@rangojs/router 0.0.0-experimental.57 → 0.0.0-experimental.57005a2b

package/src/server/request-context.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ import {
   contextSet,
   isNonCacheable,
 } from "../context-var.js";
-import { createHandleStore, type HandleStore } from "./handle-store.js";
+import {
+  createHandleStore,
+  buildHandleSnapshot,
+  type HandleStore,
+  type HandleData,
+} from "./handle-store.js";
 import { isHandle } from "../handle.js";
 import { track, type MetricsStore } from "./context.js";
 import { getFetchableLoader } from "./fetchable-loader-store.js";
@@ -271,6 +276,54 @@ export interface RequestContext<
   /** @internal Previous route key (from the navigation source), used for revalidation */
   _prevRouteKey?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * @internal Render barrier for experimental `rendered()` API.
+   * Resolves when all non-loader segments have settled and handle data
+   * is available. Used by DSL loaders that call `ctx.rendered()`.
+   */
+  _renderBarrier: Promise<void>;
+
+  /**
+   * @internal Resolve the render barrier. Accepts resolved segments, filters
+   * out loaders, and captures non-loader segment IDs as the handle ordering.
+   * Called after segment resolution (fresh) or handle replay (cache/prerender).
+   */
+  _resolveRenderBarrier: (
+    segments: Array<{ type: string; id: string }>,
+  ) => void;
+
+  /**
+   * @internal Segment order at barrier resolution time, used by loader
+   * ctx.use(handle) to collect handle data in correct order.
+   */
+  _renderBarrierSegmentOrder?: string[];
+
+  /**
+   * @internal Set to true when the matched entry tree contains any `loading()`
+   * entries (streaming). Used by rendered() to fail fast.
+   */
+  _treeHasStreaming?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * @internal Loader IDs that have called rendered() and are waiting for the
+   * barrier. Used to detect deadlocks when a handler tries to await the same
+   * loader via ctx.use(Loader).
+   */
+  _renderBarrierWaiters?: Set<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * @internal Loader IDs that handlers have started awaiting via ctx.use().
+   * Used for bidirectional deadlock detection: if a loader later calls
+   * rendered() and a handler already awaits it, we can detect the deadlock.
+   */
+  _handlerLoaderDeps?: Set<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * @internal Cached HandleData snapshot built at barrier resolution time.
+   * Avoids rebuilding the snapshot on every loader ctx.use(handle) call.
+   */
+  _renderBarrierHandleSnapshot?: HandleData;
+
   /** @internal Per-request error dedup set for onError reporting */
   _reportedErrors: WeakSet<object>;
 
@@ -290,6 +343,12 @@ export interface RequestContext<
 
   /** @internal Router basename for this request (used by redirect()) */
   _basename?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * @internal RouteSnapshot from classifyRequest, reused by match/matchPartial
+   * to avoid a second resolveRoute call. Cleared on HMR invalidation.
+   */
+  _classifiedRoute?: import("../router/route-snapshot.js").RouteSnapshot;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -316,12 +375,20 @@ export type PublicRequestContext<
   | "_routeName"
   | "_prevRouteKey"
   | "_reportedErrors"
+  | "_renderBarrier"
+  | "_resolveRenderBarrier"
+  | "_renderBarrierSegmentOrder"
+  | "_treeHasStreaming"
+  | "_renderBarrierWaiters"
+  | "_handlerLoaderDeps"
+  | "_renderBarrierHandleSnapshot"
   | "_reportBackgroundError"
   | "_debugPerformance"
   | "_metricsStore"
   | "_basename"
   | "_setStatus"
   | "_variables"
+  | "_classifiedRoute"
   | "res"
 >;
 
@@ -743,9 +810,58 @@ export function createRequestContext<TEnv>(
     _reportedErrors: new WeakSet<object>(),
     _metricsStore: undefined,
 
+    // Render barrier: deferred promise resolved after non-loader segments settle.
+    _renderBarrier: null as any, // set below
+    _resolveRenderBarrier: null as any, // set below
+    _renderBarrierSegmentOrder: undefined,
+
     reverse: createReverseFunction(getGlobalRouteMap(), undefined, {}),
   };
 
