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Error message

Found a pair with an auto name. This is a bug in React.

What it means

Error "Found a pair with an auto name. This is a bug in React." thrown in facebook/react.

Source

Thrown at packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberApplyGesture.js:279

    }
  } else {
    trackDeletedPairViewTransitions(deletion);
  }
}

function applyAppearingPairViewTransition(child: Fiber): void {
  // Normally these helpers do recursive calls but since insertion/offscreen is forked
  // we call this helper from those loops instead. This must be called only on
  // ViewTransitionComponent that has already had their clones filled.
  if ((child.flags & ViewTransitionNamedStatic) !== NoFlags) {
    const state: ViewTransitionState = child.stateNode;
    // If this is not yet paired, it doesn't mean that we won't pair it later when
    // we find the deletion side. If that's the case then we'll add the names to
    // the clones then.
    if (state.paired) {
      const props: ViewTransitionProps = child.memoizedProps;
      if (props.name == null || props.name === 'auto') {
        throw new Error(
          'Found a pair with an auto name. This is a bug in React.',
        );
      }
      const name = props.name;
      // Note that this class name that doesn't actually really matter because the
      // "new" side will be the one that wins in practice.
      const className: ?string = getViewTransitionClassName(
        props.default,
        props.share,
      );
      if (className !== 'none') {
        const clones = state.clones;
        // If there are no clones at this point, that should mean that there are no
        // HostComponent children in this ViewTransition.
        if (clones !== null) {
          applyViewTransitionToClones(name, className, clones, child);
        }
        scheduleGestureTransitionEvent(child, props.onGestureShare);

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberApplyGesture.js:279 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of facebook/react@eafeac097b (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9ed97c172e948457. Report an issue: GitHub.