
+                fastRebindUboBinding = binding;
                 const SizeT firstBufferInfoIndex = bufferInfos.size();
                 for (Uint32 element = 0; element < descriptorCount; ++element) {
-                    UboBindResult ubo{};
-                    const Bool hasPayload =
-                        ResolveUniformBufferPayload(program, programObj, binding, element, ubo);
-                    MOBILEGL_ASSERT(hasPayload && ubo.payload != nullptr && ubo.payloadSize > 0,
-                                    "UniformDescriptorBinder::BindProgramUniformBuffers failed: missing UBO payload on binding %u element %u",
-                                    binding, element);
-
                     VkDescriptorBufferInfo bufferInfo{};
                     // Keep offset 0 (sub-range selected via the dynamic offset) so the hashed bufferInfo
                     // is stable across draws and the descriptor-set reuse cache keeps hitting.
                     bufferInfo.offset = 0;
-                    Uint32 dynOffset;
+                    Uint32 dynOffset = 0;
-                    if (ubo.directBindable) {
+                    if (!ResolveDynamicUboDescriptor(program, programObj, binding, element, frameIndex,
-                        // Zero-copy: bind the app's resident VkBuffer directly, no per-draw memcpy.
+                                                     bufferInfo.buffer, bufferInfo.range, dynOffset)) {
-                        bufferInfo.buffer = ubo.buffer;
-                        bufferInfo.range = ubo.range;
-                        dynOffset = static_cast<Uint32>(ubo.dynamicOffset);
-                    } else {
-                        // Global-UBO slice reuse (see GlobalUboSliceMemo): unchanged
-                        // uniform bytes re-use the slice already uploaded this frame.
-                        const Bool isGlobalUbo =
-                            programObj.globalUboBinding == static_cast<Int>(binding) && element == 0;
-                        const Uint64 uboFrameSerial = m_bufferManager->GetFrameSerial();
-                        const Uint64 uboProgramLifetimeId = program.GetLifetimeId();
-                        const Uint32 uboContentVersion = program.GetUBOContentVersion();
-                        Bool reusedSlice = false;
-                        if (isGlobalUbo) {
-                            for (const auto& memo : m_globalUboMemo) {
-                                if (memo.buffer != VK_NULL_HANDLE &&
-                                    memo.programLifetimeId == uboProgramLifetimeId &&
-                                    memo.frameSerial == uboFrameSerial &&
-                                    memo.uboContentVersion == uboContentVersion &&
-                                    memo.range == static_cast<VkDeviceSize>(ubo.payloadSize)) {
-                                    bufferInfo.buffer = memo.buffer;
-                                    bufferInfo.range = memo.range;
-                                    dynOffset = static_cast<Uint32>(memo.offset);
-                                    reusedSlice = true;
-                                    break;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                        if (!reusedSlice) {
-                            BufferSlice slice{};
-                            if (!m_bufferManager->UploadTransient(BufferKind::Uniform, frameIndex, ubo.payload,
-                                                                  ubo.payloadSize, m_minDynamicOffsetAlignment, slice)) {
-                                MOBILEGL_ASSERT(false, "UniformDescriptorBinder::BindProgramUniformBuffers failed: UBO upload failed on binding %u element %u",
-                                        binding, element);
                         return false;
                     }
-                            bufferInfo.buffer = slice.buffer;
-                            bufferInfo.range = ubo.payloadSize;
-                            dynOffset = static_cast<Uint32>(slice.offset);
-                            if (isGlobalUbo) {
-                                m_globalUboMemo[m_globalUboMemoNext] = GlobalUboSliceMemo{
-                                    uboProgramLifetimeId, uboFrameSerial, uboContentVersion,
-                                    slice.buffer, slice.offset, static_cast<VkDeviceSize>(ubo.payloadSize)};
-                                m_globalUboMemoNext = (m_globalUboMemoNext + 1) % kGlobalUboMemoSize;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
                     bufferInfos.push_back(bufferInfo);
                     // Dynamic offsets are consumed in binding order, then array element order,
                     // matching Vulkan's dynamic-offset consumption rules.
@@ -1392,6 +1470,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 }
 
                 texelBufferViews.push_back(bufferView);
+                fastRebindKindsEligible = false;
                 write.descriptorType = VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER;
                 write.pTexelBufferView = &texelBufferViews.back();
                 writes.push_back(write);
@@ -1405,6 +1484,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                 }
 
