@timber-js/app 0.2.0-alpha.1 → 0.2.0-alpha.100

package/src/client/link.tsx

@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 // See design/19-client-navigation.md § Progressive Enhancement
 //
 // Without JavaScript, <Link> renders as a plain <a> tag — standard browser
-// navigation. With JavaScript, the client runtime intercepts clicks on links
-// marked with data-timber-link, fetches RSC payloads, and reconciles the DOM.
+// navigation. With JavaScript, the Link component's onClick handler triggers
+// RSC-based client navigation via the router.
+//
+// Each Link owns its own click handler — no global event delegation.
+// This keeps navigation within React's component tree, ensuring pending
+// state (useLinkStatus) updates atomically with the navigation.
 //
 // Typed Link: design/09-typescript.md §"Typed Link"
 // - href validated against known routes (via codegen overloads, not runtime)
@@ -14,18 +18,63 @@
 // - params and fully-resolved string href are mutually exclusive
 // - searchParams and inline query string are mutually exclusive
 
-import type { AnchorHTMLAttributes, ReactNode } from 'react';
-import type { SearchParamsDefinition } from '#/search-params/create.js';
-import type { OnNavigateHandler } from './link-navigate-interceptor.js';
-import { LinkNavigateInterceptor } from './link-navigate-interceptor.js';
-import { LinkStatusProvider } from './link-status-provider.js';
+import {
+  useOptimistic,
+  useEffect,
+  useRef,
+  type AnchorHTMLAttributes,
+  type ReactNode,
+  type MouseEvent as ReactMouseEvent,
+} from 'react';
+import type { SearchParamsDefinition } from '../search-params/define.js';
+import { getSearchParamsDefinition } from '../search-params/registry.js';
+import type { LinkFunction } from './index.js';
+import { classifyUrlSegment, type UrlSegment } from '../routing/segment-classify.js';
+import { LinkStatusContext } from './use-link-status.js';
+import { getRouterOrNull } from './router-ref.js';
+import { getSsrData } from './ssr-data.js';
+import { mergePreservedSearchParams } from '../shared/merge-search-params.js';
+import {
+  setLinkForCurrentNavigation,
+  unmountLinkForCurrentNavigation,
+  LINK_IDLE,
+  type LinkPendingInstance,
+} from './link-pending-store.js';
+import { setNavLinkMetadata } from './nav-link-store.js';
+import { hasNavigationApi } from './navigation-api.js';
+
+// ─── Current Search Params ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Read the current URL's search string without requiring a React hook.
+ * On the client, reads window.location.search. During SSR, reads from
+ * the request context (getSsrData). Returns empty string if unavailable.
+ */
+function getCurrentSearch(): string {
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') return window.location.search;
+  const data = getSsrData();
+  if (!data) return '';
+  const sp = new URLSearchParams(data.searchParams);
+  const str = sp.toString();
+  return str ? `?${str}` : '';
+}
 
 // ─── Types ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+export type OnNavigateEvent = {
+  preventDefault: () => void;
+};
+
+export type OnNavigateHandler = (e: OnNavigateEvent) => void;
+
 /**
  * Base props shared by all Link variants.
+ *
+ * Exported so the public `LinkFunction` interface (declared in
+ * `./index.ts`, where module augmentation can merge into it) can
+ * compose this without duplication.
  */
-interface LinkBaseProps extends Omit<AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement>, 'href'> {
+export interface LinkBaseProps extends Omit<AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement>, 'href'> {
   /** Prefetch the RSC payload on hover */
   prefetch?: boolean;
   /**
@@ -33,6 +82,20 @@ interface LinkBaseProps extends Omit<AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement>, 'h
    * Set to false for tabbed interfaces where content changes within a fixed layout.
    */
   scroll?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Preserve search params from the current URL across navigation.
+   *
+   * - `true` — preserve ALL current search params (target params take precedence)
+   * - `string[]` — preserve only the named params (e.g. `['private', 'token']`)
+   *
+   * Useful for route-group gating where a search param (e.g. `?private=access`)
+   * must persist across internal navigations. The target href's own search params
+   * always take precedence over preserved ones.
+   *
+   * During SSR, reads search params from the request context. On the client,
+   * reads from the current URL and updates reactively when the URL changes.
+   */
+  preserveSearchParams?: true | string[];
   /**
    * Called before client-side navigation commits. Call `e.preventDefault()`
    * to cancel the default navigation — the caller is then responsible for
@@ -45,48 +108,67 @@ interface LinkBaseProps extends Omit<AnchorHTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement>, 'h
   children?: ReactNode;
 }
 
