diff --git a/_test_common/lib/in_memory_writer.dart b/_test_common/lib/in_memory_writer.dart
index 194650917..2435845ff 100644
--- a/_test_common/lib/in_memory_writer.dart
+++ b/_test_common/lib/in_memory_writer.dart
@@ -38,4 +38,7 @@ class InMemoryRunnerAssetWriter extends InMemoryAssetWriter
     FakeWatcher.notifyWatchers(WatchEvent(
         ChangeType.REMOVE, p.absolute(id.package, p.fromUri(id.path))));
   }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> completeBuild() async {}
 }
diff --git a/_test_common/lib/runner_asset_writer_spy.dart b/_test_common/lib/runner_asset_writer_spy.dart
index 33ad297ba..17ace2422 100644
--- a/_test_common/lib/runner_asset_writer_spy.dart
+++ b/_test_common/lib/runner_asset_writer_spy.dart
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ class RunnerAssetWriterSpy extends AssetWriterSpy implements RunnerAssetWriter {
     _assetsDeleted.add(id);
     return _delegate.delete(id);
   }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> completeBuild() async {}
 }
diff --git a/_test_common/lib/sdk.dart b/_test_common/lib/sdk.dart
index fcd13a5c9..d67d08dba 100644
--- a/_test_common/lib/sdk.dart
+++ b/_test_common/lib/sdk.dart
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import 'package:pub_semver/pub_semver.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:test_descriptor/test_descriptor.dart' as d;
 
-String _dartBinary = p.join(sdkBin, 'dart');
-
 final bool supportsUnsoundNullSafety =
     Version.parse(Platform.version.split(' ').first).major == 2;
 
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ Future<Process> startPub(String package, String command,
 /// The [script] should be a relative path under [package].
 Future<ProcessResult> runDart(String package, String script,
         {Iterable<String>? args}) =>
-    Process.run(_dartBinary, [script, ...?args],
+    Process.run(dartBinary, [script, ...?args],
         workingDirectory: p.join(d.sandbox, package));
 
 /// Starts the `dart` script [script] in [package] with [args].
@@ -62,5 +60,5 @@ Future<ProcessResult> runDart(String package, String script,
 /// The [script] should be a relative path under [package].
 Future<Process> startDart(String package, String script,
         {Iterable<String>? args}) =>
-    Process.start(_dartBinary, [script, ...?args],
+    Process.start(dartBinary, [script, ...?args],
         workingDirectory: p.join(d.sandbox, package));
diff --git a/_test_common/pubspec.yaml b/_test_common/pubspec.yaml
index 3e37eaca1..f52fca1ac 100644
--- a/_test_common/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/_test_common/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: _test_common
 publish_to: none
 description: Test infra for writing build tests. Is not published.
-resolution: workspace
+#resolution: workspace
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.5.0
@@ -19,3 +19,16 @@ dependencies:
   test: ^1.16.0
   test_descriptor: ^2.0.0
   watcher: ^1.0.0
+
+dev_dependencies:
+  dart_flutter_team_lints: ^3.1.0
+
+dependency_overrides:
+  build:
+    path: ../build
+  build_config:
+    path: ../build_config
+  build_runner_core:
+    path: ../build_runner_core
+  build_test:
+    path: ../build_test
diff --git a/build_runner/CHANGELOG.md b/build_runner/CHANGELOG.md
index 512b38f81..285d8aeaa 100644
--- a/build_runner/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/build_runner/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 2.4.14-wip
+
+- Write generated assets at the end of a build to avoid invalidating other
+  tools with a file watcher multiple times.
+
 ## 2.4.13
 
