--- title: Developer Guide to React 19: New Enhancements | daily.dev description: React 19 introduces several developer-friendly enhancements covered in this guide. The ref API is simplified by making ref a default prop for function... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/developer-guide-to-react-19-new-enhancements-ub3h4zfpd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Developer Guide to React 19: New Enhancements | daily.dev og:description: React 19 introduces several developer-friendly enhancements covered in this guide. The ref API is simplified by making ref a default prop for function... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/developer-guide-to-react-19-new-enhancements-ub3h4zfpd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ub3H4ZfPd.png og:image:alt: Developer Guide to React 19: New Enhancements og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Developer Guide to React 19: New Enhancements **[Callstack Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/callstack-blog)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary React 19 introduces several developer-friendly enhancements covered in this guide. The ref API is simplified by making ref a default prop for function components, eliminating the need for forwardRef (with a codemod planned for migration). Ref callbacks now support returning cleanup functions. Hydration error reporting is improved with a single diff-based message instead of multiple unhelpful logs. General error reporting is deduplicated, and two new root options—onCaughtError and onUncaughtError—are added. Context usage is simplified by allowing Context itself to be used directly as a provider instead of Context.Provider. Finally, useDeferredValue gains an initialValue parameter similar to useState. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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