Gatsby Link component does not work properly, how it is expected

[shakilmith]

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Description

Hi, following gif shows that after updating react 19 + gatsby v5.16.0 the Link component seems not working properly. Such as page transition is so slow (it is also a previous problem), but now I see, when click on a link (using Link component) the address bar url changes, but new page or content does not open until I refressh the page. Even the whole page becomes noninteractive. Kind regars

Reproduction Link

https://github.com/shakilmith/javaondemand

Steps to Reproduce

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Expected Result

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Actual Result

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Environment

System:
    OS: Windows 11 10.0.26200
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10100 CPU @ 3.60GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 24.13.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 11.6.2 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 144.0.7559.110
    Edge: Chromium (140.0.3485.81)
  npmPackages:
    gatsby: ^5.16.0 => 5.16.0
    gatsby-plugin-image: ^3.16.0 => 3.16.0
    gatsby-plugin-manifest: ^5.13.1 => 5.16.0
    gatsby-plugin-mdx: ^5.13.1 => 5.16.0
    gatsby-plugin-sharp: ^5.12.0 => 5.16.0
    gatsby-plugin-sitemap: ^6.11.0 => 6.16.0
    gatsby-source-filesystem: ^5.13.1 => 5.16.0
    gatsby-transformer-remark: ^6.12.3 => 6.16.0
    gatsby-transformer-sharp: ^5.10.0 => 5.16.0
  npmGlobalPackages:
    gatsby-cli: 5.16.0

Config Flags

No response

[serhalp]

Hi @shakilmith, could you please confirm this still occurs with gatsby@5.16.1 (just published moments ago)? I'd just like to make sure this is a separate issue. Thanks!

[shakilmith]

@serhalp Hi, I have updated my gatsbyjs version to 5.16.1 but seems it is not the problem of version than transition issues. Such as, when I open my site in a browser, and click a link it just takes huge (1+ min) to open the new page. Just before writing this comment, I have opened my site in brave browser and saw the same effect. Someone told me, gatsby Link component shows a new page after rendering all the assets first, may be. Anyway, thanks.

[shakilmith]

In future, if you have time please address the Link tag issue. Today, I visited few sites who used gatsbyjs to build their websites. And when I click the link, it takes 3-5s upto (sometiems) but and about 1s most of the time to redirect to a new page. Hence, a tag seems more fast than Link in this case. It is okay, but sometimes look very odd compared to nextjs or astro, even angular. I do not complain but it can be fixed. thanks.