diff --git a/.changeset/silent-tools-cry.md b/.changeset/silent-tools-cry.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fba16a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silent-tools-cry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/vue-form': patch
+---
+
+Keep Vue field values and validation state reactive in child components, and keep slot and injected field handlers connected after resets and field name changes.
diff --git a/packages/preact-form/tsconfig.json b/packages/preact-form/tsconfig.json
index ee96cd609..31131ce94 100644
--- a/packages/preact-form/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/preact-form/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "jsx": "react-jsx",
     "jsxImportSource": "preact",
     "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
-    "types": ["vitest/browser"]
+    "types": ["vitest/browser", "node"]
   },
   "include": ["src", "tests", "vitest.config.ts"],
   "exclude": ["eslint.config.js"]
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/src/AppForm/contexts.lib.ts b/packages/vue-form/src/AppForm/contexts.lib.ts
index 2e223cc73..472c0941a 100644
--- a/packages/vue-form/src/AppForm/contexts.lib.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-form/src/AppForm/contexts.lib.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { inject } from 'vue'
 import type { InjectionKey } from 'vue'
-import type { AnyInternalFieldApi } from '@tanstack/form-core/internals'
+import type { AnyFieldApi } from '@tanstack/form-core'
 import type { InternalVueFormApi } from '../VueForm/VueFormApi.lib'
 
 export const FormContext = Symbol(
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ export const FormContext = Symbol(
 ) as InjectionKey<InternalVueFormApi>
 export const FieldContext = Symbol(
   'TanStackForm.FieldContext',
-) as InjectionKey<AnyInternalFieldApi>
+) as InjectionKey<AnyFieldApi>
 
-export function useFieldContext(): AnyInternalFieldApi {
+export function useFieldContext(): AnyFieldApi {
   const field = inject(FieldContext)
   if (field === undefined) {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/Components.lib.ts b/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/Components.lib.ts
index 3ab0aeec3..23636f4ea 100644
--- a/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/Components.lib.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/Components.lib.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ import {
   createArrayFieldSubscription,
   createValueFieldSubscription,
 } from './fieldSubscriptions.lib'
+import { createFieldView } from './fieldView.lib'
 import { useField } from './useField.lib'
+import type { AnyFieldApi } from '@tanstack/form-core'
 import type { Component, InjectionKey, Slots } from 'vue'
 import type {
   AnyFieldApiOptions,
-  AnyInternalFieldApi,
   AnyInternalFormApi,
   InternalFormGroupApi as InternalFormGroupApiType,
 } from '@tanstack/form-core/internals'
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ import type { InternalVueFormApi } from './VueFormApi.lib'
 export function attachVueFormComponents(
   form: AnyInternalFormApi,
   fieldComponents: Record<string, Component> | null,
-  fieldContext?: InjectionKey<AnyInternalFieldApi>,
+  fieldContext?: InjectionKey<AnyFieldApi>,
 ): InternalVueFormApi {
   const resultForm = form as InternalVueFormApi
   resultForm.Field = createFieldComponent(
@@ -50,26 +51,25 @@ function createFieldComponent(
   form: AnyInternalFormApi,
   fieldComponents: Record<string, Component> | null,
   array: boolean,
-  fieldContext?: InjectionKey<AnyInternalFieldApi>,
+  fieldContext?: InjectionKey<AnyFieldApi>,
 ) {
   return defineComponent(
     (_props, context) => {
       const options = () => ({ ...context.attrs, form }) as never
-      const fieldApi = useField(options, fieldComponents)
-      const selection = array
+      const fieldApi = useField(options)
+      const { selection, meta } = array
         ? createArrayFieldSubscription(fieldApi)
         : createValueFieldSubscription(fieldApi)
+      const field = createFieldView(fieldApi, selection, meta)
+      if (fieldComponents !== null) Object.assign(field, fieldComponents)
 
       if (fieldContext) {
-        // Field APIs are stable for a mounted name. Supplying the current API
-        // mirrors Vue v1 composition components while the parent subscription
-        // handles state-driven renders.
-        provide(fieldContext, fieldApi.value)
+        provide(fieldContext, field)
       }
 
