From 0ade7d02d638ae0c660f8815b5a02d8a70525957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Hudson <isaac.hudson@terraformation.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 16:13:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix issue with  incorrectly returning too early

---
 packages/lib/src/utils/compare.tsx | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/lib/src/utils/compare.tsx b/packages/lib/src/utils/compare.tsx
index 1391d5e0..b767ece9 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/utils/compare.tsx
+++ b/packages/lib/src/utils/compare.tsx
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ type Equalable = {
         const propA = objA[key];
         const propB = objB[key];
         // If the object has an equality operator, use this
-        if(hasEqualsMethod(propA)) {
-            return propA.equals(propB);
+        if (hasEqualsMethod(propA) && !propA.equals(propB)) {
+            return false
         } else if (propA !== propB) {
             return false;
         }

From 1c260abc022e32221f1f0e80e7737199da4b708d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Hudson <isaac.hudson@terraformation.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:45:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: add changeset for shallowEquals fix

---
 .changeset/whole-paws-sort.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/whole-paws-sort.md

diff --git a/.changeset/whole-paws-sort.md b/.changeset/whole-paws-sort.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f44d3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/whole-paws-sort.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@playcanvas/react": patch
+---
+
+Fix `shallowEquals` incorrectly returning early before checking all properties.