diff --git a/.changeset/late-yaks-do.md b/.changeset/late-yaks-do.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3db50606fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-yaks-do.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'houdini-svelte': patch
+---
+
+Add event argument to mutation for server-side operations
diff --git a/e2e/sveltekit/package.json b/e2e/sveltekit/package.json
index 2f088a6945..3150951426 100644
--- a/e2e/sveltekit/package.json
+++ b/e2e/sveltekit/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     "api": "cross-env TZ=utc e2e-api",
     "dev": "concurrently \"pnpm run web\" \"pnpm run api\" -n \"web,api\" -c \"green,magenta\"",
     "build": "vite build",
+    "build:": "cd ../../ && run build && cd -",
+    "build:dev": "pnpm build: && pnpm dev",
+    "build:test": "pnpm build: && pnpm test",
     "package": "svelte-kit package",
     "previewWeb": "vite preview --port 3007",
     "preview": "concurrently \"pnpm run previewWeb\" \"pnpm run api\" -n \"web,api\" -c \"green,magenta\"",
diff --git a/e2e/sveltekit/src/routes/stores/action-mutation/+page.server.js b/e2e/sveltekit/src/routes/stores/action-mutation/+page.server.js
index 89e8fb26d8..d552a1feb3 100644
--- a/e2e/sveltekit/src/routes/stores/action-mutation/+page.server.js
+++ b/e2e/sveltekit/src/routes/stores/action-mutation/+page.server.js
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ export const actions = {
       }
     `);
 
-    return await actionMutation.mutate({ name });
+    return await actionMutation.mutate({ name }, { event });
   }
 };
diff --git a/packages/houdini-svelte/src/runtime/stores/mutation.ts b/packages/houdini-svelte/src/runtime/stores/mutation.ts
index 7a35fd7609..15e2393e78 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-svelte/src/runtime/stores/mutation.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini-svelte/src/runtime/stores/mutation.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import type { DocumentStore } from '$houdini/runtime/client'
 import type { MutationArtifact } from '$houdini/runtime/lib/types'
 import type { GraphQLObject } from '$houdini/runtime/lib/types'
+import type { RequestEvent } from '@sveltejs/kit'
 
 import { getClient } from '../client'
-import { getSession } from '../session'
+import { fetchParams } from './query'
 
 export class MutationStore<
 	_Data extends GraphQLObject,
@@ -25,19 +26,27 @@ export class MutationStore<
 		{
 			metadata,
 			fetch,
+			event,
 			...mutationConfig
 		}: {
 			// @ts-ignore
 			metadata?: App.Metadata
 			fetch?: typeof globalThis.fetch
+			event?: RequestEvent
 		} & MutationConfig<_Data, _Input, _Optimistic> = {}
 	): Promise<_Data> {
+		const { context } = await fetchParams(this.artifact, this.artifact.name, {
+			fetch,
+			metadata,
+			event,
+		})
+
 		return (
 			await this.store.send({
 				variables,
-				fetch,
+				fetch: context.fetch,
 				metadata,
-				session: await getSession(),
+				session: context.session,
 				stuff: {
 					...mutationConfig,
 				},
diff --git a/packages/houdini-svelte/src/runtime/stores/query.ts b/packages/houdini-svelte/src/runtime/stores/query.ts
index 3f44d78398..58fdf1312d 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-svelte/src/runtime/stores/query.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini-svelte/src/runtime/stores/query.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import type { FetchContext } from '$houdini/runtime/client/plugins/fetch'
 import * as log from '$houdini/runtime/lib/log'
 import type {
 	QueryArtifact,
+	MutationArtifact,
 	GraphQLObject,
 	HoudiniFetchContext,
 	QueryResult,
 } from '$houdini/runtime/lib/types'
+import { ArtifactKind } from '$houdini/runtime/lib/types'
 // internals
 import { CachePolicy, CompiledQueryKind } from '$houdini/runtime/lib/types'
 import type { LoadEvent, RequestEvent } from '@sveltejs/kit'
@@ -183,17 +185,17 @@ export type StoreConfig<_Data extends GraphQLObject, _Input, _Artifact> = {
 }
 
