DOM nodes count keeps in Performance monitoring tab keeps growing

Reproduire le rapport avec l’exemple de défilement infini React dans src/main.tsx, en utilisant la configuration StackBlitz liée et le moniteur Performance de Brave DevTools. Comparer le nombre croissant de nœuds DOM avec l’onglet Elements pendant le défilement, puis déterminer si le comportement est attendu ou indique un problème de cleanup ; la tâche est terminée lorsque la cause et toute correction nécessaire sont vérifiées.

Describe the bug

I’ve been using this library to virtualise a grid, and while testing, I noticed that the DOM node count keeps increasing when monitoring via the Performance monitoring tab in Brave DevTools.

At first, I assumed it might be an issue with my implementation, so I tested one of the official examples – specifically, the infinite scroll demo from the website.

Inspecting the Elements tab, it does appear that items are being mounted and unmounted correctly as I scroll. However, the total DOM node count continues to rise, which seems unexpected for a virtualised list.

I then wondered if the performance monitor might be counting some kind of 'virtual' or detached nodes, but to compare, I tried react-virtuoso. There, the node count rises initially as you scroll, but drops back down when items go out of view – which is the behaviour I would expect.

Is this increasing DOM node count an expected behaviour with TanStack Virtual, or could it be a memory leak or cleanup issue?

Your minimal, reproducible example

https://stackblitz.com/github/tanstack/virtual/tree/main/examples/react/infinite-scroll?embed=1&theme=dark&preset=node&file=src/main.tsx

Steps to reproduce

1.) Used the code from the above example, see here.

2.) Open 'Performance monitoring' on this page: https://owailmmbkggithub-0flc--5173--10996a95.local.webcontainer.io/, and then start scrolling.

Expected behavior

Number of DOM nodes should drop back down as user scrolls - it shouldn't keep increasing.

How often does this bug happen?

Appears to be happening consistently.

Screenshots or Videos

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1b4f41c2-53a8-4761-8d65-da21568415b5

Platform

• OS: macOS
• Browser: Brave

tanstack-virtual version

3.13.10

TypeScript version

No response

Additional context

No response

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