@rangojs/router 0.0.0-experimental.b9cb8739 → 0.0.0-experimental.bdaf10aa

package/src/browser/rsc-router.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   generateHistoryKey,
 } from "./navigation-store.js";
 import { createEventController } from "./event-controller.js";
+import { validateRedirectOrigin } from "./validate-redirect-origin.js";
 import { createNavigationClient } from "./navigation-client.js";
 import { createServerActionBridge } from "./server-action-bridge.js";
 import { createNavigationBridge } from "./navigation-bridge.js";
@@ -22,11 +23,17 @@ import type {
 import type { EventController } from "./event-controller.js";
 import type { ResolvedThemeConfig, Theme } from "../theme/types.js";
 import { initRangoState } from "./rango-state.js";
+import { registerNavigationStore } from "./navigation-store-handle.js";
 import { initPrefetchCache } from "./prefetch/cache.js";
+import { setPrefetchConcurrency } from "./prefetch/queue.js";
+import { setPrefetchDecoder } from "./prefetch/fetch.js";
+import { setAppVersion } from "./app-version.js";
 import {
   isInterceptSegment,
   splitInterceptSegments,
 } from "./intercept-utils.js";
+import { createAppShellRef } from "./app-shell.js";
+import { bootLog, IS_BROWSER_DEBUG } from "./logging.js";
 
 // Vite HMR types are provided by vite/client
 
@@ -111,15 +118,26 @@ export interface BrowserAppContext {
   initialTheme?: Theme;
   /** Whether connection warmup is enabled */
   warmupEnabled?: boolean;
+  /** Whether the hydrated tree should be wrapped in React.StrictMode */
+  strictMode?: boolean;
   /** App version for prefetch version mismatch detection */
   version?: string;
+  /**
+   * App-shell ref, read through on each render so renderSegments and the
+   * NavigationProvider see rootLayout/basename/version without closing over a
+   * stale snapshot. Set once from the initial payload and not swapped within a
+   * session: a cross-app navigation is a full document load (X-RSC-Reload), so
+   * the target app establishes its own shell on load. Theme, warmup, and
+   * prefetch TTL are document-lifetime too (see AppShell).
+   */
+  appShellRef?: import("./app-shell.js").AppShellRef;
 }
 
 // Module-level state for the initialized app
 let browserAppContext: BrowserAppContext | null = null;
 
 /**
- * Initialize the browser app. Must be called before rendering RSCRouter.
+ * Initialize the browser app. Must be called before rendering Rango.
  *
  * This function:
  * - Loads the initial RSC payload from the stream
@@ -139,7 +157,8 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
     initialTheme,
   } = options;
 
-  // Load initial payload from SSR-injected __FLIGHT_DATA__
+  bootLog("initBrowserApp start");
+  bootLog("flight decode: awaiting initial payload from document stream");
   const initialPayload =
     await deps.createFromReadableStream<RscPayload>(rscStream);
 
@@ -153,6 +172,14 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
   // Get initial segments and compute history key from current URL
   const initialSegments = (initialPayload.metadata?.segments ??
     []) as ResolvedSegment[];
+  if (IS_BROWSER_DEBUG) {
+    bootLog("initial payload decoded", {
+      version: initialPayload.metadata?.version,
+      routerId: initialPayload.metadata?.routerId,
+      segments: initialSegments.map((s) => s.id),
+      matched: initialPayload.metadata?.matched,
+    });
+  }
   const initialHistoryKey = generateHistoryKey(window.location.href);
 
   // Create navigation store with history-based caching
@@ -164,6 +191,18 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
     ...(storeOptions?.cacheSize && { cacheSize: storeOptions.cacheSize }),
   });
 
