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assignment_value_stale

Assignment to `%property%` property (%location%) will evaluate to the right-hand side, not the value of `%property%` following the assignment. This may result in unexpected behaviour.

Given a case like this...

<script>
	let object = $state({ array: null });

	function add() {
		(object.array ??= []).push(object.array.length);
	}
</script>

<button onclick={add}>add</button>
<p>items: {JSON.stringify(object.items)}</p>

...the array being pushed to when the button is first clicked is the [] on the right-hand side of the assignment, but the resulting value of object.array is an empty state proxy. As a result, the pushed value will be discarded.

You can fix this by separating it into two statements:

function function add(): voidadd() {
	
let object: {
    array: number[];
}
object.array: number[]array ??= [];
	
let object: {
    array: number[];
}
object.array: number[]array.Array<number>.push(...items: number[]): number
Appends new elements to the end of an array, and returns the new length of the array.


@paramitems New elements to add to the array.
push(
let object: {
    array: number[];
}
object.array: number[]array.Array<number>.length: number
Gets or sets the length of the array. This is a number one higher than the highest index in the array.


length);
}

binding_property_non_reactive

`%binding%` is binding to a non-reactive property
`%binding%` (%location%) is binding to a non-reactive property

console_log_state

Your `console.%method%` contained `$state` proxies. Consider using `$inspect(...)` or `$state.snapshot(...)` instead

When logging a proxy, browser devtools will log the proxy itself rather than the value it represents. In the case of Svelte, the ‘target’ of a $state proxy might not resemble its current value, which can be confusing.

The easiest way to log a value as it changes over time is to use the $inspect rune. Alternatively, to log things on a one-off basis (for example, inside an event handler) you can use $state.snapshot to take a snapshot of the current value.

event_handler_invalid

%handler% should be a function. Did you mean to %suggestion%?

hydration_attribute_changed

The `%attribute%` attribute on `%html%` changed its value between server and client renders. The client value, `%value%`, will be ignored in favour of the server value

Certain attributes like src on an <img> element will not be repaired during hydration, i.e. the server value will be kept. That’s because updating these attributes can cause the image to be refetched (or in the case of an <iframe>, for the frame to be reloaded), even if they resolve to the same resource.

To fix this, either silence the warning with a svelte-ignore comment, or ensure that the value stays the same between server and client. If you really need the value to change on hydration, you can force an update like this:

<script>
	let { src } = $props();

	if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
		// stash the value...
		const initial = src;

		// unset it...
		src = undefined;

		$effect(() => {
			// ...and reset after we've mounted
			src = initial;
		});
	}
</script>

<img {src} />

hydration_html_changed

The value of an `{@html ...}` block changed between server and client renders. The client value will be ignored in favour of the server value
The value of an `{@html ...}` block %location% changed between server and client renders. The client value will be ignored in favour of the server value

If the {@html ...} value changes between the server and the client, it will not be repaired during hydration, i.e. the server value will be kept. That’s because change detection during hydration is expensive and usually unnecessary.

To fix this, either silence the warning with a svelte-ignore comment, or ensure that the value stays the same between server and client. If you really need the value to change on hydration, you can force an update like this:

<script>
	let { markup } = $props();

	if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
		// stash the value...
		const initial = markup;

		// unset it...
		markup = undefined;

		$effect(() => {
			// ...and reset after we've mounted
			markup = initial;
		});
	}
</script>

{@html markup}

hydration_mismatch

Hydration failed because the initial UI does not match what was rendered on the server
Hydration failed because the initial UI does not match what was rendered on the server. The error occurred near %location%

This warning is thrown when Svelte encounters an error while hydrating the HTML from the server. During hydration, Svelte walks the DOM, expecting a certain structure. If that structure is different (for example because the HTML was repaired by the DOM because of invalid HTML), then Svelte will run into issues, resulting in this warning.

During development, this error is often preceeded by a console.error detailing the offending HTML, which needs fixing.

invalid_raw_snippet_render

The `render` function passed to `createRawSnippet` should return HTML for a single element

legacy_recursive_reactive_block

Detected a migrated `$:` reactive block in `%filename%` that both accesses and updates the same reactive value. This may cause recursive updates when converted to an `$effect`.

lifecycle_double_unmount

Tried to unmount a component that was not mounted

ownership_invalid_binding

%parent% passed a value to %child% with `bind:`, but the value is owned by %owner%. Consider creating a binding between %owner% and %parent%

Consider three components GrandParent, Parent and Child. If you do <GrandParent bind:value>, inside GrandParent pass on the variable via <Parent {value} /> (note the missing bind:) and then do <Child bind:value> inside Parent, this warning is thrown.

