diff --git a/.changeset/four-doors-trade.md b/.changeset/four-doors-trade.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..592c3fea9013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/four-doors-trade.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fix CSS traversal boundaries so pages with `export const partial = true` still contribute styles when imported as components by other pages.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-css.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-css.ts
index 6f050eb349db..2a833c1209f4 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-css.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-css.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { BuildOptions, ResolvedConfig, Plugin as VitePlugin } from 'vite';
 import { isCSSRequest } from 'vite';
 import { ASTRO_VITE_ENVIRONMENT_NAMES } from '../../constants.js';
 import { isPropagatedAssetBoundary } from '../../head-propagation/boundary.js';
+import { VIRTUAL_PAGE_RESOLVED_MODULE_ID } from '../../../vite-plugin-pages/const.js';
 import {
 	getParentExtendedModuleInfos,
 	getParentModuleInfos,
@@ -33,7 +34,14 @@ interface PluginOptions {
 function isBuildCssBoundary(id: string, ctx: { getModuleInfo: GetModuleInfo }): boolean {
 	if (isPropagatedAssetBoundary(id)) return true;
 	const info = ctx.getModuleInfo(id);
-	return info ? moduleIsTopLevelPage(info) : false;
+	if (!info || !moduleIsTopLevelPage(info)) return false;
+	const allImporters = info.importers.concat(info.dynamicImporters);
+	const hasNonVirtualPageImporter = allImporters.some(
+		(importer) => !importer.includes(VIRTUAL_PAGE_RESOLVED_MODULE_ID),
+	);
+	// Pages imported by non-virtual modules (e.g. partials imported by other pages)
+	// should propagate CSS transitively instead of acting as hard page boundaries.
+	return !hasNonVirtualPageImporter;
 }
 
 function rollupPluginAstroBuildCSS(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin[] {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/astro.config.mjs b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/astro.config.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86dbfb924824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/astro.config.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
+
+export default defineConfig({});
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/package.json b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5dac595aa12c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"name": "@test/partials-css-boundary",
+	"version": "0.0.0",
+	"private": true,
+	"dependencies": {
+		"astro": "workspace:*"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/components/ResultsTable.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/components/ResultsTable.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1196fe74463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/components/ResultsTable.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<table class="results-table">
+	<tbody>
+		<tr>
+			<td>Alpha</td>
+		</tr>
+	</tbody>
+</table>
+
+<style>
+	.results-table {
+		color: rebeccapurple;
+	}
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/pages/index.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/pages/index.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d6f59353b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+import SearchResults from './partials/search-results/index.astro';
+---
+
+<main>
+	<h1>Home</h1>
+	<SearchResults />
+</main>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/pages/partials/search-results/index.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/pages/partials/search-results/index.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0756cefb18ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary/src/pages/partials/search-results/index.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+import ResultsTable from '../../../components/ResultsTable.astro';
+
+export const partial = true;
+---
+
+<ResultsTable />
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/partials-css-boundary.test.js b/packages/astro/test/partials-css-boundary.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a76f470b479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/test/partials-css-boundary.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { before, describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
+import { loadFixture } from './test-utils.js';
+
+describe('Partials CSS propagation', () => {
+	/** @type {import('./test-utils.js').Fixture} */
+	let fixture;
+
+	before(async () => {
+		fixture = await loadFixture({
+			root: './fixtures/partials-css-boundary/',
+			outDir: './dist/partials-css-boundary/',
+		});
+		await fixture.build();
+	});
+
+	it('includes transitive CSS from partials imported as components in build output', async () => {
+		const html = await fixture.readFile('/index.html');
+		const $ = cheerio.load(html);
+		let styles = $('style')
+			.toArray()
+			.map((el) => $(el).text())
+			.join('\n');
+
+		const stylesheetHrefs = $('link[rel="stylesheet"]')
+			.toArray()
+			.map((el) => $(el).attr('href'))
+			.filter((href) => href && href.startsWith('/_astro/'));
+
+		for (const href of stylesheetHrefs) {
+			styles += `\n${await fixture.readFile(href)}`;
+		}
+
+		assert.match(styles, /\.results-table\[data-astro-cid-/);
+		assert.match(html, /results-table/);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0f2b301179e0..22b81d2824f9 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -3577,6 +3577,12 @@ importers:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../..
 
+  packages/astro/test/fixtures/partials-css-boundary:
+    dependencies:
+      astro:
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../..
+
   packages/astro/test/fixtures/passthrough-image-service:
     dependencies:
       astro: