diff --git a/__tests__/unit/client/theme-default/composables/langs.test.ts b/__tests__/unit/client/theme-default/composables/langs.test.ts
index cf9760c1..39fe021c 100644
--- a/__tests__/unit/client/theme-default/composables/langs.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/unit/client/theme-default/composables/langs.test.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,34 @@ import type { Route, VitePressData } from 'vitepress'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
 import { ref } from 'vue'
 
-function createData(
-  themeConfig: DefaultTheme.Config,
-  relativePath = 'guide/getting-started.md',
-  cleanUrls = false,
-  hash = '#install'
+// `currentPage` is the current page's relative path (like
+// `route.data.relativePath`, but with a leading slash), plus any query and
+// hash of the current URL.
+function resolve(
+  currentPage: string,
+  {
+    themeConfig = {},
+    cleanUrls = false,
+    targetLocale = 'fr',
+    targetLocaleLink = '/fr/',
+    currentLocaleLink = '/',
+    linkToCorrespondingPage = true
+  }: {
+    themeConfig?: DefaultTheme.Config
+    cleanUrls?: boolean
+    targetLocale?: string
+    targetLocaleLink?: string
+    currentLocaleLink?: string
+    linkToCorrespondingPage?: boolean
+  } = {}
 ) {
-  return {
+  const { pathname, search, hash } = new URL(currentPage, 'http://a.com')
+  const route = {
+    data: { relativePath: pathname.slice(1) },
+    query: search,
+    hash
+  } as Route
+  const data = {
     site: ref({
       cleanUrls,
       locales: {
@@ -18,61 +39,108 @@ function createData(
       },
       themeConfig
     }),
-    page: ref({ relativePath }),
-    theme: ref(themeConfig),
-    hash: ref(hash)
+    theme: ref(themeConfig)
   } as unknown as VitePressData<DefaultTheme.Config>
-}
 
-function createRoute(query = '', hash = '#install') {
-  return {
-    query,
-    hash
-  } as unknown as Route
+  return resolveLocaleLink(data, route, {
+    targetLocale,
+    targetLocaleLink,
+    currentLocaleLink,
+    linkToCorrespondingPage
+  })
 }
 
 describe('client/theme-default/composables/langs', () => {
-  test('resolves corresponding links with the default router', () => {
-    expect(
-      resolveLocaleLink(createData({}), createRoute(), 'fr', '/fr/', '/', true)
-    ).toBe('/fr/guide/getting-started.html#install')
-  })
-
-  test('resolves clean index links with the default router', () => {
-    expect(
-      resolveLocaleLink(
-        createData({}, 'en/guide/index.md', true, '#intro'),
-        createRoute('?query', '#intro'),
-        'fr',
-        '/fr/',
-        '/en/',
-        true
-      )
-    ).toBe('/fr/guide/?query#intro')
-  })
+  describe('resolveLocaleLink', () => {
+    describe('locale home links (linkToCorrespondingPage: false)', () => {
+      test('links to the target locale home', () => {
+        expect(
+          resolve('/guide/getting-started.md', {
+            linkToCorrespondingPage: false
+          })
+        ).toBe('/fr/')
+      })
 
-  test('keeps locale root links when i18n routing is disabled', () => {
-    expect(
-      resolveLocaleLink(
-        createData({ i18nRouting: false }),
-        createRoute(),
-        'fr',
-        '/fr/',
-        '/',
-        true
-      )
-    ).toBe('/fr/#install')
-  })
+      test('preserves query and hash', () => {
+        expect(
+          resolve('/guide/getting-started.md?a=1#install', {
+            linkToCorrespondingPage: false
+          })
+        ).toBe('/fr/?a=1#install')
+      })
 
-  test('uses custom i18n routing functions for corresponding links', () => {
-    const data = createData({
-      i18nRouting(data, hash, targetLocale) {
-        return `${data.site.value.locales[targetLocale].link}mapped/${data.page.value.relativePath}${hash}`
-      }
+      test('ignores custom i18n routing functions', () => {
+        expect(
+          resolve('/guide/getting-started.md', {
+            linkToCorrespondingPage: false,
+            themeConfig: { i18nRouting: () => '/custom/' }
+          })
+        ).toBe('/fr/')
+      })
     })
 
