From 26272978b38836c6620cc518f96dc739c79e338b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:14:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 01/16] feat(react-doctor): introduce HIR data model (port from
 React Compiler)
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Mirrors the structure of `babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/HIR/HIR.ts`
but heavily simplified for our needs:

  - operates on ESTree (oxlint plugin AST), not Babel
  - no SSA / phi nodes (uses a mutable name→Place table per-scope)
  - single block per function in v1 (no if/loop terminals modeled)
  - 13 instruction kinds (vs the compiler's 30+)

What's preserved:

  - data model: HIRFunction → blocks → instructions → places
  - lvalue / value-place / operand-place shape so validators can
    `switch (instr.value.kind)` exactly like the upstream code
  - identifier IDs are stable per binding, so propagation analyses
    (e.g. setState flowing through a const) work the same way
  - source locations threaded through every Place
  - type-tag layer (StateValue / StateSetter / UseEffectHook /
    RefValue / EffectEvent / PropCallback / …) and the matching
    isXType() predicates the upstream validators use

This commit is types-only; the lower / infer / validators / runner
land in subsequent commits to keep each layer reviewable on its own.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts | 140 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 140 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e1c3490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// HACK: Mirrors the structure of React Compiler's HIR but heavily
+// simplified for react-doctor's needs:
+//   - operates on ESTree nodes (oxlint plugin AST), not Babel
+//   - no SSA / phi nodes (uses a mutable name → Place binding map)
+//   - single block per function (no if/loop terminals modeled in v1)
+//   - 13 instruction kinds (vs the compiler's 30+)
+//
+// What's preserved:
+//   - data model (HIRFunction → blocks → instructions → places)
+//   - SSA-flavored "lvalue / value-place / operand-place" shape so
+//     validators are written like the compiler's: iterate blocks →
+//     instructions → switch on `instr.value.kind`
+//   - type inference layer (`isSetStateType`, `isUseEffectHookType`,
+//     etc.) so detection is type-driven rather than name-matching
+//   - source location threaded through every Place / Instruction so
+//     diagnostics keep their report site
+
+export type IdentifierId = number;
+export type InstructionId = number;
+export type BlockId = string;
+
+export type ReactType =
+  | "Unknown"
+  | "Primitive"
+  | "Function"
+  | "Object"
+  | "UseStateHook"
+  | "UseEffectHook"
+  | "UseLayoutEffectHook"
+  | "UseRefHook"
+  | "UseCallbackHook"
+  | "UseMemoHook"
+  | "UseContextHook"
+  | "UseEffectEventHook"
+  | "StateValue"
+  | "StateSetter"
+  | "RefValue"
+  | "RefCurrent"
+  | "EffectEvent"
+  | "PropCallback";
+
+export type EffectKind = "Read" | "Mutate" | "Capture" | "Store" | "Freeze" | "Unknown";
+
+export interface SourceLocation {
+  start: { line: number; column: number };
+  end: { line: number; column: number };
+}
+
+export interface Identifier {
+  id: IdentifierId;
+  name: string | null;
+  type: ReactType;
+  origin: "module" | "prop" | "destructured-prop" | "param" | "local" | "synthetic";
+}
+
+export interface Place {
+  identifier: Identifier;
+  effect: EffectKind;
+  loc: SourceLocation;
+}
+
+export type InstructionValue =
+  | { kind: "LoadLocal"; place: Place }
+  | { kind: "LoadGlobal"; name: string; place: Place }
+  | { kind: "StoreLocal"; lvalue: Place; value: Place }
+  | { kind: "CallExpression"; callee: Place; args: Array<Place> }
+  | {
+      kind: "MethodCall";
+      receiver: Place;
+      property: Place;
+      propertyName: string;
+      args: Array<Place>;
+    }
+  | { kind: "PropertyLoad"; object: Place; property: string; computed: boolean }
+  | { kind: "FunctionExpression"; loweredFunc: HIRFunction; capturedPlaces: Array<Place> }
+  | { kind: "ArrayExpression"; elements: Array<Place | null> }
+  | {
+      kind: "ObjectExpression";
+      properties: Array<{ key: string | null; value: Place; spread: boolean }>;
+    }
+  | { kind: "Literal"; value: unknown; raw: string }
+  | { kind: "Identifier"; place: Place }
+  | { kind: "BinaryExpression"; left: Place; operator: string; right: Place }
+  | { kind: "LogicalExpression"; left: Place; operator: string; right: Place }
+  | { kind: "UnaryExpression"; operator: string; argument: Place }
+  | { kind: "ConditionalExpression"; test: Place; consequent: Place; alternate: Place }
+  | { kind: "JSXExpression"; jsxPlaceholder: Place }
+  | { kind: "Unsupported"; reason: string };
+
+export type Terminal =
+  | { kind: "return"; value: Place | null; id: InstructionId; loc: SourceLocation }
+  | { kind: "unsupported"; reason: string; id: InstructionId; loc: SourceLocation };
+
+export interface Instruction {
+  id: InstructionId;
+  lvalue: Place | null;
+  value: InstructionValue;
+  loc: SourceLocation;
+}
+
+export interface BasicBlock {
+  id: BlockId;
+  instructions: Array<Instruction>;
+  terminal: Terminal;
+  preds: Set<BlockId>;
+}
+
+export interface HIRFunction {
+  name: string | null;
+  params: Array<Place>;
+  destructuredProps: Map<string, Place>;
+  body: HIR;
+}
+
+export interface HIR {
+  entry: BlockId;
+  blocks: Map<BlockId, BasicBlock>;
+}
+
+export const isSetStateType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
+  identifier.type === "StateSetter";
+
+export const isStateValueType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
+  identifier.type === "StateValue";
+
+export const isUseEffectHookType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
+  identifier.type === "UseEffectHook" || identifier.type === "UseLayoutEffectHook";
+
+export const isUseRefType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean => identifier.type === "UseRefHook";
+
+export const isRefValueType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean => identifier.type === "RefValue";
+
+export const isUseEffectEventType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
+  identifier.type === "UseEffectEventHook";
+
+export const isEffectEventType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
+  identifier.type === "EffectEvent";
+
+export const isPropCallbackType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
+  identifier.type === "PropCallback";

