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Stale IntersectionObserver entries abort callbacks for active observers

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
cpp, react-native
Domain
mobile-dev

Research direction

Start at the IntersectionObserver manager's notification pass and compare its stale-entry handling with the equivalent ResizeObserver handling mentioned in the issue. Reproduce or inspect a batch containing a disconnected observer followed by active observers, then verify that stale entries are ignored and later active callbacks still run.

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Description

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Description

The IntersectionObserver manager explicitly tolerates stale native entries when an observer is disconnected between commit and mount. However, encountering one missing registration returns from the entire notification pass, dropping every later entry and callback in the same native batch, including entries for still-active observers.

Expected behavior

A stale entry for a disconnected observer should be ignored while notification continues for all active observers in the batch, matching the equivalent ResizeObserver handling.

React Native Version

0.87.1 and current main

Affected Platforms

New Architecture - All

Dominant language
C++
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