diff --git a/.changeset/khaki-wolves-return.md b/.changeset/khaki-wolves-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..312d8f838037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/khaki-wolves-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/cloudflare': patch
+---
+
+Fixes an issue where existing KV namespace bindings were silently removed when session support was enabled.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts
index c1c62efbe695..cb3ffbd1abca 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { AstroLogger } from '../core/logger/core.js';
 import type { AstroConfig } from '../types/public/config.js';
 import { getFileInfo } from '../vite-plugin-utils/index.js';
 import type { CompileMetadata } from './types.js';
-import { frontmatterRE } from './utils.js';
+import { frontmatterRE, replaceTopLevelReturns } from './utils.js';
 import type { SourceMapInput } from 'rollup';
 
 interface CompileAstroOption {
@@ -109,10 +109,8 @@ async function enhanceCompileError({
 	// If frontmatter is valid or cannot be parsed, then continue.
 	const scannedFrontmatter = frontmatterRE.exec(source);
 	if (scannedFrontmatter) {
-		// Top-level return is not supported, so replace `return` with throw
-		const frontmatter = scannedFrontmatter[1]
-			.replace(/\breturn\s*;/g, 'throw 0;')
-			.replace(/\breturn\b/g, 'throw ');
+		// Top-level return is not supported, so replace `return` with `throw`.
+		const frontmatter = replaceTopLevelReturns(scannedFrontmatter[1]);
 
 		// If frontmatter does not actually include the offending line, skip
 		if (lineText && !frontmatter.includes(lineText)) throw err;
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/utils.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/utils.ts
index f1a5923409dc..181a5eedad74 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/utils.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ import type { PluginContainer } from 'vite';
 
 export const frontmatterRE = /^---(.*?)^---/ms;
 
+// Matches tokens to skip (strings, template literals, comments) OR a top-level `return`.
+// The first alternative is preserved as-is; only the second is rewritten.
+// Negative lookbehind `(?<!\.)` prevents matching member accesses like `gen.return()`.
+const RETURN_REPLACE_RE =
+	/(\/\/[^\n]*|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/|`(?:[^`\\]|\\.)*`|"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"|'(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*')|(?<!\.)\breturn(\s*;|\b)/g;
+
+export function replaceTopLevelReturns(code: string): string {
+	return code.replace(RETURN_REPLACE_RE, (_match, skip: string | undefined, tail: string) => {
+		if (skip !== undefined) return skip;
+		return tail.trim() === ';' ? 'throw 0;' : 'throw ';
+	});
+}
+
 export async function loadId(pluginContainer: PluginContainer, id: string) {
 	const result = await pluginContainer.load(id, { ssr: true });
 
diff --git a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/esbuild-plugin-astro-frontmatter.ts b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/esbuild-plugin-astro-frontmatter.ts
index ef2c14a316ef..3f9805e68c21 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/esbuild-plugin-astro-frontmatter.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/src/esbuild-plugin-astro-frontmatter.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ import type { DepOptimizationConfig } from 'vite';
 
 const FRONTMATTER_RE = /^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---/;
 
+// Matches tokens to skip (strings, template literals, comments) OR a top-level `return`.
+// The first alternative is preserved as-is; only the second is rewritten.
+// Negative lookbehind `(?<!\.)` prevents matching member accesses like `gen.return()`.
+const RETURN_REPLACE_RE =
+	/(\/\/[^\n]*|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/|`(?:[^`\\]|\\.)*`|"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"|'(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*')|(?<!\.)\breturn(\s*;|\b)/g;
+
+function replaceTopLevelReturns(code: string): string {
+	return code.replace(RETURN_REPLACE_RE, (_match, skip: string | undefined, tail: string) => {
+		if (skip !== undefined) return skip;
+		return tail.trim() === ';' ? 'throw 0;' : 'throw ';
+	});
+}
+
 // Not exposed as a type from Vite, so need to grab this way.
 type ESBuildPlugin = NonNullable<
 	NonNullable<DepOptimizationConfig['esbuildOptions']>['plugins']
@@ -27,12 +40,7 @@ export function astroFrontmatterScanPlugin(): ESBuildPlugin {
 						// Replace `return` with `throw` to avoid esbuild's "Top-level return" error during scanning.
 						// This aligns with Astro's core compiler logic for frontmatter error handling.
 						// See: packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/compile.ts
-						//
-						// Known Limitation: Using regex /\breturn\b/ will incorrectly match
-						// identifiers like `$return` or aliases like `import { return as ret }`.
-						const contents = frontmatterMatch[1]
-							.replace(/\breturn\s*;/g, 'throw 0;')
-							.replace(/\breturn\b/g, 'throw ');
+						const contents = replaceTopLevelReturns(frontmatterMatch[1]);
 
 						// Append `export default {}` so that default imports of .astro files
 						// (e.g. `import MyComponent from './MyComponent.astro'`) resolve correctly