@rangojs/router 0.0.0-experimental.1b930379 → 0.0.0-experimental.1fa245e2

package/src/router/match-middleware/cache-lookup.ts

@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@
  *   - No segments yielded from this middleware
  *
  * Loaders:
- *   - NEVER cached by design
+ *   - NEVER cached in the segment cache
  *   - Always resolved fresh on every request
  *   - Ensures data freshness even with cached UI components
+ *   - Segment cache staleness does NOT propagate to loader revalidation;
+ *     loaders use their own revalidation rules (actionId, user-defined)
  *
  *
  * REVALIDATION RULES
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ import type { MatchContext, MatchPipelineState } from "../match-context.js";
 import { getRouterContext } from "../router-context.js";
 import { resolveSink, safeEmit } from "../telemetry.js";
 import { pushRevalidationTraceEntry, isTraceActive } from "../logging.js";
+import { treeHasStreaming } from "./segment-resolution.js";
 import type { PrerenderStore, PrerenderEntry } from "../../prerender/store.js";
 import type { HandleStore } from "../../server/handle-store.js";
 import {
@@ -191,6 +194,14 @@ async function* yieldFromStore<TEnv>(
   state.cachedSegments = segments;
   state.cachedMatchedIds = segments.map((s) => s.id);
 
+  // Set streaming flag and resolve render barrier.
+  const reqCtx = handleStoreRef ? undefined : _lazyGetRequestContext?.();
+  const barrierReqCtx = reqCtx ?? _getRequestContext();
+  if (barrierReqCtx) {
+    barrierReqCtx._treeHasStreaming = treeHasStreaming(ctx.entries);
+    barrierReqCtx._resolveRenderBarrier(segments);
+  }
+
   // For partial navigation, nullify components the client already has
   // so parent layouts stay live (client keeps its existing versions).
   // When params changed (e.g., different guide slug), the segments have
@@ -210,6 +221,9 @@ async function* yieldFromStore<TEnv>(
   }
 
   // Resolve loaders fresh (loaders are never pre-rendered/cached)
+  const ms = ctx.metricsStore;
+  const loaderStart = performance.now();
+
   if (ctx.isFullMatch) {
     if (resolveLoadersOnly) {
       const loaderSegments = await ctx.Store.run(() =>
@@ -249,11 +263,17 @@ async function* yieldFromStore<TEnv>(
     }
   }
 
-  const ms = ctx.metricsStore;
   if (ms) {
+    const loaderEnd = performance.now();
     ms.metrics.push({
-      label: "pipeline:cache-lookup",
-      duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
+      label: "pipeline:loader-resolve",
+      duration: loaderEnd - loaderStart,
+      startTime: loaderStart - ms.requestStart,
+      depth: 1,
+    });
+    ms.metrics.push({
+      label: "pipeline:cache-hit",
+      duration: loaderEnd - pipelineStart,
       startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
     });
   }
@@ -305,14 +325,15 @@ export function withCacheLookup<TEnv>(
 
     // Prerender lookup: check build-time cached data before runtime cache.
     // Prerender data is available regardless of runtime cache configuration.
-    if (!ctx.isAction && ctx.matched.pr) {
+    // Skip for HMR requests — the dev prerender endpoint reads from a stale
+    // RouterRegistry snapshot; rendering fresh ensures edits are visible.
+    const isHmr = !!ctx.request.headers.get("X-RSC-HMR");
+    if (!ctx.isAction && !isHmr && ctx.matched.pr) {
       await ensurePrerenderDeps();
       if (prerenderStoreInstance) {
         const paramHash = _hashParams!(ctx.matched.params);
         const isPassthroughPrerenderRoute = ctx.entries.some(
-          (entry) =>
-            entry.type === "route" &&
-            entry.prerenderDef?.options?.passthrough === true,
+          (entry) => entry.type === "route" && entry.isPassthrough === true,
         );
 
         if (ctx.isIntercept) {
@@ -382,9 +403,7 @@ export function withCacheLookup<TEnv>(
         if (prerenderStoreInstance) {
           const paramHash = _hashParams!(ctx.matched.params);
           const isPassthroughPrerenderRoute = ctx.entries.some(
-            (entry) =>
-              entry.type === "route" &&
-              entry.prerenderDef?.options?.passthrough === true,
+            (entry) => entry.type === "route" && entry.isPassthrough === true,
           );
 
