React useEffect with nested state updates causing infinite loop
I'm attempting to set up I'm following best practices but I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm working with an infinite loop scenario in a React component when using `useEffect` for managing state updates. I have a component that fetches data and sets it in the state, but this action seems to trigger `useEffect` repeatedly. Here's a simplified version of my code: ```javascript import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'; const DataFetchingComponent = () => { const [data, setData] = useState([]); const [page, setPage] = useState(1); useEffect(() => { const fetchData = async () => { const response = await fetch(`https://api.example.com/data?page=${page}`); const result = await response.json(); setData(prevData => [...prevData, ...result]); }; fetchData(); }, [page]); const loadMore = () => { setPage(prevPage => prevPage + 1); }; return ( <div> <ul> {data.map(item => <li key={item.id}>{item.name}</li>)} </ul> <button onClick={loadMore}>Load More</button> </div> ); }; export default DataFetchingComponent; ``` In this code, I expect to load more data each time the button is clicked, which increments the `page` state. However, I noticed that when the `setData` is called inside `fetchData`, it seems to cause a re-render that somehow triggers `useEffect` again, leading to multiple fetch requests being initiated simultaneously. I tried adding an empty dependency array `[]` to the `useEffect`, but then the data fetching never happens after the initial render. I've also verified that the API indeed returns different data for each page. Adding a console log statement inside the useEffect shows that it gets called repeatedly, which I suspect is due to the state update in `setData`. Can anyone guide to understand how to properly manage this situation to avoid the infinite loop? For context: I'm using Javascript on Windows. Any ideas what could be causing this? My development environment is Linux. Thanks in advance! For reference, this is a production service. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks, I really appreciate it!