diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md b/src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md
index 9717a74ea18..a25d964280e 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## NEXT
 
+-   Require live components have a default action (`__invoke()` by default) to enable
+    controller annotations/attributes (ie `@Security/@Cache`). Added `DefaultActionTrait`
+    helper.
+
 -   When a model is updated, a new `live:update-model` event is dispatched. Parent
     components (in a parent-child component setup) listen to this and automatically
     try to update any model with a matching name. A `data-model-map` was also added
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/README.md b/src/LiveComponent/README.md
index 32dfe340461..4f8c837ffa4 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/README.md
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/README.md
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ A real-time product search component might look like this:
 namespace App\Components;
 
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\DefaultActionTrait;
 
 #[AsLiveComponent('product_search')]
 class ProductSearchComponent
 {
+    use DefaultActionTrait;
+
     public string $query = '';
 
     private ProductRepository $productRepository;
@@ -130,18 +133,21 @@ class RandomNumberComponent
 
 To transform this into a "live" component (i.e. one that
 can be re-rendered live on the frontend), replace the
-component's `AsTwigComponent` attribute with `AsLiveComponent`:
+component's `AsTwigComponent` attribute with `AsLiveComponent`
+and add the `DefaultActionTrait`:
 
 ```diff
 // src/Components/RandomNumberComponent.php
 
 -use Symfony\UX\TwigComponent\Attribute\AsTwigComponent;
 +use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;
++use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\DefaultActionTrait;
 
 -#[AsTwigComponent('random_number')]
 -#[AsLiveComponent('random_number')]
 class RandomNumberComponent
 {
++    use DefaultActionTrait;
 }
 ```
 
@@ -433,10 +439,18 @@ changes until loading has taken longer than a certain amount of time:
 
 ## Actions
 
-You can also trigger actions on your component. Let's pretend we
-want to add a "Reset Min/Max" button to our "random number"
-component that, when clicked, sets the min/max numbers back
-to a default value.
+Live components require a single "default action" that is
+used to re-render it. By default, this is an empty `__invoke()`
+method and can be added with the `DefaultActionTrait`.
+Live components are actually Symfony controllers so you
+can add the normal controller attributes/annotations (ie
+`@Cache`/`@Security`) to either the entire class just a
+single action.
+
+You can also trigger custom actions on your component. Let's
+pretend we want to add a "Reset Min/Max" button to our "random
+number" component that, when clicked, sets the min/max numbers
+back to a default value.
 
 First, add a method with a `LiveAction` attribute above it that
 does the work:
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/src/Attribute/AsLiveComponent.php b/src/LiveComponent/src/Attribute/AsLiveComponent.php
index c5fa0c24211..a05b2e440de 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/src/Attribute/AsLiveComponent.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/src/Attribute/AsLiveComponent.php
@@ -21,6 +21,32 @@
 #[\Attribute(\Attribute::TARGET_CLASS)]
 final class AsLiveComponent extends AsTwigComponent
 {
+    private string $defaultAction;
+
+    public function __construct(string $name, ?string $template = null, string $defaultAction = '__invoke')
+    {
+        parent::__construct($name, $template);
+
+        $this->defaultAction = trim($defaultAction, '()');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @internal
+     *
+     * @param string|object $component
+     */
+    public static function defaultActionFor($component): string
+    {
+        $component = \is_object($component) ? \get_class($component) : $component;
+        $method = self::forClass($component)->defaultAction;
+
+        if (!method_exists($component, $method)) {
+            throw new \LogicException(sprintf('Live component "%s" requires the default action method "%s".%s', $component, $method, '__invoke' === $method ? ' Either add this method or use the DefaultActionTrait' : ''));
+        }
+
+        return $method;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @internal
      *
@@ -51,6 +77,10 @@ public static function liveProps(object $component): \Traversable
      */
     public static function isActionAllowed(object $component, string $action): bool
     {
+        if (self::defaultActionFor($component) === $action) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         foreach (self::attributeMethodsFor(LiveAction::class, $component) as $method) {
             if ($action === $method->getName()) {
                 return true;
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/src/DefaultComponentController.php b/src/LiveComponent/src/DefaultActionTrait.php
similarity index 51%
rename from src/LiveComponent/src/DefaultComponentController.php
rename to src/LiveComponent/src/DefaultActionTrait.php
index 235a613e5f9..f5323331b9c 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/src/DefaultComponentController.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/src/DefaultActionTrait.php
@@ -15,24 +15,19 @@
  * @author Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
  *
  * @experimental
- *
- * @internal
  */
-final class DefaultComponentController
+trait DefaultActionTrait
 {
-    private object $component;
-
-    public function __construct(object $component)
-    {
-        $this->component = $component;
-    }
-
+    /**
+     * The "default" action for a component.
+     *
+     * This is executed when your component is being re-rendered,
+     * but no custom action is being called. You probably don't
+     * want to do any work here because this method is *not*
+     * executed when a custom action is triggered.
+     */
     public function __invoke(): void
     {
-    }
-
-    public function getComponent(): object
-    {
-        return $this->component;
+        // noop - this is the default action
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/src/DependencyInjection/Compiler/LiveComponentPass.php b/src/LiveComponent/src/DependencyInjection/Compiler/LiveComponentPass.php
index dc0541b4ade..1cf045f96bb 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/src/DependencyInjection/Compiler/LiveComponentPass.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/src/DependencyInjection/Compiler/LiveComponentPass.php
@@ -27,13 +27,18 @@ public function process(ContainerBuilder $container): void
         $componentServiceMap = [];
 
