diff --git a/gapis/api/gvr/gvr.go b/gapis/api/gvr/gvr.go
index bd826377a2..ce96254afc 100644
--- a/gapis/api/gvr/gvr.go
+++ b/gapis/api/gvr/gvr.go
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ func (API) FlattenSubcommandIdx(idx api.SubCmdIdx, data *sync.Data, unused bool)
 	return api.CmdID(0), false
 }
 
+// IsTrivialTerminator returns true if the terminator is just stopping at the given index
+func (API) IsTrivialTerminator(ctx context.Context, p *path.Capture, command api.SubCmdIdx) (bool, error) {
+	return true, nil
+}
+
 // RecoverMidExecutionCommand returns a virtual command, used to describe the
 // a subcommand that was created before the start of the trace
 // GVR has no subcommands of this type, so this should never be called
diff --git a/gapis/api/sync/sync.go b/gapis/api/sync/sync.go
index 1a61777995..3311490b9b 100644
--- a/gapis/api/sync/sync.go
+++ b/gapis/api/sync/sync.go
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ type SynchronizedAPI interface {
 	// a subcommand that was created before the start of the trace.
 	// If the api does not have mid-execution commands, NoMECSubcommandsError should be returned.
 	RecoverMidExecutionCommand(ctx context.Context, c *path.Capture, data interface{}) (api.Cmd, error)
+
+	// IsTrivialTerminator returns true if stopping at the given command is trivial.
+	IsTrivialTerminator(ctx context.Context, c *path.Capture, cmd api.SubCmdIdx) (bool, error)
 }
 
 type writer struct {
@@ -112,13 +115,19 @@ func MutationCmdsFor(ctx context.Context, c *path.Capture, data *Data, cmds []ap
 
 	terminators := make([]transform.Terminator, 0)
 	transforms := transform.Transforms{}
-
+	isTrivial := true
 	for _, api := range rc.APIs {
 		if sync, ok := api.(SynchronizedAPI); ok {
 			term, err := sync.GetTerminator(ctx, c)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
+
+			t, err := sync.IsTrivialTerminator(ctx, c, fullCommand)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			isTrivial = t && isTrivial
 			if term != nil {
 				terminators = append(terminators, term)
 				continue
@@ -132,9 +141,12 @@ func MutationCmdsFor(ctx context.Context, c *path.Capture, data *Data, cmds []ap
 		}
 		transforms.Add(t)
 	}
-
+	if isTrivial {
+		return cmds[0:id], nil
+	}
 	w := &writer{rc.NewState(ctx), nil}
 	transforms.Transform(ctx, cmds, w)
+
 	return w.cmds, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/gapis/api/vulkan/vulkan.go b/gapis/api/vulkan/vulkan.go
index 4c78813257..dc8f950728 100644
--- a/gapis/api/vulkan/vulkan.go
+++ b/gapis/api/vulkan/vulkan.go
@@ -639,6 +639,30 @@ func (API) FlattenSubcommandIdx(idx api.SubCmdIdx, data *sync.Data, initialCall
 	return api.CmdID(0), false
 }
 
+// IsTrivialTerminator returns true if the terminator is just stopping at the given index
+func (API) IsTrivialTerminator(ctx context.Context, p *path.Capture, after api.SubCmdIdx) (bool, error) {
+	s, err := resolve.SyncData(ctx, p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if len(after) == 1 {
+		a := api.CmdID(after[0])
+		// If we are not running subcommands we can probably batch
+		for _, v := range s.SortedKeys() {
+			if v > a {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+			for _, k := range s.CommandRanges[v].SortedKeys() {
+				if k > a {
+					return false, nil
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
 // RecoverMidExecutionCommand returns a virtual command, used to describe the
 // a subcommand that was created before the start of the trace
 func (API) RecoverMidExecutionCommand(ctx context.Context, c *path.Capture, dat interface{}) (api.Cmd, error) {