Component: P-Table's state pagination does not restore if signal's initial value is '[]'

[ross1296]

Describe the bug

I am using PrimeNG for tables (p-table) with the built in session state, and NgRx SignalStore's withEntities(). I perform a HTTP request and then patch the entity state with the result.

I then use the signal to populate the table, like so: [value]="store.entities()"

The issue is that the default/initial value of withEntities()'s entities() signal is []

When PrimeNG goes to restore the state, the pagination is not restored because of this. So if I was on page 3, navigate away and come back to the table, it goes back to page 1. Column sorts and filters are maintained.

This issue does not happen if the initital value is undefined, but the default value of withEntities()'s entities() signal cannot be changed and is, by design, suppose to be [].

Environment

• "primeng": "^17.18.9",
• "@ngrx/signals": "^18.0.2",

Reproducer

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Angular version

18.2.2

PrimeNG version

17.18.9

Build / Runtime

TypeScript

Language

TypeScript

Node version (for AoT issues node --version)

20.16.0

Browser(s)

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

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Expected behavior

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