From 7cfa8ae910efb2952527b3756ed7be3e503998aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:15:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 02/16] =?UTF-8?q?feat(react-doctor):=20add=20ESTree=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=E2=86=92=20HIR=20lower=20pass?=
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Walks the ESTree of a component and emits a single-block HIR with
SSA-flavored instructions. Mirrors the compiler's `BuildHIR.ts::lower`
shape (each AST expression becomes one or more Instructions whose
lvalue is a temporary Place; operands are Places that may load from
local bindings).

Key design points:

  - Shared id allocator across nested LoweringEnvironments so a
    captured outer binding keeps its IdentifierId when seen by an
    inner closure. This is what lets validators reason about
    'this effect callback closes over <X>' by Place identity rather
    than by name matching.
  - Parent-chain bindings lookup so `setCount` declared in the
    component body resolves to the same Place inside a useEffect
    callback.
  - ArrayPattern destructuring for `const [v, sv] = useState(...)`
    lowers to two indexed PropertyLoad instructions whose lvalues
    pick up StateValue / StateSetter types in the inferTypes pass.

Deliberate v1 simplifications:

  - control flow is flattened (if/while/for descend into their
    consequent/loop without producing terminal/branch instructions)
  - JSX collapses to a single Literal placeholder per element
  - effect annotations on Place all default to 'Read'; aliasing
    inference is out of scope for v1

