Allow revalidations to complete if submitting fetcher is deleted

.changeset/delete-submit-fetcher.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@remix-run/router": patch
+---
+
+Allow fetcher revalidations to complete if submitting fetcher is deleted

packages/router/__tests__/router-test.ts

@@ -10317,6 +10317,66 @@ describe("a router", () => {
           data: "TASKS ACTION",
         });
       });
+
+      it("handles revalidating fetcher when the triggering fetcher is deleted", async () => {
+        let key = "key";
+        let actionKey = "actionKey";
+        let t = setup({
+          routes: [
+            {
+              id: "root",
+              path: "/",
+              children: [
+                {
+                  id: "home",
+                  index: true,
+                  loader: true,
+                },
+                {
+                  id: "action",
+                  path: "action",
+                  action: true,
+                },
+                {
+                  id: "fetch",
+                  path: "fetch",
+                  loader: true,
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+          hydrationData: { loaderData: { home: "HOME" } },
+        });
+
+        // Load a fetcher
+        let A = await t.fetch("/fetch", key);
+        await A.loaders.fetch.resolve("FETCH");
+
+        // Submit a different fetcher, which will trigger revalidation
+        let B = await t.fetch("/action", actionKey, {
+          formMethod: "post",
+          formData: createFormData({}),
+        });
+        t.shimHelper(B.loaders, "fetch", "loader", "fetch");
+
+        // After action resolves, both fetchers go into a loading state
+        await B.actions.action.resolve("ACTION");
+        expect(t.router.state.fetchers.get(key)?.state).toBe("loading");
+        expect(t.router.state.fetchers.get(actionKey)?.state).toBe("loading");
+
+        // Remove the submitting fetcher (assume it's component unmounts)
+        t.router.deleteFetcher(actionKey);
+
+        await B.loaders.home.resolve("HOME*");
+        await B.loaders.fetch.resolve("FETCH*");
+
+        expect(t.router.state.loaderData).toEqual({ home: "HOME*" });
+        expect(t.router.state.fetchers.get(key)).toMatchObject({
+          state: "idle",
+          data: "FETCH*",
+        });
+        expect(t.router.state.fetchers.get(actionKey)).toBeUndefined();
+      });
     });
 
     describe("fetcher ?index params", () => {

packages/router/router.ts

@@ -1783,7 +1783,6 @@ export function createRouter(init: RouterInit): Router {
     let nextLocation = state.navigation.location || state.location;
     let revalidationRequest = createClientSideRequest(
       init.history,
-
       nextLocation,
       abortController.signal
     );
@@ -1894,16 +1893,20 @@ export function createRouter(init: RouterInit): Router {
       activeDeferreds
     );
 
-    let doneFetcher: FetcherStates["Idle"] = {
-      state: "idle",
-      data: actionResult.data,
-      formMethod: undefined,
-      formAction: undefined,
-      formEncType: undefined,
-      formData: undefined,
-      " _hasFetcherDoneAnything ": true,
-    };
-    state.fetchers.set(key, doneFetcher);
+    // Since we let revalidations complete even if the submitting fetcher was
+    // deleted, only put it back to idle if it hasn't been deleted
+    if (state.fetchers.has(key)) {
+      let doneFetcher: FetcherStates["Idle"] = {
+        state: "idle",
+        data: actionResult.data,
+        formMethod: undefined,
+        formAction: undefined,
+        formEncType: undefined,
+        formData: undefined,
+        " _hasFetcherDoneAnything ": true,
+      };
+      state.fetchers.set(key, doneFetcher);
+    }
 
     let didAbortFetchLoads = abortStaleFetchLoads(loadId);
 
@@ -1935,7 +1938,9 @@ export function createRouter(init: RouterInit): Router {
           matches,
           errors
         ),
-        ...(didAbortFetchLoads ? { fetchers: new Map(state.fetchers) } : {}),
+        ...(didAbortFetchLoads || revalidatingFetchers.length > 0
+          ? { fetchers: new Map(state.fetchers) }
+          : {}),
       });
       isRevalidationRequired = false;
     }
@@ -2271,7 +2276,16 @@ export function createRouter(init: RouterInit): Router {
   }
 
   function deleteFetcher(key: string): void {
-    if (fetchControllers.has(key)) abortFetcher(key);
+    let fetcher = state.fetchers.get(key);
+    // Don't abort the controller if this is a deletion of a fetcher.submit()
+    // in it's loading phase since - we don't want to abort the corresponding
+    // revalidation and want them to complete and land
+    if (
+      fetchControllers.has(key) &&
+      !(fetcher && fetcher.state === "loading" && fetchReloadIds.has(key))
+    ) {
+      abortFetcher(key);
+    }
     fetchLoadMatches.delete(key);
     fetchReloadIds.delete(key);
     fetchRedirectIds.delete(key);