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Validators were previously migrated from index-based to instance-based. For the workflow plan down the line, we'll need to migrate listeners as well.

There's a good chance that too much information is attached to the instance for now, but with the current implementation of pipelines, it's fine.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved form and field listener stability when listeners are updated or reordered.
    • Ensured debounced listeners execute independently and clean up correctly during resets or field removal.
    • Improved tracking and cleanup of watched-field relationships.
  • Developer Experience
    • Form DevTools now display listener relationships more accurately.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for listener lifecycle, disposal, debouncing, resets, and dependency tracking.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Form and field listeners now preserve stable runtime instances. Listener dependencies, debouncing, resets, disposal, notification propagation, and devtools relations use listener instances instead of indexes and pipeline caches.

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Stable listener refactor

Layer / File(s) Summary
Listener instance runtime
packages/form-core/src/ListenerInstance.lib.ts, packages/form-core/src/internals.ts, packages/form-core/src/utils.lib.ts, packages/form-core/tests/ListenerInstance.spec.ts
Adds listener-instance lifecycle management, reconciliation, debouncing, reset, disposal, and public exports. Removes pipeline-cache utilities.
Form listener pipeline
packages/form-core/src/FormApi/FormApi.lib.ts, packages/form-core/src/listeners.lib.ts, packages/form-core/src/ssr.lib.ts, packages/form-core/tests/FormApi/lifecycle.spec.ts, packages/form-core/tests/FormApi/listeners.spec.ts
Form listeners and pipelines use reconciled instances. Resets clear instance runtime state instead of recreating pipeline caches.
Field listener dependencies
packages/form-core/src/FieldApi/FieldApi.lib.ts, packages/form-core/src/FieldApi/linked-fields.lib.ts, packages/form-core/src/FieldApi/fieldTree.lib.ts, packages/form-core/src/devtoolsBridge.lib.ts, packages/form-core/tests/FieldApi/*
Field listener tracking, watched-field reconciliation, cleanup, notification propagation, and dependency changes use stable listener instances and instance sets.
Devtools relations and release metadata
packages/form-devtools/src/bridge/fields/*, packages/form-devtools/tests/bridgeComposition.test.ts, .changeset/stable-listeners-rest.md
Devtools derives listener relations from resolved listener watch fields. The changeset marks patch releases for the affected packages.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6af2f

This listener refactor has no identified current correctness or production-impacting issue, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FieldApi
  participant LinkedFields
  participant ListenerInstance
  participant FieldListenerPipeline
  participant FormDevtools
  FieldApi->>ListenerInstance: reconcile listener definitions
  FieldApi->>LinkedFields: reconcile resolved watch fields
  LinkedFields->>ListenerInstance: attach or detach watch references
  FieldApi->>FieldListenerPipeline: notify selected listener instances
  FieldListenerPipeline->>ListenerInstance: obtain definition and debouncer
  FormDevtools->>ListenerInstance: read resolved watch fields
  FormDevtools-->>FieldApi: build listener relations
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🚀 Changeset Version Preview

9 package(s) bumped directly, 4 bumped as dependents.

🟨 Minor bumps

Package Version Reason
@tanstack/angular-form 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/form-core 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/preact-form 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/react-form 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/solid-form 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/svelte-form 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/vue-form 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/react-form-nextjs 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Dependent
@tanstack/react-form-start 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Dependent

🟩 Patch bumps

Package Version Reason
@tanstack/form-devtools 1.0.0-alpha.1 → 1.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/lit-form 2.0.0-alpha.1 → 2.0.0-alpha.2 Changeset
@tanstack/react-form-devtools 1.0.0-alpha.1 → 1.0.0-alpha.2 Dependent
@tanstack/solid-form-devtools 1.0.0-alpha.1 → 1.0.0-alpha.2 Dependent

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packages/form-core/src/FieldApi/linked-fields.lib.ts (1)

26-85: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Optional: share one reconciler between listeners and validators.

reconcileWatchedListenerFields and reconcileWatchedValidatorFields (Lines 87-146) are now structurally identical. Only the kind discriminator, the instance property name, and the instance type differ. A single generic helper parameterized by kind and instance array would remove the duplication. The same applies to the attach and detach pairs. Defer this if you prefer to keep the two pipelines independent.

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In `@packages/form-core/src/FieldApi/linked-fields.lib.ts` around lines 26 - 85,
Optionally refactor reconcileWatchedListenerFields and
reconcileWatchedValidatorFields into one generic reconciliation helper,
parameterized by the operation kind and the differing instance watch-field
property/type. Reuse that helper for both attach and detach generation while
preserving each pipeline’s existing behavior and discriminators; otherwise leave
the independent implementations unchanged.
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/form-core/src/FieldApi/FieldApi.lib.ts`:
- Around line 574-601: Update the listener reconciliation block in _update so
reconcileListenerInstances runs only when resolvedOptions.listeners is defined,
preserving existing listener instances when the option is omitted; match the
conditional behavior used for validators and retain the current disposal logic
when listeners are explicitly provided.

In `@packages/form-core/src/ListenerInstance.lib.ts`:
- Around line 79-95: Update getOrCreateDebouncer so a pending debounce retains
and invokes the callback that originally scheduled it, rather than observing
later debouncer.fn assignments. Capture the callback per pending execution or
cancel and recreate the LiteDebouncer when fn changes, while preserving the
existing wait update and disposed behavior.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/form-core/src/FieldApi/linked-fields.lib.ts`:
- Around line 26-85: Optionally refactor reconcileWatchedListenerFields and
reconcileWatchedValidatorFields into one generic reconciliation helper,
parameterized by the operation kind and the differing instance watch-field
property/type. Reuse that helper for both attach and detach generation while
preserving each pipeline’s existing behavior and discriminators; otherwise leave
the independent implementations unchanged.
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  • packages/form-core/src/ssr.lib.ts
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  • packages/form-core/tests/FieldApi/Lifecycle.spec.ts
  • packages/form-core/tests/FieldApi/listeners.spec.ts
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  • packages/form-devtools/src/bridge/fields/detailSnapshot.ts
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These check things that are actively going against the new plan.
They'd be removed sooner or later, so might as well not add them.
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