diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/shims/internal/app-prefetch-rsc-request.ts b/packages/vinext/src/shims/internal/app-prefetch-rsc-request.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0291b5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/shims/internal/app-prefetch-rsc-request.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import {
+  canonicalizeLoadingShellRscRequestHeaders,
+  canonicalizePrewarmableRscRequestHeaders,
+  createCanonicalRscRequestUrl,
+  createRscRequestUrl,
+} from "../../server/app-rsc-cache-busting.js";
+
+export type ResolveAppPrefetchRscRequestOptions = {
+  fullHref: string;
+  headers: Headers;
+  interceptionContext: string | null;
+  mountedSlotsHeader: string | null;
+  prefetchInlining: boolean;
+  requiresRouteTreePrefetch: boolean;
+  rewrittenPrefetchHref: string | null;
+};
+
+export type ResolvedAppPrefetchRscRequest = {
+  additionalRscUrls: string[];
+  rscUrl: string;
+  usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest: boolean;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the RSC request identity shared by `<Link>` and `router.prefetch()`.
+ * Only full routes and ordinary loading shells without request-specific
+ * context can reuse deploy-prewarmed CDN entries. Contextual requests retain
+ * their varying headers and deterministic `_rsc` digest.
+ */
+export async function resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest({
+  fullHref,
+  headers,
+  interceptionContext,
+  mountedSlotsHeader,
+  prefetchInlining,
+  requiresRouteTreePrefetch,
+  rewrittenPrefetchHref,
+}: ResolveAppPrefetchRscRequestOptions): Promise<ResolvedAppPrefetchRscRequest> {
+  const canUseCanonicalSharedRequest =
+    process.env.__VINEXT_CANONICAL_RSC_REQUESTS === "1" &&
+    interceptionContext === null &&
+    mountedSlotsHeader === null &&
+    (rewrittenPrefetchHref === null || rewrittenPrefetchHref === fullHref) &&
+    !requiresRouteTreePrefetch &&
+    !prefetchInlining;
+  const usesCanonicalLoadingShell =
+    canUseCanonicalSharedRequest && canonicalizeLoadingShellRscRequestHeaders(headers);
+  const usesCanonicalFullRoute =
+    canUseCanonicalSharedRequest &&
+    !usesCanonicalLoadingShell &&
+    canonicalizePrewarmableRscRequestHeaders(headers);
+
+  // Both derive from the same headers and neither feeds the other, so the
+  // rewrite variant is generated alongside rather than after.
+  const [rscUrl, ...additionalRscUrls] = await Promise.all([
+    usesCanonicalFullRoute
+      ? createCanonicalRscRequestUrl(fullHref)
+      : createRscRequestUrl(fullHref, headers),
+    ...(rewrittenPrefetchHref !== null && rewrittenPrefetchHref !== fullHref
+      ? [createRscRequestUrl(rewrittenPrefetchHref, headers)]
+      : []),
+  ]);
+
+  return {
+    additionalRscUrls,
+    rscUrl,
+    usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest: usesCanonicalLoadingShell || usesCanonicalFullRoute,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/shims/link.tsx b/packages/vinext/src/shims/link.tsx
index 3abe496cd..a6921132d 100644
--- a/packages/vinext/src/shims/link.tsx
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/shims/link.tsx
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ function prefetchUrl(
           navigation,
           { AppElementsWire },
           rscCacheBusting,
+          { resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest },
           {
             APP_RSC_RENDER_MODE_PREFETCH_DYNAMIC_SHELL,
             APP_RSC_RENDER_MODE_PREFETCH_LOADING_SHELL,
@@ -436,6 +437,7 @@ function prefetchUrl(
           loadNavigationModule(),
           import("../server/app-elements.js"),
           import("../server/app-rsc-cache-busting.js"),
+          import("./internal/app-prefetch-rsc-request.js"),
