Remote functions: Prefetching prematurely tiggers redirect, disabling it subsequently
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Description
Describe the bug
It seems to me that prefetching is breaking the redirects I am using, when my user isn't logged in but should be.
Basically what happens is that when I hover over the link, it seems that the remote function is immediately triggered by the prefetch, and the redirect fires. You can see it in the address bar, which shows the address the redirect points to.
Thing is, I haven't clicked yet. When I now click on the link, the redirect is already "spent", and I end up on the page that I wanted to protect. Only if I now fully reload the page, I am redirected.
When I disable prefetching on that link, it works as intended.
Reproduction
component.svelte:
<script>
import { call } from './fetch.remote'
</script>
await call()
fetch.remote.js:
export const call = query(async () =>
{
redirect(307, '/some-other-route')
})
Logs
System Info
System:
OS: Linux 6.6 Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)
CPU: (8) x64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz
Memory: 10.78 GB / 15.48 GB
Container: Yes
Shell: 5.9 - /usr/bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 24.8.0 - /home/andreas/.nvm/versions/node/v24.8.0/bin/node
npm: 11.6.2 - /home/andreas/.nvm/versions/node/v24.8.0/bin/npm
Browsers:
Chrome: 141.0.7390.107
npmPackages:
@sveltejs/adapter-auto: ^7.0.0 => 7.0.0
@sveltejs/kit: ^2.47.1 => 2.48.5
@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte: ^6.2.1 => 6.2.1
svelte: ^5.41.0 => 5.43.7
vite: ^7.1.10 => 7.2.2
Severity
serious, but I can work around it
Additional Information
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the component.svelte and fetch.remote.js reproduction, testing the link with prefetching enabled and disabled. Verify whether hovering invokes the remote function and consumes its redirect before a click; done means the redirect occurs only after the user activates the link, while the existing open pull request indicates work is already underway.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100