diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-papers-hunt.md b/.changeset/eighty-papers-hunt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c231f8ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eighty-papers-hunt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@shopify/theme': patch
+---
+
+Fix theme editor shortcut tracking fetch requests instead of page navigation
diff --git a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-environment/html.test.ts b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-environment/html.test.ts
index 1ff7800914..88d59fd0ee 100644
--- a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-environment/html.test.ts
+++ b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-environment/html.test.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ describe('getHtmlHandler', async () => {
     lastRequestedPath: '',
   } as unknown as DevServerContext
 
-  test('sets lastRequestedPath to the rendering URL', async () => {
+  test('sets lastRequestedPath when Sec-Fetch-Mode is navigate', async () => {
     const handler = getHtmlHandler(theme, ctx)
 
     expect(ctx.lastRequestedPath).toStrictEqual('')
 
-    const event = createH3Event('GET', '/search?q=foo&options%5Bprefix%5D=last')
+    const event = createH3Event('GET', '/search?q=foo&options%5Bprefix%5D=last', {'sec-fetch-mode': 'navigate'})
 
     vi.mocked(render).mockResolvedValueOnce(
       new Response('', {
@@ -60,6 +60,24 @@ describe('getHtmlHandler', async () => {
     expect(ctx.lastRequestedPath).toStrictEqual('/search?q=foo&options%5Bprefix%5D=last')
   })
 
+  test('does not update lastRequestedPath when Sec-Fetch-Mode is not navigate', async () => {
+    const handler = getHtmlHandler(theme, ctx)
+    ctx.lastRequestedPath = '/previous-page'
+
+    const event = createH3Event('GET', '/search/suggest?q=foo&resources[type]=product', {'sec-fetch-mode': 'cors'})
+
+    vi.mocked(render).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      new Response('', {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: {'x-request-id': 'test-request-id'},
+      }),
+    )
+
+    await handler(event)
+
+    expect(ctx.lastRequestedPath).toStrictEqual('/previous-page')
+  })
+
   test('the development server session recovers when a theme id mismatch occurs', async () => {
     // Given
     const handler = getHtmlHandler(theme, ctx)
diff --git a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-environment/html.ts b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-environment/html.ts
index c8a68462ed..909b6ba3d1 100644
--- a/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-environment/html.ts
+++ b/packages/theme/src/cli/utilities/theme-environment/html.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ export function getHtmlHandler(theme: Theme, ctx: DevServerContext): EventHandle
   return defineEventHandler((event) => {
     const [browserPathname = '/', browserSearch = ''] = event.path.split('?')
 
-    ctx.lastRequestedPath = event.path
+    if (isNavigationRequest(event)) {
+      ctx.lastRequestedPath = event.path
+    }
 
     const shouldRenderUploadErrorPage =
       ctx.options.errorOverlay !== 'silent' && ctx.localThemeFileSystem.uploadErrors.size > 0
@@ -160,6 +162,11 @@ function isKnownRenderingRequest(event: H3Event) {
   return ['section_id', 'sections', 'app_block_id'].some((key) => searchParams.has(key))
 }
 
+/** Determines if a request is a user navigation type via sec-fetch-mode header. */
+function isNavigationRequest(event: H3Event): boolean {
+  return event.headers.get('sec-fetch-mode') === 'navigate'
+}
+
 async function tryProxyRequest(event: H3Event, ctx: DevServerContext, response: Response) {
   outputDebug(
     `Render failed for ${event.path} with ${response.status} (x-request-id: ${response.headers.get(