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts | 565 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 565 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c6477cc
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+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,565 @@
+import type { EsTreeNode } from "../types.js";
+import type {
+  BasicBlock,
+  BlockId,
+  EffectKind,
+  HIR,
+  HIRFunction,
+  Identifier,
+  IdentifierId,
+  Instruction,
+  InstructionId,
+  InstructionValue,
+  Place,
+  ReactType,
+  SourceLocation,
+  Terminal,
+} from "./types.js";
+
+// HACK: lower ESTree → HIR. Mirrors the structure of React Compiler's
+// `BuildHIR.ts::lower` but with several deliberate simplifications:
+//
+//   - single block per function (no control flow modeled in v1)
+//   - no SSA: a mutable name→Place table tracks current bindings
+//   - no aliasing / mutation effect inference (every Place gets
+//     `effect: 'Read'` for v1; validators don't depend on this yet)
+//   - JSX folded into a single `JSXExpression` placeholder per JSX
+//     node — we don't need to model individual elements/attrs to
+//     detect setState calls in a return position
+//
+// What carries over from the compiler:
+//   - lvalue / value-place / operand-place shape so validators can
+//     `switch (instr.value.kind)` exactly like the upstream code
+//   - identifier IDs are stable per-binding, so propagation analyses
+//     (e.g. setState flowing through a const) work the same way
+//   - source locations threaded through every Place
+
+interface LoweringEnvironment {
+  // HACK: id allocators are SHARED across all nested envs of the same
+  // lowering. A child env references the same allocator object so a
+  // captured outer binding keeps its IdentifierId when seen by the
+  // inner function — this is how the compiler's `loweredFunc.func.context`
+  // ends up referencing identifiers shared with the outer function.
+  ids: { nextIdentifierId: number; nextInstructionId: number; nextSyntheticName: number };
+  bindings: Map<string, Place>;
+  parent: LoweringEnvironment | null;
+  instructions: Array<Instruction>;
+}
+
+const ZERO_LOCATION: SourceLocation = {
+  start: { line: 0, column: 0 },
+  end: { line: 0, column: 0 },
+};
+
+const getLocation = (node: EsTreeNode | null | undefined): SourceLocation => {
+  if (!node?.loc) return ZERO_LOCATION;
+  return {
+    start: { line: node.loc.start.line, column: node.loc.start.column },
+    end: { line: node.loc.end.line, column: node.loc.end.column },
+  };
+};
+
+const createRootEnvironment = (): LoweringEnvironment => ({
+  ids: { nextIdentifierId: 0, nextInstructionId: 0, nextSyntheticName: 0 },
+  bindings: new Map(),
+  parent: null,
+  instructions: [],
+});
+
+const createChildEnvironment = (parent: LoweringEnvironment): LoweringEnvironment => ({
+  ids: parent.ids,
+  bindings: new Map(),
+  parent,
+  instructions: [],
+});
+
+const allocateIdentifierId = (env: LoweringEnvironment): IdentifierId => env.ids.nextIdentifierId++;
+
+const allocateInstructionId = (env: LoweringEnvironment): InstructionId =>
+  env.ids.nextInstructionId++;
+
+const allocateSyntheticName = (env: LoweringEnvironment): string =>
+  `$tmp${env.ids.nextSyntheticName++}`;
+
+const createIdentifier = (
+  env: LoweringEnvironment,
+  name: string | null,
+  origin: Identifier["origin"],
+  type: ReactType = "Unknown",
+): Identifier => ({
+  id: allocateIdentifierId(env),
+  name,
+  type,
+  origin,
+});
+
+const createPlace = (
+  identifier: Identifier,
+  loc: SourceLocation,
+  effect: EffectKind = "Read",
+): Place => ({ identifier, effect, loc });
+
+const emitInstruction = (
+  env: LoweringEnvironment,
+  lvalue: Place | null,
+  value: InstructionValue,
+  loc: SourceLocation,
+): void => {
+  env.instructions.push({
+    id: allocateInstructionId(env),
+    lvalue,
+    value,
+    loc,
+  });
+};
+
+const emitTemporary = (
+  env: LoweringEnvironment,
+  value: InstructionValue,
+  loc: SourceLocation,
+): Place => {
+  const identifier = createIdentifier(env, allocateSyntheticName(env), "synthetic");
+  const place = createPlace(identifier, loc);
+  emitInstruction(env, place, value, loc);
+  return place;
+};
+
+const lookupBinding = (env: LoweringEnvironment, name: string): Place | null => {
+  // Walk parent chain so a closure can resolve a name to the outer
+  // function's Place (sharing IdentifierIds), the way the compiler's
+  // `findContextIdentifiers` exposes captured bindings.
+  let cursor: LoweringEnvironment | null = env;
+  while (cursor) {
+    const place = cursor.bindings.get(name);
+    if (place) return place;
+    cursor = cursor.parent;
+  }
+  return null;
+};
+
+const setBinding = (env: LoweringEnvironment, name: string, place: Place): void => {
+  env.bindings.set(name, place);
+};
+
+// HACK: mirrors the destructured-prop scaffolding in noPropCallbackInEffect.
+// For `function Foo({ value, onChange }) {}`, we walk the ObjectPattern
+// and create one Identifier per shorthand entry, tagging callbacks
+// (`/^on[A-Z]/`) so prop-callback rules don't have to re-derive that
+// every time.
+const PROP_CALLBACK_NAME_PATTERN = /^on[A-Z]/;
+
+const isPropCallbackName = (name: string): boolean => PROP_CALLBACK_NAME_PATTERN.test(name);
+
+const collectDestructuredProps = (
+  env: LoweringEnvironment,
+  pattern: EsTreeNode | undefined,
+  destructuredProps: Map<string, Place>,
+): void => {
+  if (!pattern || pattern.type !== "ObjectPattern") return;
+  for (const property of pattern.properties ?? []) {
+    if (property.type !== "Property") continue;
+    if (property.value?.type !== "Identifier") continue;
+    const propName: string = property.value.name;
+    const reactType: ReactType = isPropCallbackName(propName) ? "PropCallback" : "Unknown";
+    const identifier = createIdentifier(env, propName, "destructured-prop", reactType);
+    const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(property));
+    destructuredProps.set(propName, place);
+    setBinding(env, propName, place);
+  }
+};
+
+const collectFunctionParams = (
+  env: LoweringEnvironment,
+  paramNodes: Array<EsTreeNode> | undefined,
+  destructuredProps: Map<string, Place>,
+): Array<Place> => {
+  const places: Array<Place> = [];
+  for (const param of paramNodes ?? []) {
+    if (param.type === "Identifier") {
+      const identifier = createIdentifier(env, param.name, "param");
+      const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(param));
+      places.push(place);
+      setBinding(env, param.name, place);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (param.type === "ObjectPattern") {
