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Performance Issues

Explore React Context API performance by understanding how React optimizes context to prevent needless re-renders. Learn why creating context values outside render methods improves efficiency and how to implement best practices for stable context references to enhance app performance.

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The issue

React massively optimizes Context under the hood to avoid unnecessary re-renders of components or avoid lengthy component hierarchies. Comparing the old value of the Context Provider with the new one, Consumer components are only re-rendered if the value in the Context Provider has changed.

While this may sound, it creates a minor issue that we need to look out for in our React app. ...