"Stale Context in Effects: How to Fix with useEffectEvent"

React : Ever Hit That “Stale Context in Effects” Bug? If you’ve ever needed to log analytics or track a page visit using context and useEffect, let me know if this sounds familiar: “I want to log the latest number of cart items every time a user navigates—but my effect always gets the old value unless I add everything in the dependency array...” Now, in React 19.2, the useEffectEvent hook makes this way easier! import { useEffect, useContext, useEffectEvent } from 'react'; function Page({ url }) { const { items } = useContext(ShoppingCartContext); const numberOfItems = items.length; const onNavigate = useEffectEvent((visitedUrl) => { logVisit(visitedUrl, numberOfItems); }); useEffect(() => { onNavigate(url); }, [url]); } What’s different? With classic useEffect, you’d have to put numberOfItems in the dependency array, rerunning every time it changed. With useEffectEvent, the function always sees the latest context, props, and state - no extra dependencies, no rerun headaches. Perfect for logging, analytics, or event-like side effects where you just want the latest value at call time, and not trigger new effect runs! Ever built a page log or analytics with context in React? Did you hit the old “stale value in effects” issue? React 19.2’s useEffectEvent is designed exactly for this! Ref Doc https://lnkd.in/g45256v2 #React192 #useEffectEvent #ReactJS #WebDev #Context #CodeSample

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