diff --git a/.changeset/bright-styles-return.md b/.changeset/bright-styles-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58349ca743a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bright-styles-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes CSS hot module replacement after navigating between pages with `ClientRouter`
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/SvelteMessage.svelte b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/SvelteMessage.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b8315433244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/SvelteMessage.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<p class="nested-message">Nested component</p>
+
+<style>
+	.nested-message {
+		background-color: maroon;
+	}
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/SvelteStyleParent.svelte b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/SvelteStyleParent.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17d195b143db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/SvelteStyleParent.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	import Message from './SvelteMessage.svelte';
+</script>
+
+<Message />
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/client-router-hmr.css b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/client-router-hmr.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fadba97a150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/components/client-router-hmr.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#island-one {
+	color: blue;
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/island-svelte-one.astro b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/island-svelte-one.astro
index c60dfa9c9d10..b71cfb18dd3c 100644
--- a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/island-svelte-one.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/island-svelte-one.astro
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 ---
 import Counter from '../components/SvelteCounter.svelte';
+import StyleParent from '../components/SvelteStyleParent.svelte';
 import Layout from '../components/Layout.astro';
+import '../components/client-router-hmr.css';
 export const prerender = false;
 
 ---
 <Layout>
 	<p id="island-one">Page 1</p>
 	<a id="click-two" href="/island-svelte-two">go to 2</a>
+	<a id="click-away" href="/one">leave route</a>
 	<Counter prefix="A" client:load transition:persist transition:name="counter"/>
+	<StyleParent client:load />
 </Layout>
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/island-svelte-two.astro b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/island-svelte-two.astro
index 63222bacbc39..8c0499375cc8 100644
--- a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/island-svelte-two.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/island-svelte-two.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import Counter from '../components/SvelteCounter.svelte';
 import Layout from '../components/Layout.astro';
+import '../components/client-router-hmr.css';
 export const prerender = false;
 
 ---
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/one.astro b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/one.astro
index eee063b6d416..05c3c8b7fdd6 100644
--- a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/one.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/one.astro
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import Layout from '../components/Layout.astro';
 	<a id="click-404" href="/undefined-page">go to undefined page</a>
 	<a id="click-inline-module" href="/inline-module">go to inline module</a>
 	<a id="click-vue-scoped-styles" href="/island-vue-one">go to Vue scoped styles</a>
+	<a id="click-svelte-styles" href="/island-svelte-one">go to Svelte styles</a>
 	<custom-a id="custom-click-two">
 		<template shadowrootmode="open">
 			<a href="/two">go to 2</a>
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.ts b/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.ts
index de048b3c733d..f498d49fc008 100644
--- a/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.ts
@@ -634,6 +634,71 @@ test.describe('View Transitions', () => {
 		await expect(cnt).toHaveText('B1');
 	});
 
+	test('Vite styles keep HMR after returning to a route', async ({ page, astro }) => {
+		const expectLoads = collectLoads(page);
+		await page.goto(astro.resolveUrl('/one'));
+		await page.click('#click-svelte-styles');
+
+		const nestedMessage = page.locator('.nested-message');
+		const pageTitle = page.locator('#island-one');
+		await expect(nestedMessage).toHaveCSS('background-color', 'rgb(128, 0, 0)');
+		await expect(pageTitle).toHaveCSS('color', 'rgb(0, 0, 255)');
+
+		const nestedSvelteStyles = page.locator('style[data-vite-dev-id*="SvelteMessage.svelte"]');
+		const cssStyles = page.locator('style[data-vite-dev-id*="client-router-hmr.css"]');
+		await expect(nestedSvelteStyles).toHaveCount(1);
+		await expect(cssStyles).toHaveCount(1);
+		const nestedSvelteStyle = nestedSvelteStyles.first();
+		const cssStyle = cssStyles.first();
+		await nestedSvelteStyle.evaluate((element) => (element.dataset.hmrStyle = 'nested-svelte'));
+		await cssStyle.evaluate((element) => (element.dataset.hmrStyle = 'css'));
+
+		await page.click('#click-away');
+		await expect(page.locator('#one')).toHaveText('Page 1');
+		await page.goBack();
+		await expect(pageTitle).toBeVisible();
+
+		await expect(page.locator('style[data-hmr-style="nested-svelte"]')).toHaveCount(1);
+		await expect(page.locator('style[data-hmr-style="css"]')).toHaveCount(1);
+
+		await astro.editFile('./src/components/SvelteMessage.svelte', (contents) =>
+			contents.replace('background-color: maroon', 'background-color: navy'),
+		);
+		await expect(nestedMessage).toHaveCSS('background-color', 'rgb(0, 0, 128)');
+
+		await astro.editFile('./src/components/client-router-hmr.css', (contents) =>
+			contents.replace('color: blue', 'color: red'),
+		);
+		await expect(pageTitle).toHaveCSS('color', 'rgb(255, 0, 0)');
+		await expectLoads(1);
+	});
+
+	test('Vite style nodes receive updated contents during head swaps', async ({ page, astro }) => {
+		const expectLoads = collectLoads(page);
+		await page.goto(astro.resolveUrl('/island-svelte-one'));
+
+		const cssStyle = page.locator('style[data-vite-dev-id*="client-router-hmr.css"]');
+		await expect(cssStyle).toHaveCount(1);
+		await cssStyle.evaluate((element) => (element.dataset.hmrStyle = 'css'));
+		await page.evaluate(() => {
+			document.addEventListener(
+				'astro:before-swap',
+				(event) => {
+					const incomingStyle = event.newDocument.querySelector<HTMLStyleElement>(
+						'style[data-vite-dev-id*="client-router-hmr.css"]',
+					);
+					if (incomingStyle) incomingStyle.textContent += '#island-two { color: red; }';
+				},
+				{ once: true },
+			);
+		});
+
+		await page.click('#click-two');
+		await expect(page.locator('#island-two')).toHaveCSS('color', 'rgb(255, 0, 0)');
+		await expect(page.locator('style[data-hmr-style="css"]')).toHaveCount(1);
+		await expectLoads(1);
+	});
+
 	test('Vue Islands can persist using transition:persist', async ({ page, astro }) => {
 		// Go to page 1
 		await page.goto(astro.resolveUrl('/island-vue-one'));
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/transitions/swap-functions.ts b/packages/astro/src/transitions/swap-functions.ts
index b07a4b71d848..2f883afb3057 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/transitions/swap-functions.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/transitions/swap-functions.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,37 @@ const PERSIST_ATTR = 'data-astro-transition-persist';
 
