diff --git a/.changeset/bright-jeans-compare.md b/.changeset/bright-jeans-compare.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eaec658e0343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bright-jeans-compare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: add snippet argument validation in dev
diff --git a/documentation/docs/98-reference/.generated/shared-errors.md b/documentation/docs/98-reference/.generated/shared-errors.md
index 0102aafcbca1..4c81d7b89452 100644
--- a/documentation/docs/98-reference/.generated/shared-errors.md
+++ b/documentation/docs/98-reference/.generated/shared-errors.md
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ This error would be thrown in a setup like this:
 
 Here, `List.svelte` is using `{@render children(item)` which means it expects `Parent.svelte` to use snippets. Instead, `Parent.svelte` uses the deprecated `let:` directive. This combination of APIs is incompatible, hence the error.
 
+### invalid_snippet_arguments
+
+```
+A snippet function was passed invalid arguments. Snippets should only be instantiated via `{@render ...}`
+```
+
 ### lifecycle_outside_component
 
 ```
diff --git a/packages/svelte/messages/shared-errors/errors.md b/packages/svelte/messages/shared-errors/errors.md
index 8b4c61303a07..20f3d193d928 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/messages/shared-errors/errors.md
+++ b/packages/svelte/messages/shared-errors/errors.md
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ This error would be thrown in a setup like this:
 
 Here, `List.svelte` is using `{@render children(item)` which means it expects `Parent.svelte` to use snippets. Instead, `Parent.svelte` uses the deprecated `let:` directive. This combination of APIs is incompatible, hence the error.
 
+## invalid_snippet_arguments
+
+> A snippet function was passed invalid arguments. Snippets should only be instantiated via `{@render ...}`
+
 ## lifecycle_outside_component
 
 > `%name%(...)` can only be used during component initialisation
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SnippetBlock.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
index 7a0d6981b52a..7eb043aa5d11 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/** @import { BlockStatement, Expression, Identifier, Pattern, Statement } from 'estree' */
+/** @import { AssignmentPattern, BlockStatement, Expression, Identifier, Statement } from 'estree' */
 /** @import { AST } from '#compiler' */
 /** @import { ComponentContext } from '../types' */
 import { dev } from '../../../../state.js';
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { get_value } from './shared/declarations.js';
  */
 export function SnippetBlock(node, context) {
 	// TODO hoist where possible
-	/** @type {Pattern[]} */
+	/** @type {(Identifier | AssignmentPattern)[]} */
 	const args = [b.id('$$anchor')];
 
 	/** @type {BlockStatement} */
@@ -66,7 +66,18 @@ export function SnippetBlock(node, context) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
+	if (dev) {
+		declarations.unshift(
+			b.stmt(
+				b.call(
+					'$.validate_snippet_args',
+					.../** @type {Identifier[]} */ (
+						args.map((arg) => (arg?.type === 'Identifier' ? arg : arg?.left))
+					)
+				)
+			)
+		);
+	}
 	body = b.block([
 		...declarations,
 		.../** @type {BlockStatement} */ (context.visit(node.body, child_state)).body
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/SnippetBlock.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
index eb839179271a..cae3e7d79c94 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/server/visitors/SnippetBlock.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /** @import { BlockStatement } from 'estree' */
 /** @import { AST } from '#compiler' */
 /** @import { ComponentContext } from '../types.js' */
+import { dev } from '../../../../state.js';
 import * as b from '../../../../utils/builders.js';
 
 /**
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@ export function SnippetBlock(node, context) {
 		[b.id('$$payload'), ...node.parameters],
 		/** @type {BlockStatement} */ (context.visit(node.body))
 	);
-
+	if (dev) {
+		fn.body.body.unshift(b.stmt(b.call('$.validate_snippet_args', b.id('$$payload'))));
+	}
 	// @ts-expect-error - TODO remove this hack once $$render_inner for legacy bindings is gone
 	fn.___snippet = true;
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dev/validation.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dev/validation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e41e4c46283d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dev/validation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { invalid_snippet_arguments } from '../../shared/errors.js';
+/**
+ * @param {Node} anchor
+ * @param {...(()=>any)[]} args
+ */