+// ─── Typed Link Props ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
 /**
- * Link with a fully-resolved string href.
- * When using a string href with params already interpolated,
- * the params prop is not available.
+ * Widen server-side string params to string | number for Link convenience.
+ * Exported for use by codegen-generated overloads.
  */
-export interface LinkPropsWithHref extends LinkBaseProps {
-  href: string;
-  params?: never;
-  /**
-   * Typed search params — serialized via the route's SearchParamsDefinition.
-   * Mutually exclusive with an inline query string in href.
-   */
-  searchParams?: {
-    definition: SearchParamsDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>;
-    values: Record<string, unknown>;
-  };
-}
+export type LinkSegmentParams<T> = {
+  [K in keyof T]: [string] extends [T[K]] ? string | number : T[K];
+};
+
+// ─── External Href Types ─────────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// `ExternalHref` and the public `LinkFunction` interface live in
+// `./index.ts` rather than this file. They MUST be originally declared
+// in the same module that the codegen augments (`@timber-js/app/client`)
+// so that codegen-generated per-route call signatures merge with the
+// same interface that types the `Link` constant. Re-exporting an
+// interface via `export type {}` does NOT participate in module
+// augmentation merging — only originally-declared interfaces do.
+// See TIM-624.
+
+// ─── searchParams prop shapes ────────────────────────────────────
+//
+// Per-route Link overloads (emitted by codegen) pass the flat values shape:
+//     searchParams={{ page: 2, q: 'boots' }}
+// The framework looks up the route's SearchParamsDefinition from the
+// search-params registry at runtime (see TIM-830).
+//
+// The catch-all overload in client/index.ts (external/computed hrefs)
+// additionally accepts the legacy wrapped shape:
+//     searchParams={{ definition: def, values: { page: 2 } }}
+// because there is no way to look up a definition from a computed string.
+//
+// `resolveHref` discriminates at runtime by presence of a `definition` key.
+type WrappedSearchParamsProp = {
+  definition: SearchParamsDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  values: Record<string, unknown>;
+};
+type FlatSearchParamsProp = Record<string, unknown>;
+type LinkSearchParamsProp = WrappedSearchParamsProp | FlatSearchParamsProp;
 
 /**
- * Link with a route pattern + params for interpolation.
- * e.g. <Link href="/products/[id]" params={{ id: "123" }}>
- *      <Link href="/products/[id]" params={{ id: 123 }}>
+ * Runtime-only loose props used internally by the Link implementation.
+ * Not exposed to callers — the public API uses LinkFunction.
  */
-export interface LinkPropsWithParams extends LinkBaseProps {
-  /** Route pattern with dynamic segments (e.g. "/products/[id]") */
+interface LinkRuntimeProps extends LinkBaseProps {
   href: string;
-  /**
-   * Dynamic segment values to interpolate into the href.
-   * Single dynamic segments accept string | number (numbers are stringified).
-   * Catch-all segments accept string[].
-   */
-  params: Record<string, string | number | string[]>;
-  /**
-   * Typed search params — serialized via the route's SearchParamsDefinition.
-   */
-  searchParams?: {
-    definition: SearchParamsDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>;
-    values: Record<string, unknown>;
-  };
+  segmentParams?: Record<string, string | number | string[]>;
+  searchParams?: LinkSearchParamsProp;
 }
 
-export type LinkProps = LinkPropsWithHref | LinkPropsWithParams;
+// Legacy exports for backward compat (used by buildLinkProps, tests, etc.)
+export type LinkPropsWithHref = LinkBaseProps & {
+  href: string;
+  segmentParams?: never;
+  searchParams?: LinkSearchParamsProp;
+};
+export type LinkPropsWithParams = LinkRuntimeProps & {
+  segmentParams: Record<string, string | number | string[]>;
+};
+export type LinkProps = LinkRuntimeProps;
 
