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compareDeep could report two different Sets as equal:

  1. Elements matched more than once. Each element of A was checked with [...objB].some(...), so new Set([{ x: 1 }, { x: 1 }]) matched new Set([{ x: 1 }, { x: 2 }]), because both elements matched B's { x: 1 }.
  2. Failed comparisons cached as equal. The circular-reference guard added every (a, b) pair to seen and never removed it. A failed .some() attempt therefore left its pair in seen, so a later comparison of the same pair returned true (for example, [new Set([p, q]), p] vs [new Set([q2, p2]), q2]).

Fix:

  • Deep Set comparison now uses a list of B's unmatched elements. Each element of A takes one of them: an identical reference if there is one, otherwise the first deep-equal element. Greedy matching is enough here because deep equality is transitive.
  • A (a, b) pair is assumed equal only while it is still being compared further up the stack, which is all the cycle guard needs. It is released afterwards with try/finally. To keep the code readable, the per-type comparison moved into _evaluateObjects. Shallow mode is unchanged.

Testing:

  • Added should match each Set element at most once and should not remember failed Set element comparisons as equal to packages/store/tests/compare.spec.ts. Both fail on main and pass with this change.
  • @tanstack/store on Node 26 (.nvmrc): vitest run (61 passed, 1 skipped), test:types (TS 5.6–5.9) and test:eslint all pass. Prettier is clean.

Fixes #399

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed deep comparisons of sets so each item must match a distinct item, regardless of order.
    • Fixed comparisons after a mismatch so a failed check no longer causes later results to be incorrectly treated as equal.
    • Improved consistency when comparing nested values and handling repeated references, including deeply nested structures with shared children.

compareDeep let several elements of one Set match the same element of
the other, and kept failed pair comparisons in its circular-reference
cache, so a later comparison of that pair returned true. Match each
element at most once and only treat pairs still being compared as equal.

Fixes TanStack#399

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Deep comparisons now track object-pair evaluations and match Set elements without reusing a match. Tests cover duplicate and reordered Sets, failed candidate comparisons, and shared children in recursive objects.

Changes: Deep Set comparison

Layer / File(s) Summary
Object-pair tracking
packages/store/src/compare.ts, packages/store/tests/compare.spec.ts
Deep comparisons track in-progress and confirmed-equal pairs. They remove in-progress pairs after evaluation and cache successful results only when no provisional equality assumptions were used. Shallow comparisons evaluate objects directly. A test covers deeply nested objects with shared children.
One-to-one Set matching
packages/store/src/compare.ts, packages/store/tests/compare.spec.ts, .changeset/fix-compare-deep-sets.md
Deep Set comparison tries identity before recursive equality and removes each matched element from the candidates. Tests cover duplicate elements, order-independent equality, and failed candidate comparisons. A changeset declares a patch release for @tanstack/store.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: harry-whorlow

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e4c54

Sets using custom equality can compare unequal despite having a valid one-to-one match. This is a bounded correctness risk to fix before merge or explicitly accept.

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Title check Passed The title "fix(store): match Set elements once in compareDeep" states the main change: deep Set comparison now matches each element of one Set to at most one element of the other. It names the package…
Description check Passed The description follows the template. It has a Changes section that explains both bugs, the fix, and the testing done. It links the issue (Fixes #399). The checklist items are marked. The release impa…
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #399 requires both unequal deep Set reproductions to return false. In packages/store/src/compare.ts, matching removes each selected element from unmatched, so one element cannot match twice.…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within Issue #399. The source changes fix deep Set matching and comparison-pair caching. The tests cover the reported failures and related Set matching behavior. The changeset records…
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The title "fix(store): match Set elements once in compareDeep" states the main change: deep Set comparison now matches each element of one Set to at most one element of the other. It names the package, the fix type, and the function. The changeset also covers the cache fix for failed comparisons, which the title does not mention, but that is a secondary aspect and the title is still accurate.