       return () => {
         void selection.value
-        return context.slots.default?.({ field: fieldApi.value })
+        return context.slots.default?.({ field })
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/fieldSubscriptions.lib.ts b/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/fieldSubscriptions.lib.ts
index 7ee300b6a..4f8632ebd 100644
--- a/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/fieldSubscriptions.lib.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/fieldSubscriptions.lib.ts
@@ -11,12 +11,17 @@ function createFieldSelection<TSelected>(
   selector: (field: AnyInternalFieldApi) => TSelected,
 ) {
   const selected = shallowRef(selector(fieldApi.value)) as ShallowRef<TSelected>
+  // Metadata can change without an array's structure changing. Keep it
+  // reactive for metadata consumers without invalidating value-only slots.
+  const meta = shallowRef(fieldApi.value.meta)
 
   watch(
     fieldApi,
     (field, _previous, onCleanup) => {
+      meta.value = field.meta
       selected.value = selector(field)
       const subscription = field.atom.subscribe(() => {
+        meta.value = field.meta
         const next = selector(field)
         if (!shallow(toRaw(selected.value), next)) selected.value = next
       })
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ function createFieldSelection<TSelected>(
     { immediate: true, flush: 'sync' },
   )
 
-  return selected
+  return { selection: selected, meta }
 }
 
 export function createValueFieldSubscription(
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/fieldView.lib.ts b/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/fieldView.lib.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe7ea102d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/fieldView.lib.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import type { AnyFieldApi, AnyFieldMeta } from '@tanstack/form-core'
+import type { AnyInternalFieldApi } from '@tanstack/form-core/internals'
+import type { ShallowRef } from 'vue'
+
+/**
+ * The public field shared by slots and injected components. State getters
+ * track the existing subscription in the component that reads them, while
+ * handlers follow the current core field after a reset or name change.
+ */
+export function createFieldView(
+  fieldApi: ShallowRef<AnyInternalFieldApi>,
+  selection: ShallowRef<unknown>,
+  meta: ShallowRef<AnyFieldMeta>,
+): AnyFieldApi {
+  return {
+    get form() {
+      return fieldApi.value.form
+    },
+    get name() {
+      return fieldApi.value.name
+    },
+    get atom() {
+      return fieldApi.value.atom
+    },
+    get value() {
+      void selection.value
+      return fieldApi.value.value
+    },
+    get meta() {
+      return meta.value
+    },
+    get errors() {
+      return meta.value.errors
+    },
+    handleChange: (value, options) =>
+      fieldApi.value.handleChange(value, options),
+    handleBlur: () => fieldApi.value.handleBlur(),
+    reset: () => fieldApi.value.reset(),
+    swapValues: (indexA, indexB) => fieldApi.value.swapValues(indexA, indexB),
+    moveValue: (fromIndex, toIndex, options) =>
+      fieldApi.value.moveValue(fromIndex, toIndex, options),
+    pushValue: (value, options) => fieldApi.value.pushValue(value, options),
+    insertValue: (index, value, options) =>
+      fieldApi.value.insertValue(index, value, options),
+    clearValues: (options) => fieldApi.value.clearValues(options),
+    removeValue: (index, options) => fieldApi.value.removeValue(index, options),
+    filterValues: (predicate, options) =>
+      fieldApi.value.filterValues(predicate, options),
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/useField.lib.ts b/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/useField.lib.ts
index 20bc7f788..418c74b8b 100644
--- a/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/useField.lib.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-form/src/VueForm/useField.lib.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useSelector } from '@tanstack/vue-store'
 import { onMounted, onUnmounted, shallowRef, watch, watchEffect } from 'vue'
-import type { Component, ShallowRef } from 'vue'
+import type { ShallowRef } from 'vue'
 import type {
   AnyInternalFieldApi,
   AnyInternalFormApi,
@@ -14,22 +14,19 @@ export interface InternalFieldProps {
 
 export function useField(
   options: () => InternalFieldProps,
-  fieldComponents: Record<string, Component> | null,
 ): ShallowRef<AnyInternalFieldApi> {
   const initialOptions = options()
   const resetVersion = useSelector(initialOptions.form._atoms.resetVersion)
 
   const createField = () => {
     const current = options()
-    const field = current.form._getOrCreateFieldApi(
+    return current.form._getOrCreateFieldApi(
       {
         ...current,
         name: current.name,
       } as never,
       'field',
     )
-    if (fieldComponents !== null) Object.assign(field, fieldComponents)
-    return field
   }
 
