diff --git a/src/strands/strands_transpiler.js b/src/strands/strands_transpiler.js
index 82920f07c4..d4d7550368 100644
--- a/src/strands/strands_transpiler.js
+++ b/src/strands/strands_transpiler.js
@@ -187,6 +187,96 @@ function throwIfLoopProtectionInserted(ast) {
     );
   }
 }
+function isUnusedResultControlFlow(expr) {
+  return (
+    expr.type === 'ConditionalExpression' ||
+    (expr.type === 'LogicalExpression' &&
+      (expr.operator === '&&' || expr.operator === '||'))
+  );
+}
+
+function toBlock(statements) {
+  return { type: 'BlockStatement', body: statements };
+}
+
+// Minifiers turn `if (c) body` into `c && body;`. When the result is thrown
+// away, it's control flow rather than a bool expression, so it is rewritten
+// back into an if statement. Returns the statements that replace `stmt`.
+function restoreConditionalStatement(stmt) {
+  if (stmt.type !== 'ExpressionStatement') return [stmt];
+  const expr = stmt.expression;
+  const asStatement = expression => ({ type: 'ExpressionStatement', expression });
+
+  if (expr.type === 'SequenceExpression') {
+    if (!expr.expressions.some(isUnusedResultControlFlow)) return [stmt];
+    return expr.expressions.flatMap(e =>
+      restoreConditionalStatement(asStatement(e))
+    );
+  }
+  if (expr.type === 'LogicalExpression' && isUnusedResultControlFlow(expr)) {
+    const test =
+      expr.operator === '&&'
+        ? expr.left
+        : {
+            type: 'UnaryExpression',
+            operator: '!',
+            prefix: true,
+            argument: expr.left
+          };
+    return [
+      {
+        type: 'IfStatement',
+        test,
+        consequent: toBlock(restoreConditionalStatement(asStatement(expr.right))),
+        alternate: null
+      }
+    ];
+  }
+  if (expr.type === 'ConditionalExpression') {
+    return [
+      {
+        type: 'IfStatement',
+        test: expr.test,
+        consequent: toBlock(
+          restoreConditionalStatement(asStatement(expr.consequent))
+        ),
+        alternate: toBlock(
+          restoreConditionalStatement(asStatement(expr.alternate))
+        )
+      }
+    ];
+  }
+  return [stmt];
+}
+
+function restoreMinifiedConditionals(ast, uniformCallbackNames) {
+  const inUniform = ancestors =>
+    ancestors.some(
+      a => nodeIsUniform(a) || nodeIsUniformCallbackFn(a, uniformCallbackNames)
+    );
+  const restoreBlockBody = (node, state, ancestors) => {
+    if (inUniform(ancestors)) return;
+    node.body = node.body.flatMap(restoreConditionalStatement);
+  };
+  // Bodies without braces, e.g. `if (x) a && b;`
+  const restoreUnbracedBodies = (node, state, ancestors) => {
+    if (inUniform(ancestors)) return;
+    for (const key of ['consequent', 'alternate', 'body']) {
+      const child = node[key];
+      if (child?.type === 'ExpressionStatement') {
+        node[key] = toBlock(restoreConditionalStatement(child));
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  ancestor(ast, {
+    Program: restoreBlockBody,
+    BlockStatement: restoreBlockBody,
+    IfStatement: restoreUnbracedBodies,
+    ForStatement: restoreUnbracedBodies,
+    WhileStatement: restoreUnbracedBodies
+  });
+}
+
 // Helper function to check if a statement is a variable declaration with strands control flow init
 function statementContainsStrandsControlFlow(stmt) {
   // Check for variable declarations with strands control flow init
@@ -2013,23 +2103,27 @@ function transformHelperFunctionEarlyReturns(ast, names) {
  *
  * Pipeline stages:
  *
- * 1. Collect uniform callback names
- *    - Identifies functions passed into uniform() so they are excluded from transformation
+ * Collect uniform callback names
+ *   - Identifies functions passed into uniform() so they are excluded from transformation
+ *
+ * restoreMinifiedConditionals
+ *   - Turns `cond && action;`, `cond || action;` and `cond ? a : b;` statements, whose
+ *     results are unused, back into if statements
  *
- * 2. transformSetCallsInControlFlow
- *    - Rewrites `.set()` calls inside control flow into intermediate variable assignments
+ * transformSetCallsInControlFlow
+ *   - Rewrites `.set()` calls inside control flow into intermediate variable assignments
  *
- * 3. Non-control-flow transformations
- *    - Applies ASTCallbacks to transform expressions, assignments, etc.
- *    - Skips IfStatement and ForStatement (handled later)
+ * Non-control-flow transformations
+ *   - Applies ASTCallbacks to transform expressions, assignments, etc.
+ *   - Skips IfStatement and ForStatement (handled later)
  *
- * 4. transformHelperFunctionEarlyReturns
- *    - Converts early returns in helper functions into a single return value pattern
+ * transformHelperFunctionEarlyReturns
+ *   - Converts early returns in helper functions into a single return value pattern
  *
- * 5. Control flow transformation (post-order)
- *    - Transforms IfStatement → __p5.strandsIf
- *    - Transforms ForStatement → __p5.strandsFor
- *    - Handles variable propagation across branches/loops
+ * Control flow transformation (post-order)
+ *   - Transforms IfStatement → __p5.strandsIf
+ *   - Transforms ForStatement → __p5.strandsFor
+ *   - Handles variable propagation across branches/loops
  *
  * This staged approach ensures correct ordering and avoids transformation conflicts.
  */
@@ -2202,10 +2296,13 @@ export function transpileStrandsToJS(
   // Pre-pass: collect names of functions passed by reference as uniform callbacks
   const uniformCallbackNames = collectUniformCallbackNames(ast);
 
