diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230815-104444.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230815-104444.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..918c6da1c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230815-104444.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Remedy performance regression by only writing run_results.json once.
+time: 2023-08-15T10:44:44.836991-04:00
+custom:
+  Author: peterallenwebb
+  Issue: "8360"
diff --git a/core/dbt/task/runnable.py b/core/dbt/task/runnable.py
index f872372f577..9ae987cc2dc 100644
--- a/core/dbt/task/runnable.py
+++ b/core/dbt/task/runnable.py
@@ -313,15 +313,6 @@ def _handle_result(self, result):
                 cause = None
             self._mark_dependent_errors(node.unique_id, result, cause)
 
-        interim_run_result = self.get_result(
-            results=self.node_results,
-            elapsed_time=time.time() - self.started_at,
-            generated_at=datetime.utcnow(),
-        )
-
-        if self.args.write_json and hasattr(interim_run_result, "write"):
-            interim_run_result.write(self.result_path())
-
     def _cancel_connections(self, pool):
         """Given a pool, cancel all adapter connections and wait until all
         runners gentle terminates.
@@ -378,8 +369,18 @@ def execute_nodes(self):
             # ensure information about all nodes is propagated to run results when failing fast
             return self.node_results
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            run_result = self.get_result(
+                results=self.node_results,
+                elapsed_time=time.time() - self.started_at,
+                generated_at=datetime.utcnow(),
+            )
+
+            if self.args.write_json and hasattr(run_result, "write"):
+                run_result.write(self.result_path())
+
             self._cancel_connections(pool)
             print_run_end_messages(self.node_results, keyboard_interrupt=True)
+
             raise
 
         pool.close()
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ def run(self):
         Run dbt for the query, based on the graph.
         """
         # We set up a context manager here with "task_contextvars" because we
-        # we need the project_root in runtime_initialize.
+        # need the project_root in runtime_initialize.
         with task_contextvars(project_root=self.config.project_root):
             self._runtime_initialize()
 
@@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ def create_schema(relation: BaseRelation) -> None:
                     create_futures.append(fut)
 
             for create_future in as_completed(create_futures):
-                # trigger/re-raise any excceptions while creating schemas
+                # trigger/re-raise any exceptions while creating schemas
                 create_future.result()
 
     def get_result(self, results, elapsed_time, generated_at):
diff --git a/tests/functional/artifacts/test_run_results.py b/tests/functional/artifacts/test_run_results.py
index c03c7abdf8f..74344747d0d 100644
--- a/tests/functional/artifacts/test_run_results.py
+++ b/tests/functional/artifacts/test_run_results.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import json
 import pytest
-import platform
 from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt
 
 good_model_sql = """
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def test_timing_exists(self, project):
         assert len(results.results[0].timing) > 0
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() != "Darwin", reason="Fails on linux in github actions")
+@pytest.mark.skip()
 class TestRunResultsWritesFileOnSignal:
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
     def models(self):