fix(react-router): handle falsy thrown values in CatchBoundary - #8199
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Fixes TanStack#8123 Signed-off-by: Liang Xu <lx3133584@users.noreply.github.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughCatchBoundary now uses a dedicated ChangesFalsy Error Handling
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~15 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The boundary now renders the configured fallback for falsy thrown values, but development error reporting can still fail for null or undefined values, and the public types do not fully reflect the supported payloads. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up on null-safe reporting and typings. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant RouteComponent
participant CatchBoundary
participant ErrorComponent
RouteComponent->>CatchBoundary: throw falsy error value
CatchBoundary->>CatchBoundary: set error and hasError
CatchBoundary->>ErrorComponent: render caught error
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In `@packages/react-router/src/CatchBoundary.tsx`:
- Around line 15-16: Update the error boundary state and caught-value flow
around getDerivedStateFromError and componentDidCatch to use unknown (or the
shared supported error type) instead of Error, including ErrorComponentProps and
the public onCatch contract; narrow the value before any property access while
preserving its forwarding to errorComponent and onCatch.
In `@packages/react-router/tests/errorComponent.test.tsx`:
- Around line 873-875: Add a regression-table entry alongside the existing
undefined, null, and empty-string cases for a thrown false value, using the
description false, value false, and expected string false.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
🔎 Supported by static analysis
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🌐 Web query:
React error boundaries getDerivedStateFromError componentDidCatch non-Error values null undefined thrown value React 19 contract
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In React, including React 19, Error Boundaries catch values thrown during rendering, lifecycle methods, and constructors of the tree below them [1][2][3]. When a value is thrown, React captures that value and passes it as the error argument to static getDerivedStateFromError(error) and componentDidCatch(error, info) [2][4]. The React error boundary contract does not strictly enforce that the thrown value must be an instance of the JavaScript Error class [3]. While standard practice and documentation often refer to this argument as an "error" and typically expect an Error object—especially for access to stack traces—React will pass whatever value was thrown to these lifecycle methods, including null, undefined, strings, numbers, or objects [3][4]. Key considerations for non-Error values include: 1. Handling Logic: If you rely on error.message or error.stack, you must implement defensive checks (e.g., error instanceof Error) within your lifecycle methods to avoid runtime exceptions when a non-Error value is caught [5][4]. 2. React 19 Behavior: React 19 has improved error handling by reducing duplicate logs and consolidating the error recovery process [6]. However, the underlying contract regarding the types of values captured by Error Boundaries remains consistent with previous versions; the boundary acts as a generic catch-all for values thrown during the render phase [2][6]. 3. Best Practices: It is highly recommended to only throw Error instances [3]. If you need to handle specific application-level errors, perform an instanceof check or check for specific properties within getDerivedStateFromError to determine if the error should be handled by that boundary or allowed to propagate to a higher one [5]. In summary, while the React contract technically permits catching non-Error values (like null or undefined), your application code should be prepared to handle these values safely to prevent the Error Boundary itself from throwing an error, which would cause the error to propagate further up the tree [1][5][4].
Citations:
- 1: https://legacy.reactjs.org/docs/error-boundaries.html
- 2: https://react.dev/reference/react/Component
- 3: https://github.com/bvaughn/react-error-boundary/blob/main/README.md
- 4: https://johal.in/step-by-step-implement-error-boundaries-react-19-sentry-70
- 5: GitHub issue 26362 in facebook/react (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 6: https://andrei-calazans.com/posts/react-19-error-boundary-changed/
Type caught values as unknown throughout the error boundary.
React forwards any thrown value to getDerivedStateFromError and componentDidCatch. The boundary stores that value, passes it to errorComponent, and forwards it to onCatch. Update these types, plus ErrorComponentProps and public onCatch contracts, to unknown or a shared supported type. Narrow values before property access.
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In `@packages/react-router/src/CatchBoundary.tsx` around lines 15 - 16, Update the
error boundary state and caught-value flow around getDerivedStateFromError and
componentDidCatch to use unknown (or the shared supported error type) instead of
Error, including ErrorComponentProps and the public onCatch contract; narrow the
value before any property access while preserving its forwarding to
errorComponent and onCatch.
| { desc: 'undefined', value: undefined, expected: 'undefined' }, | ||
| { desc: 'null', value: null, expected: 'null' }, | ||
| { desc: 'empty string', value: '', expected: '""' }, |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Add the false regression case.
The PR supports false as a falsy thrown value, but this table does not cover it. Add an entry with expected: 'false'.
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In `@packages/react-router/tests/errorComponent.test.tsx` around lines 873 - 875,
Add a regression-table entry alongside the existing undefined, null, and
empty-string cases for a thrown false value, using the description false, value
false, and expected string false.
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Problem
When a component throws a falsy value (such as
undefined,null,'', orfalse),CatchBoundaryfails to render the configurederrorComponent. Instead, becauserender()andgetDerivedStateFromProps()check the truthiness ofthis.state.error,if (error)evaluates tofalseand falls back to rendering children again, leading to unhandled uncaught errors and unmounting the tree.Root Cause
CatchBoundarytracked whether an error occurred solely viathis.state.error. When the thrown error is falsy,this.state.erroris falsy, causing the boundary to assume no error is active.Fix
hasErrorboolean state alongsideerrorinCatchBoundary.getDerivedStateFromError,getDerivedStateFromProps,reset, andrenderto evaluatehasErrorinstead of the error value truthiness.error?.messageinErrorComponentto prevent runtime exceptions on nullish error objects.Testing
packages/react-router/tests/errorComponent.test.tsxverifying that falsy thrown values (undefined,null,'') properly render theerrorComponent.pnpm vitest run tests/errorComponent.test.tsxin@tanstack/react-router.Summary by CodeRabbit
null,undefined, or an empty string.