           import("../server/app-rsc-render-mode.js"),
           import("../server/headers.js"),
           HAS_PAGES_ROUTER || HAS_CLIENT_REWRITES ? loadHybridClientRouteOwnerModule() : null,
@@ -460,12 +462,7 @@ function prefetchUrl(
           DYNAMIC_NAVIGATION_CACHE_TTL,
           PREFETCH_CACHE_TTL,
         } = navigation;
-        const {
-          canonicalizeLoadingShellRscRequestHeaders,
-          canonicalizePrewarmableRscRequestHeaders,
-          createCanonicalRscRequestUrl,
-          createRscRequestUrl,
-        } = rscCacheBusting;
+        const { createRscRequestUrl } = rscCacheBusting;
         const {
           NEXT_ROUTER_PREFETCH_HEADER,
           NEXT_ROUTER_SEGMENT_PREFETCH_HEADER,
@@ -535,31 +532,16 @@ function prefetchUrl(
           headers.set(NEXT_ROUTER_PREFETCH_HEADER, "1");
           headers.set(NEXT_ROUTER_SEGMENT_PREFETCH_HEADER, "1");
         }
-        const canUseCanonicalSharedRequest =
-          process.env.__VINEXT_CANONICAL_RSC_REQUESTS === "1" &&
-          interceptionContext === null &&
-          mountedSlotsHeader === null &&
-          (rewrittenPrefetchHref === null || rewrittenPrefetchHref === fullHref) &&
-          !requiresRouteTreePrefetch &&
-          !__prefetchInlining;
-        const usesCanonicalLoadingShell =
-          canUseCanonicalSharedRequest &&
-          isOptimisticRouteShellPrefetch &&
-          canonicalizeLoadingShellRscRequestHeaders(headers);
-        const usesCanonicalFullRoute =
-          canUseCanonicalSharedRequest &&
-          !isOptimisticRouteShellPrefetch &&
-          canonicalizePrewarmableRscRequestHeaders(headers);
-        const usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest = usesCanonicalLoadingShell || usesCanonicalFullRoute;
-        // Distinguish the same visible URL when it is prefetched from different
-        // request contexts such as /feed vs /gallery or different mounted slots.
-        const rscUrl = usesCanonicalFullRoute
-          ? createCanonicalRscRequestUrl(fullHref)
-          : await createRscRequestUrl(fullHref, headers);
-        const additionalRscUrls =
-          rewrittenPrefetchHref && rewrittenPrefetchHref !== fullHref
-            ? [await createRscRequestUrl(rewrittenPrefetchHref, headers)]
-            : [];
+        const { additionalRscUrls, rscUrl, usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest } =
+          await resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest({
+            fullHref,
+            headers,
+            interceptionContext,
+            mountedSlotsHeader,
+            prefetchInlining: __prefetchInlining,
+            requiresRouteTreePrefetch,
+            rewrittenPrefetchHref,
+          });
         if (navigationEpoch !== linkPrefetchNavigationEpoch) return;
         const cacheKey = AppElementsWire.encodeCacheKey(rscUrl, interceptionContext);
         const prefetched = getPrefetchedUrls();
diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/shims/navigation.ts b/packages/vinext/src/shims/navigation.ts
index f75740271..8ec72c3b0 100644
--- a/packages/vinext/src/shims/navigation.ts
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/shims/navigation.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import {
   isAppOwnedHistoryState,
 } from "../server/app-history-state.js";
 import {
-  canonicalizeLoadingShellRscRequestHeaders,
-  canonicalizePrewarmableRscRequestHeaders,
-  createCanonicalRscRequestUrl,
   createRscRequestHeaders,
   createRscRequestUrl,
   stripRscCacheBustingSearchParam,
@@ -2899,8 +2896,13 @@ const _appRouter: AppRouterInstance = {
       const kind = options?.kind === "full" ? "full" : "auto";
       // Dynamic import keeps the policy module and its route-trie
       // dependencies off the startup path of every next/navigation consumer.
