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What is the purpose of useSyncExternalStore?

Mid React
Quick Answer useSyncExternalStore safely subscribes React components to external stores (Redux, Zustand, browser APIs). It provides a snapshot function (read current state) and a subscribe function (notify on change). React guarantees all reads use the same snapshot within a render รขโ‚ฌโ€ preventing the tearing problem in concurrent mode.

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It ensures consistent subscriptions to external stores like Redux or Zustand during concurrent rendering, preventing tearing.
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