bug(cdk/table): CdkTable does not handle column updates correctly when using recycleRows
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Description
### Is this a regression?
- [ ] Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version
### The previous version in which this bug was not present was
_No response_
### Description
When using `CdkTable` with the table `recycleRows` directive it doesn't look like the table doesn't re-render cached rows not currently in the DOM. This leads to a situation where if those cached rows are later re-used the cells in the row don't match the columns.
It seems like this may be just a matter of clearing the row cache in `_forceRenderDataRows`. This assumes the row elements can't be re-used at all, but that seems to be the current behavior of `_forceRenderDataRows` to re-render everything. It looks like this could be achieved by calling `detach` on the `_RecycleViewRepeaterStrategy` instance in `_forceRenderDataRows`, but it's unclear the semantics of that method since it's not documented in `_ViewRepeater`. `CdkVirtualForOf` only calls it in `ngOnDestroy` and **`CdkTable` never calls it** (probably a separate bug where these row views get leaked when the table gets destroyed).
### Reproduction
StackBlitz link: https://stackblitz.com/edit/mssn6jgh?file=src%2Fexample%2Fcdk-table-recycle-rows-example.ts
Steps to reproduce:
1. Click `Set Short List` to reduce the number of rows to 15 (caching the 10 removed rows).
2. Then click `Toggle Columns`. This forces a full re-render through `_forceRenderDataRows` (which doesn't populate the cache when removing).
### Expected Behavior
All 15 rows re-render correctly
### Actual Behavior
When the 15 rows are re-rendered 5 have the old list of 3 columns since they were inserted from the cache and the remaining 10 are new rows and render correctly.
### Environment
- Angular: 20.2.4
- CDK/Material: 20.2.4
- Browser(s): 141.0.7390.126
- Operating System (e.g. Windows, macOS, Ubuntu): ChromeOS
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the StackBlitz example in src/example/cdk-table-recycle-rows-example.ts, then inspect CdkTable._forceRenderDataRows and the _RecycleViewRepeaterStrategy detach behavior. Confirm that toggling columns after reducing the list renders all 15 rows with matching columns, including rows reused from the cache.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- angular, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100