-    expect(
-      resolveLocaleLink(data, createRoute(), 'fr', '/fr/', '/', true)
-    ).toBe('/fr/mapped/guide/getting-started.md#install')
+    describe('corresponding page links (linkToCorrespondingPage: true)', () => {
+      test('rewrites the current page path into the target locale', () => {
+        expect(resolve('/guide/getting-started.md#install')).toBe(
+          '/fr/guide/getting-started.html#install'
+        )
+      })
+
+      test('drops the .html extension when clean URLs are enabled', () => {
+        expect(
+          resolve('/guide/getting-started.md#install', { cleanUrls: true })
+        ).toBe('/fr/guide/getting-started#install')
+      })
+
+      test('resolves index pages to directory links', () => {
+        expect(resolve('/guide/index.md')).toBe('/fr/guide/')
+        expect(resolve('/guide/index.md', { cleanUrls: true })).toBe(
+          '/fr/guide/'
+        )
+      })
+
+      test('resolves the site root page to the target locale home', () => {
+        expect(resolve('/index.md')).toBe('/fr/')
+      })
+
+      test('strips the current locale prefix before rewriting', () => {
+        expect(
+          resolve('/en/guide/index.md?query#intro', {
+            currentLocaleLink: '/en/',
+            cleanUrls: true
+          })
+        ).toBe('/fr/guide/?query#intro')
+      })
+
+      test('rewrites into the root locale', () => {
+        expect(
+          resolve('/fr/guide/getting-started.md#install', {
+            targetLocale: 'root',
+            targetLocaleLink: '/',
+            currentLocaleLink: '/fr/'
+          })
+        ).toBe('/guide/getting-started.html#install')
+      })
+
+      test('links to the target locale home when i18n routing is disabled', () => {
+        expect(
+          resolve('/guide/getting-started.md#install', {
+            themeConfig: { i18nRouting: false }
+          })
+        ).toBe('/fr/#install')
+      })
+
+      test('delegates to custom i18n routing functions', () => {
+        expect(
+          resolve('/guide/getting-started.md#install', {
+            themeConfig: {
+              i18nRouting(data, route, targetLocale) {
+                return `${data.site.value.locales[targetLocale].link}mapped/${route.data.relativePath}${route.hash}`
+              }
+            }
+          })
+        ).toBe('/fr/mapped/guide/getting-started.md#install')
+      })
+    })
   })
 })
diff --git a/__tests__/unit/client/theme-default/support/sidebar.test.ts b/__tests__/unit/client/theme-default/support/sidebar.test.ts
index 7232757c..c5a4d44f 100644
--- a/__tests__/unit/client/theme-default/support/sidebar.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/unit/client/theme-default/support/sidebar.test.ts
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ describe('client/theme-default/support/sidebar', () => {
         ]
       }
 
-      expect(hasActiveLink('active-1', item)).toBe(true)
-      expect(hasActiveLink('inactive', item)).toBe(false)
+      expect(hasActiveLink('active-1', '', item)).toBe(true)
+      expect(hasActiveLink('inactive', '', item)).toBe(false)
     })
 
     test('checks `SidebarItem[]`', () => {
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ describe('client/theme-default/support/sidebar', () => {
         }
       ]
 
-      expect(hasActiveLink('active-1', item)).toBe(true)
-      expect(hasActiveLink('active-3', item)).toBe(true)
-      expect(hasActiveLink('inactive', item)).toBe(false)
+      expect(hasActiveLink('active-1', '', item)).toBe(true)
+      expect(hasActiveLink('active-3', '', item)).toBe(true)
+      expect(hasActiveLink('inactive', '', item)).toBe(false)
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/docs/en/reference/default-theme-config.md b/docs/en/reference/default-theme-config.md
index cc4ffd0e..02c221ec 100644
--- a/docs/en/reference/default-theme-config.md
+++ b/docs/en/reference/default-theme-config.md
@@ -25,23 +25,23 @@ export default {
 
 ## i18nRouting
 
-- Type: `boolean | ((data: VitePressData<DefaultTheme.Config>, hash: string, targetLocale: string) => string)`
+- Type: `boolean | ((data: VitePressData<DefaultTheme.Config>, route: Route, targetLocale: string) => string)`
 
 Changing locale to say `zh` will change the URL from `/foo` (or `/en/foo/`) to `/zh/foo`. You can disable this behavior by setting `themeConfig.i18nRouting` to `false`.
 
-Set `themeConfig.i18nRouting` to a function to customize the locale link. The function receives the current VitePress data, the current hash, and the target locale key, and returns the target link.
+Set `themeConfig.i18nRouting` to a function to customize the locale link. The function receives the current VitePress data, the current route, and the target locale key, and returns the target link.
 
 ```ts
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'
 
 export default defineConfig({
   themeConfig: {
-    i18nRouting(data, hash, targetLocale) {
+    i18nRouting(data, route, targetLocale) {
       const target = data.site.value.locales[targetLocale]
       const targetLink =
         target.link || (targetLocale === 'root' ? '/' : `/${targetLocale}/`)
 
-      return `${targetLink}${data.page.value.relativePath.replace(/\.md$/, '')}${hash}`
+      return `${targetLink}${route.data.relativePath.replace(/\.md$/, '')}${route.hash}`
     }
   }
 })
diff --git a/docs/ru/reference/default-theme-config.md b/docs/ru/reference/default-theme-config.md
index 796b5bb4..afd17954 100644
--- a/docs/ru/reference/default-theme-config.md
+++ b/docs/ru/reference/default-theme-config.md
@@ -25,23 +25,23 @@ export default {
 
 ## i18nRouting
 
-- Тип: `boolean | ((data: VitePressData<DefaultTheme.Config>, hash: string, targetLocale: string) => string)`
+- Тип: `boolean | ((data: VitePressData<DefaultTheme.Config>, route: Route, targetLocale: string) => string)`
 
 При смене локали на `ru` URL изменится с `/foo` (или `/en/foo/`) на `/ru/foo`. Вы можете отключить это поведение, установив для параметра `themeConfig.i18nRouting` значение `false`.
 
-Установите для `themeConfig.i18nRouting` функцию, чтобы настроить ссылки для переключения локали. Эта функция получает текущие данные VitePress, текущий хеш и ключ целевой локали, а затем возвращает ссылку для перехода на неё.
+Установите для `themeConfig.i18nRouting` функцию, чтобы настроить ссылку локали. Эта функция получает текущие данные VitePress, текущий маршрут и ключ целевой локали, а затем возвращает целевую ссылку.
 
