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filterFn_inNumberRange and filterFn_inDateRange destructure the filter value in resolveFilterValue without checking that it is an array. [any, any] only exists at compile time, so at runtime:

  • A string is split per character. '30' resolves to the range [0, 3] and filters silently wrong. For inDateRange, every string collapses to the same range around the year 2000.
  • A number, boolean or Date throws TypeError: val is not iterable while the filtered row model is built.

autoRemove catches neither case. One common way to hit this is a number column with a <select> or text filter UI and the default filterFn: 'auto': auto resolves to inNumberRange, and the UI sends a string. Another is a scalar value in initialState.columnFilters.

Both resolveFilterValues now check Array.isArray first. A value that is not an array leaves the range fully open ([-Infinity, Infinity]) and warns in development. Arrays are handled exactly as before, including a lone endpoint such as [30], which still resolves to [30, Infinity].

Notes for review:

  • An open range is not the same as no filter. Rows whose value is not a number (or a valid date) are still excluded, because filter already rejects them.
  • The dev warning checks typeof process !== 'undefined' first, the same way fix(table-core): guard dev-only process.env reads #6591 does. Without that check, this malformed-input path would reintroduce process is not defined when used in Vanilla JS (without Node.js) #6078.
  • Each call returns a fresh tuple, so a custom filter that writes into its filterValue cannot change what later calls resolve to.
  • This changes behavior on a path that is currently broken. Nothing meaningful can depend on '30' resolving to [0, 3].

Tests in filterFns.test.ts cover string, number, boolean and Date input, the dev warning, well-formed tuples, a single-endpoint array, fresh tuples, and a runtime with no process global.

Validation:

  • Six of the new tests fail on main and pass with this change. The other two check that well-formed tuples and a single-endpoint array are handled as before, and pass on both.
  • @tanstack/table-core passes test:lib (1338 tests), test:types, test:eslint, test:build and build.
  • Bundling dist/index.js with esbuild using --minify --define:process.env.NODE_ENV='"production"' removes the new warning string. size-limit reports 24.89 kB against the 30 kB limit.
  • pnpm test: 891 tasks passed
  • pnpm test:e2e: 417 tasks passed

Out of scope: between and betweenInclusive index into the value (filterValues[0]) instead of destructuring it, so a string gives them the same per-character endpoints. I can follow up on that separately. Also related: the column filtering guide doesn't say what filterFn: 'auto' resolves to, although the sorting and aggregation guides document their 'auto'. Happy to send a docs PR for that.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Number and date range filters now handle non-array values safely: they leave the range fully open instead of interpreting values as endpoints or throwing an error.
    • Development builds show a warning when a range filter receives a non-array value. Array-based range values continue to use the existing endpoint handling.
    • Number range filters match only rows with numeric values.

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The number and date range filter resolvers now check filter values before processing endpoints. Non-array values resolve to open ranges and produce a development warning. Tests cover malformed values, valid tuples, and cleanup of environment stubs and mocks.

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Range filter input guards

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate range filter inputs
packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/filterFns.ts, packages/table-core/tests/unit/fns/filterFns.test.ts, .changeset/guard-range-filter-tuple.md
Both resolvers return open ranges for non-array values. A shared helper warns about rejected values in development. Tests cover malformed inputs and valid arrays; documentation and the changeset describe the behavior.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: kevinvandy

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to dd154

Malformed range filters can still abort filtering in process-free browsers. Make the warning check safe before merging while preserving development warnings and existing array behavior.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to dd154

The change remains confined to table filtering, with no demonstrated authorization or privilege change. However, malformed filter values can still interrupt filtering in environments without process, including strings that previously resolved without throwing. The published output was unavailable to confirm the effective behavior.

Retained concerns

  • Low · reliability · inferred: The new malformed-input helper depends on process before returning the fallback. If that reference survives publication, a non-array filter value can abort filtered row-model construction in a process-free consumer. This newly turns previously iterable string inputs into exceptions; non-iterable inputs already failed in the base. The affected failure domain is the table's filtered-row-model computation, not an established service or authorization boundary.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated exposure is a consumer-supplied malformed value affecting one table's filtered-row-model computation. The inspected path operates on rows already supplied to that table. No tenant-wide, data-store, credential, or service-wide exposure is established by this evidence.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — If a caller can supply a non-array filter value and the consumer executes the helper without process or an environment replacement, the value reaches the direct process read and filtering throws before row evaluation. This is a conditional availability path; attacker access, privilege gain, and authorization bypass are not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The open numeric range does not remove row-value validation: non-numbers and NaN still fail. Date values still pass through timestamp normalization before comparison. These are filtering controls, not demonstrated identity or authorization enforcement.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Each fallback allocates a fresh tuple, preventing one caller's tuple mutation from altering later fallback results. In the inspected row-model path, resolver execution precedes per-row metadata rewriting, so an exception from this new guard occurs before that mutation phase.
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@hnton2 hnton2 changed the title fix(table-core): guard range filter values that are not [min, max] tu… fix(table-core): guard range filters against non-array values Sep 28, 2026
The guard only checks Array.isArray, and arrays keep the endpoint handling
they had on main (`[30]` still resolves to `[30, Infinity]`). Say "not an
array" instead of "not a [min, max] tuple" in the JSDoc and changeset,
rename isRangeTuple to isRangeArray, and add a test pinning the array path.
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In a browser dev bundle from Vite or esbuild, typeof process is 'undefined', so this warning never fires. Bare process.env.NODE_ENV checks in column_getAutoFilterFn do warn in that bundle.

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Bundlers replace `process.env.NODE_ENV` but not `typeof process`, which is
'undefined' in the browser, so the guarded check silenced the warning in
Vite and esbuild dev builds. Match the other dev warnings in table-core and
leave environments without a `process` global to TanStack#6078.

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Keep the environment check safe without disabling development warnings.

When a process-free browser consumer sets a range filter to a non-array value, resolveFilterValue runs before row filtering and the bare process.env.NODE_ENV read throws ReferenceError. This aborts the filtering operation instead of returning the intended open range.

A typeof process short-circuit is not sufficient. Vite and esbuild can replace process.env.NODE_ENV with 'development' while leaving process undefined, which skips the warning. Evaluate the expression inside a narrow try/catch.

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-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+  let isDevelopment = false
+  try {
+    isDevelopment = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
+  } catch {
+    // `process` is absent in untransformed browser ESM.
+  }
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+  if (isDevelopment) {

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