+  // Register the active store on the module-level handle and wire the
+  // jar-divergence observer before any getRangoState() read can detect a
+  // cross-tab/server rotation. There is no global store singleton, so this
+  // handle is the live reference.
+  registerNavigationStore(store);
+
+  // Seed router identity from the initial SSR payload so the first
+  // cross-app SPA navigation can detect the app switch.
+  if (initialPayload.metadata?.routerId) {
+    store.setRouterId?.(initialPayload.metadata.routerId);
+  }
+
   // Create event controller for reactive state management
   const eventController = createEventController({
     initialLocation: new URL(window.location.href),
@@ -179,11 +218,24 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
   // This ensures useHandle returns correct data during hydration to avoid mismatch
   // The handles property is an async generator that yields on each push
   if (initialPayload.metadata?.handles) {
+    // This for-await consumes the handle generator to completion BEFORE
+    // hydrateRoot is called — on a streaming/PPR document the generator only
+    // ends when its stream side does, so the per-push logs below are the
+    // primary probe for "the document render is holding hydration".
+    bootLog("handles: consuming payload handle stream (pre-hydration await)");
     const handlesGenerator = initialPayload.metadata.handles;
     let lastHandleData: Record<string, Record<string, unknown[]>> = {};
+    let handlePushes = 0;
     for await (const handleData of handlesGenerator) {
       lastHandleData = handleData;
+      if (IS_BROWSER_DEBUG) {
+        handlePushes += 1;
+        bootLog(`handles: push #${handlePushes}`, {
+          segments: Object.keys(handleData),
+        });
+      }
     }
+    bootLog("handles: stream complete", { pushes: handlePushes });
     // Initialize event controller with initial handle state before hydration.
     eventController.setHandleData(
       lastHandleData,
@@ -193,31 +245,62 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
     // Update the initial cache entry with the processed handleData
     // The cache entry was created by createNavigationStore but without handleData
     store.updateCacheHandleData(initialHistoryKey, lastHandleData);
+  } else {
+    bootLog("handles: none in payload");
   }
 
   // Create composable utilities
   const client = createNavigationClient(deps);
 
-  // Extract rootLayout and version from metadata for browser-side re-renders
-  const rootLayout = initialPayload.metadata?.rootLayout;
+  // Capture the per-router app-shell. rootLayout, basename, and version live
+  // here and are read through the ref at call time rather than closed over.
+  // It is set once from the initial payload and not swapped within a session:
+  // a cross-app navigation is a full document load (X-RSC-Reload), so the
+  // target app establishes its own shell on load.
   const version = initialPayload.metadata?.version;
+  const appShellRef = createAppShellRef({
+    routerId: initialPayload.metadata?.routerId,
+    rootLayout: initialPayload.metadata?.rootLayout,
+    basename: initialPayload.metadata?.basename,
+    version,
+  });
 
-  // Initialize the localStorage state key for cache invalidation.
-  // Uses the build version so a new deploy automatically busts all cached prefetches.
-  initRangoState(version ?? "0");
+  // Initialize the rango state cookie for cache invalidation. The build version
+  // busts cached prefetches on deploy; the server-resolved cookie name
+  // namespaces the cookie so sibling apps on the same origin don't collide
+  // (falls back to the bare default prefix if metadata lacks the name).
+  initRangoState(version ?? "0", initialPayload.metadata?.stateCookieName);
+  setAppVersion(version);
 
-  // Initialize the in-memory prefetch cache TTL from server config.
-  // A value of 0 disables the cache; undefined falls back to the module default.
+  // Initialize the in-memory prefetch cache (TTL + max size) and the prefetch
+  // queue concurrency from server config. A TTL of 0 disables the cache;
+  // undefined values fall back to the module defaults.
   const prefetchCacheTTL = initialPayload.metadata?.prefetchCacheTTL;
-  if (prefetchCacheTTL !== undefined) {
-    initPrefetchCache(prefetchCacheTTL);
+  const prefetchCacheSize = initialPayload.metadata?.prefetchCacheSize;
+  if (prefetchCacheTTL !== undefined || prefetchCacheSize !== undefined) {
+    initPrefetchCache(prefetchCacheTTL, prefetchCacheSize);
+  }
+  const prefetchConcurrency = initialPayload.metadata?.prefetchConcurrency;
+  if (prefetchConcurrency !== undefined) {
+    setPrefetchConcurrency(prefetchConcurrency);
   }
 
-  // Create a bound renderSegments that includes rootLayout
+  // Wire the RSC decoder so prefetches decode eagerly and warm the route's
+  // client chunks (same createFromFetch the navigation client uses).
+  setPrefetchDecoder((response) => deps.createFromFetch<RscPayload>(response));
+
+  // Create a bound renderSegments that reads rootLayout through the shell ref.
+  // The shell is set once at init and not swapped within a session (a cross-app
+  // navigation is a full document load), so this always renders this app's
+  // Document; reading through the ref just avoids closing over a stale value.
   const renderSegments = (
     segments: ResolvedSegment[],
     options?: RenderSegmentsOptions,
-  ) => baseRenderSegments(segments, { ...options, rootLayout });
+  ) =>
+    baseRenderSegments(segments, {
+      ...options,
+      rootLayout: appShellRef.get().rootLayout,
+    });
 