-      const { resolveAutoAppRoutePrefetch, resolveFullAppRoutePrefetch } =
-        await import("./internal/app-route-prefetch-policy.js");
+      const [
+        { resolveAutoAppRoutePrefetch, resolveFullAppRoutePrefetch },
+        { resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest },
+      ] = await Promise.all([
+        import("./internal/app-route-prefetch-policy.js"),
+        import("./internal/app-prefetch-rsc-request.js"),
+      ]);
       if (setup.cancelled) return;
       const policy =
         kind === "full"
@@ -2931,33 +2933,16 @@ const _appRouter: AppRouterInstance = {
             : APP_RSC_RENDER_MODE_PREFETCH_LOADING_SHELL,
         );
       }
-      const canUseCanonicalSharedRequest =
-        process.env.__VINEXT_CANONICAL_RSC_REQUESTS === "1" &&
-        interceptionContext === null &&
-        mountedSlotsHeader === null &&
-        (rewrittenPrefetchHref === null || rewrittenPrefetchHref === fullHref) &&
-        !requiresRouteTreePrefetch &&
-        !__prefetchInlining;
-      const usesCanonicalLoadingShell =
-        canUseCanonicalSharedRequest &&
-        !reusable &&
-        !hasSearchParams &&
-        canonicalizeLoadingShellRscRequestHeaders(headers);
-      const usesCanonicalFullRoute =
-        canUseCanonicalSharedRequest &&
-        reusable &&
-        canonicalizePrewarmableRscRequestHeaders(headers);
-      const usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest = usesCanonicalLoadingShell || usesCanonicalFullRoute;
-      // Both derive from the same headers and neither feeds the other, so the
-      // rewrite variant is generated alongside rather than after.
-      const [rscUrl, ...additionalRscUrls] = await Promise.all([
-        usesCanonicalFullRoute
-          ? createCanonicalRscRequestUrl(fullHref)
-          : createRscRequestUrl(fullHref, headers),
-        ...(rewrittenPrefetchHref !== null && rewrittenPrefetchHref !== fullHref
-          ? [createRscRequestUrl(rewrittenPrefetchHref, headers)]
-          : []),
-      ]);
+      const { additionalRscUrls, rscUrl, usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest } =
+        await resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest({
+          fullHref,
+          headers,
+          interceptionContext,
+          mountedSlotsHeader,
+          prefetchInlining: __prefetchInlining,
+          requiresRouteTreePrefetch,
+          rewrittenPrefetchHref,
+        });
       // A navigation to this same href can start in the same task as this call
       // and win the race above (hybrid-route module load, policy import, RSC
       // URL generation). Nothing was registered in the cache during that
diff --git a/tests/app-prefetch-rsc-request.test.ts b/tests/app-prefetch-rsc-request.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d51e61a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/app-prefetch-rsc-request.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vite-plus/test";
+import {
+  createRscRequestHeaders,
+  createRscRequestUrl,
+} from "../packages/vinext/src/server/app-rsc-cache-busting.js";
+import { APP_RSC_RENDER_MODE_PREFETCH_LOADING_SHELL } from "../packages/vinext/src/server/app-rsc-render-mode.js";
+import {
+  NEXT_ROUTER_PREFETCH_HEADER,
+  NEXT_ROUTER_SEGMENT_PREFETCH_HEADER,
+} from "../packages/vinext/src/server/headers.js";
+import { resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest } from "../packages/vinext/src/shims/internal/app-prefetch-rsc-request.js";
+
+const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
+  interceptionContext: null,
+  mountedSlotsHeader: null,
+  prefetchInlining: false,
+  requiresRouteTreePrefetch: false,
+  rewrittenPrefetchHref: null,
+} as const;
+
+type ContextualCaseOverrides = {
+  canonical?: boolean;
+  interceptionContext?: string | null;
+  mountedSlotsHeader?: string | null;
+  prefetchInlining?: boolean;
+  requiresRouteTreePrefetch?: boolean;
+};
+
+const CONTEXTUAL_CASES: Array<[string, ContextualCaseOverrides]> = [
+  ["canonical sharing is disabled", { canonical: false }],
+  ["an interception context is present", { interceptionContext: "/feed" }],