 // ─── Dangerous URL Scheme Detection ──────────────────────────────
 
@@ -108,7 +190,7 @@ export function validateLinkHref(href: string): void {
 // ─── Internal Link Detection ─────────────────────────────────────
 
 /** Returns true if the href is an internal path (not an external URL) */
-function isInternalHref(href: string): boolean {
+export function isInternalHref(href: string): boolean {
   // Relative paths, root-relative paths, and hash links are internal
   if (href.startsWith('/') || href.startsWith('#') || href.startsWith('?')) {
     return true;
@@ -132,57 +214,91 @@ function isInternalHref(href: string): boolean {
  * - [...param]       → catch-all (joined with /)
  * - [[...param]]     → optional catch-all (omitted if undefined/empty)
  */
+/**
+ * Parse a route pattern's path portion into classified segments.
+ * Exported for testing. Uses the shared character-based classifier.
+ */
+export function parseSegments(pattern: string): UrlSegment[] {
+  return pattern.split('/').filter(Boolean).map(classifyUrlSegment);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a single classified segment into its string representation.
+ * Returns null for optional catch-all with no value (filtered out before join).
+ */
+function resolveSegment(
+  seg: UrlSegment,
+  params: Record<string, string | number | string[]>,
+  pattern: string
+): string | null {
+  switch (seg.kind) {
+    case 'static':
+      return seg.value;
+
+    case 'optional-catch-all': {
+      const value = params[seg.name];
+      if (value === undefined || (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0)) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      const segments = Array.isArray(value) ? value : [value];
+      return segments.map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');
+    }
+
+    case 'catch-all': {
+      const value = params[seg.name];
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `<Link> missing required catch-all param "${seg.name}" for pattern "${pattern}".`
+        );
+      }
+      const segments = Array.isArray(value) ? value : [value];
+      if (segments.length === 0) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `<Link> catch-all param "${seg.name}" must have at least one segment for pattern "${pattern}".`
+        );
+      }
+      return segments.map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');
+    }
+
+    case 'dynamic': {
+      const value = params[seg.name];
+      if (value === undefined) {
+        throw new Error(`<Link> missing required param "${seg.name}" for pattern "${pattern}".`);
+      }
+      if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `<Link> param "${seg.name}" expected a string but received an array for pattern "${pattern}".`
+        );
+      }
+      return encodeURIComponent(String(value));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Split a URL pattern into the path portion and any trailing ?query/#hash suffix.
+ * Uses URL parsing for correctness rather than manual index arithmetic.
+ */
+function splitPatternSuffix(pattern: string): [path: string, suffix: string] {
+  if (!pattern.includes('?') && !pattern.includes('#')) {
+    return [pattern, ''];
+  }
+  const url = new URL(pattern, 'http://x');
+  const suffix = url.search + url.hash;
+  const path = pattern.slice(0, pattern.length - suffix.length);
+  return [path, suffix];
+}
+
 export function interpolateParams(
   pattern: string,
   params: Record<string, string | number | string[]>
 ): string {
-  return (
-    pattern
-      .replace(
-        /\[\[\.\.\.(\w+)\]\]|\[\.\.\.(\w+)\]|\[(\w+)\]/g,
-        (_match, optionalCatchAll, catchAll, single) => {
-          if (optionalCatchAll) {
-            const value = params[optionalCatchAll];
-            if (value === undefined || (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0)) {
-              return '';
-            }
-            const segments = Array.isArray(value) ? value : [value];
-            return segments.map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');
-          }
-
-          if (catchAll) {
-            const value = params[catchAll];
-            if (value === undefined) {
-              throw new Error(
-                `<Link> missing required catch-all param "${catchAll}" for pattern "${pattern}".`
-              );
-            }
-            const segments = Array.isArray(value) ? value : [value];
-            if (segments.length === 0) {
-              throw new Error(
-                `<Link> catch-all param "${catchAll}" must have at least one segment for pattern "${pattern}".`
-              );
-            }
-            return segments.map(encodeURIComponent).join('/');
-          }
+  const [pathPart, suffix] = splitPatternSuffix(pattern);
 
