diff --git a/src/internals/controllers/aria-projection.spec.ts b/src/internals/controllers/aria-projection.spec.ts
index 8366ad915..eeedd9cee 100644
--- a/src/internals/controllers/aria-projection.spec.ts
+++ b/src/internals/controllers/aria-projection.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { LitElement, render } from 'lit';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import IgcCheckboxComponent from '../../components/checkbox/checkbox.js';
 import IgcInputComponent from '../../components/input/input.js';
+import IgcSelectComponent from '../../components/select/select.js';
 import { defineComponents } from '../definitions/defineComponents.js';
 import {
   type ARIABindings,
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ describe('ARIA projection', () => {
   });
 
   describe('trackLabels', () => {
-    before(() => defineComponents(IgcCheckboxComponent));
+    before(() => defineComponents(IgcCheckboxComponent, IgcSelectComponent));
 
     it('reads the labels of a control once per update', async () => {
       const root = await fixture<HTMLElement>(
@@ -146,6 +147,29 @@ describe('ARIA projection', () => {
 
       labels.get.restore();
     });
+
+    it('reads the labels of a projecting host once per update', async () => {
+      const root = await fixture<HTMLElement>(
+        html`<div>
+          <label for="control">External</label>
+          <igc-select id="control"></igc-select>
+        </div>`
+      );
+      const select = root.querySelector(IgcSelectComponent.tagName)!;
+      const labels = sinon.spy(ElementInternals.prototype, 'labels', ['get']);
+
+      // An update of the select alone: the inner input keeps an id and reads its own labels.
+      select.requestUpdate();
+      await elementUpdated(select);
+      labels.get.restore();
+
+      expect(labels.get.callCount).to.equal(1);
+      expect(
+        select.renderRoot
+          .querySelector(IgcInputComponent.tagName)!
+          .renderRoot.querySelector('input')!.ariaLabelledByElements
+      ).to.eql([root.querySelector('label')]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('ariaBindings part type', () => {
diff --git a/src/internals/controllers/aria-projection.ts b/src/internals/controllers/aria-projection.ts
index 59ace1ee6..f3421bdd4 100644
--- a/src/internals/controllers/aria-projection.ts
+++ b/src/internals/controllers/aria-projection.ts
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ class AriaProjectorController implements ReactiveController {
   private readonly _host: ControllerHost;
   private readonly _config: AriaProjectorConfig;
   private _retryScheduled = false;
+  private _naming?: ResolvedNaming;
 
   constructor(host: ControllerHost, config: AriaProjectorConfig) {
     this._host = host;
@@ -451,13 +452,13 @@ class AriaProjectorController implements ReactiveController {
 
   /** Computes the state, with the name, the helper text and the description of the host. */
   private _state(): ProjectedARIA {
-    const { state, naming = true, fallbackLabel } = this._config;
+    const { state, naming = true } = this._config;
     const projected = state();
     const host = this._host;
     const helper = naming && host.renderRoot.querySelector('igc-validator');
 
     return {
-      ...(naming && resolveNaming(host, hasLabel(host), fallbackLabel?.())),
+      ...this._naming,
       ...projected,
       describedBy: joinRelations(
         helper ? [helper] : null,
@@ -467,6 +468,17 @@ class AriaProjectorController implements ReactiveController {
     };
   }
 
+  /** @internal */
+  public hostUpdate(): void {
+    const { naming = true, fallbackLabel } = this._config;
+    const host = this._host;
+
+    // The labels cache of the internals controller ends at `hostUpdated`.
+    this._naming = naming
+      ? resolveNaming(host, hasLabel(host), fallbackLabel?.())
+      : undefined;
+  }
+
   /** @internal */
   public hostUpdated(): void {
     const element = this._config.target();
diff --git a/src/internals/controllers/async-consumer.spec.ts b/src/internals/controllers/async-consumer.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0518e6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internals/controllers/async-consumer.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { ContextProvider, createContext } from '@lit/context';
+import { defineCE, elementUpdated, expect, fixture } from '@open-wc/testing';
+import { LitElement } from 'lit';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import { addAsyncContextConsumer } from './async-consumer.js';
+
+const testContext = createContext<string>(Symbol('async-consumer-test'));
+
+type Consumer = LitElement & { received: string[] };
+
+describe('Async context consumer', () => {
+  const consumerTag = defineCE(
+    class extends LitElement {
+      public received: string[] = [];
+
+      constructor() {
+        super();
+        addAsyncContextConsumer(this, testContext, (value) =>
+          this.received.push(value)
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  );
+
+  afterEach(() => sinon.restore());
+
+  it('answers the waiting consumers of a provider that the browser defines later', async () => {
+    const providerTag = 'igc-async-consumer-test-provider';
+    const consumer = `<${consumerTag}></${consumerTag}>`;
+    const listen = sinon.spy(document, 'addEventListener');
+    const container = await fixture<HTMLElement>(
+      `<div><${providerTag}>${consumer.repeat(3)}</${providerTag}></div>`
+    );
+    const consumers = [...container.querySelectorAll<Consumer>(consumerTag)];
+    await Promise.all(consumers.map(elementUpdated));
+
+    customElements.define(
+      providerTag,
+      class extends LitElement {
+        public provider = new ContextProvider(this, {
+          context: testContext,
+          initialValue: 'value',
+        });
+      }
+    );
+
+    for (const each of consumers) {
+      expect(each.received).to.eql(['value']);
+    }
+
+    // An earlier spec can add the shared listener first.
+    expect(listen.withArgs('context-provider').callCount).to.be.at.most(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/internals/controllers/async-consumer.ts b/src/internals/controllers/async-consumer.ts
index 0097b68fa..a42473877 100644
--- a/src/internals/controllers/async-consumer.ts
+++ b/src/internals/controllers/async-consumer.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,36 @@ import type {
   ReactiveController,
   ReactiveControllerHost,
 } from 'lit';
-import { createAbortHandle } from '../abort-handler.js';
+import { getOrInsertComputed } from '../utils/objects.js';
 