 export async function fetchParams<_Data extends GraphQLObject, _Input>(
-	artifact: QueryArtifact,
+	artifact: QueryArtifact | MutationArtifact,
 	storeName: string,
 	params?: QueryStoreFetchParams<_Data, _Input>
 ): Promise<{
 	context: FetchContext
-	policy: CachePolicy
+	policy: CachePolicy | undefined
 	params: QueryStoreFetchParams<_Data, _Input>
 }> {
 	// figure out the right policy
 	let policy = params?.policy
-	if (!policy) {
+	if (!policy && artifact.kind === ArtifactKind.Query) {
 		// use the artifact policy as the default, otherwise prefer the cache over the network
 		policy = artifact.policy ?? CachePolicy.CacheOrNetwork
 	}
@@ -244,11 +246,15 @@ Please remember to pass event to fetch like so:
 
 import type { LoadEvent } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 
+// in a load function...
 export async function load(${log.yellow('event')}: LoadEvent) {
 	return {
 		...load_${storeName}({ ${log.yellow('event')}, variables: { ... } })
 	};
 }
+
+// in a server-side mutation:
+await mutation.mutate({ ... }, ${log.yellow('{ event }')})
 `
 
 type FetchGlobalParams<_Data extends GraphQLObject, _Input> = {
diff --git a/packages/houdini/src/runtime/client/plugins/fetchParams.ts b/packages/houdini/src/runtime/client/plugins/fetchParams.ts
index 26bc7aae9d..039bb44bdd 100644
--- a/packages/houdini/src/runtime/client/plugins/fetchParams.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini/src/runtime/client/plugins/fetchParams.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ export const fetchParamsPlugin: (fn?: FetchParamFn) => ClientPlugin =
 			next({
 				...ctx,
 				fetchParams: fn({
-					...ctx,
+					// most of the stuff comes straight from the context
+					config: ctx.config,
+					policy: ctx.policy,
+					metadata: ctx.metadata,
+					session: ctx.session,
+					stuff: ctx.stuff,
+					// a few fields are renamed or modified
+					document: ctx.artifact,
 					variables: marshalVariables(ctx),
 					text: ctx.artifact.raw,
 					hash: ctx.artifact.hash,
@@ -25,5 +32,5 @@ export type FetchParamsInput = Pick<
 > & {
 	text: string
 	hash: string
-	artifact: DocumentArtifact
+	document: DocumentArtifact
 }
diff --git a/site/src/routes/api/mutation/+page.svx b/site/src/routes/api/mutation/+page.svx
index 3cfb0846bc..25daa068e4 100644
--- a/site/src/routes/api/mutation/+page.svx
+++ b/site/src/routes/api/mutation/+page.svx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const actions: Actions = {
             }
         `)
 
-        return await actionMutation.mutate({ name }, event)
+        return await actionMutation.mutate({ name }, { event })
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/site/src/routes/guides/release-notes/+page.svx b/site/src/routes/guides/release-notes/+page.svx
index daadbcd38b..1c20eefe00 100644
--- a/site/src/routes/guides/release-notes/+page.svx
+++ b/site/src/routes/guides/release-notes/+page.svx
@@ -283,6 +283,28 @@ has become mostly used for "lazy" stores that don't fetch automatically. On top
 new imperative cache api relies heavily on `graphql` documents which would mean a lot of accidental
 loading. At least this way everything is very explicit.
 
+### Server-side Mutations Need an Event
+
+In order to simplify the mental model for sessions and fetching, server-side mutations
+need their event passed explicitly.
+
+```diff
+  import { Actions } from './$types'
+
+  const actionMutation = graphql(...)
+
+  export const actions: Actions = {
+      addUser: async (event) => {
+          const data = await event.request.formData();
+
+          const name = data.get('name')?.toString();
+
+-         return await actionMutation.mutate({ name }, { fetch: event.fetch });
++         return await actionMutation.mutate({ name }, { event });
+      }
+  }
+```
+
 ## 0.20.0
 
 This release was originally planned to be `1.0` but we have some exciting stuff planned