diff --git a/.changeset/pre.json b/.changeset/pre.json
index 1aa18ab5b..a55ba8a63 100644
--- a/.changeset/pre.json
+++ b/.changeset/pre.json
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     "flux-store-solid2-migration",
     "focus-restore-primitive",
     "focus-solid2-migration",
+    "form-change-mode-dirty-gate-fix",
     "form-solid2-initial",
     "fullscreen-solid-2-migration",
     "geolocation-solid2-async-reactivity",
diff --git a/packages/form/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/form/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c096efbb..bebc596d9 100644
--- a/packages/form/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/form/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # @solid-primitives/form
 
+## 1.0.0-next.3
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- 1c687d9: Fix `createForm`'s default `validateOn: "change"` mode showing a field's error immediately on mount, before the user had touched it. `error()` was wired directly to the raw, ungated validation result for `"change"` mode, so any field whose initial value failed validation (e.g. a required field starting empty) rendered errored from the first paint.
+
+  `"change"` mode's validator error is now gated on per-field dirtiness (`value() !== initial`) — hidden until the field's value actually changes, and hidden again if it's changed back to the initial value. `blur`/`submit` modes are unaffected (still gated on `touched()`/`submitted()` respectively).
+
+  Fixing this also surfaced a second, separate bug: the gating was applied to the _combined_ raw error, which included any `setError()`-injected external error (e.g. a server-side validation message) — so an external error set on a pristine `"change"`-mode field was incorrectly hidden too. External errors are now always shown immediately regardless of mode/dirty/touched/submitted state, matching their documented purpose (`setError`: "Inject an external error (e.g. from a server response)").
+
+  `form.errors()` and `form.valid()` are unaffected either way — both were already, and remain, ungated (true validity regardless of display timing).
+
 ## 1.0.0-next.2
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/form/deno.jsonc b/packages/form/deno.jsonc
index d0cfac06b..05050fd0d 100644
--- a/packages/form/deno.jsonc
+++ b/packages/form/deno.jsonc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@solid-primitives/form",
-  "version": "1.0.0-next.2",
+  "version": "1.0.0-next.3",
   "description": "Reactive form primitive for Solid.js with per-field signals, sync/async validation, validateOn control, and DOM binding.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "exports": "./src/index.ts",
diff --git a/packages/form/package.json b/packages/form/package.json
index a1dc57eba..8de1a5040 100644
--- a/packages/form/package.json
+++ b/packages/form/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@solid-primitives/form",
-  "version": "1.0.0-next.2",
+  "version": "1.0.0-next.3",
   "description": "Reactive form primitive with per-field signals, sync/async validation, validateOn control, and DOM binding.",
   "author": "David Di Biase <dave.dibiase@gmail.com>",
   "contributors": [],