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react-doctor/three-require-render-target-cleanup

Undisposed Three.js render target

  • Category: Bugs
  • Severity: warn
  • Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
  • Framework: global
  • Enabled when: react, three
  • Tags: three, webgl
  • Default: Enabled

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Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/three-require-render-target-cleanup. 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.

Compare the code

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Reported pattern

useEffect(() => {
  const target = new WebGLRenderTarget(width, height);
  renderer.setRenderTarget(target);
}, [height, renderer, width]);

Corrected pattern

useEffect(() => {
  const target = new WebGLRenderTarget(width, height);
  renderer.setRenderTarget(target);
  return () => {
    renderer.setRenderTarget(null);
    target.dispose();
  };
}, [height, renderer, width]);

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/three-require-render-target-cleanup diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Dispose component-owned render targets in a React cleanup that follows the render target binding.
Reference transformation:Before:
useEffect(() => {
  const target = new WebGLRenderTarget(width, height);
  renderer.setRenderTarget(target);
}, [height, renderer, width]);
After:
useEffect(() => {
  const target = new WebGLRenderTarget(width, height);
  renderer.setRenderTarget(target);
  return () => {
    renderer.setRenderTarget(null);
    target.dispose();
  };
}, [height, renderer, width]);
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, three. 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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