diff --git a/.changeset/fix-custom-server-paired-build.md b/.changeset/fix-custom-server-paired-build.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1b2202a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-custom-server-paired-build.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'rsbuild-plugin-react-router': patch
+---
+
+Use generation-paired manifest assets in the Epic Stack custom-server development example and document module-graph boundaries.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49df75ba..5f47fa9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -513,8 +513,12 @@ startServer().catch(console.error);
 generation. During rebuilds it returns the last successfully evaluated server
 build, whose embedded manifest is paired with the selected web compilation.
 A failed or incomplete candidate does not replace that last-good pair. The
-built-in development middleware uses the same path. Calling
-`devServer.environments.node.loadBundle()` directly bypasses this guarantee.
+built-in development middleware uses the same path. A custom server may still
+load its own `server/index` bundle, but returning that bundle's embedded
+`virtual/react-router/server-build` unchanged can leave its manifest out of
+sync. Use the paired build as the handler build, or, when module-instance
+identity must be preserved, keep the embedded build and replace only its
+`assets` with those from the paired build.
 
 When `serverBundles` is configured, pass its exact Rsbuild entry name as the
 optional second argument (for example, `bundle-a/index`). The default build
@@ -524,8 +528,14 @@ previous generation active.
 
 ### Sharing `createContext()` instances with a custom server
 
-React Router middleware contexts are matched by identity, so a custom server's
-`getLoadContext` must use the same `createContext()` instance the routes import.
+The paired React Router server build is a separate module graph from a
+separately bundled custom-server entry, so module-scope singleton identity is
+not shared between them. If the handler must keep the bundled server entry's
+route modules, retain its embedded build and replace only its `assets` with the
+paired build's `assets` (as above). Pass per-request shared values through
+`getLoadContext`. React Router middleware contexts are matched by identity, so
+a custom server's `getLoadContext` must use the same `createContext()` instance
+that its routes import.
 With a bundled server build that instance lives inside the build. Re-export it
 from `app/entry.server.tsx` and read it from `build.entry.module`:
 
diff --git a/examples/epic-stack/server/dev-build.js b/examples/epic-stack/server/dev-build.js
index ce41f688..af50af30 100644
--- a/examples/epic-stack/server/dev-build.js
+++ b/examples/epic-stack/server/dev-build.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createRsbuild, loadConfig } from '@rsbuild/core'
+import { loadReactRouterServerBuild } from 'rsbuild-plugin-react-router'
 import 'dotenv/config'
 
 async function startServer() {
@@ -13,9 +14,12 @@ async function startServer() {
 		throw new Error('Node environment not found in dev server')
 	}
 
-	const bundle = await devServer.environments.node.loadBundle('app')
+	const bundle = await devServer.environments.node.loadBundle('static/js/app')
 	const { createApp } = bundle
-	const app = await createApp(devServer)
+	const app = await createApp(
+		devServer,
+		() => loadReactRouterServerBuild(devServer),
+	)
 
 	devServer.connectWebSocket({ server: app })
 }
diff --git a/examples/epic-stack/server/index.ts b/examples/epic-stack/server/index.ts
index b7a81488..a91f3b02 100644
--- a/examples/epic-stack/server/index.ts
+++ b/examples/epic-stack/server/index.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ if (SENTRY_ENABLED) {
 	void import('./utils/monitoring.ts').then(({ init }) => init())
 }
 
-export async function createApp(devServer?: any) {
+export async function createApp(
+	devServer?: any,
+	loadDevBuild?: () => Promise<ServerBuild>,
+) {
 	const app = express()
 
 	const getHost = (req: { get: (key: string) => string | undefined }) =>
@@ -256,7 +259,9 @@ export async function createApp(devServer?: any) {
 				if (error) {
 					throw error
 				}
-				return build
+				if (!loadDevBuild) return build
+				const pairedBuild = await loadDevBuild()
+				return { ...(await build), assets: pairedBuild.assets }
 			},
 		}),
 	)