 - Bump the min sdk to 3.5.0.
diff --git a/build_runner/lib/src/watcher/delete_writer.dart b/build_runner/lib/src/watcher/delete_writer.dart
index e8092f5dc..daee6ce3c 100644
--- a/build_runner/lib/src/watcher/delete_writer.dart
+++ b/build_runner/lib/src/watcher/delete_writer.dart
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ class OnDeleteWriter implements RunnerAssetWriter {
   Future writeAsString(AssetId id, String contents,
           {Encoding encoding = utf8}) =>
       _writer.writeAsString(id, contents, encoding: encoding);
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> completeBuild() async {
+    await _writer.completeBuild();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/build_runner/pubspec.yaml b/build_runner/pubspec.yaml
index 445bdb7fa..ed122de5f 100644
--- a/build_runner/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/build_runner/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name: build_runner
-version: 2.4.13
+version: 2.4.14-wip
 description: A build system for Dart code generation and modular compilation.
 repository: https://github.com/dart-lang/build/tree/master/build_runner
-resolution: workspace
+#resolution: workspace
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.5.0
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
   build_config: ">=1.1.0 <1.2.0"
   build_daemon: ^4.0.0
   build_resolvers: ^2.0.0
-  build_runner_core: ^7.2.0
+  build_runner_core: ^8.0.0-wip
   code_builder: ^4.2.0
   collection: ^1.15.0
   crypto: ^3.0.0
@@ -53,10 +53,15 @@ dev_dependencies:
     path: ../_test_common
   build_test: ^2.0.0
   build_web_compilers: ^4.0.0
+  dart_flutter_team_lints: ^3.1.0
   stream_channel: ^2.0.0
   test: ^1.25.5
   test_descriptor: ^2.0.0
   test_process: ^2.0.0
 
+dependency_overrides:
+  build_runner_core:
+    path: ../build_runner_core
+
 topics:
  - build-runner
diff --git a/build_runner/test/integration_tests/utils/build_descriptor.dart b/build_runner/test/integration_tests/utils/build_descriptor.dart
index f3afdefc5..f91e8530e 100644
--- a/build_runner/test/integration_tests/utils/build_descriptor.dart
+++ b/build_runner/test/integration_tests/utils/build_descriptor.dart
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import 'dart:isolate';
 import 'package:_test_common/sdk.dart';
 import 'package:async/async.dart';
 import 'package:build/build.dart';
+import 'package:build_runner_core/build_runner_core.dart';
 import 'package:package_config/package_config.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 import 'package:stack_trace/stack_trace.dart';
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ Future<BuildTool> package(Iterable<d.Descriptor> otherPackages,
   ]).create();
   await Future.wait(otherPackages.map((d) => d.create()));
   await pubGet('a');
-  return BuildTool._('dart', ['run', 'build_runner']);
+  return BuildTool._(dartBinary, ['run', 'build_runner']);
 }
 
 /// Create a package in [d.sandbox] with a `tool/build.dart` script using
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ Future<BuildTool> packageWithBuildScript(
     ...contents
   ]).create();
   await pubGet('a');
-  return BuildTool._('dart', [p.join('tool', 'build.dart')]);
+  return BuildTool._(dartBinary, [p.join('tool', 'build.dart')]);
 }
 
 String _buildersFile(
diff --git a/build_runner_core/CHANGELOG.md b/build_runner_core/CHANGELOG.md
index 830645e32..700eae87a 100644
--- a/build_runner_core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/build_runner_core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-## 7.3.3-wip
+## 8.0.0-wip
 
+- __Breaking__: Add `completeBuild` to `RunnerAssetWriter`, a method expected
+  to be called by the build system at the end of a completed build.
+- Add `wrapInBatch` to obtain a reader/writer pair that will batch writes
+  before flushing them at the end of a build.
 - Bump the min sdk to 3.6.0-dev.228.
 - Require analyzer ^6.9.0.
 - Fix analyzer deprecations.
diff --git a/build_runner_core/lib/build_runner_core.dart b/build_runner_core/lib/build_runner_core.dart
index 58b963efb..55fa3db70 100644
--- a/build_runner_core/lib/build_runner_core.dart
+++ b/build_runner_core/lib/build_runner_core.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 export 'package:build/build.dart' show PostProcessBuildStep, PostProcessBuilder;
 
