diff --git a/crates/svg/src/export/nodes.rs b/crates/svg/src/export/nodes.rs
index 7be748391..adcd3fd25 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/export/nodes.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/export/nodes.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use super::output::{sanitize_id, valid_xml_value, xml_attr_escape, xml_attr_vali
 use super::paint::{StrokePlan, has_raster, pixel_gradient};
 use super::text::OUTLINE_TOLERANCE;
 use super::{
-    Affine, AppearanceItem, BezPath, BlendMode, Document, FillRule, Node, NodeKind, Paint, PathData, Props, Rect, StrokeLayer, Writer, Written,
-    WrittenShape, blend_css, css, fmt_num, stroke, xml_escape,
+    Affine, AppearanceItem, BezPath, BlendMode, Document, FillRule, Node, NodeKind, Paint, PathData, Props, Rect, StrokeAlign, StrokeLayer, Writer,
+    Written, WrittenShape, blend_css, css, fmt_num, stroke, xml_escape,
 };
 
 /// A symbol's `<symbol>` def and the instance transforms that can `<use>` it.
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@ pub(crate) struct Reuse {
 /// How deep symbols may sit in one another's art (deeper instances are left out).
 const MAX_SYMBOL_NEST: u32 = 8;
 
+/// Gradient placement and outside-aligned stroke masks need the shape's geometric box.
+/// Solid colours and patterns do not, so avoid walking their path geometry for a box.
+fn export_shape_bounds(n: &Node) -> Option<Rect> {
+    n.appearance
+        .items
+        .iter()
+        .any(|item| match item {
+            AppearanceItem::Fill(f) => f.visible && matches!(f.paint, Paint::Gradient(_)),
+            AppearanceItem::Stroke(s) => {
+                s.visible && s.width > 0.0 && !s.paint.is_none() && (matches!(s.paint, Paint::Gradient(_)) || s.align == StrokeAlign::Outside)
+            }
+        })
+        .then(|| n.geometric_bounds())
+        .flatten()
+}
+
 impl Reuse {
     const NONE: Self = Self { moves: false, turns: false, scales: false };
 
@@ -578,7 +594,7 @@ impl Writer<'_> {
                 let dashed =
                     n.appearance.items.iter().any(|i| matches!(i, AppearanceItem::Stroke(s) if s.dash.as_ref().is_some_and(|d| d.is_dashed())));
                 let basic = self.basic_shape(path, self.xf, dashed);
-                self.shape(n, &d, basic, &[path], *rule, n.geometric_bounds());
+                self.shape(n, &d, basic, &[path], *rule, export_shape_bounds(n));
             }
             NodeKind::Compound { children, rule } => {
                 let paths: Vec<&PathData> = children.iter().filter(|c| c.visible).filter_map(|c| c.path_data()).filter(|p| !p.is_empty()).collect();
@@ -586,7 +602,7 @@ impl Writer<'_> {
                     return;
                 }
                 let d: Vec<String> = paths.iter().map(|p| self.path_d(p, self.xf)).collect();
-                self.shape(n, &d.join(" "), None, &paths, *rule, n.geometric_bounds());
+                self.shape(n, &d.join(" "), None, &paths, *rule, export_shape_bounds(n));
             }
             NodeKind::Text(t) => self.text_node(n, t),
             NodeKind::Image(im) => {
diff --git a/docs/target-app-parity.md b/docs/target-app-parity.md
index 01a33eef3..f05706e48 100644
--- a/docs/target-app-parity.md
+++ b/docs/target-app-parity.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Parity with Adobe Illustrator
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-05 · **Change:** minor (Layers panel: a layer whose Layer Options › Print is off shows its name italic, #5739; scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; public release notes through 30.7, August 2026)
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-11-05 · **Change:** minor (SVG export skips unused shape bounds; output, scores and estimates unchanged) · **Target:** Adobe Illustrator 2026 (30.x; public release notes through 30.7, August 2026)
 
 ## Feature submission evidence
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Artboard Options forwards the active Artboard tool's Scale Artwork with Artboard
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-11-05 | minor | Large drawings of solid-colour or pattern-filled paths and compound paths export to SVG faster when their unused geometric bounds are skipped. Gradients and outside-aligned stroke masks retain their placement; SVG output, scores and estimates are unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-05 | minor | Selection Tools add-on: Select Linked, Embedded, Missing and Modified select the images and placed documents with that link status (Object › Plug-ins › Selection Tools and the Links panel menu; Shift adds), and Select by Link Status… lists them by name, status and format to pick from, optionally zooming to them; what is hidden, locked, on a template layer or outside the isolated group is left out and the status bar says how many (#5526, a VectorCraft addition); scores and estimates unchanged (estimated). |
 | 2026-11-05 | minor | Layers panel: a layer whose Layer Options › Print is off shows its name italic, as the reference application shows non-printing layers, and keeps it while the row is dragged (#5739); a printing layer's name is upright, and Print on again makes it upright again; scores and estimates unchanged. |
 | 2026-11-05 | minor | G12: Hyphenation › Default Language sets the language of new type unless Document Setup chose one, stored as a tag; each run hyphenates in its own language, English only so far, so 2 Preferences options stay unused (#394) |