   // Lazy reference for navigation bridge — the action bridge is created first
   // but may need to trigger SPA navigation for action redirects.
@@ -231,10 +314,15 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
     deps,
     onUpdate: (update) => store.emitUpdate(update),
     renderSegments,
-    version,
     onNavigate: (url, options) => {
       if (!navigateFn) {
-        window.location.href = url;
+        // Navigation bridge not wired yet: hard-navigate, but re-validate
+        // same-origin defensively so this init-window fallback cannot become an
+        // open redirect (the normal path validates inside the navigation bridge).
+        const safe = validateRedirectOrigin(url, window.location.origin);
+        if (safe) {
+          window.location.href = safe;
+        }
         return Promise.resolve();
       }
       return navigateFn(url, options);
@@ -249,7 +337,7 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
     client,
     onUpdate: (update) => store.emitUpdate(update),
     renderSegments,
-    version,
+    version: version,
   });
 
   // Connect action redirect → navigation bridge (now that both are initialized)
@@ -259,79 +347,169 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
   if (linkInterception) {
     navigationBridge.registerLinkInterception();
   }
+  bootLog("bridges registered (action + navigation)");
 
   // Build initial tree with rootLayout
+  bootLog("building initial segment tree (renderSegments)");
   const initialTree = renderSegments(initialPayload.metadata!.segments);
+  if (IS_BROWSER_DEBUG && initialTree instanceof Promise) {
+    initialTree.then(
+      () => bootLog("initial segment tree settled"),
+      (err: unknown) => bootLog("initial segment tree rejected", { err }),
+    );
+  }
 
-  // Setup HMR
+  // Setup HMR with debounce — burst saves (format-on-save, rapid edits)
+  // fire many rsc:update events in quick succession. Without debouncing,
+  // each event triggers a fetchPartial() which on slow routes can pile up
+  // and overwhelm the worker (cross-request promise issues, 500s).
   if (import.meta.hot) {
-    import.meta.hot.on("rsc:update", async () => {
-      console.log("[RSCRouter] HMR: Server update, refetching RSC");
-
-      const handle = eventController.startNavigation(window.location.href, {
-        replace: true,
-      });
-      const streamingToken = handle.startStreaming();
-
-      const interceptSourceUrl = store.getInterceptSourceUrl();
-
-      try {
-        const { payload, streamComplete } = await client.fetchPartial({
-          targetUrl: window.location.href,
-          segmentIds: [],
-          previousUrl: store.getSegmentState().currentUrl,
-          interceptSourceUrl: interceptSourceUrl || undefined,
-          hmr: true,
+    let hmrTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+    let hmrAbort: AbortController | null = null;
+
+    import.meta.hot.on("rsc:update", () => {
+      // Cancel any pending debounce timer
+      if (hmrTimer !== null) {
+        clearTimeout(hmrTimer);
+      }
+
+      // Abort any in-flight HMR fetch so it doesn't race with the next one
+      if (hmrAbort) {
+        hmrAbort.abort();
+        hmrAbort = null;
+      }
+
+      // Debounce: wait 200ms of quiet before fetching
+      hmrTimer = setTimeout(async () => {
+        hmrTimer = null;
+
+        // Don't interrupt an active user navigation — startNavigation()
+        // would abort it and refetch the old URL (window.location.href
+        // hasn't updated yet). The user's navigation will pick up the
+        // new server code when it completes. isNavigating covers the
+        // full lifecycle (fetching + streaming, before commit) without
+        // blocking on server actions.
+        if (eventController.getState().isNavigating) {
+          console.log("[Rango] HMR: Skipping — navigation in progress");
+          return;
+        }
+
+        console.log("[Rango] HMR: Server update, refetching RSC");
+
+        const abort = new AbortController();
+        hmrAbort = abort;
+
+        const handle = eventController.startNavigation(window.location.href, {
+          replace: true,
         });
+        const streamingToken = handle.startStreaming();
+
+        const interceptSourceUrl = store.getInterceptSourceUrl();
+
+        try {
+          const { payload, streamComplete } = await client.fetchPartial({
+            targetUrl: window.location.href,
+            segmentIds: [],
+            previousUrl: store.getSegmentState().currentUrl,
+            interceptSourceUrl: interceptSourceUrl || undefined,
+            routerId: store.getRouterId?.(),
+            hmr: true,
+            signal: abort.signal,
+          });
 
