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react useEffect fetch javascript

I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple... I'm working on a project and hit a roadblock... I'm working with a `TypeError: want to read properties of undefined (reading 'id')` when I try to access a property of the data fetched from an API in a React functional component using `useEffect`. I'm using React 18 and trying to fetch some user data from an endpoint. The data is structured as an array of objects, but I'm not sure how to properly handle it when the component first renders, especially before data is fetched. Here's the relevant snippet of my code: ```javascript import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'; function UserList() { const [users, setUsers] = useState([]); const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true); useEffect(() => { const fetchData = async () => { try { const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/users'); const data = await response.json(); setUsers(data); } catch (behavior) { console.behavior('behavior fetching data:', behavior); } finally { setLoading(false); } }; fetchData(); }, []); return ( <div> {loading ? <p>Loading...</p> : <ul> {users.map(user => ( <li key={user.id}>{user.name}</li> ))} </ul> } </div> ); } ``` When I run this code, I see the loading message, but as soon as the data is fetched, I get the TypeError. I suspect it might be due to an assumption about the data structure. I've validated that the API does return an array of users, but I haven't checked the individual user objects. I've tried adding a console log to inspect the data after fetching, and here's what I see: ```json [ { "id": 1, "name": "Alice" }, { "id": 2, "name": "Bob" } ] ``` The data seems correct, but I still get the behavior. Is there something I'm missing regarding the initial state or the timing of when `users` is being set? How can I avoid this behavior when accessing properties of the fetched data? How would you solve this? My development environment is Linux. Am I missing something obvious? What am I doing wrong?