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How do error boundaries catch errors and what do they miss?

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Call fetchPromise pending

NetworkWait off stack

Then / awaitUse the JSON

They catch errors during render, lifecycle, and constructors of children via componentDidCatch.

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They catch errors during
render, lifecycle, and constructors of children via componentDidCatch.
2
They miss event handlers,
setTimeout, and async fetch
3
those need try catch
and local error state.
4
I still use them
so a chart library crash does not kill the shell.
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Common mistake
What juniors usually get wrong.
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“They miss event handlers, setTimeout, and async fetch”

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TheymisseventhandlerssetTimeoutand

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They catch errors during render, lifecycle, and constructors of children via componentDidCatch. They miss event handlers, setTimeout, and async fetch