diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Session/ResponseKeepSessionOpenInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Session/ResponseKeepSessionOpenInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f4cdcc30d0a1c69d6ba17216fcdf20bf390d264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Session/ResponseKeepSessionOpenInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Session;
+
+/**
+ * Indicates that sessions for this response should be kept open after sending.
+ *
+ * By default, Drupal closes sessions as soon as the response is sent. If
+ * a response implements this interface, Drupal will skip this behavior and
+ * assume that the session will be closed manually later in the request.
+ *
+ * @see Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\Session
+ * @see Drupal\big_pipe\src\Render\BigPipeResponse
+ * @internal
+ */
+interface ResponseKeepSessionOpenInterface {}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/Session.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/Session.php
index 94841e1508dde7a62b2ebb85a9a5406b3600f2ff..6e8082b81e44f0936a038e763453775c460a985b 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/Session.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StackMiddleware/Session.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Session\ResponseKeepSessionOpenInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerAwareTrait;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public function handle(Request $request, $type = self::MAIN_REQUEST, $catch = TR
 
     $result = $this->httpKernel->handle($request, $type, $catch);
 
-    if ($type === self::MAIN_REQUEST && PHP_SAPI !== 'cli' && $request->hasSession()) {
+    if ($type === self::MAIN_REQUEST && !$result instanceof ResponseKeepSessionOpenInterface && PHP_SAPI !== 'cli' && $request->hasSession()) {
       $request->getSession()->save();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/big_pipe/src/Render/BigPipe.php b/core/modules/big_pipe/src/Render/BigPipe.php
index 1dab69c4e3c0a0df900b6d235d817dcc4d3b6d87..1eab778c0c2106e1c393d4bd7c1dbceee3ff6351 100644
--- a/core/modules/big_pipe/src/Render/BigPipe.php
+++ b/core/modules/big_pipe/src/Render/BigPipe.php
@@ -220,16 +220,6 @@ public function __construct(RendererInterface $renderer, SessionInterface $sessi
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Performs tasks before sending content (and rendering placeholders).
-   */
-  protected function performPreSendTasks() {
-    // The content in the placeholders may depend on the session, and by the
-    // time the response is sent (see index.php), the session is already
-    // closed. Reopen it for the duration that we are rendering placeholders.
-    $this->session->start();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Performs tasks after sending content (and rendering placeholders).
    */
@@ -282,8 +272,6 @@ public function sendContent(BigPipeResponse $response) {
     $cumulative_assets = AttachedAssets::createFromRenderArray(['#attached' => $attachments]);
     $cumulative_assets->setAlreadyLoadedLibraries($attachments['library']);
 
-    $this->performPreSendTasks();
-
     // Find the closing </body> tag and get the strings before and after. But be
     // careful to use the latest occurrence of the string "</body>", to ensure
     // that strings in inline JavaScript or CDATA sections aren't used instead.
diff --git a/core/modules/big_pipe/src/Render/BigPipeResponse.php b/core/modules/big_pipe/src/Render/BigPipeResponse.php
index 573b7dcb5ef3e61c79a1e0baf1fd9edc469c59f8..0af6996170681ea613094cc6ababcaf20dc7dc40 100644
--- a/core/modules/big_pipe/src/Render/BigPipeResponse.php
+++ b/core/modules/big_pipe/src/Render/BigPipeResponse.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\big_pipe\Render;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Render\HtmlResponse;
+use Drupal\Core\Session\ResponseKeepSessionOpenInterface;
 
 /**
  * A response that is sent in chunks by the BigPipe service.
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
  *   created in https://www.drupal.org/node/2577631. Only code internal to
  *   BigPipe should instantiate or type hint to this class.
  */
-class BigPipeResponse extends HtmlResponse {
+class BigPipeResponse extends HtmlResponse implements ResponseKeepSessionOpenInterface {
 
   /**
    * The BigPipe service.
diff --git a/core/profiles/demo_umami/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/OpenTelemetryAuthenticatedPerformanceTest.php b/core/profiles/demo_umami/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/OpenTelemetryAuthenticatedPerformanceTest.php
index 8e66e7df19aee7bb26748ea81d39389f0ca441dd..2612ecf5bac5bc02d64fca29635cecf1e75efe5f 100644
--- a/core/profiles/demo_umami/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/OpenTelemetryAuthenticatedPerformanceTest.php
+++ b/core/profiles/demo_umami/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/OpenTelemetryAuthenticatedPerformanceTest.php
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ public function testFrontPageAuthenticatedWarmCache(): void {
     $performance_data = $this->collectPerformanceData(function () {
       $this->drupalGet('<front>');
     }, 'authenticatedFrontPage');
-    $this->assertGreaterThanOrEqual(10, $performance_data->getQueryCount());
-    $this->assertLessThanOrEqual(12, $performance_data->getQueryCount());
+    $this->assertCountBetween(9, 11, $performance_data->getQueryCount());
     $this->assertSame(45, $performance_data->getCacheGetCount());
     $this->assertSame(0, $performance_data->getCacheSetCount());
     $this->assertSame(0, $performance_data->getCacheDeleteCount());
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/StandardPerformanceTest.php b/core/profiles/standard/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/StandardPerformanceTest.php
index c977aaf51d1cf4a0cb5df7a36eca679e56b0a93e..5fece5679a744582535178574cfca63e74c4d212 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/StandardPerformanceTest.php
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/tests/src/FunctionalJavascript/StandardPerformanceTest.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public function testLogin(): void {
       $this->submitLoginForm($account);
     });
 
-    $this->assertCountBetween(26, 31, $performance_data->getQueryCount());
+    $this->assertCountBetween(25, 30, $performance_data->getQueryCount());
     $this->assertSame(64, $performance_data->getCacheGetCount());
     $this->assertSame(1, $performance_data->getCacheSetCount());
     $this->assertSame(1, $performance_data->getCacheDeleteCount());
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public function testLoginBlock(): void {
     $performance_data = $this->collectPerformanceData(function () use ($account) {
       $this->submitLoginForm($account);
     });
-    $this->assertCountBetween(31, 34, $performance_data->getQueryCount());
+    $this->assertCountBetween(30, 33, $performance_data->getQueryCount());
     $this->assertSame(85, $performance_data->getCacheGetCount());
     $this->assertSame(1, $performance_data->getCacheSetCount());
     $this->assertSame(1, $performance_data->getCacheDeleteCount());