+      // Synthetic param that holds the whole props object; individual
+      // destructured names are pre-bound in the env.
+      const identifier = createIdentifier(env, "props", "param");
+      const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(param));
+      places.push(place);
+      collectDestructuredProps(env, param, destructuredProps);
+    }
+  }
+  return places;
+};
+
+const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | undefined): Place => {
+  if (!node) {
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: "missing-node" }, ZERO_LOCATION);
+  }
+  const loc = getLocation(node);
+
+  if (node.type === "Identifier") {
+    const existing = lookupBinding(env, node.name);
+    if (existing) {
+      return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "LoadLocal", place: existing }, loc);
+    }
+    const identifier = createIdentifier(env, node.name, "module");
+    const place = createPlace(identifier, loc);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "LoadGlobal", name: node.name, place }, loc);
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "Literal") {
+    return emitTemporary(
+      env,
+      { kind: "Literal", value: node.value, raw: String(node.raw ?? "") },
+      loc,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "TemplateLiteral") {
+    const expressions: Array<Place> = [];
+    for (const expression of node.expressions ?? []) {
+      expressions.push(lowerExpression(env, expression));
+    }
+    return emitTemporary(
+      env,
+      {
+        kind: "Literal",
+        value: null,
+        raw: `\`...${expressions.length} interpolations...\``,
+      },
+      loc,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "MemberExpression") {
+    const objectPlace = lowerExpression(env, node.object);
+    if (!node.computed && node.property?.type === "Identifier") {
+      return emitTemporary(
+        env,
+        {
+          kind: "PropertyLoad",
+          object: objectPlace,
+          property: node.property.name,
+          computed: false,
+        },
+        loc,
+      );
+    }
+    if (node.computed) {
+      const propertyPlace = lowerExpression(env, node.property);
+      return emitTemporary(
+        env,
+        {
+          kind: "PropertyLoad",
+          object: objectPlace,
+          property: propertyPlace.identifier.name ?? `[computed:${propertyPlace.identifier.id}]`,
+          computed: true,
+        },
+        loc,
+      );
+    }
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: "member-expression" }, loc);
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "CallExpression") {
+    if (node.callee?.type === "MemberExpression" && !node.callee.computed) {
+      const receiverPlace = lowerExpression(env, node.callee.object);
+      const propertyName =
+        node.callee.property?.type === "Identifier" ? node.callee.property.name : "<computed>";
+      const propertyPlace = createPlace(
+        createIdentifier(env, propertyName, "synthetic"),
+        getLocation(node.callee.property),
+      );
+      const args = (node.arguments ?? []).map((argumentNode: EsTreeNode) =>
+        lowerExpression(env, argumentNode),
+      );
+      return emitTemporary(
+        env,
+        {
+          kind: "MethodCall",
+          receiver: receiverPlace,
+          property: propertyPlace,
+          propertyName,
+          args,
+        },
+        loc,
+      );
+    }
+    const calleePlace = lowerExpression(env, node.callee);
+    const args = (node.arguments ?? []).map((argumentNode: EsTreeNode) =>
+      lowerExpression(env, argumentNode),
+    );
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "CallExpression", callee: calleePlace, args }, loc);
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "ArrowFunctionExpression" || node.type === "FunctionExpression") {
+    const lowered = lowerFunctionInEnv(node, env);
+    const capturedPlaces: Array<Place> = collectCapturedPlaces(env, lowered);
+    return emitTemporary(
+      env,
+      {
+        kind: "FunctionExpression",
+        loweredFunc: lowered,
+        capturedPlaces,
+      },
+      loc,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "ArrayExpression") {
+    const elements: Array<Place | null> = (node.elements ?? []).map((element: EsTreeNode | null) =>
+      element ? lowerExpression(env, element) : null,
+    );
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "ArrayExpression", elements }, loc);
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "ObjectExpression") {
+    const properties: Array<{ key: string | null; value: Place; spread: boolean }> = [];
+    for (const property of node.properties ?? []) {
+      if (property.type === "SpreadElement") {
+        properties.push({
+          key: null,
+          value: lowerExpression(env, property.argument),
+          spread: true,
+        });
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (property.type === "Property") {
+        const keyName =
+          property.key?.type === "Identifier"
+            ? property.key.name
+            : property.key?.type === "Literal"
+              ? String(property.key.value)
+              : null;
+        properties.push({
+          key: keyName,
+          value: lowerExpression(env, property.value),
+          spread: false,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "ObjectExpression", properties }, loc);
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "BinaryExpression") {
+    const left = lowerExpression(env, node.left);
+    const right = lowerExpression(env, node.right);
+    return emitTemporary(
+      env,
+      { kind: "BinaryExpression", left, operator: node.operator, right },
+      loc,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "LogicalExpression") {
+    const left = lowerExpression(env, node.left);
+    const right = lowerExpression(env, node.right);
+    return emitTemporary(
+      env,
+      { kind: "LogicalExpression", left, operator: node.operator, right },
+      loc,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "UnaryExpression") {
+    const argument = lowerExpression(env, node.argument);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "UnaryExpression", operator: node.operator, argument }, loc);
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "ConditionalExpression") {
+    const test = lowerExpression(env, node.test);
+    const consequent = lowerExpression(env, node.consequent);
+    const alternate = lowerExpression(env, node.alternate);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "ConditionalExpression", test, consequent, alternate }, loc);
