From 7d4ddf11d39c25048433c902f6f766cbcae47c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Mesieh <olivermesieh@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:03:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Stop deep-watching publish container meta

---
 .../js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue    |  9 ++-
 .../js/tests/components/Container.test.js     | 65 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/resources/js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue b/resources/js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue
index 5bae1670409..c38a920362a 100644
--- a/resources/js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue
+++ b/resources/js/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue
@@ -186,10 +186,12 @@ watch(
     { deep: true },
 );
 
+// Cheaper than deep-watching meta, which traverses the whole meta tree on each change.
+const metaVersion = ref(0);
+
 watch(
-    meta,
-    (meta) => emit('update:meta', meta),
-    { deep: true },
+    [meta, metaVersion],
+    () => emit('update:meta', meta.value),
 );
 
 const avoidTrackingDirtyState = ref(false);
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@ function setMeta(newMeta) {
 
 function setFieldMeta(path, value) {
     data_set(meta.value, path, value);
+    metaVersion.value++;
 }
 
 function syncField(path) {
diff --git a/resources/js/tests/components/Container.test.js b/resources/js/tests/components/Container.test.js
index 97902d64bbe..c8a049be09a 100644
--- a/resources/js/tests/components/Container.test.js
+++ b/resources/js/tests/components/Container.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, test } from 'vitest';
-import { defineComponent, h } from 'vue';
+import { defineComponent, h, nextTick } from 'vue';
 import * as Globals from '@/bootstrap/globals';
-import Container from '@/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue';
+import Container, { injectContainerContext } from '@/components/ui/Publish/Container.vue';
 import { useContentDirection } from '@/composables/content-direction';
 
 Object.keys(Globals).forEach((fn) => (window[fn] = Globals[fn]));
@@ -63,3 +63,64 @@ test('content direction falls back to the UI direction when the site cannot be r
 
     expect(wrapper.find('[data-direction]').attributes('data-direction')).toBe('rtl');
 });
+
+function mountWithMeta(meta) {
+    let context;
+
+    const ContextProbe = defineComponent({
+        setup() {
+            context = injectContainerContext();
+            return () => null;
+        },
+    });
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Container, {
+        props: {
+            blueprint: { tabs: [] },
+            site: 'default',
+            meta,
+        },
+        slots: {
+            default: () => h(ContextProbe),
+        },
+    });
+
+    return { wrapper, context };
+}
+
+test('setting field meta emits the updated meta', async () => {
+    const { wrapper, context } = mountWithMeta({ blocks: { collapsed: [] } });
+
+    context.setFieldMeta('blocks', { collapsed: ['set-1'] });
+    await nextTick();
+
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:meta')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:meta')[0][0].blocks.collapsed).toEqual(['set-1']);
+});
+
+test('replacing the meta emits the new meta', async () => {
+    const { wrapper, context } = mountWithMeta({ blocks: { collapsed: [] } });
+
+    context.setMeta({ blocks: { collapsed: ['set-2'] } });
+    await nextTick();
+
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:meta')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('update:meta')[0][0].blocks.collapsed).toEqual(['set-2']);
+});
+
+test('setting field meta does not read the rest of the meta', async () => {
+    let reads = 0;
+    const other = {
+        get value() {
+            reads++;
+            return 'x';
+        },
+    };
+    const { context } = mountWithMeta({ blocks: { collapsed: [] }, other });
+    const readsAfterMount = reads;
+
+    context.setFieldMeta('blocks', { collapsed: ['set-1'] });
+    await nextTick();
+
+    expect(reads).toBe(readsAfterMount);
+});