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Aborting Data Fetching

Explore how to prevent setting state on unmounted React components by implementing a cancel flag in the data fetching process. Understand how to update HomePage, QuestionPage, and SearchPage components to safely handle asynchronous operations and improve robustness.

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There is a slight problem in the page components at the moment when they request data and set it in the state. The problem is that if the user navigates away from the page while the data is still being fetched, the state will attempt to be set on a component that no longer exists. We are going to resolve this ...