flutter development_error ai_generated true

Hot reload lost state: widget tree rebuilt

ID: flutter/hot-reload-state-lost

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75%Fix Rate
80%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3 active — — —

Root Cause

Hot reload triggers full state rebuild instead of preserving state.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Use const constructors and keys to preserve widget identity
  2. 90% success Move state to state management solution (Riverpod/Bloc)

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Use hot restart instead always 70% fail

    Defeats purpose of hot reload

  2. Store all state in global variables 82% fail

    Spaghetti state management