fix(angular-form): use stable APP_ID-based formId for SSR hydration

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Fixes #2388.

injectForm passed opts straight to new FormApi(opts), so when formId is absent FormApi falls back to uuid(). On the server a new UUID is generated, and a different UUID is generated again on the client, causing hydration mismatches in Angular Universal apps that bind [attr.id]="form._formId".

React, Preact, Vue, and Solid already supply stable fallback IDs. This PR brings angular-form in line with that pattern.

The fix uses Angular's APP_ID token — a stable, identical string on both server and client — combined with a per-app counter that increments in component-tree (DFS) order, which Angular Universal guarantees is deterministic. If opts.formId is provided it is used as-is, so the change is opt-out compatible.

Scoping this to angular-form only; svelte-form and lit-form can follow the same pattern in separate PRs.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Forms without a specified ID now receive a unique default ID for each app, while explicitly provided IDs remain unchanged.

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injectForm now generates a default form ID using Angular’s APP_ID when no formId is provided. Generated IDs use a counter maintained separately for each app ID. Explicit form IDs remain unchanged.

Changes

Angular Form IDs

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Default form ID generation packages/angular-form/src/inject-form.ts	injectForm obtains Angular’s APP_ID and passes a generated form ID to FormApi when the caller does not provide one. The counter is maintained separately for each app ID.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b4bc6

The default IDs still differ between repeated server renders and fresh browsers, defeating the intended hydration fix. Scope the counter to each application instance before merging; explicit form IDs remain a workaround.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🟡 Medium · up to b4bc6

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: packages/angular-form

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Systems and components

• observed — packages/angular-form (library) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in packages/angular-form/src/inject-form.ts: The Angular core import now includes APP_ID.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/angular-form/src/inject-form.ts: A module-level counter map and nextFormId helper generate sequential form IDs independently for each app ID.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/angular-form/src/inject-form.ts: injectForm now injects Angular’s APP_ID.
• observed — Modified behavior in packages/angular-form/src/inject-form.ts: The FormApi constructor now receives options with formId set to the caller-provided ID when present, or to the next generated ID for the injected app ID otherwise; previously it received opts unchanged.

Reliability and maintainability

• inferred — Risk-relevant change factors for packages/angular-form: blast_radius_1; direct_dependents_1

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check	⚠️ Warning	The description explains the problem, motivation, implementation, compatibility behavior, and scope. It does not include the required Changes, Checklist, or Release Impact sections from the repository…	Add the required template sections. Summarize the changes under Changes, complete every Checklist item, and identify whether the published-code change requires a changeset under Release Impact.
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	Issue #2388 identifies svelte-form, angular-form, and lit-form as the affected adapters and requests SSR-safe default formId values. The PR summary shows the required APP_ID-based fallback for…	Implement or otherwise provide reviewable SSR-safe default formId behavior for svelte-form and lit-form, with automated tests for the Angular fallback and the remaining adapters, or split and relink the work so the directly linked iss…
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 1 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the Angular form change and its SSR hydration purpose. It is concise and matches the main change.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The reported change is limited to packages/angular-form/src/inject-form.ts. It injects APP_ID, generates the default ${appId}-form-${n} identifier, keeps a caller-provided formId, and directly…

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Issue #2388 identifies svelte-form, angular-form, and lit-form as the affected adapters and requests SSR-safe default formId values. The PR summary shows the required APP_ID-based fallback for angular-form, and it preserves an explicit opts.formId. The summary also states that svelte-form and lit-form are not changed. Therefore, the directly linked issue is only partially implemented. The attempted repository diff read was unavailable, so test coverage cannot be verified from repository evidence.

Resolution

Implement or otherwise provide reviewable SSR-safe default formId behavior for svelte-form and lit-form, with automated tests for the Angular fallback and the remaining adapters, or split and relink the work so the directly linked issue has complete, reviewable coverage.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Scope the counter to each application instance, not the module.

Angular uses ng as the default APP_ID; it does not provide a new ID for each render. (angular.dev) Angular SSR can serve multiple requests in one server process. (angular.dev)

This module-level map retains its count across those requests. If each request creates one form, the second server render produces ng-form-2, while a fresh browser produces ng-form-1. The fallback therefore still produces different server and client IDs, even with identical component creation order.

Store the counter in an application-scoped injectable service or token factory. Each server application and browser application must start with its own counter.

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Review comment at @packages/angular-form/src/inject-form.ts at line 10:
Replace the module-level _formCounters map with an application-scoped injectable
service or token factory so each server and browser application starts its own
form counter, while preserving the existing ID-generation behavior within an
application.

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