@aurodesignsystem-dev/auro-formkit 0.0.0-pr1603.5 → 0.0.0-pr1604.0

package/components/combobox/demo/index.min.js

@@ -5081,7 +5081,7 @@ let AuroHelpText$2 = class AuroHelpText extends i$3 {
   }
 };
 
-var formkitVersion$2 = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion$2 = '202609011830';
 
 /**
  * AuroElement is the shared base class for layout-aware Auro form components.
@@ -18950,7 +18950,7 @@ let AuroHelpText$1 = class AuroHelpText extends i$3 {
   }
 };
 
-var formkitVersion$1 = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion$1 = '202609011830';
 
 // Copyright (c) 2025 Alaska Airlines. All right reserved. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license
 // See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
@@ -20142,7 +20142,7 @@ class AuroBibtemplate extends i$3 {
   }
 }
 
-var formkitVersion = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion = '202609011830';
 
 var styleCss$3 = i$6`.util_displayInline{display:inline}.util_displayInlineBlock{display:inline-block}.util_displayBlock{display:block}.util_displayFlex{display:flex}.util_displayHidden{display:none}.util_displayHiddenVisually{position:absolute;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);width:1px;height:1px;padding:0;border:0}:host{display:block;text-align:left}:host [auro-dropdown]{--ds-auro-dropdown-trigger-background-color: transparent}:host #inputInBib::part(wrapper){box-shadow:none}:host #inputInBib::part(accent-left){display:none}:host([layout*=classic]) [auro-input]{width:100%}:host([layout*=classic]) [auro-input]::part(helpText){display:none}:host([layout*=classic]) #slotHolder{display:none}`;
 
@@ -20583,11 +20583,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     this.behavior = "suggestion";
     this.clearBtnFocused = false;
 
-    // One-shot: set when the input's clear button is activated so the
-    // SPA-preselect guard in handleInputValueChange doesn't swallow the
-    // genuine clear (AB#1634257).
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-
     // Defaults that effect the overall layout of the combobox
     this.checkmark = false;
     this.dvInputOnly = false;
@@ -21545,13 +21540,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     this.bibtemplate = this.dropdown.querySelector(this.bibtemplateTag._$litStatic$);
     this.inputInBib = this.bibtemplate.querySelector(this.inputTag._$litStatic$);
 
