# Objective
Implement a new `AssetChanged` query filter that allows users to query
for entities whose related assets may have changed.
- Closes https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/5069
- Unblocks #16420. Currently, `cold-specialization`, a key rendering
optimization for unlocking ancillary benefits of the retained render
world, is blocked on being unable detect all scenarios in which an
entity's mesh/material changes using events and observers. An
`AssetChanged` filter will drastically simplify our implementation and
be more robust to future changes.
Originally implemented by @nicopap in #5080.
## Solution
- Adds a new `AssetChanged` query filter that initializes a
`AssetChanges<A>` resource that tracks changed assets and ticks in
`asset_events`.
- ~Reverts #13343 and changes the api of `get_state` to accept `impl
Into<UnsafeWorldCell<'w>>` to allow accessing the `AssetChanges<A>`
resource.~
- Adds a `AsAssetId` trait used for newtype handle wrappers (e.g.
`Mesh3d`) that allows associating a component with the underlying
`Asset` it represents.
## Testing
- Tests are added for `AssetChanged`.
- TBD on performance. We are going to add this `Mesh3d` and
`MeshMaterial3d` (etc) in the renderer. Long term wins in render
performance this unblocks should swamp tracking overhead for any
realistic workload.
## Migration Guide
- The `asset_events` system is no longer public. Users should order
their systems relative to the `AssetEvents` system set.
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Co-authored-by: Nicola Papale <nico@nicopap.ch>
Co-authored-by: Patrick Walton <pcwalton@mimiga.net>
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Chris Russell <8494645+chescock@users.noreply.github.com>
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