From 458050843a30646184d477b038bb6f7b30664b55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nic <162764842+Nic-Polumeyv@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 22:56:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] the fallback is visited with the expression, outside the
 block's scope

---
 packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
index 0d5c27b1e8..b5daf05a6a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/scope.js
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ export function create_scopes(ast, root, allow_reactive_declarations, parent) {
 
 		EachBlock(node, { state, visit }) {
 			visit(node.expression);
+			if (node.fallback) visit(node.fallback);
 
 			// context and children are a new scope
 			const scope = state.scope.child();
@@ -1278,7 +1279,6 @@ export function create_scopes(ast, root, allow_reactive_declarations, parent) {
 			for (const child of node.body.nodes) {
 				visit(child, { scope });
 			}
-			if (node.fallback) visit(node.fallback);
 
 			node.metadata = {
 				expression: new ExpressionMetadata(),