-    // Mirror the trigger's clear-button tracking onto the fullscreen bib input
-    // so clearing there also fully resets the combobox (AB#1634257). See
-    // trackClearBtnActivation for why this must run in the capture phase.
-    if (this.inputInBib && this.inputInBib !== this.input) {
-      this.trackClearBtnActivation(this.inputInBib);
-    }
-
     // Pass label text to the dropdown bib for accessible dialog naming
     const labelElement = this.querySelector('[slot="label"]');
     if (labelElement) {
@@ -21937,52 +21925,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
         this.clearBtnFocused = false;
       }
     });
-
-    this.trackClearBtnActivation(this.input);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Flags genuine clear-button activations on an auro-input so the SPA-preselect
-   * guard in handleInputValueChange doesn't swallow them.
-   *
-   * The auro-input clear button fires an `isProgrammatic` input event (via
-   * notifyValueChanged) that is indistinguishable in shape from the
-   * SPA-preselect echo that guard bails on (isProgrammatic + set value + empty
-   * input). Without this one-shot flag, clicking clear would leave
-   * this.value/optionSelected stale (AB#1634257).
-   *
-   * Delegated on the shadow root so it works regardless of when .clearBtn
-   * renders (it only exists after a value is set), and covers both real clicks
-   * and programmatic clearBtn.click() (which no focusin precedes). Registered in
-   * the CAPTURE phase so the flag is set BEFORE the button's own @click
-   * (handleClickClear) fires its synchronous input event — which is when
-   * handleInputValueChange reads the flag.
-   * @private
-   * @param {Element} inputEl - The auro-input whose clear button to track.
-   * @returns {void}
-   */
-  trackClearBtnActivation(inputEl) {
-    if (!inputEl || !inputEl.shadowRoot) {
-      return;
-    }
-    inputEl.shadowRoot.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
-      if (event.target.closest('.clearBtn')) {
-        this._clearBtnActivated = true;
-
-        // Bound the flag's lifetime to this synchronous clear -> input window.
-        // auro-input's handleClickClear fires its input event synchronously
-        // (before any macrotask runs), so handleInputValueChange consumes the
-        // flag first and this reset is a harmless no-op. It only does real work
-        // if that input event never arrives (e.g. auro-input throws mid-clear),
-        // guaranteeing the flag can't survive to be misread as a genuine clear
-        // by a later unrelated event such as an SPA-preselect echo (AB#1634257).
-        // Scheduled via _scheduleTimer so disconnectedCallback cancels it if the
-        // component tears down inside that window.
-        this._scheduleTimer(() => {
-          this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-        }, 0);
-      }
-    }, true);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -22024,17 +21966,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
    * @returns {void}
    */
   handleInputValueChange(event) {
-    // Consume the one-shot clear-button flag on EVERY entry, before any branch
-    // below can early-return. trackClearBtnActivation sets it in the capture
-    // phase right before auro-input's clear button fires its synchronous input
-    // event; reading and immediately clearing it here guarantees the flag never
-    // survives a handleInputValueChange call to leak into a later event (e.g.
-    // the bib branch bailing at _syncingDisplayValue, or an SPA-preselect echo)
-    // where it would defeat the guard below. Held in a local so that guard can
-    // still tell a genuine clear from the init-render echo (AB#1634257).
-    const clearBtnActivated = this._clearBtnActivated;
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-
     // When the event comes from the fullscreen bib input, sync the value to
     // the trigger input. Setting trigger.value triggers Lit's updated()
     // (async, microtask) which fires notifyValueChanged() → another 'input'
@@ -22082,12 +22013,7 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     // to the exact shape of that echo (isProgrammatic + non-empty combobox
     // value + empty input.value) so it doesn't affect the swap/typed paths
     // where value/input already track each other through the sync helpers.
-    // The clear button's echo has the same shape (isProgrammatic + set value +
-    // empty input) but is a genuine user clear that MUST reset this.value and
-    // optionSelected below. clearBtnActivated (consumed at the top of this
-    // method) is true only for that genuine clear, so only the real
-    // SPA-preselect echo bails (AB#1634257).
-    if (event && event.isProgrammatic && this.value && !this.input.value && !clearBtnActivated) {
+    if (event && event.isProgrammatic && this.value && !this.input.value) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -22232,14 +22158,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     // retry would otherwise keep rescheduling itself indefinitely.
     this._pendingTimers.forEach((id) => clearTimeout(id));
     this._pendingTimers.clear();
-
-    // Cancelling the timers above drops the macrotask that would have reset
-    // _clearBtnActivated, so reset it here too. Otherwise a disconnect inside
-    // the clear-click -> macrotask window strands the flag `true`; instance
-    // state survives reconnect, and the first matching input event (including
-    // an SPA-preselect echo) would then bypass the guard in
-    // handleInputValueChange and silently clear value/optionSelected (AB#1634257).
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
   }
 
   firstUpdated() {
@@ -22338,14 +22256,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
       }
       if (this.menu.value || this.menu.optionSelected) {
         this.menu.reset();
-      } else {
-        // The menu's selection properties are already cleared, but option
-        // elements can still carry a stale `selected` attribute (e.g. the menu
-        // options were rebuilt after the value was set, orphaning the DOM from
-        // the now-null optionSelected). reset() is skipped above in that case,
-        // so re-sync the option DOM directly to guarantee no option renders as
-        // selected once the field is cleared (AB#1634259).
-        this.menu.clearSelection();
       }
     } finally {
       this._clearing = false;
@@ -23797,22 +23707,6 @@ class AuroMenu extends AuroElement {
     this.value = undefined;
     this._selectedKey = undefined;
     this._index = -1;
-
-    // Eagerly sync the option DOM to the now-empty selection. Nulling the
-    // reactive properties above normally schedules updated() → updateItemsState,
-    // but that only runs when a property actually changes. If an option still
-    // carries a stale `selected`/`aria-selected` attribute while these
-    // properties are already undefined (e.g. options were rebuilt after a value
-    // was set), no re-render fires and the option keeps rendering as selected.
-    // Strip that state now so no option looks selected after a clear (AB#1634259).
-    // Intentionally leaves `active`/`optionActive` untouched so a highlighted
-    // option remains keyboard-re-selectable after emptying the value (AB#1606433).
-    this.updateItemsState(new Map([
-      [
-        'optionSelected',
-        true
-      ]
-    ]));
   }
 