   const fieldApi = shallowRef(createField())
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/tests/array-field-reactivity.spec.ts b/packages/vue-form/tests/array-field-reactivity.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b085aa79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vue-form/tests/array-field-reactivity.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { render } from 'vitest-browser-vue'
+import { expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import ArrayFieldReactivity from './fixtures/ArrayFieldReactivity.vue'
+
+it('updates ArrayField validation in a compiled child without another structural change', async () => {
+  let resolveValidation!: (error: string) => void
+  const validation = new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
+    resolveValidation = resolve
+  })
+  const view = await render(ArrayFieldReactivity, {
+    props: { validate: () => validation },
+  })
+
+  await view.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add item' }).click()
+  await expect.element(view.getByTestId('length')).toHaveTextContent('2')
+  await expect.element(view.getByTestId('validating')).toHaveTextContent('true')
+
+  resolveValidation('Array error')
+  await expect
+    .element(view.getByTestId('validating'))
+    .toHaveTextContent('false')
+  await expect
+    .element(view.getByTestId('errors'))
+    .toHaveTextContent('Array error')
+  await expect.element(view.getByTestId('length')).toHaveTextContent('2')
+})
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/tests/field-reactivity.spec.ts b/packages/vue-form/tests/field-reactivity.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1038d2e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vue-form/tests/field-reactivity.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { render } from 'vitest-browser-vue'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import FieldReactivity from './fixtures/FieldReactivity.vue'
+
+describe.each(['slot', 'injected'] as const)(
+  'compiled Vue field consumers (%s)',
+  (mode) => {
+    it('updates value, synchronous errors, and pending asynchronous validation without remounting', async () => {
+      let resolveValidation!: (error: string | null) => void
+      const validation = new Promise<string | null>((resolve) => {
+        resolveValidation = resolve
+      })
+      const onFieldMount = vi.fn()
+      const view = await render(FieldReactivity, {
+        props: {
+          mode,
+          onFieldMount,
+          validate: (value) => {
+            if (value === 'bad') return 'Synchronous error'
+            if (value === 'pending') return validation
+            return null
+          },
+        },
+      })
+      const input = view.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Value' })
+
+      await input.fill('bad')
+      await expect.element(view.getByTestId('value')).toHaveTextContent('bad')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('meta-errors'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('Synchronous error')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('errors'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('Synchronous error')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('touched'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('true')
+
+      await input.fill('valid')
+      await expect.element(view.getByTestId('errors')).toBeEmptyDOMElement()
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('meta-errors'))
+        .toBeEmptyDOMElement()
+
+      await input.fill('pending')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('validating'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('true')
+      resolveValidation('Asynchronous error')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('validating'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('false')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('meta-errors'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('Asynchronous error')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('errors'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('Asynchronous error')
+
+      await input.fill('valid again')
+      await expect.element(view.getByTestId('errors')).toBeEmptyDOMElement()
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('meta-errors'))
+        .toBeEmptyDOMElement()
+      expect(onFieldMount).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    })
+
+    it('reads and writes the current field after reset and a name change without remounting', async () => {
+      const onFieldMount = vi.fn()
+      const view = await render(FieldReactivity, {
+        props: { mode, onFieldMount, validate: () => null },
+      })
+      const input = view.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Value' })
+
+      await input.fill('Changed')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('first-value'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('Changed')
+      await view.getByRole('button', { name: 'Reset' }).click()
+      await expect.element(input).toHaveValue('First')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('touched'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('false')
+      await input.fill('After reset')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('first-value'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('After reset')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('value'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('After reset')
+
+      await view.getByRole('button', { name: 'Switch field' }).click()
+      await expect.element(view.getByTestId('name')).toHaveTextContent('second')
+      await expect.element(input).toHaveValue('Second')
+      await input.fill('Updated second')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('value'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('Updated second')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('second-value'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('Updated second')
+      await expect
+        .element(view.getByTestId('first-value'))
+        .toHaveTextContent('After reset')
+      expect(onFieldMount).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    })
+  },
+)
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/ArrayFieldControl.vue b/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/ArrayFieldControl.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a9577fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/ArrayFieldControl.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import type { FieldWithValue } from '../../src'
+
+defineProps<{ field: FieldWithValue<Array<string>> }>()
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <button @click="field.pushValue('Next')">Add item</button>
+  <output data-testid="length">{{ field.value.length }}</output>
+  <output data-testid="validating">{{ field.meta.isValidating }}</output>
+  <output data-testid="errors">{{
+    field.errors.map((error) => error.message).join(',')
+  }}</output>
+</template>
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/ArrayFieldReactivity.vue b/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/ArrayFieldReactivity.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a95d5029d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/ArrayFieldReactivity.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { useForm } from '../../src'
+import ArrayFieldControl from './ArrayFieldControl.vue'
+
+const props = defineProps<{ validate: () => Promise<string> }>()
+const form = useForm({ defaultValues: { items: ['First'] } })
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <form.ArrayField
+    name="items"
+    :validators="[{ triggers: ['change'], run: () => props.validate() }]"
+    v-slot="{ field }"
+  >
+    <ArrayFieldControl :field="field" />
+  </form.ArrayField>
+</template>
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/FieldControl.vue b/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/FieldControl.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf674d592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/FieldControl.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { onMounted } from 'vue'
+import type { FieldWithValue } from '../../src'
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+  field: FieldWithValue<string>
+  onMount: () => void
+}>()
+
+// Public field methods can be captured once and still target the current field.
+const { handleChange, handleBlur } = props.field
+onMounted(props.onMount)
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <input
+    aria-label="Value"
+    :value="field.value"
+    @input="handleChange(($event.target as HTMLInputElement).value)"
+    @blur="handleBlur"
+  />
+  <output data-testid="name">{{ field.name }}</output>
+  <output data-testid="value">{{ field.value }}</output>
+  <output data-testid="errors">{{
+    field.errors.map((error) => error.message).join(',')
+  }}</output>
+  <output data-testid="meta-errors">{{
+    field.meta.errors.map((error) => error.message).join(',')
+  }}</output>
+  <output data-testid="touched">{{ field.meta.isTouched }}</output>
+  <output data-testid="validating">{{ field.meta.isValidating }}</output>
+</template>
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/FieldReactivity.vue b/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/FieldReactivity.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aaea97fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vue-form/tests/fixtures/FieldReactivity.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { ref } from 'vue'
+import { createFormHook, getFormHookHelpers } from '../../src'
+import FieldControl from './FieldControl.vue'
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+  mode: 'slot' | 'injected'
+  validate: (value: string) => string | null | Promise<string | null>
+  onFieldMount: () => void
+}>()
+
+const { fieldComponent } = getFormHookHelpers()
+const { useAppForm } = createFormHook({
+  fieldComponents: {
+    Control: fieldComponent.strict(FieldControl, 'field'),
+  },
+  formComponents: {},
+})
+const form = useAppForm({
+  defaultValues: { first: 'First', second: 'Second' },
+})
+const name = ref<'first' | 'second'>('first')
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <form.Field
+    :name="name"
+    :validators="[
+      { triggers: ['change'], run: ({ value }) => props.validate(value) },
+    ]"
+    v-slot="{ field }"
+  >
+    <FieldControl
+      v-if="mode === 'slot'"
+      :field="field"
+      :on-mount="onFieldMount"
+    />
+    <field.Control v-else :on-mount="onFieldMount" />
+  </form.Field>
+  <button @click="form.reset()">Reset</button>
+  <button @click="name = 'second'">Switch field</button>
+  <form.Subscribe :selector="(state) => state.values" v-slot="values">
+    <output data-testid="first-value">{{ values.first }}</output>
+    <output data-testid="second-value">{{ values.second }}</output>
+  </form.Subscribe>
+</template>
diff --git a/packages/vue-form/vitest.config.ts b/packages/vue-form/vitest.config.ts
index 9bccaba0b..cd8409ad2 100644
--- a/packages/vue-form/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-form/vitest.config.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       instances: [{ browser: 'chromium', headless: true }],
     },
     coverage: { enabled: true, provider: 'istanbul', include: ['src/**/*'] },
-    typecheck: { enabled: true },
+    typecheck: { enabled: true, checker: 'vue-tsc' },
   },
   oxc: {
     jsx: {