release-2026-08-07-1802

TanStack/routerrelease-2026-08-07-1802Aug 7, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

A performance-focused release introducing optimizations for Link rendering and memory usage in the Start framework.

Key Highlights

Optimized React Router Link re-renders by skipping updates when href and active state are unchanged
Reduced memory footprint for deferred hydration state
Compact frame decoder result keys in client-core
Updated packages for React, Solid, and Vue frameworks

Full Release Notes

Release 2026-08-07 18:02

## Changes

### Performance

- react-router: bail out of Link re-renders when href and active state are unchanged (#7952) (95dec51018) by @matclayton
- start: compact deferred hydration private state (#7980) (6bede65d70) by @Sheraff
- start-client-core: compact private frame decoder result keys (#7978) (2fbc99f2c2) by @Sheraff


## Packages

- @tanstack/react-router@1.170.23
- @tanstack/react-start@1.168.40
- @tanstack/react-start-client@1.168.21
- @tanstack/react-start-rsc@0.1.39
- @tanstack/react-start-server@1.167.28
- @tanstack/solid-start@1.168.39
- @tanstack/solid-start-client@1.168.21
- @tanstack/solid-start-server@1.167.28
- @tanstack/start-client-core@1.170.19
- @tanstack/start-plugin-core@1.171.31
- @tanstack/start-server-core@1.169.23
- @tanstack/start-static-server-functions@1.167.24
- @tanstack/vue-start@1.168.38
- @tanstack/vue-start-client@1.167.24
- @tanstack/vue-start-server@1.167.28