fix(solid-query): avoid redundant reconciliation 🤖🤖🤖

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Fixes #8873

🎯 Changes

• track the last observer data reference separately from the reconciled store reference
• preserve reconciled store data during fetch-status-only observer notifications
• skip reconciliation while query data is unavailable or when the observer keeps the same data reference
• add regression coverage for consecutive refetches, identical references, and the existing reconcile(newData)(oldData) callback pattern

Context

A Solid reconciler can retain and mutate the existing store data reference even after the query observer moves to a new data reference. Comparing only against store.data can therefore either skip a required reconciliation or rerun it during an intermediate fetching notification. Tracking the observer reference separately makes the callback follow actual query data changes.

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

🚀 Release Impact

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Tests

• pnpm run test:pr (35 affected tasks passed)
• Solid Query test suite (336 tests passed)
• ESLint, current TypeScript types, package build, and Prettier checks passed

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved query data reconciliation so unchanged data is not unnecessarily processed.
  • Preserved existing displayed data during status-only updates.
  • Ensured reconciliation receives accurate previous and next data when query results change.
  • Reduced unnecessary data updates while query status changes are reported.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for initial data, changed results, unchanged refetches, and subsequent updates.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Solid Query now skips reconciliation when data is undefined or unchanged. useBaseQuery tracks observer state, query hash, and result data. A regression test covers changed and unchanged refetches. A patch changeset documents the fix.

Changes

Solid Query reconciliation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reconciliation guards and validation packages/solid-query/src/useBaseQuery.ts, packages/solid-query/src/__tests__/useQuery.test.tsx, .changeset/calm-wolves-reconcile.md	reconcileFn skips reconciliation for disabled reconciliation, undefined data, or unchanged observer data. useBaseQuery tracks the observer, query hash, and latest result data. The regression test verifies status transitions, reconciliation inputs, and unchanged refetch behavior. A patch changeset documents the fix.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: sukvvon

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❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: preventing redundant reconciliation in Solid Query.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the motivation, implementation, tests, and release impact. It includes a changeset and test results. However, both mutually exclusive Release Impact options are checked, and t…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address issue #8873. useBaseQuery tracks the last observer data reference separately from the reconciled store data. It preserves store data for status-only notifications and skips recon…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within issue #8873. The source change fixes Solid Query reconciliation state tracking. The added regression test verifies the reported behavior. The changeset documents the package fi…

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

packages/solid-query/src/__tests__/useQuery.test.tsx (1)

947-986: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the identical-reference path.

This test returns a new object for every fetch, and reconcileData returns newData. Therefore, it never exercises the new result.data === store.data guard. Add a refetch that returns the exact same object and assert that the callback count stays unchanged while fetching state still updates. Also cover the existing reconcile(newData)(oldData) callback pattern.

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In `@packages/solid-query/src/__tests__/useQuery.test.tsx` around lines 947 - 986,
Extend the “should only reconcile when query data changes” test to refetch using
the exact same data object, asserting reconcileData is not called again while
fetching state still updates. Add coverage for the existing
reconcile(newData)(oldData) callback form, preserving the current assertions for
distinct data objects.

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/solid-query/src/useBaseQuery.ts`:
- Around line 36-42: Update the result reconciliation logic around the existing
early-return condition to track the last observer result.data reference
separately from store.data, so reconciliation is not skipped when the observer
receives a new reference while the store still retains the previous one.
Preserve the reconcileOption and undefined checks, and add a regression test
covering two consecutive refetches, including the intermediate fetching
notification.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/solid-query/src/__tests__/useQuery.test.tsx`:
- Around line 947-986: Extend the “should only reconcile when query data
changes” test to refetch using the exact same data object, asserting
reconcileData is not called again while fetching state still updates. Add
coverage for the existing reconcile(newData)(oldData) callback form, preserving
the current assertions for distinct data objects.

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