Flight Log / epicweb-dev/client-hints #22

Prevent unstyled content during reload — a Cursor (Anysphere) flight by Kent C. Dodds

Kent C. Dodds (@kentcdodds) opened this Cursor (Anysphere) pull request in epicweb-dev/client-hints on Jul 3, 2025; merged clean in 5 min, merged by @kentcdodds: +79 −71, 2 files, 1 review.

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+79 −71
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2
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3
Reviews
1
To merge
5 min
Task
fix

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Cursor fixes a flash of unstyled content during client hint reloads in epicweb-dev/client-hints. The old window.location.reload() let the browser keep rendering while resources were canceled. The PR halts DOM processing and hides the page. It spans two files, 79 additions and 71 deletions. It merged clean after one review round with no change requests.

From the pull request description

Prevent Flash of Unstyled Content (FOUC) during client hint reloads. The previous `window.location.reload()` allowed the browser to continue rendering the current page while resources were canceled, leading to a visual flash. This PR addresses it by immediately stopping DOM processing and hiding th…

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Flight timeline

  1. —committedCursor Agent
  2. —committedKent C. Dodds
  3. —committedKent C. Dodds
  4. —reviewed
  5. Jul 3, 2025mergedkentcdodds
  6. Jul 3, 2025closedkentcdodds
  7. Jul 3, 2025labeledgithub-actions[bot]

Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, epicweb-dev/client-hints#22, record updated Nov 4, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/epicweb-dev/client-hints/22/

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