 type AsyncContextOptions<T extends Context<unknown, unknown>> = {
   context: T;
   callback?: (value: ContextType<T>, dispose?: () => void) => void;
 };
 
+type Retry = (context: unknown) => void;
+
+/** The unanswered consumers of each document. */
+const waiting = new WeakMap<Document, Set<Retry>>();
+
+/**
+ * A late provider announces itself, so the unanswered consumers ask again.
+ * One listener per document: Chromium scans all listeners on each add and
+ * remove.
+ */
+function retryWaiting(event: Event): void {
+  const { context } = event as Event & { context?: unknown };
+
+  for (const retry of waiting.get(event.currentTarget as Document) ?? []) {
+    retry(context);
+  }
+}
+
+function createWaiting(document: Document): Set<Retry> {
+  document.addEventListener('context-provider', retryWaiting);
+  return new Set();
+}
+
 /* blazorSuppress */
 class AsyncContextConsumer<
   T extends Context<unknown, unknown>,
@@ -19,9 +42,11 @@ class AsyncContextConsumer<
   protected _host: Host;
   protected _options: AsyncContextOptions<T>;
   protected _consumer?: ContextConsumer<T, Host>;
-  /** Whether a provider answered the request of the current connection. */
-  private _answered = false;
-  private readonly _abort = createAbortHandle();
+  /**
+   * The set of the document at connect time. A move to another document
+   * changes `ownerDocument` before the disconnect.
+   */
+  private _waiting?: Set<Retry>;
 
   constructor(host: Host, options: AsyncContextOptions<T>) {
     this._host = host;
@@ -34,14 +59,8 @@ class AsyncContextConsumer<
     return this._consumer?.value;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * A provider that connects after the host, such as one that the browser
-   * defines later, announces itself. An unanswered request then goes again.
-   */
-  private readonly _handleProvider = (event: Event): void => {
-    const { context } = event as Event & { context?: unknown };
-
-    if (!this._answered && context === this._options.context) {
+  private readonly _retry: Retry = (context) => {
+    if (context === this._options.context) {
       this._consumer?.hostConnected();
     }
   };
@@ -49,12 +68,12 @@ class AsyncContextConsumer<
   // The consumer survives a disconnect, and a reconnect can land during the
   // await, so the guard runs on both sides of it.
   public async hostConnected(): Promise<void> {
-    this._answered = false;
-    this._host.ownerDocument.addEventListener(
-      'context-provider',
-      this._handleProvider,
-      { signal: this._abort.signal }
+    this._waiting = getOrInsertComputed(
+      waiting,
+      this._host.ownerDocument,
+      createWaiting
     );
+    this._waiting.add(this._retry);
 
     if (this._consumer) {
       return;
@@ -65,7 +84,7 @@ class AsyncContextConsumer<
     this._consumer ??= new ContextConsumer(this._host, {
       context: this._options.context,
       callback: (value, dispose) => {
-        this._answered = true;
+        this._waiting?.delete(this._retry);
         this._options.callback?.(value, dispose);
       },
       subscribe: true,
@@ -73,7 +92,7 @@ class AsyncContextConsumer<
   }
 
   public hostDisconnected(): void {
-    this._abort.abort();
+    this._waiting?.delete(this._retry);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/internals/controllers/id-resolver.ts b/src/internals/controllers/id-resolver.ts
index 080cf79a8..0f24ab996 100644
--- a/src/internals/controllers/id-resolver.ts
+++ b/src/internals/controllers/id-resolver.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ import { isServer, type LitElement, type ReactiveController } from 'lit';
 import { isDocument, isElement } from '../utils/dom.js';
 import { getOrInsertComputed } from '../utils/objects.js';
 
