diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/async.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/async.js
index 24ff4793ea..a308868336 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/async.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/async.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /** @import { Effect, TemplateNode, Value } from '#client' */
-import { DESTROYED } from '#client/constants';
+import { DESTROYED, STALE_REACTION } from '#client/constants';
 import { DEV } from 'esm-env';
 import {
 	component_context,
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
index 5414dd2a54..91635bd5d2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/batch.js
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ let is_flushing = false;
 export let is_flushing_sync = false;
 
 export class Batch {
+	committed = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * The current values of any sources that are updated in this batch
 	 * They keys of this map are identical to `this.#previous`
@@ -399,6 +401,7 @@ export class Batch {
 			batch_values = previous_batch_values;
 		}
 
+		this.committed = true;
 		batches.delete(this);
 
 		this.#deferred?.resolve();
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
index 1989220abe..06ae0f6d7a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
@@ -127,7 +127,17 @@ export function async_derived(fn, location) {
 			// If this code is changed at some point, make sure to still access the then property
 			// of fn() to read any signals it might access, so that we track them as dependencies.
 			// We call `unset_context` to undo any `save` calls that happen inside `fn()`
-			Promise.resolve(fn()).then(d.resolve, d.reject).then(unset_context);
+			Promise.resolve(fn())
+				.then(d.resolve, d.reject)
+				.then(() => {
+					if (batch === current_batch && batch.committed) {
+						// if the batch was rejected as stale, we need to cleanup
+						// after any `$.save(...)` calls inside `fn()`
+						batch.deactivate();
+					}
+
+					unset_context();
+				});
 		} catch (error) {
 			d.reject(error);
 			unset_context();
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-resolve-stale/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-resolve-stale/_config.js
index 50bb414afc..c02abb59c6 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-resolve-stale/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-resolve-stale/_config.js
@@ -21,5 +21,9 @@ export default test({
 		input.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
 		await macrotask(6);
 		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, '<input> 3 | 12');
+		input.value = '';
+		input.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
+		await macrotask();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, '<input> 4 | ');
 	}
 });
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-resolve-stale/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-resolve-stale/main.svelte
index dc4a157928..2a36942ff2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-resolve-stale/main.svelte
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-resolve-stale/main.svelte
@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@
 <script>
 	let count = $state(0);
 	let value = $state('');
-	let prev;
 
-	function asd(v) {
-		const r = Promise.withResolvers();
+	let resolver;
 
-		if (prev || v === '') {
-			Promise.resolve().then(async () => {
-				count++;
-				r.resolve(v);
-				await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 0));
-				// TODO with a microtask like below it still throws a mutation error
-				// await Promise.resolve();
-				prev?.resolve();
-			});
-		} else {
-			prev = Promise.withResolvers();
-			prev.promise.then(() => {
-				count++;
-				r.resolve(v)
-			});
+	function asd(v) {		
+		let r = Promise.withResolvers();
+
+		function update_and_resolve(){
+			count++;
+			r.resolve(v);
 		}
 
+		// make sure the second promise resolve before the first one
+		if(resolver){
+			new Promise(r => {
+				setTimeout(r);
+			}).then(update_and_resolve).then(()=>{
+				setTimeout(()=>{
+					resolver();
+					resolver = null;
+				});
+			});
+		}else if(v){
+			resolver = update_and_resolve;
+		}else{
+			Promise.resolve().then(update_and_resolve);
+		}
 		return r.promise;
 	}