diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/__tests__/analog-load-inherit.test.ts b/packages/devtools/src/__tests__/analog-load-inherit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ef2f292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/__tests__/analog-load-inherit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import '@angular/compiler';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { BrowserTestingModule, platformBrowserTesting } from '@angular/platform-browser/testing';
+import { Router, RouterOutlet, provideRouter, type Route, type Routes } from '@angular/router';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { ANALOG_META_DESCRIPTION, chainOf, collectAnalog } from '../analog-runtime.ts';
+import { scanAnalog } from '../rpc/analog-scan.ts';
+import { resolveAnalogReport } from '../rpc/analog-tools.ts';
+import { BASE_FILES, makeProject } from './analog-fixture.ts';
+
+TestBed.initTestEnvironment(BrowserTestingModule, platformBrowserTesting());
+
+const META = Symbol(ANALOG_META_DESCRIPTION);
+
+function analogRoute(endpoint: string, endpointKey: string, route: Route): Route {
+  return Object.assign(route, { [META]: { endpoint, endpointKey } });
+}
+
+class ProductsLayout {}
+Component({ imports: [RouterOutlet], template: '<router-outlet />' })(ProductsLayout);
+
+class ProductList {}
+Component({ template: '<p>list</p>' })(ProductList);
+
+describe('Analog load() of a layout', () => {
+  it('stays with the layout when an empty-path child page inherits it', async () => {
+    const routes: Routes = [
+      {
+        path: 'products',
+        children: [
+          analogRoute('/pages/products', '/src/app/pages/products.server.ts', {
+            path: '',
+            component: ProductsLayout,
+            resolve: { load: () => ({ items: [1, 2] }) },
+            children: [
+              analogRoute('/pages/products/index', '/src/app/pages/products/index.server.ts', {
+                path: '',
+                component: ProductList,
+              }),
+            ],
+          }),
+        ],
+      },
+    ];
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({ providers: [provideRouter(routes)] });
+    const router = TestBed.inject(Router);
+    await router.navigateByUrl('/products');
+
+    const { chain, data, loadFrom } = chainOf(
+      router.routerState.snapshot.root as unknown as Record<string, any>,
+    );
+    expect(chain.map((c) => c.serverFile)).toEqual([
+      '/src/app/pages/products.server.ts',
+      '/src/app/pages/products/index.server.ts',
+    ]);
+    expect(data).toEqual({ items: [1, 2] });
+    // The list page has no .server.ts: its `data.load` is the layout's,
+    // inherited by Angular because its path is empty.
+
+    document.body.innerHTML = '<app-root ng-version="22"></app-root>';
+    const project = scanAnalog(
+      makeProject(BASE_FILES, {
+        'src/app/pages/products.server.ts': 'export const load = async () => ({ items: [] });\n',
+      }),
+    );
+    const report = collectAnalog(
+      { ɵgetRouterInstance: () => router, getInjector: () => null },
+      'p1',
+      [],
+      () => ({ hydrated: 0 }),
+    )!;
+    expect(report.load?.keys).toEqual(['items']);
+    expect(resolveAnalogReport(project, report).load?.keys).toEqual(['items']);
+    expect(loadFrom).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('credits the child when it resolves its own load, even to the same object', async () => {
+    const cached = { items: [1, 2] };
+    const routes: Routes = [
+      {
+        path: 'products',
+        children: [
+          analogRoute('/pages/products', '/src/app/pages/products.server.ts', {
+            path: '',
+            component: ProductsLayout,
+            resolve: { load: () => cached },
+            children: [
+              analogRoute('/pages/products/index', '/src/app/pages/products/index.server.ts', {
+                path: '',
+                component: ProductList,
+                resolve: { load: () => cached },
+              }),
+            ],
+          }),
+        ],
+      },
+    ];
+    TestBed.resetTestingModule();
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({ providers: [provideRouter(routes)] });
+    const router = TestBed.inject(Router);
+    await router.navigateByUrl('/products');
+    const { loadFrom } = chainOf(
+      router.routerState.snapshot.root as unknown as Record<string, any>,
+    );
+    expect(loadFrom).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/analog-runtime.ts b/packages/devtools/src/analog-runtime.ts
index b3c44094..545a10a5 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/src/analog-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/analog-runtime.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ export function chainOf(root: AnyRecord | null): {
     if (meta) {
       chain.push({ path: `/${segments.join('/')}`, ...fileOfEndpoint(meta.endpointKey) });
       const load = read(() => node!['data']?.['load'], undefined);
-      if (load !== undefined && (loadFrom === undefined || !isEmptyObject(load))) {
+      // An empty-path child inherits its parent's resolved data, so the same
+      // object again is the parent's load(), unless this route resolves its own.
+      const own = read(() => !!config?.['resolve']?.['load'], false);
+      const inherited = load === data && !own;
+      if (load !== undefined && !inherited && (loadFrom === undefined || !isEmptyObject(load))) {
         data = load;
         loadFrom = chain.length - 1;
       }