 ```ts
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress'
 
 export default defineConfig({
   themeConfig: {
-    i18nRouting(data, hash, targetLocale) {
+    i18nRouting(data, route, targetLocale) {
       const target = data.site.value.locales[targetLocale]
       const targetLink =
         target.link || (targetLocale === 'root' ? '/' : `/${targetLocale}/`)
 
-      return `${targetLink}${data.page.value.relativePath.replace(/\.md$/, '')}${hash}`
+      return `${targetLink}${route.data.relativePath.replace(/\.md$/, '')}${route.hash}`
     }
   }
 })
diff --git a/src/client/app/components/Content.ts b/src/client/app/components/Content.ts
index 12456451..d21ed2aa 100644
--- a/src/client/app/components/Content.ts
+++ b/src/client/app/components/Content.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export const Content = defineComponent({
     as: { type: [Object, String], default: 'div' }
   },
   setup(props) {
-    const route = useRoute()
     const { frontmatter, site } = useData()
+    const route = useRoute()
     watch(frontmatter, runCbs, { deep: true, flush: 'post' })
     return () =>
       h(
diff --git a/src/client/app/composables/head.ts b/src/client/app/composables/head.ts
index 13fb9bb0..2b63d5cf 100644
--- a/src/client/app/composables/head.ts
+++ b/src/client/app/composables/head.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import {
   createTitle,
   mergeHead,
   type HeadConfig,
+  type Route,
   type SiteData
 } from '../../shared'
-import type { Route } from '../router'
 
 export function useUpdateHead(route: Route, siteDataByRouteRef: Ref<SiteData>) {
   let isFirstUpdate = true
diff --git a/src/client/app/data.ts b/src/client/app/data.ts
index 89297dba..c612dbb7 100644
--- a/src/client/app/data.ts
+++ b/src/client/app/data.ts
@@ -6,19 +6,17 @@ import {
   readonly,
   ref,
   shallowRef,
-  watch,
   type InjectionKey,
   type Ref
 } from 'vue'
 import {
   APPEARANCE_KEY,
   createTitle,
-  inBrowser,
   resolveSiteDataByRoute,
+  type Route,
   type SiteData,
   type VitePressData
 } from '../shared'
-import type { Route } from './router'
 
 export const dataSymbol: InjectionKey<VitePressData> = Symbol()
 export type { VitePressData } from '../shared'
@@ -48,21 +46,6 @@ export function initData(route: Route): VitePressData {
             })
           : ref(false)
 
-  const hashRef = ref(inBrowser ? location.hash : '')
-
-  if (inBrowser) {
-    window.addEventListener('hashchange', () => {
-      hashRef.value = location.hash
-    })
-  }
-
-  watch(
-    () => route.data,
-    () => {
-      hashRef.value = inBrowser ? location.hash : ''
-    }
-  )
-
   return {
     site,
     theme: computed(() => site.value.themeConfig),
@@ -76,8 +59,7 @@ export function initData(route: Route): VitePressData {
     description: computed(
       () => route.data.description || site.value.description
     ),
-    isDark,
-    hash: computed(() => hashRef.value)
+    isDark
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/app/router.ts b/src/client/app/router.ts
index 5d3d86f1..818f46fb 100644
--- a/src/client/app/router.ts
+++ b/src/client/app/router.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 import type { Component, InjectionKey } from 'vue'
 import { inject, markRaw, nextTick, reactive, readonly } from 'vue'
-import type { Awaitable, PageData, PageDataPayload } from '../shared'
+import type { Awaitable, PageData, PageDataPayload, Route } from '../shared'
 import { notFoundPageData, treatAsHtml } from '../shared'
 import { siteDataRef } from './data'
 import { inBrowser, withBase } from './utils'
 
-export interface Route {
-  path: string
-  hash: string
-  query: string
-  data: PageData
-  component: Component | null
-}
-
 export interface Router {
   /**
    * Current route.
diff --git a/src/client/index.ts b/src/client/index.ts
index 47074c43..8b0bc15e 100644
--- a/src/client/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/index.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // so the user can do `import { useRoute, useData } from 'vitepress'`
 
 // generic types
-export type { Route, Router } from './app/router'
-export type { VitePressData } from './shared'
+export type { Router } from './app/router'
+export type { Route, VitePressData } from './shared'
 
 // theme types
 export type { EnhanceAppContext, Theme } from './app/theme'
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPCarbonAds.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPCarbonAds.vue
index b8fc77a2..ca034ccb 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPCarbonAds.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPCarbonAds.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import { useRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
 import { onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
 import { useAside } from '../composables/aside'
-import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 
-const { page } = useData()
+const route = useRoute()
 const props = defineProps<{
   carbonAds: DefaultTheme.CarbonAdsOptions
 }>()
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function init() {
   }
 }
 
