diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/object.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/object.dart
index 251f346ef47..2933c6397ec 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/object.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/object.dart
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/semantics.dart';
 
 import 'debug.dart';
 import 'layer.dart';
+import 'proxy_box.dart';
 
 export 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show
   DiagnosticPropertiesBuilder,
@@ -3227,7 +3228,7 @@ abstract class RenderObject extends AbstractNode with DiagnosticableTreeMixin im
     final SemanticsConfiguration config = _semanticsConfiguration;
     bool dropSemanticsOfPreviousSiblings = config.isBlockingSemanticsOfPreviouslyPaintedNodes;
 
-    final bool producesForkingFragment = !config.hasBeenAnnotated && !config.isSemanticBoundary;
+    bool producesForkingFragment = !config.hasBeenAnnotated && !config.isSemanticBoundary;
     final bool childrenMergeIntoParent = mergeIntoParent || config.isMergingSemanticsOfDescendants;
     final List<SemanticsConfiguration> childConfigurations = <SemanticsConfiguration>[];
     final bool explicitChildNode = config.explicitChildNodes || parent is! RenderObject;
@@ -3235,6 +3236,7 @@ abstract class RenderObject extends AbstractNode with DiagnosticableTreeMixin im
     final Map<SemanticsConfiguration, _InterestingSemanticsFragment> configToFragment = <SemanticsConfiguration, _InterestingSemanticsFragment>{};
     final List<_InterestingSemanticsFragment> mergeUpFragments = <_InterestingSemanticsFragment>[];
     final List<List<_InterestingSemanticsFragment>> siblingMergeFragmentGroups = <List<_InterestingSemanticsFragment>>[];
+    final bool hasTags = config.tagsForChildren?.isNotEmpty ?? false;
     visitChildrenForSemantics((RenderObject renderChild) {
       assert(!_needsLayout);
       final _SemanticsFragment parentFragment = renderChild._getSemanticsForParent(
@@ -3250,7 +3252,9 @@ abstract class RenderObject extends AbstractNode with DiagnosticableTreeMixin im
       }
       for (final _InterestingSemanticsFragment fragment in parentFragment.mergeUpFragments) {
         fragment.addAncestor(this);
-        fragment.addTags(config.tagsForChildren);
+        if (hasTags) {
+          fragment.addTags(config.tagsForChildren!);
+        }
         if (hasChildConfigurationsDelegate && fragment.config != null) {
           // This fragment need to go through delegate to determine whether it
           // merge up or not.
@@ -3266,7 +3270,9 @@ abstract class RenderObject extends AbstractNode with DiagnosticableTreeMixin im
         for (final List<_InterestingSemanticsFragment> siblingMergeGroup in parentFragment.siblingMergeGroups) {
           for (final _InterestingSemanticsFragment siblingMergingFragment in siblingMergeGroup) {
             siblingMergingFragment.addAncestor(this);
-            siblingMergingFragment.addTags(config.tagsForChildren);
+            if (hasTags) {
+              siblingMergingFragment.addTags(config.tagsForChildren!);
+            }
           }
           siblingMergeFragmentGroups.add(siblingMergeGroup);
         }
@@ -3279,14 +3285,25 @@ abstract class RenderObject extends AbstractNode with DiagnosticableTreeMixin im
       for (final _InterestingSemanticsFragment fragment in mergeUpFragments) {
         fragment.markAsExplicit();
       }
-    } else if (hasChildConfigurationsDelegate && childConfigurations.isNotEmpty) {
+    } else if (hasChildConfigurationsDelegate) {
       final ChildSemanticsConfigurationsResult result = config.childConfigurationsDelegate!(childConfigurations);
       mergeUpFragments.addAll(
-        result.mergeUp.map<_InterestingSemanticsFragment>((SemanticsConfiguration config) => configToFragment[config]!),
+        result.mergeUp.map<_InterestingSemanticsFragment>((SemanticsConfiguration config) {
+          final _InterestingSemanticsFragment? fragment = configToFragment[config];
+          if (fragment == null) {
+            // Parent fragment of Incomplete fragments can't be a forking
+            // fragment since they need to be merged.
+            producesForkingFragment = false;
+            return _IncompleteSemanticsFragment(config: config, owner: this);
+          }
+          return fragment;
+        }),
       );
       for (final Iterable<SemanticsConfiguration> group in result.siblingMergeGroups) {
         siblingMergeFragmentGroups.add(
-          group.map<_InterestingSemanticsFragment>((SemanticsConfiguration config) => configToFragment[config]!).toList()
+          group.map<_InterestingSemanticsFragment>((SemanticsConfiguration config) {
+            return configToFragment[config] ?? _IncompleteSemanticsFragment(config: config, owner: this);
+          }).toList(),
         );
       }
     }
@@ -4167,10 +4184,10 @@ abstract class _InterestingSemanticsFragment extends _SemanticsFragment {
   Set<SemanticsTag>? _tagsForChildren;
 
