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perf(router-core): reuse location-independent Link destinations
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/plain-helpers-hide.md
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'@tanstack/router-core': patch
'@tanstack/react-router': patch
'@tanstack/solid-router': patch
'@tanstack/vue-router': patch
---

Stop exporting the internal `isPlainObject` and `isPlainArray` helpers.
6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/still-links-rest.md
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'@tanstack/router-core': patch
'@tanstack/react-router': patch
---

Reuse built locations for Links whose destination does not depend on the current location. `buildLocation` keeps the result per options object when the build never read the current location, and the React `Link` passes one stable options object per instance, so navigations resolve unchanged Links with a lookup instead of a full build. The per-route pathname interpolation cache this replaces is removed. Link `params`, `search` and `activeOptions` are compared by value on render; an object mutated in place is picked up on the next render rather than by a navigation alone.
2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions packages/react-router/src/index.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ export {
stringifySearchWith,
functionalUpdate,
replaceEqualDeep,
isPlainObject,
isPlainArray,
deepEqual,
createControlledPromise,
retainSearchParams,
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230 changes: 63 additions & 167 deletions packages/react-router/src/link.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ import * as React from 'react'
import { useSelector } from '@tanstack/react-store'
import {
deepEqual,
exactPathTest,
functionalUpdate,
getUrlScheme,
hasKeys,
isDangerousProtocol,
preloadWarning,
removeTrailingSlash,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -42,16 +40,20 @@ type LinkState = [href: string | undefined, isActive?: boolean]
// otherwise change `_options` identity on every parent render, rebuild the
// store selector, and discard its memoized selection.
//
// The kept value is a shallow copy, never the caller's object: the router
// reuses a built location for as long as it sees the same options object, so
// a params object mutated in place, or one backed by accessors, has to yield
// a new reference here on the render that observes the change.
//
// `ignoreUndefined: false` is required: an explicit `undefined` clears an
// inherited param or search key, so `{}` and `{ category: undefined }` build
// different locations and must not be treated as equal here.
function useValueStable<T>(value: T): T {
const ref = React.useRef(value)
// `deepEqual` short-circuits on reference equality, so this covers both cases.
const ref = React.useRef<T | undefined>(undefined)
if (!deepEqual(ref.current, value, { ignoreUndefined: false })) {
ref.current = value
ref.current = value && typeof value === 'object' ? { ...value } : value

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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
nested content changes so _options, dest, and router.buildLocation recompute.

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}
return ref.current
return ref.current as T
}

function compareLinkState(a: LinkState, b: LinkState) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -203,10 +205,6 @@ export function useLinkProps<
? router.buildLocation(options as any)
: undefined

// Use publicHref - it contains the correct href for display
// When a rewrite changes the origin, publicHref is the full URL
// Otherwise it's the origin-stripped path
// This avoids constructing URL objects in the hot path
const hrefOption = next
? getHrefOption(next, router, disabled)
: (directExternalLink ?? undefined)
Expand All @@ -216,76 +214,6 @@ export function useLinkProps<
directExternalLink ??
(hrefOption && getUrlScheme(hrefOption) ? hrefOption : undefined)

const isActive = (() => {
if (!next || (!disabled && !hrefOption) || externalLink) {
return false
}

const currentLocation = router.stores.location.get()

const exact = activeOptions?.exact ?? false

if (exact) {
const testExact = exactPathTest(
currentLocation.pathname,
next.pathname,
router.basepath,
)
if (!testExact) {
return false
}
} else {
const currentPathSplit = removeTrailingSlash(
currentLocation.pathname,
router.basepath,
)
const nextPathSplit = removeTrailingSlash(
next.pathname,
router.basepath,
)

const pathIsFuzzyEqual =
currentPathSplit.startsWith(nextPathSplit) &&
(currentPathSplit.length === nextPathSplit.length ||
currentPathSplit[nextPathSplit.length] === '/')

if (!pathIsFuzzyEqual) {
return false
}
}

const includeSearch = activeOptions?.includeSearch ?? true
if (includeSearch) {
if (currentLocation.search !== next.search) {
const currentSearchEmpty =
!currentLocation.search ||
(typeof currentLocation.search === 'object' &&
!hasKeys(currentLocation.search))
const nextSearchEmpty =
!next.search ||
(typeof next.search === 'object' &&
!hasKeys(next.search as Record<string, unknown>))

if (!(currentSearchEmpty && nextSearchEmpty)) {
const searchTest = deepEqual(currentLocation.search, next.search, {
partial: !exact,
ignoreUndefined: !activeOptions?.explicitUndefined,
})
if (!searchTest) {
return false
}
}
}
}

