diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-branch-commit-order/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-branch-commit-order/_config.js
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+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+const buttons =
+	'<button>a</button><button>b</button><button>resolve a1</button><button>resolve b1</button>';
+
+export default test({
+	async test({ assert, target }) {
+		await tick();
+		const [a, b, resolve_a1, resolve_b1] = target.querySelectorAll('button');
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<p>0</p><p>0</p>${buttons}`);
+
+		// batch A waits on its key; batch B registers its key right away
+		a.click();
+		await tick();
+		b.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<p>0</p><p>0</p>${buttons}`);
+
+		// the older batch commits first
+		resolve_a1.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<p>0</p><p>1</p>${buttons}`);
+
+		// the newer batch commits with its own branch
+		resolve_b1.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<p>1</p><p>B</p>${buttons}`);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-branch-commit-order/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-branch-commit-order/main.svelte
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+<script>
+	let a = $state(0);
+	let b = $state(0);
+	let pend = false;
+
+	const pending = new Map();
+
+	function delay(key, value) {
+		if (!pend) return value;
+		return new Promise((resolve) => pending.set(key, () => resolve(value)));
+	}
+
+	function resolve(key) {
+		pending.get(key)();
+		pending.delete(key);
+	}
+
+	const k = $derived(b === 0 ? await delay(`a${a}`, a) : 'B');
+</script>
+
+<p>{await delay(`b${b}`, b)}</p>
+
+{#key k}
+	<p>{k}</p>
+{/key}
+
+<button onclick={() => { pend = true; a = 1; }}>a</button>
+<button onclick={() => { pend = true; b = 1; }}>b</button>
+<button onclick={() => resolve('a1')}>resolve a1</button>
+<button onclick={() => resolve('b1')}>resolve b1</button>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-merge-blocking-pending/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-merge-blocking-pending/_config.js
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+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+const buttons =
+	'<button>X</button><button>Y</button><button>Z</button><button>W</button><button>resolve e</button><button>resolve x1</button>';
+
+export default test({
+	async test({ assert, target, logs }) {
+		await tick();
+		const [X, Y, Z, W, resolve_e, resolve_x1] = target.querySelectorAll('button');
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<p>n = 0</p><p>x = 0</p>${buttons}`);
+
+		// X is deferred on its own await
+		X.click();
+		await tick();
+		// Y is deferred on the await inside the new branch
+		Y.click();
+		await tick();
+		// Z hides that branch again, merges into Y, which merges into X
+		Z.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<p>n = 0</p><p>x = 0</p>${buttons}`);
+		assert.deepEqual(logs, ['delay x0', 'delay x1', 'delay e']);
+
+		// the branch's await resolves while it is hidden
+		resolve_e.click();
+		await tick();
+		// W shows the branch again and merges into X
+		W.click();
+		await tick();
+
+		// nothing is pending any more, so X commits
+		resolve_x1.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `<p>n = 4</p><p>x = 1</p><p>cond: e</p>${buttons}`);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-merge-blocking-pending/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-merge-blocking-pending/main.svelte
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+<script>
+	let n = $state(0);
+	let x = $state(0);
+	let cond = $state(false);
+	let pend = false;
+
+	const pending = new Map();
+
+	function delay(key, value) {
+		console.log(`delay ${key}`);
+		if (!pend) return value;
+		return new Promise((resolve) => pending.set(key, () => resolve(value)));
+	}
+
+	function resolve(key) {
+		pending.get(key)();
+		pending.delete(key);
+	}
+</script>
+
+<svelte:boundary>
+	<p>n = {n}</p>
+	<p>x = {await delay(`x${x}`, x)}</p>
+	{#if cond}
+		<p>cond: {await delay('e', 'e')}</p>
+	{/if}
+
+	{#snippet pending()}
+		<p>loading</p>
+	{/snippet}
+</svelte:boundary>
+
+<button onclick={() => { pend = true; n++; x = 1; }}>X</button>
+<button onclick={() => { n++; cond = true; }}>Y</button>
+<button onclick={() => { n++; cond = false; }}>Z</button>
+<button onclick={() => { n++; cond = true; }}>W</button>
+<button onclick={() => resolve('e')}>resolve e</button>
+<button onclick={() => resolve('x1')}>resolve x1</button>