--- title: What is React's useActionState and useFormStatus? description: A practical guide to two React hooks for handling server actions: `useFormStatus` and `useActionState`. `useFormStatus` lets child components read the pending... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-react-s-useactionstate-and-useformstatus--uuzkxaasv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is React's useActionState and useFormStatus? | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to two React hooks for handling server actions: `useFormStatus` and `useActionState`. `useFormStatus` lets child components read the pending... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-react-s-useactionstate-and-useformstatus--uuzkxaasv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uuZkXaasv.png og:image:alt: What is React's useActionState and useFormStatus? 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. # What is React's useActionState and useFormStatus? **[Playful Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/playfulprogramming)** · [@crutchcorn](https://daily.dev/crutchcorn) · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to two React hooks for handling server actions: `useFormStatus` and `useActionState`. `useFormStatus` lets child components read the pending state of a parent form, enabling loading indicators during submission. `useActionState` captures return values from server actions to display results like validation errors back to the client. The post covers client-side usage, server action integration with Next.js, combining both hooks together, and notes that `useActionState` works even without JavaScript enabled due to native form `action` attribute behavior. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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