+  // Lazy render barrier: only allocate the Promise when a loader actually
+  // calls rendered(). Requests that don't use rendered() pay zero cost.
+  let barrierResolved = false;
+  let resolveBarrier: (() => void) | undefined;
+  ctx._renderBarrier = null as any; // lazy — created on first access
+  ctx._resolveRenderBarrier = (
+    segments: Array<{ type: string; id: string }>,
+  ) => {
+    if (barrierResolved) return;
+    barrierResolved = true;
+    const segOrder = segments
+      .filter((s) => s.type !== "loader")
+      .map((s) => s.id);
+    ctx._renderBarrierSegmentOrder = segOrder;
+    // Build and cache handle snapshot so loader ctx.use(handle) calls
+    // don't rebuild it on every invocation.
+    ctx._renderBarrierHandleSnapshot = buildHandleSnapshot(
+      handleStore,
+      segOrder,
+    );
+    ctx._renderBarrierWaiters = undefined;
+    ctx._handlerLoaderDeps = undefined;
+    if (resolveBarrier) resolveBarrier();
+  };
+  Object.defineProperty(ctx, "_renderBarrier", {
+    get() {
+      // Barrier already resolved (cache/prerender hit) or first lazy access.
+      // Either way, replace the getter with a concrete value to avoid
+      // repeated Promise.resolve() allocations on subsequent reads.
+      const p = barrierResolved
+        ? Promise.resolve()
+        : new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+            resolveBarrier = resolve;
+          });
+      Object.defineProperty(ctx, "_renderBarrier", {
+        value: p,
+        writable: false,
+        configurable: false,
+      });
+      return p;
+    },
+    configurable: true,
+  });
+
   // Now create use() with access to ctx
   ctx.use = createUseFunction({
     handleStore,
@@ -929,12 +1045,12 @@ export function createUseFunction<TEnv>(
       url: ctx.url,
       env: ctx.env as any,
       get: ctx.get as any,
-      use: <TDep, TDepParams = any>(
+      use: (<TDep, TDepParams = any>(
         dep: LoaderDefinition<TDep, TDepParams>,
       ): Promise<TDep> => {
         // Recursive call - will start dep loader if not already started
         return ctx.use(dep);
-      },
+      }) as LoaderContext["use"],
       method: "GET",
       body: undefined,
       reverse: createReverseFunction(
@@ -943,6 +1059,12 @@ export function createUseFunction<TEnv>(
         ctx.params as Record<string, string>,
         ctx._routeName ? isRouteRootScoped(ctx._routeName) : undefined,
       ),
+      rendered: () => {
+        throw new Error(
+          `ctx.rendered() is only available in DSL loaders (registered via loader() in urls()). ` +
+            `It cannot be used from request-context loaders or server actions.`,
+        );
+      },
     };
 
     const doneLoader = track(`loader:${loader.$$id}`, 2);

package/src/static-handler.ts

@@ -32,11 +32,21 @@
  */
 import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import type { Handler } from "./types.js";
-import type { PrerenderOptions, StaticBuildContext } from "./prerender.js";
+import type { StaticBuildContext } from "./prerender.js";
+import type { UseItems, HandlerUseItem } from "./route-types.js";
 import { isCachedFunction } from "./cache/taint.js";
 
 // -- Types ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+export interface StaticHandlerOptions {
+  /**
+   * Keep handler in server bundle for live fallback (default: false).
+   * false: handler replaced with stub, source-only APIs excluded from bundle.
+   * true: handler stays in bundle, renders live at request time.
+   */
+  passthrough?: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface StaticHandlerDefinition<
   TParams extends Record<string, any> = any,
 > {
@@ -46,14 +56,16 @@ export interface StaticHandlerDefinition<
   /** In dev mode, the actual handler function that layout/path/parallel can call. */
   handler: Handler<TParams>;
   /** Static handler options (passthrough support). */
-  options?: PrerenderOptions;
+  options?: StaticHandlerOptions;
+  /** Composable default DSL items merged when the handler is mounted. */
+  use?: () => UseItems<HandlerUseItem>;
 }
 
 // -- Function ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 export function Static<TParams extends Record<string, any> = {}>(
   handler: (ctx: StaticBuildContext) => ReactNode | Promise<ReactNode>,
-  options?: PrerenderOptions,
+  options?: StaticHandlerOptions,
   __injectedId?: string,
 ): StaticHandlerDefinition<TParams>;
 