           if (ctx.isIntercept) {
@@ -437,7 +456,7 @@ export function withCacheLookup<TEnv>(
       yield* source;
       if (ms) {
         ms.metrics.push({
-          label: "pipeline:cache-lookup",
+          label: "pipeline:cache-miss",
           duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
           startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
         });
@@ -457,7 +476,7 @@ export function withCacheLookup<TEnv>(
       yield* source;
       if (ms) {
         ms.metrics.push({
-          label: "pipeline:cache-lookup",
+          label: "pipeline:cache-miss",
           duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
           startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
         });
@@ -509,7 +528,41 @@ export function withCacheLookup<TEnv>(
 
       // Look up revalidation rules for this segment
       const entryInfo = entryRevalidateMap?.get(segment.id);
+
+      // Even without explicit revalidation rules, route segments and their
+      // children must re-render when params or search params change — the
+      // handler reads ctx.params/ctx.searchParams so different values produce
+      // different content. Matches evaluateRevalidation's default logic.
+      const searchChanged = ctx.prevUrl.search !== ctx.url.search;
+      const routeParamsChanged = !paramsEqual(
+        ctx.matched.params,
+        ctx.prevParams,
+      );
+      const shouldDefaultRevalidate =
+        (searchChanged || routeParamsChanged) &&
+        (segment.type === "route" ||
+          (segment.belongsToRoute &&
+            (segment.type === "layout" || segment.type === "parallel")));
+
       if (!entryInfo || entryInfo.revalidate.length === 0) {
+        if (shouldDefaultRevalidate) {
+          // Params or search params changed — must re-render even without custom rules
+          if (isTraceActive()) {
+            pushRevalidationTraceEntry({
+              segmentId: segment.id,
+              segmentType: segment.type,
+              belongsToRoute: segment.belongsToRoute ?? false,
+              source: "cache-hit",
+              defaultShouldRevalidate: true,
+              finalShouldRevalidate: true,
+              reason: routeParamsChanged
+                ? "cached-params-changed"
+                : "cached-search-changed",
+            });
+          }
+          yield segment;
+          continue;
+        }
         // No revalidation rules, use default behavior (skip if client has)
         if (isTraceActive()) {
           pushRevalidationTraceEntry({
@@ -570,9 +623,17 @@ export function withCacheLookup<TEnv>(
       yield segment;
     }
 
+    // Set streaming flag and resolve render barrier.
+    const barrierReqCtx = _getRequestContext();
+    if (barrierReqCtx) {
+      barrierReqCtx._treeHasStreaming = treeHasStreaming(ctx.entries);
+      barrierReqCtx._resolveRenderBarrier(cacheResult.segments);
+    }
+
     // Resolve loaders fresh (loaders are NOT cached by default)
     // This ensures fresh data even on cache hit
     const Store = ctx.Store;
+    const loaderStart = performance.now();
 
     if (ctx.isFullMatch) {
       // Full match (document request) - simple loader resolution without revalidation
@@ -605,7 +666,11 @@ export function withCacheLookup<TEnv>(
             ctx.url,
             ctx.routeKey,
             ctx.actionContext,
-            cacheResult.shouldRevalidate || undefined,
+            // Loaders are never cached in the segment cache, so segment
+            // staleness (cacheResult.shouldRevalidate) must not propagate.
+            // But browser-sent staleness (ctx.stale) — indicating an action
+            // happened in this or another tab — must still reach loaders.
+            ctx.stale || undefined,
           ),
         );
 
@@ -624,9 +689,16 @@ export function withCacheLookup<TEnv>(
       }
     }
     if (ms) {
+      const loaderEnd = performance.now();
+      ms.metrics.push({
+        label: "pipeline:loader-resolve",
+        duration: loaderEnd - loaderStart,
+        startTime: loaderStart - ms.requestStart,
+        depth: 1,
+      });
       ms.metrics.push({
-        label: "pipeline:cache-lookup",
-        duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
+        label: "pipeline:cache-hit",
+        duration: loaderEnd - pipelineStart,
         startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
       });
     }

package/src/router/match-middleware/cache-store.ts

@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ import type { ResolvedSegment } from "../../types.js";
 import { getRequestContext } from "../../server/request-context.js";
 import type { MatchContext, MatchPipelineState } from "../match-context.js";
 import { getRouterContext } from "../router-context.js";
-import { debugLog, debugWarn } from "../logging.js";
+import { debugLog, debugWarn, getOrCreateRequestId } from "../logging.js";
+import { INTERNAL_RANGO_DEBUG } from "../../internal-debug.js";
 import type { GeneratorMiddleware } from "./cache-lookup.js";
 
