diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/app/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/app/page.js
index 28215fb9129f4..c0117feac54b1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/app/page.js
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/app/page.js
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ export default function HomePage() {
           To Random Number - prefetch: true
         </Link>
       </div>
+      <div>
+        <Link href="/0?timeout=1000" prefetch={true}>
+          To Random Number - prefetch: true, slow
+        </Link>
+      </div>
       <div>
         <Link href="/1">To Random Number - prefetch: auto</Link>
       </div>
@@ -15,6 +20,11 @@ export default function HomePage() {
           To Random Number 2 - prefetch: false
         </Link>
       </div>
+      <div>
+        <Link href="/2?timeout=1000" prefetch={false}>
+          To Random Number 2 - prefetch: false, slow
+        </Link>
+      </div>
       <div>
         <Link href="/1?timeout=1000">
           To Random Number - prefetch: auto, slow
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/client-cache.experimental.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/client-cache.experimental.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d9bb243eae461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/client-cache.experimental.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+import { nextTestSetup } from 'e2e-utils'
+import { BrowserInterface } from 'test/lib/browsers/base'
+import { browserConfigWithFixedTime, fastForwardTo } from './test-utils'
+
+describe('app dir client cache semantics (experimental clientRouterCache)', () => {
+  describe('clientRouterCache = true', () => {
+    const { next } = nextTestSetup({
+      files: __dirname,
+      nextConfig: {
+        experimental: { clientRouterCache: true },
+      },
+    })
+
+    let browser: BrowserInterface
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      browser = (await next.browser(
+        '/',
+        browserConfigWithFixedTime
+      )) as BrowserInterface
+    })
+
+    describe('prefetch={true}', () => {
+      test('the prefetched data should remain the same "indefinitely"', async () => {
+        const initialRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/0?timeout=0"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        let newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/0?timeout=0"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).toBe(newRandomNumber)
+
+        await browser.eval(fastForwardTo, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000) // fast forward 2 hours
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/0?timeout=0"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).toBe(newRandomNumber)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('prefetch={false}', () => {
+      test('we should get a loading state before fetching the page, followed by same data "indefinitely"', async () => {
+        // verify we rendered the loading state
+        await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/2?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#loading')
+
+        const initialRandomNumber = await browser
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        await browser.eval(fastForwardTo, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000) // fast forward 2 hours
+
+        const newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/2?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).toBe(newRandomNumber)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('prefetch={undefined} - default', () => {
+      test('we should get a loading state before fetching the page, followed by same data "indefinitely"', async () => {
+        // verify we rendered the loading state
+        await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/1?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#loading')
+
+        const initialRandomNumber = await browser
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        await browser.eval(fastForwardTo, 2 * 60 * 60 * 1000) // fast forward 2 hours
+
+        const newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/1?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).toBe(newRandomNumber)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('clientRouterCache = false', () => {
+    const { next } = nextTestSetup({
+      files: __dirname,
+      nextConfig: {
+        experimental: { clientRouterCache: false },
+      },
+    })
+
+    let browser: BrowserInterface
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      browser = (await next.browser(
+        '/',
+        browserConfigWithFixedTime
+      )) as BrowserInterface
+    })
+
+    describe('prefetch={true}', () => {
+      test('the prefetch data should be new each navigation', async () => {
+        const initialRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/0?timeout=0"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        let newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/0?timeout=0"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).not.toBe(newRandomNumber)
+
+        await browser.eval(fastForwardTo, 5 * 1000) // fast forward 5 seconds
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/0?timeout=0"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).not.toBe(newRandomNumber)
+      })
+
+      test('we should get a loading state before fetching the page, followed by fresh data on every subsequent navigation', async () => {
+        // this test introduces an artificial delay in rendering the requested page, so we verify a loading state is rendered
+        await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/0?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#loading')
+
+        const initialRandomNumber = await browser
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        await browser.eval(fastForwardTo, 5 * 1000) // fast forward 5 seconds
+
+        const newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/0?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).not.toBe(newRandomNumber)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('prefetch={false}', () => {
+      test('we should get a loading state before fetching the page, followed by fresh data on every subsequent navigation', async () => {
+        // this test introduces an artificial delay in rendering the requested page, so we verify a loading state is rendered
+        await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/2?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#loading')
+
+        const initialRandomNumber = await browser
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        await browser.eval(fastForwardTo, 5 * 1000) // fast forward 5 seconds
+
+        const newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/2?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).not.toBe(newRandomNumber)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('prefetch={undefined} - default', () => {
+      test('we should get a loading state before fetching the page, followed by fresh data on every subsequent navigation', async () => {
+        // this test introduces an artificial delay in rendering the requested page, so we verify a loading state is rendered
+        await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/1?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#loading')
+
+        const initialRandomNumber = await browser
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
+
+        await browser.eval(fastForwardTo, 5 * 1000) // fast forward 5 seconds
+
+        const newRandomNumber = await browser
+          .elementByCss('[href="/1?timeout=1000"]')
+          .click()
+          .waitForElementByCss('#random-number')
+          .text()
+
+        expect(initialRandomNumber).not.toBe(newRandomNumber)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/next.config.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/next.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ba52ba2c8df6..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/next.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/test-utils.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/test-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..56c1199c13d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/test-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { BrowserInterface } from 'test/lib/browsers/base'
+import type { Request } from 'playwright'
+
+export const getPathname = (url: string) => {
+  const urlObj = new URL(url)
+  return urlObj.pathname
+}
+
+export const browserConfigWithFixedTime = {
+  beforePageLoad: (page) => {
+    page.addInitScript(() => {
+      const startTime = new Date()
+      const fixedTime = new Date('2023-04-17T00:00:00Z')
+
+      // Override the Date constructor
+      // @ts-ignore
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-native-reassign
+      Date = class extends Date {
+        constructor() {
+          super()
+          // @ts-ignore
+          return new startTime.constructor(fixedTime)
+        }
+
+        static now() {
+          return fixedTime.getTime()
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  },
+}
+
+export const fastForwardTo = (ms) => {
+  // Increment the fixed time by the specified duration
+  const currentTime = new Date()
+  currentTime.setTime(currentTime.getTime() + ms)
+
+  // Update the Date constructor to use the new fixed time
+  // @ts-ignore
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-native-reassign
+  Date = class extends Date {
+    constructor() {
+      super()
+      // @ts-ignore
+      return new currentTime.constructor(currentTime)
+    }
+
+    static now() {
+      return currentTime.getTime()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const createRequestsListener = async (browser: BrowserInterface) => {
+  // wait for network idle
+  await browser.waitForIdleNetwork()
+
+  let requests = []
+
+  browser.on('request', (req: Request) => {
+    requests.push([req.url(), !!req.headers()['next-router-prefetch']])
+  })
+
+  await browser.refresh()
+
+  return {
+    getRequests: () => requests,
+    clearRequests: () => {
+      requests = []
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/ppr-tests-manifest.json b/test/ppr-tests-manifest.json
index 170ead9c5e1ef..dc1c494083996 100644
--- a/test/ppr-tests-manifest.json
+++ b/test/ppr-tests-manifest.json
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
       "test/e2e/app-dir/ppr/**/*",
       "test/e2e/app-dir/ppr-*/**/*",
       "test/e2e/app-dir/app-prefetch*/**/*",
-      "test/e2e/app-dir/searchparams-static-bailout/searchparams-static-bailout.test.ts"
+      "test/e2e/app-dir/searchparams-static-bailout/searchparams-static-bailout.test.ts",
+      "test/e2e/app-dir/app-client-cache/client-cache.experimental.test.ts"
     ]
   }
 }