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    This change enables attaching images to the style with batches and avoids massive re-allocations. Thus, it improves UI performance especially at start-up time.
 
+ - [core] Fix excessive onSpriteLoaded() notifications ([#16196](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/16196))
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+   The excessive `onSpriteLoaded()` notifications affected the render orchestration logic and could have significant negative performance impact.
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 ### 🧩  Architectural changes
 
 ##### ⚠️  Breaking changes