perf(router): reuse location-independent Link destinations - #8370
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change removes internal helper exports, replaces route interpolation caches with tracked location building and static-location caching, and updates React ChangesRouter location flow
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Refactor Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ReactLink
participant selectLinkState
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ReactLink->>selectLinkState: Provide stable destination options
selectLinkState->>Router: Call buildLocation(dest)
Router-->>selectLinkState: Return cached or newly built location
selectLinkState-->>ReactLink: Render link state
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In `@packages/react-router/src/link.tsx`:
- Line 54: Update useValueStable to snapshot accepted search-value inputs deeply
enough for nested mutations such as search.filters.page to be detected by
deepEqual; preserve support for all currently accepted value types and ensure
stableSearch changes identity when nested content changes so _options, dest, and
router.buildLocation recompute.
In `@packages/router-core/src/router.ts`:
- Around line 1889-1891: Update the static-location cache in the buildLocation
flow around staticLocations and useLinkProps so destinations with a custom
stringifySearch are not served from cache; only reuse cached locations with the
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Snapshot nested link inputs before comparing them.
useValueStable copies only the outer object. deepEqual then compares the same nested object after an in-place change such as search.filters.page, so stableSearch keeps its identity. _options and dest remain memoized, and router.buildLocation can return the cached location. The Link can therefore keep a stale href and active state.
Capture nested changes with a snapshot method that supports the accepted search-value types, or explicitly restrict and document mutation detection to top-level properties.
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In `@packages/react-router/src/link.tsx` at line 54, Update useValueStable to
snapshot accepted search-value inputs deeply enough for nested mutations such as
search.filters.page to be detected by deepEqual; preserve support for all
currently accepted value types and ensure stableSearch changes identity when
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Merging this PR will regress 3 benchmarks
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| ❌ | Memory | mem client interrupted-navigations (vue) |
218.7 KB | 283.7 KB | -22.9% |
| ❌ | Memory | mem client interrupted-navigations (react) |
216.4 KB | 247.9 KB | -12.71% |
| ❌ | Memory | mem client interrupted-navigations (solid) |
253.1 KB | 280.2 KB | -9.67% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | client-links navigation loop (react) |
183.9 ms | 102.4 ms | +79.63% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | client-rewrites navigation loop (react) |
107.3 ms | 92.5 ms | +15.96% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | client-route-tree-scale navigation loop (react) |
124.7 ms | 114 ms | +9.41% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | client-async-pipeline navigation loop (react) |
73.3 ms | 69 ms | +6.21% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | client-loaders navigation loop (react) |
103.9 ms | 99.3 ms | +4.59% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | client-control-flow navigation loop (react) |
126 ms | 121.8 ms | +3.46% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | client-head navigation loop (react) |
179.2 ms | 173.5 ms | +3.28% |
| ⚡ | Simulation | client-history navigation loop (react) |
82.5 ms | 80 ms | +3.02% |
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Most mounted Links point at a destination that does not depend on where the user currently is: an absolute `to`, literal params for every template key, a literal (or no) search, hash and state. Until now every navigation rebuilt all of them anyway, because `buildLocation` always started from the current location. `buildLocation` now tracks whether a build read the current location at all. Every such read goes through `current()` / `currentMatch()`, which set one flag; a build that finishes without it depends only on its options and the route tree. When the caller passed `_fromLocation` (what Links do) and no mask is involved, the resulting location is kept in a WeakMap keyed by the options object, and the next `buildLocation` with that same object returns it directly. `update()` and `setRoutes()` replace the map, so router option changes and HMR route-tree rebuilds invalidate everything. To make that flag meaningful the reads became demand-driven instead of unconditional: an absolute `to` resolves without a base path, params that cover the template skip the inherited-params merge, a literal search/hash/ state never touches the current values, and stringifiers fetch inherited params only when a route defines one. Structural sharing with the current search/state stays, as it only affects identity. Contract: the same options object yields the same location until router options or the route tree change. Callers own invalidation by passing a new object when their values change (the follow-up react-router commit does that with deepEqual-stabilized copies of `params`/`search`). Once whole locations are reused, the per-route SIEVE pathname cache (`_pathCache`, `InterpolationPlan`, `createPathInterpolator` and its router plumbing) is redundant and is removed; templates are interpolated directly from the route's parsed segments. Tests: path, route-tree-caches, path-decoder and the interpolation bench assert canonical pathnames through `buildLocation` instead of cache internals. Performance (Apple M4, Node 24, fresh production bundles, 3 runs each; measured on a tree that also carried the replaceEqualDeep changes now proposed separately in #8362, #8363 and #8364): - Measured alone, with the React Link still spreading a fresh options object per navigation so nothing hits the cache: links/react 341.3 -> 290 hz (-15%); paired link-perf client vs stack HEAD: encoding +30%, splats +24% slower (HEAD's pathname cache targeted exactly those), the other cases within noise. This commit is the first half of a two-part change and regresses on its own. - With the follow-up react-router commit (stable options object, so 160 of 161 builds per navigation become 13 ns cache hits; a full build costs 680-970 ns): links/react 622 hz (+82% vs stack HEAD, rme +-0.4%). Paired link-perf client vs origin/main: shared-params -34%, unique-params -36%, splats -41%, encoding -54%, active -44%, middleware -14%, relative -9%. SSR vs origin/main: -12..-32% on every measured case (encoding -23%, splats -18%); vs stack HEAD only SSR encoding is slower (+31%). - Bundle (react-router.minimal gzip, this tree): 85925 -> 85992 (+67) for this commit, 1 byte below origin/main (85993); 86038 with the Link commit. With #8362, #8363 and #8364 applied as well the tree measures 85983. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
… reused `buildLocation` now returns a cached location for an options object whose previous build never read the current location (06e4504). The React Link built a fresh `{ _fromLocation, ..._options }` on every navigation, so it never hit that cache. Each Link now owns one `dest` object, memoized on `_options`. The location selector sets `dest._fromLocation` in place (unless the caller supplied one) and passes the same object to `router.buildLocation`, so a Link whose destination does not depend on the current location costs a WeakMap lookup per navigation instead of a full build. `navigate` and `preloadRoute` still receive `_options`, so the in-place field never reaches a navigation. Because object identity is now the router's invalidation signal, `useValueStable` keeps a shallow copy of `params`/`search`/`activeOptions` rather than the caller's object. `deepEqual` therefore never short-circuits on reference equality, and a params object that was mutated in place, or is backed by accessors, yields a new reference (hence a new `dest`) on the render that observes the change. A mutation that no render observes is no longer picked up by a navigation alone; that matches how every other Link input already behaves. The server branch had its own inline copy of the active-state, class and style derivation while the client used `resolveIsActive`. Both now share `resolveIsActive` and a `resolveStateProps` helper; the results are identical (`exactPathTest` is the same trailing-slash comparison, `deepEqual` already treats two key-less search objects as equal, and the hash check yields `false` on the server because it is never hydrated there). The two `blockedLink` spreads that position state props before or after `ref`/handlers are documented in place. Tests (`link-destination.test.tsx`): the middleware test follows the HMR sequence (`route.update()` then `router.setRoutes(router.buildRouteTree())`) instead of expecting a bare `route.update()` to be observed; the test for an impure `stringifySearch` closing over a mutable variable is dropped along with that contract; the mutation and accessor tests re-render the fixture and assert the updated location survives further navigations. Performance (Apple M4, Node 24, fresh production bundles, 3 runs each; measured on a tree that also carried the replaceEqualDeep changes now proposed separately in #8362, #8363 and #8364): - links/react (200 mounted Links, 8 navigations per lap): 290 -> 622 hz against the parent commit, +82% against stack HEAD (341 hz). 160 of the 161 `buildLocation` calls per navigation become 13 ns cache hits; a full build of these Links costs 680-970 ns. - Paired link-perf client vs the parent commit: shared-params -24%, splats -35%, encoding -49%, active -36%, unique-params -25% (wide interval), middleware unchanged (never cacheable). - Combined with the parent, vs origin/main: client shared-params -34%, unique-params -36%, splats -41%, encoding -54%, active -44%, middleware -14%, relative -9%; SSR -12..-32% on every measured case. - Bundle (react-router.minimal gzip, this tree): 85992 -> 86038 (+46); +113 vs stack HEAD, +45 vs origin/main (85993). With #8362, #8363 and #8364 applied as well the tree measures 85983, 10 bytes below origin/main. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Nothing in the repository imports these two helpers from a package entry point; they are only called inside `utils.ts` by `deepEqual` and `replaceEqualDeep`, and `isPlainArray` is unit-tested via `../src/utils`. #8363 tightens `isPlainObject` to a constructor check that is meant for the router's own structural sharing, so the helpers are no longer exported from `@tanstack/router-core`, `@tanstack/react-router`, `@tanstack/solid-router` or `@tanstack/vue-router`. No bundle change in react-router.minimal (unused exports were already tree-shaken): 85983 before and after. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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* perf(router-core): reuse location-independent Link destinations Most mounted Links point at a destination that does not depend on where the user currently is: an absolute `to`, literal params for every template key, a literal (or no) search, hash and state. Until now every navigation rebuilt all of them anyway, because `buildLocation` always started from the current location. `buildLocation` now tracks whether a build read the current location at all. Every such read goes through `current()` / `currentMatch()`, which set one flag; a build that finishes without it depends only on its options and the route tree. When the caller passed `_fromLocation` (what Links do) and no mask is involved, the resulting location is kept in a WeakMap keyed by the options object, and the next `buildLocation` with that same object returns it directly. `update()` and `setRoutes()` replace the map, so router option changes and HMR route-tree rebuilds invalidate everything. To make that flag meaningful the reads became demand-driven instead of unconditional: an absolute `to` resolves without a base path, params that cover the template skip the inherited-params merge, a literal search/hash/ state never touches the current values, and stringifiers fetch inherited params only when a route defines one. Structural sharing with the current search/state stays, as it only affects identity. Contract: the same options object yields the same location until router options or the route tree change. Callers own invalidation by passing a new object when their values change (the follow-up react-router commit does that with deepEqual-stabilized copies of `params`/`search`). Once whole locations are reused, the per-route SIEVE pathname cache (`_pathCache`, `InterpolationPlan`, `createPathInterpolator` and its router plumbing) is redundant and is removed; templates are interpolated directly from the route's parsed segments. Tests: path, route-tree-caches, path-decoder and the interpolation bench assert canonical pathnames through `buildLocation` instead of cache internals. Performance (Apple M4, Node 24, fresh production bundles, 3 runs each; measured on a tree that also carried the replaceEqualDeep changes now proposed separately in #8362, #8363 and #8364): - Measured alone, with the React Link still spreading a fresh options object per navigation so nothing hits the cache: links/react 341.3 -> 290 hz (-15%); paired link-perf client vs stack HEAD: encoding +30%, splats +24% slower (HEAD's pathname cache targeted exactly those), the other cases within noise. This commit is the first half of a two-part change and regresses on its own. - With the follow-up react-router commit (stable options object, so 160 of 161 builds per navigation become 13 ns cache hits; a full build costs 680-970 ns): links/react 622 hz (+82% vs stack HEAD, rme +-0.4%). Paired link-perf client vs origin/main: shared-params -34%, unique-params -36%, splats -41%, encoding -54%, active -44%, middleware -14%, relative -9%. SSR vs origin/main: -12..-32% on every measured case (encoding -23%, splats -18%); vs stack HEAD only SSR encoding is slower (+31%). - Bundle (react-router.minimal gzip, this tree): 85925 -> 85992 (+67) for this commit, 1 byte below origin/main (85993); 86038 with the Link commit. With #8362, #8363 and #8364 applied as well the tree measures 85983. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * perf(react-router): keep one options object per Link so locations are reused `buildLocation` now returns a cached location for an options object whose previous build never read the current location (06e4504). The React Link built a fresh `{ _fromLocation, ..._options }` on every navigation, so it never hit that cache. Each Link now owns one `dest` object, memoized on `_options`. The location selector sets `dest._fromLocation` in place (unless the caller supplied one) and passes the same object to `router.buildLocation`, so a Link whose destination does not depend on the current location costs a WeakMap lookup per navigation instead of a full build. `navigate` and `preloadRoute` still receive `_options`, so the in-place field never reaches a navigation. Because object identity is now the router's invalidation signal, `useValueStable` keeps a shallow copy of `params`/`search`/`activeOptions` rather than the caller's object. `deepEqual` therefore never short-circuits on reference equality, and a params object that was mutated in place, or is backed by accessors, yields a new reference (hence a new `dest`) on the render that observes the change. A mutation that no render observes is no longer picked up by a navigation alone; that matches how every other Link input already behaves. The server branch had its own inline copy of the active-state, class and style derivation while the client used `resolveIsActive`. Both now share `resolveIsActive` and a `resolveStateProps` helper; the results are identical (`exactPathTest` is the same trailing-slash comparison, `deepEqual` already treats two key-less search objects as