-watch(() => page.value.relativePath, () => {
+watch(() => route.data.relativePath, () => {
   if (isInitialized && isAsideEnabled.value) {
     ;(window as any)._carbonads?.refresh()
   }
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPDoc.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPDoc.vue
index 4ac18bd9..b776502e 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPDoc.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPDoc.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import VPDocAside from './VPDocAside.vue'
 import VPDocFooter from './VPDocFooter.vue'
 
 const { theme } = useData()
-
 const route = useRoute()
 const { hasSidebar, hasAside, leftAside } = useLayout()
 
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPHomeContent.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPHomeContent.vue
index 3e026235..010b95fb 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPHomeContent.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPHomeContent.vue
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const { width: vw } = useWindowSize({
   <div
     class="vp-doc container"
     :style="vw ? { '--vp-offset': `calc(50% - ${vw / 2}px)` } : {}"
+    data-allow-mismatch="style"
   >
     <slot />
   </div>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalNavOutlineDropdown.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalNavOutlineDropdown.vue
index cf842baa..7aded0f9 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalNavOutlineDropdown.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLocalNavOutlineDropdown.vue
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ function scrollToTop() {
 
 <template>
   <div
+    ref="main"
     class="VPLocalNavOutlineDropdown"
     :style="{ '--vp-vh': vh + 'px' }"
-    ref="main"
+    data-allow-mismatch="style"
   >
     <button @click="toggle" :class="{ open }" v-if="headers.length > 0">
       <span class="menu-text">{{ resolveTitle(theme) }}</span>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPMenuLink.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPMenuLink.vue
index c98bf19c..78b0dea0 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPMenuLink.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPMenuLink.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup generic="T extends DefaultTheme.NavItemWithLink">
+import { useRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
 import { computed } from 'vue'
 import { isActive } from '../../shared'
-import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 import VPLink from './VPLink.vue'
 
 const props = defineProps<{
@@ -10,21 +10,22 @@ const props = defineProps<{
   rel?: string
 }>()
 
-const { page } = useData()
+const route = useRoute()
 
 const href = computed(() =>
   typeof props.item.link === 'function'
-    ? props.item.link(page.value)
+    ? props.item.link(route.data)
     : props.item.link
 )
 
-const isActiveLink = computed(() =>
-  isActive(
-    page.value.relativePath,
+const isActiveLink = computed(() => {
+  return isActive(
+    route.data.relativePath,
+    route.hash,
     props.item.activeMatch || href.value,
     !!props.item.activeMatch
   )
-)
+})
 
 defineOptions({ inheritAttrs: false })
 </script>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarExtra.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarExtra.vue
index 7201623b..1ddde9b9 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarExtra.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarExtra.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import VPSocialLinks from './VPSocialLinks.vue'
 import VPSwitchAppearance from './VPSwitchAppearance.vue'
 
 const { site, theme } = useData()
-const { localeLinks, currentLang } = useLangs({ correspondingLink: true })
+const { localeLinks, currentLang } = useLangs({
+  linkToCorrespondingPage: true
+})
 
 const hasExtraContent = computed(
   () =>
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ const hasExtraContent = computed(
           :hreflang="locale.lang"
           rel="alternate"
           :dir="locale.dir"
+          data-allow-mismatch="attribute"
         />
       </template>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarMenuGroup.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarMenuGroup.vue
index 4d014a49..61004f3f 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarMenuGroup.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarMenuGroup.vue
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import { useRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
 import { computed } from 'vue'
 import { isActive } from '../../shared'
-import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 import VPFlyout from './VPFlyout.vue'
 
 const props = defineProps<{
   item: DefaultTheme.NavItemWithChildren
 }>()
 
-const { page } = useData()
+const route = useRoute()
 
 const isActiveGroup = computed(() => {
   if (props.item.activeMatch) {
-    return isActive(page.value.relativePath, props.item.activeMatch, true)
+    return isActive(
+      route.data.relativePath,
+      route.hash,
+      props.item.activeMatch,
+      true
+    )
   }
   return isChildActive(props.item)
 })
@@ -24,11 +29,12 @@ function isChildActive(navItem: DefaultTheme.NavItem): boolean {
   if ('link' in navItem) {
     const href =
       typeof navItem.link === 'function'
-        ? navItem.link(page.value)
+        ? navItem.link(route.data)
         : navItem.link
 
     return isActive(
-      page.value.relativePath,
+      route.data.relativePath,
+      route.hash,
       navItem.activeMatch || href,
       !!navItem.activeMatch
     )
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarMenuLink.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarMenuLink.vue
index 5ba10729..62d5dcf2 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarMenuLink.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarMenuLink.vue
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import { useRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
 import { computed } from 'vue'
 import { isActive } from '../../shared'
-import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 import VPLink from './VPLink.vue'
 
 const props = defineProps<{
   item: DefaultTheme.NavItemWithLink
 }>()
 
