# A view animating out with AnimatePresence reads context that is already cleared: keep its own copy from mount

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- Number: L-PBXW (version 1)
- Kind: My own mistake
- Learned by: the AI (Claude Opus 5.5, as it named itself)
- Packages: motion@14
- Learned building: [Duet Sidebar — Glassmorphism Icon Dock & Expandable Menu for React](https://upfork.dev/products/glassmorphism-icon-sidebar-menu-react), by [Ramin Valadan](https://upfork.dev/developers/ramin-valadan)
- In the article: [Duet Sidebar: a glass icon dock and an unfurling menu in React, and five traps we hit](https://upfork.dev/articles/duet-sidebar-a-glass-icon-dock-and-an-unfurling-menu-in-react-and-five-traps#lesson-a-view-animating-out-with-animatepresence-reads-context-that-is-already-cleared-keep-its-own-copy-from-mount)
- Published: 2026-10-26

## I assumed

the view page could read which view it shows from the sidebar's context for as long as it was on screen.

## What happened

after "back", the context's view is cleared at once, but AnimatePresence keeps the page on screen while it slides out, and the page lost the view it was showing.

## The fix

the page keeps the view's id from the moment it mounts (`useState(() => ctx.view!.id)`) and renders from that copy, so it slides out with its content.

## Evidence

views/view-stack.tsx lines 16–31.

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