 /**
@@ -120,7 +121,6 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
   return async function* (
     source: AsyncGenerator<ResolvedSegment>,
   ): AsyncGenerator<ResolvedSegment> {
-    const pipelineStart = performance.now();
     const ms = ctx.metricsStore;
 
     // Collect all segments while passing them through
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
       yield segment;
     }
 
+    // Measure own work only (after source iteration completes)
+    const ownStart = performance.now();
+
     // Skip caching if:
     // 1. Cache miss but cache scope is disabled
     // 2. This is an action (actions don't cache)
@@ -144,8 +147,8 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
       if (ms) {
         ms.metrics.push({
           label: "pipeline:cache-store",
-          duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
-          startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
+          duration: performance.now() - ownStart,
+          startTime: ownStart - ms.requestStart,
         });
       }
       return;
@@ -162,16 +165,23 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
     // Combine main segments with intercept segments
     const allSegmentsToCache = [...allSegments, ...state.interceptSegments];
 
-    // Check if any non-loader segments have null components
-    // This happens when client already had those segments (partial navigation)
+    // Check if any non-loader segments have null components from revalidation
+    // skip (client already had them). Segments where the handler intentionally
+    // returned null are not revalidation skips — re-rendering them will still
+    // produce null, so proactive caching would be wasted work.
+    const clientIdSet = new Set(ctx.clientSegmentIds);
     const hasNullComponents = allSegmentsToCache.some(
-      (s) => s.component === null && s.type !== "loader",
+      (s) =>
+        s.component === null && s.type !== "loader" && clientIdSet.has(s.id),
     );
 
     const requestCtx = getRequestContext();
     if (!requestCtx) return;
 
     const cacheScope = ctx.cacheScope;
+    const reqId = INTERNAL_RANGO_DEBUG
+      ? getOrCreateRequestId(ctx.request)
+      : undefined;
 
     // Register onResponse callback to skip caching for non-200 responses
     // Note: error/notFound status codes are set elsewhere (not caching-specific)
@@ -189,6 +199,11 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
         // Proactive caching: render all segments fresh in background
         // This ensures cache has complete components for future requests
         requestCtx.waitUntil(async () => {
+          // Prevent background metrics from polluting foreground timeline.
+          const savedMetrics = ctx.Store.metrics;
+          ctx.Store.metrics = undefined;
+
+          const start = performance.now();
           debugLog("cacheStore", "proactive caching started", {
             pathname: ctx.pathname,
           });
@@ -218,7 +233,9 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
             // Use normal loader access so handle data is captured
             setupLoaderAccess(proactiveHandlerContext, proactiveLoaderPromises);
 
-            // Re-resolve ALL segments without revalidation
+            // Re-resolve ALL segments without revalidation.
+            // Skip DSL loaders — they are never cached (cacheRoute filters them)
+            // and are always resolved fresh on each request.
             const Store = ctx.Store;
             const freshSegments = await Store.run(() =>
               resolveAllSegments(
@@ -227,6 +244,7 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
                 ctx.matched.params,
                 proactiveHandlerContext,
                 proactiveLoaderPromises,
+                { skipLoaders: true },
               ),
             );
 
