react-doctor/self-closing-comp

Use the self-closing form `<X />` for elements with no children.

Validation prompt

Confirm the detector match and collect the required evidence before deciding whether an edit is warranted.

Fires on a JSXElement that carries an explicit closing tag yet has no real children: either zero children or a single JSXText child that is whitespace containing a newline (<X>\n</X>): meaning <X /> would render identically. Custom components (PascalCase, member like Foo.Bar, or namespaced) and lowercase HTML tags are both flagged, but the component and html settings can independently silence either group. False positive / non-trigger to watch: single-line whitespace with no newline (<X> </X>), an expression child like <div>{' '}</div>, and entity children like <div> </div> are all intentionally left alone: only flag when the element is genuinely childless.

Evidence boundary

The diagnostic proves only that the detector’s modeled source pattern matched. It does not prove runtime impact, product intent, rendered failure, or that one remediation is correct.

Establish the environment, repository policy, exceptions, and required rendered or runtime evidence before deciding the occurrence.

Record one outcome:

• Confirmed failure: The required evidence establishes the violation.
• Rejected: A documented exception or false-positive predicate applies.
• Needs evidence: Named evidence can still be collected.
• Unavailable: Required evidence cannot be collected in this run.
• Waived with evidence: An authorized, scoped exception applies to an established failure.
• Observation: The review records an optional tradeoff without claiming a defect.

A waiver records its scope, authority, evidence, and review condition. It is not a pass or false positive.

Default severity is registry metadata. Use the occurrence’s JSON severity after repository configuration when ordering real findings.

Fix prompt

Apply this candidate correction only after the required evidence confirms the risk.

Collapse the empty element to its self-closing form, dropping the redundant closing tag: rewrite <Hello name="John"></Hello> (or the multi-line <div className="content">\n</div>) as <Hello name="John" /> and <div className="content" />. This is a purely stylistic equivalence: behavior and output are unchanged, so it is safe to apply mechanically. If a single space is intentional content, use <X> </X> (no newline) or <X>{' '}</X>, which the rule already permits. See https://oxc.rs/docs/guide/usage/linter/rules/react/self-closing-comp

Repository-wide copy prompt

Use this repository-wide prompt only after validating each occurrence. For one occurrence, use the guidance above.