   /**

package/components/combobox/dist/auro-combobox.d.ts

@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ export class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     /** @type {'filter' | 'suggestion'} */
     behavior: "filter" | "suggestion" | undefined;
     clearBtnFocused: boolean | undefined;
-    _clearBtnActivated: boolean | undefined;
     checkmark: boolean | undefined;
     dvInputOnly: boolean | undefined;
     /** @type {'xs' | 'sm' | 'md' | 'lg' | 'xl' | 'disabled'} */
@@ -539,27 +538,6 @@ export class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
      * @returns {void}
      */
     private configureInput;
-    /**
-     * Flags genuine clear-button activations on an auro-input so the SPA-preselect
-     * guard in handleInputValueChange doesn't swallow them.
-     *
-     * The auro-input clear button fires an `isProgrammatic` input event (via
-     * notifyValueChanged) that is indistinguishable in shape from the
-     * SPA-preselect echo that guard bails on (isProgrammatic + set value + empty
-     * input). Without this one-shot flag, clicking clear would leave
-     * this.value/optionSelected stale (AB#1634257).
-     *
-     * Delegated on the shadow root so it works regardless of when .clearBtn
-     * renders (it only exists after a value is set), and covers both real clicks
-     * and programmatic clearBtn.click() (which no focusin precedes). Registered in
-     * the CAPTURE phase so the flag is set BEFORE the button's own @click
-     * (handleClickClear) fires its synchronous input event — which is when
-     * handleInputValueChange reads the flag.
-     * @private
-     * @param {Element} inputEl - The auro-input whose clear button to track.
-     * @returns {void}
-     */
-    private trackClearBtnActivation;
     /**
      * Manages the visibility of the dropdown based on loading state changes.
      *

package/components/combobox/dist/index.js

@@ -4999,7 +4999,7 @@ let AuroHelpText$2 = class AuroHelpText extends LitElement {
   }
 };
 
-var formkitVersion$2 = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion$2 = '202609011830';
 
 /**
  * AuroElement is the shared base class for layout-aware Auro form components.
@@ -18861,7 +18861,7 @@ let AuroHelpText$1 = class AuroHelpText extends LitElement {
   }
 };
 
-var formkitVersion$1 = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion$1 = '202609011830';
 
 // Copyright (c) 2025 Alaska Airlines. All right reserved. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license
 // See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
@@ -20053,7 +20053,7 @@ class AuroBibtemplate extends LitElement {
   }
 }
 
-var formkitVersion = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion = '202609011830';
 
 var styleCss$1 = css`.util_displayInline{display:inline}.util_displayInlineBlock{display:inline-block}.util_displayBlock{display:block}.util_displayFlex{display:flex}.util_displayHidden{display:none}.util_displayHiddenVisually{position:absolute;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);width:1px;height:1px;padding:0;border:0}:host{display:block;text-align:left}:host [auro-dropdown]{--ds-auro-dropdown-trigger-background-color: transparent}:host #inputInBib::part(wrapper){box-shadow:none}:host #inputInBib::part(accent-left){display:none}:host([layout*=classic]) [auro-input]{width:100%}:host([layout*=classic]) [auro-input]::part(helpText){display:none}:host([layout*=classic]) #slotHolder{display:none}`;
 
@@ -20494,11 +20494,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     this.behavior = "suggestion";
     this.clearBtnFocused = false;
 
-    // One-shot: set when the input's clear button is activated so the
-    // SPA-preselect guard in handleInputValueChange doesn't swallow the
-    // genuine clear (AB#1634257).
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-
     // Defaults that effect the overall layout of the combobox
     this.checkmark = false;
     this.dvInputOnly = false;
@@ -21456,13 +21451,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     this.bibtemplate = this.dropdown.querySelector(this.bibtemplateTag._$litStatic$);
     this.inputInBib = this.bibtemplate.querySelector(this.inputTag._$litStatic$);
 
