Link doesn't scroll to section anchor (by id) again

[evgeniyworkbel]

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

repo:
https://github.com/evgeniyworkbel/my-nextjs16-link-issue
deploy:
my-nextjs16-link-issue.vercel.app

To Reproduce

1. Click link in footer to scroll to section
2. See that page has scrolled to section
3. Scroll manually by mouse to footer again
4. Click link in footer again

Current vs. Expected behavior

Expected result: page will be scrolled to section
Actual result: nothing happened

Provide environment information

Operating System:
  Platform: darwin
  Arch: arm64
  Version: Darwin Kernel Version 23.5.0: Wed May  1 20:12:58 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.121.3~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000
  Available memory (MB): 16384
  Available CPU cores: 10
Binaries:
  Node: 22.21.1
  npm: 10.9.4
  Yarn: 1.22.22
  pnpm: 9.15.3
Relevant Packages:
  next: 16.1.4 // Latest available version is detected (16.1.4).
  eslint-config-next: N/A
  react: 19.2.3
  react-dom: 19.2.3
  typescript: 5.9.3
Next.js Config:
  output: N/A

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

Linking and Navigating

Which stage(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

next dev (local), Vercel (Deployed)

Additional context

No response

[Chibuike-web]

As a workaround, using a plain anchor tag should work. Since this is same page hash navigation and not actual route navigation, Next link is not needed.

[evgeniyworkbel]

As a workaround, using a plain anchor tag should work. Since this is same page hash navigation and not actual route navigation, Next link is not needed.

it is not a solution of problem

[Chibuike-web]

As a workaround, using a plain anchor tag should work. Since this is same page hash navigation and not actual route navigation, Next link is not needed.

it is not a solution of problem

It is not meant to be a solution but a workaround till the bug is fixed.