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🎯 Changes

Fixes #3327

Improve reload behavior on lazy chunk loading error.

When the module for a lazy chunk 404's, typically caused by a deploy since the
last page load, lazyRouteComponent reloads the module to pick up the new
build. To avoid a reload-loop, we store the error message in sessionStorage
and don't reload if we've already "used up" the reload for that error.

This approach works very well on Chrome and Firefox, where the error is unique
to the missing module, meaning if another deploy happens during the same
session, we get a new error and can have another reload.

On Safari however, that error message is very plan, just "Importing a module
script failed." So any chunk loading error causes future deploys to throw
without a reload for that session because the errors are not unique per failed
module.

The solution I chose is to clear the error on a successful recovery. This still
prevents the reload loop, because if we don't recover successfully, the key is
still there and we won't reload. But it means that in Safari, the error is
cleared, and we can reload on the next chunk error in the same session.

My original strategy was to key not by the error message but by the import name,
but this has an edge case that could show up with certain bundlers. Namely, if
import names are deterministic, an import could 404, trigger a reload, then 404
again on a future deploy in the same session. The lazyRouteComponent would
view that as a reload loop and throw the 404. In my research, this could happen
with certain configurations of webpack.

I verified my approach by first reproducing the error in Safari, and then I
tried with the fix. Also tested in Chrome to ensure the approach works there.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved recovery from stale lazy-loaded route chunks after deployments across React, Solid, and Vue routers.
    • Prevented repeated reload loops when browsers report identical module-loading errors, including Safari.
    • Successfully recovered modules now reset reload protection, allowing future stale-chunk recovery during the same session.
  • Tests

    • Added end-to-end coverage for stale chunk recovery in Chromium and Safari-compatible WebKit browsers.
    • Added coverage for sequential deployments and successful recovery state reset.

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lazyRouteComponent now uses shared router-core reload helpers. The helpers derive keys from importer source, prevent reload loops, track pending reloads, and clear state after successful recovery. React, Solid, Vue, and WebKit tests use the updated flow.

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Stale chunk reload guard

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared reload guard state
packages/router-core/src/utils.ts, packages/router-core/src/index.ts, packages/router-core/tests/module-not-found-reload-key.test.ts
Router core derives session-storage keys from importer source, tracks pending reloads, clears keys after successful imports, exports the helpers, and tests module isolation and recovery.
Framework adapter integration
packages/react-router/src/lazyRouteComponent.tsx, packages/solid-router/src/lazyRouteComponent.tsx, packages/vue-router/src/lazyRouteComponent.tsx
Lazy route components use shared helpers to start reloads, suspend while reloads are pending, and clear reload state after successful imports.
WebKit validation and release metadata
e2e/react-router/basic-file-based-code-splitting/package.json, e2e/react-router/basic-file-based-code-splitting/playwright.config.ts, e2e/react-router/basic-file-based-code-splitting/tests/stale-chunk-reload.spec.ts, .changeset/safari-stale-chunk-reload-guard.md
The end-to-end suite runs in WebKit and validates sequential stale-chunk recovery and guard clearing. The changeset records patch releases.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 72dac

This change improves stale lazy-chunk recovery across deployments, but an importer-key collision could suppress a needed reload and the Safari recovery path is not concretely demonstrated after reload. Resolve these concerns before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Browser
  participant LazyRouteComponent
  participant RouterCore
  Browser->>LazyRouteComponent: load lazy route module
  LazyRouteComponent->>RouterCore: request reload decision
  RouterCore-->>LazyRouteComponent: return reload or pending state
  LazyRouteComponent->>Browser: reload page or suspend rendering
  Browser->>LazyRouteComponent: load recovered module
  LazyRouteComponent->>RouterCore: clear importer reload state
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- Line 57: Update the stale chunk recovery test around guardCount so each
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// also has to hold here — a second entry would mean a reload loop.
staleRoutes.add('without-loader')
await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'without-loader' }).click()
await expect.poll(() => guardCount(page)).toBe(1)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Model and assert successful recovery after the reload.

This assertion only verifies that one guard key exists. The route stays in staleRoutes, so its chunk continues to return 404 during the automatic reload. The test can pass even if the reload never reaches a working lazy route.

Fail each selected chunk once, allow the next document load to fetch it, and assert that the route renders after each automatic reload. Keep the guard-count assertion to verify loop prevention.

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Moving this PR to draft while I make some changes. Basically, there are circumstances where the filename (used as the key) would be the same between builds (if using webpack rather than vite) causing this same error to show up in safari and also in Chrome et al.

To avoid this regression and fix that edge case in Safari, I'm going to clear the key from session storage after a successful reload.

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We added .catch(() => [] as string[]) to guardKeys so that expect.poll can survive the transient "Execution context was destroyed" error Chromium raises when page.evaluate() is called while the page is mid-reload. Without this, the error propagated out of the poll callback and failed the test immediately rather than retrying. This brings the Chromium tests in line with the WebKit tests, which never hit the issue because WebKit's reload timing means the context is already restored before the first poll fires.

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diff --git a/e2e/react-router/basic-file-based-code-splitting/tests/stale-chunk-reload.spec.ts b/e2e/react-router/basic-file-based-code-splitting/tests/stale-chunk-reload.spec.ts
index d8ed16aa..5294b67e 100644
--- a/e2e/react-router/basic-file-based-code-splitting/tests/stale-chunk-reload.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/react-router/basic-file-based-code-splitting/tests/stale-chunk-reload.spec.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ import type { Page } from '@playwright/test'
 const GUARD_PREFIX = 'tanstack_router_reload:'
 
 const guardKeys = (page: Page) =>
-  page.evaluate(
-    (prefix) =>
-      Object.keys(sessionStorage).filter((key) => key.startsWith(prefix)),
-    GUARD_PREFIX,
-  )
+  page
+    .evaluate(
+      (prefix) =>
+        Object.keys(sessionStorage).filter((key) => key.startsWith(prefix)),
+      GUARD_PREFIX,
+    )
+    .catch(() => [] as string[])
 
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Simulation ssr streaming deferred (vue) 334.2 ms 770.3 ms -56.62%
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Simulation ssr selective (solid) 273.5 ms 537.1 ms -49.08%
Simulation client-links navigation loop (vue) 195.3 ms 357.5 ms -45.36%
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When the module for a lazy chunk 404's, typically caused by a deploy since the
last page load, `lazyRouteComponent` reloads the module to pick up the new
build. To avoid a reload-loop, we store the error message in `sessionStorage`
and don't reload if we've already "used up" the reload for that error.

This approach works very well on Chrome and Firefox, where the error is unique
to the missing module, meaning if another deploy happens during the same
session, we get a new error and can have another reload.

On Safari however, that error message is very plan, just "Importing a module
script failed." So any chunk loading error causes future deploys to throw
without a reload for that session because the errors are not unique per failed
module.

The solution I chose is to clear the error on a successful recovery. This still
prevents the reload loop, because if we don't recover successfully, the key is
still there and we won't reload. But it means that in Safari, the error is
cleared, and we can reload on the next chunk error in the same session.

My original strategy was to key not by the error message but by the import name,
but this has an edge case that could show up with certain bundlers. Namely, if
import names are deterministic, an import could 404, trigger a reload, then 404
again on a future deploy in the same session. The `lazyRouteComponent` would
view that as a reload loop and throw the 404. In my research, this could happen
with certain configurations of webpack.

I verified my approach by first reproducing the error in Safari, and then I
tried with the fix. Also tested in Chrome to ensure the approach works there.
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