diff --git a/crates/compiler/test_gen/src/gen_abilities.rs b/crates/compiler/test_gen/src/gen_abilities.rs
index 14879049b1..cb84a01bf7 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/test_gen/src/gen_abilities.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/test_gen/src/gen_abilities.rs
@@ -953,7 +953,10 @@ fn encode_then_decode_list_of_lists_of_strings() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"))]
+#[cfg(all(
+    any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"),
+    not(debug_assertions) // hits a stack overflow in debug builds
+))]
 fn decode_record_two_fields() {
     assert_evals_to!(
         indoc!(
@@ -972,7 +975,10 @@ fn decode_record_two_fields() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"))]
+#[cfg(all(
+    any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"),
+    not(debug_assertions) // hits a stack overflow in debug builds
+))]
 fn decode_record_two_fields_string_and_int() {
     assert_evals_to!(
         indoc!(
@@ -991,7 +997,10 @@ fn decode_record_two_fields_string_and_int() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"))]
+#[cfg(all(
+    any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"),
+    not(debug_assertions) // hits a stack overflow in debug builds
+))]
 fn decode_record_two_fields_string_and_string_infer() {
     assert_evals_to!(
         indoc!(
@@ -1010,7 +1019,10 @@ fn decode_record_two_fields_string_and_string_infer() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"))]
+#[cfg(all(
+    any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"),
+    not(debug_assertions) // hits a stack overflow in debug builds
+))]
 fn decode_record_two_fields_string_and_string_infer_local_var() {
     assert_evals_to!(
         indoc!(
@@ -1030,7 +1042,10 @@ fn decode_record_two_fields_string_and_string_infer_local_var() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"))]
+#[cfg(all(
+    any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"),
+    not(debug_assertions) // hits a stack overflow in debug builds
+))]
 fn decode_record_two_fields_string_and_string_infer_local_var_destructured() {
     assert_evals_to!(
         indoc!(
@@ -1072,7 +1087,8 @@ fn decode_empty_record() {
 #[test]
 #[cfg(all(
     any(feature = "gen-llvm", feature = "gen-wasm"),
-    not(feature = "gen-llvm-wasm") // hits a wasm3 stack overflow
+    not(feature = "gen-llvm-wasm"), // hits a wasm3 stack overflow
+    not(debug_assertions) // hits a stack overflow in debug builds
 ))]
 fn decode_record_of_record() {
     assert_evals_to!(