-        if (payload.metadata?.isPartial) {
-          const segments = payload.metadata.segments || [];
-          const matched = payload.metadata.matched || [];
+          if (abort.signal.aborted) return;
 
-          // Derive intercept state from the returned payload, not the
-          // pre-fetch store snapshot. If the HMR edit removed intercept
-          // behavior, the response won't contain intercept segments.
-          const responseIsIntercept = segments.some(isInterceptSegment);
+          // If the server returned a non-RSC response (404, 500 without
+          // error boundary), the payload won't have valid metadata.
+          // Reload to recover rather than leaving the page stale.
+          if (!payload.metadata) {
+            throw new Error("HMR refetch returned invalid payload");
+          }
 
-          // Sync store intercept state with what the server returned
-          if (!responseIsIntercept && interceptSourceUrl) {
-            store.setInterceptSourceUrl(null);
+          // Update version BEFORE rebuilding state so that
+          // clearHistoryCache() runs first, then the fresh segment
+          // cache entry we create below survives.
+          //
+          // Compare against the bridge's live version, not the init-time
+          // `version` const: after the first HMR bump the const is stale, so a
+          // later update with an unchanged version would otherwise re-clear the
+          // cache and re-broadcast across tabs/apps. The live read fires only
+          // on a genuine version change.
+          const newVersion = payload.metadata.version;
+          const currentVersion = navigationBridge.getVersion();
+          if (newVersion && newVersion !== currentVersion) {
+            console.log(
+              "[Rango] HMR: version changed",
+              currentVersion,
+              "→",
+              newVersion,
+              "clearing caches",
+            );
+            navigationBridge.updateVersion(newVersion);
           }
 
-          store.setSegmentIds(matched);
-          store.setCurrentUrl(window.location.href);
+          // Apply only partial segment updates. A non-partial payload during
+          // HMR is transient: the worker route table is still rebuilding after
+          // the edit, so the URL momentarily resolves to not-found/catch-all.
+          // Skip it -- the debounced follow-up refetch returns the settled
+          // route's partial payload and renders it below. We never reload here:
+          // a paramless document GET would run the SSR path and surface the
+          // not-found page during that same transient.
+          if (payload.metadata?.isPartial) {
+            const segments = payload.metadata.segments || [];
+            const matched = payload.metadata.matched || [];
+
+            // Derive intercept state from the returned payload, not the
+            // pre-fetch store snapshot. If the HMR edit removed intercept
+            // behavior, the response won't contain intercept segments.
+            const responseIsIntercept = segments.some(isInterceptSegment);
+
+            // Sync store intercept state with what the server returned
+            if (!responseIsIntercept && interceptSourceUrl) {
+              store.setInterceptSourceUrl(null);
+            }
+
+            store.setSegmentIds(matched);
+            store.setCurrentUrl(window.location.href);
+
+            const historyKey = generateHistoryKey(window.location.href, {
+              intercept: responseIsIntercept,
+            });
+            store.setHistoryKey(historyKey);
+            const currentHandleData = eventController.getHandleState().data;
+            store.cacheSegmentsForHistory(
+              historyKey,
+              segments,
+              currentHandleData,
+            );
+
+            const { main, intercept } = splitInterceptSegments(segments);
+            store.emitUpdate({
+              root: renderSegments(main, {
+                interceptSegments: intercept.length > 0 ? intercept : undefined,
+              }),
+              metadata: payload.metadata,
+            });
+          }
 
-          const historyKey = generateHistoryKey(window.location.href, {
-            intercept: responseIsIntercept,
-          });
-          store.setHistoryKey(historyKey);
-          const currentHandleData = eventController.getHandleState().data;
-          store.cacheSegmentsForHistory(
-            historyKey,
-            segments,
-            currentHandleData,
-          );
-
-          const { main, intercept } = splitInterceptSegments(segments);
-          store.emitUpdate({
-            root: renderSegments(main, {
-              interceptSegments: intercept.length > 0 ? intercept : undefined,
-            }),
-            metadata: payload.metadata,
-          });
+          await streamComplete;
+          handle.complete(new URL(window.location.href));
+          console.log("[Rango] HMR: RSC stream complete");
+        } catch (err) {
+          if (abort.signal.aborted) return;
+          console.warn("[Rango] HMR: Refetch failed, reloading page", err);
+          window.location.reload();
+          return;
+        } finally {
+          if (hmrAbort === abort) hmrAbort = null;
+          streamingToken.end();
+          handle[Symbol.dispose]();
         }
-
-        await streamComplete;
-        handle.complete(new URL(window.location.href));
-        console.log("[RSCRouter] HMR: RSC stream complete");
-      } finally {
-        streamingToken.end();
-        handle[Symbol.dispose]();
-      }
+      }, 200);
     });
   }
 
