Directline webchat not working in React Strict Mode

[SyedFayaz]

Is it an issue related to Adaptive Cards?

No

Is this an accessibility issue?

No

What version of Web Chat are you using?

Latest production

Which distribution are you using Web Chat from?

NPM

Which hosting environment does this issue primarily affect?

Web apps

Which browsers and platforms do the issue happened?

Browser: Edge (latest), Browser: Chrome (latest), Browser: Firefox (latest)

Which area does this issue affect?

Others or unrelated

What is the public URL for the website?

No response

Please describe the bug

Minimizable web chat example from samples is not working in React Strict Mode.
conversations API is getting cancelled

React Version: 18.2.0
NodeJS: 18.19.1

Do you see any errors in console log?

No response

How to reproduce the issue?

1. Navigate to samples of webchat from this repo
2. Go to minimizable-webchat sample
3. Add React Strict Mode
4. Install the node modules and start the application
5. You will see conversations API getting cancelled.

What do you expect?

Bot should start and conversations API should succeed.

NOTE: Bot works if React Strict Mode is removed.

What actually happened?

Bot shows "connecting..." and not starting. (Attached screenshot for the same)

Do you have any screenshots or recordings to repro the issue?

Adaptive Card JSON

No response

Additional context

No response

[benferns]

I've also encountered this with a brand new project using react 18.2.66 as per the README, using bot framework 4.16.0