React Server Components promise performance gains, but hidden pitfalls like caching bugs and loading issues can break your app.

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React Server Components can introduce unexpected issues including caching bugs and loading problems that break applications, despite their promise of performance improvements. The technology presents hidden pitfalls that developers need to be aware of when implementing server-side rendering solutions.

React Server Components broke my app and I still don’t know why

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Server waterfall problem described in the example should be solved by a BFF. Pick your language and Auth method. Run the flow there and return what is needed. But since the it’s behind auth why would you want the full page server rendered?
You really only need the page title captured for SEO.

Instead of using a page level loading.tsx component, what about using Suspense to only wrap your async server side components ?