diff --git a/packages/csr/src/reactive-runtime.ts b/packages/csr/src/reactive-runtime.ts
index 12e7a62a..5bbbc186 100644
--- a/packages/csr/src/reactive-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/csr/src/reactive-runtime.ts
@@ -4138,8 +4138,13 @@ export const REACTIVE_RUNTIME = String.raw`
   }
 
   function callServerFunction(component, functionName, args) {
+    var csrfMeta = document.querySelector('meta[name="wrnexus-csrf"]');
     var csrfMatch = /(?:^|;\s*)wire-csrf=([^;]+)/.exec(document.cookie || "");
-    var csrf = csrfMatch ? decodeURIComponent(csrfMatch[1]) : "";
+    var csrf = csrfMeta
+      ? csrfMeta.getAttribute("content") || ""
+      : csrfMatch
+        ? decodeURIComponent(csrfMatch[1])
+        : "";
     return fetch("/__wrnexus/rpc", {
       method: "POST",
       credentials: "same-origin",
diff --git a/packages/csr/test/reactive.test.ts b/packages/csr/test/reactive.test.ts
index e0fe8683..964e982e 100644
--- a/packages/csr/test/reactive.test.ts
+++ b/packages/csr/test/reactive.test.ts
@@ -828,6 +828,34 @@ test("component server calls send the CSRF cookie in the RPC header", async () =
   expect(new Headers(request?.headers).get("x-csrf-token")).toBe("rpc token");
 });
 
+test("component server calls prefer the rendered CSRF token over stale cookies", async () => {
+  const win = mount(
+    `<meta name="wrnexus-csrf" content="current-token">` +
+      `<div data-scope="" data-wrn-component="Home">` +
+      `<button data-on-click="server.handleClick()">go</button>` +
+      `</div>`,
+  );
+  Object.defineProperty(win.document, "cookie", {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: "wire-csrf=stale-token",
+  });
+  let request: RequestInit | undefined;
+  const globals = globalThis as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const originalFetch = globals.fetch;
+  globals.fetch = async (_input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => {
+    request = init;
+    return Response.json({ ok: true });
+  };
+  try {
+    (win.document.querySelector("button") as unknown as HTMLElement).click();
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+  } finally {
+    globals.fetch = originalFetch;
+  }
+
+  expect(new Headers(request?.headers).get("x-csrf-token")).toBe("current-token");
+});
+
 test("development runtime warns when a component binding names a missing function", () => {
   const win = new Window() as unknown as Window & Record<string, unknown>;
   win.document.body.innerHTML =
diff --git a/packages/dev-server/src/runtime.ts b/packages/dev-server/src/runtime.ts
index dc31eeb6..a6a96fa9 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server/src/runtime.ts
@@ -1873,6 +1873,7 @@ export function createHandlers(deps: RuntimeDeps): Handlers {
       body: renderedBody,
       scripts,
       extraHead: [
+        `<meta name="wrnexus-csrf" content="${escapeHtml(pageCsrf)}" />`,
         preserve ? `<meta name="wrnexus-preserve" content="${preserve}" />` : "",
         pwaEnabled ? `<link rel="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest" />` : "",
         pwaEnabled ? `<meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />` : "",
diff --git a/packages/dev-server/test/actions-runtime.test.ts b/packages/dev-server/test/actions-runtime.test.ts
index 4dbd26b1..163ce66b 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server/test/actions-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server/test/actions-runtime.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ test("server actions validate, enforce CSRF, invalidate, and progressively enhan
   const page = await handlers.fetch(new Request("https://example.test/users"), server);
   const html = await page!.text();
   expect(html).toContain('name="_csrf"');
+  expect(html).toContain('name="wrnexus-csrf"');
   expect(html).toContain("/__wrnexus/actions.js");
   const cookie = page!.headers.get("set-cookie")!;
   const token = /wire-csrf=([^;]+)/.exec(cookie)?.[1];