@@ -61,7 +73,7 @@ export function Static<TParams extends Record<string, any> = {}>(
 
 export function Static<TParams extends Record<string, any>>(
   handler: Function,
-  optionsOrId?: PrerenderOptions | string,
+  optionsOrId?: StaticHandlerOptions | string,
   maybeId?: string,
 ): StaticHandlerDefinition<TParams> {
   if (isCachedFunction(handler)) {
@@ -72,13 +84,13 @@ export function Static<TParams extends Record<string, any>>(
     );
   }
 
-  let options: PrerenderOptions | undefined;
+  let options: StaticHandlerOptions | undefined;
   let id: string;
 
   if (typeof optionsOrId === "string") {
     id = optionsOrId;
   } else {
-    options = optionsOrId as PrerenderOptions | undefined;
+    options = optionsOrId as StaticHandlerOptions | undefined;
     id = maybeId ?? "";
   }
 

package/src/types/handler-context.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import type {
   ResolvedRouteMap,
 } from "./route-config.js";
 import type { LoaderDefinition } from "./loader-types.js";
+import type { UseItems, HandlerUseItem } from "../route-types.js";
 
 // Re-export MiddlewareFn for internal/advanced use
 export type { MiddlewareFn } from "../router/middleware.js";
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ export type Handler<
     | Record<string, any> = {},
   TRouteMap extends {} = DefaultHandlerRouteMap,
   TEnv = DefaultEnv,
-> = (
+> = ((
   ctx: HandlerContext<
     T extends `.${infer Local}`
       ? Local extends keyof TRouteMap
@@ -160,7 +161,10 @@ export type Handler<
       : ExtractSearchFromEntry<DefaultHandlerRouteMap, T>,
     TRouteMap extends DefaultHandlerRouteMap ? never : TRouteMap
   >,
-) => ReactNode | Promise<ReactNode> | Response | Promise<Response>;
+) => ReactNode | Promise<ReactNode> | Response | Promise<Response>) & {
+  /** Composable default DSL items merged when the handler is mounted. */
+  use?: () => UseItems<HandlerUseItem>;
+};
 
 /**
  * Context passed to handlers (Hono-inspired type-safe context)
@@ -205,6 +209,12 @@ export type HandlerContext<
    * Live request rendering, including passthrough fallback, uses `false`.
    */
   build: boolean;
+  /**
+   * True when running in Vite dev mode, false during production build or
+   * live request rendering. Use this to branch on runtime mode without
+   * changing build semantics (e.g., skip expensive operations in dev).
+   */
+  dev: boolean;
   /**
    * The original incoming Request object (transport URL intact).
    * Use `ctx.url` / `ctx.searchParams` for application logic — those have

package/src/types/loader-types.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { ContextVar } from "../context-var.js";
+import type { Handle } from "../handle.js";
 import type { MiddlewareFn } from "../router/middleware.js";
 import type { ScopedReverseFunction } from "../reverse.js";
 import type { SearchSchema, ResolveSearchSchema } from "../search-params.js";
@@ -57,11 +58,38 @@ export type LoaderContext<
     <T>(contextVar: ContextVar<T>): T | undefined;
   } & (<K extends keyof DefaultVars>(key: K) => DefaultVars[K]);
   /**
-   * Access another loader's data (returns promise since loaders run in parallel)
+   * Access another loader's data, or read handle data after rendered().
+   *
+   * For loaders: returns a promise (loaders run in parallel).
+   * For handles: returns collected data (only after `await ctx.rendered()`).
    */
-  use: <T, TLoaderParams = any>(
-    loader: LoaderDefinition<T, TLoaderParams>,
-  ) => Promise<T>;
+  use: {
+    <T, TLoaderParams = any>(
+      loader: LoaderDefinition<T, TLoaderParams>,
+    ): Promise<T>;
+    <TData, TAccumulated = TData[]>(
+      handle: Handle<TData, TAccumulated>,
+    ): TAccumulated;
+  };
+  /**
+   * **Experimental.** Wait for all non-loader segments to settle.
+   *
+   * After the returned promise resolves, handle data is available via
+   * `ctx.use(handle)`. Only supported in DSL loaders on non-streaming
+   * trees (no `loading()`). Throws if called from a handler-invoked
+   * loader or when the tree uses streaming.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```typescript
+   * const PricesLoader = createLoader(async (ctx) => {
+   *   "use server";
+   *   await ctx.rendered();
+   *   const products = ctx.use(Products); // reads handle data
+   *   return pricing.getLive(products.map(p => p.id));
+   * });
+   * ```
+   */
+  rendered: () => Promise<void>;
   /**
    * HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
    * Available when loader is called via load({ method: "POST", ... })