   /// Tag all children produced by [compileChildren] with `tags`.
-  void addTags(Iterable<SemanticsTag>? tags) {
-    if (tags == null || tags.isEmpty) {
-      return;
-    }
+  ///
+  /// `tags` must not be empty.
+  void addTags(Iterable<SemanticsTag> tags) {
+    assert(tags.isNotEmpty);
     _tagsForChildren ??= <SemanticsTag>{};
     _tagsForChildren!.addAll(tags);
   }
@@ -4264,6 +4281,48 @@ class _RootSemanticsFragment extends _InterestingSemanticsFragment {
   }
 }
 
+/// A fragment with partial information that must not form an explicit
+/// semantics node without merging into another _SwitchableSemanticsFragment.
+///
+/// This fragment is generated from synthetic SemanticsConfiguration returned from
+/// [SemanticsConfiguration.childConfigurationsDelegate].
+class _IncompleteSemanticsFragment extends _InterestingSemanticsFragment {
+  _IncompleteSemanticsFragment({
+    required this.config,
+    required super.owner,
+  }) : super(dropsSemanticsOfPreviousSiblings: false);
+
+  @override
+  void addAll(Iterable<_InterestingSemanticsFragment> fragments) {
+    assert(false, 'This fragment must be a leaf node');
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void compileChildren({
+    required Rect? parentSemanticsClipRect,
+    required Rect? parentPaintClipRect,
+    required double elevationAdjustment,
+    required List<SemanticsNode> result,
+    required List<SemanticsNode> siblingNodes,
+  }) {
+    // There is nothing to do because this fragment must be a leaf node and
+    // must not be explicit.
+  }
+
+  @override
+  final SemanticsConfiguration config;
+
+  @override
+  void markAsExplicit() {
+    assert(
+      false,
+      'SemanticsConfiguration created in '
+      'SemanticsConfiguration.childConfigurationsDelegate must not produce '
+      'its own semantics node'
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 /// An [_InterestingSemanticsFragment] that can be told to only add explicit
 /// [SemanticsNode]s to the parent.
 ///
@@ -4542,6 +4601,17 @@ class _SwitchableSemanticsFragment extends _InterestingSemanticsFragment {
     }
   }
 
+  @override
+  void addTags(Iterable<SemanticsTag> tags) {
+    super.addTags(tags);
+    // _ContainerSemanticsFragments add their tags to child fragments through
+    // this method. This fragment must make sure its _config is in sync.
+    if (tags.isNotEmpty) {
+      _ensureConfigIsWritable();
+      tags.forEach(_config.addTagForChildren);
+    }
+  }
+
   void _ensureConfigIsWritable() {
     if (!_isConfigWritable) {
       _config = _config.copy();
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/paragraph.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/paragraph.dart
index 9b66ed999b1..8a2c9ab71aa 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/paragraph.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/paragraph.dart
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ class RenderParagraph extends RenderBox
 
   static final String _placeholderCharacter = String.fromCharCode(PlaceholderSpan.placeholderCodeUnit);
   final TextPainter _textPainter;
-  AttributedString? _cachedAttributedLabel;
+
+  List<AttributedString>? _cachedAttributedLabels;
+
   List<InlineSpanSemanticsInformation>? _cachedCombinedSemanticsInfos;
 