+export function validate_snippet_args(anchor, ...args) {
+	if (typeof anchor !== 'object' || !(anchor instanceof Node)) {
+		invalid_snippet_arguments();
+	}
+	for (let arg of args) {
+		if (typeof arg !== 'function') {
+			invalid_snippet_arguments();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/index.js
index a5f93e8b171b..60b18ec21f64 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export {
 export { check_target, legacy_api } from './dev/legacy.js';
 export { trace } from './dev/tracing.js';
 export { inspect } from './dev/inspect.js';
+export { validate_snippet_args } from './dev/validation.js';
 export { await_block as await } from './dom/blocks/await.js';
 export { if_block as if } from './dom/blocks/if.js';
 export { key_block as key } from './dom/blocks/key.js';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/blocks/snippet.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/blocks/snippet.js
index 3c5e8607905b..9e96ae34305d 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/blocks/snippet.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/blocks/snippet.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /** @import { Snippet } from 'svelte' */
-/** @import { Payload } from '#server' */
+/** @import { Payload } from '../payload' */
 /** @import { Getters } from '#shared' */
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/dev.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/dev.js
index ecf4e67429ac..34849196b7b6 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/dev.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/dev.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-/** @import { Component, Payload } from '#server' */
+/** @import { Component } from '#server' */
 import { FILENAME } from '../../constants.js';
 import {
 	is_tag_valid_with_ancestor,
 	is_tag_valid_with_parent
 } from '../../html-tree-validation.js';
 import { current_component } from './context.js';
+import { invalid_snippet_arguments } from '../shared/errors.js';
+import { Payload } from './payload.js';
 
 /**
  * @typedef {{
@@ -98,3 +100,12 @@ export function push_element(payload, tag, line, column) {
 export function pop_element() {
 	parent = /** @type {Element} */ (parent).parent;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param {Payload} payload
+ */
+export function validate_snippet_args(payload) {
+	if (typeof payload !== 'object' || !(payload instanceof Payload)) {
+		invalid_snippet_arguments();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/index.js
index bf36a595d8a9..97728b5b3318 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /** @import { ComponentType, SvelteComponent } from 'svelte' */
-/** @import { Component, Payload, RenderOutput } from '#server' */
+/** @import { Component, RenderOutput } from '#server' */
 /** @import { Store } from '#shared' */
 export { FILENAME, HMR } from '../../constants.js';
 import { attr, clsx, to_class, to_style } from '../shared/attributes.js';
@@ -17,43 +17,13 @@ import { EMPTY_COMMENT, BLOCK_CLOSE, BLOCK_OPEN } from './hydration.js';
 import { validate_store } from '../shared/validate.js';
 import { is_boolean_attribute, is_raw_text_element, is_void } from '../../utils.js';
 import { reset_elements } from './dev.js';
+import { Payload } from './payload.js';
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#attributes-2
 // https://infra.spec.whatwg.org/#noncharacter
 const INVALID_ATTR_NAME_CHAR_REGEX =
 	/[\s'">/=\u{FDD0}-\u{FDEF}\u{FFFE}\u{FFFF}\u{1FFFE}\u{1FFFF}\u{2FFFE}\u{2FFFF}\u{3FFFE}\u{3FFFF}\u{4FFFE}\u{4FFFF}\u{5FFFE}\u{5FFFF}\u{6FFFE}\u{6FFFF}\u{7FFFE}\u{7FFFF}\u{8FFFE}\u{8FFFF}\u{9FFFE}\u{9FFFF}\u{AFFFE}\u{AFFFF}\u{BFFFE}\u{BFFFF}\u{CFFFE}\u{CFFFF}\u{DFFFE}\u{DFFFF}\u{EFFFE}\u{EFFFF}\u{FFFFE}\u{FFFFF}\u{10FFFE}\u{10FFFF}]/u;
 
-/**
- * @param {Payload} to_copy
- * @returns {Payload}
- */
-export function copy_payload({ out, css, head, uid }) {
-	return {
-		out,
-		css: new Set(css),
-		head: {
-			title: head.title,
-			out: head.out,
-			css: new Set(head.css),
-			uid: head.uid
-		},
-		uid
-	};
-}
-
-/**
- * Assigns second payload to first
- * @param {Payload} p1
- * @param {Payload} p2
- * @returns {void}
- */
-export function assign_payload(p1, p2) {
-	p1.out = p2.out;
-	p1.css = p2.css;
-	p1.head = p2.head;
-	p1.uid = p2.uid;
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {Payload} payload
  * @param {string} tag
@@ -87,16 +57,6 @@ export function element(payload, tag, attributes_fn = noop, children_fn = noop)
  */
 export let on_destroy = [];
 
-/**
- * Creates an ID generator
- * @param {string} prefix
- * @returns {() => string}
- */
-function props_id_generator(prefix) {
-	let uid = 1;
-	return () => `${prefix}s${uid++}`;
-}
-
 /**
  * Only available on the server and when compiling with the `server` option.