-const { page } = useData()
+const route = useRoute()
 
 const href = computed(() =>
   typeof props.item.link === 'function'
-    ? props.item.link(page.value)
+    ? props.item.link(route.data)
     : props.item.link
 )
 
-const isActiveLink = computed(() =>
-  isActive(
-    page.value.relativePath,
+const isActiveLink = computed(() => {
+  return isActive(
+    route.data.relativePath,
+    route.hash,
     props.item.activeMatch || href.value,
     !!props.item.activeMatch
   )
-)
+})
 </script>
 
 <template>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarTranslations.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarTranslations.vue
index 8ceea108..6f7d7528 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarTranslations.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavBarTranslations.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import VPFlyout from './VPFlyout.vue'
 import VPMenuLink from './VPMenuLink.vue'
 
 const { theme } = useData()
-const { localeLinks, currentLang } = useLangs({ correspondingLink: true })
+const { localeLinks, currentLang } = useLangs({
+  linkToCorrespondingPage: true
+})
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ const { localeLinks, currentLang } = useLangs({ correspondingLink: true })
           :hreflang="locale.lang"
           rel="alternate"
           :dir="locale.dir"
+          data-allow-mismatch="attribute"
         />
       </template>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenMenuGroupLink.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenMenuGroupLink.vue
index 9a884e01..53932dff 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenMenuGroupLink.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenMenuGroupLink.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import { useRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
 import { computed, inject } from 'vue'
 import { isActive } from '../../shared'
-import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 import { navInjectionKey } from '../composables/nav'
 import VPLink from './VPLink.vue'
 
@@ -10,21 +10,22 @@ const props = defineProps<{
   item: DefaultTheme.NavItemWithLink
 }>()
 
-const { page } = useData()
+const route = useRoute()
 
 const href = computed(() =>
   typeof props.item.link === 'function'
-    ? props.item.link(page.value)
+    ? props.item.link(route.data)
     : props.item.link
 )
 
-const isActiveLink = computed(() =>
-  isActive(
-    page.value.relativePath,
+const isActiveLink = computed(() => {
+  return isActive(
+    route.data.relativePath,
+    route.hash,
     props.item.activeMatch || href.value,
     !!props.item.activeMatch
   )
-)
+})
 
 const { closeScreen } = inject(navInjectionKey)!
 </script>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenMenuLink.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenMenuLink.vue
index 9684cf78..c6b6bacf 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenMenuLink.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenMenuLink.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import { useRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
 import { computed, inject } from 'vue'
 import { isActive } from '../../shared'
-import { useData } from '../composables/data'
 import { navInjectionKey } from '../composables/nav'
 import VPLink from './VPLink.vue'
 
@@ -10,21 +10,22 @@ const props = defineProps<{
   item: DefaultTheme.NavItemWithLink
 }>()
 
-const { page } = useData()
+const route = useRoute()
 
 const href = computed(() =>
   typeof props.item.link === 'function'
-    ? props.item.link(page.value)
+    ? props.item.link(route.data)
     : props.item.link
 )
 
-const isActiveLink = computed(() =>
-  isActive(
-    page.value.relativePath,
+const isActiveLink = computed(() => {
+  return isActive(
+    route.data.relativePath,
+    route.hash,
     props.item.activeMatch || href.value,
     !!props.item.activeMatch
   )
-)
+})
 
 const { closeScreen } = inject(navInjectionKey)!
 </script>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenTranslations.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenTranslations.vue
index 108ac60c..c81b33ce 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenTranslations.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPNavScreenTranslations.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import { ref } from 'vue'
 import { useLangs } from '../composables/langs'
 import VPLink from './VPLink.vue'
 
-const { localeLinks, currentLang } = useLangs({ correspondingLink: true })
+const { localeLinks, currentLang } = useLangs({
+  linkToCorrespondingPage: true
+})
 const isOpen = ref(false)
 
 function toggle() {
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ function toggle() {
           :hreflang="locale.lang"
           rel="alternate"
           :dir="locale.dir"
+          data-allow-mismatch="attribute"
         >
           {{ locale.text }}
         </VPLink>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/composables/flyout.ts b/src/client/theme-default/composables/flyout.ts
index 9b10a704..5f80e93f 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/composables/flyout.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/composables/flyout.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import { inBrowser } from 'vitepress'
 import { onUnmounted, readonly, type Ref, ref, watch } from 'vue'
-import { inBrowser } from '../../shared'
 
 interface UseFlyoutOptions {
   el: Ref<HTMLElement | undefined>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/composables/langs.ts b/src/client/theme-default/composables/langs.ts
index e13d5b69..64ca65ce 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/composables/langs.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/composables/langs.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
-import { computed } from 'vue'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
-import type { VitePressData } from '../../app/data'
-import { useRoute, type Route } from '../../app/router'
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+import { useRoute } from '../../app/router'
+import type { Route, VitePressData } from '../../shared'
 import { ensureStartingSlash } from '../support/utils'
 import { useData } from './data'
 
