diff --git a/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js b/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js
index abaa480..faf940b 100644
--- a/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js
+++ b/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   // =========================================================================
 
   var NIL = Object.freeze({ _nil: true, toString: function() { return "nil"; } });
-  var SX_VERSION = "2026-03-13T03:40:30Z";
+  var SX_VERSION = "2026-03-13T04:08:59Z";
 
   function isNil(x) { return x === NIL || x === null || x === undefined; }
   function isSxTruthy(x) { return x !== false && !isNil(x); }
@@ -2947,6 +2947,7 @@ return postSwap(target); });
 sxProcessScripts(root);
 sxHydrate(root);
 sxHydrateIslands(root);
+flushCssxToDom();
 return processElements(root); };
 
   // process-settle-hooks
@@ -3181,7 +3182,7 @@ return logWarn((String("sx:offline sync failed ") + String(get(entry, "action"))
 })(); };
 
   // swap-rendered-content
-  var swapRenderedContent = function(target, rendered, pathname) { return (disposeIslandsIn(target), domSetTextContent(target, ""), domAppend(target, rendered), hoistHeadElementsFull(target), processElements(target), sxHydrateElements(target), domDispatch(target, "sx:clientRoute", {["pathname"]: pathname}), logInfo((String("sx:route client ") + String(pathname)))); };
+  var swapRenderedContent = function(target, rendered, pathname) { return (disposeIslandsIn(target), domSetTextContent(target, ""), domAppend(target, rendered), hoistHeadElementsFull(target), processElements(target), sxHydrateElements(target), flushCssxToDom(), domDispatch(target, "sx:clientRoute", {["pathname"]: pathname}), logInfo((String("sx:route client ") + String(pathname)))); };
 
   // resolve-route-target
   var resolveRouteTarget = function(targetSel) { return (isSxTruthy((isSxTruthy(targetSel) && !isSxTruthy((targetSel == "true")))) ? domQuery(targetSel) : NIL); };
@@ -3400,7 +3401,8 @@ return processEmitElements(root); };
   hoistHeadElementsFull(el);
   processElements(el);
   sxHydrateElements(el);
-  return sxHydrateIslands(el);
+  sxHydrateIslands(el);
+  return flushCssxToDom();
 })() : NIL);
 })(); };
 
@@ -3416,6 +3418,7 @@ return (function() {
   processElements(el);
   sxHydrateElements(el);
   sxHydrateIslands(el);
+  flushCssxToDom();
   return domDispatch(el, "sx:resolved", {"id": id});
 })() : logWarn((String("resolveSuspense: no element for id=") + String(id))));
 })(); };
@@ -3561,8 +3564,23 @@ callExpr.push(dictGet(kwargs, k)); } }
 })() : NIL);
 })() : NIL); };
 
+  // flush-cssx-to-dom
+  var flushCssxToDom = function() { return (function() {
+  var rules = sxCollected("cssx");
+  return (isSxTruthy(!isSxTruthy(isEmpty(rules))) ? ((function() {
+  var style = sxOr(domQuery("#sx-cssx-live"), (function() {
+  var s = domCreateElement("style", NIL);
+  domSetAttr(s, "id", "sx-cssx-live");
+  domSetAttr(s, "data-cssx", "");
+  domAppendToHead(s);
+  return s;
+})());
+  return domSetProp(style, "textContent", (String(sxOr(domGetProp(style, "textContent"), "")) + String(join("", rules))));
+})(), sxClearCollected("cssx")) : NIL);
+})(); };
+
   // boot-init
-  var bootInit = function() { return (logInfo((String("sx-browser ") + String(SX_VERSION))), initCssTracking(), processPageScripts(), processSxScripts(NIL), sxHydrateElements(NIL), sxHydrateIslands(NIL), processElements(NIL)); };
+  var bootInit = function() { return (logInfo((String("sx-browser ") + String(SX_VERSION))), initCssTracking(), processPageScripts(), processSxScripts(NIL), sxHydrateElements(NIL), sxHydrateIslands(NIL), flushCssxToDom(), processElements(NIL)); };
 
 
   // === Transpiled from deps (component dependency analysis) ===
diff --git a/shared/sx/ref/boot.sx b/shared/sx/ref/boot.sx
index aca976a..19ab753 100644
--- a/shared/sx/ref/boot.sx
+++ b/shared/sx/ref/boot.sx
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
           ;; Process sx- attributes, hydrate data-sx and islands
           (process-elements el)
           (sx-hydrate-elements el)
-          (sx-hydrate-islands el))))))
+          (sx-hydrate-islands el)
+          (flush-cssx-to-dom))))))
 
 
 ;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@
             (process-elements el)
             (sx-hydrate-elements el)
             (sx-hydrate-islands el)
+            (flush-cssx-to-dom)
             (dom-dispatch el "sx:resolved" {:id id})))
         (log-warn (str "resolveSuspense: no element for id=" id))))))
 
@@ -415,6 +417,32 @@
               (for-each dispose-island to-dispose))))))))
 
 
+;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+;; CSSX live flush — inject collected CSS rules into the DOM
+;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;
+;; ~cssx/tw collects CSS rules via collect!("cssx" ...) during rendering.
+;; On the server, ~cssx/flush emits a batch <style> tag. On the client,
+;; islands render independently and no batch flush runs. This function
+;; injects any unflushed rules into a persistent <style> element in <head>.
+;; Called after hydration (boot + post-swap) to cover all render paths.
+
+(define flush-cssx-to-dom :effects [mutation io]
+  (fn ()
+    (let ((rules (collected "cssx")))
+      (when (not (empty? rules))
+        (let ((style (or (dom-query "#sx-cssx-live")
+                         (let ((s (dom-create-element "style" nil)))
+                           (dom-set-attr s "id" "sx-cssx-live")
+                           (dom-set-attr s "data-cssx" "")
+                           (dom-append-to-head s)
+                           s))))
+          (dom-set-prop style "textContent"
+            (str (or (dom-get-prop style "textContent") "")
+                 (join "" rules))))
+        (clear-collected! "cssx")))))
+
+
 ;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Full boot sequence
 ;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -436,6 +464,7 @@
       (process-sx-scripts nil)
       (sx-hydrate-elements nil)
       (sx-hydrate-islands nil)
+      (flush-cssx-to-dom)
       (process-elements nil))))
 
 
diff --git a/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx b/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
index 2fd1f94..f8a6d31 100644
--- a/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
+++ b/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@
     (sx-process-scripts root)
     (sx-hydrate root)
     (sx-hydrate-islands root)
+    (flush-cssx-to-dom)
     (process-elements root)))
 
 
@@ -870,6 +871,7 @@
       (hoist-head-elements-full target)
       (process-elements target)
       (sx-hydrate-elements target)
+      (flush-cssx-to-dom)
       (dom-dispatch target "sx:clientRoute"
         (dict "pathname" pathname))
       (log-info (str "sx:route client " pathname)))))