Angular Zoneless

Version: Angular 19+ (2025) Tags: Zoneless, Change Detection, Signals, Reactivity

References: Zoneless Guide • Signals

API Changes

This section documents recent version-specific API changes.

• NEW: provideZonelessChangeDetection — Enable zoneless mode source

• NEW: afterNextRender — Run code after rendering without zone.js

• NEW: Experimental Zoneless — Available since Angular 17, stable in Angular 19+

• NEW: signal() + computed() — Works without zone.js

Best Practices

• Enable zoneless change detection

export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
  providers: [
    provideZonelessChangeDetection()
  ]
};

• Use signals for reactivity

@Component({
  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
  template: `
    <p>Count: {{ count() }}</p>
    <p>Double: {{ double() }}</p>
  `
})
export class CounterComponent {
  count = signal(0);
  double = computed(() => this.count() * 2);

  increment() {
    this.count.update(c => c + 1);
  }
}

• Use afterNextRender for DOM operations

constructor() {
  afterNextRender(() => {
    // Runs after rendering, outside zone
    this.initChart();
  });
}

• Use afterRender for repeated operations

constructor() {
  afterRender(() => {
    // Runs after every render
  });
}

• Handle async without zone.js

@Component({
  template: `
    @if (data$ | async; as data) {
      {{ data.name }}
    }
  `
})
export class AsyncComponent {
  data$ = from(fetch('/api/data')).pipe(
    share()
  );
}

• Use ChangeDetectorRef manually when needed

constructor(private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef) {}

update() {
  this.value = newValue;
  this.cdr.markForCheck();
}

• Remove zone.js from polyfills

// polyfills.ts
// Remove or comment out zone.js import
// import 'zone.js';

• Use untracked for non-reactive reads

import { untracked } from '@angular/core';

ngOnInit() {
  // Read without creating dependency
  const value = untracked(() => this.signal());
}

• Handle browser events

@HostListener('click')
onClick() {
  // Works without zone.js
  this.count.update(c => c + 1);
}

• Test in zoneless mode

TestBed.configureTestingModule({
  providers: [
    provideZonelessChangeDetection()
  ]
});