-          // single dynamic segment
-          const value = params[single];
-          if (value === undefined) {
-            throw new Error(`<Link> missing required param "${single}" for pattern "${pattern}".`);
-          }
-          if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-            throw new Error(
-              `<Link> param "${single}" expected a string but received an array for pattern "${pattern}".`
-            );
-          }
-          // Accept numbers — coerce to string for URL interpolation
-          return encodeURIComponent(String(value));
-        }
-      )
-      // Clean up trailing slash from empty optional catch-all
-      .replace(/\/+$/, '') || '/'
-  );
+  const resolved = parseSegments(pathPart)
+    .map((seg) => resolveSegment(seg, params, pattern))
+    .filter((s): s is string => s !== null);
+  return ('/' + resolved.join('/') || '/') + suffix;
 }
 
 // ─── Resolve Href ───────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -195,13 +311,19 @@ export function interpolateParams(
  * - searchParams serialization via SearchParamsDefinition
  * - Validation that searchParams and inline query strings are exclusive
  */
+/**
+ * Runtime discriminator: treat `searchParams` as the legacy wrapped shape
+ * only when it literally has a `definition` key. Everything else is the
+ * flat `Partial<T>` values shape (TIM-830).
+ */
+function isWrappedSearchParamsProp(sp: LinkSearchParamsProp): sp is WrappedSearchParamsProp {
+  return 'definition' in sp;
+}
+
 export function resolveHref(
   href: string,
   params?: Record<string, string | number | string[]>,
-  searchParams?: {
-    definition: SearchParamsDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>;
-    values: Record<string, unknown>;
-  }
+  searchParams?: LinkSearchParamsProp
 ): string {
   let resolvedPath = href;
 
@@ -220,7 +342,36 @@ export function resolveHref(
       );
     }
 
-    const qs = searchParams.definition.serialize(searchParams.values);
+    let definition: SearchParamsDefinition<Record<string, unknown>> | undefined;
+    let values: Record<string, unknown>;
+
+    if (isWrappedSearchParamsProp(searchParams)) {
+      // Legacy wrapped shape — used by the catch-all overload for
+      // computed/external hrefs where no route lookup is possible.
+      definition = searchParams.definition;
+      values = searchParams.values;
+    } else {
+      // Flat shape (TIM-830): look up the definition from the runtime
+      // registry using the un-interpolated href pattern (e.g. '/products/[id]').
+      // The search-params registry is populated eagerly at startup by the
+      // virtual:timber-search-params-registry module generated by the
+      // timber-routing Vite plugin.
+      definition = getSearchParamsDefinition(href) as
+        | SearchParamsDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>
+        | undefined;
+      values = searchParams;
+      if (!definition) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `<Link> received a flat searchParams object for href "${href}", but no ` +
+            `SearchParamsDefinition is registered for that route. ` +
+            `Either the route does not export \`searchParams\` from its \`params.ts\`/\`page.tsx\`, ` +
+            `or the search-params registry module was not loaded. ` +
+            `For external or computed hrefs, pass the legacy \`{ definition, values }\` shape instead.`
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    const qs = definition.serialize(values);
     if (qs) {
       resolvedPath = `${resolvedPath}?${qs}`;
     }
@@ -232,10 +383,7 @@ export function resolveHref(
 // ─── Build Props ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 interface LinkOutputProps {
-  'href': string;
-  'data-timber-link'?: boolean;
-  'data-timber-prefetch'?: boolean;
-  'data-timber-scroll'?: string;
+  href: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -243,34 +391,44 @@ interface LinkOutputProps {
  * for testability — the component just spreads these onto an <a>.
  */
 export function buildLinkProps(
-  props: Pick<LinkPropsWithHref, 'href' | 'prefetch' | 'scroll'> & {
+  props: Pick<LinkPropsWithHref, 'href'> & {
     params?: Record<string, string | number | string[]>;
-    searchParams?: {
-      definition: SearchParamsDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>;
-      values: Record<string, unknown>;
-    };
+    searchParams?: LinkSearchParamsProp;
   }
 ): LinkOutputProps {
   const resolvedHref = resolveHref(props.href, props.params, props.searchParams);
-
   validateLinkHref(resolvedHref);
+  return { href: resolvedHref };
+}
 