-export function useLangs({ correspondingLink = false } = {}) {
+export function useLangs({
+  linkToCorrespondingPage = false
+}: {
+  /**
+   * Link each entry of the translations menu to the current page's
+   * equivalent in that locale (resolved by `resolveLocaleLink`) instead of
+   * that locale's home page.
+   */
+  linkToCorrespondingPage?: boolean
+} = {}) {
   const data = useData()
   const route = useRoute()
   const { site, localeIndex } = data
+
   const currentLang = computed(() => ({
     label: site.value.locales[localeIndex.value]?.label,
     link:
@@ -22,43 +32,64 @@ export function useLangs({ correspondingLink = false } = {}) {
         ? []
         : {
             text: value.label,
-            link: resolveLocaleLink(
-              data,
-              route,
-              key,
-              value.link || (key === 'root' ? '/' : `/${key}/`),
-              currentLang.value.link,
-              correspondingLink
-            ),
+            link: resolveLocaleLink(data, route, {
+              targetLocale: key,
+              targetLocaleLink:
+                value.link || (key === 'root' ? '/' : `/${key}/`),
+              currentLocaleLink: currentLang.value.link,
+              linkToCorrespondingPage
+            }),
             lang: value.lang,
             dir: value.dir
           }
     )
   )
 
-  return { localeLinks, currentLang }
+  return { currentLang, localeLinks }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolves the link used for switching from the current page to
+ * `targetLocale`. Without `linkToCorrespondingPage`, this is simply the home
+ * of the target locale. With it, the current page's path is rewritten into
+ * the target locale (honoring `cleanUrls`) — unless
+ * `themeConfig.i18nRouting` is `false` (the locale home is used instead) or
+ * a function (which then fully controls the resolution).
+ *
+ * The current query and hash are carried over, except when a custom
+ * `i18nRouting` function is used.
+ */
 export function resolveLocaleLink(
   data: VitePressData<DefaultTheme.Config>,
   route: Route,
-  targetLocale: string,
-  targetLink: string,
-  currentLink: string,
-  correspondingLink: boolean
+  {
+    targetLocale,
+    targetLocaleLink,
+    currentLocaleLink,
+    linkToCorrespondingPage
+  }: {
+    /** Key of the target locale in `site.locales`, e.g. `'fr'` or `'root'`. */
+    targetLocale: string
+    /** Home link of the target locale, e.g. `'/fr/'`. */
+    targetLocaleLink: string
+    /** Home link of the locale the current page is in, e.g. `'/'`. */
+    currentLocaleLink: string
+    /** Link to the current page's equivalent instead of the locale home. */
+    linkToCorrespondingPage: boolean
+  }
 ) {
-  const { site, page, theme } = data
+  const { site, theme } = data
   const i18nRouting = theme.value.i18nRouting
 
-  if (correspondingLink && typeof i18nRouting === 'function') {
-    return i18nRouting(data, route.hash, targetLocale)
+  if (linkToCorrespondingPage && typeof i18nRouting === 'function') {
+    return i18nRouting(data, route, targetLocale)
   }
 
   return (
     normalizeLink(
-      targetLink,
-      i18nRouting !== false && correspondingLink,
-      page.value.relativePath.slice(currentLink.length - 1),
+      targetLocaleLink,
+      i18nRouting !== false && linkToCorrespondingPage,
+      route.data.relativePath.slice(currentLocaleLink.length - 1),
       !site.value.cleanUrls
     ) +
     route.query +
@@ -67,17 +98,17 @@ export function resolveLocaleLink(
 }
 
 function normalizeLink(
-  link: string,
-  addPath: boolean,
-  path: string,
-  addExt: boolean
+  localeLink: string,
+  appendPagePath: boolean,
+  pagePath: string,
+  addHtmlExt: boolean
 ) {
-  return addPath
-    ? link.replace(/\/$/, '') +
+  return appendPagePath
+    ? localeLink.replace(/\/$/, '') +
         ensureStartingSlash(
-          path
+          pagePath
             .replace(/(^|\/)index\.md$/, '$1')
-            .replace(/\.md$/, addExt ? '.html' : '')
+            .replace(/\.md$/, addHtmlExt ? '.html' : '')
         )
-    : link
+    : localeLink
 }
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/composables/layout.ts b/src/client/theme-default/composables/layout.ts
index 37943eec..d6efb7ec 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/composables/layout.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/composables/layout.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ interface RegisterWatchersOptions {
 }
 
 export function registerWatchers({ closeSidebar }: RegisterWatchersOptions) {
-  const { frontmatter, page, theme } = useData()
+  const { theme, page, frontmatter } = useData()
 
   watch(
     () => [page.value.relativePath, theme.value.sidebar] as const,
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/composables/prev-next.ts b/src/client/theme-default/composables/prev-next.ts
index d04db435..258d9856 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/composables/prev-next.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/composables/prev-next.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 import { computed } from 'vue'
-import { isActive } from '../../shared'
+import { isActive, normalize } from '../../shared'
 import { getFlatSideBarLinks, getSidebar } from '../support/sidebar'
+import { uniqBy } from '../support/utils'
 import { useData } from './data'
 
 export function usePrevNext() {
-  const { page, theme, frontmatter } = useData()
+  const { theme, page, frontmatter } = useData()
 
