diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/server/app-page-boundary.ts b/packages/vinext/src/server/app-page-boundary.ts
index 2a21f39bb..de4368013 100644
--- a/packages/vinext/src/server/app-page-boundary.ts
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/server/app-page-boundary.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,28 @@ export function resolveAppPageHttpAccessBoundaryComponent<TModule, TComponent>(
 export function resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundaryModule<TModule>(
   options: ResolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundaryModuleOptions<TModule>,
 ): TModule | null {
+  return resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundary(options).module;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Like {@link resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundaryModule}, but also returns
+ * the layout index that owns the resolved boundary so callers can slice the
+ * layouts array to skip rendering layouts below the boundary owner.
+ *
+ * `layoutIndex` is the per-layout index where the boundary lives, or `null` if
+ * the resolved boundary is the root module (which conceptually sits above all
+ * layouts when no layout-level boundary is present).
+ *
+ * Used by the page-error fast path to make `forbidden()` / `unauthorized()` /
+ * `notFound()` escalate past intermediate layouts that lack a boundary file,
+ * matching Next.js's `create-component-tree.tsx` behavior where the nearest
+ * ancestor boundary owns the fallback subtree.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/packages/next/src/server/app-render/create-component-tree.tsx
+ */
+export function resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundary<TModule>(
+  options: ResolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundaryModuleOptions<TModule>,
+): { module: TModule | null; layoutIndex: number | null } {
   let routeModules = options.routeNotFoundModules;
   let rootModule = options.rootNotFoundModule;
 
@@ -132,12 +154,12 @@ export function resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundaryModule<TModule>(
     for (let index = options.layoutIndex - 1; index >= 0; index--) {
       const module = routeModules[index];
       if (module) {
-        return module;
+        return { module, layoutIndex: index };
       }
     }
   }
 
-  return rootModule ?? null;
+  return { module: rootModule ?? null, layoutIndex: null };
 }
 
 export function resolveAppPageErrorBoundary<TModule, TComponent>(
diff --git a/packages/vinext/src/server/app-page-dispatch.ts b/packages/vinext/src/server/app-page-dispatch.ts
index 7b4543573..b0a0eb6f8 100644
--- a/packages/vinext/src/server/app-page-dispatch.ts
+++ b/packages/vinext/src/server/app-page-dispatch.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ import {
 } from "vinext/shims/fetch-cache";
 import { AppElementsWire, type AppOutgoingElements } from "./app-elements.js";
 import { readAppPageCacheResponse } from "./app-page-cache.js";
-import { resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundaryModule } from "./app-page-boundary.js";
+import {
+  resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundary,
+  resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundaryModule,
+} from "./app-page-boundary.js";
 import { readStreamAsText } from "../utils/text-stream.js";
 import {
   buildAppPageSpecialErrorResponse,
@@ -131,18 +134,31 @@ type AppPageDispatchRoute = {
   __buildTimeReasons?: LayoutClassificationOptions["buildTimeReasons"];
   error?: AppPageModule | null;
   errors?: readonly (AppPageModule | null | undefined)[];
+  forbidden?: AppPageModule | null;
   forbiddens?: readonly (AppPageModule | null | undefined)[];
   isDynamic: boolean;
   layouts: readonly AppPageModule[];
   layoutTreePositions?: readonly number[];
   loading?: AppPageModule | null;
+  notFound?: AppPageModule | null;
   notFounds?: readonly (AppPageModule | null | undefined)[];
   params: readonly string[];
   pattern: string;
   routeSegments: readonly string[];
+  unauthorized?: AppPageModule | null;
   unauthorizeds?: readonly (AppPageModule | null | undefined)[];
 };
 
