diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index c93d5d783d453..fa40f81e809b9 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export interface AstroGlobal<
 	 * }
 	 * ```
 	 */
-	reroute: AstroSharedContext['reroute'];
+	rewrite: AstroSharedContext['rewrite'];
 	/**
 	 * The <Astro.self /> element allows a component to reference itself recursively.
 	 *
@@ -1933,19 +1933,19 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 
 		/**
 		 * @docs
-		 * @name experimental.rerouting
+		 * @name experimental.rewriting
 		 * @type {boolean}
 		 * @default `false`
 		 * @version 4.8.0
 		 * @description
 		 *
-		 * Enables the use of rerouting features in Astro pages, Endpoints and Astro middleware:
+		 * Enables the use of rewriting features in Astro pages, Endpoints and Astro middleware:
 		 *
 		 * ```astro
 		 * ---
 		 * // src/pages/dashboard.astro
 		 * if (!Astro.props.allowed) {
-		 * 	return Astro.reroute("/")
+		 * 	return Astro.rewrite("/")
 		 * }
 		 * ---
 		 * ```
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 		 * // src/pages/api.js
 		 * export function GET(ctx) {
 		 * 	if (!ctx.locals.allowed) {
-		 * 		return ctx.reroute("/")
+		 * 		return ctx.rewrite("/")
 		 * 	}
 		 * }
 		 * ```
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 		 * }
 		 * ```
 		 */
-		rerouting: boolean;
+		rewriting: boolean;
 	};
 }
 
@@ -2543,7 +2543,7 @@ interface AstroSharedContext<
 	 * }
 	 * ```
 	 */
-	reroute(reroutePayload: ReroutePayload): Promise<Response>;
+	rewrite(rewritePayload: RewritePayload): Promise<Response>;
 
 	/**
 	 * Object accessed via Astro middleware
@@ -2672,7 +2672,7 @@ export interface APIContext<
 	 * }
 	 * ```
 	 */
-	reroute: AstroSharedContext['reroute'];
+	rewrite: AstroSharedContext['rewrite'];
 
 	/**
 	 * An object that middlewares can use to store extra information related to the request.
@@ -2866,9 +2866,9 @@ export interface AstroIntegration {
 	};
 }
 
-export type ReroutePayload = string | URL | Request;
+export type RewritePayload = string | URL | Request;
 
-export type MiddlewareNext = (reroutePayload?: ReroutePayload) => Promise<Response>;
+export type MiddlewareNext = (reroutePayload?: RewritePayload) => Promise<Response>;
 export type MiddlewareHandler = (
 	context: APIContext,
 	next: MiddlewareNext
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/pipeline.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/pipeline.ts
index 97784dc962ef9..cceecab49acda 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/pipeline.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type {
 	SSRElement,
 	SSRResult,
 	ComponentInstance,
-	ReroutePayload,
+	RewritePayload,
 } from '../../@types/astro.js';
 import { Pipeline } from '../base-pipeline.js';
 import { DEFAULT_404_COMPONENT } from '../constants.js';
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class AppPipeline extends Pipeline {
 		return module.page();
 	}
 
-	async tryReroute(payload: ReroutePayload): Promise<[RouteData, ComponentInstance]> {
+	async tryRewrite(payload: RewritePayload): Promise<[RouteData, ComponentInstance]> {
 		let foundRoute;
 
 		for (const route of this.#manifestData!.routes) {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/types.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/types.ts
index 6b327fd6fefae..30134252ef9d1 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/types.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/types.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export type SSRManifest = {
 	middleware: MiddlewareHandler;
 	checkOrigin: boolean;
 	// TODO: remove once the experimental flag is removed
-	reroutingEnabled: boolean;
+	rewritingEnabled: boolean;
 };
 
 export type SSRManifestI18n = {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/base-pipeline.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/base-pipeline.ts
index 4f6c825539957..11cff7c809f5b 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/base-pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/base-pipeline.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type {
 	ComponentInstance,
 	MiddlewareHandler,
-	ReroutePayload,
+	RewritePayload,
 	RouteData,
 	RuntimeMode,
 	SSRLoadedRenderer,
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ export abstract class Pipeline {
 	 *
 	 * - if not `RouteData` is found
 	 *
-	 * @param {ReroutePayload} reroutePayload
+	 * @param {RewritePayload} rewritePayload
 	 */
-	abstract tryReroute(reroutePayload: ReroutePayload): Promise<[RouteData, ComponentInstance]>;
+	abstract tryRewrite(rewritePayload: RewritePayload): Promise<[RouteData, ComponentInstance]>;
 
 	/**
 	 * Tells the pipeline how to retrieve a component give a `RouteData`
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts
index 13d31b3acb6ff..23563d83386c5 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ async function getPathsForRoute(
 		const label = staticPaths.length === 1 ? 'page' : 'pages';
 		logger.debug(
 			'build',
-			`├── ${bold(green('✔'))} ${route.component} → ${magenta(`[${staticPaths.length} ${label}]`)}`
+			`├── ${bold(green('√'))} ${route.component} → ${magenta(`[${staticPaths.length} ${label}]`)}`
 		);
 
 		paths = staticPaths
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ function createBuildManifest(
 		i18n: i18nManifest,
 		buildFormat: settings.config.build.format,
 		middleware,
-		reroutingEnabled: settings.config.experimental.rerouting,
+		rewritingEnabled: settings.config.experimental.rewriting,
 		checkOrigin: settings.config.experimental.security?.csrfProtection?.origin ?? false,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/pipeline.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/pipeline.ts
index d973b24ca0e44..61f10a43465b8 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/pipeline.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type {
 	ComponentInstance,
-	ReroutePayload,
+	RewritePayload,
 	RouteData,
 	SSRLoadedRenderer,
 	SSRResult,
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export class BuildPipeline extends Pipeline {
 		}
 	}
 
-	async tryReroute(payload: ReroutePayload): Promise<[RouteData, ComponentInstance]> {
+	async tryRewrite(payload: RewritePayload): Promise<[RouteData, ComponentInstance]> {
 		let foundRoute: RouteData | undefined;
 		// options.manifest is the actual type that contains the information
 		for (const route of this.options.manifest.routes) {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-manifest.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-manifest.ts
index e2f29920477fa..5bab9bad87e29 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-manifest.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-manifest.ts
@@ -277,6 +277,6 @@ function buildManifest(
 		i18n: i18nManifest,
 		buildFormat: settings.config.build.format,
 		checkOrigin: settings.config.experimental.security?.csrfProtection?.origin ?? false,
-		reroutingEnabled: settings.config.experimental.rerouting,
+		rewritingEnabled: settings.config.experimental.rewriting,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/config/schema.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/config/schema.ts
index 879589b4b87db..0fd4c58e66fda 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/config/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/config/schema.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const ASTRO_CONFIG_DEFAULTS = {
 		globalRoutePriority: false,
 		i18nDomains: false,
 		security: {},
-		rerouting: false,
+		rewriting: false,
 	},
 } satisfies AstroUserConfig & { server: { open: boolean } };
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ export const AstroConfigSchema = z.object({
 				.optional()
 				.default(ASTRO_CONFIG_DEFAULTS.experimental.security),
 			i18nDomains: z.boolean().optional().default(ASTRO_CONFIG_DEFAULTS.experimental.i18nDomains),
-			rerouting: z.boolean().optional().default(ASTRO_CONFIG_DEFAULTS.experimental.rerouting),
+			rewriting: z.boolean().optional().default(ASTRO_CONFIG_DEFAULTS.experimental.rewriting),
 		})
 		.strict(
 			`Invalid or outdated experimental feature.\nCheck for incorrect spelling or outdated Astro version.\nSee https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/configuration-reference/#experimental-flags for a list of all current experiments.`
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/callMiddleware.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/callMiddleware.ts
index baf3c0b3ef5a7..a6e8012e84c01 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/callMiddleware.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/callMiddleware.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type {
 	APIContext,
 	MiddlewareHandler,
 	MiddlewareNext,
-	ReroutePayload,
+	RewritePayload,
 } from '../../@types/astro.js';
 import { AstroError, AstroErrorData } from '../errors/index.js';
 import type { Logger } from '../logger/core.js';
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export async function callMiddleware(
 	apiContext: APIContext,
 	responseFunction: (
 		apiContext: APIContext,
-		reroutePayload?: ReroutePayload
+		reroutePayload?: RewritePayload
 	) => Promise<Response> | Response,
 	// TODO: remove these two arguments once rerouting goes out of experimental
 	enableRerouting: boolean,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/index.ts
index cabbbc9cb9b39..17c206d6e9f54 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { APIContext, MiddlewareHandler, Params, ReroutePayload } from '../../@types/astro.js';
+import type { APIContext, MiddlewareHandler, Params, RewritePayload } from '../../@types/astro.js';
 import {
 	computeCurrentLocale,
 	computePreferredLocale,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function createContext({
 	const route = url.pathname;
 
 	// TODO verify that this function works in an edge middleware environment
-	const reroute = (_reroutePayload: ReroutePayload) => {
+	const reroute = (_reroutePayload: RewritePayload) => {
 		// return dummy response
 		return Promise.resolve(new Response(null));
 	};
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function createContext({
 		site: undefined,