-  return computed(() => {
+  return computed<{
+    prev?: { text?: string; link?: string; target?: string; rel?: string }
+    next?: { text?: string; link?: string; target?: string; rel?: string }
+  }>(() => {
     const sidebar = getSidebar(theme.value.sidebar, page.value.relativePath)
     const links = getFlatSideBarLinks(sidebar)
 
     // ignore inner-page links with hashes
-    const candidates = uniqBy(links, (link) => link.link.replace(/[?#].*$/, ''))
+    const candidates = uniqBy(links, (link) => normalize(link.link))
 
     const index = candidates.findIndex((link) => {
-      return isActive(page.value.relativePath, link.link)
+      return isActive(page.value.relativePath, '', link.link, false, true)
     })
 
     const hidePrev =
@@ -74,17 +78,6 @@ export function usePrevNext() {
                 ? frontmatter.value.next.rel
                 : undefined) ?? candidates[index + 1]?.rel
           }
-    } as {
-      prev?: { text?: string; link?: string; target?: string; rel?: string }
-      next?: { text?: string; link?: string; target?: string; rel?: string }
     }
   })
 }
-
-function uniqBy<T>(array: T[], keyFn: (item: T) => any): T[] {
-  const seen = new Set()
-  return array.filter((item) => {
-    const k = keyFn(item)
-    return seen.has(k) ? false : seen.add(k)
-  })
-}
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/composables/sidebar.ts b/src/client/theme-default/composables/sidebar.ts
index b693cc89..1b9df6bd 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/composables/sidebar.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/composables/sidebar.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
+import { useRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import type { DefaultTheme } from 'vitepress/theme'
 import {
   computed,
+  nextTick,
   onMounted,
   onUnmounted,
   ref,
   watch,
   watchEffect,
-  watchPostEffect,
   type ComputedRef
 } from 'vue'
 import { isActive } from '../../shared'
 import { hasActiveLink as containsActiveLink } from '../support/sidebar'
-import { useData } from './data'
 
 const isOpen = ref(false)
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function useSidebarControl() {
 export function useSidebarItemControl(
   item: ComputedRef<DefaultTheme.SidebarItem>
 ) {
-  const { page, hash } = useData()
+  const route = useRoute()
 
   const collapsed = ref(false)
 
@@ -81,22 +81,39 @@ export function useSidebarItemControl(
   })
 
   const isActiveLink = ref(false)
-  const updateIsActiveLink = () => {
-    isActiveLink.value = isActive(page.value.relativePath, item.value.link)
-  }
-
-  watch([page, item, hash], updateIsActiveLink)
-  onMounted(updateIsActiveLink)
-
-  const hasActiveLink = computed(() => {
+  const hasActiveLink = ref(false)
+
+  function updateActiveLink(): void {
+    if (item.value.link) {
+      isActiveLink.value = isActive(
+        route.data.relativePath,
+        route.hash,
+        item.value.link
+      )
+    } else {
+      isActiveLink.value = false
+    }
     if (isActiveLink.value) {
-      return true
+      hasActiveLink.value = true
+      nextTick(() => (collapsed.value = false))
+      return
+    }
+    if (!item.value.items) {
+      hasActiveLink.value = false
+      return
+    }
+    hasActiveLink.value = containsActiveLink(
+      route.data.relativePath,
+      route.hash,
+      item.value.items
+    )
+    if (hasActiveLink.value) {
+      nextTick(() => (collapsed.value = false))
     }
+  }
 
-    return item.value.items
-      ? containsActiveLink(page.value.relativePath, item.value.items)
-      : false
-  })
+  watch([item, route], updateActiveLink)
+  onMounted(updateActiveLink)
 
   const hasChildren = computed(() => {
     return !!(item.value.items && item.value.items.length)
@@ -106,11 +123,7 @@ export function useSidebarItemControl(
     collapsed.value = !!(collapsible.value && item.value.collapsed)
   })
 
-  watchPostEffect(() => {
-    ;(isActiveLink.value || hasActiveLink.value) && (collapsed.value = false)
-  })
-
-  function toggle() {
+  function toggle(): void {
     if (collapsible.value) {
       collapsed.value = !collapsed.value
     }
@@ -120,8 +133,8 @@ export function useSidebarItemControl(
     collapsed,
     collapsible,
     isLink,
-    isActiveLink,
-    hasActiveLink,
+    isActiveLink: isActiveLink as ComputedRef<boolean>,
+    hasActiveLink: hasActiveLink as ComputedRef<boolean>,
     hasChildren,
     toggle
   }
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/support/reactivity.ts b/src/client/theme-default/support/reactivity.ts
index 4fbcd9ad..57c8e39d 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/support/reactivity.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/support/reactivity.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import { type ComputedRef, computed } from 'vue'
+import { computed, type ComputedRef } from 'vue'
 
