diff --git a/.changeset/orange-knives-smile.md b/.changeset/orange-knives-smile.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bdac0c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/orange-knives-smile.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/compiler': patch
+---
+
+Adds warnings indicating that the `data-astro-rerun` attribute can not be used on an external module `<script>` and that `data-astro-reload` is only supported on `<a>`, `<area>` and `<form>` elements.
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diff --git a/internal/loc/diagnostics.go b/internal/loc/diagnostics.go
index 83d3a0a1b..1715c7886 100644
--- a/internal/loc/diagnostics.go
+++ b/internal/loc/diagnostics.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const (
 	WARNING_CANNOT_DEFINE_VARS        DiagnosticCode = 2007
 	WARNING_INVALID_SPREAD            DiagnosticCode = 2008
 	WARNING_UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER      DiagnosticCode = 2009
+	WARNING_CANNOT_RERUN              DiagnosticCode = 2010
 	INFO                              DiagnosticCode = 3000
 	HINT                              DiagnosticCode = 4000
 )
diff --git a/internal/transform/transform.go b/internal/transform/transform.go
index 1070ce3dd..f83f554df 100644
--- a/internal/transform/transform.go
+++ b/internal/transform/transform.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 const TRANSITION_ANIMATE = "transition:animate"
 const TRANSITION_NAME = "transition:name"
 const TRANSITION_PERSIST = "transition:persist"
+const DATA_ASTRO_RELOAD = "data-astro-reload"
 const TRANSITION_PERSIST_PROPS = "transition:persist-props"
 
 type TransformOptions struct {
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ func Transform(doc *astro.Node, opts TransformOptions, h *handler.Handler) *astr
 	i := 0
 	walk(doc, func(n *astro.Node) {
 		i++
+		WarnAboutRerunOnExternalESMs(n, h)
+		WarnAboutMisplacedReload(n, h)
 		HintAboutImplicitInlineDirective(n, h)
 		ExtractScript(doc, n, &opts, h)
 		AddComponentProps(doc, n, &opts)
@@ -354,6 +357,55 @@ func collapseWhitespace(doc *astro.Node) {
 	})
 }
 
+func WarnAboutMisplacedReload(n *astro.Node, h *handler.Handler) {
+	if HasAttr(n, DATA_ASTRO_RELOAD) {
+		attr := &n.Attr[AttrIndex(n, DATA_ASTRO_RELOAD)]
+
+		/*
+		 * When set on <a>, <form> or <area>,
+		 * the data-astro-reload attribute replaces view transitions between pages with a full page loads.
+		 * The data-astro-reload attribute is not supported for other elements. It does not accept a value.
+		 */
+
+		if n.Type != astro.ElementNode || n.Data != "a" && n.Data != "area" && n.Data != "form" {
+			h.AppendWarning(&loc.ErrorWithRange{
+				Code:  loc.WARNING,
+				Text:  "The data-astro-reload attribute is only supported on <a>, <form> and <area> elements.",
+				Range: loc.Range{Loc: attr.KeyLoc, Len: len(attr.Key)},
+			})
+		}
+		if attr.Val != "" {
+			h.AppendWarning(&loc.ErrorWithRange{
+				Code:  loc.WARNING_UNSUPPORTED_EXPRESSION,
+				Text:  "The data-astro-reload attribute does not accept a value",
+				Range: loc.Range{Loc: attr.ValLoc, Len: len(attr.Val)},
+			})
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func WarnAboutRerunOnExternalESMs(n *astro.Node, h *handler.Handler) {
+	if n.Data == "script" && HasAttr(n, "src") && HasAttr(n, "type") && HasAttr(n, "data-astro-rerun") {
+
+		/*
+		 * The browser caches external ECMAScript Modules. Even if such a script is included several times on a page,
+		 * it will only run once. This means that the data-astro-rerun attribute will not have any effect.
+		 */
+		src := &n.Attr[AttrIndex(n, "src")]
+		typ := &n.Attr[AttrIndex(n, "type")]
+		rerun := &n.Attr[AttrIndex(n, "data-astro-rerun")]
+		if typ.Val == "module" && src.Val != "" {
+			h.AppendWarning(&loc.ErrorWithRange{
+				Code:  loc.WARNING_CANNOT_RERUN,
+				Text:  "The data-astro-rerun attribute is not supported on an external module <script>",
+				Hint:  "Two out of three is OK: type=\"module\", src=\"...\", or data-astro-rerun",
+				Range: loc.Range{Loc: rerun.KeyLoc, Len: len(rerun.Key)},
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func ExtractScript(doc *astro.Node, n *astro.Node, opts *TransformOptions, h *handler.Handler) {
 	if n.Type == astro.ElementNode && n.DataAtom == a.Script {
 		if HasSetDirective(n) || HasInlineDirective(n) {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/transition/data-astro.ts b/packages/compiler/test/transition/data-astro.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6585106b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/transition/data-astro.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { test } from 'uvu';
+import * as assert from 'uvu/assert';
+import { transform } from '@astrojs/compiler';
+
+const FIXTURE = `
+<div data-astro-reload>
+  <a href="/" data-astro-reload>/</a>
+  <form data-astro-reload="x">.</form>
+  <area data-astro-reload/>
+  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><a data-astro-reload>.</a></svg>
+  <script is:inline data-astro-rerun src="some.js" type="module" />
+  <script is:inline data-astro-rerun>"Bar"</script>
+</div>`;
+
+test('Issues warnings for data-astro-* attributes', async () => {
+  const result = await transform(FIXTURE);
+  assert.equal(result.diagnostics.length, 3);
+  assert.equal(result.diagnostics[0].code, 2000);
+  assert.equal(result.diagnostics[1].code, 2005);
+  assert.equal(result.diagnostics[2].code, 2010);
+});
+
+test.run();