@@ -256,28 +274,53 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
               completeSegments,
               ctx.isIntercept,
             );
+            if (INTERNAL_RANGO_DEBUG) {
+              const dur = performance.now() - start;
+              console.log(
+                `[RSC Background][req:${reqId}] Proactive cache ${ctx.pathname} (${dur.toFixed(2)}ms) segments=${completeSegments.length}`,
+              );
+            }
             debugLog("cacheStore", "proactive caching complete", {
               pathname: ctx.pathname,
             });
           } catch (error) {
+            if (INTERNAL_RANGO_DEBUG) {
+              const dur = performance.now() - start;
+              console.log(
+                `[RSC Background][req:${reqId}] Proactive cache ${ctx.pathname} FAILED (${dur.toFixed(2)}ms) error=${String(error)}`,
+              );
+            }
             debugWarn("cacheStore", "proactive caching failed", {
               pathname: ctx.pathname,
               error: String(error),
             });
           } finally {
             requestCtx._handleStore = originalHandleStore;
+            ctx.Store.metrics = savedMetrics;
           }
         });
       } else {
         // All segments have components - cache directly
         // Schedule caching in waitUntil since cacheRoute is now async (key resolution)
+        if (INTERNAL_RANGO_DEBUG) {
+          console.log(
+            `[RSC CacheStore][req:${reqId}] Direct cache path: scheduling cacheRoute for ${ctx.pathname} (${allSegmentsToCache.length} segments, hasNullComponents=${hasNullComponents})`,
+          );
+        }
         requestCtx.waitUntil(async () => {
+          const start = performance.now();
           await cacheScope.cacheRoute(
             ctx.pathname,
             ctx.matched.params,
             allSegmentsToCache,
             ctx.isIntercept,
           );
+          if (INTERNAL_RANGO_DEBUG) {
+            const dur = performance.now() - start;
+            console.log(
+              `[RSC Background][req:${reqId}] Cache store ${ctx.pathname} (${dur.toFixed(2)}ms) segments=${allSegmentsToCache.length}`,
+            );
+          }
         });
       }
 
@@ -287,8 +330,8 @@ export function withCacheStore<TEnv>(
     if (ms) {
       ms.metrics.push({
         label: "pipeline:cache-store",
-        duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
-        startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
+        duration: performance.now() - ownStart,
+        startTime: ownStart - ms.requestStart,
       });
     }
   };

package/src/router/match-middleware/intercept-resolution.ts

@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ export function withInterceptResolution<TEnv>(
   return async function* (
     source: AsyncGenerator<ResolvedSegment>,
   ): AsyncGenerator<ResolvedSegment> {
-    const pipelineStart = performance.now();
     const ms = ctx.metricsStore;
 
     // First, yield all segments from the source (main segment resolution or cache)
@@ -133,13 +132,16 @@ export function withInterceptResolution<TEnv>(
       yield segment;
     }
 
+    // Measure own work only (after source iteration completes)
+    const ownStart = performance.now();
+
     // Skip intercept resolution for full match (document requests don't have intercepts)
     if (ctx.isFullMatch) {
       if (ms) {
         ms.metrics.push({
           label: "pipeline:intercept",
-          duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
-          startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
+          duration: performance.now() - ownStart,
+          startTime: ownStart - ms.requestStart,
         });
       }
       return;
@@ -163,8 +165,8 @@ export function withInterceptResolution<TEnv>(
       if (ms) {
         ms.metrics.push({
           label: "pipeline:intercept",
-          duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
-          startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
+          duration: performance.now() - ownStart,
+          startTime: ownStart - ms.requestStart,
         });
       }
       return;
@@ -216,8 +218,8 @@ export function withInterceptResolution<TEnv>(
     if (ms) {
       ms.metrics.push({
         label: "pipeline:intercept",
-        duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
-        startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
+        duration: performance.now() - ownStart,
+        startTime: ownStart - ms.requestStart,
       });
     }
   };

package/src/router/match-middleware/segment-resolution.ts

@@ -87,10 +87,49 @@
  *   if (state.cacheHit) return;   // Now we can check
  */
 import type { ResolvedSegment } from "../../types.js";
+import type { EntryData } from "../../server/context.js";
+import { _getRequestContext } from "../../server/request-context.js";
 import type { MatchContext, MatchPipelineState } from "../match-context.js";
 import { getRouterContext } from "../router-context.js";
 import type { GeneratorMiddleware } from "./cache-lookup.js";
 