-  // Pass 1: transform .set() calls in control flow to use intermediate variables
+  // Turn minifier-style `cond && action;` statements back into ifs
+  restoreMinifiedConditionals(ast, uniformCallbackNames);
+
+  // Transform .set() calls in control flow to use intermediate variables
   transformSetCallsInControlFlow(ast, uniformCallbackNames);
 
-  // Pass 2: transform non-control-flow nodes (operators, varyings, uniforms, arrays)
+  // Transform non-control-flow nodes (operators, varyings, uniforms, arrays)
   const { shaderNameMap, shaderNameState } = runNonControlFlowPass(
     ast,
     uniformCallbackNames,
@@ -2213,10 +2310,10 @@ export function transpileStrandsToJS(
     p5
   );
 
-  // Pass 3: transform helper functions with early returns to use __returnValue pattern
+  // Transform helper functions with early returns to use __returnValue pattern
   transformHelperFunctionEarlyReturns(ast, uniformCallbackNames);
 
-  // Pass 4: transform if/for statements post-order into strandsIf/strandsFor calls
+  // Transform if/for statements post-order into strandsIf/strandsFor calls
   runControlFlowPass(ast, uniformCallbackNames);
 
   const callback = buildStrandsCallback(p5, ast, scope);
diff --git a/test/unit/visual/cases/webgl.js b/test/unit/visual/cases/webgl.js
index 96afb6bf12..a985e03b9f 100644
--- a/test/unit/visual/cases/webgl.js
+++ b/test/unit/visual/cases/webgl.js
@@ -1871,6 +1871,33 @@ visualSuite('WebGL', function () {
       screenshot();
     });
 
+    visualTest(
+      'minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals',
+      (p5, screenshot) => {
+        p5.createCanvas(50, 50, p5.WEBGL);
+        const shader = p5.baseFilterShader().modify(
+          () => {
+            p5.getColor(inputs => {
+              let value = 0;
+              let red = 0;
+              // Minifiers write `if (cond) action` as `cond && action`
+              inputs.texCoord.x > 0.5 && (value = 0.5);
+              inputs.texCoord.y > 0.5 || (value = value + 0.25);
+              // ...and `if (cond) a; else b` as `cond ? a : b`
+              inputs.texCoord.x > 0.75 && inputs.texCoord.y > 0.75
+                ? (red = 1, value = 0)
+                : (red = value);
+              return [red, value, value, 1];
+            });
+          },
+          { p5 }
+        );
+        p5.background(0);
+        p5.filter(shader);
+        screenshot();
+      }
+    );
+
     visualTest('lerp maps to mix in strands context', (p5, screenshot) => {
       p5.createCanvas(50, 50, p5.WEBGL);
       // lerp should behave identically to mix inside strands
diff --git a/test/unit/visual/cases/webgpu.js b/test/unit/visual/cases/webgpu.js
index f9f30887f4..9dd4c9a3e8 100644
--- a/test/unit/visual/cases/webgpu.js
+++ b/test/unit/visual/cases/webgpu.js
@@ -288,6 +288,33 @@ visualSuite('WebGPU', function () {
       await screenshot();
     });
 
+    visualTest(
+      'minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals',
+      async function (p5, screenshot) {
+        await p5.createCanvas(50, 50, p5.WEBGPU);
+        const shader = p5.baseFilterShader().modify(
+          () => {
+            p5.getColor(inputs => {
+              let value = 0;
+              let red = 0;
+              // Minifiers write `if (cond) action` as `cond && action`
+              inputs.texCoord.x > 0.5 && (value = 0.5);
+              inputs.texCoord.y > 0.5 || (value = value + 0.25);
+              // ...and `if (cond) a; else b` as `cond ? a : b`
+              inputs.texCoord.x > 0.75 && inputs.texCoord.y > 0.75
+                ? (red = 1, value = 0)
+                : (red = value);
+              return [red, value, value, 1];
+            });
+          },
+          { p5 }
+        );
+        p5.background(0);
+        p5.filter(shader);
+        await screenshot();
+      }
+    );
+
     visualTest(
       'filter shaders can sample a texture inside a conditional branch',
       async function (p5, screenshot) {
diff --git a/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/p5.strands/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/000.png b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/p5.strands/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/000.png
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diff --git a/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/p5.strands/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/metadata.json b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/p5.strands/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4bfe30da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGL/p5.strands/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/metadata.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "numScreenshots": 1
+}
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diff --git a/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGPU/Shaders/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/000.png b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGPU/Shaders/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/000.png
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diff --git a/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGPU/Shaders/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/metadata.json b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGPU/Shaders/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d4bfe30da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/visual/screenshots/WebGPU/Shaders/minifier-style && and || statements act as conditionals/metadata.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "numScreenshots": 1
+}
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