type PublicPropertiesMap = Record<string, (i: ComponentInternalInstance) => any>
+/**
+ * #2437 In Vue 3, functional components do not have a public instance proxy but
+ * they exist in the internal parent chain. For code that relies on traversing
+ * public $parent chains, skip functional ones and go to the parent instead.
+ */
+const getPublicInstance = (
+ i: ComponentInternalInstance | null
+): ComponentPublicInstance | null =>
+ i && (i.proxy ? i.proxy : getPublicInstance(i.parent))
+
const publicPropertiesMap: PublicPropertiesMap = extend(Object.create(null), {
$: i => i,
$el: i => i.vnode.el,
$attrs: i => (__DEV__ ? shallowReadonly(i.attrs) : i.attrs),
$slots: i => (__DEV__ ? shallowReadonly(i.slots) : i.slots),
$refs: i => (__DEV__ ? shallowReadonly(i.refs) : i.refs),
- $parent: i => i.parent && i.parent.proxy,
+ $parent: i => getPublicInstance(i.parent),
$root: i => i.root && i.root.proxy,
$emit: i => i.emit,
$options: i => (__FEATURE_OPTIONS_API__ ? resolveMergedOptions(i) : i.type),