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A start whose View has not mounted yet retries on the next frame. Each one posted its own Choreographer callback, so a screen appearing with transitions on many views posted one callback per waiting transition per frame. They now share a single callback that walks the pending starts and reschedules only while any remain.

Keying pending starts by transition also removes the start tokens: a newer start for the same key replaces the pending entry, so a superseded request cannot begin.

What the retry prevents

The retry itself predates this PR; the recordings show what it is for. Cold start of a probe app: a row flips opacity 0.15 -> 1 in a layout effect, so every start command races its View's mount. The white-bordered box has no transition and marks the frame React commits the bright value; the others have an 8s opacity transition.

Both apps at the same age, shortly after the row appears:

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Retrying removed - the starts land before their Views exist and are dropped; the row pops in fully bright and the fade never runs:

retry-off-race.mp4

With the retry - the parked starts begin about 180ms later, seeked past the wait, and the 8s fade plays:

retry-on-race.mp4

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved transition handling when views mount asynchronously.
    • New transitions replace outdated pending transitions for the same property.
    • Pending transitions retry until the view is ready or the transition ends.
    • Canceled, completed, expired, and invalidated transitions are cleaned up correctly.
    • Prevented completed transitions from applying outdated starting values.
    • Improved animation reliability during rapid view updates and reduced stale animations.

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Pending CSS transition starts now use keyed PendingStart records and one shared frame callback. New starts replace older starts for the same key. Retries stop when transitions begin, expire, are canceled, or invalidated. Late starts skip the initial value write after the transition ends.

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Pending transition retry flow

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Keyed pending starts and shared frame retries
packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt
The manager stores the latest pending start per key. A shared Choreographer callback retries pending starts until they begin or expire. Cancellation and invalidation remove pending starts.
Elapsed-time-aware transition startup
packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt
Startup calculates elapsed time after the thread hop. It writes the initial value only when the transition has not reached its end.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to f2872

The change consolidates pending transition retries and replaces superseded starts, but a queued start can still recreate animation state after cleanup. That may leave stale transitions active, so the PR needs a fix or explicit owner acceptance before merge.

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- Around line 240-242: Update the transition-start checks in the pending-start
handling around begin() so expiration is evaluated before calling begin(): when
animationTimestamp() is at or past endTimestampMs, remove the key from
pendingStarts and return without starting the transition; otherwise preserve the
existing begin() flow. Apply the same ordering to the corresponding check near
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packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt (1)

230-230: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Check expiration before each begin() call.

Lines 230 and 248 call begin() before they check endTimestampMs. An expired transition can then enter start() before removal. The shared callback also uses a timestamp sampled before it processes all entries. A later entry can expire during that loop.

Read animationTimestamp() immediately before each begin() call.

Proposed fix
-        if (begin() || animationTimestamp() >= endTimestampMs) {
+        if (animationTimestamp() >= endTimestampMs || begin()) {
             pendingStarts.remove(key)
             return
         }
...
-            val now = animationTimestamp()
             val iterator = pendingStarts.entries.iterator()
             while (iterator.hasNext()) {
                 val pending = iterator.next().value
-                if (pending.begin() || now >= pending.endTimestampMs) iterator.remove()
+                if (animationTimestamp() >= pending.endTimestampMs || pending.begin()) {
+                    iterator.remove()
+                }
             }

Also applies to: 244-248

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In
`@packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt`
at line 230, Update the transition-processing conditions around each begin()
call to evaluate animationTimestamp() immediately before invoking begin(),
including both locations in the shared callback. Ensure expiration is checked
first so expired transitions are removed without entering start(), and avoid
relying on a timestamp sampled earlier in the loop.
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- Line 230: Update the transition-processing conditions around each begin() call
to evaluate animationTimestamp() immediately before invoking begin(), including
both locations in the shared callback. Ensure expiration is checked first so
expired transitions are removed without entering start(), and avoid relying on a
timestamp sampled earlier in the loop.

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packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt (1)

227-227: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Check expiration before begin().

Lines 227 and 245 start a transition before checking whether it expired. If the view mounts after endTimestampMs, start() writes startValue and starts an already-complete animator.

Check the timestamp first. Remove the pending entry without calling begin() when it has expired.

Proposed fix
-        if (begin() || animationTimestamp() >= endTimestampMs) {
+        if (animationTimestamp() >= endTimestampMs || begin()) {
             pendingStarts.remove(key)
             return
         }
...
-                if (pending.begin() || now >= pending.endTimestampMs) iterator.remove()
+                if (now >= pending.endTimestampMs || pending.begin()) iterator.remove()

Also applies to: 245-245

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In
`@packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt`
at line 227, Update the transition-start condition at both affected sites to
check animationTimestamp() against endTimestampMs before invoking begin(). When
the transition has expired, remove the pending entry and do not call begin();
only start the transition when it is still valid, preserving the existing
completion handling.
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- Line 227: Update the transition-start condition at both affected sites to
check animationTimestamp() against endTimestampMs before invoking begin(). When
the transition has expired, remove the pending entry and do not call begin();
only start the transition when it is still valid, preserving the existing
completion handling.

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211-226: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Discard queued commands after invalidation.

enqueue() releases commandLock before it posts its message. If invalidate() posts cleanup in that interval, cleanup runs first and a later flushCommands() can still execute Command.Start. That start recreates an animator and reconciler tracking after reconciler.invalidate().

Recheck invalidated after the batch swap. Discard the batch when it is set.

Proposed fix
 private fun flushCommands() {
   val batch: ArrayList<Command>
   synchronized(commandLock) {
     batch = pendingCommands
     pendingCommands = spareCommands
     flushScheduled = false
   }
+  if (invalidated) {
+    batch.clear()
+    spareCommands = batch
+    return
+  }
   for (command in batch) {
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In
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around lines 211 - 226, Update flushCommands() to recheck invalidated
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Command.Start or Command.Remove entries, preventing post-invalidation animator
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- Around line 211-226: Update flushCommands() to recheck invalidated immediately
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packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt (1)

258-258: ⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

Check expiration before begin().

Line 258 and Line 280 call begin() before they check endTimestampMs. If the view mounts after the transition expires, start() writes fromValue and starts an expired transition.

Check expiration first. Remove the pending entry without calling begin() when it has expired.

Proposed fix
-        if (begin() || animationTimestamp() >= endTimestampMs) {
+        if (animationTimestamp() >= endTimestampMs || begin()) {
             pendingStarts.remove(key)
             return
         }
...
-                if (pending.begin() || now >= pending.endTimestampMs) iterator.remove()
+                if (now >= pending.endTimestampMs || pending.begin()) iterator.remove()

Also applies to: 280-280

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In
`@packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt`
at line 258, Update the transition checks in the methods containing the affected
lines so endTimestampMs expiration is evaluated before begin(). When expired,
remove the pending transition entry and return without invoking begin();
otherwise preserve the existing begin() flow for active transitions.
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In
`@packages/react-native-reanimated/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/reanimated/css/CSSPlatformTransitionsManager.kt`:
- Line 258: Update the transition checks in the methods containing the affected
lines so endTimestampMs expiration is evaluated before begin(). When expired,
remove the pending transition entry and return without invoking begin();
otherwise preserve the existing begin() flow for active transitions.

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