                 bufferInfos.push_back(bufferInfo);
+                fastRebindKindsEligible = false;
                 write.descriptorType = VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER;
                 write.pBufferInfo = &bufferInfos.back();
                 writes.push_back(write);
@@ -1417,6 +1497,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                     return false;
                 }
                 imageInfos.push_back(imageInfo);
+                fastRebindKindsEligible = false;
                 write.descriptorType = VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE;
                 write.pImageInfo = &imageInfos.back();
                 writes.push_back(write);
@@ -1461,7 +1542,6 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         // cursor only advances), so its written contents survive; the layout is part of
         // the signature so reuse never crosses programs. Sampler overrides (blits)
         // bypass and invalidate the cache.
-        const Bool cacheable = (samplerBindingOverride == nullptr);
         Uint64 signature = 0xcbf29ce484222325ULL;
         {
             const auto mix64 = [&signature](Uint64 word) {
@@ -1524,34 +1604,22 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             }
         }
 
-        // Skip the driver call when this exact binding is already live on the
+        // (Re)record the dynamic-offset-only rebind memo. Recording on every
-        // command buffer (see the bind-dedup shadow in the header).
+        // cacheable walk (allocated or reused set alike - both hold exactly the
-        const Uint32 offsetCount = static_cast<Uint32>(dynamicOffsets.size());
+        // content just computed) keeps the single slot tracking the most recent
-        Bool identicalBind = m_lastBindValid && m_lastBindSet == descriptorSet &&
+        // program; a non-cacheable override walk drops it alongside the reuse
-                             m_lastBindLayout == programObj.pipelineLayout && m_lastBindPoint == bindPoint &&
+        // memo above.
-                             m_lastBindOffsetCount == offsetCount && offsetCount <= kMaxShadowedDynamicOffsets;
+        if (cacheable && fastRebindKindsEligible && dynamicUboDescriptorCount == 1) {
-        if (identicalBind) {
+            m_fastRebindMemo = FastRebindMemo{
-            for (Uint32 i = 0; i < offsetCount; ++i) {
+                /*valid=*/true,          frameIndex,      program.GetLifetimeId(), programObj.hash,
-                if (m_lastBindOffsets[i] != dynamicOffsets[i]) {
+                fastRebindUboBinding,    bufferInfos[0].buffer,
-                    identicalBind = false;
+                bufferInfos[0].range,    descriptorSet};
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (!identicalBind) {
-            vkCmdBindDescriptorSets(commandBuffer, bindPoint, programObj.pipelineLayout, 0, 1,
-                                    &descriptorSet, offsetCount, dynamicOffsets.data());
-            if (offsetCount <= kMaxShadowedDynamicOffsets) {
-                m_lastBindValid = true;
-                m_lastBindSet = descriptorSet;
-                m_lastBindLayout = programObj.pipelineLayout;
-                m_lastBindPoint = bindPoint;
-                m_lastBindOffsetCount = offsetCount;
-                std::copy_n(dynamicOffsets.data(), offsetCount, m_lastBindOffsets);
         } else {
-                m_lastBindValid = false;
+            m_fastRebindMemo.valid = false;
-            }
         }
+
+        BindDescriptorSetDeduped(commandBuffer, bindPoint, programObj.pipelineLayout, descriptorSet,
+                                 dynamicOffsets);
         return true;
     }
 } // namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/UniformManager.h