         foreach (array_keys($container->findTaggedServiceIds('twig.component')) as $id) {
+            $class = $container->findDefinition($id)->getClass();
+
             try {
-                $attribute = AsLiveComponent::forClass($container->findDefinition($id)->getClass());
+                $attribute = AsLiveComponent::forClass($class);
             } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $componentServiceMap[$attribute->getName()] = $id;
+            $componentServiceMap[$attribute->getName()] = [$id, $class];
+
+            // Ensure default action method is configured correctly
+            AsLiveComponent::defaultActionFor($class);
         }
 
         $container->findDefinition('ux.live_component.event_subscriber')->setArgument(0, $componentServiceMap);
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/src/DependencyInjection/LiveComponentExtension.php b/src/LiveComponent/src/DependencyInjection/LiveComponentExtension.php
index fd6d7680069..1c311423f2f 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/src/DependencyInjection/LiveComponentExtension.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/src/DependencyInjection/LiveComponentExtension.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\PropertyHydratorInterface;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Twig\LiveComponentExtension as LiveComponentTwigExtension;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Twig\LiveComponentRuntime;
-use Symfony\UX\TwigComponent\ComponentFactory;
 use Symfony\UX\TwigComponent\ComponentRenderer;
 
 /**
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container): void
                 class_exists(AbstractArgument::class) ? new AbstractArgument(sprintf('Added in %s.', LiveComponentPass::class)) : [],
             ])
             ->addTag('kernel.event_subscriber')
-            ->addTag('container.service_subscriber', ['key' => ComponentFactory::class, 'id' => 'ux.twig_component.component_factory'])
             ->addTag('container.service_subscriber', ['key' => ComponentRenderer::class, 'id' => 'ux.twig_component.component_renderer'])
             ->addTag('container.service_subscriber', ['key' => LiveComponentHydrator::class, 'id' => 'ux.live_component.component_hydrator'])
             ->addTag('container.service_subscriber')
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/src/EventListener/LiveComponentSubscriber.php b/src/LiveComponent/src/EventListener/LiveComponentSubscriber.php
index ad9ff01f7e2..befdab3b2af 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/src/EventListener/LiveComponentSubscriber.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/src/EventListener/LiveComponentSubscriber.php
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Security\Csrf\CsrfTokenManagerInterface;
 use Symfony\Contracts\Service\ServiceSubscriberInterface;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;
-use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\DefaultComponentController;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\LiveComponentHydrator;
-use Symfony\UX\TwigComponent\ComponentFactory;
 use Symfony\UX\TwigComponent\ComponentRenderer;
 
 /**
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ class LiveComponentSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface, ServiceSubscr
     private const JSON_FORMAT = 'live-component-json';
     private const JSON_CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/vnd.live-component+json';
 
-    /** @var array<string, string> */
+    /** @var array<string, string[]> */
     private array $componentServiceMap;
     private ContainerInterface $container;
 
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ public function __construct(array $componentServiceMap, ContainerInterface $cont
     public static function getSubscribedServices(): array
     {
         return [
-            ComponentFactory::class,
             ComponentRenderer::class,
             LiveComponentHydrator::class,
             '?'.CsrfTokenManagerInterface::class,
@@ -79,11 +76,17 @@ public function onKernelRequest(RequestEvent $event): void
         $action = $request->get('action', 'get');
         $componentName = (string) $request->get('component');
 
+        if (!\array_key_exists($componentName, $this->componentServiceMap)) {
+            throw new NotFoundHttpException(sprintf('Component "%s" not found.', $componentName));
+        }
+
+        [$componentServiceId, $componentClass] = $this->componentServiceMap[$componentName];
+
         if ('get' === $action) {
             // set default controller for "default" action
             $request->attributes->set(
                 '_controller',
-                new DefaultComponentController($this->container->get(ComponentFactory::class)->get($componentName))
+                sprintf('%s::%s', $componentServiceId, AsLiveComponent::defaultActionFor($componentClass))
             );
 
             return;
@@ -99,11 +102,7 @@ public function onKernelRequest(RequestEvent $event): void
             throw new BadRequestHttpException('Invalid CSRF token.');
         }
 
