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Index as Key Is Not a Knowledge Problem. Your AI Already Knows the Rule. It Just Does Not Always Follow It.
Ask any AI coding assistant directly whether using array index as a React key is a good idea, and it will tell you no. It will explain why. Reordering, insertion, and deletion of list items can cause React to misidentify which DOM node corresponds to which data, leading to state bugs and unnecessary re-renders. This is not obscure knowledge. It is one of the most commonly repeated pieces of React advice that exists, and every model has clearly seen it thousands of times during training.
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