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🎯 Changes

Fixes #682

React DevTools replays components while inspecting hooks, preserving
existing hook state but substituting a no-op reducer dispatch.
During this replay, useVirtualizerBase calls setOptions on the existing
virtualizer and could install an onChange callback capturing that no-op.
Internal scroll offsets and ranges continued updating, but rendered rows froze.

Preserve the original reducer dispatch in a ref so hook inspection
cannot replace the function used to trigger React renders.

The issue was reproduced with React DevTools' "Record why each component
rendered while profiling" setting enabled while hovering virtualized rows
in the Elements panel. Starting a profiling recording was not required.

Tests:
Added regression tests that simulate React DevTools returning a no-op
reducer dispatch during hook inspection. After restoring the normal
dispatch behavior, the tests scroll the list and verify that new rows
render and the initial rows disappear.

Both useFlushSync: true and false are covered.
The tests fail before the fix and pass afterward.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that could freeze virtualized lists when inspecting components with React DevTools’ render-reason profiling enabled. Scrolling now continues to update the visible rows during hook inspection.

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useVirtualizerBase now retains the reducer dispatch in a ref and uses it for rerenders. A regression test checks scrolling after simulated dispatch substitution with useFlushSync enabled and disabled. The changeset declares a patch release.

Changes: React Virtual dispatch preservation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Retain dispatch and verify scrolling packages/react-virtual/src/index.tsx, packages/react-virtual/tests/devtools.test.tsx, .changeset/common-badgers-camp.md	useVirtualizerBase uses a retained reducer dispatch for rerenders. The regression test simulates dispatch substitution, restores the original reducer implementation, and checks the rendered rows after scrolling under both useFlushSync settings. The changeset declares a patch release.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: tannerlinsley, piecyk

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 66f0c

The change fixes the freeze that occurs when React DevTools inspects virtualized lists, and it adds regression tests for both flush modes. No merge-blocking risk introduced by this PR remains.

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Linked Issues check		Issue #682 requires virtualized lists to continue updating, or recover, after React DevTools inspection. packages/react-virtual/src/index.tsx stores the original reducer dispatch in a ref and uses i…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to the dispatch preservation fix, regression coverage for the DevTools scenario, and a patch changeset that documents issue #682. The test and changeset directly support the li…

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Issue #682 requires virtualized lists to continue updating, or recover, after React DevTools inspection. packages/react-virtual/src/index.tsx stores the original reducer dispatch in a ref and uses it for rerenders. The regression test in packages/react-virtual/tests/devtools.test.tsx simulates DevTools replacing the dispatch with a no-op, then verifies that scrolling renders row 20 and removes row 0 for both useFlushSync values.

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Preserve consumer callbacks during inspection.

React DevTools also substitutes no-op useState setters. (github.com) If an inline options.onChange closes over one, inspection installs that no-op callback here. The first scroll then loses its state update, even though the retained reducer dispatch restores row rendering. A sync-only load-more callback can miss the event entirely.

Prevent inspection from replacing committed consumer callbacks. Add a regression test with an onChange callback that uses useState.

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React DevTools also substitutes no-op useState setters. (github.com) If an inline options.onChange closes over one, inspection installs that no-op callback here. The first scroll then loses its state update, even though the retained reducer dispatch restores row rendering. A sync-only load-more callback can miss the event entirely.
Prevent inspection from replacing committed consumer callbacks. Add a regression test with an onChange callback that uses useState.

I tested this scenario by simulating DevTools replacing both useReducer dispatch and useState setters with no-ops.

The first scroll event misses the consumer's onChange state update, but the retained dispatch still triggers a re-render, allowing setOptions() to restore the original callback. Subsequent scroll events work correctly with both useFlushSync: true and false.

This could be addressed by storing the consumer's onChange in a ref and updating it in a useLayoutEffect, ensuring that DevTools inspection cannot overwrite the last committed callback.

However, this would add an effect and additional complexity to handle a rare DevTools-specific edge case. Since the current fix resolves the persistent rendering freeze in #682 and the callback recovers on the next normal render, I think keeping the implementation minimal is preferable.