-    // Mirror the trigger's clear-button tracking onto the fullscreen bib input
-    // so clearing there also fully resets the combobox (AB#1634257). See
-    // trackClearBtnActivation for why this must run in the capture phase.
-    if (this.inputInBib && this.inputInBib !== this.input) {
-      this.trackClearBtnActivation(this.inputInBib);
-    }
-
     // Pass label text to the dropdown bib for accessible dialog naming
     const labelElement = this.querySelector('[slot="label"]');
     if (labelElement) {
@@ -21848,52 +21836,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
         this.clearBtnFocused = false;
       }
     });
-
-    this.trackClearBtnActivation(this.input);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Flags genuine clear-button activations on an auro-input so the SPA-preselect
-   * guard in handleInputValueChange doesn't swallow them.
-   *
-   * The auro-input clear button fires an `isProgrammatic` input event (via
-   * notifyValueChanged) that is indistinguishable in shape from the
-   * SPA-preselect echo that guard bails on (isProgrammatic + set value + empty
-   * input). Without this one-shot flag, clicking clear would leave
-   * this.value/optionSelected stale (AB#1634257).
-   *
-   * Delegated on the shadow root so it works regardless of when .clearBtn
-   * renders (it only exists after a value is set), and covers both real clicks
-   * and programmatic clearBtn.click() (which no focusin precedes). Registered in
-   * the CAPTURE phase so the flag is set BEFORE the button's own @click
-   * (handleClickClear) fires its synchronous input event — which is when
-   * handleInputValueChange reads the flag.
-   * @private
-   * @param {Element} inputEl - The auro-input whose clear button to track.
-   * @returns {void}
-   */
-  trackClearBtnActivation(inputEl) {
-    if (!inputEl || !inputEl.shadowRoot) {
-      return;
-    }
-    inputEl.shadowRoot.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
-      if (event.target.closest('.clearBtn')) {
-        this._clearBtnActivated = true;
-
-        // Bound the flag's lifetime to this synchronous clear -> input window.
-        // auro-input's handleClickClear fires its input event synchronously
-        // (before any macrotask runs), so handleInputValueChange consumes the
-        // flag first and this reset is a harmless no-op. It only does real work
-        // if that input event never arrives (e.g. auro-input throws mid-clear),
-        // guaranteeing the flag can't survive to be misread as a genuine clear
-        // by a later unrelated event such as an SPA-preselect echo (AB#1634257).
-        // Scheduled via _scheduleTimer so disconnectedCallback cancels it if the
-        // component tears down inside that window.
-        this._scheduleTimer(() => {
-          this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-        }, 0);
-      }
-    }, true);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -21935,17 +21877,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
    * @returns {void}
    */
   handleInputValueChange(event) {
-    // Consume the one-shot clear-button flag on EVERY entry, before any branch
-    // below can early-return. trackClearBtnActivation sets it in the capture
-    // phase right before auro-input's clear button fires its synchronous input
-    // event; reading and immediately clearing it here guarantees the flag never
-    // survives a handleInputValueChange call to leak into a later event (e.g.
-    // the bib branch bailing at _syncingDisplayValue, or an SPA-preselect echo)
-    // where it would defeat the guard below. Held in a local so that guard can
-    // still tell a genuine clear from the init-render echo (AB#1634257).
-    const clearBtnActivated = this._clearBtnActivated;
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-
     // When the event comes from the fullscreen bib input, sync the value to
     // the trigger input. Setting trigger.value triggers Lit's updated()
     // (async, microtask) which fires notifyValueChanged() → another 'input'
@@ -21993,12 +21924,7 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     // to the exact shape of that echo (isProgrammatic + non-empty combobox
     // value + empty input.value) so it doesn't affect the swap/typed paths
     // where value/input already track each other through the sync helpers.
-    // The clear button's echo has the same shape (isProgrammatic + set value +
-    // empty input) but is a genuine user clear that MUST reset this.value and
-    // optionSelected below. clearBtnActivated (consumed at the top of this
-    // method) is true only for that genuine clear, so only the real
-    // SPA-preselect echo bails (AB#1634257).
-    if (event && event.isProgrammatic && this.value && !this.input.value && !clearBtnActivated) {
+    if (event && event.isProgrammatic && this.value && !this.input.value) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -22143,14 +22069,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     // retry would otherwise keep rescheduling itself indefinitely.
     this._pendingTimers.forEach((id) => clearTimeout(id));
     this._pendingTimers.clear();
-
-    // Cancelling the timers above drops the macrotask that would have reset
-    // _clearBtnActivated, so reset it here too. Otherwise a disconnect inside
-    // the clear-click -> macrotask window strands the flag `true`; instance
-    // state survives reconnect, and the first matching input event (including
-    // an SPA-preselect echo) would then bypass the guard in
-    // handleInputValueChange and silently clear value/optionSelected (AB#1634257).
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
   }
 