-const ID_REF_EMITTERS = new WeakMap<Node, IdRefChangeEmitter>();
-const ID_REF_EVENT = 'id-refs-change';
+const ID_REF_OBSERVERS = new WeakMap<Node, IdRefObserver>();
 
-function getEmitter(root: Node): IdRefChangeEmitter {
+function getObserver(root: Node): IdRefObserver {
   return getOrInsertComputed(
-    ID_REF_EMITTERS,
+    ID_REF_OBSERVERS,
     root,
-    () => new IdRefChangeEmitter(root)
+    () => new IdRefObserver(root)
   );
 }
 
@@ -24,10 +23,7 @@ function collectIds(nodes: NodeList, affected: Set<string>): void {
   }
 }
 
-function refObserverCallback(
-  mutations: MutationRecord[],
-  emitter: IdRefChangeEmitter
-): void {
+function changedIds(mutations: MutationRecord[]): Set<string> {
   const affected = new Set<string>();
 
   for (const mutation of mutations) {
@@ -43,34 +39,38 @@ function refObserverCallback(
     }
   }
 
-  if (affected.size > 0) {
-    emitter.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(ID_REF_EVENT, { detail: affected }));
-  }
+  return affected;
 }
 
 /**
- * Sends an event when an ID in a root node changes. Its consumers share one
- * reference-counted observer.
+ * Tells the resolvers of a root node which ids changed. They share one
+ * observer. Not an `EventTarget`: Chromium scans all listeners on each add
+ * and remove.
  */
-class IdRefChangeEmitter extends EventTarget {
+class IdRefObserver {
   private readonly _observer?: MutationObserver;
   private readonly _root: Node;
-  private _refCount = 0;
+  private readonly _resolvers = new Set<IdRefResolverController>();
 
   constructor(root: Node) {
-    super();
     this._root = root;
 
     if (!isServer) {
-      this._observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) =>
-        refObserverCallback(mutations, this)
-      );
+      this._observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
+        const ids = changedIds(mutations);
+
+        if (ids.size > 0) {
+          for (const resolver of this._resolvers) {
+            resolver.idsChanged(ids);
+          }
+        }
+      });
     }
   }
 
-  /** Starts the mutation observer on the first call. */
-  public retain(): void {
-    if (this._refCount++ === 0) {
+  /** Adds a resolver, and starts the observer for the first one. */
+  public add(resolver: IdRefResolverController): void {
+    if (this._resolvers.size === 0) {
       const root = isDocument(this._root) ? this._root.body : this._root;
       this._observer?.observe(root, {
         attributeFilter: ['id'],
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ class IdRefChangeEmitter extends EventTarget {
         childList: true,
       });
     }
+
+    this._resolvers.add(resolver);
   }
 
-  /** Stops the observer when the reference count reaches zero. */
-  public release(): void {
-    if (this._refCount > 0 && --this._refCount === 0) {
+  /** Removes a resolver, and stops the observer after the last one. */
+  public delete(resolver: IdRefResolverController): void {
+    if (this._resolvers.delete(resolver) && this._resolvers.size === 0) {
       this._observer?.disconnect();
     }
   }
@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@ class IdRefResolverController implements ReactiveController {
   /** Whether the consumer asked for the observation. */
   private _active = false;
 
-  /** The emitter of the current root node, non-null only while observing. */
-  private _emitter: IdRefChangeEmitter | null = null;
+  /** The shared observer of the current root node, non-null only while observing. */
+  private _shared: IdRefObserver | null = null;
 
   constructor(host: LitElement, callback: (ids: Set<string>) => unknown) {
     this._host = host;
@@ -106,27 +108,20 @@ class IdRefResolverController implements ReactiveController {
   }
 
   private _observe(): void {
-    if (this._emitter) {
-      return;
+    if (!this._shared) {
+      this._shared = getObserver(this._host.getRootNode());
+      this._shared.add(this);
     }
-
-    const root = this._host.getRootNode();
-    this._emitter = getEmitter(root);
-    this._emitter.retain();
-    this._emitter.addEventListener(ID_REF_EVENT, this);
   }
 
   private _unobserve(): void {
-    if (this._emitter) {
-      this._emitter.removeEventListener(ID_REF_EVENT, this);
-      this._emitter.release();
-      this._emitter = null;
-    }
+    this._shared?.delete(this);
+    this._shared = null;
   }
 
   /** @internal */
-  public handleEvent(event: Event): void {
-    this._callback.call(this._host, (event as CustomEvent<Set<string>>).detail);
+  public idsChanged(ids: Set<string>): void {
+    this._callback.call(this._host, ids);
   }
 
   /** @internal */