-  const output: LinkOutputProps = { href: resolvedHref };
-  const internal = isInternalHref(resolvedHref);
+// ─── Click Handler ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-  if (internal) {
-    output['data-timber-link'] = true;
+/**
+ * Should this click be intercepted for SPA navigation?
+ *
+ * Returns false (pass through to browser) when:
+ * - Modified keys are held (Ctrl, Meta, Shift, Alt) — open in new tab
+ * - The click is not the primary button
+ * - The event was already prevented by a parent handler
+ * - The link has target="_blank" or similar
+ * - The link has a download attribute
+ * - The href is external
+ */
+function shouldInterceptClick(
+  event: ReactMouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>,
+  resolvedHref: string
+): boolean {
+  if (event.button !== 0) return false;
+  if (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey || event.shiftKey || event.altKey) return false;
+  if (event.defaultPrevented) return false;
 
-    if (props.prefetch) {
-      output['data-timber-prefetch'] = true;
-    }
+  const anchor = event.currentTarget;
+  if (anchor.target && anchor.target !== '_self') return false;
+  if (anchor.hasAttribute('download')) return false;
 
-    if (props.scroll === false) {
-      output['data-timber-scroll'] = 'false';
-    }
-  }
+  if (!isInternalHref(resolvedHref)) return false;
 