package/src/types/route-entry.ts

@@ -8,10 +8,21 @@ export interface LazyIncludeContext {
   urlPrefix: string;
   namePrefix: string | undefined;
   parent: unknown; // EntryData - avoid circular import
+  /** Counter snapshot from pattern extraction for consistent shortCode indices */
+  counters?: Record<string, number>;
   cacheProfiles?: Record<
     string,
     import("../cache/profile-registry.js").CacheProfile
   >;
+  /** Root scope flag for dot-local reverse resolution */
+  rootScoped?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Positional include scope token composed from the parent scope plus this
+   * include's sibling index (`${parentScope}I${idx}`). Applied to direct-
+   * descendant shortCodes during lazy evaluation so routes inside the
+   * include cannot collide with siblings declared outside it.
+   */
+  includeScope?: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -69,7 +80,7 @@ export interface RouteEntry<TEnv = any> {
   prerenderRouteKeys?: Set<string>;
 
   /**
-   * Route keys in this entry that use `{ passthrough: true }`.
+   * Route keys in this entry that are wrapped with `Passthrough()`.
    * Used by the non-trie match path to set the `pt` flag.
    */
   passthroughRouteKeys?: Set<string>;

package/src/types/segments.ts

@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ export interface ResolvedSegment {
   parallelName?: string; // For parallels: the parallel group name (used to match with revalidations)
   // Loader-specific fields
   loaderId?: string; // For loaders: the loader $$id identifier
+  _inherited?: boolean; // For inherited loaders: dedup marker for buildMatchResult
   loaderData?: any; // For loaders: the resolved data from loader execution
   parallelLoading?: ReactNode; // For parallel-owned loaders: the parallel's loading fallback
   // Intercept loader fields (for streaming loader data in parallel segments)
   loaderDataPromise?: Promise<any[]> | any[]; // Loader data promise or resolved array
   loaderIds?: string[]; // IDs ($$id) of loaders for this segment
-  parallelLoaderSources?: any[]; // Internal: preserves stable aggregate promise across renders
   // Error-specific fields
   error?: ErrorInfo; // For error segments: the error information
   // NotFound-specific fields

package/src/urls/include-helper.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   runWithPrefixes,
   getUrlPrefix,
   getNamePrefix,
-  getRootScoped,
 } from "../server/context";
 import {
   INTERNAL_INCLUDE_SCOPE_PREFIX,
@@ -149,22 +148,32 @@ export function createIncludeHelper<TEnv>(): IncludeFn<TEnv> {
       });
     }
 
-    // Snapshot parent's counters so lazy manifest generation starts
-    // at the correct index, preventing shortCode collisions with
-    // sibling entries (e.g., BlogLayout and ArticlesLayout under NavLayout).
-    const capturedCounters = { ...ctx.counters };
-
-    // Reserve a layout slot in the parent's counter so sibling lazy includes
-    // produce different shortCode indices for their root layout.
-    // Without this, consecutive include() calls capture identical counters
-    // and their first child layouts get the same shortCode (e.g., both M0L0L0),
-    // causing the client partial-update diff to see no changes on navigation.
+    // Allocate an include-scope token for this include() call. The token is
+    // appended to the parent's shortCode prefix whenever the include's
+    // direct-descendant shortCodes are generated (see getShortCode in
+    // context.ts), partitioning the parent's counter namespace so routes
+    // inside an include cannot collide with siblings declared outside it.
+    //
+    // Scopes compose: a nested include inside an outer include with scope
+    // "I0" allocates against the `${parent.shortCode}I0_include` counter
+    // and produces scope "I0I0", "I0I1", etc.
+    const parentScope = ctx.includeScope ?? "";
+    let includeScope = parentScope;
     if (capturedParent?.shortCode) {
-      const layoutCounterKey = `${capturedParent.shortCode}_layout`;
-      ctx.counters[layoutCounterKey] ??= 0;
-      ctx.counters[layoutCounterKey]++;
+      const includeCounterKey = `${capturedParent.shortCode}${parentScope}_include`;
+      ctx.counters[includeCounterKey] ??= 0;
+      const includeIdx = ctx.counters[includeCounterKey];
+      ctx.counters[includeCounterKey] = includeIdx + 1;
+      includeScope = `${parentScope}I${includeIdx}`;
     }
 
