diff --git a/examples/chat/README.md b/examples/chat/README.md
index fa784aa3e..6f0e62166 100644
--- a/examples/chat/README.md
+++ b/examples/chat/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fact about the thread, not something left hanging.
 
 ```tsx
 const getThread = liveQuery(
-  live(async (id: string) => {
+  async (id: string) => {
     "use server";
     return (props: { composer: ComposerSlot; copyCode: CopySlot }) => {
       const view = createMemo(() => db.watchThread(id, gone.signal));
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ const getThread = liveQuery(
         </article>
       );
     };
-  }),
+  },
   "thread"
 );
 ```
 
-`live` holds the response open and reconnects it if it dies. `liveQuery`
-gives it a key and one connection per thread.
+`liveQuery` declares the function `live`, which holds the response open and
+reconnects it if it dies, and gives it a key and one connection per thread.
 
 Each `{…}` that reads `view()` is a piece of the page the server can send
 again by itself, and it sends one only when its HTML has changed. The thread
diff --git a/examples/chat/package.json b/examples/chat/package.json
index ea7ca58e7..0fdeff1ac 100644
--- a/examples/chat/package.json
+++ b/examples/chat/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.133.0",
-    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.41",
+    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.42",
     "@solidjs/web": "workspace:*",
     "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
     "marked": "^12.0.2",
diff --git a/examples/chat/src/router.tsx b/examples/chat/src/router.tsx
index 47afc4792..160edc100 100644
--- a/examples/chat/src/router.tsx
+++ b/examples/chat/src/router.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 // it.
 import { createMemo, onCleanup } from "solid-js";
 import { getRequestEvent } from "@solidjs/web";
-import { live } from "@solidjs/web/server-functions";
 import { createRouter, defineRoute, liveQuery } from "@solidjs/router";
 import Home from "~/routes/home";
 import Thread from "~/routes/thread";
@@ -16,34 +15,31 @@ import * as db from "~/server/db";
 // changes without this tab doing anything — another tab sends a message, a
 // reply finishes, a thread is renamed or deleted. The router marks the link
 // to the page you are on.
-export const getThreads = liveQuery(
-  live(async () => {
-    "use server";
-    return () => {
-      const gone = new AbortController();
-      onCleanup(() => gone.abort());
-      getRequestEvent()?.request.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => gone.abort(), {
-        once: true
-      });
-      const threads = createMemo(() => db.watchThreads(gone.signal));
-      return (
-        <ul class="threads">
-          {threads().map(thread => {
-            const writing = thread.generating ? "writing" : undefined;
-            return (
-              <li>
-                <a href={`/t/${thread.id}`} class={writing}>
-                  {thread.title}
-                </a>
-              </li>
-            );
-          })}
-        </ul>
-      );
-    };
-  }),
-  "threads"
-);
+export const getThreads = liveQuery(async () => {
+  "use server";
+  return () => {
+    const gone = new AbortController();
+    onCleanup(() => gone.abort());
+    getRequestEvent()?.request.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => gone.abort(), {
+      once: true
+    });
+    const threads = createMemo(() => db.watchThreads(gone.signal));
+    return (
+      <ul class="threads">
+        {threads().map(thread => {
+          const writing = thread.generating ? "writing" : undefined;
+          return (
+            <li>
+              <a href={`/t/${thread.id}`} class={writing}>
+                {thread.title}
+              </a>
+            </li>
+          );
+        })}
+      </ul>
+    );
+  };
+}, "threads");
 
 export const Router = createRouter({
   routes: [
diff --git a/examples/chat/src/routes/thread.tsx b/examples/chat/src/routes/thread.tsx
index bef9f0aa3..3f56174ec 100644
--- a/examples/chat/src/routes/thread.tsx
+++ b/examples/chat/src/routes/thread.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 // code block's Copy button, a client component in a slot in that block.
 import { createMemo, For, Loading, onCleanup } from "solid-js";
 import { dynamicComponent, getRequestEvent, redirect } from "@solidjs/web";
-import { live } from "@solidjs/web/server-functions";
 import type { Slot } from "@solidjs/web/frames";
 import { formAction, liveQuery, type RouteSectionProps } from "@solidjs/router";
 import Composer from "~/components/composer";
@@ -65,53 +64,51 @@ const deleteThread = formAction(async (id: string) => {
   return redirect("/");
 }, "deleteThread");
 