-  return output;
+  return true;
 }
 
 // ─── Link Component ──────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -279,34 +437,168 @@ export function buildLinkProps(
  * Navigation link with progressive enhancement.
  *
  * Renders as a plain `<a>` tag — works without JavaScript. When the client
- * runtime is active, it intercepts clicks on links marked with
- * `data-timber-link` to perform RSC-based client navigation.
+ * runtime is active, the Link's onClick handler triggers RSC-based client
+ * navigation via the router. No global event delegation — each Link owns
+ * its own click handling.
  *
- * Supports typed routes via codegen overloads. At runtime:
- * - `params` prop interpolates dynamic segments in the href pattern
+ * Supports typed routes via the Routes interface (populated by codegen).
+ * At runtime:
+ * - `segmentParams` prop interpolates dynamic segments in the href pattern
  * - `searchParams` prop serializes query parameters via a SearchParamsDefinition
+ *
+ * Typed via the LinkFunction callable interface. The base call signature
+ * forbids segmentParams; per-route signatures are added by codegen via
+ * interface merging. See TIM-624.
  */
-export function Link({
-  href,
-  prefetch,
-  scroll,
-  params,
-  searchParams,
-  onNavigate,
-  children,
-  ...rest
-}: LinkProps) {
-  const linkProps = buildLinkProps({ href, prefetch, scroll, params, searchParams });
-
-  const inner = <LinkStatusProvider href={linkProps.href}>{children}</LinkStatusProvider>;
+// Cast to LinkFunction — the callable interface provides the public type,
+// but the implementation destructures LinkRuntimeProps internally.
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+export const Link: LinkFunction = function LinkImpl(props: any) {
+  const {
+    href,
+    prefetch,
+    scroll,
+    segmentParams,
+    searchParams,
+    preserveSearchParams,
+    onNavigate,
+    onClick: userOnClick,
+    onMouseEnter: userOnMouseEnter,
+    children,
+    ...rest
+  } = props as LinkRuntimeProps;
+  const { href: baseHref } = buildLinkProps({ href, params: segmentParams, searchParams });
+
+  // ─── Per-link pending state (useOptimistic) ────────────────────────
+  // Each Link has its own pending state. Only the clicked link's
+  // setter is invoked during navigation — zero other links re-render.
+  //
+  // Link click stores the instance; NavigationRoot activates inside startTransition.
+  // useOptimistic auto-reverts to LINK_IDLE when the navigation
+  // startTransition — batched with the new tree commit.
+  //
+  // See design/19-client-navigation.md §"Per-Link Pending State"
+  const [linkStatus, setIsPending] = useOptimistic(LINK_IDLE);
+
+  // Build the link instance ref for the pending store.
+  // The ref is stable across renders — we update the setter on each
+  // render to keep it current.
+  const linkInstanceRef = useRef<LinkPendingInstance | null>(null);
+  if (!linkInstanceRef.current) {
+    linkInstanceRef.current = { setIsPending };
+  } else {
+    linkInstanceRef.current.setIsPending = setIsPending;
+  }
+
+  // Clean up if this link unmounts while it's the current navigation link.
+  // Prevents calling setOptimistic on an unmounted component.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const instance = linkInstanceRef.current;
+    return () => {
+      if (instance) {
+        unmountLinkForCurrentNavigation(instance);
+      }
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  // Preserve search params from the current URL when requested.
+  // useSearchParams() works during both SSR (reads from request context)
+  // and on the client (reads from window.location, reactive to URL changes).
+  // We read current search params directly to avoid unconditional hook calls.
+  // On the client, window.location.search is always current; during SSR,
+  // getSsrData() provides the request's search params.
+  const resolvedHref = preserveSearchParams
+    ? mergePreservedSearchParams(baseHref, getCurrentSearch(), preserveSearchParams)
+    : baseHref;
+
+  const internal = isInternalHref(resolvedHref);
+
+  // ─── Click handler ───────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Each Link component owns its click handling. The router is
+  // accessed via the singleton ref — during SSR, getRouterOrNull()
+  // returns null and onClick is a no-op (the <a> works as a plain link).
+  const handleClick = internal
+    ? (event: ReactMouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => {
+        // Call user's onClick first (e.g., analytics)
+        userOnClick?.(event);
+
+        if (!shouldInterceptClick(event, resolvedHref)) return;
+
+        // Call onNavigate if provided — allows caller to cancel
+        if (onNavigate) {
+          let prevented = false;
+          onNavigate({
+            preventDefault: () => {
+              prevented = true;
+            },
+          });
+          if (prevented) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+
+        const router = getRouterOrNull();
+        if (!router) return; // SSR or pre-hydration — fall through to browser nav
+
+        const shouldScroll = scroll !== false;
+
+        // Register this link in the pending store. The actual
+        // setIsPending(LINK_PENDING) call happens inside NavigationRoot's
+        // async startTransition via activateLinkPending().
+
+        setLinkForCurrentNavigation(linkInstanceRef.current);
+
+        // When Navigation API is active, let the <a> click propagate
+        // naturally — do NOT call preventDefault(). The navigate event
+        // handler intercepts it and runs the RSC pipeline. This is a
+        // user-initiated navigation, so Chrome shows the native loading
+        // indicator (tab spinner). Metadata (scroll, link instance) is
+        // passed via nav-link-store so the handler can configure the nav.
+        //
+        // Without Navigation API (fallback), preventDefault and drive
+        // navigation through the router as before.
+        if (hasNavigationApi()) {
+          setNavLinkMetadata({
+            scroll: shouldScroll,
+            linkInstance: linkInstanceRef.current,
+          });
+          // Don't preventDefault — let the <a> click fire the navigate event
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // History API fallback — prevent default and navigate via router
+        event.preventDefault();
+
+        // Re-merge preserved search params at click time to pick up any
+        // URL changes since render (e.g. from other navigations or pushState).
+        const navHref = preserveSearchParams
+          ? mergePreservedSearchParams(baseHref, getCurrentSearch(), preserveSearchParams)
+          : resolvedHref;
+
+        void router.navigate(navHref, { scroll: shouldScroll });
+      }
+    : userOnClick; // External links — just pass through user's onClick
+
+  // ─── Hover prefetch ──────────────────────────────────────────
+  const handleMouseEnter =
+    internal && prefetch
+      ? (event: ReactMouseEvent<HTMLAnchorElement>) => {
+          userOnMouseEnter?.(event);
+          const router = getRouterOrNull();
+          if (router) {
+            // Re-merge preserved search params at hover time for fresh prefetch URL
+            const prefetchHref = preserveSearchParams
+              ? mergePreservedSearchParams(baseHref, getCurrentSearch(), preserveSearchParams)
+              : resolvedHref;
+            router.prefetch(prefetchHref);
+          }
+        }
+      : userOnMouseEnter;
 
   return (
-    <a {...rest} {...linkProps}>
-      {onNavigate ? (
-        <LinkNavigateInterceptor onNavigate={onNavigate}>{inner}</LinkNavigateInterceptor>
-      ) : (
-        inner
-      )}
+    <a {...rest} href={resolvedHref} onClick={handleClick} onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}>
+      <LinkStatusContext.Provider value={linkStatus}>{children}</LinkStatusContext.Provider>
     </a>
   );
-}
+};