-        if (!\array_key_exists($componentName, $this->componentServiceMap)) {
-            throw new NotFoundHttpException(sprintf('Component "%s" not found.', $componentName));
-        }
-
-        $request->attributes->set('_controller', sprintf('%s::%s', $this->componentServiceMap[$componentName], $action));
+        $request->attributes->set('_controller', sprintf('%s::%s', $componentServiceId, $action));
     }
 
     public function onKernelController(ControllerEvent $event): void
@@ -119,20 +118,17 @@ public function onKernelController(ControllerEvent $event): void
             $request->request->all()
         );
 
-        $component = $event->getController();
-        $action = null;
-
-        if (\is_array($component)) {
-            // action is being called
-            $action = $component[1];
-            $component = $component[0];
+        if (!\is_array($controller = $event->getController()) || 2 !== \count($controller)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('Not a valid live component.');
         }
 
-        if ($component instanceof DefaultComponentController) {
-            $component = $component->getComponent();
+        [$component, $action] = $controller;
+
+        if (!\is_object($component)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('Not a valid live component.');
         }
 
-        if (null !== $action && !AsLiveComponent::isActionAllowed($component, $action)) {
+        if (!AsLiveComponent::isActionAllowed($component, $action)) {
             throw new NotFoundHttpException(sprintf('The action "%s" either doesn\'t exist or is not allowed in "%s". Make sure it exist and has the LiveAction attribute above it.', $action, \get_class($component)));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component1.php b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component1.php
index dba319bc25a..f1f7a255bca 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component1.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component1.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\LiveAction;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\LiveProp;
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\DefaultActionTrait;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Tests\Fixture\Entity\Entity1;
 
 /**
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@
 #[AsLiveComponent('component1')]
 final class Component1
 {
+    use DefaultActionTrait;
+
     #[LiveProp]
     public ?Entity1 $prop1;
 
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component2.php b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component2.php
index 5755aa02b60..a52c060dedd 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component2.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component2.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
  */
-#[AsLiveComponent('component2')]
+#[AsLiveComponent('component2', defaultAction: 'defaultAction()')]
 final class Component2
 {
     #[LiveProp]
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ final class Component2
 
     public bool $beforeReRenderCalled = false;
 
+    public function defaultAction(): void
+    {
+    }
+
     #[LiveAction]
     public function increase(): void
     {
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component3.php b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component3.php
index cbd44fe97f4..983dc03eee3 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component3.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component3.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\LiveProp;
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\DefaultActionTrait;
 
 /**
  * @author Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
 #[AsLiveComponent('component3')]
 final class Component3
 {
+    use DefaultActionTrait;
+
     #[LiveProp(fieldName: 'myProp1')]
     public $prop1;
 
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component5.php b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component5.php
index b1e47a7f565..43703f1b359 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component5.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixture/Component/Component5.php
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Tests\Fixture\Component;
 
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\DefaultActionTrait;
+
 /**
  * @author Kevin Bond <kevinbond@gmail.com>
  */
+#[AsLiveComponent('component5')]
 final class Component5 extends Component4
 {
+    use DefaultActionTrait;
 }
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Unit/Attribute/AsLiveComponentTest.php b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Unit/Attribute/AsLiveComponentTest.php
index cbcc79b75cc..50c9416a8e0 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Unit/Attribute/AsLiveComponentTest.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Unit/Attribute/AsLiveComponentTest.php
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@ public function testCanCheckIfMethodIsAllowed(): void
 
         $this->assertTrue(AsLiveComponent::isActionAllowed($component, 'method1'));
         $this->assertFalse(AsLiveComponent::isActionAllowed($component, 'method2'));
+        $this->assertTrue(AsLiveComponent::isActionAllowed($component, '__invoke'));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/TwigComponent/src/Attribute/AsTwigComponent.php b/src/TwigComponent/src/Attribute/AsTwigComponent.php
index 3e0019984e5..8be283d3e0d 100644
--- a/src/TwigComponent/src/Attribute/AsTwigComponent.php
+++ b/src/TwigComponent/src/Attribute/AsTwigComponent.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ final public static function forClass(string $class): self
         $class = new \ReflectionClass($class);
 
         if (!$attribute = $class->getAttributes(static::class, \ReflectionAttribute::IS_INSTANCEOF)[0] ?? null) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('"%s" is not a Twig Component, did you forget to add the "%s" attribute?', $class, static::class));
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('"%s" is not a Twig Component, did you forget to add the "%s" attribute?', $class->getName(), static::class));
         }
 
         return $attribute->newInstance();