+export 'src/asset/batch.dart' show wrapInBatch;
 export 'src/asset/file_based.dart';
 export 'src/asset/finalized_reader.dart';
 export 'src/asset/reader.dart' show RunnerAssetReader;
diff --git a/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/batch.dart b/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/batch.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e904f37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/batch.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:convert';
+
+import 'package:build/build.dart';
+import 'package:glob/glob.dart';
+import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+
+import '../environment/io_environment.dart';
+import 'reader.dart';
+import 'writer.dart';
+
+/// A batch of file system writes that should be committed at once instead of
+/// when [AssetWriter.writeAsBytes] or [AssetWriter.writeAsString] is called.
+///
+/// During a typical build run emitting generated files one-by-one, it's
+/// possible that other running tools such as an analysis server will have to
+/// re-analyze incomplete states multiple times.
+/// By storing pending outputs in memory first and then committing them at the
+/// end of the build, we have a better view over that needs to happen.
+///
+/// The default [IOEnvironment] uses readers and writes that are batch-aware
+/// outside of low-memory mode.
+final class _FileSystemWriteBatch {
+  final Map<AssetId, _PendingFileState> _pendingWrites = {};
+
+  _FileSystemWriteBatch._();
+
+  Future<void> completeWrites(RunnerAssetWriter writer) async {
+    await Future.wait(_pendingWrites.keys.map((id) async {
+      final pending = _pendingWrites[id]!;
+
+      if (pending.content case final content?) {
+        await writer.writeAsBytes(id, content);
+      } else {
+        await writer.delete(id);
+      }
+    }));
+
+    _pendingWrites.clear();
+  }
+}
+
+/// Wraps a pair of a [RunnerAssetReader] with path-prividing capabilities and
+/// a [RunnerAssetWriter] into a pair of readers and writers that will
+/// internally buffer writes and only flush them in
+/// [RunnerAssetWriter.completeBuild].
+///
+/// The returned reader will see pending writes by the returned writer before
+/// they are flushed to the file system.
+(RunnerAssetReader, RunnerAssetWriter) wrapInBatch({
+  required RunnerAssetReader reader,
+  required PathProvidingAssetReader pathProvidingReader,
+  required RunnerAssetWriter writer,
+}) {
+  final batch = _FileSystemWriteBatch._();
+
+  return (
+    BatchReader(reader, pathProvidingReader, batch),
+    BatchWriter(writer, batch),
+  );
+}
+
+final class _PendingFileState {
+  final List<int>? content;
+
+  const _PendingFileState(this.content);
+
+  bool get isDeleted => content == null;
+}
+
+@internal
+final class BatchReader extends AssetReader
+    implements RunnerAssetReader, PathProvidingAssetReader {
+  final RunnerAssetReader _inner;
+  final PathProvidingAssetReader _innerPathProviding;
+  final _FileSystemWriteBatch _batch;
+
+  BatchReader(this._inner, this._innerPathProviding, this._batch);
+
+  _PendingFileState? _stateFor(AssetId id) {
+    return _batch._pendingWrites[id];
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<bool> canRead(AssetId id) async {
+    if (_stateFor(id) case final state?) {
+      return !state.isDeleted;
+    } else {
+      return await _inner.canRead(id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Stream<AssetId> findAssets(Glob glob, {String? package}) {
+    return _inner
+        .findAssets(glob, package: package)
+        .where((asset) => _stateFor(asset)?.isDeleted != true);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  String pathTo(AssetId id) {
+    return _innerPathProviding.pathTo(id);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<List<int>> readAsBytes(AssetId id) async {
+    if (_stateFor(id) case final state?) {
+      if (state.isDeleted) {
+        throw AssetNotFoundException(id);
+      } else {
+        return state.content!;
+      }
+    } else {
+      return await _inner.readAsBytes(id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<String> readAsString(AssetId id, {Encoding encoding = utf8}) async {
+    if (_stateFor(id) case final state?) {
+      if (state.isDeleted) {
+        throw AssetNotFoundException(id);
+      } else {
+        return encoding.decode(state.content!);
+      }
+    } else {
+      return await _inner.readAsString(id, encoding: encoding);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@internal
+final class BatchWriter extends RunnerAssetWriter {
+  final RunnerAssetWriter _inner;
+  final _FileSystemWriteBatch _batch;
+
+  BatchWriter(this._inner, this._batch);
+
+  @override
+  Future delete(AssetId id) async {
+    _batch._pendingWrites[id] = const _PendingFileState(null);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> writeAsBytes(AssetId id, List<int> bytes) async {
+    _batch._pendingWrites[id] = _PendingFileState(bytes);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> writeAsString(AssetId id, String contents,
+      {Encoding encoding = utf8}) async {
+    _batch._pendingWrites[id] = _PendingFileState(encoding.encode(contents));
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> completeBuild() async {
+    await _batch.completeWrites(_inner);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/build_cache.dart b/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/build_cache.dart
index 56b0ae9fa..c9156fc1b 100644
--- a/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/build_cache.dart
+++ b/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/build_cache.dart
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ class BuildCacheWriter implements RunnerAssetWriter {
   @override
   Future delete(AssetId id) =>
       _delegate.delete(_cacheLocation(id, _assetGraph, _rootPackage));
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> completeBuild() async {}
 }
 
