diff --git a/change_notes/2026-04-25-fix-performance-inappropriate-bitwise-or-shift-operands.md b/change_notes/2026-04-25-fix-performance-inappropriate-bitwise-or-shift-operands.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2c9a67ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change_notes/2026-04-25-fix-performance-inappropriate-bitwise-or-shift-operands.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- `RULE-6-4-2` - `InheritedOverridableMemberFunction.ql`:
+  - Improved evaluation performance.
+- `RULE-6-9-2` - `AvoidStandardIntegerTypeNames.ql`:
+  - Fixed query name.
+- `RULE-7-0-4` - `InappropriateBitwiseOrShiftOperands.ql`:
+  - Improved evaluation performance.
+- `A7-3-1` - `HiddenInheritedOverridableMemberFunctionQuery.ql`:
+  - Improved evaluation performance.  
diff --git a/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/rules/hiddeninheritedoverridablememberfunction/HiddenInheritedOverridableMemberFunction.qll b/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/rules/hiddeninheritedoverridablememberfunction/HiddenInheritedOverridableMemberFunction.qll
index ef99e01973..3604c4756c 100644
--- a/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/rules/hiddeninheritedoverridablememberfunction/HiddenInheritedOverridableMemberFunction.qll
+++ b/cpp/common/src/codingstandards/cpp/rules/hiddeninheritedoverridablememberfunction/HiddenInheritedOverridableMemberFunction.qll
@@ -12,15 +12,24 @@ abstract class HiddenInheritedOverridableMemberFunctionSharedQuery extends Query
 
 Query getQuery() { result instanceof HiddenInheritedOverridableMemberFunctionSharedQuery }
 
+private class OverridingDeclaration extends FunctionDeclarationEntry {
+  OverridingDeclaration() { this.getDeclaration().hasDefinition() implies not this.isDefinition() }
+}
+
+private class HiddenDeclaration extends OverridingDeclaration {
+  HiddenDeclaration() {
+    // Check if we are overriding a virtual inherited member function
+    this.getDeclaration().isVirtual() and
+    // Exclude private member functions, which cannot be inherited.
+    not this.getDeclaration().(MemberFunction).isPrivate()
+  }
+}
+
 query predicate problems(
-  FunctionDeclarationEntry overridingDecl, string message, FunctionDeclarationEntry hiddenDecl,
+  OverridingDeclaration overridingDecl, string message, HiddenDeclaration hiddenDecl,
   string hiddenDecl_string
 ) {
   not isExcluded(overridingDecl, getQuery()) and
-  // Check if we are overriding a virtual inherited member function
-  hiddenDecl.getDeclaration().isVirtual() and
-  // Exclude private member functions, which cannot be inherited.
-  not hiddenDecl.getDeclaration().(MemberFunction).isPrivate() and
   // The overriding declaration hides the hidden declaration if:
   (
     // 1. the overriding declaration overrides a function in a base class that is an overload of the hidden declaration
@@ -46,9 +55,6 @@ query predicate problems(
     overridingDecl.getDeclaration().getDeclaringType().getABaseClass() =
       hiddenDecl.getDeclaration().getDeclaringType()
   ) and
-  // Limit the results to the declarations and not the definitions, if any.
-  (overridingDecl.getDeclaration().hasDefinition() implies not overridingDecl.isDefinition()) and
-  (hiddenDecl.getDeclaration().hasDefinition() implies not hiddenDecl.isDefinition()) and
   message =
     "Declaration for member '" + overridingDecl.getName() +
       "' hides overridable inherited member function $@" and
diff --git a/cpp/misra/src/rules/RULE-6-9-2/AvoidStandardIntegerTypeNames.ql b/cpp/misra/src/rules/RULE-6-9-2/AvoidStandardIntegerTypeNames.ql
index ff1d6f1d98..ff77c7e215 100644
--- a/cpp/misra/src/rules/RULE-6-9-2/AvoidStandardIntegerTypeNames.ql
+++ b/cpp/misra/src/rules/RULE-6-9-2/AvoidStandardIntegerTypeNames.ql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @id cpp/misra/avoid-standard-integer-type-names
- * @name RULE-6-9-2: The names of the standard signed integer types and standard unsigned integer types should not be
+ * @name RULE-6-9-2: The names of the standard integer types should not be used
  * @description Using standard signed and unsigned integer type names instead of specified width
  *              types makes storage requirements unclear and implementation-dependent.
  * @kind problem
diff --git a/cpp/misra/src/rules/RULE-7-0-4/InappropriateBitwiseOrShiftOperands.ql b/cpp/misra/src/rules/RULE-7-0-4/InappropriateBitwiseOrShiftOperands.ql
index e1f1e21069..f0992d2f0f 100644
--- a/cpp/misra/src/rules/RULE-7-0-4/InappropriateBitwiseOrShiftOperands.ql
+++ b/cpp/misra/src/rules/RULE-7-0-4/InappropriateBitwiseOrShiftOperands.ql
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ predicate isConstantExpression(Expr e) {
   e.isConstant()
 }
 
+bindingset[right, leftType]
+pragma[inline_late]
 predicate isValidShiftConstantRange(Expr right, Type leftType) {
   exists(int value |
     value = right.getValue().toInt() and
diff --git a/rule_packages/cpp/BannedAPIs.json b/rule_packages/cpp/BannedAPIs.json
index 3bb456fdd4..42894c7add 100644
--- a/rule_packages/cpp/BannedAPIs.json
+++ b/rule_packages/cpp/BannedAPIs.json
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
         {
           "description": "Using standard signed and unsigned integer type names instead of specified width types makes storage requirements unclear and implementation-dependent.",
           "kind": "problem",
-          "name": "The names of the standard signed integer types and standard unsigned integer types should not be",
+          "name": "The names of the standard integer types should not be used",
           "precision": "very-high",
           "severity": "error",
           "short_name": "AvoidStandardIntegerTypeNames",