diff --git a/packages/core/src/application/application_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/application/application_ref.ts
index 7514d772625..06fe1c2c7a2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/application/application_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/application/application_ref.ts
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ export class ApplicationRef {
       // if one exists. Snapshots may be reference counted by the implementation so
       // we want to ensure that if we request a snapshot that we use it.
       snapshot.run(TracingAction.CHANGE_DETECTION, this._tick);
+      snapshot.dispose();
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/application/tracing.ts b/packages/core/src/application/tracing.ts
index 663fd6e9d7b..d8c30b44c78 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/application/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/application/tracing.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ export enum TracingAction {
 /** A single tracing snapshot. */
 export interface TracingSnapshot {
   run<T>(action: TracingAction, fn: () => T): T;
+
+  /** Disposes of the tracing snapshot. Must be run exactly once per TracingSnapshot. */
+  dispose(): void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +42,10 @@ export interface TracingService<T extends TracingSnapshot> {
    * used when additional work is performed that was scheduled in this context.
    *
    * @param linkedSnapshot Optional snapshot to use link to the current context.
+   * The caller is no longer responsible for calling dispose on the linkedSnapshot.
+   *
+   * @return The tracing snapshot. The caller is responsible for diposing of the
+   * snapshot.
    */
   snapshot(linkedSnapshot: T | null): T;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/after_render/manager.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/after_render/manager.ts
index 6680357856c..dba8bf55932 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/after_render/manager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/after_render/manager.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ export class AfterRenderSequence implements AfterRenderRef {
     // associates the initial run of the hook with the context that created it.
     // Follow-up runs are independent of that initial context and have different
     // triggers.
+    this.snapshot?.dispose();
     this.snapshot = null;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/tracing_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/tracing_spec.ts
index d4a97f19682..66c9c6883a7 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/tracing_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/tracing_spec.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe('TracingService', () => {
         actions.push(action);
         return fn();
       },
+      dispose() {},
     };
     mockTracingService = {
       snapshot: jasmine.createSpy('snapshot').and.returnValue(fakeSnapshot),