+    // Snapshot parent's counters AFTER allocating the include scope so lazy
+    // manifest generation starts with the same counter state this include
+    // observed — its descendants still get fresh per-scope counters because
+    // they key off `${parent.shortCode}${includeScope}_*` (not shared with
+    // siblings outside the include).
+    const capturedCounters = { ...ctx.counters };
+
     // Compute rootScoped at capture time, mirroring the logic in runWithPrefixes.
     // This ensures lazy evaluation restores the correct scope state.
     const parentRootScoped = ctx.rootScoped;
@@ -191,6 +200,7 @@ export function createIncludeHelper<TEnv>(): IncludeFn<TEnv> {
         counters: capturedCounters,
         cacheProfiles: ctx.cacheProfiles,
         rootScoped: capturedRootScoped,
+        includeScope,
       },
     } as IncludeItem;
   };

package/src/urls/path-helper-types.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ import type {
   UseItems,
 } from "../route-types.js";
 import type { SearchSchema } from "../search-params.js";
-import type { PrerenderHandlerDefinition } from "../prerender.js";
+import type {
+  PrerenderHandlerDefinition,
+  PassthroughHandlerDefinition,
+} from "../prerender.js";
 import type { StaticHandlerDefinition } from "../static-handler.js";
 import type { InterceptWhenFn } from "../server/context";
 import type {
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ export type PathFn<TEnv> = <
         ctx: HandlerContext<TParams, TEnv, TSearch>,
       ) => ReactNode | Promise<ReactNode> | Response | Promise<Response>)
     | PrerenderHandlerDefinition<TParams>
+    | PassthroughHandlerDefinition<TParams, TEnv>
     | StaticHandlerDefinition<TParams>,
   optionsOrUse?: PathOptions<TName, TSearch> | (() => UseItems<RouteUseItem>),
   use?: () => UseItems<RouteUseItem>,
@@ -229,12 +233,27 @@ export type PathHelpers<TEnv> = {
   include: IncludeFn<TEnv>;
 
   /**
-   * Define parallel routes that render simultaneously in named slots
+   * Define parallel routes that render simultaneously in named slots.
+   *
+   * A slot value can be a Handler / ReactNode / StaticHandlerDefinition
+   * (legacy form, broadcast use applies to every slot) or a slot descriptor
+   * `{ handler, use? }` whose `use` is scoped to that slot only. Per-slot
+   * merge order is `handler.use` → shared `use` → slot-local `use`, with
+   * narrowest scope winning for last-write-wins items like `loading()`.
    */
   parallel: <
     TSlots extends Record<
       `@${string}`,
-      Handler<any, any, TEnv> | ReactNode | StaticHandlerDefinition
+      | Handler<any, any, TEnv>
+      | ReactNode
+      | StaticHandlerDefinition
+      | {
+          handler:
+            | Handler<any, any, TEnv>
+            | ReactNode
+            | StaticHandlerDefinition;
+          use?: () => ParallelUseItem[];
+        }
     >,
   >(
     slots: TSlots,
@@ -260,9 +279,20 @@ export type PathHelpers<TEnv> = {
       ) => InterceptItem;
 
   /**
-   * Attach middleware to the current route/layout
+   * Attach middleware to the current route/layout, or wrap child segments
    */
-  middleware: (...fns: MiddlewareFn<TEnv>[]) => MiddlewareItem;
+  middleware: {
+    (fn: MiddlewareFn<TEnv>): MiddlewareItem;
+    (
+      fn: MiddlewareFn<TEnv>,
+      children: () => UseItems<LayoutUseItem>,
+    ): MiddlewareItem;
+    (fns: MiddlewareFn<TEnv>[]): MiddlewareItem;
+    (
+      fns: MiddlewareFn<TEnv>[],
+      children: () => UseItems<LayoutUseItem>,
+    ): MiddlewareItem;
+  };
 
   /**
    * Control when a segment should revalidate during navigation
@@ -280,7 +310,10 @@ export type PathHelpers<TEnv> = {
   /**
    * Attach a loading component to the current route/layout
    */
-  loading: (component: ReactNode, options?: { ssr?: boolean }) => LoadingItem;
+  loading: (
+    component: ReactNode | (() => ReactNode),
+    options?: { ssr?: boolean },
+  ) => LoadingItem;
 
