diff --git a/bifrost/lib/turbolinks/mergeHead.ts b/bifrost/lib/turbolinks/mergeHead.ts
index 8e7c685..01af97c 100644
--- a/bifrost/lib/turbolinks/mergeHead.ts
+++ b/bifrost/lib/turbolinks/mergeHead.ts
@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@ const allHeadScriptsEverRun: { [outerHTML: string]: ElementDetails } = {};
 let firstMerge = true;
 let lastTrackedScriptSignature: string;
 
-export const recordExistingHeadScripts = instrument("recordExistingHeadScripts", function recordExistingHeadScripts(categorizedHead?: CategorizedHead) {
-  categorizedHead ||= categorizeHead(document.head);
-  // record all existing head scripts as having been run, because they were run by browser, not mergeHead
-  for (const element of categorizedHead.scripts) {
+// Scripts already in the document were run by the browser, so mergeHead must never run them again (e.g. when restoring a snapshot)
+export const recordExistingHeadScripts = instrument("recordExistingHeadScripts", function recordExistingHeadScripts() {
+  for (const element of categorizeHead(document.head).scripts) {
     allHeadScriptsEverRun[element.outerHTML] = {
       tracked: elementIsTracked(element),
     };
   }
+});
+
+// Only a wrapped SSR page defines the tracked-element baseline. A vite page has none, so its first merge into a wrapped page must never reload.
+export function recordTrackedElementBaseline() {
   lastTrackedScriptSignature =
-    lastTrackedScriptSignature || trackedElementSignature(categorizedHead);
+    lastTrackedScriptSignature ||
+    trackedElementSignature(categorizeHead(document.head));
   firstMerge = false;
-});
+}
 
 // Returns function which resolves when all new blocking head scripts have loaded
 export function mergeHead(head: HTMLHeadElement) {
diff --git a/bifrost/renderer/bifrost/onBeforeRenderClient.ts b/bifrost/renderer/bifrost/onBeforeRenderClient.ts
index c51cb8d..07a75e4 100644
--- a/bifrost/renderer/bifrost/onBeforeRenderClient.ts
+++ b/bifrost/renderer/bifrost/onBeforeRenderClient.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 import { PageContextClient } from "vike/types";
 import { Turbolinks } from "../../lib/turbolinks";
 import { setBodyAttributes } from "../../lib/elementUtils";
+import { recordExistingHeadScripts } from "../../lib/turbolinks/mergeHead";
 import { instrument } from "../../lib/diagnostic.client";
 
 export default instrument("bifrostOnBeforeRenderClient", async function bifrostOnBeforeRenderClient(
   pageContext: PageContextClient
 ) {
-  if (!pageContext.isHydration && !pageContext.errorWhileRendering) {
+  if (pageContext.isHydration) {
+    // Snapshots clone the whole head, so anything already here (including the inline Turbolinks stub) would re-run on restore
+    recordExistingHeadScripts();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!pageContext.errorWhileRendering) {
     pageContext._shouldEmitBeforeRender = true;
     await Turbolinks._vikeBeforeRender(pageContext._turbolinksVisit);
 
diff --git a/bifrost/renderer/headHtmlBegin.ts b/bifrost/renderer/headHtmlBegin.ts
index 5013550..833b01b 100644
--- a/bifrost/renderer/headHtmlBegin.ts
+++ b/bifrost/renderer/headHtmlBegin.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 // Register turbolinks global for ios to hook into
 // Also allows Turbolinks.visit / Turbolinks.controller.viewWillRender to be called before Turbolinks is started (Vike loads async)
-const turbolinksIOSCompat = `window.Turbolinks = {controller:{restorationIdentifier: '',started:false,viewWillRender:(...a)=>{addEventListener("turbolinks:start", () => {window.Turbolinks.controller.viewWillRender(...a)})}},visit:(...a)=>{addEventListener("turbolinks:start", () => {window.Turbolinks.visit(...a)})}};`;
+const turbolinksIOSCompat = `if(!(window.Turbolinks&&window.Turbolinks.controller&&window.Turbolinks.controller.started)){window.Turbolinks = {controller:{restorationIdentifier: '',started:false,viewWillRender:(...a)=>{addEventListener("turbolinks:start", () => {window.Turbolinks.controller.viewWillRender(...a)})}},visit:(...a)=>{addEventListener("turbolinks:start", () => {window.Turbolinks.visit(...a)})}}};`;
 
 /// emit turbolinks:load on DOMContentLoaded
 const turbolinksLoadEvent = `addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
diff --git a/bifrost/renderer/wrapped/onBeforeRenderClient.ts b/bifrost/renderer/wrapped/onBeforeRenderClient.ts
index 3d1c2ca..7b328ff 100644
--- a/bifrost/renderer/wrapped/onBeforeRenderClient.ts
+++ b/bifrost/renderer/wrapped/onBeforeRenderClient.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Turbolinks } from "../../lib/turbolinks";
 import {
   mergeHead,
   recordExistingHeadScripts,
+  recordTrackedElementBaseline,
 } from "../../lib/turbolinks/mergeHead";
 import {
   setBodyAttributes,
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export default instrument("wrappedOnBeforeRenderClient", async function wrappedO
       proxyLayoutInfo: pageContext.proxyLayoutInfo,
     });
     recordExistingHeadScripts();
+    recordTrackedElementBaseline();
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/e2e.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/specs/e2e.spec.ts
index 0de8c6e..2df0a59 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -1136,6 +1136,43 @@ test.describe("back button restoration", () => {
     await customProxy.goForward();
   });
 
+  test("history nav keeps working after entering on a vite page", async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    ensureAllNetworkSucceeds(page);
+    const first = {
+      title: "first page",
+      content: "first page body content",
+      links: [{ title: "second page", content: "second page body content" }],
+    };
+    const customProxy = new CustomProxyPage(page, first);
+
+    await page.goto("./vite-page", { waitUntil: "networkidle" });
+    await waitForTurbolinksInit(page);
+    await ensureNoBrowserNavigation(page, async () => {
+      const loaded = waitForConsoleLog(page, (m) => m.text() === T.load);
+      await page.evaluate(
+        (path) => (window as any).Turbolinks.visit(path),
+        toPath(first)
+      );
+      await loaded;
+    });
+    customProxy.pageData = first;
+    await expect(page).toHaveTitle("first page");
+
+    await customProxy.clickLink("second page");
+
+    await ensureNoBrowserNavigation(page, async () => {
+      await customProxy.goBack();
+      // restoring the snapshot must not re-run the vite page's inline Turbolinks stub
+      expect(
+        await page.evaluate("window.Turbolinks.controller.started")
+      ).toBe(true);
+      await customProxy.goForward();
+      await customProxy.goBack();
+    });
+  });
+
   test("restores layout", async ({ page, context }) => {
     const customProxy = new CustomProxyPage(page, {
       title: "first page",