   /// The text to display.
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ class RenderParagraph extends RenderBox
         break;
       case RenderComparison.paint:
         _textPainter.text = value;
-        _cachedAttributedLabel = null;
+        _cachedAttributedLabels = null;
         _cachedCombinedSemanticsInfos = null;
         _extractPlaceholderSpans(value);
         markNeedsPaint();
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ class RenderParagraph extends RenderBox
       case RenderComparison.layout:
         _textPainter.text = value;
         _overflowShader = null;
-        _cachedAttributedLabel = null;
+        _cachedAttributedLabels = null;
         _cachedCombinedSemanticsInfos = null;
         _extractPlaceholderSpans(value);
         markNeedsLayout();
@@ -1035,12 +1037,23 @@ class RenderParagraph extends RenderBox
   void describeSemanticsConfiguration(SemanticsConfiguration config) {
     super.describeSemanticsConfiguration(config);
     _semanticsInfo = text.getSemanticsInformation();
+    bool needsAssembleSemanticsNode = false;
+    bool needsChildConfigrationsDelegate = false;
+    for (final InlineSpanSemanticsInformation info in _semanticsInfo!) {
+      if (info.recognizer != null) {
+        needsAssembleSemanticsNode = true;
+        break;
+      }
+      needsChildConfigrationsDelegate = needsChildConfigrationsDelegate || info.isPlaceholder;
+    }
 
-    if (_semanticsInfo!.any((InlineSpanSemanticsInformation info) => info.recognizer != null)) {
+    if (needsAssembleSemanticsNode) {
       config.explicitChildNodes = true;
       config.isSemanticBoundary = true;
+    } else if (needsChildConfigrationsDelegate) {
+      config.childConfigurationsDelegate = _childSemanticsConfigurationsDelegate;
     } else {
-      if (_cachedAttributedLabel == null) {
+      if (_cachedAttributedLabels == null) {
         final StringBuffer buffer = StringBuffer();
         int offset = 0;
         final List<StringAttribute> attributes = <StringAttribute>[];
@@ -1050,21 +1063,77 @@ class RenderParagraph extends RenderBox
             final TextRange originalRange = infoAttribute.range;
             attributes.add(
               infoAttribute.copy(
-                  range: TextRange(start: offset + originalRange.start,
-                      end: offset + originalRange.end)
+                range: TextRange(
+                  start: offset + originalRange.start,
+                  end: offset + originalRange.end,
+                ),
               ),
             );
           }
           buffer.write(label);
           offset += label.length;
         }
-        _cachedAttributedLabel = AttributedString(buffer.toString(), attributes: attributes);
+        _cachedAttributedLabels = <AttributedString>[AttributedString(buffer.toString(), attributes: attributes)];
       }
-      config.attributedLabel = _cachedAttributedLabel!;
+      config.attributedLabel = _cachedAttributedLabels![0];
       config.textDirection = textDirection;
     }
   }
 