+/**
+ * Check whether any entry in the tree uses loading() (streaming).
+ * Matches the router's streaming semantics in fresh.ts: streaming is
+ * enabled when `loading` is defined AND not `false`. `loading: false`
+ * explicitly disables streaming; `undefined` means no loading at all.
+ */
+export function treeHasStreaming(entries: EntryData[]): boolean {
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    if (
+      "loading" in entry &&
+      entry.loading !== undefined &&
+      entry.loading !== false
+    )
+      return true;
+    if (entry.layout) {
+      if (treeHasStreaming(entry.layout)) return true;
+    }
+    if (entry.parallel) {
+      for (const key in entry.parallel) {
+        const parallelEntry = entry.parallel[key as `@${string}`];
+        if (parallelEntry) {
+          if (
+            "loading" in parallelEntry &&
+            parallelEntry.loading !== undefined &&
+            parallelEntry.loading !== false
+          )
+            return true;
+          if (parallelEntry.layout) {
+            if (treeHasStreaming(parallelEntry.layout)) return true;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates segment resolution middleware
  *
@@ -104,7 +143,6 @@ export function withSegmentResolution<TEnv>(
   return async function* (
     source: AsyncGenerator<ResolvedSegment>,
   ): AsyncGenerator<ResolvedSegment> {
-    const pipelineStart = performance.now();
     const ms = ctx.metricsStore;
 
     // IMPORTANT: Always iterate source first to give cache-lookup a chance
@@ -113,18 +151,27 @@ export function withSegmentResolution<TEnv>(
       yield segment;
     }
 
+    // Measure own work only (after source iteration completes)
+    const ownStart = performance.now();
+
     // If cache hit, segments were already yielded by cache lookup
+    // (render barrier is resolved on the cache-hit path)
     if (state.cacheHit) {
       if (ms) {
         ms.metrics.push({
           label: "pipeline:segment-resolve",
-          duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
-          startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
+          duration: performance.now() - ownStart,
+          startTime: ownStart - ms.requestStart,
         });
       }
       return;
     }
 
+    const reqCtx = _getRequestContext();
+    if (reqCtx) {
+      reqCtx._treeHasStreaming = treeHasStreaming(ctx.entries);
+    }
+
     const { resolveAllSegmentsWithRevalidation, resolveAllSegments } =
       getRouterContext<TEnv>();
 
@@ -146,6 +193,10 @@ export function withSegmentResolution<TEnv>(
       state.segments = segments;
       state.matchedIds = segments.map((s: { id: string }) => s.id);
 
+      if (reqCtx) {
+        reqCtx._resolveRenderBarrier(segments);
+      }
+
       // Yield all resolved segments
       for (const segment of segments) {
         yield segment;
@@ -168,6 +219,7 @@ export function withSegmentResolution<TEnv>(
           ctx.interceptResult,
           ctx.localRouteName,
           ctx.pathname,
+          ctx.stale,
         ),
       );
 
@@ -175,6 +227,10 @@ export function withSegmentResolution<TEnv>(
       state.segments = result.segments;
       state.matchedIds = result.matchedIds;
 
+      if (reqCtx) {
+        reqCtx._resolveRenderBarrier(result.segments);
+      }
+
       // Yield all resolved segments
       for (const segment of result.segments) {
         yield segment;
@@ -184,8 +240,8 @@ export function withSegmentResolution<TEnv>(
     if (ms) {
       ms.metrics.push({
         label: "pipeline:segment-resolve",
-        duration: performance.now() - pipelineStart,
-        startTime: pipelineStart - ms.requestStart,
+        duration: performance.now() - ownStart,
+        startTime: ownStart - ms.requestStart,
       });
     }
   };

package/src/router/match-result.ts

@@ -67,10 +67,11 @@
  *   Keep if:
  *     - component !== null (needs rendering)
  *     - type === "loader" (carries data even with null component)
+ *     - client doesn't have the segment (structurally required parent node)
  *
  *   Skip if:
- *     - component === null AND type !== "loader"
- *     - (Client already has this segment's UI)
+ *     - component === null AND type !== "loader" AND client has it cached
+ *     - (Revalidation skip — client already has this segment's UI)
  *
  *
  * INTERCEPT HANDLING
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
 import type { MatchResult, ResolvedSegment } from "../types.js";
 import type { MatchContext, MatchPipelineState } from "./match-context.js";
 import { debugLog } from "./logging.js";
+import { appendMetric } from "./metrics.js";
 
 /**
  * Collect all segments from an async generator
@@ -167,10 +169,15 @@ export function buildMatchResult<TEnv>(
     // Deduplicate allIds (defense-in-depth for partial match path)
     allIds = [...new Set(allIds)];
 
