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🎯 Changes

Every synchronous frame between two beforeLoad awaits now publishes as one
store update: contextualize settles each hook inside router.batch, so
ending a beforeLoad and starting the next hook or the loaders no longer
produces separate isFetching publications. Loader starts for a whole lane
publish together, and a superseding navigation clears the previous lane's
presented fetching state in the same update that publishes its new
location. waitFor resolves plain values without registering an abort
listener.

Store updates in the full navigation case drop from 7 to 6 (React), 6 to 5
(Solid, Vue). Deterministic publication-sequence tests explain every
remaining update (no fallback, fallback during beforeLoad, fallback during
the loader, ready before pendingMinMs, replacement while the fallback is
visible, superseding navigation) and assert that persistent
useSearch/useParams consumers and whole-state consumers only re-render when
their selection changes. A focused fan-out benchmark and a core regression
for a store subscriber that navigates during the start flush are added.

Verification on main

  • router-core test:unit (3254 passed), test:types, test:eslint
  • react-router store-updates-during-navigation, link, loaders tests (185 passed); solid-router and vue-router store-updates-during-navigation tests (the count expectations in this PR: React 7 → 6, Solid 6 → 5, Vue 6 → 5)

Relationship to other PRs

Independent. Extracted from #8411 (which stays as the replaceEqualDeep PR); part of a series of individually mergeable perf PRs from the same branch.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • Reduced router store updates during navigation by batching related state changes, including loader starts and fetching transitions.
    • Improved navigation efficiency for applications with many router state subscribers.
  • Navigation

    • Superseded navigations now clear stale fetching state while publishing the replacement location.
    • Prevented outdated navigation results from appearing after a newer navigation completes.
  • Reliability

    • Improved handling of synchronous navigation steps and plain values during asynchronous workflows.

Every synchronous frame between two beforeLoad awaits now publishes as one
store update: `contextualize` settles each hook inside `router.batch`, so
ending a beforeLoad and starting the next hook or the loaders no longer
produces separate `isFetching` publications. Loader starts for a whole lane
publish together, and a superseding navigation clears the previous lane's
presented fetching state in the same update that publishes its new
location. `waitFor` resolves plain values without registering an abort
listener.

Store updates in the full navigation case drop from 7 to 6 (React), 6 to 5
(Solid, Vue). Deterministic publication-sequence tests explain every
remaining update (no fallback, fallback during beforeLoad, fallback during
the loader, ready before pendingMinMs, replacement while the fallback is
visible, superseding navigation) and assert that persistent
useSearch/useParams consumers and whole-state consumers only re-render when
their selection changes. A focused fan-out benchmark and a core regression
for a store subscriber that navigates during the start flush are added.

Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
(cherry picked from commit b3614be185661383d60bdff9f53aeadfa056fe83)
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🚀 Changeset Version Preview

1 package(s) bumped directly, 22 bumped as dependents.

🟩 Patch bumps

Package Version Reason
@tanstack/router-core 1.171.30 → 1.171.31 Changeset
@tanstack/react-router 1.170.36 → 1.170.37 Dependent
@tanstack/react-start 1.168.54 → 1.168.55 Dependent
@tanstack/react-start-client 1.168.34 → 1.168.35 Dependent
@tanstack/react-start-rsc 0.1.53 → 0.1.54 Dependent
@tanstack/react-start-server 1.167.41 → 1.167.42 Dependent
@tanstack/router-cli 1.167.36 → 1.167.37 Dependent
@tanstack/router-generator 1.167.36 → 1.167.37 Dependent
@tanstack/router-plugin 1.168.38 → 1.168.39 Dependent
@tanstack/router-vite-plugin 1.167.38 → 1.167.39 Dependent
@tanstack/solid-router 1.170.34 → 1.170.35 Dependent
@tanstack/solid-start 1.168.52 → 1.168.53 Dependent
@tanstack/solid-start-client 1.168.33 → 1.168.34 Dependent
@tanstack/solid-start-server 1.167.40 → 1.167.41 Dependent
@tanstack/start-client-core 1.170.30 → 1.170.31 Dependent
@tanstack/start-plugin-core 1.171.44 → 1.171.45 Dependent
@tanstack/start-server-core 1.169.35 → 1.169.36 Dependent
@tanstack/start-static-server-functions 1.167.35 → 1.167.36 Dependent
@tanstack/start-storage-context 1.167.32 → 1.167.33 Dependent
@tanstack/vue-router 1.170.33 → 1.170.34 Dependent
@tanstack/vue-start 1.168.51 → 1.168.52 Dependent
@tanstack/vue-start-client 1.167.36 → 1.167.37 Dependent
@tanstack/vue-start-server 1.167.40 → 1.167.41 Dependent

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Changes

The navigation loader pipeline now batches synchronous beforeLoad frames, loader starts, and superseding-lane cleanup. Tests verify publication traces, render behavior, update counts, and reentrant navigation. A benchmark measures notification costs across subscriber counts.

Navigation publication batching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Frame batching and lane cleanup
packages/router-core/src/load-client.ts
contextualize processes synchronous frames and batches settled state. waitFor skips abort listeners for plain values. Loader starts and superseded-lane cleanup publish within batches.
Publication traces and regression coverage
packages/react-router/tests/store-updates-during-navigation.test.tsx, packages/router-core/tests/*, packages/solid-router/tests/store-updates-during-navigation.test.tsx, packages/vue-router/tests/store-updates-during-navigation.test.tsx
Tests verify exact publication sequences, render selections, reduced update counts, waitFor listener behavior, and reentrant navigation replacement.
Benchmark and release documentation
packages/react-router/tests/store-updates-during-navigation.bench.tsx, .changeset/fewer-store-updates.md
The benchmark measures notification counts with 0, 50, and 200 subscribers. The changeset records the router-core patch release behavior.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Other

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Navigation
  participant contextualize
  participant waitFor
  participant RouterStore
  participant Subscriber
  Navigation->>contextualize: process beforeLoad frame
  contextualize->>waitFor: await thenable when required
  contextualize->>RouterStore: publish batched frame state
  Navigation->>RouterStore: publish batched loader and cleanup state
  RouterStore->>Subscriber: notify subscribers
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ea3f7

The implementation is mergeable, but the new benchmark may produce misleading performance measurements until its broad selector is made stable.

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep Broad selections stable.

state.location.pathname changes on every /a/b navigation. Each Broad consumer can re-render. This contradicts the benchmark contract in lines 19-20 and mixes render work into the measured store propagation cost. Select a stable value if the benchmark must isolate notification and selection work.

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Performance Changes

Mode Benchmark BASE HEAD Efficiency
Simulation client-nested-params navigation loop (solid) 781.3 ms 698.5 ms +11.86%
Memory mem client loader-data-retention (vue) 921.6 KB 882.3 KB +4.45%
Memory mem client loader-data-retention (solid) 919.3 KB 882.3 KB +4.19%

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  • Baseline source: history:a768f66c2f51
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