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useDatabaseListData only fetch data once

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
firebase, react, typescript

Research direction

Locate the useDatabaseListData entry point and compare its data subscription behavior with useDatabaseObjectData. Reproduce the issue with React 18 and Firebase 9, then verify that database list data updates after the underlying data changes.

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Description

v5

useDatabaseListData only fetches data once and does not listen to updates
I am using react 18 and firebase 9

after hours of debugging and when I switch to useDatabaseObjectData, data is updated properly.

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