diff --git a/.changeset/hip-eagles-yawn.md b/.changeset/hip-eagles-yawn.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c987e7c7f2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hip-eagles-yawn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: remount at any hydration error
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
index ff6844453dcc..3a489f9f927b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
@@ -136,20 +136,28 @@ export function hydrate(component, options) {
 
 		return /**  @type {Exports} */ (instance);
 	} catch (error) {
-		if (error === HYDRATION_ERROR) {
-			if (options.recover === false) {
-				e.hydration_failed();
-			}
-
-			// If an error occured above, the operations might not yet have been initialised.
-			init_operations();
-			clear_text_content(target);
+		// re-throw Svelte errors - they are certainly not related to hydration
+		if (
+			error instanceof Error &&
+			error.message.split('\n').some((line) => line.startsWith('https://svelte.dev/e/'))
+		) {
+			throw error;
+		}
+		if (error !== HYDRATION_ERROR) {
+			// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+			console.warn('Failed to hydrate: ', error);
+		}
 
-			set_hydrating(false);
-			return mount(component, options);
+		if (options.recover === false) {
+			e.hydration_failed();
 		}
 
-		throw error;
+		// If an error occured above, the operations might not yet have been initialised.
+		init_operations();
+		clear_text_content(target);
+
+		set_hydrating(false);
+		return mount(component, options);
 	} finally {
 		set_hydrating(was_hydrating);
 		set_hydrate_node(previous_hydrate_node);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/Nested.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/Nested.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70bf63ad9de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/Nested.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<p>nested</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..457eeb2201d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	errors: [
+		'Failed to hydrate: ',
+		new DOMException("Node can't be inserted in a #text parent.", 'HierarchyRequestError')
+	]
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_expected.html b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46f8e8a7ace4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<main><p>nested</p><!----></main>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_override.html b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_override.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90ca4ef4b8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/_override.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<!--[-->
+<main><p>nested</p><!----></main><!--]-->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1f962b95848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/whitespace-at-block-start/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	import Nested from './Nested.svelte';
+</script>
+
+<main>
+	<Nested />
+</main>
\ No newline at end of file