`react-doctor/react-router-prefer-route-lazy`

React.lazy creates a route-module waterfall

Category: Performance
Severity: warn
Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
Framework: global
Enabled when: react, react-router:6.9
Tags: test-noise
Disabled when: react-router-framework
Default: Enabled

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Reported pattern

import { Component } from "./settings";
const route = { path: "/settings", Component };

Corrected pattern

const route = {
  path: "/settings",
  lazy: () => import("./settings"),
};

How to fix

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

Copyable fix prompt

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Fix every confirmed react-doctor/react-router-prefer-route-lazy diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Load route modules with the route lazy property so initial navigation does not download every route component.

Reference transformation:Before:

import { Component } from "./settings";
const route = { path: "/settings", Component };

After:

const route = {
  path: "/settings",
  lazy: () => import("./settings"),
};

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. - Preserve resource ownership and cleanup. Do not move work into a hotter render or frame path. - 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, react-router:6.9. - Do not edit code when this condition applies: 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.

More Performance rules from the rules reference:

react-doctor/redux-useselector-inline-derivation: Select the raw slice in useSelector and derive with useMemo, or hoist into a memoised createSelector from reselect.
react-doctor/redux-useselector-returns-new-collection: useSelector that returns a fresh object/array literal re-renders on every action; return a primitive, split into multiple useSelector calls, or pass shallowEqual.
react-doctor/rendering-animate-svg-wrapper: Wrap the SVG: `<motion.div animate={...}><svg>...</svg></motion.div>`
react-doctor/rendering-hoist-jsx: Move the static JSX to module scope: `const ICON = <svg>...</svg>` outside the component so it isn't recreated each render
react-doctor/rendering-hydration-no-flicker: Use `useSyncExternalStore(subscribe, getSnapshot, getServerSnapshot)` or add `suppressHydrationWarning` to the element

react-doctor/react-router-prefer-route-lazy