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The bug

filterTree writes its result back onto the input node instead of building a new one:

if (node[childProps]) {
  node[childProps] = _filterTree(node[childProps]);   // mutates the source node
}

Every node that fails the predicate is therefore permanently removed from the input tree, not just from the returned array.

Why it matters

That input is a module-level constant in real apps. In frontend and mixed access mode, generateRoutesByFrontend calls filterTree(routes, ...) on accessRoutes (apps/*/src/router/routes/index.ts, built once via mergeRouteModules, which returns references to the original route objects) once per login and per role refresh.

So after a low-privilege user signs in, the routes stripped for them are gone for every later session in the same page:

  1. A user with role user logs in → /dashboard/overview (authority: ['admin']) is dropped and written back into accessRoutes.
  2. A user with role admin logs in in the same page session → /dashboard only yields the children left over from step 1, so the admin gets an empty submenu.
  3. It only recovers after a full page reload, which re-imports the route modules.

generateMenus (!!menu.show) and initAffixTabs (router.getRoutes()) mutate their source the same way.

The fix

filterTree is now pure: the filtered child array is never assigned back onto the source node, so nothing is ever removed from the input tree.

Reference semantics are preserved too. A matched node is shallow-copied only when its child sequence actually changes (compared by length and element identity); when nothing is filtered out, the original node object is returned as-is. So filterTree(input, () => true)[0] === input[0] still holds, exactly as it did before this PR, and callers that memoize or compare branch nodes by reference are unaffected.

This also makes it consistent with sortTree and mapTree in the same file, which already avoid mutating their input.

const _filterTree = (nodes: T[]): T[] => {
  const result: T[] = [];

  for (const node of nodes) {
    if (!filter(node)) {
      continue;
    }

    const children = (node as Record<string, any>)[childProps];

    if (!children) {
      result.push(node);
      continue;
    }

    const filteredChildren = _filterTree(children);

    // Keep the source node when the child sequence is unchanged, so callers
    // that compare or cache branch nodes by reference keep working
    const childrenUnchanged =
      filteredChildren.length === children.length &&
      filteredChildren.every((child, index) => child === children[index]);

    result.push(
      childrenUnchanged ? node : { ...node, [childProps]: filteredChildren },
    );
  }

  return result;
};

Note: this deliberately avoids Array#reduce() — the repo enables the
unicorn/no-array-reduce rule, which rejects reduce in favour of for loops.

Verification

Reproduces the route-table scenario through the real helper:

const routes = [
  { path: '/dashboard', meta: { authority: ['admin', 'user'] }, children: [
      { path: '/dashboard/overview', meta: { authority: ['admin'] } },
      { path: '/dashboard/stats',    meta: { authority: ['user']  } },
  ]},
];

await generateRoutesByFrontend(routes, ['user']);
const asAdmin = await generateRoutesByFrontend(routes, ['admin']);

// before: []                        <- admin-only child destroyed by the first call
// after:  ['/dashboard/overview']
asAdmin[0]?.children?.map((child) => child.path);

Test results (vitest):

suite before fix (on main) after fix
pre-existing tests (17) 17 passed 17 passed
new regression tests (7) 5 failed, 2 passed 7 passed
full unit suite 540 passed / 540

Lint (oxlint + oxfmt + eslint + stylelint): 0 errors. Typecheck (turbo run typecheck, 6 apps): 0 errors.

The two tests added for the reference semantics pin the behaviour from both sides, so neither the mutation bug nor an over-eager copy can come back:

new test on main on the first iteration of this PR on this PR
should keep branch nodes by reference when no child is dropped pass fail pass
should only copy the branches on the path of a dropped node fail fail pass

Notes

  • Pure bug fix. No API, type, or public signature change; no behaviour change for callers that do not depend on the mutation.
  • I checked all three call sites (generateRoutesByFrontend, generateMenus, initAffixTabs) — none rely on node identity of branch nodes, and that identity is preserved by this PR anyway. meta stays shared by reference in the shallow copy, so setAffixTabs' tab.meta.affixTab = true still behaves the same.
  • Branch nodes keep their identity unless their child sequence actually changes, so this stays a patch-level fix rather than a behaviour change.
  • I searched the repo for existing issues/PRs (filterTree, filterTree mutate/immutable/side effect, tree mutation, sortTree, menu/route loss keywords) and found none. The only related work is feat: 修正菜单排序在二级菜单不生效问题 #7007, which added sortTree and did not touch this.