-    // Filter out segments with null components (client already has them)
-    // BUT always include loader segments - they carry data even with null component
+    // Filter out null-component segments only when the client already has
+    // them cached (revalidation skip). If the client doesn't have the segment,
+    // it must be included even with null component — it's structurally required
+    // as a parent node for child layouts/parallels to reconcile against.
+    // Loader segments are always included as they carry data.
+    const clientIdSet = new Set(ctx.clientSegmentIds);
     segmentsToRender = allSegments.filter(
-      (s) => s.component !== null || s.type === "loader",
+      (s) =>
+        s.component !== null || s.type === "loader" || !clientIdSet.has(s.id),
     );
   }
 
@@ -210,10 +217,19 @@ export async function collectMatchResult<TEnv>(
 ): Promise<MatchResult> {
   const allSegments = await collectSegments(pipeline);
 
+  const buildStart = performance.now();
+
   // Update state with collected segments if not already set
   if (state.segments.length === 0) {
     state.segments = allSegments;
   }
 
-  return buildMatchResult(allSegments, ctx, state);
+  const result = buildMatchResult(allSegments, ctx, state);
+  appendMetric(
+    ctx.metricsStore,
+    "collect-result",
+    buildStart,
+    performance.now() - buildStart,
+  );
+  return result;
 }

package/src/router/metrics.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ function formatMs(value: number): string {
 }
 
 function sortMetrics(metrics: PerformanceMetric[]): PerformanceMetric[] {
-  return [...metrics].sort((a, b) => a.startTime - b.startTime);
+  return [...metrics].sort((a, b) => {
+    // handler:total always goes last (it wraps everything)
+    if (a.label === "handler:total") return 1;
+    if (b.label === "handler:total") return -1;
+    return a.startTime - b.startTime;
+  });
 }
 
 interface Span {

package/src/router/middleware-types.ts

@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ type GetVariableFn = {
  * Set variable function type
  */
 type SetVariableFn = {
-  <T>(contextVar: ContextVar<T>, value: T): void;
-  <K extends keyof DefaultVars>(key: K, value: DefaultVars[K]): void;
+  <T>(contextVar: ContextVar<T>, value: T, options?: { cache?: boolean }): void;
+  <K extends keyof DefaultVars>(
+    key: K,
+    value: DefaultVars[K],
+    options?: { cache?: boolean },
+  ): void;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -91,12 +95,6 @@ export interface MiddlewareContext<
   /** Set a context variable (shared with route handlers) */
   set: SetVariableFn;
 
-  /**
-   * Middleware-injected variables.
-   * Same shared dictionary as `ctx.get()`/`ctx.set()`.
-   */
-  var: DefaultVars;
-
   /**
    * Set a response header - can be called before or after `next()`.
    *

package/src/router/middleware.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import type {
 import { _getRequestContext } from "../server/request-context.js";
 import { isAutoGeneratedRouteName } from "../route-name.js";
 import { appendMetric, createMetricsStore } from "./metrics.js";
+import { stripInternalParams } from "./handler-context.js";
 
 // Re-export types and cookie utilities for backward compatibility
 export type {
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ export function createMiddlewareContext<TEnv>(
     search?: Record<string, unknown>,
   ) => string,
 ): MiddlewareContext<TEnv> {
-  const url = new URL(request.url);
+  const url = stripInternalParams(new URL(request.url));
 
   // Track the initial response to detect pre/post-next() phase.
   // Before next(): responseHolder.response === initialResponse (the stub).
@@ -203,12 +204,9 @@ export function createMiddlewareContext<TEnv>(
     get: ((keyOrVar: any) =>
       contextGet(variables, keyOrVar)) as MiddlewareContext<TEnv>["get"],
 
-    set: ((keyOrVar: any, value: unknown) => {
-      contextSet(variables, keyOrVar, value);
+    set: ((keyOrVar: any, value: unknown, options?: any) => {
+      contextSet(variables, keyOrVar, value, options);
     }) as MiddlewareContext<TEnv>["set"],
-
-    var: variables as MiddlewareContext<TEnv>["var"],
-
     header(name: string, value: string): void {
       // Before next(): delegate to shared RequestContext stub
       if (isPreNext()) {