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AntiPattern

Component Lifetime Async Leaks

lifecycle-unsafe-async-work

Async work tied to component or render lifecycle keeps executing after the owner is destroyed or after the frame loop’s expected stopping condition, causing stale rendering, queued pulses, or inconsistent beat-visible state. Proper lifecycle-aware cancellation and render-method placement prevents it.

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Updated7/18/2026

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Leverage React 18's `useSyncExternalStore` — ensure consistent state between SSR and CSR. Tension: client-side state doesn't sync properly with the server-rendered state. Outcome: to ensure consistent state between SSR and CSR.

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Treat the selected value as a shared reference (avoid unnecessary cloning/deriving new arrays/objects in selectors). If memory pressure occurs, ensure large datasets are not being copied or accidentally retained (e.g., avoid creating new Float32Array/object instances per render; consider weak caching patterns such as WeakMap only for derived mappings).

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Load the async user data with a Suspense-compatible async pattern (e.g., using `leo-query`’s `query`/`subscribe`) so the component waits until `currentUser` is available before rendering.

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Create/move the React.lazy import initialization so it isn’t executed on every render (e.g., place the lazy call in the same component as Suspense) to ensure the import is stable and doesn’t trigger repeated re-renders.

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Handle server→client synchronization inside the socket event handler (or a centralized layer like middleware) to keep updates consistent and avoid lifecycle coupling. Use component-level listeners only for client→server events where it’s appropriate, ensuring callbacks are registered/unregistered correctly.

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make sure that the form component is only rendered after data is ready — Decouple the data fetching component from the form component. Tension: background refetches will not be reflected. Outcome: if your cache already has stale data when `App` mounts, you'll get that data in your state.

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You need to make sure that component that needs that deleted resource is no longer is rendering. Tension: then you set the state that hides that element at the same point where you invalidate the query.

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rendering the rows as a non complex component like a spinner or something — my laggy components were loading in as i scrolled etc. Tension: excessive blanking of the page. Outcome: using useEffect to determine if it is fully rendered, you can resolve most of the major blanking issues.

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Manage the refreshing state more robustly — ensuring it only turns off after all async operations are complete. Tension: remove the arbitrary timeout. Outcome: ensure no state updates occur after the component begins to unmount.

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single worker running async loop. Outcome: So you have a single worker running async loop and you block that loop.

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If you convert all operations to perform asynchronously (using `aiosqlite`) , the issue will be mitigated. — When a route in FastAPI is listed as asynchronous (`async def`). Tension: that doesn't fully solve the inherent single writer problem of Sqlite. Outcome: Here's a fully operational update of the FastAPI server logic:.

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Move the persistence/cleanup logic into code that runs at the end of the background task (or otherwise extend lifecycle explicitly for the background task), rather than relying on the request-scoped `asynccontextmanager` teardown for those updates.

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Change the engine async fixture from session scope to function scope (remove scope="session") so all async fixtures/tests run on the same event loop, preventing the cross-loop Future/Task error.

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Create a lifespan-managed shared state (e.g., instantiate a state manager/model in FastAPI lifespan) and store the loaded model in that state so request handlers can access it via Request/app state or a dependency that reads from lifespan.

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any time you have an I/O bound process with lots of idle time — waiting for user input, waiting for a TLS handshake. Tension: wrapping it in an async task can let other code run.

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bound it with a "progress ceiling" — a process emitting bytes but making NO semantic progress. Tension: a process emitting bytes but making NO semantic progress (livelock) would be shielded forever. Outcome: re-arms recovery after a long no-progress window even while bytes flow.

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Mark the Chakra provider wrapper as a client component and delay rendering until after hydration (e.g., render `null` on the first pass, then render `children` after a `useEffect` sets `hydrated` to true).

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An async function was passed to useActionState.

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`useCallback` needs to be used — to be used as a callback and thus prevent the unnecessary re-renders. Tension: `memo` can't prevent `ExpensiveComponent` from being re-rendered. Outcome: const handleRender = useCallback(() => {...}, []);.

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Define a generic, type-safe wrapper that preserves the lazy component’s prop types (e.g., using a typed props helper) and render the lazy component inside <Suspense fallback={null}>.

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resize events often occur as many events in quick succession. Tension: the resize behaviour is also a little broken. Outcome: React queues the update.

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Move the reset logic into a useEffect (or handle reset from the parent via props) so state updates occur as effects rather than during render. In the parent, toggle the reset flag (and optionally set it back to false after the update) to trigger the child's reset without causing continuous re-renders.

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Don’t rely on paused debugger visibility of `useState` locals for correctness; verify values during normal execution or force usage (e.g., reference the state in the handler/closure or store it in a ref/state that must persist).

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Use Component.Task (TaskSource) for all async work inside components — inside components. Tension: it auto-cancels when the component is destroyed.

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CollectSyncState() iterates all components, finds [Sync] properties without [Property], serializes them to JSON — in SaveSystem.cs. Tension: Use JSON serialization first, with a ByteStream/BytePack fallback for types that don't serialize cleanly to JSON. Outcome: RestoreSyncState() is called before RestoreNetworkOwnership() in the Load path.

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Cache in OnAwake — Key s&box performance patterns from the optimizer skill:. Tension: GetComponent every frame. Outcome: Physics work in OnFixedUpdate.

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Set the renderer warmup tick count to zero — so first paint uses the live simulation state. Outcome: first paint uses the live simulation state.

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Resolved activity IDs to visible renderer IDs before queueing pulses — pulse-only animation. Outcome: paused the renderer when idle.

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Record original scene objects on startup — CleanupSystem Component. Tension: Efficient batch destruction.

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Rebuilt App.tsx as the OracleController beat machine. Outcome: running the authored cascade arrest→anchor→recognition→locked on setTimeout timers.

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