From 8bf2e667aefd33418d408e10223230752b58b17c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rich Harris <rich.harris@vercel.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 13:26:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] disable hydration

---
 .../client/visitors/RegularElement.js         |  9 ++++++-
 .../client/dom/elements/rich-option.js        | 26 +++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
index d5a31eb9d0..b457c19cb3 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
@@ -415,7 +415,14 @@ export function RegularElement(node, context) {
 		]);
 
 		child_state.init.push(
-			b.stmt(b.call('$.rich_option', b.arrow([], rich_fn_body), b.arrow([], text_fn_body)))
+			b.stmt(
+				b.call(
+					'$.rich_option',
+					context.state.node,
+					b.arrow([], rich_fn_body),
+					b.arrow([], text_fn_body)
+				)
+			)
 		);
 	} else {
 		/** @type {Expression} */
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/rich-option.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/rich-option.js
index bf2c761eee..11d546d5cd 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/rich-option.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/rich-option.js
@@ -1,16 +1,32 @@
-import { check_rich_option_support } from '../operations.js';
+import { hydrating, set_hydrating } from '../hydration.js';
+import { check_rich_option_support, create_text } from '../operations.js';
 
 /**
  * Handles rich HTML content inside `<option>` elements with browser-specific branching.
  * Modern browsers preserve HTML inside options, while older browsers strip it to text only.
  *
+ * @param {HTMLOptionElement} option The option element
  * @param {() => void} rich_fn Function to process rich HTML content (modern browsers)
  * @param {() => void} text_fn Function to process text-only content (legacy browsers)
  */
-export function rich_option(rich_fn, text_fn) {
-	if (check_rich_option_support()) {
+export function rich_option(option, rich_fn, text_fn) {
+	var dominated = !check_rich_option_support();
+	var was_hydrating = hydrating;
+
+	try {
+		// If the browser doesn't support rich options, disable hydration to avoid
+		// mismatches caused by the browser's parser mangling the server-rendered HTML
+		if (dominated && was_hydrating) {
+			set_hydrating(false);
+			// Clear the mangled content and add an anchor for mounting
+			option.textContent = '';
+			option.appendChild(create_text());
+		}
+
 		rich_fn();
-	} else {
-		text_fn();
+	} finally {
+		if (was_hydrating) {
+			set_hydrating(true);
+		}
 	}
 }