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smooth scrolls to index 1000 flaked on CI: #1280 at 83bdf23 failed on it two days after the identical commit passed, and #1248's run failed on it too. A smooth scroll's duration scales with distance (index 1000 is ~50,000px) and reconcileScroll may re-drive it as rows measure. Under 6x CPU throttling locally the scroll arrives ~2.2s after the click, just past the fixed 2s wait, with the target row not rendered yet.

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  • smooth-scroll.spec.ts: replace every fixed waitForTimeout(2000) + toBeVisible() pair with waitForSmoothScroll(page, testId), which waits for the target row to be visible and for scrollTop to stop moving, with a 15s ceiling. The 200ms mid-animation interrupt in the last test is kept since it is part of the scenario.

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  • Tests
    • Improved smooth-scroll test reliability by waiting for scrolling to fully settle before checking target row visibility.
    • Replaced fixed-duration waits and unreliable position sampling with condition-based checks across all smooth-scroll scenarios.
    • Added more accurate synchronization with the virtualized list’s completed scrolling state, reducing timing-related test failures and improving confidence in smooth-scrolling behavior.

…ixed 2s

"smooth scrolls to index 1000" flaked on CI (TanStack#1280 at 83bdf23, which
had passed two days earlier on the same commit, and TanStack#1248 before it). A
smooth scroll's duration scales with distance — index 1000 is ~50,000px —
and reconcileScroll may re-drive it as rows measure; under 6x CPU
throttling the scroll arrives ~2.2s after the click, past the fixed 2s
wait, and the target row is not rendered yet.

Replace every fixed wait with a helper that waits for the target row to be
visible and for scrollTop to stop moving, with a generous timeout. The
200ms mid-animation interrupt in the last test is kept: it is part of the
scenario, not a settle wait.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The smooth-scroll E2E app exposes its virtualizer on window.__virtualizer. Tests now wait for target visibility and virtualizer scroll settlement instead of fixed delays or scrollTop sampling.

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Smooth-scroll test synchronization

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Scroll settlement helper and test adoption
packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/smooth-scroll/main.tsx, packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/test/smooth-scroll.spec.ts
The app exposes rowVirtualizer through window.__virtualizer. The shared helper waits for target visibility and for scrollState === null with isScrolling === false. All smooth-scroll scenarios use the helper instead of fixed delays and visibility-only checks.

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In `@packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/test/smooth-scroll.spec.ts`:
- Around line 2-33: Update waitForSmoothScroll to use a reliable
scroll-completion or target-settlement signal rather than returning after two
equal scrollTop samples. Account for reconcileScroll re-driving smooth scrolling
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Comment thread packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/test/smooth-scroll.spec.ts
… equal samples

Review follow-up. Two scrollTop samples 100ms apart can straddle the pause
between two reconcileScroll re-drives, so equal samples do not prove the
smooth scroll has completed. The virtualizer has the real signal:
reconcileScroll retires `scrollState` only once the target is stable and
reached. Expose the instance on the fixture page and wait for
`scrollState === null && !isScrolling` after the target row is visible,
keeping the 15s ceiling.

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