// Hash is not available on the server
if (activeOptions?.includeHash) {
return false
}

return true
})()

if (externalLink) {
return {
...propsSafeToSpread,
Expand All @@ -299,79 +227,27 @@ export function useLinkProps<
}
}

const resolvedActiveProps: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement> =
isActive
? (functionalUpdate(activeProps as any, {}) ?? STATIC_ACTIVE_OBJECT)
: STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT

const resolvedInactiveProps: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement> =
isActive
? STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT
: (functionalUpdate(inactiveProps, {}) ?? STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT)

const resolvedStyle = (() => {
const baseStyle = style
const activeStyle = resolvedActiveProps.style
const inactiveStyle = resolvedInactiveProps.style

if (!baseStyle && !activeStyle && !inactiveStyle) {
return undefined
}

if (baseStyle && !activeStyle && !inactiveStyle) {
return baseStyle
}

if (!baseStyle && activeStyle && !inactiveStyle) {
return activeStyle
}

if (!baseStyle && !activeStyle && inactiveStyle) {
return inactiveStyle
}

return {
...baseStyle,
...activeStyle,
...inactiveStyle,
}
})()

const resolvedClassName = (() => {
const baseClassName = className
const activeClassName = resolvedActiveProps.className
const inactiveClassName = resolvedInactiveProps.className

if (!baseClassName && !activeClassName && !inactiveClassName) {
return ''
}

let out = ''

if (baseClassName) {
out = baseClassName
}

if (activeClassName) {
out = out ? `${out} ${activeClassName}` : activeClassName
}

if (inactiveClassName) {
out = out ? `${out} ${inactiveClassName}` : inactiveClassName
}

return out
})()

const blockedLink = !disabled && !hrefOption
// Hash is not available on the server, so it never counts as hydrated.
const isActive =
!!next &&
!blockedLink &&
resolveIsActive(
router.stores.location.get(),
next,
activeOptions,
router.basepath,
false,
)
const [resolvedStateProps, resolvedClassName, resolvedStyle] =
resolveStateProps(isActive, activeProps, inactiveProps, className, style)

return {
...propsSafeToSpread,
...(blockedLink ? resolvedActiveProps : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT),
...(blockedLink ? resolvedInactiveProps : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT),
// State props may override `ref`, but not on a blocked link (spread first).
...(blockedLink ? resolvedStateProps : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT),
ref: innerRef as React.ComponentPropsWithRef<'a'>['ref'],
...(!blockedLink ? resolvedActiveProps : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT),
...(!blockedLink ? resolvedInactiveProps : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT),
...(!blockedLink ? resolvedStateProps : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT),
href: hrefOption,
disabled: !!linkDisabled,
target,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -421,6 +297,9 @@ export function useLinkProps<
options.unsafeRelative,
],
)
// One stable object per link lets the router reuse location-independent results.
// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/rules-of-hooks
const dest = React.useMemo(() => ({ ..._options }) as any, [_options])

// Derive inside the selector so `compareLinkState` can bail out. Deriving after
// the subscription instead re-renders every link on every navigation, because
Expand All @@ -436,10 +315,10 @@ export function useLinkProps<
return [directExternalLink ?? undefined]
}

const next = router.buildLocation({
_fromLocation: location,
..._options,
} as any)
if (!_options._fromLocation) {
dest._fromLocation = location
}
const next = router.buildLocation(dest)

// Use publicHref - it contains the correct href for display
// When a rewrite changes the origin, publicHref is the full URL
Expand All @@ -459,7 +338,7 @@ export function useLinkProps<
),
]
},
[stableActiveOptions, disabled, isHydrated, _options, router, to],
[stableActiveOptions, disabled, isHydrated, _options, dest, router, to],
)

// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/rules-of-hooks
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -566,20 +445,8 @@ export function useLinkProps<

const blockedLink = isActive === undefined

// Only one state contributes props, so resolve and merge it once.
const resolvedStateProps: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement> =
functionalUpdate(isActive ? (activeProps as any) : inactiveProps, {}) ??
(isActive ? STATIC_ACTIVE_OBJECT : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT)

const stateClassName = resolvedStateProps.className
const resolvedClassName = className
? stateClassName
? `${className} ${stateClassName}`
: className
: stateClassName
const stateStyle = resolvedStateProps.style
const resolvedStyle =
style && stateStyle ? { ...style, ...stateStyle } : style || stateStyle
const [resolvedStateProps, resolvedClassName, resolvedStyle] =
resolveStateProps(isActive, activeProps, inactiveProps, className, style)

// The click handler
const handleClick = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -625,6 +492,7 @@ export function useLinkProps<

return {
...propsSafeToSpread,
// State props may override `ref` and handlers, but not on a blocked link (spread first).
...(blockedLink ? resolvedStateProps : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT),
ref: innerRef as React.ComponentPropsWithRef<'a'>['ref'],
onClick: composeHandlers(onClick, handleClick),
Expand All @@ -649,6 +517,34 @@ const STATIC_ACTIVE_OBJECT = { className: 'active' }
const STATIC_DISABLED_PROPS = { role: 'link', 'aria-disabled': true }
const STATIC_ACTIVE_PROPS = { 'data-status': 'active', 'aria-current': 'page' }

// Only one state contributes props; merge its class and style with the base ones.
function resolveStateProps(
isActive: boolean | undefined,
activeProps: unknown,
inactiveProps: unknown,
className: string | undefined,
style: React.CSSProperties | undefined,
): [
stateProps: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement>,
className: string | undefined,
style: React.CSSProperties | undefined,
] {
const stateProps: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLAnchorElement> =
functionalUpdate((isActive ? activeProps : inactiveProps) as any, {}) ??
(isActive ? STATIC_ACTIVE_OBJECT : STATIC_EMPTY_OBJECT)
const stateClassName = stateProps.className
const stateStyle = stateProps.style
return [
stateProps,
className
? stateClassName
? `${className} ${stateClassName}`
: className
: stateClassName,
style && stateStyle ? { ...style, ...stateStyle } : style || stateStyle,
]
}

const timeoutMap = new WeakMap<object, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>()
const cancelPreload = (eventTarget: object) => {
clearTimeout(timeoutMap.get(eventTarget))
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