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@JeanMeche JeanMeche commented May 12, 2026 •
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This is a mere exploration.
This idea is to mimic the pattern we already have for resource and to a lesser extent linkedSignal :

effect(
  () => trackedBoolean(),
  (boolean) => {
    // This read should not be tracked as a dependency.
    untrackedSignal();
  },
);

fixes #56155

Curious about what the community would think of it.

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eneajaho commented May 12, 2026

Let's go!

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This is a mere exploration.

fixes angular#56155
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michael-small commented May 13, 2026

Curious about what the community would think of it

I am routinely caught off guard by effect usage where functions used inside of them have hidden tracked signals. And the implementation of those functions are not always on my end, so I end up cautiously using either untracked or one of the alternatives for explicit tracking that you added to ngxtension (explicitEffect and on for others' reference). I think this would be a nice option to have natively.

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johalternate commented May 13, 2026 •
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This would definitely be a nice addition and eliminate the need of being hyper-defensive when writing effects.

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Explicit Tracking for effect(): Request for Reconsideration

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