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[Bug]: useActionState example compilation error

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Description

Summary

The example code under the Usage section does not compile in the preview canvas because the react and react-dom packages do not match. To ensure they are not out of sync, they can be pinned to the same version in the package.json file instead of pulled using the "canary" tag.

Page

https://react.dev/reference/react/useActionState#usage

Details

Error
Incompatible React versions: The "react" and "react-dom" packages must have the exact same version. Instead got:

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Research direction

Open the package.json used by the useActionState example and inspect how the react and react-dom dependencies are selected. Check the Usage example at the linked documentation page, then verify that both packages resolve to the same version and that the preview canvas compiles without the version-mismatch error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, react
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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