 AssetId _cacheLocation(AssetId id, AssetGraph assetGraph, String rootPackage) {
diff --git a/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/file_based.dart b/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/file_based.dart
index 4b74ee9f2..e3e239dee 100644
--- a/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/file_based.dart
+++ b/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/file_based.dart
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ class FileBasedAssetWriter implements RunnerAssetWriter {
       }
     });
   }
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> completeBuild() async {}
 }
 
 /// Returns the path to [id] for a given [packageGraph].
diff --git a/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/writer.dart b/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/writer.dart
index f4769eada..9fd01c714 100644
--- a/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/writer.dart
+++ b/build_runner_core/lib/src/asset/writer.dart
@@ -11,4 +11,10 @@ typedef OnDelete = void Function(AssetId id);
 
 abstract class RunnerAssetWriter implements AssetWriter {
   Future delete(AssetId id);
+
+  /// Called after each completed build.
+  ///
+  /// Some [RunnerAssetWriter] implementations may buffer completed writes
+  /// internally and flush them in [completeBuild].
+  Future<void> completeBuild();
 }
diff --git a/build_runner_core/lib/src/environment/io_environment.dart b/build_runner_core/lib/src/environment/io_environment.dart
index 74f7ad1d9..4ca30ab5a 100644
--- a/build_runner_core/lib/src/environment/io_environment.dart
+++ b/build_runner_core/lib/src/environment/io_environment.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'package:build/build.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 
+import '../asset/batch.dart';
 import '../asset/file_based.dart';
 import '../asset/reader.dart';
 import '../asset/writer.dart';
@@ -34,17 +35,33 @@ class IOEnvironment implements BuildEnvironment {
 
   final PackageGraph _packageGraph;
 
-  IOEnvironment(this._packageGraph,
-      {bool? assumeTty, bool outputSymlinksOnly = false})
-      : _isInteractive = assumeTty == true || _canPrompt(),
-        _outputSymlinksOnly = outputSymlinksOnly,
-        reader = FileBasedAssetReader(_packageGraph),
-        writer = FileBasedAssetWriter(_packageGraph) {
-    if (_outputSymlinksOnly && Platform.isWindows) {
+  IOEnvironment._(this.reader, this.writer, this._isInteractive,
+      this._outputSymlinksOnly, this._packageGraph);
+
+  factory IOEnvironment(
+    PackageGraph packageGraph, {
+    bool? assumeTty,
+    bool outputSymlinksOnly = false,
+    bool lowResourcesMode = false,
+  }) {
+    if (outputSymlinksOnly && Platform.isWindows) {
       _logger.warning('Symlinks to files are not yet working on Windows, you '
           'may experience issues using this mode. Follow '
           'https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/33966 for updates.');
     }
+
+    var fileReader = FileBasedAssetReader(packageGraph);
+    var fileWriter = FileBasedAssetWriter(packageGraph);
+
+    var (reader, writer) = lowResourcesMode
+        ? (fileReader, fileWriter)
+        : wrapInBatch(
+            reader: fileReader,
+            pathProvidingReader: fileReader,
+            writer: fileWriter);
+
+    return IOEnvironment._(reader, writer, assumeTty == true || _canPrompt(),
+        outputSymlinksOnly, packageGraph);
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/build_runner_core/lib/src/generate/build_impl.dart b/build_runner_core/lib/src/generate/build_impl.dart
index 71db62a16..80c8e4854 100644
--- a/build_runner_core/lib/src/generate/build_impl.dart
+++ b/build_runner_core/lib/src/generate/build_impl.dart
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ class _SingleBuild {
             performance: result.performance);
       }
     }
+    await _environment.writer.completeBuild();
     await _resourceManager.disposeAll();
     result = await _environment.finalizeBuild(
         result,
diff --git a/build_runner_core/pubspec.yaml b/build_runner_core/pubspec.yaml
index 8911cf0aa..f44425f1b 100644
--- a/build_runner_core/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/build_runner_core/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: build_runner_core
-version: 7.3.3-wip
+version: 8.0.0-wip
 description: Core tools to organize the structure of a build and run Builders.
 repository: https://github.com/dart-lang/build/tree/master/build_runner_core
 
