diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/_checkpoint_writer.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/_checkpoint_writer.py
index 33bf507d1..b1109a705 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/_checkpoint_writer.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/_checkpoint_writer.py
@@ -22,7 +22,21 @@ CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG_ENV_VAR = "LANGGRAPH_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG"
 DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG = 10
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+def _resolve_checkpoint_backlog() -> int:
+    if raw := os.getenv(CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG_ENV_VAR):
+        try:
+            backlog = int(raw)
+        except ValueError:
+            return DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG
+        if backlog > 0:
+            return backlog
+    return DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG
+
+
+CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG = _resolve_checkpoint_backlog()
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
 class CheckpointRequest:
     config: RunnableConfig
     checkpoint: Checkpoint
@@ -34,18 +48,9 @@ def _raise(error: BaseException) -> None:
     raise error
 
 
-def resolve_checkpoint_backlog() -> int:
-    if raw := os.getenv(CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG_ENV_VAR):
-        try:
-            backlog = int(raw)
-        except ValueError:
-            return DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG
-        if backlog > 0:
-            return backlog
-    return DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG
-
-
 class SyncCheckpointWriter(AbstractContextManager):
+    __slots__ = ("put", "queue", "error", "closed", "thread")
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         put: Callable[
@@ -55,9 +60,7 @@ class SyncCheckpointWriter(AbstractContextManager):
         max_pending: int | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.put = put
-        max_pending = (
-            resolve_checkpoint_backlog() if max_pending is None else max_pending
-        )
+        max_pending = CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG if max_pending is None else max_pending
         self.queue: queue.Queue[CheckpointRequest | None] = queue.Queue(max_pending)
         self.error: BaseException | None = None
         self.closed = False
@@ -130,6 +133,8 @@ class SyncCheckpointWriter(AbstractContextManager):
 
 
 class AsyncCheckpointWriter(AbstractAsyncContextManager):
+    __slots__ = ("put", "queue", "error", "closed", "task")
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         put: Callable[
@@ -139,9 +144,7 @@ class AsyncCheckpointWriter(AbstractAsyncContextManager):
         max_pending: int | None = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.put = put
-        max_pending = (
-            resolve_checkpoint_backlog() if max_pending is None else max_pending
-        )
+        max_pending = CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG if max_pending is None else max_pending
         self.queue: asyncio.Queue[CheckpointRequest | None] = asyncio.Queue(max_pending)
         self.error: BaseException | None = None
         self.closed = False
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py b/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
index 200e5b710..d056f6b0a 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/tests/test_pregel.py
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ from langgraph.pregel import (
 from langgraph.pregel._checkpoint_writer import (
     CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG_ENV_VAR,
     DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG,
-    AsyncCheckpointWriter,
-    SyncCheckpointWriter,
-    resolve_checkpoint_backlog,
+    _resolve_checkpoint_backlog,
 )
 from langgraph.pregel._loop import SyncPregelLoop
 from langgraph.pregel._runner import PregelRunner
@@ -3828,20 +3826,17 @@ def test_sync_durability_applies_checkpoint_backpressure() -> None:
 
 def test_checkpoint_backlog_uses_env_override(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setenv(CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG_ENV_VAR, "7")
-
-    assert resolve_checkpoint_backlog() == 7
-    assert SyncCheckpointWriter(lambda *_args: None).queue.maxsize == 7
-    assert AsyncCheckpointWriter(lambda *_args: None).queue.maxsize == 7
+    assert _resolve_checkpoint_backlog() == 7
 
 
 def test_checkpoint_backlog_invalid_env_uses_default(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
 ) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setenv(CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG_ENV_VAR, "not-an-int")
-    assert resolve_checkpoint_backlog() == DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG
+    assert _resolve_checkpoint_backlog() == DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG
 
     monkeypatch.setenv(CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG_ENV_VAR, "0")
-    assert resolve_checkpoint_backlog() == DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG
+    assert _resolve_checkpoint_backlog() == DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_BACKLOG
 
 
 def test_checkpoint_metadata(sync_checkpointer: BaseCheckpointSaver) -> None: