From e1aea99db09ca4f18137beecf58aa4eed2067a16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MKirova <MKirova@infragistics.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:30:24 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(hierarchicalGrid): Ensure col instances created from ri
 cols are destroyed.

---
 .../src/hierarchical-grid-base.directive.ts    | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/hierarchical-grid/src/hierarchical-grid-base.directive.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/hierarchical-grid/src/hierarchical-grid-base.directive.ts
index 5d5c189cb2d..f1d4e4ed295 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/hierarchical-grid/src/hierarchical-grid-base.directive.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/grids/hierarchical-grid/src/hierarchical-grid-base.directive.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
     booleanAttribute,
+    ComponentRef,
     createComponent,
     Directive,
     EventEmitter,
@@ -132,6 +133,8 @@ export abstract class IgxHierarchicalGridBaseDirective extends IgxGridBaseDirect
     /* blazorSuppress */
     public abstract expandChildren: boolean;
 
+    protected _rowIslandColumnRefs: ComponentRef<IgxColumnComponent>[] = [];
+
     /**
      * @hidden
      */
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ export abstract class IgxHierarchicalGridBaseDirective extends IgxGridBaseDirect
         topLevelCols.forEach((col) => {
             col.grid = this;
             const ref = this._createColumn(col);
+            this._rowIslandColumnRefs.push(ref);
             ref.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
             columns.push(ref.instance);
         });
@@ -189,7 +193,9 @@ export abstract class IgxHierarchicalGridBaseDirective extends IgxGridBaseDirect
         if (col.children.length > 0) {
             const newChildren = [];
             col.children.forEach(child => {
-                const newCol = this._createColumn(child).instance;
+                const childRef = this._createColumn(child);
+                this._rowIslandColumnRefs.push(childRef);
+                const newCol = childRef.instance;
                 newCol.parent = ref.instance;
                 newChildren.push(newCol);
             });
@@ -214,6 +220,16 @@ export abstract class IgxHierarchicalGridBaseDirective extends IgxGridBaseDirect
         return ref;
     }
 
+    public override ngOnDestroy() {
+        this.destroyRowIslandColumnRefs();
+        super.ngOnDestroy();
+    }
+
+    protected destroyRowIslandColumnRefs() {
+        this._rowIslandColumnRefs.forEach(ref => ref.destroy());
+        this._rowIslandColumnRefs = [];
+    }
+
     protected getGridsForIsland(rowIslandID: string) {
         return this.gridAPI.getChildGridsForRowIsland(rowIslandID);
     }