@tanstack/table-core 9.0.0-alpha.6 → 9.0.0-beta.1

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+---
+name: migrate-v8-to-v9
+description: >
+  Mechanical breaking-change migration from TanStack Table v8 to v9 at the
+  `@tanstack/table-core` level. Covers hook/entry rename
+  (`useReactTable`/`createSolidTable`/… → `useTable`/`injectTable`/`createTable`/
+  `constructTable`), the new required `features` + `rowModels` options,
+  `createColumnHelper<TData>()` → `createColumnHelper<typeof features, TData>()`,
+  row-model factory rename (`getCoreRowModel()` → automatic; `getSortedRowModel()`
+  → `createSortedRowModel(sortFns)`; same for filtered/paginated/grouped/expanded/
+  faceted), `table.getState()` → `table.store.state` / `table.atoms.<slice>.get()`,
+  sorting renames (`sortingFn` → `sortFn`, etc.), `enablePinning` split, column
+  sizing/resizing split, underscore-prefixed APIs becoming public, `RowData`
+  type tightening, TFeatures-first generics, the `useLegacyTable` React escape
+  hatch (deprecated, removed in v10), and the `stockFeatures` v8-style "everything
+  on" registry.
+type: lifecycle
+library: tanstack-table
+library_version: '9.0.0-alpha.48'
+requires:
+  - setup
+  - state-management
+  - column-definitions
+sources:
+  - TanStack/table:docs/framework/table-core/guide/migrating.md
+  - TanStack/table:docs/framework/react/guide/use-legacy-table.md
+  - TanStack/table:packages/react-table/src/legacy.ts
+---
+
+## Setup
+
+v9 is a substantial reshape, not a tweak. The breaking changes group into:
+
+1. **Hook/entry rename** per adapter.
+2. **`features` + `rowModels` are required** — features are tree-shaken.
+3. **Column helper generic order** — `<TFeatures, TData>` not `<TData>`.
+4. **Row-model factories** moved out of root options, into `rowModels`, and now take their `*Fns` argument.
+5. **State surface renamed** — `table.getState()` → `table.store.state` / `table.atoms.<slice>.get()` / `table.state` (selector).
+6. **Sorting names**: `sortingFn` → `sortFn`, `sortingFns` → `sortFns`, `getSortingFn()` → `getSortFn()`, type `SortingFn` → `SortFn`.
+7. **`enablePinning` split** into `enableColumnPinning` + `enableRowPinning` (table-level); per-column `enablePinning` stays.
+8. **Column resizing split out** of column sizing. `columnSizingInfo` state → `columnResizing`. `onColumnSizingInfoChange` → `onColumnResizingChange`.
+9. **Underscore-prefixed APIs are public now** — drop the `_` prefix (`row._getAllCellsByColumnId()` → `row.getAllCellsByColumnId()`, `table._getFacetedRowModel()` → public, etc.).
+10. **Generics now lead with `TFeatures`** — `Column<TFeatures, TData, TValue>`, `Row<TFeatures, TData>`, `ColumnMeta<TFeatures, TData, TValue>`.
+11. **`RowData` tightened** from `unknown | object | any[]` to `Record<string, any> | Array<any>`.
+12. **`data` and `columns` are readonly** in v9 — flow changes through state, don't mutate.
+
+For React projects that cannot migrate every table at once, `useLegacyTable` from `@tanstack/react-table/legacy` accepts the v8 shape on top of the v9 engine. Deprecated, ships every feature, no `table.Subscribe`. Removed in v10.