+  ["mounted slots are present", { mountedSlotsHeader: "slot-a" }],
+  ["a route-tree prefetch is required", { requiresRouteTreePrefetch: true }],
+  ["prefetch inlining is enabled", { prefetchInlining: true }],
+];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+});
+
+describe("shared App Router prefetch RSC request resolution", () => {
+  it("normalizes a shareable full request to the deploy-warmer identity", async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("__VINEXT_CANONICAL_RSC_REQUESTS", "1");
+    const headers = createRscRequestHeaders({
+      nextUrl: "/source",
+      prefetchRouterState: { pathAndSearch: "/source", routeId: "route:/source" },
+    });
+    headers.set(NEXT_ROUTER_SEGMENT_PREFETCH_HEADER, "1");
+
+    const resolved = await resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest({
+      ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+      fullHref: "/target?tab=latest#section",
+      headers,
+    });
+
+    expect(resolved).toEqual({
+      additionalRscUrls: [],
+      rscUrl: "/target?tab=latest&_rsc",
+      usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest: true,
+    });
+    expect(Object.fromEntries(headers)).toEqual({
+      accept: "text/x-component",
+      rsc: "1",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("normalizes a shareable loading shell to its deterministic warmed identity", async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("__VINEXT_CANONICAL_RSC_REQUESTS", "1");
+    const headers = createRscRequestHeaders({
+      nextUrl: "/source",
+      prefetchRouterState: { pathAndSearch: "/source", routeId: "route:/source" },
+      renderMode: APP_RSC_RENDER_MODE_PREFETCH_LOADING_SHELL,
+    });
+    headers.set(NEXT_ROUTER_SEGMENT_PREFETCH_HEADER, "/__PAGE__");
+
+    const resolved = await resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest({
+      ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+      fullHref: "/target",
+      headers,
+    });
+
+    expect(resolved).toEqual({
+      additionalRscUrls: [],
+      rscUrl: "/target?_rsc=9qLBDIU2NgN178cB",
+      usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest: true,
+    });
+    expect(headers.get(NEXT_ROUTER_PREFETCH_HEADER)).toBe("1");
+    expect(headers.get(NEXT_ROUTER_SEGMENT_PREFETCH_HEADER)).toBe("1");
+    expect(headers.get("next-router-state-tree")).toBeNull();
+    expect(headers.get("next-url")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it.each(CONTEXTUAL_CASES)("keeps the request contextual when %s", async (_label, overrides) => {
+    const { canonical = true, ...requestOverrides } = overrides;
+    vi.stubEnv("__VINEXT_CANONICAL_RSC_REQUESTS", canonical ? "1" : "");
+    const headers = createRscRequestHeaders({ nextUrl: "/source" });
+    const expectedUrl = await createRscRequestUrl("/target", new Headers(headers));
+
+    const resolved = await resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest({
+      ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+      ...requestOverrides,
+      fullHref: "/target",
+      headers,
+    });
+
+    expect(resolved).toEqual({
+      additionalRscUrls: [],
+      rscUrl: expectedUrl,
+      usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest: false,
+    });
+    expect(headers.get("next-url")).toBe("/source");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps rewritten source and destination request identities together", async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("__VINEXT_CANONICAL_RSC_REQUESTS", "1");
+    const headers = createRscRequestHeaders({ nextUrl: "/source" });
+    const sourceUrl = await createRscRequestUrl("/source", new Headers(headers));
+    const destinationUrl = await createRscRequestUrl("/destination", new Headers(headers));
+
+    const resolved = await resolveAppPrefetchRscRequest({
+      ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+      fullHref: "/source",
+      headers,
+      rewrittenPrefetchHref: "/destination",
+    });
+
+    expect(resolved).toEqual({
+      additionalRscUrls: [destinationUrl],
+      rscUrl: sourceUrl,
+      usesCanonicalPrewarmedRequest: false,
+    });
+  });
+});