-// `live` holds the response open and reconnects it if it dies; `liveQuery`
-// gives it a key and one connection per thread, and tells the router that
-// this address is kept fresh by its own stream.
-const getThread = liveQuery(
-  live(async (id: string) => {
-    "use server";
-    return (props: { composer: ComposerSlot; copyCode: CopySlot }) => {
-      // This render lives as long as its response. When the tab goes away
-      // the watcher below is told at once.
-      const gone = new AbortController();
-      onCleanup(() => gone.abort());
-      getRequestEvent()?.request.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => gone.abort(), {
-        once: true
-      });
+// `liveQuery` declares it `live`, which holds the response open and
+// reconnects it if it dies; it also gives it a key and one connection per
+// thread, and tells the router that this address is kept fresh by its own
+// stream.
+const getThread = liveQuery(async (id: string) => {
+  "use server";
+  return (props: { composer: ComposerSlot; copyCode: CopySlot }) => {
+    // This render lives as long as its response. When the tab goes away
+    // the watcher below is told at once.
+    const gone = new AbortController();
+    onCleanup(() => gone.abort());
+    getRequestEvent()?.request.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => gone.abort(), {
+      once: true
+    });
 
-      // The thread as it is stored, again after every write to it.
-      const view = createMemo(() => db.watchThread(id, gone.signal));
+    // The thread as it is stored, again after every write to it.
+    const view = createMemo(() => db.watchThread(id, gone.signal));
 
-      return (
-        <article class="thread">
-          <header class="thread-head">
-            {headMarkup(view().thread)}
-            <p class="muted">Answered by {model.modelName()}</p>
-          </header>
-          <ol class="messages">
-            {/* A row the server has already rendered is kept while its
+    return (
+      <article class="thread">
+        <header class="thread-head">
+          {headMarkup(view().thread)}
+          <p class="muted">Answered by {model.modelName()}</p>
+        </header>
+        <ol class="messages">
+          {/* A row the server has already rendered is kept while its
                   message is unchanged, so a streaming reply doesn't render
                   the whole history again on every write (#4056). */}
-            <For each={view().messages.filter(m => m.status !== "generating")}>
-              {message => messageMarkup(message, props.copyCode)}
-            </For>
-            {messagesMarkup(view().messages, true, props.copyCode)}
-          </ol>
-          {/* Keyed by thread: going to another conversation is a new
+          <For each={view().messages.filter(m => m.status !== "generating")}>
+            {message => messageMarkup(message, props.copyCode)}
+          </For>
+          {messagesMarkup(view().messages, true, props.copyCode)}
+        </ol>
+        {/* Keyed by thread: going to another conversation is a new
                 composer, so a half-typed message stays with its thread. */}
-          <props.composer
-            $key={id}
-            threadId={id}
-            seen={view().messages.map(m => m.id)}
-            busy={view().messages.some(m => m.status === "generating")}
-          />
-        </article>
-      );
-    };
-  }),
-  "thread"
-);
+        <props.composer
+          $key={id}
+          threadId={id}
+          seen={view().messages.map(m => m.id)}
+          busy={view().messages.some(m => m.status === "generating")}
+        />
+      </article>
+    );
+  };
+}, "thread");
 
 // The title is its own editor: a form around a field, so renaming is typing
 // and pressing Enter, with or without JavaScript.
diff --git a/examples/chat/src/server/model.ts b/examples/chat/src/server/model.ts
index d942ed7a3..a440ee579 100644
--- a/examples/chat/src/server/model.ts
+++ b/examples/chat/src/server/model.ts
@@ -44,14 +44,16 @@ This thread is one. It renders on the server, from the messages the server has s
 
 \`\`\`jsx
 const getThread = liveQuery(
-  live(async (id) => {
+  async (id) => {
     "use server";
     return props => <Thread id={id} composer={props.composer} />;
-  }),
+  },
   "thread"
 );
 \`\`\`
 
