diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine/Validation/ScriptCompileVerdictCache.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine/Validation/ScriptCompileVerdictCache.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52cee842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine/Validation/ScriptCompileVerdictCache.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Validation;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Process-wide cache of script compile verdicts, keyed on a SHA-256 hash of the
+/// script code. The verdict (clean/compiles, or the name-free error text) is a pure
+/// function of the code plus the compile-time-static <c>ScriptTrustPolicy</c> and
+/// globals surface, so it is sound to memoise it across the whole process: an
+/// unchanged script runs the forbidden-API analysis and the Roslyn compile exactly
+/// once, removing both the repeat CPU cost and the repeat compiled-assembly load.
+///
+/// <para>
+/// The stored error is deliberately <em>name-free</em> — the caller's script name is
+/// formatted into the returned message at read time, so two callers submitting the
+/// same bad code each see their own name in the failure text while sharing one verdict.
+/// </para>
+///
+/// <para>
+/// Bounded at <see cref="MaxEntries"/> entries; on overflow the cache is simply
+/// cleared (the verdict is cheap to recompute, so a coarse reset is safe and avoids
+/// eviction bookkeeping). <see cref="Hits"/>/<see cref="Count"/>/<see cref="Clear"/>
+/// are exposed for tests and diagnostics.
+/// </para>
+/// </summary>
+public static class ScriptCompileVerdictCache
+{
+    /// <summary>Upper bound on cached entries; the cache is cleared wholesale on overflow.</summary>
+    private const int MaxEntries = 4096;
+
+    private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, (bool Ok, string? Error)> Cache = new();
+    private static long _hits;
+
+    /// <summary>Number of cache hits observed since the last <see cref="Clear"/>.</summary>
+    public static long Hits => Interlocked.Read(ref _hits);
+
+    /// <summary>Current number of cached verdicts.</summary>
+    public static int Count => Cache.Count;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the cached verdict for <paramref name="code"/>, or computes it via
+    /// <paramref name="factory"/> and caches it on a miss. A hit increments
+    /// <see cref="Hits"/>. The verdict's error text must be name-free — the caller
+    /// formats the script name in on return.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static (bool Ok, string? Error) GetOrAdd(string code, Func<(bool Ok, string? Error)> factory)
+    {
+        var key = Convert.ToHexString(SHA256.HashData(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(code)));
+
+        if (Cache.TryGetValue(key, out var verdict))
+        {
+            Interlocked.Increment(ref _hits);
+            return verdict;
+        }
+
+        verdict = factory();
+
+        // Coarse bound: on overflow drop everything rather than track evictions.
+        if (Cache.Count >= MaxEntries)
+            Cache.Clear();
+
+        Cache[key] = verdict;
+        return verdict;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Clears all cached verdicts and resets the hit counter.</summary>
+    public static void Clear()
+    {
+        Cache.Clear();
+        Interlocked.Exchange(ref _hits, 0);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine/Validation/ScriptCompiler.cs b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine/Validation/ScriptCompiler.cs
index 36da37fc..4e23e64c 100644
--- a/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine/Validation/ScriptCompiler.cs
+++ b/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine/Validation/ScriptCompiler.cs
@@ -35,17 +35,28 @@ public class ScriptCompiler
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(code))
             return Result<bool>.Failure($"Script '{scriptName}' has empty code.");
 
-        // Authoritative forbidden-API verdict first — a security violation must
-        // gate the script regardless of whether it otherwise compiles.
-        var violations = ScriptTrustValidator.FindViolations(code);
-        if (violations.Count > 0)
-            return Result<bool>.Failure($"Script '{scriptName}' uses forbidden API: {violations[0]}");
+        // The verdict is a pure function of the code (the forbidden-API policy and
+        // globals surface are compile-time static), so memoise it process-wide: an
+        // unchanged script compiles exactly once per process. The cached error is
+        // name-free — the script name is formatted in below at read time.
+        var (ok, error) = ScriptCompileVerdictCache.GetOrAdd(code, () =>
+        {
+            // Authoritative forbidden-API verdict first — a security violation must
+            // gate the script regardless of whether it otherwise compiles.
+            var violations = ScriptTrustValidator.FindViolations(code);
+            if (violations.Count > 0)
+                return (false, $"uses forbidden API: {violations[0]}");
 
-        // Real CSharpScript compile against the runtime-mirroring globals surface.
-        var errors = RoslynScriptCompiler.Compile(code, typeof(ScriptCompileSurface));
-        if (errors.Count > 0)
-            return Result<bool>.Failure($"Script '{scriptName}' failed to compile: {errors[0]}");
+            // Real CSharpScript compile against the runtime-mirroring globals surface.
+            var errors = RoslynScriptCompiler.Compile(code, typeof(ScriptCompileSurface));
+            if (errors.Count > 0)
+                return (false, $"failed to compile: {errors[0]}");
 
-        return Result<bool>.Success(true);
+            return (true, (string?)null);
+        });
+
+        return ok
+            ? Result<bool>.Success(true)
+            : Result<bool>.Failure($"Script '{scriptName}' {error}");
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Tests/Validation/ScriptCompilerTests.cs b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Tests/Validation/ScriptCompilerTests.cs
index 2f37665a..1405fbd3 100644
--- a/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Tests/Validation/ScriptCompilerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.TemplateEngine.Tests/Validation/ScriptCompilerTests.cs
@@ -135,4 +135,35 @@ public class ScriptCompilerTests
         Assert.NotNull(error);
         Assert.Contains("forbidden", error, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     }
+
+    // --- Compile-verdict cache: unchanged code compiles once per process ---
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryCompile_SameCodeTwice_SecondCallIsCacheHit()
+    {
+        ScriptCompileVerdictCache.Clear();
+        var c = new ScriptCompiler();
+        c.TryCompile("return 1;", "A");
+        var hitsBefore = ScriptCompileVerdictCache.Hits;
+        var r = c.TryCompile("return 1;", "B");   // same code, different name
+        Assert.True(r.IsSuccess);
+        Assert.Equal(hitsBefore + 1, ScriptCompileVerdictCache.Hits);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryCompile_CachedFailure_FormatsNameForEachCaller()
+    {
+        // The stored verdict is name-free; the script name is formatted in at read
+        // time, so two callers of the same bad code get their own name in the message.
+        ScriptCompileVerdictCache.Clear();
+        var c = new ScriptCompiler();
+        var first = c.TryCompile("var x = NoSuchThing.Foo();", "Alpha");
+        var second = c.TryCompile("var x = NoSuchThing.Foo();", "Beta"); // cache hit
+
+        Assert.True(first.IsFailure);
+        Assert.True(second.IsFailure);
+        Assert.Contains("'Alpha'", first.Error);
+        Assert.Contains("'Beta'", second.Error);
+        Assert.Contains("compile", second.Error, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
 }