From 2740158746128ad2cc66394e32c49496ba5862f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Sebbie Silbermann <sebastian.silbermann@vercel.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:52:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add fixture

---
 .../src/components/fixtures/selects/index.js  | 63 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fixtures/dom/src/components/fixtures/selects/index.js b/fixtures/dom/src/components/fixtures/selects/index.js
index 9356a3770ac98..012a3eea959da 100644
--- a/fixtures/dom/src/components/fixtures/selects/index.js
+++ b/fixtures/dom/src/components/fixtures/selects/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,28 @@ import TestCase from '../../TestCase';
 
 const React = window.React;
 const ReactDOM = window.ReactDOM;
+const ReactDOMClient = window.ReactDOMClient;
+
+class ControlledSelect extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {value: 'bar'};
+  }
+
+  handleChange = event => {
+    this.setState({value: event.target.value});
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <select value={this.state.value} onChange={this.handleChange}>
+        <option value="foo">foo</option>
+        <option value="bar">bar</option>
+        <option value="baz">baz</option>
+      </select>
+    );
+  }
+}
 
 class SelectFixture extends React.Component {
   state = {value: ''};
@@ -33,15 +55,24 @@ class SelectFixture extends React.Component {
   }
 
   _renderNestedSelect() {
-    ReactDOM.render(
+    const element = (
       <select value={this.state.value} onChange={this.onChange}>
         <option value="">Select a color</option>
         <option value="red">Red</option>
         <option value="blue">Blue</option>
         <option value="green">Green</option>
-      </select>,
-      this._nestedDOMNode
+      </select>
     );
+    const container = this._nestedDOMNode;
+    if (ReactDOMClient === undefined) {
+      ReactDOM.render(element, container);
+    } else {
+      const root = ReactDOMClient.createRoot(container);
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef -- queueMicrotask is supported in modern browsers
+      queueMicrotask(
+        ReactDOM.flushSync.bind(null, root.render.bind(root, element))
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -230,6 +261,32 @@ class SelectFixture extends React.Component {
             select attribute assignment.
           </p>
         </TestCase>
+
+        <TestCase
+          title="A controlled select should keep its value on form reset"
+          relatedIssues="30580"
+          introducedIn="?">
+          <TestCase.ExpectedResult>
+            No options should be selected.
+          </TestCase.ExpectedResult>
+
+          <div className="test-fixture">
+            <form>
+              <ControlledSelect />
+              <input type="reset" />
+            </form>
+          </div>
+
+          <p className="footnote">
+            <b>Notes:</b> <code>form.reset()</code> resets each associated form
+            element to its default value. For HTMLInputElement that's the value
+            attribute. For HTMLSELECTElement it's option with defaultSelected
+            set to true.
+          </p>
+          <p className="footnote">
+            Bug became more pressing when React introduced automatic form reset.
+          </p>
+        </TestCase>
       </FixtureSet>
     );
   }

From e00e0517de248925a1eced59e574f20510fe1613 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Sebbie Silbermann <sebastian.silbermann@vercel.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:55:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [react-dom] Keep controlled `<select>` value on form
 reset

---
 .../src/client/ReactDOMSelect.js              | 33 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMSelect.js b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMSelect.js
index 00136aa8175b1..815358ad69867 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMSelect.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMSelect.js
@@ -80,29 +80,38 @@ function updateOptions(
       if (options[i].selected !== selected) {
         options[i].selected = selected;
       }
-      if (selected && setDefaultSelected) {
-        options[i].defaultSelected = true;
+      if (setDefaultSelected) {
+        options[i].defaultSelected = selected;
       }
     }
   } else {
     // Do not set `select.value` as exact behavior isn't consistent across all
     // browsers for all cases.
     const selectedValue = toString(getToStringValue(propValue));
-    let defaultSelected = null;
+    // We use null as a signal that an option is explicitly selected.
+    let defaultSelected: void | null | HTMLOptionElement = undefined;
     for (let i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
-      if (options[i].value === selectedValue) {
+      const selected = options[i].value === selectedValue;
+      if (setDefaultSelected) {
+        options[i].defaultSelected = selected;
+      }
+      if (selected) {
         options[i].selected = true;
-        if (setDefaultSelected) {
-          options[i].defaultSelected = true;
+        defaultSelected = null;
+        if (!setDefaultSelected) {
+          // We need to loop through all options when updating defaultSelected.
+          // Otherwise multiple options may end up with defaultSelected=true
+          // and resetting won't work properly.
+          return;
         }
-        return;
       }
-      if (defaultSelected === null && !options[i].disabled) {
+      if (defaultSelected === undefined && !options[i].disabled) {
         defaultSelected = options[i];
       }
     }
-    if (defaultSelected !== null) {
+    if (defaultSelected !== null && defaultSelected !== undefined) {
       defaultSelected.selected = true;
+      defaultSelected.defaultSelected = true;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -152,7 +161,7 @@ export function initSelect(
   const node: HTMLSelectElement = (element: any);
   node.multiple = !!multiple;
   if (value != null) {
-    updateOptions(node, !!multiple, value, false);
+    updateOptions(node, !!multiple, value, true);
   } else if (defaultValue != null) {
     updateOptions(node, !!multiple, defaultValue, true);
   }
@@ -221,7 +230,7 @@ export function updateSelect(
   const node: HTMLSelectElement = (element: any);
 
   if (value != null) {
-    updateOptions(node, !!multiple, value, false);
+    updateOptions(node, !!multiple, value, true);
   } else if (!!wasMultiple !== !!multiple) {
     // For simplicity, reapply `defaultValue` if `multiple` is toggled.
     if (defaultValue != null) {
@@ -238,6 +247,6 @@ export function restoreControlledSelectState(element: Element, props: Object) {
   const value = props.value;
 
   if (value != null) {
-    updateOptions(node, !!props.multiple, value, false);
+    updateOptions(node, !!props.multiple, value, true);
   }
 }

From cacd6bab520d350b53bfba4d56e13dbcbe03e325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Sebbie Silbermann <sebastian.silbermann@vercel.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:57:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Adjust warning

---
 packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMOption.js | 2 +-
 packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMSelect-test.js  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMOption.js b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMOption.js
index ae7a7ba999c06..bf224bde06dd2 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMOption.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMOption.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function validateOptionProps(element: Element, props: Object) {
     if (props.selected != null && !didWarnSelectedSetOnOption) {
       console.error(
         'Use the `defaultValue` or `value` props on <select> instead of ' +
-          'setting `selected` on <option>.',
+          'setting `selected` on <option>. Otherwise form reset may not work as expected.',
       );
       didWarnSelectedSetOnOption = true;
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMSelect-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMSelect-test.js
index f05fb3e372697..6bc626c39410e 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMSelect-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMSelect-test.js
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ describe('ReactDOMSelect', () => {
     });
     assertConsoleErrorDev([
       'Use the `defaultValue` or `value` props on <select> instead of ' +
-        'setting `selected` on <option>.\n' +
+        'setting `selected` on <option>. Otherwise form reset may not work as expected.\n' +
         '    in option (at **)\n' +
         '    in App (at **)',
     ]);