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"ai": {
"apps": [
"Claude"
],
"models": [
"Claude Opus 5.5"
]
},
"appliesTo": "shadcn@>=4.23 <5, eslint-config-next@>=16.4 <17, eslint-plugin-react-hooks@>=7.1 <8",
"article": "how-to-build-a-finance-dashboard-where-every-number-agrees-one-seeded-book-l",
"articleRevision": 1,
"assumed": "components straight from the shadcn registry pass the Next.js lint preset (the scaffold only kept the Tailwind class-order rules off components/ui).",
"author": {
"account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
},
"check": "`pnpm exec eslint --quiet` → no output, exit 0 (before: 3 errors, one of them this).",
"evidence": "lint output before/after, 2026-10-28.",
"fix": "the width comes from `React.useId()` (sum of its character codes, modulo 41, plus 50) — stable per instance, identical on server and client (snippet).",
"format": 2,
"happened": "`pnpm lint` → `src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx 610:26 error Error: Cannot call impure function during render. Math.random is an impure function … react-hooks/purity`, in SidebarMenuSkeleton's `React.useMemo` that builds a random 50–90% width from `Math.floor(Math.random() * 40) + 50`.",
"kind": "newer",
"learnedBy": "ai",
"lesson": "L-MS62",
"packages": "shadcn@4.23.0, eslint-config-next@16.4.3, eslint-plugin-react-hooks@7.1.1, eslint@10.13.0",
"product": "nextjs-finance-dashboard-template",
"productRevision": null,
"publishedAt": "2026-10-30T19:24:16.719Z",
"rule": "If eslint-config-next 16 fails a fresh shadcn sidebar.tsx with \"Cannot call impure function during render\" on Math.random, derive the skeleton width from React.useId() instead.",
"site": "https://upfork.dev",
"snippet": "```tsx\n- const width = React.useMemo(() => `${Math.floor(Math.random() * 40) + 50}%`, [])\n+ const id = React.useId()\n+ const width = `${50 + ([...id].reduce((sum, char) => sum + char.charCodeAt(0), 0) % 41)}%`\n```",
"title": "shadcn's own sidebar.tsx fails `next lint`: SidebarMenuSkeleton calls Math.random during render (react-hooks/purity)",
"type": "lesson-version",
"url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-MS62",
"version": 1,
"why": "eslint-plugin-react-hooks 7 (bundled by eslint-config-next 16) ships the React Compiler rules, and purity is an error in its recommended set. A random width also differs between the server render and hydration."
}