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "JSXElement" || node.type === "JSXFragment") {
+    const placeholder = emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Literal", value: "<jsx>", raw: "<jsx>" }, loc);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "JSXExpression", jsxPlaceholder: placeholder }, loc);
+  }
+
+  return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: node.type }, loc);
+};
+
+// HACK: collects which Places the lowered inner function reads from
+// any enclosing scope. Because env IDs are shared (root env's
+// allocator is reused by every child), we just look at every
+// LoadLocal whose source identifier was bound OUTSIDE the inner
+// function's own params/locals — that's a capture.
+const collectCapturedPlaces = (
+  outerEnv: LoweringEnvironment,
+  innerFn: HIRFunction,
+): Array<Place> => {
+  const captured: Array<Place> = [];
+  const seenIds = new Set<number>();
+  // The inner function's own locals are anything bound during its
+  // lowering — we approximate by looking at the params + the lvalues
+  // of its instructions. Anything else in a LoadLocal must have come
+  // from outside.
+  const innerOwnIds = new Set<number>();
+  for (const param of innerFn.params) innerOwnIds.add(param.identifier.id);
+  for (const place of innerFn.destructuredProps.values()) {
+    innerOwnIds.add(place.identifier.id);
+  }
+  for (const block of innerFn.body.blocks.values()) {
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      if (instr.lvalue) innerOwnIds.add(instr.lvalue.identifier.id);
+    }
+  }
+  for (const block of innerFn.body.blocks.values()) {
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      if (instr.value.kind !== "LoadLocal") continue;
+      const place = instr.value.place;
+      if (innerOwnIds.has(place.identifier.id)) continue;
+      if (seenIds.has(place.identifier.id)) continue;
+      seenIds.add(place.identifier.id);
+      captured.push(place);
+    }
+  }
+  // Mark `outerEnv` as referenced so future maintenance can use it
+  // without lint screaming.
+  void outerEnv;
+  return captured;
+};
+
+const lowerVariableDeclaration = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode): void => {
+  for (const declarator of node.declarations ?? []) {
+    if (!declarator) continue;
+    const initPlace = declarator.init ? lowerExpression(env, declarator.init) : null;
+
+    // Single Identifier: `const x = init`
+    if (declarator.id?.type === "Identifier") {
+      const name = declarator.id.name;
+      const identifier = createIdentifier(env, name, "local");
+      const lvalue = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(declarator.id));
+      if (initPlace) {
+        emitInstruction(
+          env,
+          lvalue,
+          { kind: "StoreLocal", lvalue, value: initPlace },
+          getLocation(declarator),
+        );
+      }
+      setBinding(env, name, lvalue);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Array destructure: `const [value, setValue] = useState(...)` —
+    // emits one LoadLocal per element and binds them. We do NOT model
+    // destructuring as a single primitive instruction; the per-element
+    // Identifiers are what validators care about.
+    if (declarator.id?.type === "ArrayPattern" && initPlace) {
+      const elements = declarator.id.elements ?? [];
+      for (let elementIndex = 0; elementIndex < elements.length; elementIndex++) {
+        const element = elements[elementIndex];
+        if (!element || element.type !== "Identifier") continue;
+        const name: string = element.name;
+        const identifier = createIdentifier(env, name, "local");
+        const lvalue = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(element));
+        emitInstruction(
+          env,
+          lvalue,
+          {
+            kind: "PropertyLoad",
+            object: initPlace,
+            property: String(elementIndex),
+            computed: true,
+          },
+          getLocation(element),
+        );
+        setBinding(env, name, lvalue);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const lowerStatement = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | undefined): void => {
+  if (!node) return;
+
+  if (node.type === "VariableDeclaration") {
+    lowerVariableDeclaration(env, node);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "ExpressionStatement") {
+    lowerExpression(env, node.expression);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "ReturnStatement") {
+    if (node.argument) lowerExpression(env, node.argument);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "BlockStatement") {
+    for (const child of node.body ?? []) lowerStatement(env, child);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "IfStatement") {
+    lowerExpression(env, node.test);
+    lowerStatement(env, node.consequent);
+    if (node.alternate) lowerStatement(env, node.alternate);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (
+    node.type === "FunctionDeclaration" ||
+    node.type === "ArrowFunctionExpression" ||
+    node.type === "FunctionExpression"
+  ) {
+    // Treat as an expression so it gets a FunctionExpression instruction.
+    lowerExpression(env, node);
+    return;
+  }
+};
+
+const lowerFunctionInEnv = (
+  functionNode: EsTreeNode,
+  parentEnv: LoweringEnvironment | null,
+): HIRFunction => {
+  const env = parentEnv ? createChildEnvironment(parentEnv) : createRootEnvironment();
+  const destructuredProps = new Map<string, Place>();
+  const params = collectFunctionParams(env, functionNode.params, destructuredProps);
+
+  const body = functionNode.body;
+  if (body) {
+    if (body.type === "BlockStatement") {
+      for (const statement of body.body ?? []) lowerStatement(env, statement);
+    } else {
+      lowerExpression(env, body);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const entryBlockId: BlockId = "bb0";
+  const terminal: Terminal = {
+    kind: "return",
+    value: null,
+    id: allocateInstructionId(env),
+    loc: getLocation(functionNode),
+  };
+  const entryBlock: BasicBlock = {
+    id: entryBlockId,
+    instructions: env.instructions,
+    terminal,
+    preds: new Set(),
+  };
+
+  const blocks = new Map<BlockId, BasicBlock>();
+  blocks.set(entryBlockId, entryBlock);
+
+  const hir: HIR = { entry: entryBlockId, blocks };
+
+  return {
+    name: functionNode.id?.name ?? null,
+    params,
+    destructuredProps,
+    body: hir,
+  };
+};
+
+export const lowerFunction = (functionNode: EsTreeNode): HIRFunction =>
+  lowerFunctionInEnv(functionNode, null);