+\`liveQuery\` declares it \`live\`, so the response stays open and the server sends the parts of the thread that change.
+
 The markdown parser and the syntax highlighter that produced this reply never reach the browser. Only what they produce does.`
     }
   ],
diff --git a/examples/hackernews-spa/package.json b/examples/hackernews-spa/package.json
index c8d1c4314..14f481f59 100644
--- a/examples/hackernews-spa/package.json
+++ b/examples/hackernews-spa/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.41",
+    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.42",
     "@solidjs/web": "workspace:*",
     "solid-js": "workspace:*"
   },
diff --git a/examples/hackernews/package.json b/examples/hackernews/package.json
index 93d201b8f..3fbc47799 100644
--- a/examples/hackernews/package.json
+++ b/examples/hackernews/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.41",
+    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.42",
     "@solidjs/web": "workspace:*",
     "solid-js": "workspace:*"
   },
diff --git a/examples/notes/package.json b/examples/notes/package.json
index 3a432ecea..4d53137b3 100644
--- a/examples/notes/package.json
+++ b/examples/notes/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.41",
+    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.42",
     "@solidjs/web": "workspace:*",
     "date-fns": "^3.6.0",
     "marked": "^12.0.2",
diff --git a/examples/server-dbmon/package.json b/examples/server-dbmon/package.json
index b0507f1ac..a96d22038 100644
--- a/examples/server-dbmon/package.json
+++ b/examples/server-dbmon/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.41",
+    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.42",
     "@solidjs/web": "workspace:*",
     "solid-js": "workspace:*"
   },
diff --git a/examples/todos-server/package.json b/examples/todos-server/package.json
index 617e191ed..fb2c4323b 100644
--- a/examples/todos-server/package.json
+++ b/examples/todos-server/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.41",
+    "@solidjs/router": "2.0.0-next.42",
     "@solidjs/web": "workspace:*",
     "solid-js": "workspace:*",
     "unstorage": "^1.17.5"
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 96821ef51..9e207cb5e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^0.133.0
         version: 0.133.0
       '@solidjs/router':
-        specifier: 2.0.0-next.41
-        version: 2.0.0-next.41(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
+        specifier: 2.0.0-next.42
+        version: 2.0.0-next.42(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
       '@solidjs/web':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/web
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ importers:
   examples/hackernews:
     dependencies:
       '@solidjs/router':
-        specifier: 2.0.0-next.41
-        version: 2.0.0-next.41(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
+        specifier: 2.0.0-next.42
+        version: 2.0.0-next.42(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
       '@solidjs/web':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/web
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ importers:
   examples/hackernews-spa:
     dependencies:
       '@solidjs/router':
-        specifier: 2.0.0-next.41
-        version: 2.0.0-next.41(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
+        specifier: 2.0.0-next.42
+        version: 2.0.0-next.42(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
       '@solidjs/web':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/web
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ importers:
   examples/notes:
     dependencies:
       '@solidjs/router':
-        specifier: 2.0.0-next.41
-        version: 2.0.0-next.41(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
+        specifier: 2.0.0-next.42
+        version: 2.0.0-next.42(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
       '@solidjs/web':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/web
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ importers:
   examples/server-dbmon:
     dependencies:
       '@solidjs/router':
-        specifier: 2.0.0-next.41
-        version: 2.0.0-next.41(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
+        specifier: 2.0.0-next.42
+        version: 2.0.0-next.42(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
       '@solidjs/web':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/web
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ importers:
   examples/todos-server:
     dependencies:
       '@solidjs/router':
-        specifier: 2.0.0-next.41
-        version: 2.0.0-next.41(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
+        specifier: 2.0.0-next.42
+        version: 2.0.0-next.42(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)
       '@solidjs/web':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/web
@@ -2435,8 +2435,8 @@ packages:
     cpu: [x64]
     os: [win32]
 
-  '@solidjs/router@2.0.0-next.41':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-wCnhq37p4dpTYuy2Zz8nlf9Si/t4cMXUiMY0r7MxzHSH2c4jUiSrA8LkSdif6swwAIT/dOP7Pbv4hM1qY5ZOuA==}
+  '@solidjs/router@2.0.0-next.42':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-UMeBFTLk5DzIi4Kj0lmoyB0JmGXDB1gYVPwKXkyaHJccjXX6LbFOJkNoJCRzm7K88/NxR8rh10fjbJO6vzfxXA==}
     peerDependencies:
       '@solidjs/web': workspace:*
       filesystem-routing: '>=0.4.0'
@@ -6119,7 +6119,7 @@ snapshots:
   '@rollup/rollup-win32-x64-msvc@4.59.0':
     optional: true
 
-  '@solidjs/router@2.0.0-next.41(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)':
+  '@solidjs/router@2.0.0-next.42(@solidjs/web@packages+web)(solid-js@packages+solid)':
     dependencies:
       '@solidjs/web': link:packages/web
       solid-js: link:packages/solid