+  ChildSemanticsConfigurationsResult _childSemanticsConfigurationsDelegate(List<SemanticsConfiguration> childConfigs) {
+    final ChildSemanticsConfigurationsResultBuilder builder = ChildSemanticsConfigurationsResultBuilder();
+    int placeholderIndex = 0;
+    int childConfigsIndex = 0;
+    int attributedLabelCacheIndex = 0;
+    InlineSpanSemanticsInformation? seenTextInfo;
+    _cachedCombinedSemanticsInfos ??= combineSemanticsInfo(_semanticsInfo!);
+    for (final InlineSpanSemanticsInformation info in _cachedCombinedSemanticsInfos!) {
+      if (info.isPlaceholder) {
+        if (seenTextInfo != null) {
+          builder.markAsMergeUp(_createSemanticsConfigForTextInfo(seenTextInfo, attributedLabelCacheIndex));
+          attributedLabelCacheIndex += 1;
+        }
+        // Mark every childConfig belongs to this placeholder to merge up group.
+        while (childConfigsIndex < childConfigs.length &&
+            childConfigs[childConfigsIndex].tagsChildrenWith(PlaceholderSpanIndexSemanticsTag(placeholderIndex))) {
+          builder.markAsMergeUp(childConfigs[childConfigsIndex]);
+          childConfigsIndex += 1;
+        }
+        placeholderIndex += 1;
+      } else {
+        seenTextInfo = info;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Handle plain text info at the end.
+    if (seenTextInfo != null) {
+      builder.markAsMergeUp(_createSemanticsConfigForTextInfo(seenTextInfo, attributedLabelCacheIndex));
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
+  SemanticsConfiguration _createSemanticsConfigForTextInfo(InlineSpanSemanticsInformation textInfo, int cacheIndex) {
+    assert(!textInfo.requiresOwnNode);
+    final List<AttributedString> cachedStrings = _cachedAttributedLabels ??= <AttributedString>[];
+    assert(cacheIndex <= cachedStrings.length);
+    final bool hasCache = cacheIndex < cachedStrings.length;
+
+    late AttributedString attributedLabel;
+    if (hasCache) {
+      attributedLabel = cachedStrings[cacheIndex];
+    } else {
+      assert(cachedStrings.length == cacheIndex);
+      attributedLabel = AttributedString(
+        textInfo.semanticsLabel ?? textInfo.text,
+        attributes: textInfo.stringAttributes,
+      );
+      cachedStrings.add(attributedLabel);
+    }
+    return SemanticsConfiguration()
+      ..textDirection = textDirection
+      ..attributedLabel = attributedLabel;
+  }
+
   // Caches [SemanticsNode]s created during [assembleSemanticsNode] so they
   // can be re-used when [assembleSemanticsNode] is called again. This ensures
   // stable ids for the [SemanticsNode]s of [TextSpan]s across
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/semantics/semantics.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/semantics/semantics.dart
index e5fde935508..f1c33f644e8 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/semantics/semantics.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/semantics/semantics.dart
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class AttributedString {
   }
 
   @override
-  int get hashCode => Object.hash(string, attributes,);
+  int get hashCode => Object.hash(string, attributes);
 
   @override
   String toString() {
@@ -3805,7 +3805,8 @@ class SemanticsConfiguration {
   /// which of them should be merged upwards into the parent SemanticsNode.
   ///
   /// The input list of [SemanticsConfiguration]s can be empty if the rendering
-  /// object of this semantics configuration is a leaf node.
+  /// object of this semantics configuration is a leaf node or child rendering
+  /// objects do not contribute to the semantics.
   ChildSemanticsConfigurationsDelegate? get childConfigurationsDelegate => _childConfigurationsDelegate;
   ChildSemanticsConfigurationsDelegate? _childConfigurationsDelegate;
   set childConfigurationsDelegate(ChildSemanticsConfigurationsDelegate? value) {
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/semantics_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/semantics_test.dart
index 36a9cb00e48..1fd6f5a77b6 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/semantics_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/semantics_test.dart
@@ -60,6 +60,42 @@ void main() {
     semantics.dispose();
   }, semanticsEnabled: false);
 
+  testWidgets('Semantics tag only applies to immediate child', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final SemanticsTester semantics = SemanticsTester(tester);
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+        Directionality(
+            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+            child: ListView(
+              children: <Widget>[
+                SingleChildScrollView(
+                  child: Column(
+                    children: <Widget>[
+                      Container(padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 20.0)),
+                      const Text('label'),
+                    ],
+                  ),
+                ),
+              ],
+            ),
+        ),
+    );
+
+    expect(semantics, isNot(includesNodeWith(
+      flags: <SemanticsFlag>[SemanticsFlag.hasImplicitScrolling],
+      tags: <SemanticsTag>{RenderViewport.useTwoPaneSemantics},
+    )));
+
+    await tester.pump();
+    // Semantics should stay the same after a frame update.
+    expect(semantics, isNot(includesNodeWith(
+      flags: <SemanticsFlag>[SemanticsFlag.hasImplicitScrolling],
+      tags: <SemanticsTag>{RenderViewport.useTwoPaneSemantics},
+    )));
+
+    semantics.dispose();
+  }, semanticsEnabled: false);
+
   testWidgets('Semantics tooltip', (WidgetTester tester) async {
     final SemanticsTester semantics = SemanticsTester(tester);
 
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/text_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/text_test.dart
index 1f1efbdc18f..dc9e8ccd622 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/text_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/text_test.dart
@@ -310,6 +310,160 @@ void main() {
     semantics.dispose();
   });
 
