diff --git a/packages/solid-signals/src/core/scheduler.ts b/packages/solid-signals/src/core/scheduler.ts
index 462d9c26d..028a30f8c 100644
--- a/packages/solid-signals/src/core/scheduler.ts
+++ b/packages/solid-signals/src/core/scheduler.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,13 @@ function mergeTransitionState(target: Transition, outgoing: Transition): void {
   outgoing._done = target;
   target._actions.push(...outgoing._actions);
   for (const lane of activeLanes) if (lane._transition === outgoing) lane._transition = target;
-  target._optimisticNodes.push(...outgoing._optimisticNodes);
+  if (outgoing._optimisticNodes.length) {
+    // Move (don't copy): the global queue may still alias the outgoing
+    // array, and the adoption pass in initTransition would re-push its
+    // contents into the target — duplicating every entry.
+    target._optimisticNodes.push(...outgoing._optimisticNodes);
+    outgoing._optimisticNodes.length = 0;
+  }
   if (outgoing._affectsNodes.length) {
     // Move (don't copy): the global queue may still alias the outgoing
     // array, and the adoption pass in initTransition would re-push its
diff --git a/packages/solid-signals/tests/transitionMerge.test.ts b/packages/solid-signals/tests/transitionMerge.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79fc343a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/solid-signals/tests/transitionMerge.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Transition-merge state transfer (mergeTransitionState + the adoption pass
+// in initTransition). The global queue's arrays alias the active transition's
+// after initTransition, so a merge must MOVE (not copy) the outgoing arrays —
+// otherwise the adoption pass re-pushes their contents into the target,
+// duplicating every entry.
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { action, createOptimistic, createRoot, flush } from "../src/index.js";
+import * as scheduler from "../src/core/scheduler.js";
+
+describe("transition merge", () => {
+  it("does not duplicate _optimisticNodes when a resumed action merges into another transition", async () => {
+    let setO1!: (v: number) => void;
+    let setO2!: (v: number) => void;
+    let dispose!: () => void;
+    createRoot(d => {
+      dispose = d;
+      [, setO1] = createOptimistic<number>(0);
+      [, setO2] = createOptimistic<number>(0);
+    });
+    flush();
+
+    let resolve1!: () => void;
+    const p1 = new Promise<void>(r => (resolve1 = r));
+    let resolve2!: () => void;
+    const p2 = new Promise<void>(r => (resolve2 = r));
+
+    let snapshot: unknown[] = [];
+
+    const act1 = action(function* () {
+      setO1(1); // lands in transition A's _optimisticNodes
+      yield p1; // A gets stashed across the flush below
+      // Resumes with A active again (the queue re-aliases A's arrays); o2
+      // holds an override owned by transition B, so this write resolves to B
+      // and initTransition(B) merges A into B while the queue still aliases
+      // A's _optimisticNodes.
+      setO2(2);
+      snapshot = [...scheduler.activeTransition!._optimisticNodes];
+    });
+
+    const act2 = action(function* () {
+      setO2(99); // lands in transition B's _optimisticNodes
+      yield p2; // B gets stashed across the flush below
+    });
+
+    const done1 = act1();
+    flush(); // stash transition A
+    const done2 = act2();
+    flush(); // stash transition B
+
+    resolve1();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    // Pre-fix, A's node appeared twice in the merged array: once from the
+    // mergeTransitionState copy, once from the adoption re-push.
+    expect(snapshot.length).toBe(new Set(snapshot).size);
+
+    resolve2();
+    await done1;
+    await done2;
+    flush();
+    dispose();
+    flush();
+  });
+});