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Fixes #2384. Follow-up to the counter race discussed in #2382.

When validation A starts, the form resets, and validation B starts, A's eventual completion decrements the counter belonging to B. This makes the field report isValidating: false while B is still pending.

Track a private-by-convention validation generation on the form and advance it during full reset. Each field async run captures that generation at entry, before awaiting form validation. After that await, a stale run returns before discovering linked validators, registering counts, or replacing field controllers. Its final completion block only decrements the main and linked-field counters if the generation still matches. Each field validation timeout also records its ID and generation. Canceling a matching pre-reset timeout clears the timer without decrementing the new counter. Timers within the same generation keep their existing cancellation accounting. The ID check avoids assigning a field timeout generation to a timer installed by another path sharing the timeout slot, such as group validation.

This PR is based directly on main (57a855b4) and does not include or depend on the stale-error fix in #2382. It protects field validation continuation, completion, and pending-debounce cancellation across full form reset. The form validator itself, debounce timing, cleanup of already-fired timer IDs (#2373), per-field reset, and form/group-level validation are unchanged.

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Four parameterized completion cases cover direct and linked-field runs, each with and without reset. A uses onChangeAsync and B uses onBlurAsync to isolate this race from same-cause timer bookkeeping. They assert field validation status, the pending count, aggregate isFieldsValidating, and B's error when it finishes. Four additional cases cover replacing a still-pending same-cause debounce, again with direct/linked fields and with/without reset. They verify that only the replacement validator executes and its status stays pending through both debounce and async execution. Six cases cover a pending form-level validator: direct/linked fields with no reset, reset only, or reset followed by a new same-cause run. They verify that stale continuations do not start field validators or replace/abort the new controller, and that current work still applies its error and finishes its count.

Verification Result
Tests-only commit ba6de4a8 on unchanged main production 2 reset cases FAIL; 2 no-reset controls PASS
Completion cases with this fix 4 PASS
Debounce cases before the review follow-up (head 7fbbc46d) 2 reset cases FAIL; 2 no-reset controls PASS
Debounce cases with the review follow-up 4 PASS
Form-await cases before the latest follow-up (head 80628c69) 4 reset cases FAIL; 2 no-reset controls PASS
Form-await cases after the follow-up 6 PASS
Full form-core suite 519 PASS, 3 todo
pnpm test:pr --parallel=3 Passed for 58 affected projects, including adapter tests, TypeScript checks, lint and builds
pnpm build:all All 14 package targets passed
Changed-file Prettier and git diff --check PASS

The required PR checks and builds used Node 24.8.0 and pnpm 11.21.0, with NX_DAEMON=false NX_NO_CLOUD=true CI=true for local execution. Existing warnings were emitted; no failed check remained. The changeset records the patch fix; no user-facing API usage changes require a guide update.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed asynchronous field validations incorrectly clearing the status of newer validation runs after a form reset.
    • Pending validation indicators now remain accurate during overlapping and debounced validations.
    • Stale validation results are discarded after resets and cannot trigger outdated field validation.
    • Validation errors remain associated with the latest field value and active validation run.

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The change adds form validation generations and timer ownership tracking. Form resets invalidate older validation runs. Asynchronous field validation skips stale counter updates. Tests cover linked fields, reset cases, overlapping runs, and debounced validation.

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Validation generation tracking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Track validation generations
packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts
FormApi stores a private _validationGeneration counter and increments it when reset starts.
Guard stale validation completion
packages/form-core/src/FieldApi.ts, packages/form-core/tests/FieldApi.spec.ts, .changeset/tidy-validation-counters.md
FieldApi tracks validation timer ownership and skips counter updates for stale runs. Tests cover linked and direct fields, reset and non-reset cases, overlapping validations, and debounced validation. The changeset records a patch release for @tanstack/form-core.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: pascalmh

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1eef9

Form resets now isolate newer validation state from older asynchronous work. No merge-blocking validation-counter risk remains.

