`react-doctor/react-router-no-static-cookie-expires`

Cookie expiry is fixed at module load

Category: Bugs
Severity: error
Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
Framework: global
Enabled when: react-router:7, react-router-framework
Tags: test-noise
Default: Enabled

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Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/react-router-no-static-cookie-expires. Compare it with the Before example and verify the same API, framework, and execution context. Treat it as a false positive only when one of those conditions differs.

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Reported pattern

import { createCookie } from "react-router";
createCookie("session", {
  expires: new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 30 * 1000),
});

Corrected pattern

import { createCookie } from "react-router";
createCookie("session", {
  maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 30,
});

How to fix

Use the corrected pattern as a reference. Preserve behavior that the rule does not require you to change.

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Fix every confirmed react-doctor/react-router-no-static-cookie-expires diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Use maxAge for a duration-based cookie lifetime.

Reference transformation:Before:

import { createCookie } from "react-router";
createCookie("session", {
  expires: new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 30 * 1000),
});

After:

import { createCookie } from "react-router";
createCookie("session", {
  maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 30,
});

Constraints: - Confirm the reported code matches the Before pattern. - Make the smallest change that fixes the root cause. - Preserve behavior and interfaces unrelated to this diagnostic. - Reuse existing project components, utilities, and conventions. - Do not introduce render-phase side effects, render-phase state updates, or Hooks rule violations. - Adapt identifiers and framework details instead of copying blindly. - Do not disable the rule or suppress matching code. - Confirm this rule is enabled for the project: react-router:7, react-router-framework. Verification: - Run focused tests for the changed behavior. - Run React Doctor and confirm this diagnostic no longer appears. - Report the files changed and any checks you could not run.

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react-doctor/react-router-require-root-error-boundary: Root route lacks an error boundary
react-doctor/react-router-resource-link-requires-reload: Resource link intercepted as navigation
react-doctor/react-router-return-navigation-promise-in-transition: Transition drops a navigation promise

react-doctor/react-router-no-static-cookie-expires