fix: keep useUniwind in sync when compiled by React Compiler by dlebedynskyi · Pull Request #719 · uni-stack/uniwind

dlebedynskyi · 2026-10-09T18:10:59Z

I ran into this in a monorepo where uniwind is a workspace package, so React Compiler compiles its source along with the app. With the compiler applied to src, the native tests showed useUniwind stuck on the first theme: ScopedTheme › useUniwind still read light after setTheme('dark'). Claude was fixing it.

When uniwind's source is compiled by React Compiler, useUniwind keeps returning the theme from its first render. Uniwind.setTheme('dark') re-renders the component, but theme stays light.

const Probe = () => {
    const { theme } = useUniwind()

    return <Text>{theme}</Text>
}

// renders "light"
Uniwind.setTheme('dark')
// re-renders, still "light"

useSnapshot reads Uniwind.currentTheme during render. The compiler treats getSnapshot() as pure and caches it on getSnapshot, which is a module-level function and never changes (babel-plugin-react-compiler 1.0.0):

const useSnapshot = (subscribe, getSnapshot) => {
  const $ = _c(9);
  const [snapshot, rerender] = useReducer(getSnapshot, undefined, getSnapshot);
  let t0;
  if ($[0] !== getSnapshot) {
    t0 = getSnapshot();
    $[0] = getSnapshot;
    $[1] = t0;
  } else {
    t0 = $[1];
  }
  const currentSnapshot = t0;
  // ...
  return currentSnapshot;
};

The theme listener still fires and rerender() runs, but the hook returns the cached $[1]. This affects native and web, since useUniwind.ts is shared.

The fix adds 'use no memo' to useSnapshot, as useStyle already does. Without the compiler the directive does nothing.

I also checked the other hooks that read runtime state under the compiler. useResolveClassNames and the withUniwind dependency hooks read the store only in reducers and effects, so they stay correct when compiled. useCSSVariable has the same render-time read, but the compiler skips it ("Reassigning initialized after render has completed"), so it isn't affected today. I can add the directive there too if you'd prefer to be explicit.

Tests

jest.config.native.js now runs the native suite as two projects: native (unchanged) and native-react-compiler, with src compiled by babel-plugin-react-compiler. The plugin is added as a devDependency at 1.0.0, the version bun.lock already has through babel-preset-expo. The only lockfile change is that devDependency line. Without the fix, native-react-compiler fails:

ScopedTheme › useUniwind: expected dark, received light
freeze › external stores catch up after a suspended tree is revealed: expected dark, received light

With the fix, both projects pass, 203/203 tests each. The web freeze test fails the same way under the compiler and passes with the fix. I checked that locally with a throwaway Vitest config that isn't part of this PR.

When it happens

Normal installs aren't affected. React Compiler's default sources skips paths that contain node_modules, and babel-preset-expo doesn't run the compiler on node modules either. It happens when the compiler reaches uniwind's source:

uniwind resolves outside node_modules, for example a workspace package in a monorepo or a symlinked local checkout
the app widens the compiler's sources to include node_modules

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Tests
- Native test suites now run both normally and with React Compiler processing applied.
- Added coverage to detect stale runtime style and snapshot values under compiler memoization.
Reliability
- Runtime style and snapshot values remain current when React Compiler is enabled.
Documentation
- Documented compiler constraints for render-time runtime-state readers.

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The native Jest configuration now runs standard and React Compiler-transformed projects. The package adds the compiler plugin. useSnapshot opts out of compiler memoization, and the engineering constraints document this requirement for render-time runtime-state readers.

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Configure compiler-transformed native tests `packages/uniwind/package.json`, `packages/uniwind/jest.config.native.js`, `CONTEXT.md`	The package adds `babel-plugin-react-compiler`. The native Jest configuration adds a project that applies the plugin to JavaScript and TypeScript files under `src`. The documented native test command includes both projects.
Opt out of snapshot memoization `packages/uniwind/src/hooks/useUniwind.ts`, `CONTEXT.md`	`useSnapshot` adds the `'use no memo'` directive. The engineering constraints require render-time runtime-state readers, including `useStyle` and the `useUniwind` snapshot, to opt out of compiler memoization.

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useUniwind reads Uniwind.currentTheme and Uniwind.hasAdaptiveThemes during render through useSnapshot. When uniwind's source goes through babel-plugin-react-compiler (a workspace-linked copy, or a compiler `sources` option that includes node_modules), the compiler caches the getSnapshot() call on getSnapshot, a module-level function that never changes. The theme subscription still re-renders the component, but the hook keeps returning the value from its first render, so useUniwind reports the initial theme after Uniwind.setTheme on native and web. Opt useSnapshot out with 'use no memo', as useStyle already does. Without the compiler the directive does nothing. The native Jest config now also runs the suite with src compiled by babel-plugin-react-compiler 1.0.0, which bun.lock already resolves through babel-preset-expo. Without the fix, that run fails `ScopedTheme › useUniwind` and `freeze › external stores catch up after a suspended tree is revealed`.

greptile-apps · 2026-10-21T18:07:14Z

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Summary

Adds 'use no memo' to useSnapshot so React Compiler does not cache its render-time theme reads.

useUniwind shows the latest theme when React Compiler compiles Uniwind source.

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Add the web React Compiler regression test.

test:web runs only the standard Vitest configuration. It does not transform src with babel-plugin-react-compiler, so the existing web freeze test cannot detect this compiler-specific regression. Add a compiler-transformed web test path.

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