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id: wiki-2026-0508-automatic-batching
title: Automatic Batching (React 18+)
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status: verified
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aliases: [React Batching, Concurrent Batching]
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tags: [react, batching, performance, rendering]
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tech_stack:
  language: TypeScript
  framework: React 19
---

# Automatic Batching (React 18+)

## 매 한 줄
> **"매 setState 매 합쳐서 매 한 번 render"**. React 18에서 도입된 automatic batching은 모든 update (promise, setTimeout, native event)를 single re-render로 group한다. React 17 이전엔 React event handler 안에서만 batching이었음 — 이제 전부 자동.

## 매 핵심

### 매 동작
- 매 동일 tick 안의 setState calls → React가 모아서 하나의 commit 으로 처리.
- 결과: less render, less DOM mutation, less component lifecycle invocation.
- React 19도 동일 model 유지 + Compiler 가 추가 optimization.

### React 17 vs 18+
- **17**: `onClick` 안 batching O / `setTimeout`, `Promise.then` 안 batching X.
- **18+**: 매 모든 context batching O.
- Opt-out: `flushSync()` 로 immediate render 강제.

### 매 응용
1. Form state with multiple fields — 매 single render.
2. Async fetch chain — 매 single render after Promise.
3. Concurrent transitions — startTransition + batching.

## 💻 패턴

### React 18 default behavior
```tsx
import { useState } from 'react';

function Form() {
  const [name, setName] = useState('');
  const [email, setEmail] = useState('');
  const [age, setAge] = useState(0);

  async function handleSubmit() {
    const res = await fetch('/api/me');
    const data = await res.json();
    // 18+: 매 3 setState 매 single render
    setName(data.name);
    setEmail(data.email);
    setAge(data.age);
  }

  return <button onClick={handleSubmit}>Load</button>;
}
```

### flushSync to opt out
```tsx
import { flushSync } from 'react-dom';

function handleClick() {
  flushSync(() => {
    setCount(c => c + 1);
  });
  // 매 DOM 업데이트 매 done — measure 가능
  const h = listRef.current.scrollHeight;
  flushSync(() => {
    setHeight(h);
  });
}
```

### Custom hook with batched async
```tsx
function useAsyncForm<T>() {
  const [data, setData] = useState<T | null>(null);
  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
  const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null);

  async function load(fn: () => Promise<T>) {
    setLoading(true);
    setError(null);
    try {
      const res = await fn();
      // 18+: 매 두 setState 매 single render
      setData(res);
      setLoading(false);
    } catch (e) {
      setError(e as Error);
      setLoading(false);
    }
  }

  return { data, loading, error, load };
}
```

### Reducer alternative
```tsx
const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(reducer, initial);
// 매 single dispatch 매 multi-field update — natural batching
dispatch({ type: 'SUBMIT_OK', payload: data });
```

### Avoid stale closure with functional updates
```tsx
// 매 sequential update — 매 함수형 사용
setCount(c => c + 1);
setCount(c => c + 1); // → +2, not +1
```

### Measuring render with Profiler
```tsx
import { Profiler } from 'react';

<Profiler
  id="Form"
  onRender={(id, phase, actual) => console.log(id, phase, actual)}
>
  <Form />
</Profiler>
```

## 매 결정 기준
| 상황 | Approach |
|---|---|
| Multi-field update | default (let batching work) |
| DOM measurement between updates | `flushSync` |
| Sequential counter update | functional updater |
| Complex state graph | `useReducer` |
| Concurrent UI | `startTransition` |

**기본값**: do nothing — automatic batching handles it.

## 🔗 Graph
- 부모: [[React]] · [[Concurrent Features|Concurrent Rendering]]
- 변형: [[Batching]] · [[startTransition]]
- Adjacent: [[flushSync]] · [[useReducer]]

## 🤖 LLM 활용
**언제**: explain when batching applies, refactor pre-18 code, debug "why is render double" question.
**언제 X**: actual render count measurement — Profiler / DevTools.

## ❌ 안티패턴
- **불필요한 flushSync**: 매 performance 의 hurt — 마지막 수단.
- **Sequential setState with stale value**: `setCount(count+1); setCount(count+1)` → +1.
- **Object identity reset**: `setData({...})` matter — same shallow ref skip.
- **Mid-render setState**: trigger infinite loop.

## 🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (React 18 RFC, React 19 docs).
- 신뢰도 A.

## 🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 | 변경 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — React 18+ batching pattern + flushSync |