+
+## Core Patterns
+
+### Full v9 equivalent for the most common v8 shape
+
+```ts
+// === v9 (correct) ===
+import {
+  useTable,
+  tableFeatures,
+  rowSortingFeature,
+  rowPaginationFeature,
+  columnFilteringFeature,
+  columnSizingFeature,
+  columnResizingFeature,
+  createColumnHelper,
+  createSortedRowModel,
+  createFilteredRowModel,
+  createPaginatedRowModel,
+  sortFns,
+  filterFns,
+} from '@tanstack/react-table'
+import type { ColumnDef } from '@tanstack/react-table'
+
+const features = tableFeatures({
+  rowSortingFeature,
+  rowPaginationFeature,
+  columnFilteringFeature,
+  columnSizingFeature,
+  columnResizingFeature, // explicit — formerly part of ColumnSizing
+})
+
+const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<typeof features, Person>()
+
+const columns: ColumnDef<typeof features, Person>[] = columnHelper.columns([
+  columnHelper.accessor('name', {
+    header: 'Name',
+    sortFn: 'alphanumeric', // renamed from sortingFn
+  }),
+])
+
+const table = useTable({
+  features,
+  rowModels: {
+    sortedRowModel: createSortedRowModel(sortFns),
+    filteredRowModel: createFilteredRowModel(filterFns),
+    paginatedRowModel: createPaginatedRowModel(),
+  },
+  columns,
+  data,
+  enableColumnPinning: true, // split from enablePinning
+  enableRowPinning: true,
+})
+
+// State reads
+const allState = table.store.state // full snapshot
+const sorting = table.atoms.sorting.get() // per-slice atom
+const cells = row.getAllCellsByColumnId() // no underscore
+
+// Rendering
+// <table.FlexRender header={header} />
+// <table.FlexRender cell={cell} />
+```
+
+### v8 muscle-memory anti-shape
+
+```ts
+// === v8 muscle memory — every line is broken in v9. ===
+import {
+  useReactTable, // (1) renamed → useTable
+  getCoreRowModel, // (2) no longer a root option
+  getFilteredRowModel, //     move to rowModels as factories
+  getSortedRowModel, //     createSortedRowModel(sortFns) etc.
+  getPaginationRowModel,
+  createColumnHelper, // (3) needs <TFeatures, TData> now
+  sortingFns, // (4) renamed → sortFns
+  filterFns,
+  flexRender, // still exists, prefer table.FlexRender
+} from '@tanstack/react-table'
+import type { ColumnDef, Row } from '@tanstack/react-table'
+
+const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<Person>() // wrong arity
+
+const columns: ColumnDef<Person>[] = [
+  // (5) ColumnDef<TFeatures, TData, TValue> now
+  { accessorKey: 'name', header: 'Name', sortingFn: 'alphanumeric' }, // (6) renamed → sortFn
+]
+
+const table = useReactTable({
+  columns,
+  data,
+  getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(), // (2) move into rowModels
+  getFilteredRowModel: getFilteredRowModel(),
+  getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
+  getPaginationRowModel: getPaginationRowModel(),
+  filterFns, // (7) no longer a root option
+  sortingFns, // (4)+(7)
+  enablePinning: true, // (8) split → enableColumnPinning / enableRowPinning
+  onColumnSizingInfoChange: setInfo, // (9) renamed → onColumnResizingChange
+})
+
+const all = table.getState() // (10) → table.store.state
+const cells = row._getAllCellsByColumnId() // underscore removed
+```
+
+### Transitional `useLegacyTable` (React only)
+
+```ts
+import {
+  useLegacyTable,
+  getCoreRowModel,
+  legacyCreateColumnHelper,
+} from '@tanstack/react-table/legacy'
+
+const legacyHelper = legacyCreateColumnHelper<Person>()
+const legacyTable = useLegacyTable({
+  columns,
+  data,
+  getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
+})
+```
+
+This accepts the v8 shape on top of the v9 engine. Deprecated, ships every feature, no `table.Subscribe`, no atoms. Removed in v10. Use to unblock incremental migration only — not as a long-term API. Angular has no `useLegacyTable` equivalent; Angular projects must migrate directly.
