--- title: How to Fix Any Bug — overreacted | daily.dev description: A systematic approach to debugging is presented through a real-world example of fixing a scroll jitter bug in a React Router application. The methodology... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fix-any-bug-overreacted-zkag2wpjm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Fix Any Bug — overreacted | daily.dev og:description: A systematic approach to debugging is presented through a real-world example of fixing a scroll jitter bug in a React Router application. The methodology... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fix-any-bug-overreacted-zkag2wpjm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Zkag2wPJm.png og:image:alt: How to Fix Any Bug — overreacted 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. # How to Fix Any Bug — overreacted **[Overreacted](https://daily.dev/sources/overreacted)** · 12 min read · 11 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A systematic approach to debugging is presented through a real-world example of fixing a scroll jitter bug in a React Router application. The methodology emphasizes creating reliable reproduction cases, narrowing them down incrementally, and maintaining discipline by only committing changes that preserve the bug. The process involves trading complex repros for simpler ones, ensuring each simplified version still captures the original issue, and systematically removing code until the root cause emerges. The bug turned out to be an outdated React Router version where ScrollRestoration triggered on revalidation instead of route changes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#react-router](https://daily.dev/tags/react-router) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fix-any-bug-overreacted-zkag2wpjm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Fix Any Bug — overreacted","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fix-any-bug-overreacted-zkag2wpjm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fix-any-bug-overreacted-zkag2wpjm"},"datePublished":"2025-10-21T01:01:28.102Z","dateModified":"2025-10-21T01:01:52.538Z","description":"A systematic approach to debugging is presented through a real-world example of fixing a scroll jitter bug in a React Router application. The methodology...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/285db448ee56c0d4423fd712e30cef3e?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/285db448ee56c0d4423fd712e30cef3e?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Overreacted","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Overreacted","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/e2063b0ecb234cf28fcd0460f7526b75","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/overreacted"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-fix-any-bug-overreacted-zkag2wpjm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":11},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"webdev,react,testing,react-router","timeRequired":"PT12M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Overreacted","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/overreacted"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Fix Any Bug — overreacted"}]} ```