diff --git a/.changeset/keep-route-scan-order.md b/.changeset/keep-route-scan-order.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0eb2932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/keep-route-scan-order.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"filesystem-routing": patch
+---
+
+Keep the manifest in scan order when the watcher changes a route. An edited route file was moved to the end of the manifest, and a re-created or new file was appended, so the generated types and the manifest order changed during development. Edited routes now stay in place, and added routes are inserted where a full scan would put them.
diff --git a/src/router.ts b/src/router.ts
index f416e0f..84f00eb 100644
--- a/src/router.ts
+++ b/src/router.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ export function cleanPath(src: string, config: FileSystemRouterConfig) {
 export class BaseFileSystemRouter extends EventTarget {
   routes: RouteManifestEntry[];
 
+  /** Source file that first produced each route path, so incremental changes keep scan order. */
+  private sources = new Map<string, string>();
+
   config: FileSystemRouterConfig;
 
   constructor(config: FileSystemRouterConfig) {
@@ -92,12 +95,29 @@ export class BaseFileSystemRouter extends EventTarget {
     throw new Error("Not implemented");
   }
 
-  _addRoute(route: RouteManifestEntry) {
+  _addRoute(route: RouteManifestEntry, src?: string) {
     const idx = this.routes.findIndex(r => r.path === route.path);
-    if (idx >= 0) this.routes.splice(idx, 1);
-    this.routes.push(route);
+    if (idx >= 0) {
+      // Replace in place: an edited file keeps its position. The source that
+      // first produced the path still decides it, as in a full scan.
+      this.routes[idx] = route;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (src !== undefined) this.sources.set(route.path, src);
+
+    // A new file goes where a full scan would put it.
+    const at =
+      src === undefined
+        ? -1
+        : this.routes.findIndex(r => {
+            const other = this.sources.get(r.path);
+            return other !== undefined && other > src;
+          });
+    if (at === -1) this.routes.push(route);
+    else this.routes.splice(at, 0, route);
 
-    return idx >= 0;
+    return false;
   }
 
   async addRoute(src: string) {
@@ -106,7 +126,7 @@ export class BaseFileSystemRouter extends EventTarget {
       try {
         const route = this.toRoute(src);
         if (route) {
-          this._addRoute(route);
+          this._addRoute(route, src);
           this.reload(route.path, "add");
         }
       } catch (e) {
@@ -132,7 +152,7 @@ export class BaseFileSystemRouter extends EventTarget {
       try {
         const route = this.toRoute(src);
         if (route) {
-          const updated = this._addRoute(route);
+          const updated = this._addRoute(route, src);
           this.reload(route.path, updated ? "update" : "add");
         } else {
           this.removeRoute(src_);
@@ -155,6 +175,7 @@ export class BaseFileSystemRouter extends EventTarget {
       if (idx === -1) return;
 
       this.routes.splice(idx, 1);
+      this.sources.delete(path);
       this.reload(path, "remove");
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/convention.spec.ts b/test/convention.spec.ts
index 4cdebba..f9de5c5 100644
--- a/test/convention.spec.ts
+++ b/test/convention.spec.ts
@@ -310,4 +310,54 @@ describe("PageFileSystemRouter", () => {
       "/zebra"
     ]);
   });
+
+  it("keeps scan order when the watcher updates, re-adds or adds routes", async () => {
+    const dir = createRouteTree({
+      "index.tsx": "export default () => <h1>Home</h1>;",
+      "about.tsx": "export default () => <h1>About</h1>;",
+      "contact.tsx": "export default () => <h1>Contact</h1>;",
+      "zebra.tsx": "export default () => <h1>Z</h1>;"
+    });
+    const router = new PageFileSystemRouter({ dir, extensions: ["tsx"] });
+    const paths = () => router.routes.map(route => route.path);
+    const scan = async () =>
+      (await new PageFileSystemRouter({ dir, extensions: ["tsx"] }).getRoutes()).map(
+        route => route.path
+      );
+    await router.getRoutes();
+    const scanned = await scan();
+
+    // An edited file must not move to the end of the manifest.
+    await router.updateRoute(path.join(dir, "about.tsx"));
+    expect(paths()).toEqual(scanned);
+
+    // A file removed and created again returns to its scan position.
+    router.removeRoute(path.join(dir, "about.tsx"));
+    await router.addRoute(path.join(dir, "about.tsx"));
+    expect(paths()).toEqual(scanned);
+
+    // New files land where a fresh scan puts them, in the middle or at the end.
+    for (const name of ["blog.tsx", "zzz.tsx"]) {
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, name), "export default () => null;");
+      await router.addRoute(path.join(dir, name));
+      expect(paths()).toEqual(await scan());
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("keeps scan order when two files map to the same path", async () => {
+    const dir = createRouteTree({
+      "about-us.tsx": "export default () => null;",
+      "about.mdx": "# About",
+      "about.tsx": "export default () => null;"
+    });
+    const extensions = ["tsx", "mdx"];
+    const router = new PageFileSystemRouter({ dir, extensions });
+    await router.getRoutes();
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "about.q.tsx"), "export default () => null;");
+    await router.addRoute(path.join(dir, "about.q.tsx"));
+
+    const fresh = await new PageFileSystemRouter({ dir, extensions }).getRoutes();
+    expect(router.routes.map(route => route.path)).toEqual(fresh.map(route => route.path));
+  });
 });