fix(cdk/table): ensure CdkTable updates view with OnPush and trackBy

src/cdk/table/table.spec.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   Type,
   ViewChild,
   inject,
+  TrackByFunction,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync, flush, waitForAsync} from '@angular/core/testing';
@@ -1995,6 +1996,35 @@ describe('CdkTable', () => {
     expect(noDataRow).toBeTruthy();
     expect(noDataRow.getAttribute('colspan')).toEqual('3');
   });
+
+  it('should properly update table content when data changes in OnPush component with track by instance', () => {
+    setupTableTestApp(WrapNativeTrackByHtmlTableAppOnPush);
+
+    const data = component.dataSource.data;
+
+    expectTableToMatchContent(tableElement, [
+      ['Column A', 'Column B', 'Column C'],
+      [data[0].a, data[0].b, data[0].c],
+      [data[1].a, data[1].b, data[1].c],
+      [data[2].a, data[2].b, data[2].c],
+    ]);
+
+    component.dataSource.data = component.dataSource.data.map((data: TestData) => ({
+      ...data,
+      b: `${data.b}-updated`,
+    }));
+
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    const newData = component.dataSource.data;
+
+    expectTableToMatchContent(tableElement, [
+      ['Column A', 'Column B', 'Column C'],
+      [newData[0].a, newData[0].b, newData[0].c],
+      [newData[1].a, newData[1].b, newData[1].c],
+      [newData[2].a, newData[2].b, newData[2].c],
+    ]);
+  });
 });
 
 interface TestData {
@@ -3135,7 +3165,7 @@ class TableWithIndirectDescendantDefs {
 @Component({
   selector: 'cdk-table-change-detection-on-push',
   template: `
-    <table cdk-table [dataSource]="dataSource">
+    <table cdk-table [dataSource]="dataSource" [trackBy]="trackBy">
       <ng-container cdkColumnDef="column_a">
         <th cdk-header-cell *cdkHeaderCellDef> Column A</th>
         <td cdk-cell *cdkCellDef="let row"> {{row.a}}</td>
@@ -3163,6 +3193,7 @@ class TableWithIndirectDescendantDefs {
 })
 class NativeHtmlTableAppOnPush {
   @Input() dataSource: Observable<TestData[]> | null = null;
+  @Input() trackBy: TrackByFunction<TestData> | undefined;
   columnsToRender = ['column_a', 'column_b', 'column_c'];
 }
 
@@ -3176,6 +3207,17 @@ class WrapNativeHtmlTableAppOnPush {
   dataSource: FakeDataSource = new FakeDataSource();
 }
 
+@Component({
+  template: `
+    <cdk-table-change-detection-on-push [dataSource]="dataSource" [trackBy]="trackBy"></cdk-table-change-detection-on-push>
+  `,
+  imports: [NativeHtmlTableAppOnPush],
+})
+class WrapNativeTrackByHtmlTableAppOnPush {
+  dataSource: FakeDataSource = new FakeDataSource();
+  trackBy: TrackByFunction<TestData> = (index: number, data: TestData) => data.a;
+}
+
 function getElements(element: Element, query: string): HTMLElement[] {
   return [].slice.call(element.querySelectorAll(query));
 }

src/cdk/table/table.ts

@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ export class CdkTable<T>
     if (!changes) {
       this._updateNoDataRow();
       this.contentChanged.next();
+      this._changeDetectorRef.markForCheck();
       return;
     }
     const viewContainer = this._rowOutlet.viewContainer;
@@ -716,6 +717,7 @@ export class CdkTable<T>
 
     this.contentChanged.next();
     this.updateStickyColumnStyles();
+    this._changeDetectorRef.markForCheck();
   }
 
   /** Adds a column definition that was not included as part of the content children. */