   /**
    * Attach an error boundary to catch errors in this segment

package/src/urls/path-helper.ts

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import {
   getNamePrefix,
   getRootScoped,
 } from "../server/context";
-import { invariant } from "../errors";
+import { invariant, DataNotFoundError } from "../errors";
 import { validateUserRouteName } from "../route-name.js";
 import {
   isPrerenderHandler,
+  isPassthroughHandler,
   type PrerenderHandlerDefinition,
 } from "../prerender.js";
 import {
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ import type {
   JsonResponsePathFn,
   TextResponsePathFn,
 } from "./path-helper-types.js";
+import {
+  resolveHandlerUse,
+  mergeHandlerUse,
+} from "../route-definition/resolve-handler-use.js";
 
 /**
  * Check if a value is a valid use item
@@ -142,6 +147,12 @@ export function createPathHelper<TEnv>(): PathFn<TEnv> {
       use = maybeUse;
     }
 
+    // Merge handler.use() defaults with explicit use()
+    // Response routes (path.json, path.text, etc.) only allow middleware + cache
+    const handlerUseFn = resolveHandlerUse(handler);
+    const mountSite = resolveResponseType(options) ? "response" : "path";
+    const mergedUse = mergeHandlerUse(handlerUseFn, use, mountSite);
+
     // Get prefixes from context (set by include())
     const urlPrefix = getUrlPrefix();
     const namePrefix = getNamePrefix();
@@ -176,14 +187,31 @@ export function createPathHelper<TEnv>(): PathFn<TEnv> {
     }
 
     // Ensure handler is always a function (wrap ReactNode or extract from prerender/static def)
+    // For prerender stubs (production builds where handler code is evicted),
+    // handler.handler is undefined — provide a notFound fallback so requests
+    // for non-prerendered params get 404 instead of "handler is not a function".
     const wrappedHandler: Handler<any, any, TEnv> =
       typeof handler === "function"
         ? (handler as Handler<any, any, TEnv>)
-        : isPrerenderHandler(handler)
-          ? (handler.handler as Handler<any, any, TEnv>)
-          : isStaticHandler(handler)
-            ? (handler.handler as Handler<any, any, TEnv>)
-            : () => handler;
+        : isPassthroughHandler(handler)
+          ? typeof handler.prerenderDef.handler === "function"
+            ? (handler.prerenderDef.handler as Handler<any, any, TEnv>)
+            : () => {
+                throw new DataNotFoundError(
+                  "No prerender data found for this route",
+                );
+              }
+          : isPrerenderHandler(handler)
+            ? typeof handler.handler === "function"
+              ? (handler.handler as Handler<any, any, TEnv>)
+              : () => {
+                  throw new DataNotFoundError(
+                    "No prerender data found for this route",
+                  );
+                }
+            : isStaticHandler(handler)
+              ? (handler.handler as Handler<any, any, TEnv>)
+              : () => handler;
 
     const entry = {
       id: namespace,
@@ -203,12 +231,19 @@ export function createPathHelper<TEnv>(): PathFn<TEnv> {
       intercept: [],
       loader: [],
       ...(urlPrefix ? { mountPath: urlPrefix } : {}),
-      ...(isPrerenderHandler(handler)
+      ...(isPassthroughHandler(handler)
         ? {
             isPrerender: true as const,
-            prerenderDef: handler as PrerenderHandlerDefinition,
+            prerenderDef: handler.prerenderDef as PrerenderHandlerDefinition,
+            isPassthrough: true as const,
+            liveHandler: handler.liveHandler as Handler<any, any, TEnv>,
           }
-        : {}),
+        : isPrerenderHandler(handler)
+          ? {
+              isPrerender: true as const,
+              prerenderDef: handler as PrerenderHandlerDefinition,
+            }
+          : {}),
       ...(isStaticHandler(handler)
         ? {
             isStaticPrerender: true as const,
@@ -264,9 +299,9 @@ export function createPathHelper<TEnv>(): PathFn<TEnv> {
       registerSearchSchema(routeName, options.search);
     }
 
-    // Run use callback if provided
-    if (use && typeof use === "function") {
-      const result = store.run(namespace, entry, use)?.flat(3);
+    // Run merged use callback (handler.use defaults + explicit use) if present
+    if (mergedUse) {
+      const result = store.run(namespace, entry, mergedUse)?.flat(3);
       invariant(
         Array.isArray(result) && result.every((item) => isValidUseItem(item)),
         `path() use() callback must return an array of use items [${namespace}]`,