UseState reapplies initialValue on hot reload

[BenjiFarquhar]

I'm noticing useState isn't playing nice with hot reload, as it re-applies the initial value on hot reload, but useMemoized behaves fine, not re-applying the initial state when hot reloading.

Not sure if this is intended, let me know if this is not considered a bug.

I was doing the code below with useState. After noticing this behaviour, i went with useMemoized.

class App extends HookConsumerWidget {
  const App({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
    final isAuthenticated = useMemoized(() => ValueNotifier<AsyncValue<bool>>(const AsyncLoading()));

flutter_hooks: 0.20.5
hooks_riverpod: 2.6.1

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[rrousselGit]

I don't have any issue. The "problem" is likely somewhere else.

Do you have a complete example? Including the changes made to trigger hot-reload

[BenjiFarquhar]

Hmm it isn't happening anymore, something will indeed have been wrong on my end, cheers!