-  // Store context for RSCRouter component
+  // Store context for Rango component
   const context: BrowserAppContext = {
     store,
     eventController,
@@ -341,20 +519,27 @@ export async function initBrowserApp(
     themeConfig: effectiveThemeConfig,
     initialTheme: effectiveInitialTheme,
     warmupEnabled: initialPayload.metadata?.warmupEnabled ?? true,
+    strictMode: initialPayload.metadata?.strictMode ?? true,
     version,
+    appShellRef,
   };
   browserAppContext = context;
 
+  bootLog("initBrowserApp complete -- handing off to hydrateRoot");
   return context;
 }
 
+// Once-flag so the hydration-commit boot log fires a single time (StrictMode
+// re-runs the root effect; the second flush is not a second hydration).
+let hydrationCommitLogged = false;
+
 /**
  * Get the browser app context. Throws if initBrowserApp hasn't been called.
  */
 export function getBrowserAppContext(): BrowserAppContext {
   if (!browserAppContext) {
     throw new Error(
-      "RSCRouter: initBrowserApp() must be called before rendering RSCRouter",
+      "Rango: initBrowserApp() must be called before rendering Rango",
     );
   }
   return browserAppContext;
@@ -368,18 +553,18 @@ export function resetBrowserAppContext(): void {
 }
 
 /**
- * Props for the RSCRouter component
+ * Props for the Rango component
  */
-export interface RSCRouterProps {}
+export interface RangoProps {}
 
 /**
- * RSCRouter component - renders the RSC router with all internal wiring.
+ * Rango component - renders the RSC router with all internal wiring.
  *
  * Must be called after initBrowserApp() has completed.
  *
  * @example
  * ```tsx
- * import { initBrowserApp, RSCRouter } from "rsc-router/browser";
+ * import { initBrowserApp, Rango } from "rsc-router/browser";
  * import { rscStream } from "rsc-html-stream/client";
  * import * as rscBrowser from "@vitejs/plugin-rsc/browser";
  *
@@ -389,14 +574,14 @@ export interface RSCRouterProps {}
  *   hydrateRoot(
  *     document,
  *     <React.StrictMode>
- *       <RSCRouter />
+ *       <Rango />
  *     </React.StrictMode>
  *   );
  * }
  * main();
  * ```
  */
-export function RSCRouter(_props: RSCRouterProps): React.ReactElement {
+export function Rango(_props: RangoProps): React.ReactElement {
   const {
     store,
     eventController,
@@ -407,6 +592,7 @@ export function RSCRouter(_props: RSCRouterProps): React.ReactElement {
     initialTheme,
     warmupEnabled,
     version,
+    appShellRef,
   } = getBrowserAppContext();
 
   // Signal that the React tree has hydrated. useEffect only fires after
@@ -414,6 +600,10 @@ export function RSCRouter(_props: RSCRouterProps): React.ReactElement {
   // that does not depend on React internals like __reactFiber.
   React.useEffect(() => {
     document.documentElement.dataset.hydrated = "";
+    if (IS_BROWSER_DEBUG && !hydrationCommitLogged) {
+      hydrationCommitLogged = true;
+      bootLog("hydration commit (root effect flushed)");
+    }
   }, []);
 
   return (
@@ -426,6 +616,8 @@ export function RSCRouter(_props: RSCRouterProps): React.ReactElement {
       initialTheme={initialTheme}
       warmupEnabled={warmupEnabled}
       version={version}
+      basename={initialPayload.metadata?.basename}
+      appShellRef={appShellRef}
     />
   );
 }

package/src/browser/scroll-restoration.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@
  * - Supports hash link scrolling
  */
 
-import { debugLog } from "./logging.js";
+import { debugLog, IS_BROWSER_DEBUG } from "./logging.js";
+
+/**
+ * Defers a callback to the next animation frame.
+ * Falls back to setTimeout(0) in environments without requestAnimationFrame.
+ */
+const deferToNextPaint: (fn: () => void) => void =
+  typeof requestAnimationFrame === "function"
+    ? requestAnimationFrame
+    : (fn) => setTimeout(fn, 0);
 
 const SCROLL_STORAGE_KEY = "rsc-router-scroll-positions";
 
