diff --git a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/FidelityFX/HDRenderPipeline.FidelityFX.Cacao.cs b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/FidelityFX/HDRenderPipeline.FidelityFX.Cacao.cs
index 8abf9ba6..88b30f31 100644
--- a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/FidelityFX/HDRenderPipeline.FidelityFX.Cacao.cs
+++ b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/FidelityFX/HDRenderPipeline.FidelityFX.Cacao.cs
@@ -72,11 +72,12 @@ namespace UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition
 
             hdCamera.cacaoContext.UpdateSettings(parameters.settings);
 
-            using (var builder = renderGraph.AddRenderPass<RenderCacaoPassData>("FidelityFX CACAO", out var passData, ProfilingSampler.Get(HDProfileId.AmbientOcclusion)))
+            using (var builder = renderGraph.AddUnsafePass<RenderCacaoPassData>("FidelityFX CACAO", out var passData, ProfilingSampler.Get(HDProfileId.AmbientOcclusion)))
             {
                 builder.EnableAsyncCompute(parameters.runAsync);
 
-                passData.aoOutput = builder.WriteTexture(CreateAmbientOcclusionTexture(renderGraph, true));
+                passData.aoOutput = CreateAmbientOcclusionTexture(renderGraph, true);
+                builder.UseTexture(passData.aoOutput, AccessFlags.Write);
 
                 passData.cacaoContext = hdCamera.cacaoContext;
                 passData.depthBuffer = depthBuffer;
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ namespace UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition
                 passData.normalsToView = parameters.cameraToWorldMatrix * Cacao.UnityToCacaoViewMatrix;
                 passData.rtHandleScale = parameters.rtHandleScale;
 
-                builder.SetRenderFunc((RenderCacaoPassData data, RenderGraphContext ctx) =>
+                builder.SetRenderFunc((RenderCacaoPassData data, UnsafeGraphContext ctx) =>
                 {
                     var dispatchInfo = new Cacao.DispatchInfo
                     {
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ namespace UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition
                     ctx.cmd.SetGlobalTexture("_NormalBufferTexture", data.normalBuffer);
                     ctx.cmd.SetGlobalTexture("_OcclusionTexture", data.aoOutput);
 
-                    data.cacaoContext.Draw(ctx.cmd, dispatchInfo, data.projectionMatrix, data.normalsToView, data.rtHandleScale);
+                    data.cacaoContext.Draw(CommandBufferHelpers.GetNativeCommandBuffer(ctx.cmd), dispatchInfo, data.projectionMatrix, data.normalsToView, data.rtHandleScale);
                 });
 
                 return passData.aoOutput;
diff --git a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/HDRenderPipeline.PostProcess.cs b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/HDRenderPipeline.PostProcess.cs
index bc3005c3..845f9b27 100644
--- a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/HDRenderPipeline.PostProcess.cs
+++ b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/HDRenderPipeline.PostProcess.cs
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ namespace UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition
             source = DoFSR2Pass(renderGraph, hdCamera, source, depthBuffer, motionVectors, colorBiasMask);
 
             // WW1MOD Added alpha upscaling
-            if (!upscalerPlugin.supportsAlpha)
+            if (!upscalerPlugin.supportsAlpha && GraphicsFormatUtility.HasAlphaChannel(alphaSource.GetDescriptor(renderGraph).format))
                 source = UpscaleAlpha(renderGraph, hdCamera, alphaSource, depthBuffer, motionVectors, source);
 
             SetCurrentResolutionGroup(renderGraph, hdCamera, ResolutionGroup.AfterDynamicResUpscale);
diff --git a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/RenderPass/Upscalers/HDRenderPipeline.AlphaUpscale.cs b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/RenderPass/Upscalers/HDRenderPipeline.AlphaUpscale.cs
index 24e4226e..90b1ea70 100644
--- a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/RenderPass/Upscalers/HDRenderPipeline.AlphaUpscale.cs
+++ b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/RenderPass/Upscalers/HDRenderPipeline.AlphaUpscale.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition
 
         TextureHandle UpscaleAlpha(RenderGraph renderGraph, HDCamera hdCamera, TextureHandle source, TextureHandle depth, TextureHandle motionVectors, TextureHandle output)
         {
-            using (var builder = renderGraph.AddRenderPass<AlphaUpscalePassData>("Alpha Upscale", out var passData, ProfilingSampler.Get(HDProfileId.AlphaCopy)))
+            using (var builder = renderGraph.AddUnsafePass<AlphaUpscalePassData>("Alpha Upscale", out var passData, ProfilingSampler.Get(HDProfileId.AlphaCopy)))
             {
                 Vector2Int finalViewport = DynamicResolutionHandler.instance.finalViewport;
 
@@ -34,17 +34,23 @@ namespace UnityEngine.Rendering.HighDefinition
                 passData.width = finalViewport.x;
                 passData.height = finalViewport.y;
                 passData.viewCount = hdCamera.viewCount;
-                passData.source = builder.ReadTexture(source);
-                passData.depth = builder.ReadTexture(depth);
-                passData.motionVectors = builder.ReadTexture(motionVectors);
-                passData.output = builder.ReadWriteTexture(output);
+                passData.source = source;
+                builder.UseTexture(passData.source);
+                passData.depth = depth;
+                builder.UseTexture(passData.depth);
+                passData.motionVectors = motionVectors;
+                builder.UseTexture(passData.motionVectors);
+                passData.output = output;
+                builder.UseTexture(passData.output, AccessFlags.ReadWrite);
 
                 bool validHistory = GrabPostProcessHistoryTextures(hdCamera, HDCameraFrameHistoryType.AlphaUpscale, "Alpha History", GraphicsFormat.R8_UNorm, finalViewport, out RTHandle previous, out RTHandle next);
                 passData.resetHistory = !validHistory;
-                passData.prevAlpha = validHistory ? builder.ReadTexture(renderGraph.ImportTexture(previous)) : builder.ReadWriteTexture(renderGraph.ImportTexture(previous));
-                passData.nextAlpha = builder.WriteTexture(renderGraph.ImportTexture(next));
+                passData.prevAlpha = renderGraph.ImportTexture(previous);
+                builder.UseTexture(passData.prevAlpha, validHistory ? AccessFlags.Read : AccessFlags.ReadWrite);
+                passData.nextAlpha = renderGraph.ImportTexture(next);
+                builder.UseTexture(passData.nextAlpha, AccessFlags.Write);
 
-                builder.SetRenderFunc((AlphaUpscalePassData data, RenderGraphContext ctx) =>
+                builder.SetRenderFunc(static (AlphaUpscalePassData data, UnsafeGraphContext ctx) =>
                 {
                     if (data.resetHistory)
                     {