To fix it, bind: to the value instead of just passing a property (i.e. in this example do <Parent bind:value />).

ownership_invalid_mutation

Mutating a value outside the component that created it is strongly discouraged. Consider passing values to child components with `bind:`, or use a callback instead
%component% mutated a value owned by %owner%. This is strongly discouraged. Consider passing values to child components with `bind:`, or use a callback instead

Consider the following code:

App
<script>
	import Child from './Child.svelte';
	let person = $state({ name: 'Florida', surname: 'Man' });
</script>

<Child {person} />
<script lang="ts">
	import Child from './Child.svelte';
	let person = $state({ name: 'Florida', surname: 'Man' });
</script>

<Child {person} />
Child
<script>
	let { person } = $props();
</script>

<input bind:value={person.name}>
<input bind:value={person.surname}>
<script lang="ts">
	let { person } = $props();
</script>

<input bind:value={person.name}>
<input bind:value={person.surname}>

Child is mutating person which is owned by App without being explicitly “allowed” to do so. This is strongly discouraged since it can create code that is hard to reason about at scale (“who mutated this value?”), hence the warning.

To fix it, either create callback props to communicate changes, or mark person as $bindable.

state_proxy_equality_mismatch

Reactive `$state(...)` proxies and the values they proxy have different identities. Because of this, comparisons with `%operator%` will produce unexpected results

$state(...) creates a proxy of the value it is passed. The proxy and the value have different identities, meaning equality checks will always return false:

<script>
	let value = { foo: 'bar' };
	let proxy = $state(value);

	value === proxy; // always false
</script>

To resolve this, ensure you’re comparing values where both values were created with $state(...), or neither were. Note that $state.raw(...) will not create a state proxy.

Shared warnings

dynamic_void_element_content

`<svelte:element this="%tag%">` is a void element — it cannot have content

Elements such as <input> cannot have content, any children passed to these elements will be ignored.

state_snapshot_uncloneable

Value cannot be cloned with `$state.snapshot` — the original value was returned
The following properties cannot be cloned with `$state.snapshot` — the return value contains the originals:

%properties%

$state.snapshot tries to clone the given value in order to return a reference that no longer changes. Certain objects may not be cloneable, in which case the original value is returned. In the following example, property is cloned, but window is not, because DOM elements are uncloneable:

const 
const object: {
    property: string;
    window: Window & typeof globalThis;
}
object = 
function $state<{
    property: string;
    window: Window & typeof globalThis;
}>(initial: {
    property: string;
    window: Window & typeof globalThis;
}): {
    property: string;
    window: Window & typeof globalThis;
} (+1 overload)
namespace $state
Declares reactive state.


Example:


let count = $state(0);
https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/$state


@paraminitial The initial value
$state({ property: stringproperty: 'this is cloneable', window: Window & typeof globalThiswindow })
const 
const snapshot: {
    property: string;
    window: {
        [x: number]: {
 [x: number]: ...;
 readonly clientInformation: {
   readonly clipboard: {
       read: {};
       readText: {};
       write: {};
       writeText: {};
       addEventListener: {};
       dispatchEvent: {};
       removeEventListener: {};
   };
   ... 41 more ...;
   readonly storage: {
       ...;
   };
 };
 ... 207 more ...;
 readonly sessionStorage: {
   ...;
 };
        };
        ... 921 more ...;
        undefined: undefined;
    };
}
snapshot = 
namespace $state
function $state<T>(initial: T): T (+1 overload)
Declares reactive state.


Example:


let count = $state(0);
https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/$state


@paraminitial The initial value
$state.
function $state.snapshot<{
    property: string;
    window: Window & typeof globalThis;
}>(state: {
    property: string;
    window: Window & typeof globalThis;
}): {
    property: string;
    window: {
        ...;
    };
}
To take a static snapshot of a deeply reactive $state proxy, use $state.snapshot:


Example:


&#x3C;script>
  let counter = $state({ count: 0 });

  function onclick() {
	// Will log `{ count: ... }` rather than `Proxy { ... }`
	console.log($state.snapshot(counter));
  };
&#x3C;/script>
https://svelte.dev/docs/svelte/$state#$state.snapshot


@paramstate The value to snapshot
snapshot(
const object: {
    property: string;
    window: Window & typeof globalThis;
}
object);

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