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The description follows the template. It has a Changes section that explains both bugs, the fix, and the testing done. It links the issue (Fixes #399). The checklist items are marked. The release impact section marks the changeset item as done, and the changeset file is in the summary. The description does not include a separate note on the cache change for circular pairs beyond the release-related details, but the Changes section covers the release-relevant behavior. Overall the description is mostly complete.

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Issue #399 requires both unequal deep Set reproductions to return false. In packages/store/src/compare.ts, matching removes each selected element from unmatched, so one element cannot match twice. inProgress pairs are removed in finally, and only proven equal pairs are cached. The PR adds regression tests for both reported cases.

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The changes stay within Issue #399. The source changes fix deep Set matching and comparison-pair caching. The tests cover the reported failures and related Set matching behavior. The changeset records the required patch release for @tanstack/store. No unrelated changes are identified.

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- Line 50: Update compareDeep’s pair-tracking logic to retain completed
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Releasing every pair after it is compared made shared children compare
again on each path to them, which is exponential for a deep DAG. Cache
pairs proven equal, but only when the result did not rely on assuming an
in-progress (circular) pair equal.

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🟡 Minor · Replace first-match Set removal with bipartite matching. Do not use… · compare.ts:139-144

packages/store/src/compare.ts:139-144
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Replace first-match Set removal with bipartite matching. Do not use exhaustive backtracking.

The Set branch removes the first deep match. A later element may need that candidate. With a custom equals that is not transitive, this returns false for Sets that have a valid one-to-one match. For example, v1 matches b1 and b2, and v2 matches only b1. The loop pairs v1 with b1, so v2 fails. The matching v1 → b2, v2 → b1 is valid.

Exhaustive backtracking is not a safe fix. For unequal Sets whose elements mostly match each other, backtracking explores a factorial number of assignments before it returns false. For example, 11 {} values plus { a: 1 }, compared with 12 {} values, explores 12! assignments.

Compute the candidate matches for each element once. Then run augmenting-path bipartite matching. This does not assume that equals is symmetric or transitive. It evaluates every pair once, so it can cost more than the current early-exit loop when a match exists.

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-      const unmatched = [...objB]
-      for (const v of objA) {
-        let index = unmatched.indexOf(v)
-        if (index === -1) {
-          index = unmatched.findIndex((bv) => _evaluate(v, bv, config, seen))
-        }
-        if (index === -1) return false
-        unmatched.splice(index, 1)
-      }
+      const values = [...objA]
+      const others = [...objB]
+      const candidates = values.map((v) =>
+        others.flatMap((bv, index) =>
+          bv === v || _evaluate(v, bv, config, seen) ? [index] : [],
+        ),
+      )
+      const owner = new Array<number>(others.length).fill(-1)
+      const assign = (value: number, visited: Array<boolean>): boolean => {
+        for (const index of candidates[value]) {
+          if (visited[index]) continue
+          visited[index] = true
+          if (owner[index] === -1 || assign(owner[index], visited)) {
+            owner[index] = value
+            return true
+          }
+        }
+        return false
+      }
+      for (let value = 0; value < values.length; value++) {
+        if (!assign(value, new Array<boolean>(others.length).fill(false))) {
+          return false
+        }
+      }
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Review comment at @packages/store/src/compare.ts around lines 139 - 144:
Replace the first-match removal logic in the Set comparison branch with
bipartite matching: materialize both Sets, compute each value’s candidate
indices once using identity or _evaluate, then assign candidates via augmenting
paths with an owner array and per-search visited tracking. Return false when any
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Review comments at @packages/store/src/compare.ts:
- Around line 139-144: Replace the first-match removal logic in the Set
comparison branch with bipartite matching: materialize both Sets, compute each
value’s candidate indices once using identity or _evaluate, then assign
candidates via augmenting paths with an owner array and per-search visited
tracking. Return false when any value cannot be assigned, while preserving
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