React Hook Form 7.86 adds type-safe errors and reduces form-state overhead

The web-form library adds a typed error API, fixes stale state cases and improves performance in change-heavy workloads.

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Summary

React Hook Form 7.86.0 adds a type-safe getErrors method and fixes stale watch, unregister, validation-state and setCustomValidity behaviour. It also improves createFormControl and onChange-heavy workloads while avoiding unnecessary value cloning.

Why it matters

The release improves correctness and runtime efficiency in a widely used client-side form layer without requiring a major-version migration.

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https://github.com/react-hook-form/react-hook-form/releases/tag/v7.86.0

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