Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main' into snippet-dev-arg-warnings

Author: Ocean-OS

.changeset/brown-rockets-shake.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: ensure clearing of old values happens independent of root flushes

.changeset/cuddly-chefs-refuse.md

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { execSync, fork } from 'node:child_process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { benchmarks } from '../benchmarks.js';
 
 // if (execSync('git status --porcelain').toString().trim()) {
 // 	console.error('Working directory is not clean');

.changeset/curvy-countries-flow.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { benchmarks } from '../benchmarks.js';
+import { reactivity_benchmarks } from '../benchmarks/reactivity/index.js';
 
 const results = [];
-for (const benchmark of benchmarks) {
+for (const benchmark of reactivity_benchmarks) {
 	const result = await benchmark();
 	console.error(result.benchmark);
 	results.push(result);

.changeset/gold-hairs-jog.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: Getting started
 ---
 
-We recommend using [SvelteKit](../kit), the official application framework from the Svelte team powered by [Vite](https://vite.dev/):
+We recommend using [SvelteKit](../kit), which lets you [build almost anything](../kit/project-types). It's the official application framework from the Svelte team and powered by [Vite](https://vite.dev/). Create a new project with:
 
 ```bash
 npx sv create myapp
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Don't worry if you don't know Svelte yet! You can ignore all the nice features S
 
 ## Alternatives to SvelteKit
 
-You can also use Svelte directly with Vite by running `npm create vite@latest` and selecting the `svelte` option. With this, `npm run build` will generate HTML, JS and CSS files inside the `dist` directory using [vite-plugin-svelte](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte). In most cases, you will probably need to [choose a routing library](faq#Is-there-a-router) as well.
+You can also use Svelte directly with Vite by running `npm create vite@latest` and selecting the `svelte` option. With this, `npm run build` will generate HTML, JS, and CSS files inside the `dist` directory using [vite-plugin-svelte](https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte). In most cases, you will probably need to [choose a routing library](faq#Is-there-a-router) as well.
+
+>[!NOTE] Vite is often used in standalone mode to build [single page apps (SPAs)](../kit/glossary#SPA), which you can also [build with SvelteKit](../kit/single-page-apps).
 
 There are also plugins for [Rollup](https://github.com/sveltejs/rollup-plugin-svelte), [Webpack](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte-loader) [and a few others](https://sveltesociety.dev/packages?category=build-plugins), but we recommend Vite.