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✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR satisfies the coding requirements in issue #2384. FormApi.reset() advances the private validation generation. FieldApi associates async validation completion and debounce cancellation with …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within issue #2384. The production changes protect validation counter accounting and stale field work across a full form reset. The debounce handling and related tests verify the sa…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving form validation counters across resets.
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1510-1513: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the post-reset validation count when canceling an old debounce.

form.reset() replaces field metadata with defaultFieldMeta, which resets _pendingValidationsCount to zero, but it does not clear FieldApi.timeoutIds.validations. If a subsequent same-cause onChangeAsync starts, startValidation() increments the new count before the cancellation branch clears the old timeout and calls endValidation(). This decrements the post-reset count, so isValidating can become false while the new debounce remains pending.

Store the validation generation with each timeout, and call endValidation() only when the canceled timeout belongs to the current generation. Add a regression test for a pending debounced onChangeAsync, form.reset(), and a subsequent onChangeAsync.

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In `@packages/form-core/src/FieldApi.ts` around lines 1510 - 1513, Update the
validation timeout bookkeeping in FieldApi so each timeout records the
validation generation, and only call endValidation() in the cancellation branch
when the canceled timeout belongs to the current generation; still clear the old
timeout. Add a regression test covering a pending debounced onChangeAsync,
form.reset(), and a subsequent same-cause onChangeAsync, verifying the new
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In `@packages/form-core/src/FieldApi.ts`:
- Around line 1510-1513: Update the validation timeout bookkeeping in FieldApi
so each timeout records the validation generation, and only call endValidation()
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generation; still clear the old timeout. Add a regression test covering a
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Addressed the outside-diff review finding.

Field validation timers now record their ID and reset generation. Canceling a matching pre-reset timer still clears it, but does not decrement the new generation's counter. Same-generation debounce replacement retains its existing decrement. The ID comparison prevents attributing this bookkeeping to a different timer placed in the shared slot by another validation path.

Added four deferred-promise tests covering direct/linked fields with/without reset. Each replaces an onChange debounce before it fires, verifies that only the replacement validator runs, and checks the count/status through its debounce and async execution. Before this update the two reset cases fail while the two no-reset controls pass; afterward all four pass. The four existing completion tests also pass.

Validation: form-core 513 passing tests / 3 todo; full local pnpm test:pr --parallel=3, pnpm build:all, changed-file ESLint/Prettier, and git diff --check passed. The PR description and changeset now cover both completion and pending-debounce cancellation. Cleanup of already-fired timer IDs remains outside this change (#2373).

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1478-1478: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Capture the validation generation before the form-level await.

validateAsync suspends at await formValidationResultPromise, so form.reset() can increment _validationGeneration before line 1478 executes. The stale invocation can then use reset metadata and abort a newer same-cause controller. Capture the generation at entry and skip stale work before it starts field validators or updates validationMetaMap. Add a test with a pending form-level async validator across reset; the current reset test does not cover this await path.

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In `@packages/form-core/src/FieldApi.ts` at line 1478, The validateAsync flow must
capture form._validationGeneration before awaiting formValidationResultPromise,
then detect a generation change and return before running field validators or
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Addressed the generation capture review.

FieldApi.validateAsync now captures the reset generation at entry, before awaiting formValidationResultPromise. It checks the generation immediately after that await and returns [] for stale work, before discovering linked validators, incrementing counts, or replacing/aborting field controllers. The existing completion and debounce-cancellation guards remain in place.

Added six tests using an actual deferred form-level onChangeAsync: direct/linked fields, each with no reset, reset only, or reset followed by a new same-cause validation. Before the change, the four reset cases fail because the stale continuation invokes a field validator; both no-reset controls pass. Afterward, all six pass, including assertions that the new controller remains unchanged and un-aborted, and that current validation applies its error and finishes its count normally.

All 14 tests added by this PR pass. Full validation: form-core 519 passing tests / 3 todo, pnpm test:pr --parallel=3 across 58 affected projects, pnpm build:all, changed-file Prettier, and git diff --check. This guards field work waiting for form validation; it does not change the form-level validator's own result handling.

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