   firstUpdated() {
@@ -22249,14 +22167,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
       }
       if (this.menu.value || this.menu.optionSelected) {
         this.menu.reset();
-      } else {
-        // The menu's selection properties are already cleared, but option
-        // elements can still carry a stale `selected` attribute (e.g. the menu
-        // options were rebuilt after the value was set, orphaning the DOM from
-        // the now-null optionSelected). reset() is skipped above in that case,
-        // so re-sync the option DOM directly to guarantee no option renders as
-        // selected once the field is cleared (AB#1634259).
-        this.menu.clearSelection();
       }
     } finally {
       this._clearing = false;

package/components/combobox/dist/registered.js

@@ -4999,7 +4999,7 @@ let AuroHelpText$2 = class AuroHelpText extends LitElement {
   }
 };
 
-var formkitVersion$2 = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion$2 = '202609011830';
 
 /**
  * AuroElement is the shared base class for layout-aware Auro form components.
@@ -18861,7 +18861,7 @@ let AuroHelpText$1 = class AuroHelpText extends LitElement {
   }
 };
 
-var formkitVersion$1 = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion$1 = '202609011830';
 
 // Copyright (c) 2025 Alaska Airlines. All right reserved. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license
 // See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
@@ -20053,7 +20053,7 @@ class AuroBibtemplate extends LitElement {
   }
 }
 
-var formkitVersion = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion = '202609011830';
 
 var styleCss$1 = css`.util_displayInline{display:inline}.util_displayInlineBlock{display:inline-block}.util_displayBlock{display:block}.util_displayFlex{display:flex}.util_displayHidden{display:none}.util_displayHiddenVisually{position:absolute;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);width:1px;height:1px;padding:0;border:0}:host{display:block;text-align:left}:host [auro-dropdown]{--ds-auro-dropdown-trigger-background-color: transparent}:host #inputInBib::part(wrapper){box-shadow:none}:host #inputInBib::part(accent-left){display:none}:host([layout*=classic]) [auro-input]{width:100%}:host([layout*=classic]) [auro-input]::part(helpText){display:none}:host([layout*=classic]) #slotHolder{display:none}`;
 
@@ -20494,11 +20494,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     this.behavior = "suggestion";
     this.clearBtnFocused = false;
 
-    // One-shot: set when the input's clear button is activated so the
-    // SPA-preselect guard in handleInputValueChange doesn't swallow the
-    // genuine clear (AB#1634257).
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-
     // Defaults that effect the overall layout of the combobox
     this.checkmark = false;
     this.dvInputOnly = false;
@@ -21456,13 +21451,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     this.bibtemplate = this.dropdown.querySelector(this.bibtemplateTag._$litStatic$);
     this.inputInBib = this.bibtemplate.querySelector(this.inputTag._$litStatic$);
 
