From 927e5baff2d760fc33df43c0b9fd54ee1979ff71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rich Harris <rich.harris@vercel.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:15:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: remove first_batch?.next checks for reads outside
 reactivity

Neither the check in internal_set nor the one in update_derived is needed for any test.
---
 .../svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js  | 10 +++-------
 .../svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js   |  9 ++-------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
index 9b2b791a17..85755ca55f 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { get_error } from '../../shared/dev.js';
 import { async_mode_flag, tracing_mode_flag } from '../../flags/index.js';
 import { component_context } from '../context.js';
 import { UNINITIALIZED } from '../../../constants.js';
-import { batch_values, current_batch, first_batch, previous_batch } from './batch.js';
+import { batch_values, current_batch, previous_batch } from './batch.js';
 import { increment_pending, unset_context } from './async.js';
 import { deferred, includes, noop } from '../../shared/utils.js';
 import { set_signal_status, update_derived_status } from './status.js';
@@ -445,15 +445,11 @@ export function update_derived(derived) {
 	// During time travelling, keep stale results batch-local. A result computed
 	// from the latest inputs can be marked globally clean, even if it is unchanged
 	// and its write version therefore remains below its dependencies' versions.
-	if (
-		batch_values !== null ||
-		// "read outside of reactivity", e.g. in an event handler
-		(!current_batch && first_batch?.next)
-	) {
+	if (batch_values !== null) {
 		// only cache the value if we're in a tracking context, otherwise we won't
 		// clear the cache in `mark_reactions` when dependencies are updated
 		if (effect_tracking() || current_batch?.is_fork) {
-			batch_values?.set(derived, value);
+			batch_values.set(derived, value);
 		}
 		var is_latest_value =
 			value === derived.v &&
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js
index 68d0e53e22..5dcdbcd065 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/sources.js
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ import {
 	batch_values,
 	eager_block_effects,
 	schedule_effect,
-	legacy_updates,
-	first_batch
+	legacy_updates
 } from './batch.js';
 import { proxy } from '../proxy.js';
 import { execute_derived } from './deriveds.js';
@@ -206,11 +205,7 @@ export function internal_set(source, value, updated_during_traversal = null) {
 
 			// During time traveling we don't want to reset the status so that
 			// traversal of the graph in the other batches still happens
-			if (
-				batch_values === null &&
-				// could also be "read outside of reactivity", e.g. in an event handler
-				!first_batch?.next
-			) {
+			if (batch_values === null) {
 				update_derived_status(derived);
 			}
 		}