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fix(virtual-core): reconcile index scrolls after pending measurements - #1294

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Fixes #1290. Keep scrollToIndex reconciliation active long enough for pending ResizeObserver measurements to update the target, including rAF-deferred measurements. If an external scroll leaves a reached target during that wait, retire reconciliation so it respects the new position; measurement compensation still reconciles.

Added core and browser regressions for a cached row growing while re-pinning to the end, plus coverage for scrolling away and regular/clamped measurement compensation. Both observer modes previously stopped 30px short and now land at the end.

Validation passed: pnpm test:pr --base=origin/main --parallel=1 (69 affected projects), plus pnpm --filter @tanstack/react-virtual test:e2e cached-measurements.spec.ts --browser=all --workers=1 (9 tests across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit). The core suite passes 173 tests, and the existing Marko chat reading/prepend cases also pass five consecutive runs each.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Scrolling to an item now stays aligned while its size measurements settle, including when measurements are deferred to an animation frame.
    • If you scroll away after the target is reached, the virtual scroller stops correcting toward the old target.
    • Scrolling to the end remains pinned as item sizes change, including when the end position is clamped.
    • Automatic and smooth scrolling continue reconciling until their target is reached.

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The virtualizer tracks when a scroll reaches its target and continues index-based reconciliation while measurements are pending. Tests cover deferred ResizeObserver delivery, external scrolls, and end-clamp adjustments. The cached-measurements demo and Playwright test exercise end pinning with both observer scheduling modes.

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Scroll reconciliation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Track and reconcile scroll targets
packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts, packages/virtual-core/tests/index.test.ts, .changeset/tidy-scroll-measurements.md
Scroll state tracks target arrival. Reconciliation waits for stable frames based on scroll type and ResizeObserver scheduling. Tests cover measurement retargeting, external scroll cancellation, intermediate scroll events, and end-clamp adjustments.
Exercise end pinning with cached measurements
packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/cached-measurements/main.tsx, packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/test/cached-measurements.spec.ts
The demo can expand an item before scrolling to the end. The test checks that the scroller remains pinned with deferred ResizeObserver delivery enabled or disabled.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Virtualizer
  participant ScrollElement
  participant ResizeObserver
  Virtualizer->>ScrollElement: Issue index-based scroll
  ScrollElement->>Virtualizer: Report scroll offset
  ResizeObserver->>Virtualizer: Deliver changed measurement
  Virtualizer->>ScrollElement: Retarget scroll
  ScrollElement->>Virtualizer: Report target offset
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Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 16792

The change affects scroll positioning and cancellation, but the reviewed paths do not show a new security boundary or sensitive operation. Some delayed-event ordering remains unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — Effective exposure in the inspected change is the virtualizer instance’s scroll position and its consumer-supplied scroll adapter. No new tenant, credential, network, or data-store authority was identified in that path.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Offset events resembling the intended self-write or a pending clamped write are distinguished from movement that cancels a reached index target.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — Cleanup cancels reconciliation and clears its state, but does not reset the existing self-write offset token or explicitly cancel an already queued measurement callback. The impact of late delivery across a replacement remains unverified; these omissions also predate this PR.



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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: reconciling index-based scrolls after pending measurements.
Description check Passed The description explains the motivation, implementation behavior, tests, validation results, checklist status, and release impact. It includes the required sections and a changeset.
Linked Issues check Passed The PR meets the coding requirements in [#1290]. ScrollState keeps index-scroll reconciliation active for pending ResizeObserver measurements, including animation-frame-deferred measurements. It can…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within [#1290]. The implementation changes index-scroll reconciliation. The core tests, browser regression, demo controls, and changeset directly support the fix. No unrelated change …
Docstring Coverage Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 4…


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Review comments at @packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts:
- Around line 931-948: Reset scrollState.hasReachedTarget when targetChanged in
the scroll reconciliation flow so events from a superseded smooth scroll cannot
cancel reconciliation for the new target; add a regression test that retargets a
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Comment thread packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts
…reconcile target

- scrollToEnd (TanStack#1276, merged in from main) built a ScrollState without
  hasReachedTarget, which broke the build.
- The scroll-away check now uses the same target as reconcileScroll, so a
  browser clamp to the new max with paddingEnd doesn't cancel scrollToEnd.
- A smooth retarget clears hasReachedTarget, so its intermediate scroll
  events don't cancel reconciliation (CodeRabbit finding).

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Pushed a follow-up commit. Merging main brought in scrollToEnd() (#1276), which created a ScrollState without hasReachedTarget; that was the CI build failure. While fixing it:

  • The scroll-away check now uses the same target as reconcileScroll. Before, toEnd used getMaxScrollOffset() there but the check used getOffsetForIndex(last, 'end'), so with paddingEnd > 0 a browser clamp to the new max cancelled scrollToEnd.
  • On the CodeRabbit thread: resetting the flag on every retarget would break your retargeted: true case. So it's reset only on a smooth retarget that's still travelling, the only case where an earlier scroll's events can arrive after the target moved.

Both have regression tests.

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scrollToIndex(last, { align: 'end' }) stays short of the end after a measured row grows (virtual-core ≥ 3.17.0)

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