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  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
  • This change requires a documentation update
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed tree filtering so source route data remains unchanged across repeated operations.
    • Ensured routes excluded for one permission level remain available when generating routes for users with broader permissions.
    • Preserved leaf nodes and support for custom child-property names during filtering.
    • Prevented route availability from being incorrectly reduced after earlier filtering operations.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for tree immutability and repeated frontend route generation across different permission levels.

filterTree assigned the filtered child array back onto the source node, so nodes that failed
the predicate were dropped from the input tree permanently instead of only from the result.

In frontend/mixed access mode generateRoutesByFrontend filters the module-level accessRoutes
on every login and role refresh, so routes stripped for a low-privilege user stayed missing
for later sessions until a full page reload.

filterTree is now pure: matched nodes owning a child array are copied, nodes without children
are still returned by reference.
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filterTree now preserves source trees during filtering. It copies only branches whose child sequence changes and retains references for unchanged nodes. Tests cover tree immutability, reference preservation, repeated route generation, and custom child properties.

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Tree filtering immutability

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pure filterTree implementation
packages/@core/base/shared/src/utils/tree.ts
Documents the reference semantics and copies a node only when filtering changes its children.
Tree and route reuse validation
packages/@core/base/shared/src/utils/__tests__/tree.test.ts, packages/utils/src/helpers/__tests__/generate-routes-frontend.test.ts, .changeset/quiet-trees-filter.md
Tests source-tree preservation, unchanged references, affected-branch copying, custom child properties, repeated filtering, and the patch release description.

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This fixes route and menu trees being altered by earlier filtering while retaining expected reference behavior. The affected filtering and route-reuse cases are covered, with no remaining merge-blocking risk.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant generateRoutesByFrontend
  participant filterTree
  participant accessRoutes
  generateRoutesByFrontend->>filterTree: filter accessRoutes for user permissions
  filterTree->>filterTree: copy only branches with changed children
  filterTree-->>generateRoutesByFrontend: return filtered routes
  filterTree-->>accessRoutes: preserve source route table
  generateRoutesByFrontend->>filterTree: filter accessRoutes again
  filterTree-->>generateRoutesByFrontend: return routes from unchanged source data
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Comment thread packages/@core/base/shared/src/utils/tree.ts Outdated
filterTree does not write its result back into the input tree, but childless
matched nodes are still returned by reference. The previous comment claimed no
source node is ever returned, which contradicted the implementation and could
mislead callers.

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I found one reference-compatibility issue to clarify before merge. The parent implementation returned the original branch object when every node matched (
odes.filter(...)), so ilterTree([{ id: 1, children: [{ id: 2 }] }], () => true)[0] === input[0]. On the current head, line 78 spreads every node with a truthy child array, so an isolated Vitest identity check fails even though the values are equal. The PR description says existing reference semantics are preserved (only leaf nodes are intentionally by-reference), but branch identity is observably changed. Consumers that memoize or cache route/menu branch nodes can see a compatibility break. Please either preserve the branch reference when filtering leaves the child sequence unchanged, or explicitly document/test this intentional change and classify the release accordingly. Independent verification otherwise passed: the two relevant test files (22 tests), full typecheck, lint (0 errors; 12 pre-existing warnings), and diff check.

filterTree copied every matched branch node, so filtering a tree where nothing
changed still returned new branch objects. The previous implementation used
Array#filter, which keeps element references, so callers could rely on
filterTree(input, () => true)[0] === input[0].

Branch nodes are now shallow-copied only when their child sequence actually
changes; unchanged nodes are returned by reference, restoring the reference
semantics callers had before. The mutation fix itself is unaffected: the
filtered child array is never assigned back onto the source node.
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Thanks for the careful review — and for running the verification yourself. You're right, and I went with option (a).

What changed (8042eb6): a matched branch node is now shallow-copied only when its child sequence actually changes. filterTree compares the filtered children against the source children by length and element identity; when nothing was filtered out, the original node object is returned as-is. So filterTree(input, () => true)[0] === input[0] holds again, matching the pre-fix behaviour.

The mutation fix itself is unaffected — the filtered child array is still never assigned back onto the source node. Only the decision of whether to copy the parent changed.

Two tests added so this can't regress in either direction:

  • should keep branch nodes by reference when no child is dropped — your identity example. It passes on main, fails on the first iteration of this PR (which copied every branch node), and passes now.
  • should only copy the branches on the path of a dropped node — asserts the ancestors of a dropped node are copied while the source keeps its children, and that unaffected sibling branches keep their original identity. It fails on main and on the first iteration, and passes only with the final implementation.

Verification: tree.test.ts 17/17, generate-routes-frontend.test.ts 7/7, full unit suite 540/540, lint 0 errors, typecheck 0 errors. I also updated the PR description — the "reference semantics are untouched" claim was indeed overstated before; it is accurate now.

Since branch identity is preserved, this stays a patch.

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