diff --git a/dist/cleanup/767.index.js b/dist/cleanup/767.index.js
index db75c2b3..b73e9e9f 100644
--- a/dist/cleanup/767.index.js
+++ b/dist/cleanup/767.index.js
@@ -59543,7 +59543,7 @@ function combine(acc, pre, values, max, maxLength, dropEmpties) {
 }
 // The expansion values of a single numeric (`1..5`) or alphabetic (`a..e..2`)
 // sequence body.
-function expandSequence(body, isAlphaSequence, max) {
+function expandSequence(body, isAlphaSequence, max, maxLength) {
     const n = body.split(/\.\./);
     const N = [];
     // A sequence body always splits into two or three parts, but the compiler
@@ -59566,6 +59566,7 @@ function expandSequence(body, isAlphaSequence, max) {
         test = gte;
     }
     const pad = n.some(isPadded);
+    let length = 0;
     for (let i = x; test(i, y) && N.length < max; i += incr) {
         let c;
         if (isAlphaSequence) {
@@ -59589,7 +59590,10 @@ function expandSequence(body, isAlphaSequence, max) {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if (length + c.length > maxLength)
+            break;
         N.push(c);
+        length += c.length;
     }
     return N;
 }
@@ -59643,7 +59647,7 @@ function expand_(str, max, maxLength, isTop) {
         }
         let values;
         if (isSequence) {
-            values = expandSequence(m.body, isAlphaSequence, max);
+            values = expandSequence(m.body, isAlphaSequence, max, maxLength);
         }
         else {
             let n = parseCommaParts(m.body);
@@ -59661,9 +59665,31 @@ function expand_(str, max, maxLength, isTop) {
                 }
                 /* c8 ignore stop */
             }
+            // Values that `combine` is going to drop as empty produce no result, so
+            // they must not count against `max` - otherwise `{a,,b}` with `max: 2`
+            // would stop at `['a', '']` and yield one result instead of two. Skipping
+            // them outright keeps `values` bounded while leaving `max` a bound on
+            // *kept* results.
+            let dropsEmpties = dropEmpties && !m.post.length && !pre;
+            for (let d = 0; dropsEmpties && d < acc.length; d++) {
+                if (acc[d]) {
+                    dropsEmpties = false;
+                }
+            }
             values = [];
-            for (let j = 0; j < n.length; j++) {
-                values.push.apply(values, expand_(n[j], max, maxLength, false));
+            let valuesLength = 0;
+            outer: for (let j = 0; j < n.length; j++) {
+                const expanded = expand_(n[j], max, maxLength, false);
+                for (let k = 0; k < expanded.length; k++) {
+                    const v = expanded[k];
+                    if (dropsEmpties && !v)
+                        continue;
+                    if (values.length >= max || valuesLength + v.length > maxLength) {
+                        break outer;
+                    }
+                    values.push(v);
+                    valuesLength += v.length;
+                }
             }
         }
         acc = combine(acc, pre, values, max, maxLength, dropEmpties && !m.post.length);
diff --git a/dist/setup/971.index.js b/dist/setup/971.index.js
index c95da3b4..f83b7ac8 100644
--- a/dist/setup/971.index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/971.index.js
@@ -52531,7 +52531,7 @@ function combine(acc, pre, values, max, maxLength, dropEmpties) {
 }
 // The expansion values of a single numeric (`1..5`) or alphabetic (`a..e..2`)
 // sequence body.
-function expandSequence(body, isAlphaSequence, max) {
+function expandSequence(body, isAlphaSequence, max, maxLength) {
     const n = body.split(/\.\./);
     const N = [];
     // A sequence body always splits into two or three parts, but the compiler
@@ -52554,6 +52554,7 @@ function expandSequence(body, isAlphaSequence, max) {
         test = gte;
     }
     const pad = n.some(isPadded);
+    let length = 0;
     for (let i = x; test(i, y) && N.length < max; i += incr) {
         let c;
         if (isAlphaSequence) {
@@ -52577,7 +52578,10 @@ function expandSequence(body, isAlphaSequence, max) {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if (length + c.length > maxLength)
+            break;
         N.push(c);
+        length += c.length;
     }
     return N;
 }
@@ -52631,7 +52635,7 @@ function expand_(str, max, maxLength, isTop) {
         }
         let values;
         if (isSequence) {
-            values = expandSequence(m.body, isAlphaSequence, max);
+            values = expandSequence(m.body, isAlphaSequence, max, maxLength);
         }
         else {
             let n = parseCommaParts(m.body);
@@ -52649,9 +52653,31 @@ function expand_(str, max, maxLength, isTop) {
                 }
                 /* c8 ignore stop */
             }
+            // Values that `combine` is going to drop as empty produce no result, so
+            // they must not count against `max` - otherwise `{a,,b}` with `max: 2`
+            // would stop at `['a', '']` and yield one result instead of two. Skipping
+            // them outright keeps `values` bounded while leaving `max` a bound on
+            // *kept* results.
+            let dropsEmpties = dropEmpties && !m.post.length && !pre;
+            for (let d = 0; dropsEmpties && d < acc.length; d++) {
+                if (acc[d]) {
+                    dropsEmpties = false;
+                }
+            }
             values = [];
-            for (let j = 0; j < n.length; j++) {
-                values.push.apply(values, expand_(n[j], max, maxLength, false));
+            let valuesLength = 0;
+            outer: for (let j = 0; j < n.length; j++) {
+                const expanded = expand_(n[j], max, maxLength, false);
+                for (let k = 0; k < expanded.length; k++) {
+                    const v = expanded[k];
+                    if (dropsEmpties && !v)
+                        continue;
+                    if (values.length >= max || valuesLength + v.length > maxLength) {
+                        break outer;
+                    }
+                    values.push(v);
+                    valuesLength += v.length;
+                }
             }
         }
         acc = combine(acc, pre, values, max, maxLength, dropEmpties && !m.post.length);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e4776783..f2a86fcf 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2635,9 +2635,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/brace-expansion": {
-      "version": "5.0.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-5.0.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JZyDyq3D4AUifKTPOB7DELf6XsB3WdPuNxCtob1vFXPsSXhdAiHBWJ/tJ8HAc9aH84BK+5JFZLNkJKx3G9kzQg==",
+      "version": "5.0.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-5.0.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ScQ4IuvIEF1TMlP7Zt+vjJ//9zlPb2SDcxWxM3bk8s6t6GGdJ7KO1dCcTidOPJKePW30LE/2cT7wCyPho9/Wxg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "balanced-match": "^4.0.2"