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Summary

  • guard React <Navigate> re-issues by the resolved destination instead of JSX props object identity
  • compare the trimmed destination href plus user-owned history state, mirroring commitLocation same-location semantics
  • add a regression test where the component containing <Navigate> subscribes to router state and re-renders after the first navigation

This keeps the existing useLayoutEffect behavior while making the guard effective for stable destinations, including inline params/search updater props that resolve to the same location.

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  • pnpm --filter @tanstack/history build
  • pnpm --filter @tanstack/router-core build
  • pnpm --dir packages/react-router exec vitest run tests/useNavigate.test.tsx --typecheck.enabled false
  • pnpm --filter @tanstack/react-router build
  • pnpm --dir packages/react-router exec eslint src/useNavigate.tsx tests/useNavigate.test.tsx (0 errors; existing warnings remain in tests/useNavigate.test.tsx)
  • git diff --check

Refs #8060

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Prevented <Navigate> from triggering duplicate navigations when a component re-renders without changing the destination.
    • Navigation now re-runs when the destination URL, replacement behavior, or user-provided history state changes.
    • Improved handling of normalized paths, trailing slashes, and complex navigation state—including dates, collections, typed arrays, and cyclic objects—for more consistent redirect behavior.

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Navigate now compares normalized destination URLs, replacement mode, and cycle-safe user history state before navigating. Tests verify stable behavior across re-renders and navigation when href or replace changes.

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Navigate destination tracking

Layer / File(s) Summary
Destination key construction and comparison
packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx
Navigate builds a normalized destination key from the router location. The key excludes router-managed fields and navigation-only options. History state uses cycle-safe deep equality for supported value types.
Render-time navigation control
packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx, packages/react-router/tests/useNavigate.test.tsx
Navigate navigates on initial render or when the destination key changes. Tests cover parent re-renders, inline Date and cyclic state, and changes to href and replace.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 9361a

The PR changes Navigate deduplication to compare resolved destinations and history state, preventing repeated rerenders for stable locations. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx (1)

42-42: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the any cast from destination construction.

NavigateOptions is compatible with the buildLocation input. Pass the spread object directly, with _includeValidateSearch typed by BuildLocationFn.

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In `@packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx` at line 42, Update destination
construction in useNavigate to remove the any cast from the spread props object.
Pass the spread object directly to buildLocation, relying on BuildLocationFn to
type _includeValidateSearch while preserving the existing NavigateOptions
values.

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx`:
- Line 56: Update the equality guard containing a.href === b.href and
deepEqual(a.state, b.state) to compare history state using
structured-clone-compatible semantics, including Date values and cyclic
references, rather than the current recursive plain-object comparison. Preserve
href comparison and add regression coverage for an inline Date state so repeated
renders do not re-issue navigation.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx`:
- Line 42: Update destination construction in useNavigate to remove the any cast
from the spread props object. Pass the spread object directly to buildLocation,
relying on BuildLocationFn to type _includeValidateSearch while preserving the
existing NavigateOptions values.
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packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx (2)

102-121: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff

Prefer tag-based dispatch over instanceof for built-ins.

Line 103 compares the tags, and then lines 107-121 use instanceof. A cross-realm value, for example a Date created in an iframe, passes the tag check but fails instanceof Date. The comparison then falls through to the plain-object branch. Object.keys returns an empty array for both Date instances, so two different timestamps compare as equal, and Navigate skips a required navigation.

Dispatch on aTag instead, so realm boundaries do not change the result.

♻️ Dispatch on the tag
-  if (a instanceof Date && b instanceof Date) {
-    return Object.is(a.getTime(), b.getTime())
+  if (aTag === '[object Date]') {
+    return Object.is(
+      Date.prototype.getTime.call(a),
+      Date.prototype.getTime.call(b),
+    )
   }
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In `@packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx` around lines 102 - 121, Update the
built-in comparison branches in the equality helper to dispatch using the
already computed aTag rather than instanceof checks, covering Date, RegExp,
ArrayBuffer, and ArrayBuffer views while preserving their existing comparison
helpers and behavior.

137-171: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚖️ Poor tradeoff

Map and Set comparison depends on insertion order.

isEqualHistoryState pairs Map entries and Set values by index. Two collections with the same members in a different insertion order compare as unequal. In that case Navigate issues navigation again on each re-render.

Inline literal state normally keeps a stable order, so the practical risk is small. If you want the comparator to match structured-clone equality semantics more closely, compare members without relying on order.

♻️ Order-insensitive Set comparison
   if (a instanceof Set && b instanceof Set) {
     if (a.size !== b.size) {
       return false
     }
 
-    const bValues = Array.from(b.values())
-    let index = 0
-    for (const aValue of a.values()) {
-      if (!isEqualHistoryState(aValue, bValues[index++], seen)) {
-        return false
-      }
-    }
+    const remaining = Array.from(b.values())
+    for (const aValue of a.values()) {
+      const matchIndex = remaining.findIndex((bValue) =>
+        isEqualHistoryState(aValue, bValue, seen),
+      )
+      if (matchIndex === -1) {
+        return false
+      }
+      remaining.splice(matchIndex, 1)
+    }
 
     return true
   }

Note: if you adopt greedy matching, pass a fresh seen map into the trial comparisons, because discarded trial results can otherwise leave positive pair entries behind.