@@ -186,6 +186,21 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         Bool ResolveUniformBufferPayload(const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program,
                                          const ProgramFactory::VkProgramObject& programObj, Uint32 binding,
                                          Uint32 arrayElement, UboBindResult& out) const;
+        // Shared resolution of one dynamic-UBO binding element into the
+        // (buffer, range, dynamicOffset) triple the descriptor consumes: direct
+        // bind, global-slice reuse, or transient upload. Used by the full walk
+        // and by the dynamic-offset-only rebind (see FastRebindMemo).
+        Bool ResolveDynamicUboDescriptor(const MG_State::GLState::ProgramObject& program,
+                                         const ProgramFactory::VkProgramObject& programObj, Uint32 binding,
+                                         Uint32 arrayElement, Uint32 frameIndex, VkBuffer& outBuffer,
+                                         VkDeviceSize& outRange, Uint32& outDynamicOffset);
+        // The vkCmdBindDescriptorSets tail shared by the full walk and the
+        // dynamic-offset-only rebind: skips the driver call when this exact
+        // binding is already live on the command buffer (see the bind-dedup
+        // shadow below), otherwise binds and refreshes the shadow.
+        void BindDescriptorSetDeduped(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer, VkPipelineBindPoint bindPoint,
+                                      VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout, VkDescriptorSet descriptorSet,
+                                      const Vector<Uint32>& dynamicOffsets);
         Bool CreateDescriptorPool(Uint32 maxSets, VkDescriptorPool& outPool) const;
         Bool GrowFrameDescriptorPool(FrameResources& frame, Uint32 frameIndex);
         VkResult AllocateDescriptorSetsFromActivePool(
@@ -233,6 +248,37 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         DescriptorReuseEntry m_descriptorReuseMemo[kDescriptorReuseMemoSize];
         Uint32 m_descriptorReuseMemoNext = 0;
 
+        // Dynamic-offset-only rebind (see BindProgramUniformBuffers): records the
+        // descriptor set selected by the last cacheable full walk of a program
+        // whose active bindings are exactly one dynamic UBO (single descriptor)
+        // plus combined-image samplers. When the next call proves every sampler
+        // descriptor input unchanged (samplerDescriptorsUnchangedHint) and the
+        // UBO re-resolves to the SAME VkBuffer+range - only the dynamic offset
+        // moved, the per-draw glUniform case - the walk collapses to: resolve one
+        // offset, rebind the recorded set with new pDynamicOffsets (Vulkan allows
+        // rebinding the same set with different dynamic offsets).
+        // Invalidation inventory: BeginFrame clears it (the frame's sets are
+        // recycled) and the frameIndex field guards cross-frame confusion on top;
+        // OnDescriptorSetLayoutDestroyed clears it (the set may be freed); a
+        // sampler-override walk clears it (mirrors m_descriptorReuseMemo); a
+        // program relink bumps the backend state version and thus programObj.hash
+        // so the key misses; the program lifetime id is never reused, so a
+        // deleted-and-recreated program misses; a texture/sampler/binding change
+        // drops the hint upstream; an arena wrap or growth resolves a different
+        // VkBuffer and misses. AcquireDescriptorSet's per-frame cursor only
+        // advances, so the recorded set is never re-written within its frame.
+        struct FastRebindMemo {
+            Bool valid = false;
+            Uint32 frameIndex = 0;
+            Uint64 programLifetimeId = 0;
+            ProgramFactory::HashType programHash = 0;
+            Uint32 uboBinding = 0;
+            VkBuffer uboBuffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            VkDeviceSize uboRange = 0;
+            VkDescriptorSet set = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+        };
+        FastRebindMemo m_fastRebindMemo;
+
         // vkCmdBindDescriptorSets dedup: consecutive draws with a static uniform
         // block resolve to the same set AND the same dynamic offsets, so the
         // driver call can be skipped outright. Command-buffer-scope state; reset

MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp

@@ -4916,10 +4916,15 @@ void main() {
             program.GetBackendStateVersion() != snap.programVersion) {
             return false;
         }
+        // A changed VAO does NOT decline: the VAO only feeds the pipeline's vertex
+        // input state (re-resolved below through the layout-keyed memo, so N VAOs
+        // sharing one attribute layout share one pipeline) and the vertex/index
+        // buffer binds (re-run every draw anyway). Declining here would send every
+        // draw of a VAO-cycling stream (Minecraft chunk rendering) through the full
+        // path, re-resolving descriptors and texture layouts nothing invalidated.
         const auto& vao = *MG_State::pGLContext->GetBoundVertexArray();
-        if (static_cast<const void*>(&vao) != snap.vao || vao.GetConfigVersion() != snap.vaoConfigVersion) {
+        const Bool vaoMoved =
-            return false;
+            static_cast<const void*>(&vao) != snap.vao || vao.GetConfigVersion() != snap.vaoConfigVersion;
-        }
         const auto& drawFbo =
             MG_State::pGLContext->GetFramebufferBindingSlot(FramebufferTarget::Draw).GetBoundObject();
         if (static_cast<const void*>(drawFbo.get()) != snap.drawFbo ||
@@ -4956,6 +4961,30 @@ void main() {
         }
         const auto& programObj = m_programFactory->GetOrCreateProgram(
             program, ProgramFactory::CompileOptionFlags(snap.resolvedTransformFlags));
+        if (vaoMoved) {
+            // Vertex-input pre-flight for the changed VAO, mirroring the full path:
+            // a bad attribute must never be baked into a cached VkPipeline, and the
+            // current-value synthesis in UploadAndBindVertexBuffers must never see
+            // an unsupported generic-attribute type. Declining routes the draw
+            // through the full path's loud failure reporting.
+            const auto& vertexInputState = m_vertexInputStateFactory->GetOrCreateVertexInputState(vao);
+            const Uint32 activeAttribMask = programObj.activeVertexInputLocationMask;
+            if ((vertexInputState.unsupportedAttribMask & activeAttribMask) != 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            const Uint32 missingAttribMask = activeAttribMask & ~vertexInputState.attributeLocationMask;
+            if (missingAttribMask != 0) {
+                for (Uint32 location = 0; location < kMaxVertexAttribs; ++location) {
+                    if ((missingAttribMask & (1u << location)) == 0) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    if (MG_State::GLState::ClassifyVertexAttribType(programObj.vertexInputTypes[location])
+                            .baseType == MG_State::GLState::VertexAttribBaseType::Unsupported) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if (bindsMoved &&
             !m_uniformManager->SampledBindingsUnchanged(program, programObj, m_sampledBindingRecordsScratch)) {
             return false;
@@ -5014,11 +5043,38 @@ void main() {
         }
 
         // Everything the full path would re-resolve is provably unchanged - or, for
-        // a moved pipeline-state version, reduces to re-resolving just the pipeline
+        // a moved pipeline-state version or a changed VAO, reduces to re-resolving
-        // through the value-keyed memo against the still-active render pass. Run
+        // just the pipeline through the value-keyed memo against the still-active
-        // only the per-draw tail.
+        // render pass. Run only the per-draw tail.
         VkPipeline pipeline = snap.pipeline;
-        if (renderStateMoved) {
+        if (renderStateMoved || vaoMoved) {
+            pipeline = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+            if (!renderStateMoved && m_pipelineStateHashValid &&
+                m_pipelineStateHashVersion == renderStateVersion) {
+                // VAO-only movement: the render pass is provably the snapshot's (hash
+                // match above) and the pipeline-state hash is cached for this
+                // untouched state version, so probe the value-keyed pipeline memo
+                // directly - no render-pass-entry re-fetch (whose pending-clear
+                // probes cost more than the whole probe below). A miss, or a cached
+                // hash computed against another pass's attachment count (the hash
+                // folds it in, so such a mismatch can only produce a miss, never a
+                // false hit), falls through to the full lookup.
+                const auto& vis = m_vertexInputStateFactory->GetOrCreateVertexInputState(vao);
+                const auto memoTransformFlags =
+                    ProgramFactory::CompileOptionFlags(snap.resolvedTransformFlags);
+                for (Uint32 i = 0; i < m_pipelineMemoCount; ++i) {
+                    const PipelineMemoEntry& entry = m_pipelineMemo[i];
+                    if (entry.pipeline != VK_NULL_HANDLE && entry.mode == mode &&
+                        entry.programHash == programObj.hash && entry.vertexInputHash == vis.layoutHash &&
+                        entry.renderPassHash == snap.renderPassHash &&
+                        entry.pipelineStateHash == m_pipelineStateHash &&
+                        entry.transformFlags == memoTransformFlags) {
+                        pipeline = entry.pipeline;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (pipeline == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
                 // Same lookup the full path would do; every input (FBO + version, image
                 // index, depth/stencil participation, image epochs, no pending clears)
                 // was verified unchanged above, so this is a pure cache hit on the same
@@ -5035,10 +5091,13 @@ void main() {
                     return false;
                 }
             }
+        }
         // Every decline is behind us: the snapshot again describes the current
         // counters, so the next draw's compare is two integer loads.
         snap.renderStateVersion = renderStateVersion;
         snap.bindGeneration = bindGeneration;
+        snap.vao = static_cast<const void*>(&vao);
+        snap.vaoConfigVersion = vao.GetConfigVersion();
         snap.pipeline = pipeline;
         if (!g_dynamicStateShadow.graphicsPipelineValid ||
             g_dynamicStateShadow.graphicsPipeline != pipeline) {