Permissions change-detection in useFetchChatData is dead — applyPermissions re-runs on every call

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1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
85/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
javascript, react
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start in packages/react/src/hooks/useFetchChatData.js and inspect fetchAndSetPermissions, especially the comparison with permissionsRef.current.raw. Confirm the stored permission data supports the intended unchanged-permissions check. Done means repeated calls with unchanged permissions no longer rebuild the map or reapply permissions.

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Description

Description

fetchAndSetPermissions in packages/react/src/hooks/useFetchChatData.js is meant to skip re-applying permissions when they haven't changed. It guards the work with:

if (
  !permissionsRef.current ||
  JSON.stringify(permissions) !== JSON.stringify(permissionsRef.current.raw)
) {
  const permissionsMap = createPermissionsMap(permissions);
  permissionsRef.current = {
    map: permissionsMap,   // <-- `.raw` is never stored
  };
  applyPermissions(permissionsMap);
}
return permissionsRef.current.map;

But permissionsRef.current is only ever assigned { map: permissionsMap } — the .raw property the comparison reads is never written anywhere (grep confirms line 105 is the only reference to .raw).

Effect

permissionsRef.current.raw is always undefined, so JSON.stringify(permissions) !== JSON.stringify(undefined) is always true. The guard never short-circuits, so on every call the permission map is rebuilt and applyPermissions runs — firing all six zustand setters (setViewUserInfoPermissions, setDeleteMessageRoles, setDeleteOwnMessageRoles, setForceDeleteMessageRoles, setUserPinPermissions, setEditMessagePermissions) — even when permissions are unchanged. The intended change-detection / caching is effectively dead, causing redundant state updates and re-renders.

Fix

Store the raw permissions alongside the map so the comparison has something to compare against:

permissionsRef.current = {
  raw: permissions,
  map: permissionsMap,
};
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