 const NON_OVERRIDABLE_ASTRO_ATTRS = ['data-astro-transition', 'data-astro-transition-fallback'];
 
-const knownVueScopedStyles = new Map<string, HTMLStyleElement>();
+// Vite's CSS HMR runtime keeps references to the style nodes it injects, so preserve
+// those nodes across ClientRouter head swaps. https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/17612
+const viteStyleState = import.meta.env.DEV
+	? (() => {
+			const styles = new Map<string, HTMLStyleElement>();
+			let observer: MutationObserver | undefined;
+			return {
+				styles,
+				observe() {
+					if (observer) return;
+					observer = new MutationObserver((records) => {
+						for (const record of records) {
+							for (const node of record.addedNodes) {
+								if (!(node instanceof HTMLStyleElement)) continue;
+								const viteDevId = node.dataset.viteDevId;
+								if (!viteDevId) continue;
+								const knownStyle = styles.get(viteDevId);
+								if (node === knownStyle) continue;
+
+								// ClientRouter appends the fetched style before Vite injects the node
+								// registered for HMR. Replace it and track Vite's node instead.
+								knownStyle?.remove();
+								styles.set(viteDevId, node);
+							}
+						}
+					});
+					observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });
+				},
+			};
+		})()
+	: undefined;
 
 const scriptsAlreadyRan = new Set<string>();
 export function detectScriptExecuted(script: HTMLScriptElement) {
@@ -75,9 +105,8 @@ export function swapHeadElements(doc: Document) {
 			newEl.remove();
 		} else {
 			if (import.meta.env.DEV && el instanceof HTMLStyleElement) {
-				// In DEV mode, keep updated Vue scoped styles for later reuse
-				const viteDevId = vueScopedStyleId(el);
-				viteDevId && knownVueScopedStyles.set(viteDevId, el);
+				const viteDevId = el.dataset.viteDevId;
+				viteDevId && viteStyleState?.styles.set(viteDevId, el);
 			}
 			// If the element does not exist in the new document, remove the element from current the head.
 			el.remove();
@@ -90,9 +119,23 @@ export function swapHeadElements(doc: Document) {
 
 	// Everything left in the new head is new, append it all.
 	if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
-		// In DEV mode, replace known Vue scoped styles with the versions we remembered
 		relevantNodes(doc.head).forEach((child) => {
-			document.head.append(knownVueScopedStyles.get((child as any).dataset?.viteDevId) || child);
+			const viteDevId = child instanceof HTMLStyleElement && child.dataset.viteDevId;
+			const knownStyle = viteDevId && viteStyleState?.styles.get(viteDevId);
+			if (knownStyle) {
+				// Generated styles such as UnoCSS can keep the same Vite ID while their CSS changes
+				// between routes, so copy the incoming CSS into the style element Vite uses for HMR.
+				// https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/16242
+				// Vue scoped styles are excluded because their content may be transformed in the browser.
+				if (!vueScopedStyleId(knownStyle)) knownStyle.textContent = child.textContent;
+				document.head.append(knownStyle);
+			} else {
+				if (viteDevId) {
+					viteStyleState?.styles.set(viteDevId, child);
+					viteStyleState?.observe();
+				}
+				document.head.append(child);
+			}
 		});
 	} else {
 		document.head.append(...relevantNodes(doc.head));
@@ -252,14 +295,8 @@ const persistedHeadElement = (el: HTMLElement, newDoc: Document): Element | null
 		const href = el.getAttribute('href');
 		return newDoc.head.querySelector(`link[rel=stylesheet][href="${href}"]`);
 	}
-	// In dev mode, Vite injects <style data-vite-dev-id="..."> elements whose
-	// textContent may later be transformed (especially Vue's `:deep()` → `[data-v-xxx]`).
-	// Match these by their stable dev ID so the already-transformed style is preserved
-	// across ClientRouter soft navigations instead of being replaced by the raw version.
-	// There are other ids that can't be preserved and need a refresh, like Uno's /__uno.css,
-	// which keeps the same id, but with different contents.
-	// To avoid enumerating all exceptions, we only apply the auto-persist logic to elements
-	// that look like Vue's dev styles.
+	// Vue scoped CSS may be transformed in the browser, so preserve its current contents
+	// across ClientRouter navigations. https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/16379
 	if (import.meta.env.DEV && el instanceof HTMLStyleElement) {
 		const viteDevId = vueScopedStyleId(el);
 		if (viteDevId) {