From e1c2ab77ed8c0efdea36eb302ebdc4f51a791f2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dickson <dickson.wu654@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 20:26:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] trie-db: preserve root when dropping uncommitted deletion

---
 trie-db/src/triedbmut.rs      |  6 +++--
 trie-db/test/src/triedbmut.rs | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/trie-db/src/triedbmut.rs b/trie-db/src/triedbmut.rs
index ba35aed0..bad7d9ea 100644
--- a/trie-db/src/triedbmut.rs
+++ b/trie-db/src/triedbmut.rs
@@ -1839,7 +1839,10 @@ where
 		}
 
 		let handle = match self.root_handle() {
-			NodeHandle::Hash(_) => return, // no changes necessary.
+			NodeHandle::Hash(hash) => {
+				*self.root = hash;
+				return
+			},
 			NodeHandle::InMemory(h) => h,
 		};
 
@@ -2112,7 +2115,6 @@ where
 				#[cfg(feature = "std")]
 				trace!(target: "trie", "remove: obliterated trie");
 				self.root_handle = NodeHandle::Hash(L::Codec::hashed_null_node());
-				*self.root = L::Codec::hashed_null_node();
 			},
 		}
 
diff --git a/trie-db/test/src/triedbmut.rs b/trie-db/test/src/triedbmut.rs
index d1ff8449..a5cc5c66 100644
--- a/trie-db/test/src/triedbmut.rs
+++ b/trie-db/test/src/triedbmut.rs
@@ -930,6 +930,48 @@ fn test_commit_on_drop_disabled_internal<T: TrieLayout>() {
 	);
 }
 
+test_layouts!(
+	test_commit_on_drop_disabled_after_removing_last_key,
+	test_commit_on_drop_disabled_after_removing_last_key_internal
+);
+fn test_commit_on_drop_disabled_after_removing_last_key_internal<T: TrieLayout>() {
+	let (mut memdb, mut root) = prepare_test_trie::<T>();
+	let root_before = root.clone();
+	let db_key_count_before = memdb.keys().len();
+
+	{
+		let mut trie = TrieDBMutBuilder::<T>::from_existing(&mut memdb, &mut root)
+			.disable_commit_on_drop()
+			.build();
+		trie.remove(b"existing_key").unwrap();
+		assert!(trie.is_empty());
+	}
+
+	assert_eq!(root, root_before, "Root should not change after drop without commit");
+	assert_eq!(
+		memdb.keys().len(),
+		db_key_count_before,
+		"Database should not change after drop without commit"
+	);
+
+	{
+		let trie = TrieDBBuilder::<T>::new(&memdb, &root).build();
+		assert_eq!(trie.get(b"existing_key").unwrap(), Some(b"existing_value".to_vec()));
+	}
+
+	{
+		let mut trie = TrieDBMutBuilder::<T>::from_existing(&mut memdb, &mut root)
+			.disable_commit_on_drop()
+			.build();
+		trie.remove(b"existing_key").unwrap();
+		trie.commit();
+	}
+	assert_eq!(root, reference_hashed_null_node::<T>());
+
+	let trie = TrieDBBuilder::<T>::new(&memdb, &root).build();
+	assert_eq!(trie.get(b"existing_key").unwrap(), None);
+}
+
 test_layouts!(test_commit_on_drop_enabled, test_commit_on_drop_enabled_internal);
 fn test_commit_on_drop_enabled_internal<T: TrieLayout>() {
 	let (mut memdb, mut root) = prepare_test_trie::<T>();