From 5503ac215977fc3dff6a3f556c825537a5384568 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harald Ponce de Leon <haraldpdl@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:06:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [LiveComponent] Re-emit render hooks as live:render:* DOM
 events

---
 src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md                |  3 ++
 .../assets/dist/live_controller.js            | 10 ++++++
 .../assets/src/live_controller.ts             |  7 ++++
 .../test/unit/controller/render.test.ts       | 35 +++++++++++++++++++
 src/LiveComponent/doc/index.rst               | 26 ++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 81 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md b/src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md
index f7f48c0ef2c..026ce79fc7d 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## 3.1
 
+- Re-emit the `render:started` and `render:finished` JS hooks as bubbling
+  `live:render:started` / `live:render:finished` DOM events on the component's
+  root element, alongside the existing `live:connect` / `live:disconnect`.
 - Use `aria-busy` attribute during component re-render
 
 ## 3.0.0
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/assets/dist/live_controller.js b/src/LiveComponent/assets/dist/live_controller.js
index d12e653e340..80318c0ba7c 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/assets/dist/live_controller.js
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/assets/dist/live_controller.js
@@ -2218,6 +2218,16 @@ var LiveControllerDefault = class LiveControllerDefault extends Controller {
 		].forEach((plugin) => {
 			this.component.addPlugin(plugin);
 		});
+		this.component.on("render:started", (html, backendResponse, controls) => {
+			this.dispatchEvent("render:started", {
+				html,
+				backendResponse,
+				controls
+			});
+		});
+		this.component.on("render:finished", () => {
+			this.dispatchEvent("render:finished");
+		});
 	}
 	connectComponent() {
 		this.component.connect();
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/assets/src/live_controller.ts b/src/LiveComponent/assets/src/live_controller.ts
index 2516eb8cc6f..c53f66fc282 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/assets/src/live_controller.ts
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/assets/src/live_controller.ts
@@ -313,6 +313,13 @@ export default class LiveControllerDefault extends Controller<HTMLElement> imple
         plugins.forEach((plugin) => {
             this.component.addPlugin(plugin);
         });
+
+        this.component.on('render:started', (html, backendResponse, controls) => {
+            this.dispatchEvent('render:started', { html, backendResponse, controls });
+        });
+        this.component.on('render:finished', () => {
+            this.dispatchEvent('render:finished');
+        });
     }
 
     private connectComponent() {
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/assets/test/unit/controller/render.test.ts b/src/LiveComponent/assets/test/unit/controller/render.test.ts
index 3fba61182b1..6a29969cf00 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/assets/test/unit/controller/render.test.ts
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/assets/test/unit/controller/render.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,41 @@ describe('LiveController rendering Tests', () => {
         expect(test.component.valueStore.getOriginalProps()).toEqual({ firstName: 'Kevin' });
     });
 
+    it('dispatches live:render:started and live:render:finished DOM events', async () => {
+        const test = await createTest(
+            { firstName: 'Ryan' },
+            (data: any) => `
+            <div ${initComponent(data)}>
+                <span>Name: ${data.firstName}</span>
+                <button data-action="live#$render">Reload</button>
+            </div>
+        `
+        );
+
+        let startedTriggered = false;
+        let finishedTriggered = false;
+        test.element.addEventListener('live:render:started', (event: any) => {
+            startedTriggered = true;
+            expect(event.bubbles).toStrictEqual(true);
+            expect(typeof event.detail.html).toEqual('string');
+            expect(event.detail.controls).toEqual({ shouldRender: true });
+        });
+        test.element.addEventListener('live:render:finished', (event: any) => {
+            finishedTriggered = true;
+            expect(event.bubbles).toStrictEqual(true);
+        });
+
+        test.expectsAjaxCall().serverWillChangeProps((data: any) => {
+            data.firstName = 'Kevin';
+        });
+
+        getByText(test.element, 'Reload').click();
+
+        await waitFor(() => expect(test.element).toHaveTextContent('Name: Kevin'));
+        expect(startedTriggered).toBe(true);
+        expect(finishedTriggered).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     it('conserves the value of model field that was modified after a render request', async () => {
         const test = await createTest(
             { title: 'greetings', comment: '' },
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/doc/index.rst b/src/LiveComponent/doc/index.rst
index 542bb0151dc..d63b99a2944 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/doc/index.rst
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/doc/index.rst
@@ -987,6 +987,32 @@ The following hooks are available (along with the arguments that are passed):
 * ``loading.state:finished`` args ``(element: HTMLElement)``
 * ``model:set`` args ``(model: string, value: any, component: Component)``
 
+DOM Events
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ``connect``, ``disconnect``, ``render:started`` and ``render:finished`` JavaScript
+hooks are also re-emitted as bubbling DOM events on the component's root element,
+prefixed with ``live:``. This lets external code subscribe via plain
+``addEventListener`` without needing to grab the ``Component`` instance through
+``getComponent()``:
+
+.. code-block:: javascript
+
+    element.addEventListener('live:render:finished', (event) => {
+        // event.detail.component  — the (proxied) Component instance
+        // event.detail.controller — the Stimulus controller
+    });
+
+The ``live:render:started`` event additionally carries ``html``, ``backendResponse``
+and ``controls`` in its ``detail``, matching the JS hook signature.
+
+The following DOM events are dispatched:
+
+* ``live:connect``
+* ``live:disconnect``
+* ``live:render:started``
+* ``live:render:finished``
+
 Loading States
 --------------