From 5060389ad6fab0f7fb4abc5b0af98f1b43982b0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:16:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 03/16] feat(react-doctor): add HIR type inference + debug
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inferTypes runs after lowering and tags Identifiers with React
semantic types (StateValue, StateSetter, UseEffectHook, RefValue,
EffectEvent, …). Implements a pared-down version of the compiler's
`inferTypes()` pass:

  - LoadGlobal of a known React hook name → tag the lvalue's type
  - CallExpression whose callee resolves to UseStateHook tags lvalue
    as Object (the [value, setter] pair); subsequent indexed
    PropertyLoad on it tags the destructured names as StateValue and
    StateSetter
  - PropertyLoad of `.current` on a RefValue → RefCurrent
  - LoadLocal / StoreLocal propagate the source identifier's type
    so `const fn = setState; fn(x)` is still seen as a setState
    call by the validators

printHIR emits a textual dump of an HIRFunction, used by the unit
test as a snapshot of the lower pass.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts             | 144 ++++++++++++++++++
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts |  80 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 224 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d72aba3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import type { HIRFunction, Identifier, ReactType } from "./types.js";
+
+// HACK: pared-down version of the compiler's `inferTypes()` pass. The
+// compiler runs full unification across hook return shapes; we need
+// just enough to power our validators — recognize the React hook
+// callees and tag the values they produce.
+//
+// Strategy: walk every instruction once, tagging identifiers by:
+//   1. LoadGlobal of a known React hook name → tag the binding's type
+//   2. CallExpression / MethodCall whose callee identifier is tagged
+//      as a hook → propagate the return type to the lvalue (and to
+//      array-destructure children for `useState` / `useReducer`)
+//   3. PropertyLoad of `.current` on a `RefValue` → tag the lvalue
+//      as `RefCurrent`
+//   4. StoreLocal / LoadLocal → propagate the source identifier's type
+//      so `const fn = setState; fn(x)` is still seen as a setState
+//      call, the way the compiler tracks setState through `LoadLocal`
+//      and `StoreLocal` in `validateNoSetStateInEffects`.
+
+const REACT_HOOK_NAME_TO_TYPE: Record<string, ReactType> = {
+  useState: "UseStateHook",
+  useReducer: "UseStateHook",
+  useEffect: "UseEffectHook",
+  useLayoutEffect: "UseLayoutEffectHook",
+  useInsertionEffect: "UseLayoutEffectHook",
+  useRef: "UseRefHook",
+  useCallback: "UseCallbackHook",
+  useMemo: "UseMemoHook",
+  useContext: "UseContextHook",
+  useEffectEvent: "UseEffectEventHook",
+};
+
+const setIdentifierType = (identifier: Identifier, type: ReactType): void => {
+  if (identifier.type === "Unknown" || identifier.type === "Function") {
+    identifier.type = type;
+  }
+};
+
+export const inferTypes = (fn: HIRFunction): void => {
+  // Tag captured props that look like callbacks even before we visit
+  // the body — destructured props are populated at lowering time, but
+  // the type might still be Unknown (the heuristic in lower.ts only
+  // tags onFoo-shaped names).
+  for (const place of fn.destructuredProps.values()) {
+    if (place.identifier.type === "Unknown") continue; // already tagged
+  }
+
+  for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      const lvalue = instr.lvalue;
+
+      switch (instr.value.kind) {
+        case "LoadGlobal": {
+          const reactType = REACT_HOOK_NAME_TO_TYPE[instr.value.name];
+          if (reactType && lvalue) {
+            setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, reactType);
+            setIdentifierType(instr.value.place.identifier, reactType);
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case "LoadLocal": {
+          if (lvalue) {
+            setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, instr.value.place.identifier.type);
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case "StoreLocal": {
+          setIdentifierType(instr.value.lvalue.identifier, instr.value.value.identifier.type);
+          if (lvalue) {
+            setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, instr.value.value.identifier.type);
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case "CallExpression": {
+          const calleeType = instr.value.callee.identifier.type;
+          if (lvalue) {
+            if (calleeType === "UseStateHook") {
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "Object");
+            } else if (calleeType === "UseRefHook") {
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "RefValue");
+            } else if (calleeType === "UseEffectEventHook") {
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "EffectEvent");
+            } else if (calleeType === "UseCallbackHook") {
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "Function");
+            } else if (calleeType === "UseMemoHook") {
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "Object");
+            } else if (calleeType === "UseContextHook") {
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "Object");
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case "PropertyLoad": {
+          const objectType = instr.value.object.identifier.type;
+          // `const [value, setValue] = useState(...)` lowers to two
+          // PropertyLoad instructions on the useState return. Index 0
+          // is the state value, index 1 is the setter.
+          if (objectType === "Object" && instr.value.computed) {
+            // Heuristic: the object came from a useState/useReducer
+            // call (we tagged it `Object` above), and the index is "0"
+            // or "1".
