working

Author: Rich-Harris

packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/each.js

@@ -129,10 +129,12 @@ function each(anchor, flags, get_collection, get_key, render_fn, fallback_fn, re
 			}
 
 			// remove excess nodes
-			while (child_anchor !== anchor) {
-				var next = /** @type {import('#client').TemplateNode} */ (child_anchor.nextSibling);
-				/** @type {import('#client').TemplateNode} */ (child_anchor).remove();
-				child_anchor = next;
+			if (length > 0) {
+				while (child_anchor !== anchor) {
+					var next = /** @type {import('#client').TemplateNode} */ (child_anchor.nextSibling);
+					/** @type {import('#client').TemplateNode} */ (child_anchor).remove();
+					child_anchor = next;
+				}
 			}
 
 			state.items = b_items;

packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/svelte-element.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { namespace_svg } from '../../../../constants.js';
-import { hydrate_nodes, hydrating } from '../hydration.js';
+import { hydrate_anchor, hydrate_nodes, hydrating } from '../hydration.js';
 import { empty } from '../operations.js';
 import {
 	destroy_effect,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function element(anchor, get_tag, is_svg, render_fn) {
 					// If hydrating, use the existing ssr comment as the anchor so that the
 					// inner open and close methods can pick up the existing nodes correctly
 					var child_anchor = hydrating
-						? /** @type {Comment} */ (element.firstChild)
+						? element.firstChild && hydrate_anchor(/** @type {Comment} */ (element.firstChild))
 						: element.appendChild(empty());
 
 					if (child_anchor) {

packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js

@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ export function hydrate(component, options) {
 			return instance;
 		}, false);
 	} catch (error) {
-		console.error(error.stack);
-
 		if (!hydrated && options.recover !== false) {
 			// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 			console.error(