🚀 Stale Closures Why does state inside setTimeout show old values? Functions capture variables at creation time. If state changes later, the timeout still holds old reference. In OTP flows or retry logic, this creates incorrect behavior. Use functional updates or refs when dealing with async callbacks. #ReactJS #JavaScript #AsyncProgramming #Frontend
setTimeout State Issues in ReactJS
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Stale closures are one of those bugs that feel random until you understand how JS scopes work. async timing + captured state = silent logic drift.