+function resolveAppPageRouteBoundaryModule(
+  route: AppPageDispatchRoute,
+  statusCode: number,
+): AppPageModule | null {
+  if (statusCode === 403) return route.forbidden ?? null;
+  if (statusCode === 401) return route.unauthorized ?? null;
+  if (statusCode === 404) return route.notFound ?? null;
+  return null;
+}
+
 type DispatchAppPageOptions<TRoute extends AppPageDispatchRoute> = {
   /** Configured basePath (e.g. "/blog"). Used to prefix redirect Locations. */
   basePath?: string;
@@ -826,9 +842,52 @@ async function renderPageSpecialError<TRoute extends AppPageDispatchRoute>(
     isRscRequest: options.isRscRequest,
     middlewareContext: options.middlewareContext,
     renderFallbackPage(statusCode) {
+      // `forbidden()` / `unauthorized()` / `notFound()` should be caught by the
+      // nearest ancestor boundary. When the page (the deepest segment) calls
+      // one of these and an intermediate layout has no matching boundary file,
+      // resolve to the closest ancestor layout's boundary and slice off any
+      // layouts beneath it so their UI does not render alongside the fallback.
+      // Mirrors Next.js's per-segment boundary nesting in
+      // `create-component-tree.tsx` (issue #1547).
+      //
+      // We only narrow layouts when the resolved boundary file lives at a
+      // layout's own directory. A `forbidden.tsx` sibling to the route's
+      // `page.tsx` (no layout there) wraps just the page subtree in Next.js,
+      // so all of the route's layouts must still render.
+      const routeBoundaryModule = resolveAppPageRouteBoundaryModule(options.route, statusCode);
+      const layoutCount = options.route.layouts.length;
+      const { module: parentBoundaryModule, layoutIndex: boundaryLayoutIndex } =
+        resolveAppPageParentHttpAccessBoundary({
+          layoutIndex: layoutCount,
+          rootForbiddenModule: options.rootForbiddenModule,
+          rootNotFoundModule: options.rootNotFoundModule,
+          rootUnauthorizedModule: options.rootUnauthorizedModule,
+          routeForbiddenModules: options.route.forbiddens,
+          routeNotFoundModules: options.route.notFounds,
+          routeUnauthorizedModules: options.route.unauthorizeds,
+          statusCode,
+        });
+      // If the route-level boundary (closest walking up from page-dir) differs
+      // from the per-layout resolution, a non-layout-aligned boundary sits
+      // below the deepest layout — keep all layouts and let the existing route
+      // boundary handling render it.
+      const useLayoutAlignedBoundary =
+        boundaryLayoutIndex !== null &&
+        (routeBoundaryModule === null || routeBoundaryModule === parentBoundaryModule);
+      const boundaryComponent = useLayoutAlignedBoundary
+        ? ((parentBoundaryModule as { default?: unknown } | null)?.default ?? undefined)
+        : undefined;
+      const layoutsForBoundary =
+        useLayoutAlignedBoundary && boundaryLayoutIndex !== null
+          ? options.route.layouts.slice(0, boundaryLayoutIndex + 1)
+          : undefined;
       return options.renderHttpAccessFallbackPage(
         statusCode,
-        { matchedParams: options.params },
+        {
+          boundaryComponent,
+          layouts: layoutsForBoundary,
+          matchedParams: options.params,
+        },
         null,
       );
     },
diff --git a/tests/app-router.test.ts b/tests/app-router.test.ts
index 4a20acb22..b6fd0f6e7 100644
--- a/tests/app-router.test.ts
+++ b/tests/app-router.test.ts
@@ -1127,6 +1127,40 @@ describe("App Router integration", () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain("404 - Page Not Found");
   });
 
