React Daily: FormData Bug Fix and ViewTransition Tests
The React team merged a critical fix for FormData entry handling in server components and added comprehensive unit tests for ViewTransition event callbacks.
Duration: PT1M33S
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- Show: React Daily
- Published: 2026-05-15T10:01:04Z
- Audio duration: PT1M33S
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Good morning, this is React Daily for May 15th, 2026.
Two important updates merged into the React codebase yesterday.
Hendrik Liebau merged a critical fix for FormData handling in React Server Components. The pull request addresses a regression where FormData entries could be dropped when files and text fields were interleaved in server payloads. The issue affected the `decodeReplyFromBusboy` function across all server DOM…
Jack Pope merged comprehensive unit tests for ViewTransition event callbacks. These tests add 286 lines of coverage to the ReactDOMViewTransition test suite, laying groundwork for future nested enter and exit functionality. The tests ensure React's ViewTransition API integration maintains reliability as new features…
What's next:
- Monitor for any edge cases with the FormData ordering fix in production environments
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