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In `@packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx` around lines 137 - 171, Update
isEqualHistoryState’s Map and Set branches to compare members without relying on
insertion order, so collections with identical contents in different orders are
equal. For each candidate member, use order-insensitive matching and ensure
trial comparisons receive a fresh seen map to prevent discarded matches from
contaminating subsequent comparisons; preserve size checks and existing equality
behavior.
packages/react-router/tests/useNavigate.test.tsx (2)

1420-1519: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Extract the shared router setup for the three regression tests.

The three <Navigate> regression tests repeat the same root route, index route, posts route, router, spy, and assertions. Only the state prop differs. A small factory reduces the duplication and keeps future cases short.

♻️ Suggested helper
async function renderNavigateGuardCase(getState: () => HistoryState | undefined) {
  let rootRenderCount = 0

  const rootRoute = createRootRoute({
    component: function RootComponent() {
      useRouterState({ select: (state: RouterState) => state.location.href })
      rootRenderCount++
      return (
        <>
          <Navigate to="/posts" state={getState()} />
          <Outlet />
        </>
      )
    },
  })

  const indexRoute = createRoute({
    getParentRoute: () => rootRoute,
    path: '/',
    component: () => null,
  })
  const postsRoute = createRoute({
    getParentRoute: () => rootRoute,
    path: '/posts',
    component: () => <h1 data-testid="posts-title">Posts</h1>,
  })

  const router = createRouter({
    routeTree: rootRoute.addChildren([indexRoute, postsRoute]),
    history,
  })
  const navigateSpy = vi.spyOn(router, 'navigate')

  render(<RouterProvider router={router} />)
  expect(await screen.findByTestId('posts-title')).toBeInTheDocument()
  await waitFor(() => expect(rootRenderCount).toBeGreaterThan(1))

  return navigateSpy
}
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@packages/react-router/tests/useNavigate.test.tsx` around lines 1420 - 1519,
Extract the duplicated router setup and assertions from the Navigate regression
tests into a shared renderNavigateGuardCase helper that accepts a state factory,
including route creation, RouterProvider rendering, title and rerender
assertions, and navigate spying. Update each test to call the helper with its
distinct state behavior and assert the returned spy was called once.

1460-1464: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Make the duplicate-navigation assertion less timing-dependent.

waitFor resolves as soon as rootRenderCount exceeds 1. A second navigation that is issued after this point does not fail the test. The check can pass even if the guard is broken.

Assert the render count at a known value and confirm that navigate stays at one call after a further flush.

♻️ Stronger assertion
   await waitFor(() => {
     expect(rootRenderCount).toBeGreaterThan(1)
   })
 
+  const rendersAfterNavigation = rootRenderCount
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    expect(rootRenderCount).toBeGreaterThan(rendersAfterNavigation - 1)
+  })
+
   expect(navigateSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)

A simpler option is to trigger one extra explicit re-render, for example with a state update in the root component, and then assert the call count.

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In `@packages/react-router/tests/useNavigate.test.tsx` around lines 1460 - 1464,
Strengthen the duplicate-navigation test by waiting for the expected root render
count rather than merely asserting it exceeds one, then perform an additional
flush or explicit root re-render before verifying navigateSpy was called exactly
once. Update the existing waitFor/assertion flow around rootRenderCount and
navigateSpy without changing the tested guard behavior.
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx`:
- Around line 218-233: Update the Navigate location-key inputs around
router.buildLocation to preserve or normalize the documented href destination,
and include replace so changes to the destination or history action trigger
navigation. Keep unrelated option handling unchanged.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/react-router/src/useNavigate.tsx`:
- Around line 102-121: Update the built-in comparison branches in the equality
helper to dispatch using the already computed aTag rather than instanceof
checks, covering Date, RegExp, ArrayBuffer, and ArrayBuffer views while
preserving their existing comparison helpers and behavior.
- Around line 137-171: Update isEqualHistoryState’s Map and Set branches to
compare members without relying on insertion order, so collections with
identical contents in different orders are equal. For each candidate member, use
order-insensitive matching and ensure trial comparisons receive a fresh seen map
to prevent discarded matches from contaminating subsequent comparisons; preserve
size checks and existing equality behavior.

In `@packages/react-router/tests/useNavigate.test.tsx`:
- Around line 1420-1519: Extract the duplicated router setup and assertions from
the Navigate regression tests into a shared renderNavigateGuardCase helper that
accepts a state factory, including route creation, RouterProvider rendering,
title and rerender assertions, and navigate spying. Update each test to call the
helper with its distinct state behavior and assert the returned spy was called
once.
- Around line 1460-1464: Strengthen the duplicate-navigation test by waiting for
the expected root render count rather than merely asserting it exceeds one, then
perform an additional flush or explicit root re-render before verifying
navigateSpy was called exactly once. Update the existing waitFor/assertion flow
around rootRenderCount and navigateSpy without changing the tested guard
behavior.
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