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Summary

Split out of the combined hot-path PR so bundle size and performance can be measured independently.

encode / decode no longer construct a URLSearchParams on every call. They still match application/x-www-form-urlencoded behavior, including reserved characters, spaces, lone surrogates, and malformed percent escapes. undefined values are omitted. Duplicate keys still decode as arrays.

Sibling PRs from the original combined change:

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  • packages/router-core/tests/qss.test.ts
  • packages/router-core/tests/searchParams.test.ts (existing coverage)

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved query-string encoding and decoding compatibility with standard URL form behavior.
    • Spaces are encoded as +, while reserved characters and lone surrogate values are handled safely.
    • Undefined values are omitted, malformed escapes are tolerated, and repeated keys are preserved as arrays.
    • Query strings with optional leading ? and empty segments are now handled consistently.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for special characters, malformed input, repeated encoding, and object mutations.

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qss now uses custom form-urlencoded helpers instead of URLSearchParams. Encoding and decoding support compatible escaping, malformed input handling, undefined values, type conversion, and duplicate keys. Tests cover reserved characters, lone surrogates, repeatability, mutations, and malformed escapes.

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Router-core query-string handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Query-string serialization and parsing
packages/router-core/src/qss.ts, packages/router-core/tests/qss.test.ts
Custom encoding handles spaces, percent-encoding, non-ASCII text, lone surrogates, and undefined values. Manual decoding accepts optional ? prefixes, tolerates malformed escapes and empty segments, converts values, and aggregates duplicate keys. Tests validate compatibility and repeatable encoding.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 776f7

This PR only changes search-parameter encoding and decoding, with no supplied merge-blocking correctness or readiness issue; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

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96-97: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the new any cache types.

lastEncodeObj and lastEncodeFn add untyped state to the serialization path. Define shared search-value and stringifier types, then use them for the cache and public function signature. As per coding guidelines, "**/*.{ts,tsx}: Use TypeScript strict mode with extensive type safety`."

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In `@packages/router-core/src/qss.ts` around lines 96 - 97, Replace the any-based
types for lastEncodeObj and lastEncodeFn with shared search-value and
stringifier type aliases, and reuse those aliases in the relevant public
function signature. Preserve the existing cache behavior while ensuring the
serialization path is fully type-safe under strict TypeScript.

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In `@packages/router-core/src/qss.ts`:
- Around line 104-120: Remove the identity-only encode cache around the encode
flow so mutated mutable records are re-serialized with current contents;
alternatively, restrict caching to state with a reliable immutability or version
guarantee rather than Record identity. Add a regression test that encodes a
record, mutates a property, encodes it again, and verifies the updated query
output.
- Around line 62-67: Update the qss encoding and decoding implementation to
match URLSearchParams form behavior: convert lone surrogates such as \uD800 to
the replacement character before percent-encoding, and use a non-throwing
decoder that preserves valid escape decoding even when malformed escapes such as
%E0%A4%A or %20% are present. Add regression coverage for all three cases.

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In `@packages/router-core/src/qss.ts`:
- Around line 96-97: Replace the any-based types for lastEncodeObj and
lastEncodeFn with shared search-value and stringifier type aliases, and reuse
those aliases in the relevant public function signature. Preserve the existing
cache behavior while ensuring the serialization path is fully type-safe under
strict TypeScript.
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anonrig force-pushed the perf/qss-without-urlsearchparams branch from 960d469 to 49cd91e Compare August 16, 2026 16:27
@anonrig anonrig changed the title perf(router-core): encode and decode search params without URLSearchParams perf: speed up search, path, parseHref, and SSR match IDs Aug 16, 2026

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In `@packages/history/src/index.ts`:
- Around line 706-715: Update the pathname calculation around sanitizedHref to
treat searchIndex and hashIndex values of zero as valid markers by changing the
relevant greater-than checks to inclusive checks. Ensure hrefs beginning with a
query or hash produce a pathname that excludes those markers while preserving
the existing behavior for markers at later offsets.

In `@packages/router-core/src/ssr/ssr-match-id.ts`:
- Around line 1-2: Update the dehydrateCache caching logic around
DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX to cache entries only when the ID and encoded result meet a
defined maximum string-length limit, preventing large dynamic match IDs from
being retained. Preserve the existing cache behavior and entry-count limit for
values within that limit.
- Line 6: Update the unbraced control-flow bodies in the SSR match ID logic,
including the condition around cached and the statements in lines 22–34, to use
curly braces consistently; preserve the existing conditions and behavior.

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Same repository brace-style remediation across the modified loops and
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Comment thread packages/history/src/index.ts Outdated
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const dehydrateCache = new Map<string, string>()
const DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX = 256

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Limit cache entries by string length.

DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX limits entry count but not retained memory. Each entry retains id, and encoded IDs also retain result. A sequence of 256 large dynamic match IDs can retain a large amount of heap for the lifetime of the router module.

Only cache IDs below a defined length limit.

Proposed fix
 const dehydrateCache = new Map<string, string>()
 const DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX = 256
+const DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX_ID_LENGTH = 4096

 export function dehydrateSsrMatchId(id: string): string {
   const cached = dehydrateCache.get(id)
   if (cached !== undefined) return cached

   const result = dehydrateSsrMatchIdUncached(id)
-  if (dehydrateCache.size >= DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX) {
-    dehydrateCache.delete(dehydrateCache.keys().next().value!)
+  if (id.length <= DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX_ID_LENGTH) {
+    if (dehydrateCache.size >= DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX) {
+      dehydrateCache.delete(dehydrateCache.keys().next().value!)
+    }
+    dehydrateCache.set(id, result)
   }
-  dehydrateCache.set(id, result)
   return result
 }

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In `@packages/router-core/src/ssr/ssr-match-id.ts` around lines 1 - 2, Update the
dehydrateCache caching logic around DEHYDRATE_CACHE_MAX to cache entries only
when the ID and encoded result meet a defined maximum string-length limit,
preventing large dynamic match IDs from being retained. Preserve the existing
cache behavior and entry-count limit for values within that limit.

Comment thread packages/router-core/src/ssr/ssr-match-id.ts Outdated
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please split this up into separate PRs. looking at the diff i sense quite the increase in bundle size, so we need to track each individual change's implication.
we also need benchmarks for the affected functions to understand how much improvement each change brings.
only then can we balance between bundle size vs performance, possibly ending up with a different implementation on client vs. server.

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@schiller-manuel i cannot split because of this repositories multiple pull request per user limit.

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i wasn't aware of this limit, however it is set to 5 but you only have 3 PRs open?
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will whitelist you so this limit shouldnt affect you anymore

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@schiller-manuel i'll split this pr to multiple now. thanks.

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Scan the query string once so stringify/parse do not allocate a
URLSearchParams. Encoding still matches application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
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anonrig force-pushed the perf/qss-without-urlsearchparams branch from 9812d15 to e8ed3f1 Compare August 16, 2026 18:59
@anonrig anonrig changed the title perf: speed up search, path, parseHref, and SSR match IDs perf(router-core): encode and decode search params without URLSearchParams Aug 16, 2026
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@schiller-manuel split this into separate PRs so each change can be measured on its own (bundle size vs performance):

Vitest typecheck treats str[i] as string | undefined. Use the char codes
already in hand so encode/decode stay on the no-URLSearchParams path.
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