fix(form-core): abort pending field validations on reset - #2382
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ChangesForm reset validation handling
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A reset followed by new input can report validation as complete before the new async validation finishes, causing consumers to observe incorrect field validation state. Resolve the validation-accounting race before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts`:
- Line 1820: Update FormApi.reset and the validation completion flow around
FieldApi.validateAsync and endValidation so aborted validations from before a
reset cannot decrement counters or clear isValidating for a newer validation
generation. Preserve correct counter behavior for validations within the current
generation, and add a regression test covering validation A aborting, reset,
validation B starting, then A settling while B remains pending.
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Keep validation counters generation-safe across FormApi.reset.
reset sets each field's meta to defaultFieldMeta, which resets _pendingValidationsCount and isValidating. FieldApi.validateAsync still calls endValidation() when an aborted validation settles. If validation B starts before validation A settles, A can decrement B's counter and clear isValidating while B is pending. Make completion tracking generation-aware and add a regression test for this sequence.
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In `@packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts` at line 1820, Update FormApi.reset and the
validation completion flow around FieldApi.validateAsync and endValidation so
aborted validations from before a reset cannot decrement counters or clear
isValidating for a newer validation generation. Preserve correct counter
behavior for validations within the current generation, and add a regression
test covering validation A aborting, reset, validation B starting, then A
settling while B remains pending.
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Thanks for flagging this. I reproduced the counter race using deferred promises, with A using onChangeAsync and B using onBlurAsync. Using different validation causes avoids the same-cause debounce timer bookkeeping issue discussed in #2373.
I ran the same four-case probe against isolated source copies of the PR base (57a855b4) and the current PR head (0bcaae12):
| Scenario | PR base | PR head |
|---|---|---|
| A starts → B starts → A settles, without reset | PASS | PASS |
| A starts → reset → B starts → A settles while B is pending | FAIL | FAIL |
In both failing cases, B starts with _pendingValidationsCount: 1 and isValidating: true. When A settles, these become 0 and false even though B has not settled. On the PR head, A's signal is aborted as expected, but the outer completion path still calls endValidation(). In the no-reset controls, A's completion correctly changes the count from 2 to 1 and keeps isValidating true.
So the finding is valid, and this isolated case also exists on the PR base rather than being introduced by this change. This PR prevents stale field errors from being reapplied; it does not fix completion accounting across reset. The existing A/B test in this PR checks error application, not counter ownership.
My preference is to track the counter race in a separate issue/PR, since fixing completion ownership needs additional coverage for ordinary overlapping and linked-field validations. Would maintainers prefer that separation, or should I extend this PR to address both? I have not changed the implementation or marked this thread resolved.
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@lunaxislu, thank you for the detailed reproduction.
A separate issue and PR are appropriate. The counter race exists on the PR base, and the current PR does not introduce it. This PR should remain limited to preventing stale field errors after FormApi.reset().
The follow-up should make FieldApi.validateAsync completion ownership generation-aware. It should include the reset sequence and existing overlapping and linked-field validation cases.
The finding remains valid, but it is not a blocker for the stated reset-error fix. Would you like me to open a follow-up GitHub issue for the counter race?
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@lunaxislu, thank you for tracking this in #2384 and #2385.
The separate follow-up keeps this PR focused on preventing stale field errors after FormApi.reset(). The reported coverage for direct and linked-field validation cases addresses the required counter-ownership scenarios.
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Fixes #2381.
Resetting a form while a field's async validator is running clears the input and errors, but the pending result can later restore an error for the pre-reset input. Abort the existing controllers in each field's
validationMetaMapbefore resetting state so the existing async result guard discards those results.The change reuses the existing abort mechanism and adds no public API. It is limited to pending field-level validation during a full form reset; form-level validators and validation counter/debounce accounting are not changed.
Three tests cover normal error application without reset, discarding a pre-reset error, and applying a new post-reset validation's error after the old result settles. The latter asserts error behavior, not validation counter ownership.
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73f777c6reproduces the regression on unmodified production code: the assertion after the pending result settles expectsundefinedbut receivesnot-an-email is not valid.NX_DAEMON=false NX_NO_CLOUD=true CI=true pnpm test:pr --parallel=3passed for 58 affected projects, including adapter tests, type checks, lint, and builds.pnpm build:allpassed for all 14 package build targets (cached after the PR checks).git diff --checkpassed.PR checks and package builds used Node 24.8.0 and pnpm 11.21.0, matching
.nvmrcandpackage.json. Existing warnings were emitted; no failing check remained. The patch changeset documents the user-visible fix; no API or usage changes require a guide update.✅ Checklist
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