diff --git a/apps/website/package.json b/apps/website/package.json
index db079df..df1c24f 100644
--- a/apps/website/package.json
+++ b/apps/website/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@fontsource-variable/geist": "^5.2.9",
     "@fontsource-variable/geist-mono": "^5.2.8",
-    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.5",
+    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.6",
     "@ilha/store": "^0.7.2",
     "areia": "^0.1.36",
     "dedent": "^1.7.2",
diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index c7bf0b5..3351b4b 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     },
     "packages/router": {
       "name": "@ilha/router",
-      "version": "0.8.5",
+      "version": "0.8.6",
       "dependencies": {
         "rou3": "0.9.0",
         "unplugin": "3.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/router/package.json b/packages/router/package.json
index 87c036f..f6b5a42 100644
--- a/packages/router/package.json
+++ b/packages/router/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ilha/router",
-  "version": "0.8.5",
+  "version": "0.8.6",
   "description": "A tiny SPA router for Ilha",
   "keywords": [
     "frontend",
diff --git a/packages/router/src/index.test.ts b/packages/router/src/index.test.ts
index 0a60eeb..00e51e2 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/index.test.ts
@@ -3041,3 +3041,194 @@ describe("SSR compound render-part regression (Areia Resizable pattern)", () =>
     expect(result).not.toMatch(/<\/main>\s*<div data-slot="resizable-panel"/);
   });
 });
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Same-pattern navigation — loaders re-run when only params/search change
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("same-pattern navigation re-runs loaders (SPA / client loader)", () => {
+  let el: Element;
+  let unmount: (() => void) | null = null;
+  let fetchSpy: ReturnType<typeof spyOn<typeof globalThis, "fetch">>;
+
+  const flush = async () => {
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setLocation("/");
+    el = makeEl();
+    fetchSpy = (spyOn(globalThis, "fetch") as any).mockImplementation(async () => {
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify({ kind: "data", data: {} }), {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    unmount?.();
+    unmount = null;
+    fetchSpy.mockRestore();
+    cleanup(el);
+    setLocation("/");
+  });
+
+  const TablePage = ilha.render(
+    ({ input }: any) => `<p>table:${input?.table ?? "?"}|page:${input?.page ?? "-"}</p>`,
+  );
+
+  function mountTableRouter(load: ReturnType<typeof mock>) {
+    unmount = router()
+      .route("/", HomePage)
+      .route("/about", AboutPage)
+      .route("/t/:name", TablePage, loader(load as any))
+      .mount(el);
+  }
+
+  it("re-runs the loader when only a param changes (/t/a → /t/b)", async () => {
+    const load = mock(async ({ params }: any) => ({ table: params.name }));
+    mountTableRouter(load);
+
+    navigate("/t/a");
+    await flush();
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("table:a");
+
+    navigate("/t/b");
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(load).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(load.mock.calls[1]?.[0]?.params?.name).toBe("b");
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("table:b");
+  });
+
+  it("re-runs the loader when only search changes (?page=1 → ?page=2)", async () => {
+    const load = mock(async ({ params, url }: any) => ({
+      table: params.name,
+      page: url.searchParams.get("page"),
+    }));
+    mountTableRouter(load);
+
+    navigate("/t/a?page=1");
+    await flush();
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("page:1");
+
+    navigate("/t/a?page=2");
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(load).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(load.mock.calls[1]?.[0]?.url?.searchParams.get("page")).toBe("2");
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("page:2");
+  });
+
+  it("does not re-run the loader for an identical URL", async () => {
+    const load = mock(async ({ params }: any) => ({ table: params.name }));
+    mountTableRouter(load);
+
+    navigate("/t/a");
+    await flush();
+    navigate("/t/a");
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(load).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("does not re-run the loader for a hash-only change", async () => {
+    const load = mock(async ({ params }: any) => ({ table: params.name }));
