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feat: out-of-order streaming with defer() - #7
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Adds `defer(value, placeholder?)`, which writes an HTML processing
instruction marker in place, lets the rest of the document keep
streaming, and patches the content in via `<template for>` once it
resolves. Deferred values are flushed in completion order, so a slow
panel never holds up a fast one.
In non-streaming mode there is no stream to reorder, so `defer()`
renders the value in place and drops the placeholder.
A ~1KB inline fallback is emitted once for browsers without native
`<template for>` support; opt out with `{ polyfill: false }`.
Spec transcribed in .agents/html-template-for.md.
Ref: whatwg/html#11818
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughDeferred streaming now selects only referenced runtime helpers, flushes deferred values by completion order, guards patch content, and supports client fallback. The compiler and parser handle new options and server-script forms. Tests, documentation, examples, response-state checks, and package metadata are updated. ChangesRendu deferred streaming
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Feature Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Deferred rendering documentation can cause incorrect header-mutation assumptions, and a narrow streamed-content boundary can prevent later client fallback patches from applying. Address these localized issues before release. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 152-157: Update the defer(getRecommendations(), ...) example to
use a JavaScript template literal for the multiline skeleton placeholder,
replacing the single-quoted string while preserving its HTML content and
formatting.
In `@src/_runtime.ts`:
- Around line 26-30: Update the deferStream template and its defer function so
each render generates deferred marker names with a unique per-render prefix,
while retaining the sequence suffix for uniqueness within that render. Ensure
nested or composed streams cannot reuse names such as d0 and marker replacement
targets the correct deferred region.
- Around line 164-170: Update the pending construction in track() so deferred
function entries are invoked immediately when their promises are created, rather
than resolving entry.value to the function itself. Ensure Promise.race operates
on independently running function results while preserving direct-value handling
and the existing settled result shape used by write().
In `@src/parser.ts`:
- Line 11: Update scriptServerOpen to recognize only an actual server attribute
on a script opening tag: enforce a tag-name boundary after script, make the
attribute scan quote-aware so values such as " server" do not qualify, and
preserve valid server attributes. Add regression coverage for quoted-attribute
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Addresses review findings on the defer() implementation. Streaming/runtime: - Attach the settle handler in defer() at push time. It was attached in track(), long after the value was queued, leaving a window in which a rejection was unhandled and terminated the process under Node's default. - Escape `</template` in patch content, with a carry across chunk boundaries. An unbalanced one closed the patch envelope early and relocated the rest of the value to document level. - Give marker names per-render entropy. `<template for>` matches the first marker of a name in tree order, so two renders composed into one document patched each other. - Race deferred streams on their first chunk. Functions are now invoked in defer() so the race sees real work rather than a thunk; a stream that has produced nothing no longer claims the flush loop ahead of a finished sibling, and one that has is no longer held behind a pending value. Out-of-order flushing previously did not work for function-, Response- and ReadableStream-valued defers. - Skip and log a rejected patch instead of erroring the body. The head and shell are already committed, so there is no status left to fail with, and a single rejection discarded every other ready patch. - Treat any falsy placeholder as no placeholder, so `cond && skeleton()` no longer renders the literal text "false". - Keep echo() output produced from inside a deferred value. - No-op enqueue when cancelled, always close `<template>` via finally, and release upstream bodies of queued-but-unwritten values on cancel. - Log when one defer()'s marker is nested inside another's content: its patch goes out before the marker reaches the document, so the browser drops it. Ordering cannot be fixed without knowing where the marker lands, so fail loudly instead of silently. - Keep `</script>` out of the generated source, which is documented as embeddable. Client fallback, per the transcribed spec in .agents/html-template-for.md: - Guard the feature detect with typeof. Dereferencing the bare HTMLTemplateElement global threw in exactly the environments the fallback exists for, taking every subsequent sentinel with it. - Find `<?end>` among the start marker's next siblings instead of continuing the document-order walk, and count only sibling markers towards nesting depth. A non-sibling end marker deleted every following sibling and then threw. - Replace to the end of the parent when no `<?end>` is found, instead of appending the patch and leaving the placeholder visible beside it. - Remove the inert template in a finally, so a failed patch stays silent. Render: - Throw from setCookie()/redirect() once the response head has been sent. They were silently dropped when called from inside a deferred value, mutating an already-serialized Headers object.
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245-245: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winCorrect the deferred response-mutation timing.
defer()invokes function values synchronously during initial rendering. Therefore, synchronoussetCookie()andredirect()calls can update the response. Calls from deferred work that resumes after commitment throw viaassertOpen(). State that these helpers throw after response commitment, not for every call inside a deferred value.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/_runtime.ts`:
- Line 184: Update the patch finalization logic in the runtime’s finally block
so patchTail is escaped while inPatch is still enabled, before clearing inPatch
and enqueuing rest. Preserve the TypeScript comment explaining this ordering and
ensure the final patch closing tag remains recognized.
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 245: Update the README statement about setCookie() and redirect() in
deferred values to distinguish synchronous execution during initial rendering
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response when invoked before commitment and throw via assertOpen() only after
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243-252: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDocument the response-mutation timing
defer()invokes a function value beforerenderContextToResponse()marks the response committed. SynchronoussetCookie()andredirect()calls can therefore succeed. Calls after anawaitor another asynchronous continuation throw becauseassertOpen()detects the committed response. Update this note to distinguish these cases.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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within deferred values to distinguish synchronous calls, which can succeed
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other asynchronous continuations, which throw when assertOpen() detects
commitment; retain the existing limitation about response-head timing.
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- Track HTML tokenizer state inside `<template for>` patches: only escape a closing `</template` in data state, close dangling tags/comments/raw text (and failed mid-stream values) before `</template>`, fix decoder/tail order - Park deferred entries until their marker has been emitted so nested `defer()` never flushes ahead of the patch that contains its marker - `echo()` writes synchronous output from function chunks in place (both modes) and throws when called after the template body finished - Open a patch lazily on first content, so a value failing before any output keeps its placeholder - Only inline the defer runtime into templates that call `defer()` - Replace wall-clock thresholds in timing tests with gated promises
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Slow content no longer blocks the rest of the page.
Wrap anything slow in
defer()and rendu sends the page immediately, then streams the slow bit in when it is ready:The optional second argument is placeholder HTML shown until the real content arrives.
If two things are deferred, whichever finishes first is shown first — a fast panel never waits behind a slow one. This uses the browser's own
<template for>mechanism, so there is no client-side framework involved. A small inline script is included as a fallback for browsers that don't support it yet — which today is all of them, so{ polyfill: false }means deferred content never appears at all rather than appearing late.Try it:
pnpm play→ http://localhost:3000/deferredScreen.Recording.2026-09-03.at.12.00.14.mov
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