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test(virtual-core): pin the iOS deferral and index-scroll orderings measured for #1307 - #1308

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Tests and the instrumented page behind the measurements in #1307, as asked for there. No source changes.

packages/virtual-core/tests/index.test.ts

Eight test.fails pinning orderings that give the wrong result on main today. Each asserts the wanted behaviour, so it starts failing (and the .fails has to come off) once the case is fixed:

  • a deferred correction replayed after the gesture carried the viewport above the resized row
  • cancelScroll, scrollBy, a gesture and the safety valve each ending an index scroll between a measurement and the retarget write, losing the resize
  • a resize classified against the stale scrollOffset between a scrollToIndex write and its scroll event, overwriting the index scroll (cross-platform, tracked separately)
  • the pull-back after an index scroll a drag never let land (iOS ignores the write under a finger)
  • the same pull-back on non-iOS when the target moved before reconcile saw it land (the repro from iOS scroll-correction deferral: per-row record, iOS 27 momentum, and index-scroll exits #1307 (comment), 2600 instead of 1050)

Five passing tests for behaviour a redesign should keep or change on purpose: the momentum baseline, forward vs backward re-measure, a custom shouldAdjustScrollPositionOnItemSizeChange opting out, the first measure of the row spanning the viewport top, and the non-iOS counterpart of the gesture case.

The final assertions of the failing tests are on scrollTop and row positions. Three of the passing tests (re-measure direction, custom predicate, first measure) do read the private _iosDeferredAdjustment, as does one intermediate check in the replay test, because "what was deferred" is what they pin. Those will need rewording if the field goes away.

packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/ios-deferral/

A page that logs scroll and touch events, scrollToFn writes and resizeItem calls with the virtualizer state at each entry. Query parameters arm a raw write, a resize or a scrollToIndex on the nth scroll event of a momentum or finger-down phase. It asserts nothing and no spec drives it: the gestures have to be real touches.

The page posts its log to /log, which nothing in the repo serves. I used a small local server for that; window.__t.log holds the same data if you would rather read it from the inspector.

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  • I have tested this code locally with pnpm run test:pr.

test:pr passes except @tanstack/react-virtual:test:e2e, where chat.spec.ts:73 ("keeps visible messages stable when history is prepended") times out in the full parallel run. It did so in 4 of 4 full runs on this branch and 1 of 3 on main (84c1502), and passed 3 of 3 on both when chat.spec.ts ran alone. The branch touches neither the chat app nor any source file, but I have not explained the difference in rate.

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  • Tests
    • Added an iOS scrolling test page with configurable virtualized-list scenarios and event logging.
    • Expanded coverage for scroll adjustments during gestures, momentum scrolling, row resizing, and index-based scrolling, including cases where viewport compensation is not yet behaving as expected.

…ack#1307

Six test.fails cases document orderings the summed deferral gets wrong,
five passing tests pin behaviour a redesign should not change by accident.
Adds an instrumented e2e page (ios-deferral) used to check the same
orderings in real iOS Safari.
…ver let land

Adds finger-down and late-resize triggers to the ios-deferral page.
…e landing, non-iOS

Repro from the TanStack#1307 thread: the index-scroll state survives a user scroll
whenever the target moved before reconcile saw it land, not only when iOS
ignores the write under a finger.
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Adds tests for deferred scroll adjustments during row resizing and an iOS instrumentation page that records scroll activity, runs configurable scenarios, and sends captured logs.

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iOS Scroll Deferral Diagnostics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Deferral test harness and scenarios
packages/virtual-core/tests/index.test.ts
Adds a controllable virtualizer harness and tests for resize compensation during index scrolling, gestures, and viewport movement. Several cases are marked as expected failures; other cases assert how deferred adjustments behave during momentum, backward or forward scrolling, custom predicate opt-out, and initial row measurement.
Browser instrumentation page
packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/ios-deferral/*, packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/vite.config.ts
Adds a configurable plain or virtualized scroller. The page records scroll and touch events, virtualizer state, row positions, writes, and resizes. It supports gesture presets, manual log controls, and autosending after touch ends and scrolling remains quiet. The Vite build includes the new page.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

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The PR is mergeable with a bounded test-coverage gap: the iOS drag scenario should model the ignored scroll write before the test is relied on to protect that behavior.

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packages/virtual-core/tests/index.test.ts (1)

2555-2573: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise the active-touch path in makeDeferralHarness.

The fixture has no addEventListener, so the virtualizer never sets _iosTouching. Its scrollToFn also always accepts writes. The h.scroll calls only simulate offset callbacks and overwrite scrollTop directly. Therefore, the final 60 assertion can detect a generic active scrollToIndex, but it does not test the iOS case where the initial write is ignored during a touch.

Add a touch-start hook that activates the virtualizer's listener and makes scrollToFn ignore writes while the touch is active. Invoke it before scrollToIndex, and assert that the initial write does not change the starting offset.

Suggested fix
   const rafCallbacks: Array<FrameRequestCallback> = []
   let now = 0
+  let touchActive = false
+  const touchStartListeners = new Set<() => void>()

   const mockWindow = {
     requestAnimationFrame: (cb: FrameRequestCallback) => rafCallbacks.push(cb),
     cancelAnimationFrame: () => {
       rafCallbacks.length = 0
@@
     clientHeight: 200,
     offsetHeight: 200,
     ownerDocument: { defaultView: mockWindow },
+    addEventListener: (type: string, cb: () => void) => {
+      if (type === 'touchstart') touchStartListeners.add(cb)
+    },
+    removeEventListener: (type: string, cb: () => void) => {
+      if (type === 'touchstart') touchStartListeners.delete(cb)
+    },
   }
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       initialOffset: start,
       getScrollElement: () => el as any,
       scrollToFn: (offset, { adjustments = 0 }) => {
-        el.scrollTop = offset + adjustments
+        if (!touchActive) {
+          el.scrollTop = offset + adjustments
+        }
       },
@@
     scroll: (isScrolling: boolean, offset = el.scrollTop) => {
       el.scrollTop = offset
       scrollCallback!(offset, isScrolling)
     },
+    touchStart: () => {
+      touchActive = true
+      touchStartListeners.forEach((cb) => cb())
+    },
     const h = makeDeferralHarness()
     h.run(() => {
+      h.touchStart()
       h.v.scrollToIndex(50, { align: 'start' })
+      expect(h.el.scrollTop).toBe(0)
       h.scroll(true, 20)
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Update makeDeferralHarness to expose a touch-start hook that triggers the
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Thanks @phcorp, this is a great baseline for #1307

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