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Navigation waits on prefetch

Clicking a Link while the target's segment-data prefetch is still in flight delays the URL change and loading.js, unlike 16.3.8.

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Link navigation stalls on in-flight prefetch instead of showing loading.js.

Is this your bug?

Where: App Router navigation
Versions: 16.4.3
Platforms: macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

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Link click never navigates during target's metadata-only prefetch1 person

Original reports2, newest first

Oct 30, 2026Soft navigation waits for the target's in-flight segment prefetch (page head) instead of showing loading.js (regression in 16.3.1-canary.16, still in 16.4.3)On GitHub#100968
Oct 30, 2026Soft navigation waits for the target's in-flight segment prefetch (page head) instead of showing loading.js (regression in 16.3.1-canary.16, still in 16.4.3)On GitHub#100967

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