React Hooks Pitfalls and Best Practices/Memoize objects used in dependencies

Avoid recreating dependency objects every render when identity matters.

Section: Effect Dependency Pitfalls

Memoize objects used in dependencies

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const options = useMemo(() => ({ roomId, serverUrl }), [roomId, serverUrl]);
useEffect(() => {
  const conn = createConnection(options);
  conn.connect();
  return () => conn.disconnect();
}, [options]);
Explanation

Changing object identity retriggers effects even when fields look the same.

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