 		generator: `Astro v${ASTRO_VERSION}`,
 		props: {},
-		reroute,
+		rewrite: reroute,
 		redirect(path, status) {
 			return new Response(null, {
 				status: status || 302,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/sequence.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/sequence.ts
index 3782bc30befab..ef27d03c2cb4d 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/sequence.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/middleware/sequence.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { APIContext, MiddlewareHandler, ReroutePayload } from '../../@types/astro.js';
+import type { APIContext, MiddlewareHandler, RewritePayload } from '../../@types/astro.js';
 import { defineMiddleware } from './index.js';
 import { AstroCookies } from '../cookies/cookies.js';
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function sequence(...handlers: MiddlewareHandler[]): MiddlewareHandler {
 		/**
 		 * This variable is used to carry the rerouting payload across middleware functions.
 		 */
-		let carriedPayload: ReroutePayload | undefined = undefined;
+		let carriedPayload: RewritePayload | undefined = undefined;
 		return applyHandle(0, context);
 
 		function applyHandle(i: number, handleContext: APIContext) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function sequence(...handlers: MiddlewareHandler[]): MiddlewareHandler {
 			// @ts-expect-error
 			// SAFETY: Usually `next` always returns something in user land, but in `sequence` we are actually
 			// doing a loop over all the `next` functions, and eventually we call the last `next` that returns the `Response`.
-			const result = handle(handleContext, async (payload: ReroutePayload) => {
+			const result = handle(handleContext, async (payload: RewritePayload) => {
 				if (i < length - 1) {
 					if (payload) {
 						let newRequest;
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/render-context.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/render-context.ts
index 12796f3c205e9..6ba23fb72796c 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/render-context.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/render-context.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {
 	ComponentInstance,
 	MiddlewareHandler,
 	MiddlewareNext,
-	ReroutePayload,
+	RewritePayload,
 	RouteData,
 	SSRResult,
 } from '../@types/astro.js';
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ export class RenderContext {
 				statusText: 'Loop Detected',
 			});
 		}
-		const lastNext = async (ctx: APIContext, payload?: ReroutePayload) => {
+		const lastNext = async (ctx: APIContext, payload?: RewritePayload) => {
 			if (payload) {
-				if (this.pipeline.manifest.reroutingEnabled) {
+				if (this.pipeline.manifest.rewritingEnabled) {
 					try {
-						const [routeData, component] = await pipeline.tryReroute(payload);
+						const [routeData, component] = await pipeline.tryRewrite(payload);
 						this.routeData = routeData;
 						componentInstance = component;
 					} catch (e) {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class RenderContext {
 			middleware,
 			apiContext,
 			lastNext,
-			this.pipeline.manifest.reroutingEnabled,
+			this.pipeline.manifest.rewritingEnabled,
 			this.pipeline.logger
 		);
 		if (response.headers.get(ROUTE_TYPE_HEADER)) {
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ export class RenderContext {
 		const redirect = (path: string, status = 302) =>
 			new Response(null, { status, headers: { Location: path } });
 
-		const reroute = async (reroutePayload: ReroutePayload) => {
+		const rewrite = async (reroutePayload: RewritePayload) => {
 			pipeline.logger.debug('router', 'Called rerouting to:', reroutePayload);
 			try {
-				const [routeData, component] = await pipeline.tryReroute(reroutePayload);
+				const [routeData, component] = await pipeline.tryRewrite(reroutePayload);
 				this.routeData = routeData;
 				if (reroutePayload instanceof Request) {
 					this.request = reroutePayload;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export class RenderContext {
 			},
 			props,
 			redirect,
-			reroute,
+			rewrite,
 			request: this.request,
 			site: pipeline.site,
 			url,
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@ export class RenderContext {
 			return new Response(null, { status, headers: { Location: path } });
 		};
 
-		const reroute = async (reroutePayload: ReroutePayload) => {
+		const rewrite = async (reroutePayload: RewritePayload) => {
 			try {
 				pipeline.logger.debug('router', 'Calling rerouting: ', reroutePayload);
-				const [routeData, component] = await pipeline.tryReroute(reroutePayload);
+				const [routeData, component] = await pipeline.tryRewrite(reroutePayload);
 				this.routeData = routeData;
 				if (reroutePayload instanceof Request) {
 					this.request = reroutePayload;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ export class RenderContext {
 			},
 			locals,
 			redirect,
-			reroute,
+			rewrite,
 			request: this.request,
 			response,
 			site: pipeline.site,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/pipeline.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/pipeline.ts
