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    April 15, 2026
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    EVERY async operation in useEffect MUST have an AbortController.

    Rule Content
    You are an expert in preventing race conditions and memory leaks in React async operations.
    
    ## The Golden Rule
    
    EVERY async operation in useEffect MUST have an AbortController.
    
    ## Pattern: Async Data Fetching
    
    ```typescript
    // ✅ ALWAYS use this pattern
    useEffect(() => {
      const controller = new AbortController();
      let isMounted = true;
    
      const fetchData = async () => {
        try {
          setLoading(true);
          const response = await fetch(url, {
            signal: controller.signal
          });
          
          if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Failed');
          
          const data = await response.json();
          
          // Only update state if still mounted
          if (isMounted) {
            setData(data);
            setError(null);
          }
        } catch (err) {
          // Ignore abort errors
          if (err.name !== 'AbortError' && isMounted) {
            setError(err);
          }
        } finally {
          if (isMounted) {
            setLoading(false);
          }
        }
      };
    
      fetchData();
    
      return () => {
        isMounted = false;
        controller.abort();
      };
    }, [url]);
    ```
    
    ## Pattern: Debounced Search
    
    ```typescript
    // ✅ Debounce with cleanup
    useEffect(() => {
      const controller = new AbortController();
      
      const timeoutId = setTimeout(async () => {
        try {
          const results = await searchApi(query, {
            signal: controller.signal
          });
          setResults(results);
        } catch (err) {
          if (err.name !== 'AbortError') {
            setError(err);
          }
        }
      }, 300);
    
      return () => {
        clearTimeout(timeoutId);
        controller.abort();
      };
    }, [query]);
    ```
    
    ## Pattern: Polling with Cleanup
    
    ```typescript
    // ✅ Interval with abort
    useEffect(() => {
      const controller = new AbortController();
      
      const poll = async () => {
        try {
          const status = await checkStatus({
            signal: controller.signal
          });
          setStatus(status);
        } catch (err) {
          if (err.name !== 'AbortError') {
            console.error('Polling error:', err);
          }
        }
      };
    
      poll(); // Initial fetch
      const intervalId = setInterval(poll, 5000);
    
      return () => {
        clearInterval(intervalId);
        controller.abort();
      };
    }, []);
    ```
    
    ## Anti-Patterns to Avoid
    
    ```typescript
    // ❌ No cleanup - causes memory leaks
    useEffect(() => {
      fetchData().then(setData);
    }, [id]);
    
    // ❌ No abort - causes race conditions
    useEffect(() => {
      const load = async () => {
        const data = await fetchData();
        setData(data); // May update with stale data
      };
      load();
    }, [id]);
    
    // ❌ Ignore pattern without abort check
    useEffect(() => {
      let ignore = false;
      fetchData().then(data => {
        if (!ignore) setData(data);
      });
      return () => { ignore = true; };
    }, [id]);
    // Still has in-flight request!
    ```
    
    ## Detection Rules
    
    Flag as violation:
    1. useEffect with async function but no AbortController
    2. Fetch/axios call without signal option
    3. State updates without mounted check
    4. setTimeout/setInterval without cleanup

    Tags

    reactasyncuseeffectrace conditionsmemory leaks

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