+  testWidgets('semantics label is in order when uses widget span', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      Directionality(
+        textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+        child: Text.rich(
+          TextSpan(
+            children: <InlineSpan>[
+              const TextSpan(text: 'before '),
+              WidgetSpan(
+                alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+                baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+                child: Semantics(label: 'foo'),
+              ),
+              const TextSpan(text: ' after'),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(
+      tester.getSemantics(find.byType(Text)),
+      matchesSemantics(label: 'before \nfoo\n after'),
+    );
+
+    // If the Paragraph is not dirty it should use the cache correctly.
+    final RenderObject parent = tester.renderObject<RenderObject>(find.byType(Directionality));
+    parent.markNeedsSemanticsUpdate();
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(
+      tester.getSemantics(find.byType(Text)),
+      matchesSemantics(label: 'before \nfoo\n after'),
+    );
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('semantics can handle some widget spans without semantics', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      Directionality(
+        textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+        child: Text.rich(
+          TextSpan(
+            children: <InlineSpan>[
+              const TextSpan(text: 'before '),
+              const WidgetSpan(
+                alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+                baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+                child: SizedBox(width: 10.0),
+              ),
+              const TextSpan(text: ' mid'),
+              WidgetSpan(
+                alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+                baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+                child: Semantics(label: 'foo'),
+              ),
+              const TextSpan(text: ' after'),
+              const WidgetSpan(
+                alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+                baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+                child: SizedBox(width: 10.0),
+              ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(tester.getSemantics(find.byType(Text)),
+        matchesSemantics(label: 'before \n mid\nfoo\n after'));
+
+    // If the Paragraph is not dirty it should use the cache correctly.
+    final RenderObject parent = tester.renderObject<RenderObject>(find.byType(Directionality));
+    parent.markNeedsSemanticsUpdate();
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(tester.getSemantics(find.byType(Text)),
+        matchesSemantics(label: 'before \n mid\nfoo\n after'));
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('semantics can handle all widget spans without semantics', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      const Directionality(
+        textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+        child: Text.rich(
+          TextSpan(
+            children: <InlineSpan>[
+              TextSpan(text: 'before '),
+              WidgetSpan(
+                alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+                baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+                child: SizedBox(width: 10.0),
+              ),
+              TextSpan(text: ' mid'),
+              WidgetSpan(
+                alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+                baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+                child: SizedBox(width: 10.0),
+              ),
+              TextSpan(text: ' after'),
+              WidgetSpan(
+                alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+                baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+                child: SizedBox(width: 10.0),
+              ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(tester.getSemantics(find.byType(Text)),
+        matchesSemantics(label: 'before \n mid\n after'));
+
+    // If the Paragraph is not dirty it should use the cache correctly.
+    final RenderObject parent = tester.renderObject<RenderObject>(find.byType(Directionality));
+    parent.markNeedsSemanticsUpdate();
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(tester.getSemantics(find.byType(Text)),
+        matchesSemantics(label: 'before \n mid\n after'));
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('semantics can handle widget spans with explicit semantics node', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      Directionality(
+        textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+        child: Text.rich(
+          TextSpan(
+            children: <InlineSpan>[
+              const TextSpan(text: 'before '),
+              WidgetSpan(
+                alignment: PlaceholderAlignment.baseline,
+                baseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+                child: Semantics(label: 'inner', container: true),
+              ),
+              const TextSpan(text: ' after'),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(
+      tester.getSemantics(find.byType(Text)),
+      matchesSemantics(label: 'before \n after', children: <Matcher>[matchesSemantics(label: 'inner')]),
+    );
+
+    // If the Paragraph is not dirty it should use the cache correctly.
+    final RenderObject parent = tester.renderObject<RenderObject>(find.byType(Directionality));
+    parent.markNeedsSemanticsUpdate();
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(
+      tester.getSemantics(find.byType(Text)),
+      matchesSemantics(label: 'before \n after', children: <Matcher>[matchesSemantics(label: 'inner')]),
+    );
+  });
+
   testWidgets('semanticsLabel can be shorter than text', (WidgetTester tester) async {
     final SemanticsTester semantics = SemanticsTester(tester);
     await tester.pumpWidget(Directionality(