diff --git a/.changeset/shiny-mayflies-clean.md b/.changeset/shiny-mayflies-clean.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3adaa3dec85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shiny-mayflies-clean.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: only destroy snippets when they have changed
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/if.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/if.js
index c432943c1a6a..80ed8c09f4f6 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/if.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/if.js
@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ export function if_block(
 	elseif = false
 ) {
 	/** @type {import('#client').Effect | null} */
-	let consequent_effect = null;
+	var consequent_effect = null;
 
 	/** @type {import('#client').Effect | null} */
-	let alternate_effect = null;
+	var alternate_effect = null;
 
 	/** @type {boolean | null} */
-	let condition = null;
+	var condition = null;
 
-	const effect = block(() => {
+	var flags = elseif ? EFFECT_TRANSPARENT : 0;
+
+	block(() => {
 		if (condition === (condition = !!get_condition())) return;
 
 		/** Whether or not there was a hydration mismatch. Needs to be a `let` or else it isn't treeshaken out */
@@ -76,9 +78,5 @@ export function if_block(
 			// continue in hydration mode
 			set_hydrating(true);
 		}
-	});
-
-	if (elseif) {
-		effect.f |= EFFECT_TRANSPARENT;
-	}
+	}, flags);
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/snippet.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/snippet.js
index e88544091082..c5097ee2c3c6 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/snippet.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/snippet.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { EFFECT_TRANSPARENT } from '../../constants.js';
-import { branch, render_effect } from '../../reactivity/effects.js';
+import { branch, block, destroy_effect } from '../../reactivity/effects.js';
 
 /**
  * @template {(node: import('#client').TemplateNode, ...args: any[]) => import('#client').Dom} SnippetFn
@@ -12,13 +12,19 @@ export function snippet(get_snippet, node, ...args) {
 	/** @type {SnippetFn | null | undefined} */
 	var snippet;
 
-	var effect = render_effect(() => {
+	/** @type {import('#client').Effect | null} */
+	var snippet_effect;
+
+	block(() => {
 		if (snippet === (snippet = get_snippet())) return;
 
-		if (snippet) {
-			branch(() => /** @type {SnippetFn} */ (snippet)(node, ...args));
+		if (snippet_effect) {
+			destroy_effect(snippet_effect);
+			snippet_effect = null;
 		}
-	});
 
-	effect.f |= EFFECT_TRANSPARENT;
+		if (snippet) {
+			snippet_effect = branch(() => /** @type {SnippetFn} */ (snippet)(node, ...args));
+		}
+	}, EFFECT_TRANSPARENT);
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/transitions.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/transitions.js
index a9f55d940fcf..3551a093da1d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/transitions.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/elements/transitions.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { should_intro } from '../../render.js';
 import { is_function } from '../../utils.js';
 import { current_each_item } from '../blocks/each.js';
 import { TRANSITION_GLOBAL, TRANSITION_IN, TRANSITION_OUT } from '../../../../constants.js';
-import { BLOCK_EFFECT, EFFECT_RAN } from '../../constants.js';
+import { BLOCK_EFFECT, EFFECT_RAN, EFFECT_TRANSPARENT } from '../../constants.js';
 
 /**
  * @template T
@@ -241,18 +241,26 @@ export function transition(flags, element, get_fn, get_params) {
 
 	(e.transitions ??= []).push(transition);
 
-	// if this is a local transition, we only want to run it if the parent (block) effect's
-	// parent (branch) effect is where the state change happened. we can determine that by
-	// looking at whether the branch effect is currently initializing
+	// if this is a local transition, we only want to run it if the parent (branch) effect's
+	// parent (block) effect is where the state change happened. we can determine that by
+	// looking at whether the block effect is currently initializing
 	if (is_intro && should_intro) {
-		var parent = /** @type {import('#client').Effect} */ (e.parent);
+		let run = is_global;
 
-		// e.g snippets are implemented as render effects — keep going until we find the parent block
-		while ((parent.f & BLOCK_EFFECT) === 0 && parent.parent) {
-			parent = parent.parent;
+		if (!run) {
+			var block = /** @type {import('#client').Effect | null} */ (e.parent);
+
+			// skip over transparent blocks (e.g. snippets, else-if blocks)
+			while (block && (block.f & EFFECT_TRANSPARENT) !== 0) {
+				while ((block = block.parent)) {
+					if ((block.f & BLOCK_EFFECT) !== 0) break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			run = !block || (block.f & EFFECT_RAN) !== 0;
 		}
 
-		if (is_global || (parent.f & EFFECT_RAN) !== 0) {
+		if (run) {
 			effect(() => {
 				untrack(() => transition.in());
 			});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
index 3b0b97ade50e..515d13136eb1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/effects.js
@@ -230,9 +230,12 @@ export function render_effect(fn) {
 	return create_effect(RENDER_EFFECT, fn, true);
 }
 
-/** @param {(() => void)} fn */
-export function block(fn) {
-	return create_effect(RENDER_EFFECT | BLOCK_EFFECT, fn, true);
+/**
+ * @param {(() => void)} fn
+ * @param {number} flags
+ */
+export function block(fn, flags = 0) {
+	return create_effect(RENDER_EFFECT | BLOCK_EFFECT | flags, fn, true);
 }
 
 /** @param {(() => void)} fn */