Persist Search Params Across Navigations

[CBell045]

Summary

It would be great if TanStack Router / Start supported a built-in mechanism for persisting search params per route so that when a user navigates away from a route and then returns via app navigation, the last search state for that route is restored automatically.

Currently:

• Let's say I store my Orders search param like /orders?query=123
• If I navigate “programmatically” using <Link to="/products" /> (without search) and then later go back to /orders, the search params (?query=123) won’t be restored unless every navigation manually includes them.

Example:

/orders?query=123
→ click link to /products
→ click link to /orders       ← now search params are gone

Desired Behavior

It would be nice to have optional per-route persistence (e.g., route-level config, middleware, or a router option) so that return navigation re-applies the last set of search params for that route:

/orders?query=123
→ /products
→ <Link to="/orders">Orders</Link>
                 ↑ restores ?query=123

Thanks for any thoughts or help on this!