+    mountTableRouter(load);
+
+    navigate("/t/a");
+    await flush();
+    navigate("/t/a#section");
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(load).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("table:a");
+  });
+
+  it("rapid same-pattern navigations mount only the final result", async () => {
+    const load = mock(async ({ params }: any) => ({ table: params.name }));
+    mountTableRouter(load);
+
+    navigate("/t/a");
+    navigate("/t/b");
+    navigate("/t/c");
+    await flush();
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("table:c");
+    expect(el.innerHTML).not.toContain("table:a");
+    expect(el.innerHTML).not.toContain("table:b");
+  });
+
+  it("cross-pattern navigation still remounts exactly once", async () => {
+    const load = mock(async ({ params }: any) => ({ table: params.name }));
+    mountTableRouter(load);
+
+    navigate("/t/a");
+    await flush();
+    navigate("/about");
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("about");
+    expect(load).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("same-pattern navigation re-runs loaders (hydrate / server loader)", () => {
+  const flush = async () => {
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 0));
+  };
+
+  it("re-fetches loader data from the endpoint on param-only and search-only navigations", async () => {
+    const TablePage = ilha.render(
+      ({ input }: any) => `<p>table:${input?.table ?? "?"}|page:${input?.page ?? "-"}</p>`,
+    );
+    const reg = { home: HomePage, table: TablePage };
+
+    const requested: string[] = [];
+    const fetchSpy = (spyOn(globalThis, "fetch") as any).mockImplementation(async (url: any) => {
+      const u = new URL(String(url), "http://localhost");
+      const path = u.searchParams.get("path") ?? "";
+      requested.push(path);
+      const target = new URL(path, "http://localhost");
+      const table = target.pathname.split("/").pop();
+      return new Response(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          kind: "data",
+          data: { table, page: target.searchParams.get("page") },
+        }),
+        { status: 200, headers: { "content-type": "application/json" } },
+      );
+    });
+
+    setLocation("/t/a");
+    const el = makeEl(`<div data-router-view><p>table:a|page:-</p></div>`);
+
+    // markLoader simulates the SSR-split client graph: hasLoader without the
+    // loader function itself, so navigation must fetch the loader endpoint.
+    const unmount = router()
+      .route("/", HomePage)
+      .route("/t/:name", TablePage)
+      .markLoader("/t/:name")
+      .mount(el, { hydrate: true, registry: reg });
+    await flush();
+
+    navigate("/t/b");
+    await flush();
+    expect(requested).toContain("/t/b");
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("table:b");
+
+    navigate("/t/b?page=2");
+    await flush();
+    expect(requested).toContain("/t/b?page=2");
+    expect(el.innerHTML).toContain("page:2");
+
+    unmount();
+    cleanup(el);
+    fetchSpy.mockRestore();
+    setLocation("/");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/router/src/index.ts b/packages/router/src/index.ts
index 8986660..40a0534 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/index.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ export type Loader<T> = (ctx: LoaderContext) => Promise<T> | T;
 /**
  * Identity function for declaring a loader. Exists purely as a type anchor and
  * a marker for the Vite plugin to detect by export name.
+ *
+ * Loaders must read `ctx.params`/`ctx.url` rather than `useRoute()` — the
+ * route store still holds the previous route while a navigation's loader is
+ * in flight, so `useRoute().params()` inside a loader reads stale params.
  */
 export function loader<T>(fn: Loader<T>): Loader<T> {
   return fn;
@@ -2349,6 +2353,10 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
         // destroying the event listeners and signal bindings ilha.mount() wired up.
         const viewHost = host.querySelector<Element>("[data-router-view]") ?? host;
         let currentMountedIsland: Island<any, any> | null = activeIsland();
+        // Logical URL (pathname + search, no hash) the view was mounted for —
+        // same-pattern navigations keep the island identity but must still
+        // re-run loaders when params or search change.
+        let currentMountedPath: string = routePath() + routeSearch();
 
