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PageContext listItem.id Lag After Navigation in SPFx Web Part
Hi everyone,
I'm running into an issue with an SPFx web part where this.context.pageContext.listItem.id appears to lag behind after navigating between pages using the SharePoint “Pages” tab (the left-hand nav on a SharePoint site, not a full browser reload).
Here’s the behavior I’m seeing:
I navigate to Page 1: listItem.id shows the correct ID for Page 1
I navigate to Page 2: listItem.id still shows the ID from Page 1
I navigate to Page 3: now it shows the ID for Page 2
This continues until I perform a full page refresh, which resets things correctly.
It feels like there's a one-step delay in updating pageContext, possibly due to how SharePoint handles partial page loads or client-side routing.
To try to work around this, I moved my logic from onInit() to render(), but the lag still exists intermittently.
Has anyone else encountered this kind of lag with pageContext? Any guidance on best practices for detecting the current page reliably in SPFx when navigating within the SharePoint UI?
Appreciate any insight — happy to share more details if helpful.
Thanks!
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Yes, this issue is known in SPFx when using client-side navigation in SharePoint. The pageContext.listItem.id sometimes shows the previous page's ID due to delayed updates during navigation. This happens because SharePoint uses partial page loads and the context does not refresh immediately.
To fix or work around this:
- Avoid relying on pageContext immediately after navigation.
- Add a short delay before using the ID to give SharePoint time to update the context.
- Consider re-fetching the list item data manually using REST or PnPjs based on the current URL.
- If possible, listen to navigation events and reload the needed data after each route change.
This behavior is related to how SPFx handles routing, so manual context updates are sometimes necessary.
Thank you for the suggestions here! While looking into you second and third bullet points, I discovered that the delay actually was only noticeable when I was running my web part locally. When actually published, my problem here disappeared. This is good news for me, but was that to be expected?