 export function smartComputed<T>(
   getter: () => T,
-  comparator = (oldValue: T, newValue: T) =>
-    JSON.stringify(oldValue) === JSON.stringify(newValue)
+  comparator = (newValue: T, oldValue: T) =>
+    JSON.stringify(newValue) === JSON.stringify(oldValue)
 ): ComputedRef<T> {
   return computed((oldValue) => {
     const newValue = getter()
-    return oldValue === undefined || !comparator(oldValue, newValue)
+    return oldValue === undefined || !comparator(newValue, oldValue)
       ? newValue
       : oldValue
   })
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/support/sidebar.ts b/src/client/theme-default/support/sidebar.ts
index 3660a674..68a99452 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/support/sidebar.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/support/sidebar.ts
@@ -99,17 +99,19 @@ export function getFlatSideBarLinks(sidebar: SidebarItem[]): SidebarLink[] {
  */
 export function hasActiveLink(
   path: string,
+  hash: string,
   items: SidebarItem | SidebarItem[]
 ): boolean {
   if (Array.isArray(items)) {
-    return items.some((item) => hasActiveLink(path, item))
+    return items.some((item) => hasActiveLink(path, hash, item))
   }
-
-  return isActive(path, items.link)
-    ? true
-    : items.items
-      ? hasActiveLink(path, items.items)
-      : false
+  if (items.link && isActive(path, hash, items.link)) {
+    return true
+  }
+  if (items.items) {
+    return hasActiveLink(path, hash, items.items)
+  }
+  return false
 }
 
 function addBase(items: SidebarItem[], _base?: string): SidebarItem[] {
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/support/utils.ts b/src/client/theme-default/support/utils.ts
index e7d713a9..6a2676a6 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/support/utils.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/support/utils.ts
@@ -58,3 +58,11 @@ export function normalizeLink(url: string): string {
 
   return withBase(normalizedPath)
 }
+
+export function uniqBy<T>(array: T[], keyFn: (item: T) => any): T[] {
+  const seen = new Set()
+  return array.filter((item) => {
+    const k = keyFn(item)
+    return seen.has(k) ? false : seen.add(k)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/shared.ts b/src/shared/shared.ts
index 59e1a31e..87635e1b 100644
--- a/src/shared/shared.ts
+++ b/src/shared/shared.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type {
   MarkdownEnv,
   PageData,
   PageDataPayload,
+  Route,
   SiteData,
   SSGContext,
   VitePressData
@@ -48,13 +49,11 @@ export const notFoundPageData: PageData = {
 
 export function isActive(
   currentPath: string,
-  matchPath?: string,
-  asRegex: boolean = false
+  currentHash: string,
+  matchPath: string,
+  asRegex: boolean = false,
+  skipHashCheck: boolean = false
 ): boolean {
-  if (matchPath === undefined) {
-    return false
-  }
-
   currentPath = normalize(`/${currentPath}`)
 
   if (asRegex) {
@@ -65,10 +64,14 @@ export function isActive(
     return false
   }
 
+  if (skipHashCheck) {
+    return true
+  }
+
   const hashMatch = matchPath.match(HASH_WITHOUT_FRAGMENT_RE)
 
   if (hashMatch) {
-    return (inBrowser ? location.hash : '') === hashMatch[0]
+    return currentHash === hashMatch[0]
   }
 
   return true
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ export function getLocaleForPath(
       (key) =>
         key !== 'root' &&
         !isExternal(key) &&
-        isActive(relativePath, `^/${key}/`, true)
+        isActive(relativePath, '', `^/${key}/`, true)
     ) || 'root'
   )
 }
diff --git a/types/default-theme.d.ts b/types/default-theme.d.ts
index 1d4f4f85..0b87539b 100644
--- a/types/default-theme.d.ts
+++ b/types/default-theme.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Options as _MiniSearchOptions } from 'minisearch'
 import type { DocSearchProps } from './docsearch.js'
 import type { LocalSearchTranslations } from './local-search.js'
-import type { Header, PageData, VitePressData } from './shared.js'
+import type { Header, PageData, Route, VitePressData } from './shared.js'
 
 export namespace DefaultTheme {
   export interface Config {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export namespace DefaultTheme {
 
   export type I18nRouting = (
     data: VitePressData<Config>,
-    hash: string,
+    route: Route,
     targetLocale: string
   ) => string
 
diff --git a/types/shared.d.ts b/types/shared.d.ts
index ab45c50a..d049f2e6 100644
--- a/types/shared.d.ts
+++ b/types/shared.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // types shared between server and client
 import type { UseDarkOptions } from '@vueuse/core'
-import type { Ref } from 'vue'
+import type { Component, Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { SSRContext } from 'vue/server-renderer'
 export type { DefaultTheme } from './default-theme.js'
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export interface SiteData<ThemeConfig = any> {
 
 export interface VitePressData<T = any> {
   /**
-   * Site-level metadata
+   * site-level metadata
    */
   site: Ref<SiteData<T>>
   /**
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export interface VitePressData<T = any> {
    */
   theme: Ref<T>
   /**
-   * Page-level metadata
+   * page-level metadata
    */
   page: Ref<PageData>
   /**
@@ -174,10 +174,14 @@ export interface VitePressData<T = any> {
   dir: Ref<string>
   localeIndex: Ref<string>
   isDark: Ref<boolean>
-  /**
-   * Current location hash
-   */
-  hash: Ref<string>
+}
+
+export interface Route {
+  path: string
+  hash: string
+  query: string
+  data: PageData
+  component: Component | null
 }
 
 export type HeadConfig =