@@ -141,10 +150,12 @@ export function initScrollRestoration(options?: {
 
   window.addEventListener("pagehide", handlePageHide);
 
-  debugLog(
-    "[Scroll] Initialized, loaded positions:",
-    Object.keys(savedScrollPositions).length,
-  );
+  if (IS_BROWSER_DEBUG) {
+    debugLog(
+      "[Scroll] Initialized, loaded positions:",
+      Object.keys(savedScrollPositions).length,
+    );
+  }
 
   return () => {
     cancelScrollRestorationPolling();
@@ -182,10 +193,15 @@ export function saveCurrentScrollPosition(): void {
 
 /**
  * Persist scroll positions to sessionStorage.
- * If the write fails due to quota exceeded, progressively evict the oldest
- * entries and retry until it succeeds or the store is empty.
+ * If the write fails (typically QuotaExceededError), evict the oldest ~1/4 of
+ * entries ONCE and retry the write a single time; if that still fails, remove
+ * our storage key entirely so we don't block other sessionStorage consumers.
+ * This is a single evict-then-retry-then-clear ladder, not a loop.
+ *
+ * Exported so that single eviction/retry/clear ladder is unit-testable directly.
+ * The browser drives it from the `pagehide` handler.
  */
-function persistToSessionStorage(): void {
+export function persistToSessionStorage(): void {
   try {
     sessionStorage.setItem(
       SCROLL_STORAGE_KEY,
@@ -285,9 +301,13 @@ export function restoreScrollPosition(options?: {
     return true;
   }
 
-  // Not streaming — scroll immediately
-  window.scrollTo(0, savedY);
-  debugLog("[Scroll] Restored position:", savedY, "for key:", key);
+  // Not streaming — scroll after React commits and browser paints.
+  // startTransition defers the DOM commit, so scrolling synchronously
+  // would be overwritten when React replaces the content.
+  deferToNextPaint(() => {
+    window.scrollTo(0, savedY);
+    debugLog("[Scroll] Restored position:", savedY, "for key:", key);
+  });
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -319,6 +339,8 @@ export function scrollToHash(): boolean {
  * Scroll to top of page
  */
 export function scrollToTop(): void {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
+  if (typeof window.scrollTo !== "function") return;
   window.scrollTo(0, 0);
 }
 
@@ -343,31 +365,43 @@ export function handleNavigationEnd(options: {
   scroll?: boolean;
   isStreaming?: () => boolean;
 }): void {
-  if (!initialized) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   const { restore = false, scroll = true, isStreaming } = options;
 
-  // Don't scroll if explicitly disabled
-  if (scroll === false) {
+  // Don't scroll if explicitly disabled or not in a browser
+  if (scroll === false || typeof window === "undefined") {
     return;
   }
 
-  // For back/forward (restore), try to restore saved position
-  if (restore) {
+  // Save/restore requires initialization (sessionStorage, history state).
+  // But basic scroll-to-top and hash scrolling work without it — this
+  // matters during cross-app navigation where ScrollRestoration unmounts
+  // and remounts, creating a brief window where initialized is false.
+  if (restore && initialized) {
     if (restoreScrollPosition({ retryIfStreaming: true, isStreaming })) {
       return;
     }
     // Fall through to hash or top if no saved position
   }
 
-  // Try hash scrolling first
+  // scrollToHash / scrollToTop run synchronously here.
+  // handleNavigationEnd is invoked from NavigationProvider's
+  // useLayoutEffect (post-commit, pre-paint), so a sync scrollTo is
+  // captured by the upcoming paint AND by startViewTransition's snapshot.
+  // Deferring via rAF here pushed the call past the snapshot capture,
+  // making forward navigations wrapped in a layout/route view transition
+  // skip scroll-to-top — the live DOM scrolled but the captured snapshot
+  // was at the previous scroll position, so the user-facing page stayed
+  // visually clamped at the source page's scrollY (often the new tree's
+  // max scroll for tall→short navs). Y=0 / a hash element are robust
+  // against unmeasured layout, so sync scroll is correct here even
+  // before the new tree's scrollHeight settles.
+  //
+  // (The restore branch above keeps deferToNextPaint because savedY
+  // depends on the new tree's max scroll; sync scrollTo against an
+  // unmeasured DOM would clamp savedY to whatever the old/zero max was.)
   if (scrollToHash()) {
     return;
   }
-
-  // Default: scroll to top
   scrollToTop();
 }