diff --git a/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js b/shared/static/scripts/sx-browser.js
index dab0e5b..88ba776 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 = "2026-03-07T01:03:44Z";
+  var SX_VERSION = "2026-03-07T01:13:04Z";
 
   function isNil(x) { return x === NIL || x === null || x === undefined; }
   function isSxTruthy(x) { return x !== false && !isNil(x); }
@@ -2049,6 +2049,13 @@ return domAppendToHead(link); }, domQueryAll(container, "link[rel=\"stylesheet\"
   // resolve-route-target
   var resolveRouteTarget = function(targetSel) { return (isSxTruthy((isSxTruthy(targetSel) && !isSxTruthy((targetSel == "true")))) ? domQuery(targetSel) : NIL); };
 
+  // deps-satisfied?
+  var depsSatisfied_p = function(match) { return (function() {
+  var deps = get(match, "deps");
+  var loaded = loadedComponentNames();
+  return (isSxTruthy(sxOr(isNil(deps), isEmpty(deps))) ? true : isEvery(function(dep) { return contains(loaded, dep); }, deps));
+})(); };
+
   // try-client-route
   var tryClientRoute = function(pathname, targetSel) { return (function() {
   var match = findMatchingRoute(pathname, _pageRoutes);
@@ -2059,7 +2066,7 @@ return domAppendToHead(link); }, domQueryAll(container, "link[rel=\"stylesheet\"
   var pageName = get(match, "name");
   return (isSxTruthy(sxOr(isNil(contentSrc), isEmpty(contentSrc))) ? (logWarn((String("sx:route no content for ") + String(pathname))), false) : (function() {
   var target = resolveRouteTarget(targetSel);
-  return (isSxTruthy(isNil(target)) ? (logWarn((String("sx:route target not found: ") + String(targetSel))), false) : (logInfo((String("sx:route has-data=") + String(get(match, "has-data")) + String(" type=") + String(typeOf(get(match, "has-data"))) + String(" page=") + String(pageName))), (isSxTruthy(get(match, "has-data")) ? (function() {
+  return (isSxTruthy(isNil(target)) ? (logWarn((String("sx:route target not found: ") + String(targetSel))), false) : (isSxTruthy(!isSxTruthy(depsSatisfied_p(match))) ? (logInfo((String("sx:route deps not loaded for ") + String(pageName))), false) : (logInfo((String("sx:route has-data=") + String(get(match, "has-data")) + String(" type=") + String(typeOf(get(match, "has-data"))) + String(" page=") + String(pageName))), (isSxTruthy(get(match, "has-data")) ? (function() {
   var cacheKey = pageDataCacheKey(pageName, params);
   var cached = pageDataCacheGet(cacheKey);
   logInfo((String("sx:route cache-key=") + String(cacheKey) + String(" cached=") + String(!isSxTruthy(isNil(cached)))));
@@ -2077,7 +2084,7 @@ return (function() {
   var env = merge(closure, params);
   var rendered = tryEvalContent(contentSrc, env);
   return (isSxTruthy(isNil(rendered)) ? (logInfo((String("sx:route server (eval failed) ") + String(pathname))), false) : (swapRenderedContent(target, rendered, pathname), true));
-})())));
+})()))));
 })());
 })());
 })(); };
diff --git a/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx b/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
index 183e099..465f6c3 100644
--- a/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
+++ b/shared/sx/ref/orchestration.sx
@@ -619,6 +619,16 @@
       nil)))
 
 
+(define deps-satisfied?
+  (fn (match)
+    ;; Check if all component deps for a page are loaded client-side.
+    (let ((deps (get match "deps"))
+          (loaded (loaded-component-names)))
+      (if (or (nil? deps) (empty? deps))
+        true
+        (every? (fn (dep) (contains? loaded dep)) deps)))))
+
+
 (define try-client-route
   (fn (pathname target-sel)
     ;; Try to render a page client-side. Returns true if successful, false otherwise.
@@ -636,10 +646,12 @@
             (let ((target (resolve-route-target target-sel)))
               (if (nil? target)
                 (do (log-warn (str "sx:route target not found: " target-sel)) false)
-                (do
-                  (log-info (str "sx:route has-data=" (get match "has-data")
-                                 " type=" (type-of (get match "has-data"))
-                                 " page=" page-name))
+                (if (not (deps-satisfied? match))
+                  (do (log-info (str "sx:route deps not loaded for " page-name)) false)
+                  (do
+                    (log-info (str "sx:route has-data=" (get match "has-data")
+                                   " type=" (type-of (get match "has-data"))
+                                   " page=" page-name))
                   (if (get match "has-data")
                     ;; Data page: check cache, else resolve asynchronously
                     (let ((cache-key (page-data-cache-key page-name params))
@@ -674,7 +686,7 @@
                         (do (log-info (str "sx:route server (eval failed) " pathname)) false)
                         (do
                           (swap-rendered-content target rendered pathname)
-                          true)))))))))))))
+                          true))))))))))))))
 
 
 (define bind-client-route-link