# `react-doctor/no-stale-timer-ref`

Cleared timer ref keeps the stale id

- **Category:** Bugs
- **Severity:** warn
- **Source:** oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
- **Framework:** global
- **Enabled when:** react

## Validation prompt

Use this to decide whether a fired diagnostic is real or a false positive.

Confirm the reported code matches Cleared timer ref keeps the stale id. Check the framework context and diagnostic message before suppressing it.

## Fix prompt

Use this once validation confirms the diagnostic is real.

Reset the ref right after clearing (`clearTimeout(ref.current); ref.current = null`) so truthiness checks on the ref keep meaning “timer still pending”.