diff --git a/docs/release-notes/change-log.md b/docs/release-notes/change-log.md
index 809734325..26d3eac48 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/change-log.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/change-log.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+* Optimized start of output stream in developer mode when start block is in reversible segment and output module does not have any stores in its dependencies.
+
+
 ## v1.1.19
 
 ### Changed
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 * Fixed stream ending immediately in dev mode when start/end blocks are both 0.
 * Sink-serve: fix missing output details on docker-compose apply errors
 * Codegen: Fixed pluralized entity created for db_out and graph_out
-
+* 
 ## v1.1.18
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/manifest/graph.go b/manifest/graph.go
index db5331e2b..da6b04d0d 100644
--- a/manifest/graph.go
+++ b/manifest/graph.go
@@ -341,6 +341,19 @@ func (g *ModuleGraph) ChildrenOf(moduleName string) ([]*pbsubstreams.Module, err
 	return res, nil
 }
 
+func (g *ModuleGraph) HasStatefulDependencies(moduleName string) (bool, error) {
+	stores, err := g.StoresDownTo(moduleName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("getting stores down to %s: %w", moduleName, err)
+	}
+
+	if len(stores) > 0 {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	return false, nil
+}
+
 func (g *ModuleGraph) StoresDownTo(moduleName string) ([]*pbsubstreams.Module, error) {
 	alreadyAdded := map[string]bool{}
 	topologicalIndex := map[string]int{}
diff --git a/pipeline/resolve.go b/pipeline/resolve.go
index a2c00eb3a..a09d2dd52 100644
--- a/pipeline/resolve.go
+++ b/pipeline/resolve.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/streamingfast/substreams/manifest"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/streamingfast/bstream"
@@ -41,12 +42,23 @@ func BuildRequestDetails(
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	linearHandoff, err := computeLinearHandoffBlockNum(request.ProductionMode, req.ResolvedStartBlockNum, request.StopBlockNum, getRecentFinalBlock)
+	graph, err := manifest.NewModuleGraph(request.Modules.Modules)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, status.Errorf(grpccodes.InvalidArgument, "invalid modules: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	moduleHasStatefulDependencies, err := graph.HasStatefulDependencies(request.OutputModule)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, status.Errorf(grpccodes.InvalidArgument, "invalid output module: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	linearHandoff, err := computeLinearHandoffBlockNum(request.ProductionMode, req.ResolvedStartBlockNum, request.StopBlockNum, getRecentFinalBlock, moduleHasStatefulDependencies)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
 	req.LinearHandoffBlockNum = linearHandoff
+
 	req.LinearGateBlockNum = req.LinearHandoffBlockNum
 	if req.ResolvedStartBlockNum > req.LinearHandoffBlockNum {
 		req.LinearGateBlockNum = req.ResolvedStartBlockNum
@@ -76,7 +88,7 @@ func nextUniqueID() uint64 {
 	return uniqueRequestIDCounter.Add(1)
 }
 
-func computeLinearHandoffBlockNum(productionMode bool, startBlock, stopBlock uint64, getRecentFinalBlockFunc func() (uint64, error)) (uint64, error) {
+func computeLinearHandoffBlockNum(productionMode bool, startBlock, stopBlock uint64, getRecentFinalBlockFunc func() (uint64, error), stateRequired bool) (uint64, error) {
 	if productionMode {
 		maxHandoff, err := getRecentFinalBlockFunc()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -90,10 +102,17 @@ func computeLinearHandoffBlockNum(productionMode bool, startBlock, stopBlock uin
 		}
 		return min(stopBlock, maxHandoff), nil
 	}
+
+	//if no state required, we don't need to ever back-process blocks. we can start flowing blocks right away from the start block
+	if !stateRequired {
+		return startBlock, nil
+	}
+
 	maxHandoff, err := getRecentFinalBlockFunc()
 	if err != nil {
 		return startBlock, nil
 	}
+
 	return min(startBlock, maxHandoff), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pipeline/resolve_test.go b/pipeline/resolve_test.go
index 981290896..199a4e47a 100644
--- a/pipeline/resolve_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/resolve_test.go
@@ -181,21 +181,37 @@ func Test_computeLiveHandoffBlockNum(t *testing.T) {
 		stopBlockNum     uint64
 		expectHandoffNum uint64
 		expectError      bool
+		stateRequired    bool
 	}{
 		// prod (start-block ignored)
-		{true, 100, true, 10, 0, 100, false},
-		{true, 100, true, 10, 150, 100, false},
-		{true, 100, true, 10, 50, 50, false},
-		{false, 0, true, 10, 50, 50, false},
-		{false, 0, true, 10, 0, 0, true},
+		{true, 100, true, 10, 0, 100, false, true},
+		{true, 100, true, 10, 150, 100, false, true},
+		{true, 100, true, 10, 50, 50, false, true},
+		{false, 0, true, 10, 50, 50, false, true},
+		{false, 0, true, 10, 0, 0, true, true},
 
-		// non-prod (stop-block ignored)
-		{true, 100, false, 10, 0, 10, false},
-		{true, 100, false, 10, 9999, 10, false},
-		{true, 100, false, 150, 0, 100, false},
-		{true, 100, false, 150, 9999, 100, false},
-		{false, 0, false, 150, 0, 150, false},
-		{false, 0, false, 150, 9999, 150, false},
+		// prod (start-block ignored) (state not required)
+		{true, 100, true, 10, 0, 100, false, false},
+		{true, 100, true, 10, 150, 100, false, false},
+		{true, 100, true, 10, 50, 50, false, false},
+		{false, 0, true, 10, 50, 50, false, false},
+		{false, 0, true, 10, 0, 0, true, false},
+
+		// non-prod (stop-block ignored) (state required)
+		{true, 100, false, 10, 0, 10, false, true},
+		{true, 100, false, 10, 9999, 10, false, true},
+		{true, 100, false, 150, 0, 100, false, true},
+		{true, 100, false, 150, 9999, 100, false, true},
+		{false, 0, false, 150, 0, 150, false, true},
+		{false, 0, false, 150, 9999, 150, false, true},
+
+		// non-prod (stop-block ignored) (state not required)
+		{true, 100, false, 10, 0, 10, false, false},
+		{true, 100, false, 10, 9999, 10, false, false},
+		{true, 100, false, 150, 0, 150, false, false},
+		{true, 100, false, 150, 9999, 150, false, false},
+		{false, 0, false, 150, 0, 150, false, false},
+		{false, 0, false, 150, 9999, 150, false, false},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -209,7 +225,7 @@ func Test_computeLiveHandoffBlockNum(t *testing.T) {
 						return 0, fmt.Errorf("live not available")
 					}
 					return test.recentBlockNum, nil
-				})
+				}, test.stateRequired)
 			if test.expectError {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 			} else {