+            if (instr.value.property === "0" && lvalue) {
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "StateValue");
+            } else if (instr.value.property === "1" && lvalue) {
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "StateSetter");
+            }
+          }
+          // `<refIdent>.current` access
+          if (
+            objectType === "RefValue" &&
+            !instr.value.computed &&
+            instr.value.property === "current" &&
+            lvalue
+          ) {
+            setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "RefCurrent");
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case "MethodCall":
+        case "ArrayExpression":
+        case "ObjectExpression":
+        case "Literal":
+        case "Identifier":
+        case "BinaryExpression":
+        case "LogicalExpression":
+        case "UnaryExpression":
+        case "ConditionalExpression":
+        case "FunctionExpression":
+        case "JSXExpression":
+        case "Unsupported":
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // HACK: useState/useReducer destructuring — heuristic above only
+  // works when the lowering went useState → ArrayPattern → indexed
+  // PropertyLoad. To make the StateValue/StateSetter tagging robust
+  // against the call's lvalue staying `Object` (no real array shape),
+  // we run a second sweep that finds `<x> = useState(...)` followed
+  // by a `[a, b] = <x>`-style pattern. This is already covered by the
+  // PropertyLoad branch above as long as `lower.ts` emits the indexed
+  // loads, which it does.
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3fb620c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import type { HIRFunction, Instruction, Place } from "./types.js";
+
+// HACK: minimal pretty printer for the HIR. Mirrors the spirit of
+// React Compiler's PrintHIR — useful for debugging the lower pass and
+// for snapshot tests of validators that want to assert a specific IR
+// shape was produced.
+
+const formatPlace = (place: Place): string => {
+  const name = place.identifier.name ?? `$${place.identifier.id}`;
+  const typeAnnotation = place.identifier.type === "Unknown" ? "" : `:${place.identifier.type}`;
+  return `${name}#${place.identifier.id}${typeAnnotation}`;
+};
+
+const formatInstruction = (instr: Instruction): string => {
+  const lvaluePart = instr.lvalue ? `${formatPlace(instr.lvalue)} = ` : "";
+  switch (instr.value.kind) {
+    case "LoadLocal":
+      return `${lvaluePart}LoadLocal ${formatPlace(instr.value.place)}`;
+    case "LoadGlobal":
+      return `${lvaluePart}LoadGlobal ${instr.value.name}`;
+    case "StoreLocal":
+      return `${lvaluePart}StoreLocal ${formatPlace(instr.value.lvalue)} = ${formatPlace(instr.value.value)}`;
+    case "CallExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}Call ${formatPlace(instr.value.callee)}(${instr.value.args.map(formatPlace).join(", ")})`;
+    case "MethodCall":
+      return `${lvaluePart}MethodCall ${formatPlace(instr.value.receiver)}.${instr.value.propertyName}(${instr.value.args.map(formatPlace).join(", ")})`;
+    case "PropertyLoad":
+      return `${lvaluePart}PropertyLoad ${formatPlace(instr.value.object)}.${instr.value.property}`;
+    case "FunctionExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}FunctionExpression [captured: ${instr.value.capturedPlaces.map(formatPlace).join(", ")}] (${instr.value.loweredFunc.body.blocks.size} blocks)`;
+    case "ArrayExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}ArrayExpression [${instr.value.elements
+        .map((element) => (element ? formatPlace(element) : "<hole>"))
+        .join(", ")}]`;
+    case "ObjectExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}ObjectExpression { ${instr.value.properties
+        .map((property) => {
+          if (property.spread) return `...${formatPlace(property.value)}`;
+          return `${property.key ?? "<computed>"}: ${formatPlace(property.value)}`;
+        })
+        .join(", ")} }`;
+    case "Literal":
+      return `${lvaluePart}Literal ${JSON.stringify(instr.value.value)}`;
+    case "Identifier":
+      return `${lvaluePart}Identifier ${formatPlace(instr.value.place)}`;
+    case "BinaryExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}Binary ${formatPlace(instr.value.left)} ${instr.value.operator} ${formatPlace(instr.value.right)}`;
+    case "LogicalExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}Logical ${formatPlace(instr.value.left)} ${instr.value.operator} ${formatPlace(instr.value.right)}`;
+    case "UnaryExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}Unary ${instr.value.operator}${formatPlace(instr.value.argument)}`;
+    case "ConditionalExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}Conditional ${formatPlace(instr.value.test)} ? ${formatPlace(instr.value.consequent)} : ${formatPlace(instr.value.alternate)}`;
+    case "JSXExpression":
+      return `${lvaluePart}JSX ${formatPlace(instr.value.jsxPlaceholder)}`;
+    case "Unsupported":
+      return `${lvaluePart}Unsupported(${instr.value.reason})`;
+  }
+};
+
+export const printHIR = (fn: HIRFunction): string => {
+  const lines: Array<string> = [];
+  lines.push(`function ${fn.name ?? "<anonymous>"}(${fn.params.map(formatPlace).join(", ")}) {`);
+  if (fn.destructuredProps.size > 0) {
+    const destructuredEntries: Array<string> = [];
+    for (const [name, place] of fn.destructuredProps) {
+      destructuredEntries.push(`${name}=${formatPlace(place)}`);
+    }
+    lines.push(`  // destructured props: ${destructuredEntries.join(", ")}`);
+  }
+  for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
+    lines.push(`  ${block.id}:`);
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      lines.push(`    [${instr.id}] ${formatInstruction(instr)}`);
+    }
+    lines.push(`    terminal: ${block.terminal.kind}`);
+  }
+  lines.push("}");
+  return lines.join("\n");
+};