@@ -49,3 +49,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
 
 topics:
  - build-runner
+
+dependency_overrides:
+  build_runner:
+    path: ../build_runner
diff --git a/build_runner_core/test/asset/batch_test.dart b/build_runner_core/test/asset/batch_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8f6e00a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_runner_core/test/asset/batch_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+@TestOn('vm')
+library;
+
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:build/build.dart';
+import 'package:build_runner_core/build_runner_core.dart';
+
+import 'package:glob/glob.dart';
+import 'package:package_config/package_config_types.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+import 'package:test_descriptor/test_descriptor.dart' as d;
+
+void main() {
+  late PackageGraph packageGraph;
+  late RunnerAssetReader reader;
+  late RunnerAssetWriter writer;
+
+  setUp(() async {
+    packageGraph = await _createTestPackage();
+    final fileReader = FileBasedAssetReader(packageGraph);
+    final fileWriter = FileBasedAssetWriter(packageGraph);
+
+    (reader, writer) = wrapInBatch(
+        reader: fileReader,
+        pathProvidingReader: fileReader,
+        writer: fileWriter);
+  });
+
+  test('delays writes until end', () async {
+    await writer.writeAsString(_generatedAsset, '');
+    expect(await File(d.path('pkg/lib/generated.dart')).exists(), isFalse);
+    await writer.completeBuild();
+
+    expect(await File(d.path('pkg/lib/generated.dart')).exists(), isTrue);
+  });
+
+  test('can read pending writes', () async {
+    await writer.writeAsString(_generatedAsset, 'content');
+    expect(await reader.readAsString(_generatedAsset), 'content');
+  });
+
+  test('delays deletions', () async {
+    await writer.delete(AssetId.parse('root|lib/source.dart'));
+    expect(await File(d.path('pkg/lib/source.dart')).exists(), isTrue);
+    await writer.completeBuild();
+
+    expect(await File(d.path('pkg/lib/source.dart')).exists(), isFalse);
+  });
+
+  test('deletions are consistent with reader', () async {
+    final glob = Glob('lib/**');
+    await expectLater(reader.readAsString(_sourceAsset), completes);
+    await expectLater(
+        reader.findAssets(glob, package: 'root'), emits(_sourceAsset));
+
+    await writer.delete(_sourceAsset);
+
+    await expectLater(() => reader.readAsString(_sourceAsset),
+        throwsA(isA<AssetNotFoundException>()));
+    await expectLater(
+        reader.findAssets(glob, package: 'root'), neverEmits(_sourceAsset));
+  });
+}
+
+AssetId _sourceAsset = AssetId.parse('root|lib/source.dart');
+AssetId _generatedAsset = AssetId.parse('root|lib/generated.dart');
+
+Future<PackageGraph> _createTestPackage() async {
+  await d.dir('pkg', [
+    d.file('pubspec.yaml', '''
+name: root
+
+environment:
+  sdk: ^3.5.0
+'''),
+    d.dir('lib', [
+      d.file('source.dart'),
+    ]),
+  ]).create();
+
+  return PackageGraph.fromRoot(PackageNode(
+    'root',
+    d.path('pkg'),
+    DependencyType.path,
+    LanguageVersion.parse('3.5'),
+    isRoot: true,
+  ));
+}
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 66d17e67c..93db16236 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ dev_dependencies:
 workspace:
 #- _test
 #- _test/pkgs/provides_builder
-- _test_common
+#- _test_common
 # - build
 - build_config
 - build_daemon
 - build_modules
 # - build_resolvers
-- build_runner
+#- build_runner
 # - build_runner_core
 - build_test
 #- build_web_compilers