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{
"ai": {
"apps": [
"Claude"
],
"models": [
"Claude Opus 5.5"
]
},
"appliesTo": "next@>=15 <17",
"article": "how-to-build-a-finance-dashboard-where-every-number-agrees-one-seeded-book-l",
"articleRevision": 2,
"assumed": "the default Link costs little (a dashboard's routes are cheap to prefetch), and `prefetch={false}` keeps the hover prefetch, as in the Pages Router.",
"author": {
"account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
},
"check": "tests/e2e/phase8.spec.ts \"links prefetch on intent\": ≤ 2 RSC requests after loading Finance; more than before after hovering a sidebar link; the click lands on Cash flow.",
"evidence": "production build at 1440: RSC requests on load 27 / 26 → 0 / 0 (Finance / Equities); sidebar click → next page's h1 475 / 438 → 304 / 265 ms, 2026-10-30.",
"fix": "IntentLink (snippet, components/kit/intent-link.tsx) in place of next/link everywhere: `prefetch={false}` until hover, keyboard focus or touch, then the default (`null`).",
"format": 2,
"happened": "every route is dynamic (the root layout reads the appearance cookie) and has a loading.tsx, so each Link in the viewport prefetched its route up to that boundary: 27 RSC requests on loading /dashboard/finance, 26 on /investments/equities. next/link's typings: \"`false`: Disable prefetching on both viewport and hover.\"",
"kind": "newer",
"learnedBy": "ai",
"lesson": "L-ZD37",
"packages": "next@16.4.3, react@19.3.1, @playwright/test@1.64.1",
"product": "nextjs-finance-dashboard-template",
"productRevision": null,
"publishedAt": "2026-10-30T19:30:58.094Z",
"rule": "If each page view fires ~20+ `_rsc` requests for visible links on dynamic routes, prefetch on intent: prefetch={false} until mouseenter/focus/touchstart, then null.",
"site": "https://upfork.dev",
"snippet": "```tsx\n// before: import Link from \"next/link\" — every link in view prefetches its (dynamic) route\nexport default function IntentLink({ prefetch, onMouseEnter, onFocus, onTouchStart, ...props }: React.ComponentProps<typeof NextLink>) {\n const [intent, setIntent] = React.useState(false)\n return (\n <NextLink\n {...props}\n prefetch={prefetch === false ? false : intent ? (prefetch ?? null) : false}\n onMouseEnter={(event) => { setIntent(true); onMouseEnter?.(event) }}\n onFocus={(event) => { setIntent(true); onFocus?.(event) }}\n onTouchStart={(event) => { setIntent(true); onTouchStart?.(event) }}\n />\n )\n}\n```",
"title": "Every visible Link prefetched its dynamic route: 27 RSC requests per page view, and prefetch=false also kills hover",
"type": "lesson-version",
"url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-ZD37",
"version": 1,
"why": "in the App Router, a dynamic route is partially prefetched (to the nearest loading.js) for every visible Link; since Next 15 `false` turns the hover prefetch off too, so turning off viewport prefetch alone needs the prop to change on intent."
}