-    // Mirror the trigger's clear-button tracking onto the fullscreen bib input
-    // so clearing there also fully resets the combobox (AB#1634257). See
-    // trackClearBtnActivation for why this must run in the capture phase.
-    if (this.inputInBib && this.inputInBib !== this.input) {
-      this.trackClearBtnActivation(this.inputInBib);
-    }
-
     // Pass label text to the dropdown bib for accessible dialog naming
     const labelElement = this.querySelector('[slot="label"]');
     if (labelElement) {
@@ -21848,52 +21836,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
         this.clearBtnFocused = false;
       }
     });
-
-    this.trackClearBtnActivation(this.input);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Flags genuine clear-button activations on an auro-input so the SPA-preselect
-   * guard in handleInputValueChange doesn't swallow them.
-   *
-   * The auro-input clear button fires an `isProgrammatic` input event (via
-   * notifyValueChanged) that is indistinguishable in shape from the
-   * SPA-preselect echo that guard bails on (isProgrammatic + set value + empty
-   * input). Without this one-shot flag, clicking clear would leave
-   * this.value/optionSelected stale (AB#1634257).
-   *
-   * Delegated on the shadow root so it works regardless of when .clearBtn
-   * renders (it only exists after a value is set), and covers both real clicks
-   * and programmatic clearBtn.click() (which no focusin precedes). Registered in
-   * the CAPTURE phase so the flag is set BEFORE the button's own @click
-   * (handleClickClear) fires its synchronous input event — which is when
-   * handleInputValueChange reads the flag.
-   * @private
-   * @param {Element} inputEl - The auro-input whose clear button to track.
-   * @returns {void}
-   */
-  trackClearBtnActivation(inputEl) {
-    if (!inputEl || !inputEl.shadowRoot) {
-      return;
-    }
-    inputEl.shadowRoot.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
-      if (event.target.closest('.clearBtn')) {
-        this._clearBtnActivated = true;
-
-        // Bound the flag's lifetime to this synchronous clear -> input window.
-        // auro-input's handleClickClear fires its input event synchronously
-        // (before any macrotask runs), so handleInputValueChange consumes the
-        // flag first and this reset is a harmless no-op. It only does real work
-        // if that input event never arrives (e.g. auro-input throws mid-clear),
-        // guaranteeing the flag can't survive to be misread as a genuine clear
-        // by a later unrelated event such as an SPA-preselect echo (AB#1634257).
-        // Scheduled via _scheduleTimer so disconnectedCallback cancels it if the
-        // component tears down inside that window.
-        this._scheduleTimer(() => {
-          this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-        }, 0);
-      }
-    }, true);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -21935,17 +21877,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
    * @returns {void}
    */
   handleInputValueChange(event) {
-    // Consume the one-shot clear-button flag on EVERY entry, before any branch
-    // below can early-return. trackClearBtnActivation sets it in the capture
-    // phase right before auro-input's clear button fires its synchronous input
-    // event; reading and immediately clearing it here guarantees the flag never
-    // survives a handleInputValueChange call to leak into a later event (e.g.
-    // the bib branch bailing at _syncingDisplayValue, or an SPA-preselect echo)
-    // where it would defeat the guard below. Held in a local so that guard can
-    // still tell a genuine clear from the init-render echo (AB#1634257).
-    const clearBtnActivated = this._clearBtnActivated;
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
-
     // When the event comes from the fullscreen bib input, sync the value to
     // the trigger input. Setting trigger.value triggers Lit's updated()
     // (async, microtask) which fires notifyValueChanged() → another 'input'
@@ -21993,12 +21924,7 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     // to the exact shape of that echo (isProgrammatic + non-empty combobox
     // value + empty input.value) so it doesn't affect the swap/typed paths
     // where value/input already track each other through the sync helpers.
-    // The clear button's echo has the same shape (isProgrammatic + set value +
-    // empty input) but is a genuine user clear that MUST reset this.value and
-    // optionSelected below. clearBtnActivated (consumed at the top of this
-    // method) is true only for that genuine clear, so only the real
-    // SPA-preselect echo bails (AB#1634257).
-    if (event && event.isProgrammatic && this.value && !this.input.value && !clearBtnActivated) {
+    if (event && event.isProgrammatic && this.value && !this.input.value) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -22143,14 +22069,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
     // retry would otherwise keep rescheduling itself indefinitely.
     this._pendingTimers.forEach((id) => clearTimeout(id));
     this._pendingTimers.clear();
-
-    // Cancelling the timers above drops the macrotask that would have reset
-    // _clearBtnActivated, so reset it here too. Otherwise a disconnect inside
-    // the clear-click -> macrotask window strands the flag `true`; instance
-    // state survives reconnect, and the first matching input event (including
-    // an SPA-preselect echo) would then bypass the guard in
-    // handleInputValueChange and silently clear value/optionSelected (AB#1634257).
-    this._clearBtnActivated = false;
   }
 