  * Takes a component and returns an object with `body` and `head` properties on it, which you can use to populate the HTML when server-rendering your app.
@@ -106,14 +66,7 @@ function props_id_generator(prefix) {
  * @returns {RenderOutput}
  */
 export function render(component, options = {}) {
-	const uid = props_id_generator(options.idPrefix ? options.idPrefix + '-' : '');
-	/** @type {Payload} */
-	const payload = {
-		out: '',
-		css: new Set(),
-		head: { title: '', out: '', css: new Set(), uid },
-		uid
-	};
+	const payload = new Payload(options.idPrefix ? options.idPrefix + '-' : '');
 
 	const prev_on_destroy = on_destroy;
 	on_destroy = [];
@@ -542,7 +495,9 @@ export { html } from './blocks/html.js';
 
 export { push, pop } from './context.js';
 
-export { push_element, pop_element } from './dev.js';
+export { push_element, pop_element, validate_snippet_args } from './dev.js';
+
+export { assign_payload, copy_payload } from './payload.js';
 
 export { snapshot } from '../shared/clone.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/payload.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/payload.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03bcaf492ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/payload.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+export class Payload {
+	/** @type {Set<{ hash: string; code: string }>} */
+	css = new Set();
+	out = '';
+	uid = () => '';
+
+	head = {
+		/** @type {Set<{ hash: string; code: string }>} */
+		css: new Set(),
+		title: '',
+		out: '',
+		uid: () => ''
+	};
+
+	constructor(id_prefix = '') {
+		this.uid = props_id_generator(id_prefix);
+		this.head.uid = this.uid;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Used in legacy mode to handle bindings
+ * @param {Payload} to_copy
+ * @returns {Payload}
+ */
+export function copy_payload({ out, css, head, uid }) {
+	const payload = new Payload();
+
+	payload.out = out;
+	payload.css = new Set(css);
+	payload.uid = uid;
+
+	payload.head = {
+		title: head.title,
+		out: head.out,
+		css: new Set(head.css),
+		uid: head.uid
+	};
+
+	return payload;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Assigns second payload to first
+ * @param {Payload} p1
+ * @param {Payload} p2
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+export function assign_payload(p1, p2) {
+	p1.out = p2.out;
+	p1.css = p2.css;
+	p1.head = p2.head;
+	p1.uid = p2.uid;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates an ID generator
+ * @param {string} prefix
+ * @returns {() => string}
+ */
+function props_id_generator(prefix) {
+	let uid = 1;
+	return () => `${prefix}s${uid++}`;
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/types.d.ts b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/types.d.ts
index 2fffdbbdf0bb..6b0fc146c419 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/server/types.d.ts
@@ -11,19 +11,6 @@ export interface Component {
 	function?: any;
 }
 
-export interface Payload {
-	out: string;
-	css: Set<{ hash: string; code: string }>;
-	head: {
-		title: string;
-		out: string;
-		uid: () => string;
-		css: Set<{ hash: string; code: string }>;
-	};
-	/** Function that generates a unique ID */
-	uid: () => string;
-}
-
 export interface RenderOutput {
 	/** HTML that goes into the `<head>` */
 	head: string;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/errors.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/errors.js
index 26d6822cdb29..2e89dc1ad109 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/errors.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/shared/errors.js
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ export function invalid_default_snippet() {
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * A snippet function was passed invalid arguments. Snippets should only be instantiated via `{@render ...}`
+ * @returns {never}
+ */
+export function invalid_snippet_arguments() {
+	if (DEV) {
+		const error = new Error(`invalid_snippet_arguments\nA snippet function was passed invalid arguments. Snippets should only be instantiated via \`{@render ...}\`\nhttps://svelte.dev/e/invalid_snippet_arguments`);
+
+		error.name = 'Svelte error';
+		throw error;
+	} else {
+		throw new Error(`https://svelte.dev/e/invalid_snippet_arguments`);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * `%name%(...)` can only be used during component initialisation
  * @param {string} name