equal, and the hash check yields `false` on the server because it is never hydrated there). The two `blockedLink` spreads that position state props before or after `ref`/handlers are documented in place. Tests (`link-destination.test.tsx`): the middleware test follows the HMR sequence (`route.update()` then `router.setRoutes(router.buildRouteTree())`) instead of expecting a bare `route.update()` to be observed; the test for an impure `stringifySearch` closing over a mutable variable is dropped along with that contract; the mutation and accessor tests re-render the fixture and assert the updated location survives further navigations. Performance (Apple M4, Node 24, fresh production bundles, 3 runs each; measured on a tree that also carried the replaceEqualDeep changes now proposed separately in #8362, #8363 and #8364): - links/react (200 mounted Links, 8 navigations per lap): 290 -> 622 hz against the parent commit, +82% against stack HEAD (341 hz). 160 of the 161 `buildLocation` calls per navigation become 13 ns cache hits; a full build of these Links costs 680-970 ns. - Paired link-perf client vs the parent commit: shared-params -24%, splats -35%, encoding -49%, active -36%, unique-params -25% (wide interval), middleware unchanged (never cacheable). - Combined with the parent, vs origin/main: client shared-params -34%, unique-params -36%, splats -41%, encoding -54%, active -44%, middleware -14%, relative -9%; SSR -12..-32% on every measured case. - Bundle (react-router.minimal gzip, this tree): 85992 -> 86038 (+46); +113 vs stack HEAD, +45 vs origin/main (85993). With #8362, #8363 and #8364 applied as well the tree measures 85983, 10 bytes below origin/main. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * refactor: stop exporting isPlainObject and isPlainArray Nothing in the repository imports these two helpers from a package entry point; they are only called inside `utils.ts` by `deepEqual` and `replaceEqualDeep`, and `isPlainArray` is unit-tested via `../src/utils`. #8363 tightens `isPlainObject` to a constructor check that is meant for the router's own structural sharing, so the helpers are no longer exported from `@tanstack/router-core`, `@tanstack/react-router`, `@tanstack/solid-router` or `@tanstack/vue-router`. No bundle change in react-router.minimal (unused exports were already tree-shaken): 85983 before and after. Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * chore: add changesets for Link location reuse and the removed helpers --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Reuse whole locations for Links whose destination does not depend on where the router currently is, instead of caching interpolated pathnames per route.
buildLocationtracks whether a build read the current location (from-relativeto, inherited params,search: true/ updater functions, hash or state updaters, masks). When it did not, the result is kept in aWeakMapkeyed by the options object, and the next call with that object returns it. The per-route SIEVE pathname cache (_pathCache,InterpolationPlan,createPathInterpolator) becomes redundant and is removed.Linkkeeps onedestobject per instance (memoized on its stable options) and sets_fromLocationon it in place, so 160 of the 161buildLocationcalls per navigation in the links benchmark become 13 ns lookups.useValueStablenow returns a shallow copy, so aparams/searchobject mutated in place or backed by accessors yields a new reference on the render that observes it; a mutation that no render observes is no longer picked up by a navigation alone, which matches how every other Link input already behaves. The server and client branches shareresolveIsActive/resolveStateProps.isPlainObjectandisPlainArrayare no longer exported from the router packages; nothing outsideutils.tsused them.Performance (Apple M4, Node 24, fresh production bundles). Measured on this PR's tree only, against the head of #8327 (
fc31a1d309) andmain(6494e75362):links/reactscenario (200 mounted Links, 8 navigations per lap; hz, median of 3 runs, higher is better):mainmain)Paired
link-performanceruns (3 replicas each). Cells are the change in wall time per iteration, so negative is faster; "n.s." means the runner's 95% interval crosses zero.The client wins are the location cache: a Link whose destination does not depend on the current location costs a lookup per navigation instead of a rebuild. SSR renders every Link once per request, so the cache never hits there. SSR
encodingis 32% slower because #8327's per-route pathname cache survived across requests and nothing replaces it yet; everything else on SSR is within noise or faster. An earlier measurement of this tree combined with #8362–#8364 had SSRencoding22% faster thanmain, but those PRs are not part of this one.Bundle (
react-router.minimal, gzip): 85925 → 86038 (+113 vs #8327's head, +45 vsmain). With #8362–#8364 merged as well the tree measures 85983, 10 bytes belowmain.Tests: router-core and react-router build/unit/types/eslint, solid-router and vue-router build/types.
link-destination.test.tsxfollows the HMR sequence (route.update()thenrouter.setRoutes(router.buildRouteTree())) instead of expecting a bareroute.update()to be observed, and covers the mutation/accessor cases through a re-render.This is PR 13 of a stacked series and is based on
optimize-link-route-initialization(#8327).✅ Checklist
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