+  it("forbidden() escalates from a deep page to the nearest parent boundary (#1547)", async () => {
+    // Ported from Next.js: test/e2e/app-dir/forbidden/basic/forbidden-basic.test.ts
+    // ("should escalate forbidden to parent layout if no forbidden boundary present in current layer")
+    // https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/test/e2e/app-dir/forbidden/basic/forbidden-basic.test.ts
+    //
+    // The intermediate /escalate-forbidden-boundary layout has no forbidden.tsx,
+    // so forbidden() thrown from /escalate-forbidden-boundary/sub/403 must
+    // escalate past that layout to the root forbidden boundary, replacing the
+    // intermediate layout's UI ("Dynamic with Layout") with the root boundary
+    // rather than rendering it alongside.
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/nextjs-compat/escalate-forbidden-boundary/sub/403`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(403);
+    const html = await res.text();
+    expect(html).toContain("403 - Forbidden");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("escalate-forbidden [id]");
+    // The intermediate layout's UI must NOT render: forbidden() should bubble
+    // past the layout-with-no-boundary to the nearest ancestor that has one.
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Dynamic with Layout");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("escalate-forbidden-layout");
+  });
+
+  it("unauthorized() escalates from a deep page to the nearest parent boundary (#1547)", async () => {
+    // Ported from Next.js: test/e2e/app-dir/unauthorized/basic/unauthorized-basic.test.ts
+    // ("should escalate unauthorized to parent layout if no unauthorized boundary present in current layer")
+    // https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/test/e2e/app-dir/unauthorized/basic/unauthorized-basic.test.ts
+    const res = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/nextjs-compat/escalate-unauthorized-boundary/sub/401`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+    const html = await res.text();
+    expect(html).toContain("401 - Unauthorized");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("escalate-unauthorized [id]");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Dynamic with Layout");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("escalate-unauthorized-layout");
+  });
+
   // ── Client hook usage without "use client" (#834) ──
   // When a Server Component imports a client-only hook from next/navigation
   // without the "use client" directive, vinext should surface a clear error
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-forbidden-boundary/layout.tsx b/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-forbidden-boundary/layout.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fa42301e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-forbidden-boundary/layout.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Next.js compat: forbidden/basic — when a deep page calls `forbidden()` and the
+ * intermediate layout segment has no `forbidden.tsx`, the boundary must escalate
+ * to the nearest ancestor that does (here: the app root `forbidden.tsx`).
+ *
+ * Ported from Next.js: test/e2e/app-dir/forbidden/basic/app/dynamic-layout-without-forbidden/layout.js
+ * https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/test/e2e/app-dir/forbidden/basic/app/dynamic-layout-without-forbidden/layout.js
+ */
+export default function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <div data-testid="escalate-forbidden-layout">
+      <h2>Dynamic with Layout</h2>
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-forbidden-boundary/sub/[id]/page.tsx b/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-forbidden-boundary/sub/[id]/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e330c089e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-forbidden-boundary/sub/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { forbidden } from "next/navigation";
+
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+export default async function Page(props: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> }) {
+  const { id } = await props.params;
+  if (id === "403") {
+    forbidden();
+  }
+  return <p id="page">escalate-forbidden [id]</p>;
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-unauthorized-boundary/layout.tsx b/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-unauthorized-boundary/layout.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7686d2710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-unauthorized-boundary/layout.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Next.js compat: unauthorized/basic — when a deep page calls `unauthorized()`
+ * and the intermediate layout segment has no `unauthorized.tsx`, the boundary
+ * must escalate to the nearest ancestor that does (the root `unauthorized.tsx`).
+ *
+ * Ported from Next.js: test/e2e/app-dir/unauthorized/basic/app/dynamic-layout-without-unauthorized/layout.js
+ * https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/test/e2e/app-dir/unauthorized/basic/app/dynamic-layout-without-unauthorized/layout.js
+ */
+export default function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <div data-testid="escalate-unauthorized-layout">
+      <h2>Dynamic with Layout</h2>
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-unauthorized-boundary/sub/[id]/page.tsx b/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-unauthorized-boundary/sub/[id]/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90a7cb122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/app-basic/app/nextjs-compat/escalate-unauthorized-boundary/sub/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { unauthorized } from "next/navigation";
+
+export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
+
+export default async function Page(props: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> }) {
+  const { id } = await props.params;
+  if (id === "401") {
+    unauthorized();
+  }
+  return <p id="page">escalate-unauthorized [id]</p>;
+}