diff --git a/src/internal/context/tab-context.ts b/src/internal/context/tab-context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbd32961e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/context/tab-context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import { createContext, useContext } from 'react';
+export interface TabContextProps {
+  isInFirstTab: boolean | null;
+}
+export const TabContext = createContext<TabContextProps>({
+  isInFirstTab: null,
+});
+export const useTabContext = () => {
+  return useContext(TabContext);
+};
diff --git a/src/internal/hooks/use-performance-marks/index.ts b/src/internal/hooks/use-performance-marks/index.ts
index 4fbfce61d3..19cbba126b 100644
--- a/src/internal/hooks/use-performance-marks/index.ts
+++ b/src/internal/hooks/use-performance-marks/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { useModalContext } from '../../context/modal-context';
+import { useTabContext } from '../../context/tab-context';
 import { useDOMAttribute } from '../use-dom-attribute';
 import { useEffectOnUpdate } from '../use-effect-on-update';
 import { useRandomId } from '../use-unique-id';
@@ -48,10 +49,11 @@ export function usePerformanceMarks(
 ) {
   const id = useRandomId();
   const { isInModal } = useModalContext();
+  const { isInFirstTab } = useTabContext();
   const attributes = useDOMAttribute(elementRef, 'data-analytics-performance-mark', id);
   const evaluateComponentVisibility = useEvaluateComponentVisibility();
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!enabled() || !elementRef.current || isInModal) {
+    if (!enabled || !elementRef.current || isInModal || isInFirstTab === false) {
       return;
     }
     const elementVisible =
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ export function usePerformanceMarks(
     }
 
     const renderedMarkName = `${name}Rendered`;
+    console.log('mark');
     performance.mark(renderedMarkName, {
       detail: {
         source: 'awsui',
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ export function usePerformanceMarks(
   }, []);
 
   useEffectOnUpdate(() => {
-    if (!enabled() || !elementRef.current || isInModal) {
+    if (!enabled || !elementRef.current || isInModal || isInFirstTab === false) {
       return;
     }
     const elementVisible =
diff --git a/src/tabs/index.tsx b/src/tabs/index.tsx
index 6970dd2def..bd9430cc48 100644
--- a/src/tabs/index.tsx
+++ b/src/tabs/index.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getAnalyticsMetadataAttribute } from '@cloudscape-design/component-tool
 
 import InternalContainer from '../container/internal';
 import { getBaseProps } from '../internal/base-component';
+import { TabContext } from '../internal/context/tab-context';
 import { fireNonCancelableEvent } from '../internal/events';
 import useBaseComponent from '../internal/hooks/use-base-component';
 import { useControllable } from '../internal/hooks/use-controllable';
@@ -96,7 +97,17 @@ export default function Tabs({
       };
 
       const isContentShown = isTabSelected && !selectedTab.disabled;
-      return <div {...contentAttributes}>{isContentShown && selectedTab.content}</div>;
+      const firstTab = firstEnabledTab(tabs);
+
+      return (
+        <TabContext.Provider
+          value={{
+            isInFirstTab: firstTab !== null && firstTab.id === tab.id,
+          }}
+        >
+          <div {...contentAttributes}>{isContentShown && selectedTab.content}</div>
+        </TabContext.Provider>
+      );
     };
 
     return (