index 4a85c20571e9f..1ee4d5b59194b 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/pipeline.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type {
 	ComponentInstance,
 	DevToolbarMetadata,
 	ManifestData,
-	ReroutePayload,
+	RewritePayload,
 	RouteData,
 	SSRElement,
 	SSRLoadedRenderer,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export class DevPipeline extends Pipeline {
 		}
 	}
 
-	async tryReroute(payload: ReroutePayload): Promise<[RouteData, ComponentInstance]> {
+	async tryRewrite(payload: RewritePayload): Promise<[RouteData, ComponentInstance]> {
 		let foundRoute;
 		if (!this.manifestData) {
 			throw new Error('Missing manifest data');
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
index 10b9ff463768e..3c6f06ee9a054 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/plugin.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export function createDevelopmentManifest(settings: AstroSettings): SSRManifest
 		inlinedScripts: new Map(),
 		i18n: i18nManifest,
 		checkOrigin: settings.config.experimental.security?.csrfProtection?.origin ?? false,
-		reroutingEnabled: settings.config.experimental.rerouting,
+		rewritingEnabled: settings.config.experimental.rewriting,
 		middleware(_, next) {
 			return next();
 		},
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/astro.config.mjs b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/astro.config.mjs
index 6d20ec89a31dd..af13ef19b4772 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/astro.config.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
 // https://astro.build/config
 export default defineConfig({
 	experimental: {
-		rerouting: true
+		rewriting: true
 	},
 	site: "https://example.com"
 });
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/middleware.js b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/middleware.js
index 0cf03c1d77137..4d7c2a7956c8e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/middleware.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/middleware.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const second = async (context, next) => {
 	if (context.url.pathname.includes('/auth')) {
 		if (context.url.pathname.includes('/auth/dashboard')) {
 			contextReroute = true;
-			return await context.reroute('/');
+			return await context.rewrite('/');
 		}
 		if (context.url.pathname.includes('/auth/base')) {
 			return await next('/');
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/blog/hello/index.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/blog/hello/index.astro
index 07a8544aecb15..8c38e518a7b78 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/blog/hello/index.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/blog/hello/index.astro
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-return Astro.reroute(new URL("../../", Astro.url))
+return Astro.rewrite(new URL("../../", Astro.url))
 ---
 <html>
 <head>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/blog/salut/index.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/blog/salut/index.astro
index 373653afd7e09..89d35ce2564d6 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/blog/salut/index.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/blog/salut/index.astro
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-return Astro.reroute(new Request(new URL("../../", Astro.url)))
+return Astro.rewrite(new Request(new URL("../../", Astro.url)))
 ---
 <html>
 <head>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/dynamic/[id].astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/dynamic/[id].astro
index fc1b64fbba1a3..8d849de160bf5 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/dynamic/[id].astro
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/dynamic/[id].astro
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export function getStaticPaths() {
 }
 
 
-return Astro.reroute("/")
+return Astro.rewrite("/")
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/reroute.astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/reroute.astro
index 8396946f144b6..dbc7a6ae628a3 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/reroute.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/reroute.astro
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-return Astro.reroute("/")
+return Astro.rewrite("/")
 ---
 <html>
 	<head>
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/spread/[...id].astro b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/spread/[...id].astro
index 1169380cab624..0bab88d0f7b1f 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/spread/[...id].astro
+++ b/packages/astro/test/fixtures/reroute/src/pages/spread/[...id].astro
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export function getStaticPaths() {
 	];
 }
 
-return Astro.reroute("/")
+return Astro.rewrite("/")
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/reroute.test.js b/packages/astro/test/rewrite.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/astro/test/reroute.test.js
rename to packages/astro/test/rewrite.test.js