         const reverseRegistry = registry ? buildReverseRegistry(registry) : undefined;
 
@@ -2356,7 +2364,11 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
 
         const NavHandler = ilha.render((): string => {
           const current = activeIsland();
-          if (current !== currentMountedIsland) {
+          // Read the route-store signals (not location directly) so this
+          // handler re-runs on param/search-only navigations. Hash excluded —
+          // fragment changes must not re-run loaders.
+          const pathWithSearch = routePath() + routeSearch();
+          if (current !== currentMountedIsland || pathWithSearch !== currentMountedPath) {
             const thisNav = ++navVersion;
             // Cancel any in-flight loader fetch for the previous nav
             navAbort?.abort();
@@ -2369,11 +2381,10 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
               unmountView?.();
               unmountView = null;
               try {
-                const loc = getAdapter().readLocation();
                 unmountView = await mountRouteWithHydration(
                   current,
                   viewHost,
-                  loc.pathname + loc.search,
+                  pathWithSearch,
                   signal,
                   registry,
                   reverseRegistry,
@@ -2389,6 +2400,7 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
                 settle();
               }
               currentMountedIsland = current;
+              currentMountedPath = pathWithSearch;
             });
           }
           return "";
@@ -2454,10 +2466,11 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
           const settle = beginNavigation();
           try {
             const loc = getAdapter().readLocation();
+            const pathWithSearch = loc.pathname + loc.search;
             const um = await mountRouteWithHydration(
               island,
               viewHost,
-              loc.pathname + loc.search,
+              pathWithSearch,
               ac.signal,
               registry,
               reverseRegistry,
@@ -2466,6 +2479,7 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
               unmountView?.();
               unmountView = um;
               currentMountedIsland = island;
+              currentMountedPath = pathWithSearch;
             } else {
               um();
             }
@@ -2495,6 +2509,10 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
       // SPA mode — RouterView renders HTML but islands need .mount() for interactivity.
       let unmountIsland: (() => void) | null = null;
       let currentMountedIsland: Island<any, any> | null = null;
+      // Logical URL (pathname + search, no hash) the view was mounted for —
+      // same-pattern navigations keep the island identity but must still
+      // re-run loaders when params or search change.
+      let currentMountedPath: string | null = null;
       let navVersion = 0;
 
       unmountView = RouterView.mount(host);
@@ -2511,6 +2529,7 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
         unmountIsland?.();
         unmountIsland = null;
         currentMountedIsland = island;
+        currentMountedPath = routePath() + routeSearch();
         if (!island) {
           // RouterView rendered the 404 island's HTML statically; mount it so
           // it gets a real island lifecycle (events, effects) like any route.
@@ -2579,7 +2598,11 @@ export function router(options: RouterOptions = {}): RouterBuilder {
 
       const NavHandler = ilha.render((): string => {
         const current = activeIsland();
-        if (current !== currentMountedIsland) {
+        // Read the route-store signals (not location directly) so this
+        // handler re-runs on param/search-only navigations. Hash excluded —
+        // fragment changes must not re-run loaders.
+        const pathWithSearch = routePath() + routeSearch();
+        if (current !== currentMountedIsland || pathWithSearch !== currentMountedPath) {
           const thisNav = ++navVersion;
           navAbort?.abort();
           navAbort = new AbortController();
diff --git a/packages/store/src/index.test.ts b/packages/store/src/index.test.ts
index 89938f3..54860dc 100644
--- a/packages/store/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/store/src/index.test.ts
@@ -1335,6 +1335,15 @@ describe("persist()", () => {
     stop();
   });
 
+  it("hydration is synchronous — getState() immediately after persist() sees stored data", () => {
+    window.localStorage.setItem("p1b", JSON.stringify({ count: 42, label: "restored" }));
+    const s = store({ count: 0, label: "" }).build();
+    const stop = persist(s, "p1b");
+    // Eager, non-reactive read right after persist() — no effect/subscribe involved.
+    expect(s.getState()).toEqual({ count: 42, label: "restored" });
+    stop();
+  });
+
   it("writes state on every commit", () => {
     const s = store({ count: 0 }).build();
     const stop = persist(s, "p2");
diff --git a/templates/elysia/package.json b/templates/elysia/package.json
index 994ffde..d0e7904 100644
--- a/templates/elysia/package.json
+++ b/templates/elysia/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@elysiajs/static": "^1.4.10",
-    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.5",
+    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.6",
     "@ilha/store": "^0.7.2",
     "areia": "^0.1.36",
     "elysia": "^1.4.29",
diff --git a/templates/hono/package.json b/templates/hono/package.json
index f3f6706..748c56d 100644
--- a/templates/hono/package.json
+++ b/templates/hono/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@hono/node-server": "^2.0.8",
-    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.5",
+    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.6",
     "@ilha/store": "^0.7.2",
     "areia": "^0.1.36",
     "hono": "^4.12.28",
diff --git a/templates/nitro/package.json b/templates/nitro/package.json
index 771893b..35318b1 100644
--- a/templates/nitro/package.json
+++ b/templates/nitro/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "preview": "vite preview"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.5",
+    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.6",
     "@ilha/store": "^0.7.2",
     "areia": "^0.1.36",
     "ilha": "^0.9.2",
diff --git a/templates/vite/package.json b/templates/vite/package.json
index e74a6d7..e4e96a4 100644
--- a/templates/vite/package.json
+++ b/templates/vite/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "preview": "vite preview"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.5",
+    "@ilha/router": "^0.8.6",
     "@ilha/store": "^0.7.2",
     "areia": "^0.1.36",
     "ilha": "^0.9.2",