Next/Link is prefetching the current page being viewed

[dannytlake]

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

https://github.com/dannytlake/next-prefetch-bug-current-route

To Reproduce

Start in production mode, view network tab.

• pnpm build && pnpm start
• visit http://localhost:3000
• open network tab
• Click on the Page2 link.
• Refresh the browser
• See the prefetch request to page2_rsc - this should not be occurring

Current vs. Expected behavior

Current: The Next/Link component is prefetching the current page being viewed, unnecessarily consuming network + cpu resources

Expected: The Next/Link component should not prefetch links pointing to the current page being viewed.

Provide environment information

Operating System:
  Platform: darwin
  Arch: arm64
  Version: Darwin Kernel Version 23.6.0: Mon Jul 29 21:14:30 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.141.2~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000
  Available memory (MB): 32768
  Available CPU cores: 10
Binaries:
  Node: 20.16.0
  npm: 10.8.2
  Yarn: 1.22.22
  pnpm: 8.15.9
Relevant Packages:
  next: 15.0.0-canary.171 // Latest available version is detected (15.0.0-canary.171).
  eslint-config-next: 14.2.7
  react: 19.0.0-beta-26f2496093-20240514
  react-dom: 19.0.0-beta-26f2496093-20240514
  typescript: 5.5.4
Next.js Config:

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

Navigation, Performance

Which stage(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

next start (local), Vercel (Deployed)

Additional context

This bug also occurs in next@14 (v14.2.13 at time of writing)

[samcx]

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