+
+## Common Mistakes
+
+### [CRITICAL] Hallucinating react-table v7 / pre-v9 API names
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+// v7
+import { useTable, useSortBy } from 'react-table'
+const table = useTable({ columns, data }, useSortBy)
+
+// v8
+import { useReactTable, getCoreRowModel } from '@tanstack/react-table'
+const table = useReactTable({
+  columns,
+  data,
+  getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
+})
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+import {
+  useTable,
+  tableFeatures,
+  rowSortingFeature,
+  createSortedRowModel,
+  sortFns,
+} from '@tanstack/react-table'
+
+const features = tableFeatures({ rowSortingFeature })
+const table = useTable({
+  features,
+  rowModels: { sortedRowModel: createSortedRowModel(sortFns) },
+  columns,
+  data,
+})
+```
+
+Every major release of TanStack Table has been a substantial upgrade. Agents trained on v7 or v8 will confidently emit shapes that no longer exist. This is the #2 AI failure (after reimplementing built-ins).
+
+Source: maintainer interview (Phase 4, 2026-05-17)
+
+### [CRITICAL] Importing pre-bundled `getCoreRowModel` / `getSortedRowModel` etc.
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+// v8 pattern — won't drive v9 row models
+const table = useTable({
+  features,
+  data,
+  columns,
+  getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
+  getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
+})
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+import {
+  useTable,
+  tableFeatures,
+  rowSortingFeature,
+  createSortedRowModel,
+  sortFns,
+} from '@tanstack/react-table'
+
+const features = tableFeatures({ rowSortingFeature })
+const table = useTable({
+  features,
+  rowModels: {
+    sortedRowModel: createSortedRowModel(sortFns), // factory takes sortFns argument
+  },
+  columns,
+  data,
+})
+```
+
+In v9, row models live under `rowModels` and the factories REQUIRE their \*Fns argument for tree-shaking: `createFilteredRowModel(filterFns)`, `createSortedRowModel(sortFns)`, `createGroupedRowModel(aggregationFns)`. Core is automatic.
+
+Source: PR #6234 (atoms refactor); packages/table-core/src/index.ts
+
+### [CRITICAL] `createColumnHelper<TData>()` (v8 arity)
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<Person>()
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+const features = tableFeatures({ rowSortingFeature })
+const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<typeof features, Person>()
+```
+
+v9 requires `<TFeatures, TData>`. `typeof features` is the standard idiom — declare features once at module scope and reuse the type.
+
+Source: packages/table-core/src/helpers/columnHelper.ts; docs/framework/react/guide/migrating.md
+
+### [HIGH] Reading state via `table.getState()`
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+const all = table.getState()
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+const all = table.store.state // flat snapshot, no subscription
+const sorting = table.atoms.sorting.get() // per-slice
+const selected = table.state // typed selector output (framework adapters)
+```
+
+`table.getState()` was removed. There are three reads now, picked by what you need.
+
+Source: docs/framework/table-core/guide/migrating.md
+
+### [HIGH] Sorting renames missed
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+{ accessorKey: 'age', sortingFn: 'alphanumeric' } // v8 name
+useTable({ sortingFns: { ... } })                  // v8 option
+column.getSortingFn()                              // v8 method
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+columnHelper.accessor('age', { sortFn: 'alphanumeric' })
+createSortedRowModel(sortFns) // pass registry to the factory
+column.getSortFn()
+```
+
+v9 renamed every sorting API: `sortingFn` → `sortFn`, `sortingFns` → `sortFns`, type `SortingFn` → `SortFn`, `getSortingFn()` → `getSortFn()`. TypeScript surfaces these but agents try v8 names first.
+
+Source: packages/table-core/src/features/row-sorting/rowSortingFeature.types.ts
+
+### [HIGH] Using `enablePinning` at the table level
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+const table = useTable({
+  features: tableFeatures({ columnPinningFeature, rowPinningFeature }),
+  enablePinning: true, // ignored at table level in v9
+})
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+const table = useTable({
+  features: tableFeatures({ columnPinningFeature, rowPinningFeature }),
+  enableColumnPinning: true,
+  enableRowPinning: true,
+})
+
+// Per-column opt-out is still `enablePinning`:
+columnHelper.accessor('id', { enablePinning: false })
+```
+
+v9 split `enablePinning` (table-level) into `enableColumnPinning` + `enableRowPinning`. The bare name now refers ONLY to per-column opt-out.
