From 6f5dd04a0040db09c3171afd9d5e39071db6069d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ashok Kaushik <56879395+kaushikashok45@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:45:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Fixes error thrown on use of select with no options
 (#18449)

Fixes #18445.
---
 .changeset/every-rabbits-rule.md                             | 5 +++++
 .../phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js    | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/every-rabbits-rule.md

diff --git a/.changeset/every-rabbits-rule.md b/.changeset/every-rabbits-rule.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e78df191a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/every-rabbits-rule.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: prevent malformed AST output for `<select>` with static `value` attribute
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
index f77af74f7e..38346e64b2 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export function is_static_element(node) {
 		}
 
 		if (
-			['input', 'textarea'].includes(node.name) &&
+			['input', 'textarea', 'select'].includes(node.name) &&
 			['value', 'checked'].includes(attribute.name)
 		) {
 			return false;