   firstUpdated() {
@@ -22249,14 +22167,6 @@ class AuroCombobox extends AuroElement {
       }
       if (this.menu.value || this.menu.optionSelected) {
         this.menu.reset();
-      } else {
-        // The menu's selection properties are already cleared, but option
-        // elements can still carry a stale `selected` attribute (e.g. the menu
-        // options were rebuilt after the value was set, orphaning the DOM from
-        // the now-null optionSelected). reset() is skipped above in that case,
-        // so re-sync the option DOM directly to guarantee no option renders as
-        // selected once the field is cleared (AB#1634259).
-        this.menu.clearSelection();
       }
     } finally {
       this._clearing = false;

package/components/counter/demo/api.md

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ The `auro-counter-group` element provides a flexible interface for grouping mult
 | Method     | Type                                   | Description                                      |
 |------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 | `hideBib`  | `(): void`                             | Hides the dropdown bib if its open.              |
+| `reset`    | `(): void`                             | Resets the counter group to its initial state by resetting each child counter and clearing validity.<br />Each child reset dispatches an `input` event, which triggers `updateValue()` to recompute `value`/`total`. |
 | `showBib`  | `(): void`                             | Shows the dropdown bib if there are options to show. |
 | `validate` | `(force?: boolean \| undefined): void` | Validates value.<br /><br />**force**: Whether to force validation. |
 
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ The `auro-counter` element provides a flexible counter interface with increment
 |-------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
 | `decrement` | `(value?: number \| undefined): void`  | Decrements the value of the counter by 1. If a value is provided, it decrements by that amount.<br /><br />**value**: The amount to decrement by. |
 | `increment` | `(value?: number \| undefined): void`  | Increments the counter value by 1. If a value is provided, it increments by that amount.<br /><br />**value**: The amount to increment by. |
+| `reset`     | `(): void`                             | Resets the counter to its default state, clearing validity/touched state and returning<br />the value to `min` — matching the clear-on-reset behavior of the other Auro form elements. |
 | `validate`  | `(force?: boolean \| undefined): void` | Validates value.<br /><br />**force**: Whether to force validation. |
 
 ## Events

package/components/counter/demo/customize.min.js

@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ let AuroHelpText$1 = class AuroHelpText extends i$2 {
   }
 };
 
-var formkitVersion$1 = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion$1 = '202609011830';
 
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Alaska Airlines. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license
 // See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
@@ -1485,6 +1485,17 @@ class AuroCounter extends i$2 {
     this.validation.validate(this, force);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Resets the counter to its default state, clearing validity/touched state and returning
+   * the value to `min` — matching the clear-on-reset behavior of the other Auro form elements.
+   * @returns {void}
+   */
+  reset() {
+    // validation.reset() clears validity/touched and sets value to undefined; initValue() then restores the min floor.
+    this.validation.reset(this);
+    this.initValue();
+  }
+
   firstUpdated() {
     this.initValue();
     this.setTagAttribute("auro-counter");
@@ -5434,7 +5445,7 @@ class AuroHelpText extends i$2 {
   }
 }
 
-var formkitVersion = '202609012013';
+var formkitVersion = '202609011830';
 
 /**
  * AuroElement is the shared base class for layout-aware Auro form components.
@@ -8162,6 +8173,19 @@ class AuroCounterGroup extends AuroElement {
     this.validation.validate(this, force);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Resets the counter group to its initial state by resetting each child counter and clearing validity.
+   * Each child reset dispatches an `input` event, which triggers `updateValue()` to recompute `value`/`total`.
+   * @returns {void}
+   */
+  reset() {
+    if (this.counters) {
+      this.counters.forEach((counter) => counter.reset());
+    }
+
+    this.validation.reset(this);
+  }
+
   updated(changedProperties) {
     if (changedProperties.has("value")) {
       this.validate();

package/components/counter/demo/getting-started.html

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
     <script type="module">
       import { renderPage } from './demo-support.min.js';
       await renderPage('./getting-started.md');
+      import { initExamples } from './getting-started.min.js';
+      initExamples();
     </script>
 
     <!-- If additional elements are needed for the demo, add them here. -->
@@ -49,6 +51,6 @@
     <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@aurodesignsystem/auro-button@latest/+esm" type="module"></script>
     <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@aurodesignsystem/auro-icon@latest/+esm" type="module"></script>
 
-    <script src="./api.min.js" data-demo-script="true" type="module"></script>
+    <script src="./getting-started.min.js" data-demo-script="true" type="module"></script>
   </body>
 </html>