+
+Source: packages/table-core/src/features/column-pinning/columnPinningFeature.types.ts
+
+### [HIGH] Treating column resizing as part of column sizing
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+// v8 — ColumnSizing implied resizing too
+const table = useTable({
+  features: tableFeatures({ columnSizingFeature }),
+  onColumnSizingInfoChange: setInfo, // v8 name
+})
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+const table = useTable({
+  features: tableFeatures({
+    columnSizingFeature,
+    columnResizingFeature, // explicit in v9
+  }),
+  onColumnResizingChange: setResizing, // renamed
+  // state key columnSizingInfo → columnResizing
+})
+```
+
+v9 split them: `columnSizingFeature` for fixed widths, `columnResizingFeature` for drag-to-resize. State key `columnSizingInfo` → `columnResizing`; option `onColumnSizingInfoChange` → `onColumnResizingChange`.
+
+Source: docs/framework/table-core/guide/migrating.md
+
+### [MEDIUM] Calling underscore-prefixed APIs
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+row._getAllCellsByColumnId()
+table._getFacetedRowModel()
+table._getFacetedMinMaxValues()
+table._getFacetedUniqueValues()
+table._getPinnedRows()
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+row.getAllCellsByColumnId()
+table.getFacetedRowModel()
+table.getFacetedMinMaxValues()
+table.getFacetedUniqueValues()
+table.getPinnedRows()
+```
+
+All became public — drop the underscore.
+
+Source: docs/framework/table-core/guide/migrating.md
+
+### [MEDIUM] Module augmentation with v8 generic arity
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+declare module '@tanstack/react-table' {
+  interface ColumnMeta<TData, TValue> {
+    customProp: string
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+declare module '@tanstack/react-table' {
+  interface ColumnMeta<TFeatures, TData, TValue> {
+    customProp: string
+  }
+}
+```
+
+v9 added `TFeatures` as the first generic. Module augmentation silently widens types if arity is wrong.
+
+Source: docs/framework/table-core/guide/migrating.md
+
+### [MEDIUM] Mutating `data` or `columns` in place
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+// v8 pattern, breaks at TS layer in v9
+const data: Person[] = []
+function addRow(row: Person) {
+  data.push(row)
+  rerender()
+}
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+const [data, setData] = useState<Person[]>([])
+function addRow(row: Person) {
+  setData((prev) => [...prev, row])
+}
+```
+
+PR #6183 makes `data` and `columns` readonly to force changes through state.
+
+Source: PR #6183
+
+### [MEDIUM] Reaching for `useLegacyTable` in new code
+
+Wrong:
+
+```ts
+// Long-term use of the legacy shim
+import { useLegacyTable, getCoreRowModel } from '@tanstack/react-table/legacy'
+const table = useLegacyTable({
+  columns,
+  data,
+  getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
+})
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```ts
+// Migrate to native v9 shape
+import {
+  useTable,
+  tableFeatures,
+  rowSortingFeature,
+  createSortedRowModel,
+  sortFns,
+} from '@tanstack/react-table'
+const features = tableFeatures({ rowSortingFeature })
+const table = useTable({
+  features,
+  rowModels: { sortedRowModel: createSortedRowModel(sortFns) },
+  columns,
+  data,
+})
+```
+
+`useLegacyTable` is React-only, deprecated, bundles every feature, doesn't support `table.Subscribe`, and is removed in v10. It exists to unblock incremental migration — not as a long-term API.
+
+Source: packages/react-table/src/legacy.ts; docs/framework/react/guide/use-legacy-table.md
+
+## See also
+
+- `tanstack-table/setup` — what the v9-native shape looks like
+- `tanstack-table/state-management` — `table.store.state` / `table.atoms` / `table.state` ownership
+- `tanstack-table/column-definitions` — `createColumnHelper<typeof features, TData>()` generic order