diff --git a/frappe/desk/doctype/tag_link/tag_link.json b/frappe/desk/doctype/tag_link/tag_link.json
index c80ef8603b..9613c7d0ed 100644
--- a/frappe/desk/doctype/tag_link/tag_link.json
+++ b/frappe/desk/doctype/tag_link/tag_link.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   }
  ],
  "links": [],
- "modified": "2024-03-23 16:03:39.781828",
+ "modified": "2025-02-04 12:02:03.779623",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Desk",
  "name": "Tag Link",
@@ -79,6 +79,5 @@
  "read_only": 1,
  "sort_field": "creation",
  "sort_order": "DESC",
- "states": [],
- "track_changes": 1
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+ "states": []
+}
diff --git a/frappe/desk/doctype/tag_link/tag_link.py b/frappe/desk/doctype/tag_link/tag_link.py
index 52000b6b63..d99f4dc31b 100644
--- a/frappe/desk/doctype/tag_link/tag_link.py
+++ b/frappe/desk/doctype/tag_link/tag_link.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019, Frappe Technologies and contributors
 # License: MIT. See LICENSE
 
-# import frappe
+import frappe
 from frappe.model.document import Document
 
 
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ class TagLink(Document):
 		document_type: DF.Link | None
 		tag: DF.Link | None
 		title: DF.Data | None
+
 	# end: auto-generated types
 
-	pass
+	def clear_cache(self):
+		super().clear_cache()
+		if has_tags(self.document_type):
+			frappe.client_cache.delete_value(f"doctype_has_tags::{self.document_type}")
+
+
+def on_doctype_update():
+	frappe.db.add_index("Tag Link", ["document_type", "document_name"])
+
+
+def has_tags(doctype: str):
+	"""Short circuit checks for tags by first checking if users even uses tags"""
+
+	def check_db():
+		return frappe.db.exists("Tag Link", {"document_type": doctype})
+
+	return frappe.client_cache.get_value(f"doctype_has_tags::{doctype}", generator=check_db)
diff --git a/frappe/desk/form/load.py b/frappe/desk/form/load.py
index 11878ae6ad..cd315b7c4d 100644
--- a/frappe/desk/form/load.py
+++ b/frappe/desk/form/load.py
@@ -385,6 +385,11 @@ def get_view_logs(doc: "Document") -> list[dict]:
 
 
 def get_tags(doctype: str, name: str) -> str:
+	from frappe.desk.doctype.tag_link.tag_link import has_tags
+
+	if not has_tags(doctype):
+		return
+
 	tags = frappe.get_all(
 		"Tag Link",
 		filters={"document_type": doctype, "document_name": name},