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Error: Maximum update depth exceeded. This can happen when a component calls setState inside useEffect

ID: react/maximum-update-depth-exceeded

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95%Fix Rate
96%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
18 active — — —

Root Cause

useEffect triggers a state update that re-triggers the effect in an infinite loop.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Add correct dependencies to the useEffect dependency array 
    Ensure deps don't change on every render — avoid object/array literals in deps

    Sources: https://react.dev/reference/react/useEffect#removing-unnecessary-dependencies

  2. 92% success Use useMemo/useCallback for deps that are computed values or functions 
    Memoization prevents the dependency from changing on every render

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Adding a counter to limit the number of updates 70% fail

    Adds complexity without fixing the root cause; effect still fires unnecessarily

  2. Removing the useEffect entirely 60% fail

    May break the feature that needs the side effect

Error Chain

Frequently confused with: