diff --git a/.changeset/tidy-pandas-hydrate.md b/.changeset/tidy-pandas-hydrate.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..944797a760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tidy-pandas-hydrate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: prevent hydration mismatch recovery from being intercepted by error boundaries
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/boundary.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/boundary.js
index fd6bbdf5b4..979d3e50b4 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/boundary.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/boundary.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /** @import { Effect, Source, TemplateNode, } from '#client' */
 import { BOUNDARY_EFFECT, EFFECT_PRESERVED, EFFECT_TRANSPARENT } from '#client/constants';
-import { HYDRATION_START_ELSE, HYDRATION_START_FAILED } from '../../../../constants.js';
+import {
+	HYDRATION_ERROR,
+	HYDRATION_START_ELSE,
+	HYDRATION_START_FAILED
+} from '../../../../constants.js';
 import { component_context, set_component_context } from '../../context.js';
 import { invoke_error_boundary } from '../../error-handling.js';
 import {
@@ -445,6 +449,10 @@ export class Boundary {
 
 	/** @param {unknown} error */
 	error(error) {
+		if (error === HYDRATION_ERROR) {
+			throw error;
+		}
+
 		// If we have nothing to capture the error, or if we hit an error while
 		// rendering the fallback, re-throw for another boundary to handle
 		if (!this.#props.onerror && !this.#props.failed) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/error-handling.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/error-handling.js
index a46281d36c..7c69f05dcc 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/error-handling.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/error-handling.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** @import { Derived, Effect } from '#client' */
 /** @import { Boundary } from './dom/blocks/boundary.js' */
 import { DEV } from 'esm-env';
-import { FILENAME } from '../../constants.js';
+import { FILENAME, HYDRATION_ERROR } from '../../constants.js';
 import { is_firefox } from './dom/operations.js';
 import {
 	ERROR_VALUE,
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ export function handle_error(error) {
  * @param {Effect | null} effect
  */
 export function invoke_error_boundary(error, effect) {
+	if (error === HYDRATION_ERROR) {
+		throw error;
+	}
+
 	if (effect !== null && (effect.f & DESTROYED) !== 0) {
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf22ff2c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	expect_hydration_error: true
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/_expected.html b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/_expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8286c59709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/_expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!----><p><p>Valid HTML fragment</p><!----></p><!---->
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b9cc0770e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/boundary-mismatch-recovery/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<svelte:boundary>
+	<p>{@html '<p>Valid HTML fragment</p>'}</p>
+
+	{#snippet failed()}
+		<p>boundary fallback</p>
+	{/snippet}
+</svelte:boundary>