diff --git a/src/bun.js/api/server.zig b/src/bun.js/api/server.zig
index db0ff33a2f..5214d1fad0 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/api/server.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/api/server.zig
@@ -1210,6 +1210,19 @@ pub const ServerConfig = struct {
         }
     };
 
+    fn getRoutesObject(global: *JSC.JSGlobalObject, arg: JSC.JSValue) bun.JSError!?JSC.JSValue {
+        inline for (.{ "routes", "static" }) |key| {
+            if (try arg.get(global, key)) |routes| {
+                // https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/17568
+                if (routes.isArray()) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                return routes;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     pub const FromJSOptions = struct {
         allow_bake_config: bool = true,
         is_fetch_required: bool = true,
@@ -1309,7 +1322,7 @@ pub const ServerConfig = struct {
             }
             if (global.hasException()) return error.JSError;
 
-            if ((try arg.get(global, "routes")) orelse (try arg.get(global, "static"))) |static| {
+            if (try getRoutesObject(global, arg)) |static| {
                 if (!static.isObject()) {
                     return global.throwInvalidArguments(
                         \\Bun.serve() expects 'routes' to be an object shaped like:
diff --git a/test/bun.lock b/test/bun.lock
index 3ae0e6ec8c..978fa00516 100644
--- a/test/bun.lock
+++ b/test/bun.lock
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         "fast-glob": "3.3.1",
         "filenamify": "6.0.0",
         "happy-dom": "17.0.3",
+        "hono": "4.7.2",
         "http2-wrapper": "2.2.1",
         "https-proxy-agent": "7.0.5",
         "iconv-lite": "0.6.3",
@@ -1248,6 +1249,8 @@
 
     "highlight.js": ["highlight.js@10.7.3", "", {}, "sha512-tzcUFauisWKNHaRkN4Wjl/ZA07gENAjFl3J/c480dprkGTg5EQstgaNFqBfUqCq54kZRIEcreTsAgF/m2quD7A=="],
 
+    "hono": ["hono@4.7.2", "", {}, "sha512-8V5XxoOF6SI12jkHkzX/6aLBMU5GEF5g387EjVSQipS0DlxWgWGSMeEayY3CRBjtTUQYwLHx9JYouWqKzy2Vng=="],
+
     "html-encoding-sniffer": ["html-encoding-sniffer@4.0.0", "", { "dependencies": { "whatwg-encoding": "^3.1.1" } }, "sha512-Y22oTqIU4uuPgEemfz7NDJz6OeKf12Lsu+QC+s3BVpda64lTiMYCyGwg5ki4vFxkMwQdeZDl2adZoqUgdFuTgQ=="],
 
     "http-cache-semantics": ["http-cache-semantics@4.1.1", "", {}, "sha512-er295DKPVsV82j5kw1Gjt+ADA/XYHsajl82cGNQG2eyoPkvgUhX+nDIyelzhIWbbsXP39EHcI6l5tYs2FYqYXQ=="],
diff --git a/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world-fixture.test.ts b/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world-fixture.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e38c32be2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world-fixture.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe } from "harness";
+import { join } from "path";
+
+test("Hono app export bug", async () => {
+  await using process = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), join(import.meta.dir, "hello-world.fixture.ts")],
+    env: {
+      ...bunEnv,
+      "BUN_PORT": "0",
+    },
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "inherit",
+  });
+
+  // Wait for server to start and get its URL
+  const reader = process.stdout.getReader();
+  let serverUrl = "";
+  while (!serverUrl && !process.exitCode) {
+    const { value, done } = await reader.read();
+    if (done) break;
+    const output = new TextDecoder().decode(value);
+    const match = output.match(/http:\/\/[^:]+:(\d+)/);
+    if (match) {
+      serverUrl = match[0];
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  expect(serverUrl).toBeTruthy();
+
+  // Make a request to verify the server works
+  const response = await fetch(serverUrl);
+  expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+  expect(await response.text()).toBe('The message is "Hono is cool!"');
+
+  // Kill the server process
+  process.kill();
+});
diff --git a/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world.fixture.ts b/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world.fixture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3838002c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world.fixture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Hono } from "hono";
+
+type Variables = {
+  message: string;
+};
+
+const app = new Hono<{ Variables: Variables }>();
+
+app.use(async (c, next) => {
+  c.set("message", "Hono is cool!");
+  await next();
+});
+
+app.get("/", c => {
+  const message = c.get("message");
+  return c.text(`The message is "${message}"`);
+});
+
+export default app;
diff --git a/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world.test.ts b/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae390dbd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/third_party/hono/hello-world.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
+import { Hono } from "hono";
+
+describe("Hono Hello World", () => {
+  it("should respond with hello world", async () => {
+    const app = new Hono();
+    app.get("/", c => c.text("Hello World!"));
+
+    using server = Bun.serve({
+      fetch: app.fetch,
+      port: 0,
+    });
+
+    const response = await fetch(server.url);
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(await response.text()).toBe("Hello World!");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/package.json b/test/package.json
index 0c373dceb8..55ffcfb3c9 100644
--- a/test/package.json
+++ b/test/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "fast-glob": "3.3.1",
     "filenamify": "6.0.0",
     "happy-dom": "17.0.3",
+    "hono": "4.7.2",
     "http2-wrapper": "2.2.1",
     "https-proxy-agent": "7.0.5",
     "iconv-lite": "0.6.3",