diff --git a/.changeset/floppy-bottles-open.md b/.changeset/floppy-bottles-open.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d74368ab168e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/floppy-bottles-open.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Improves Vue scoped style handling in DEV mode during client router navigation.
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/one.astro b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/one.astro
index 12e0db2cf538..eee063b6d416 100644
--- a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/one.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/one.astro
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import Layout from '../components/Layout.astro';
 	<a id="click-redirect" href="/redirect">redirect cross-origin</a>
 	<a id="click-404" href="/undefined-page">go to undefined page</a>
 	<a id="click-inline-module" href="/inline-module">go to inline module</a>
+	<a id="click-vue-scoped-styles" href="/island-vue-one">go to Vue scoped styles</a>
 	<custom-a id="custom-click-two">
 		<template shadowrootmode="open">
 			<a href="/two">go to 2</a>
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.js b/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.js
index 31e5afbdbf37..08752b7fce7c 100644
--- a/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.js
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ test.describe('View Transitions', () => {
 		await page.click('#click-redirect');
 		p = page.locator('#two');
 		await expect(p, 'should have content').toHaveText('Page 2');
-
+		
 		expect(consoleErrors.length, 'There should be no errors').toEqual(0);
 	});
 
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ test.describe('View Transitions', () => {
 		await expect(page.locator('#preload')).toHaveCount(1);
 	});
 
-	test('Styles with data-vite-dev-id persist through head swap', async ({ page, astro }) => {
+	test('Vue scoped styles persist through head swap', async ({ page, astro }) => {
 		await page.goto(astro.resolveUrl('/island-vue-one'));
 		let cnt = page.locator('.counter pre');
 		await expect(cnt).toHaveText('AA0');
@@ -1838,4 +1838,36 @@ test.describe('View Transitions', () => {
 			page.locator('[data-vite-dev-id*="VueCounter.vue?vue&type=style"][data-marker="this"]'),
 		).toHaveCount(1);
 	});
+
+	test('Vue scoped styles persist through head swap even if they had been removed by navigation', async ({
+		page,
+		astro,
+	}) => {
+		await page.goto(astro.resolveUrl('/one'));
+		let p = page.locator('#one');
+		await expect(p, 'should have content').toHaveText('Page 1');
+		await page.click('#click-vue-scoped-styles');
+
+		let cnt = page.locator('.counter pre');
+		await expect(cnt).toHaveText('AA0');
+		await page
+			.locator('[data-vite-dev-id*="VueCounter.vue?vue&type=style"]').last()
+			.evaluate((el) => (el.dataset.marker = 'this'), undefined);
+		await page.goBack();
+		p = page.locator('#one');
+		await expect(p, 'should have content').toHaveText('Page 1');
+		await expect(
+			page.locator('[data-vite-dev-id*="VueCounter.vue?vue&type=style"][data-marker="this"]'),
+		).toHaveCount(0);
+
+		
+		await page.click('#click-vue-scoped-styles');
+
+		cnt = page.locator('.counter pre');
+		await expect(cnt).toHaveText('AA0');
+		
+		await expect(
+			page.locator('[data-vite-dev-id*="VueCounter.vue?vue&type=style"][data-marker="this"]'),
+		).toHaveCount(1);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/transitions/swap-functions.ts b/packages/astro/src/transitions/swap-functions.ts
index e92e38090ed7..4956ee574ad2 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/transitions/swap-functions.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/transitions/swap-functions.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const PERSIST_ATTR = 'data-astro-transition-persist';
 
 const NON_OVERRIDABLE_ASTRO_ATTRS = ['data-astro-transition', 'data-astro-transition-fallback'];
 
+const knownVueScopedStyles = new Map<string, HTMLStyleElement>();
+
 const scriptsAlreadyRan = new Set<string>();
 export function detectScriptExecuted(script: HTMLScriptElement) {
 	const key = script.src ? new URL(script.src, location.href).href : script.textContent!;
@@ -61,13 +63,25 @@ export function swapHeadElements(doc: Document) {
 		if (newEl) {
 			newEl.remove();
 		} else {
-			// Otherwise, remove the element in the head. It doesn't exist in the new page.
+			if (import.meta.env.DEV && el instanceof HTMLStyleElement) {
+				// In DEV mode, keep updated Vue scoped styles for later reuse
+				const viteDevId = vueScopedStyleId(el);
+				viteDevId && knownVueScopedStyles.set(viteDevId, el);
+			}
+			// If the element does not exist in the new document, remove the element from current the head.
 			el.remove();
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Everything left in the new head is new, append it all.
-	document.head.append(...doc.head.children);
+	if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+		// In DEV mode, replace known Vue scoped styles with the versions we remembered
+		[...doc.head.children].forEach((child) => {
+			document.head.append(knownVueScopedStyles.get((child as any).dataset?.viteDevId) || child);
+		});
+	} else {
+		document.head.append(...doc.head.children);
+	}
 }
 
 export function swapBodyElement(newElement: Element, oldElement: Element) {
@@ -173,6 +187,17 @@ export const restoreFocus = ({ activeElement, start, end }: SavedFocus) => {
 	}
 };
 
+export const vueScopedStyleId = (el: HTMLStyleElement): string => {
+	const viteDevId = el.dataset.viteDevId || '';
+
+	const url = new URL(viteDevId, location.href);
+	return url.searchParams.get('vue') !== null &&
+		url.searchParams.get('type') === 'style' &&
+		url.searchParams.has('scoped')
+		? viteDevId
+		: '';
+};
+
 // Check for a head element that should persist and returns it,
 // either because it has the data attribute or because replacing it would cause avoidable FOUC.
 const persistedHeadElement = (el: HTMLElement, newDoc: Document): Element | null => {
@@ -190,12 +215,12 @@ const persistedHeadElement = (el: HTMLElement, newDoc: Document): Element | null
 	// Match these by their stable dev ID so the already-transformed style is preserved
 	// across ClientRouter soft navigations instead of being replaced by the raw version.
 	// There are other ids that can't be preserved and need a refresh, like Uno's /__uno.css,
-	// which keeps the id with different contents.
+	// which keeps the same id, but with different contents.
 	// To avoid enumerating all exceptions, we only apply the auto-persist logic to elements
 	// that look like Vue's dev styles.
-	if (import.meta.env.DEV && el.tagName === 'STYLE') {
-		const viteDevId = el.getAttribute('data-vite-dev-id');
-		if (/\?vue&type=style&.*lang.css$/.test(viteDevId || '')) {
+	if (import.meta.env.DEV && el instanceof HTMLStyleElement) {
+		const viteDevId = vueScopedStyleId(el);
+		if (viteDevId) {
 			return newDoc.head.querySelector(`style[data-vite-dev-id="${viteDevId}"]`);
 		}
 	}