diff --git a/.changeset/clean-bobcats-fail.md b/.changeset/clean-bobcats-fail.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00d8286bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-bobcats-fail.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: ensure $state.snapshot clones holey arrays correctly
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/clone.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/clone.js
index cef14bc14f..a388ea10fa 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/clone.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/clone.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function clone(value, cloned, path, paths, original = null) {
 		if (value instanceof Set) return /** @type {Snapshot<T>} */ (new Set(value));
 
 		if (is_array(value)) {
-			const copy = /** @type {Snapshot<any>} */ ([]);
+			const copy = /** @type {Snapshot<any>} */ (Array(value.length));
 			cloned.set(value, copy);
 
 			if (original !== null) {
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ function clone(value, cloned, path, paths, original = null) {
 			}
 
 			for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i += 1) {
-				copy.push(clone(value[i], cloned, DEV ? `${path}[${i}]` : path, paths));
+				if (value[i] !== undefined) {
+					copy[i] = clone(value[i], cloned, DEV ? `${path}[${i}]` : path, paths);
+				}
 			}
 
 			return copy;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-snapshot-array-holes/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-snapshot-array-holes/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..707c92118b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-snapshot-array-holes/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	html: `<div>false</div><div>true</div>`
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-snapshot-array-holes/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-snapshot-array-holes/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb5c116f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/state-snapshot-array-holes/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<script>
+	let arr = []
+	arr[5] = true
+
+	let state = $state([])
+	state[5] = true
+</script>
+
+<div>{2 in $state.snapshot(state)}</div>
+<div>{5 in $state.snapshot(state)}</div>