From bd3e64bb227cc5de67aa094971cf3b753d4ebae3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:16:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 04/16] feat(react-doctor): port two compiler validators to the
 new HIR
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Two HIR-based validators, ported from the React Compiler:

  validateNoSetStateInEffects (~150 LOC, upstream is 347)
    Tracks setState propagation through LoadLocal, StoreLocal,
    FunctionExpression, and useEffectEvent wrappers — exactly the
    five instruction kinds the compiler's switch uses to seed its
    `setStateFunctions: Map<IdentifierId, Place>`. Reports when a
    useEffect's callback resolves (transitively) to a setState
    binding.

    v1 omissions vs upstream:
      - ref-derived setState exception (control-dominator analysis)
      - aliasing-effect tracking on operands

  validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects (~120 LOC, upstream is 229)
    Three lookup tables that mirror the upstream code:
      candidateDependencies: lvalue → ArrayExpression instruction
      effectFunctions:       lvalue → FunctionExpression instruction
      localAliases:          lvalue → underlying source IdentifierId
    For `useEffect(arg0, arg1)` resolves arg0 to a tracked function
    and arg1 to a tracked deps array; reports when the inner function
    captures only those deps + setStates (= pure derivation, should
    move to render).

Both validators are pure functions of HIRFunction → finding[]; the
runner / oxlint Rule shell is in the next commit.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 ...date-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts | 124 +++++++++++
 .../validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts        | 192 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 316 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66495f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import {
+  type HIRFunction,
+  type IdentifierId,
+  type Place,
+  isSetStateType,
+  isUseEffectHookType,
+} from "../types.js";
+
+// HACK: port of `babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects.ts`
+// (~229 LOC upstream). Maintains three lookup tables that mirror the
+// upstream code:
+//   - candidateDependencies: lvalue → ArrayExpression instruction
+//   - effectFunctions:       lvalue → FunctionExpression instruction
+//   - locals:                lvalue → underlying source identifier id
+//
+// When we see `useEffect(arg0, arg1)` where arg0 resolves to a tracked
+// effect function and arg1 resolves to a tracked deps array, we run
+// `validateEffect`: the inner function must (a) capture only the deps
+// (or setStates), and (b) capture each dep at least once.
+
+export interface DerivedComputationInEffectFinding {
+  effectCallPlace: Place;
+  reason: "captures-non-dep" | "missing-dep" | "all-deps-captured";
+}
+
+export const validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects = (
+  fn: HIRFunction,
+): Array<DerivedComputationInEffectFinding> => {
+  const findings: Array<DerivedComputationInEffectFinding> = [];
+
+  const candidateDependencies = new Map<IdentifierId, Array<Place>>();
+  const effectFunctions = new Map<IdentifierId, HIRFunction>();
+  const localAliases = new Map<IdentifierId, IdentifierId>();
+
+  for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      const lvalueId = instr.lvalue?.identifier.id;
+
+      if (instr.value.kind === "LoadLocal" && lvalueId !== undefined) {
+        localAliases.set(lvalueId, instr.value.place.identifier.id);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (instr.value.kind === "ArrayExpression" && lvalueId !== undefined) {
+        const elementPlaces: Array<Place> = [];
+        for (const element of instr.value.elements) {
+          if (element) elementPlaces.push(element);
+        }
+        candidateDependencies.set(lvalueId, elementPlaces);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (instr.value.kind === "FunctionExpression" && lvalueId !== undefined) {
+        effectFunctions.set(lvalueId, instr.value.loweredFunc);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (instr.value.kind === "CallExpression" || instr.value.kind === "MethodCall") {
+        const callee =
+          instr.value.kind === "CallExpression" ? instr.value.callee : instr.value.property;
+        if (!isUseEffectHookType(callee.identifier)) continue;
+        if (instr.value.args.length !== 2) continue;
+        const callbackArgument = instr.value.args[0];
+        const depsArgument = instr.value.args[1];
+        const effectFunction = effectFunctions.get(callbackArgument.identifier.id);
+        const depsList = candidateDependencies.get(depsArgument.identifier.id);
+        if (!effectFunction || !depsList || depsList.length === 0) continue;
+
+        const dependencyIds = depsList.map(
+          (dep) => localAliases.get(dep.identifier.id) ?? dep.identifier.id,
+        );
+
+        const finding = validateEffect(effectFunction, dependencyIds, callee);
+        if (finding) findings.push(finding);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return findings;
+};
+
+const validateEffect = (
+  effectFunction: HIRFunction,
+  effectDependencyIds: Array<IdentifierId>,
+  effectCallPlace: Place,
+): DerivedComputationInEffectFinding | null => {
+  const capturedIds = new Set<IdentifierId>();
+  let captureViolation: "captures-non-dep" | null = null;
+
+  for (const block of effectFunction.body.blocks.values()) {
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      if (instr.value.kind === "LoadLocal") {
+        const place = instr.value.place;
+        capturedIds.add(place.identifier.id);
+        if (isSetStateType(place.identifier) || effectDependencyIds.includes(place.identifier.id)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        // HACK: per the upstream compiler — capturing anything OTHER
+        // than effectDeps and setStates means the effect isn't a pure
+        // derivation (it reads a non-dep prop / state / outer binding).
+        // Mark and bail; the rule shouldn't flag this case at all.
+        captureViolation = "captures-non-dep";
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (captureViolation === "captures-non-dep") {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  for (const dependencyId of effectDependencyIds) {
+    if (!capturedIds.has(dependencyId)) {
+      return {
+        effectCallPlace,
+        reason: "missing-dep",
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    effectCallPlace,
+    reason: "all-deps-captured",
+  };
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8366a43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import {
+  type HIRFunction,
+  type IdentifierId,
+  type Place,
+  isSetStateType,
+  isUseEffectEventType,
+  isUseEffectHookType,
+} from "../types.js";
+
+// HACK: port of `babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoSetStateInEffects.ts`
+// (~347 LOC upstream). Skipped for v1: ref-derived setState exception
+// (control-dominator analysis), aliasing-effect tracking. Kept: the
+// transitive setState propagation through `LoadLocal`, `StoreLocal`,
+// `FunctionExpression`, and `useEffectEvent`.
+//
+// We track which IdentifierIds resolve back to a setState. When we
+// see a `useEffect(arg, ...)` call whose `arg` is one of those tracked
+// IdentifierIds, we report.
+
+export interface SetStateInEffectFinding {
+  setterPlace: Place;
+  effectCallPlace: Place;
+}
+
+export const validateNoSetStateInEffects = (fn: HIRFunction): Array<SetStateInEffectFinding> => {
+  const findings: Array<SetStateInEffectFinding> = [];
+
+  // Map<IdentifierId, Place> — Place of the original setState binding.
+  // Mirrors `setStateFunctions` in the upstream validator.
+  const setStateBindings = new Map<IdentifierId, Place>();
+
+  for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      switch (instr.value.kind) {
+        case "LoadLocal": {
+          const sourceId = instr.value.place.identifier.id;
+          if (isSetStateType(instr.value.place.identifier) || setStateBindings.has(sourceId)) {
+            const originPlace = setStateBindings.get(sourceId) ?? instr.value.place;
+            if (instr.lvalue) {
+              setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+
+        case "StoreLocal": {
+          const sourceId = instr.value.value.identifier.id;
+          if (isSetStateType(instr.value.value.identifier) || setStateBindings.has(sourceId)) {
+            const originPlace = setStateBindings.get(sourceId) ?? instr.value.value;
+            setStateBindings.set(instr.value.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+            if (instr.lvalue) {
+              setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+
+        case "FunctionExpression": {
+          // If the lowered function body calls a setState (or a binding
+          // that resolves to one) at its top level, treat the whole
+          // FunctionExpression's lvalue as a setState carrier — exactly
+          // what the upstream validator does to handle handlers wrapped
+          // in arrow functions before being passed to useEffect.
+          const innerSetState = findTopLevelSetStateCall(instr.value.loweredFunc, setStateBindings);
+          if (innerSetState && instr.lvalue) {
+            setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, innerSetState);
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+
+        case "CallExpression": {
+          const callee = instr.value.callee;
+
+          // useEffectEvent(arg) where arg is a setState propagator → the
+          // returned function is itself a setState carrier (see
+          // upstream ValidateNoSetStateInEffects.ts:103-114).
+          if (isUseEffectEventType(callee.identifier)) {
+            const firstArgument = instr.value.args[0];
+            if (firstArgument) {
+              const originPlace = setStateBindings.get(firstArgument.identifier.id);
+              if (originPlace && instr.lvalue) {
+                setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+              }
+            }
+            break;
+          }
+
+          // useEffect(callbackPlace, deps) — if callbackPlace resolves
+          // to a tracked setState, that's the violation.
+          if (isUseEffectHookType(callee.identifier)) {
+            const callbackArgument = instr.value.args[0];
+            if (callbackArgument) {
+              const setterOrigin = setStateBindings.get(callbackArgument.identifier.id);
+              if (setterOrigin) {
+                findings.push({
+                  setterPlace: setterOrigin,
+                  effectCallPlace: callee,
+                });
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+
+        case "MethodCall":
+        case "PropertyLoad":
+        case "ArrayExpression":
+        case "ObjectExpression":
+        case "Literal":
+        case "LoadGlobal":
+        case "Identifier":
+        case "BinaryExpression":
+        case "LogicalExpression":
+        case "UnaryExpression":
+        case "ConditionalExpression":
+        case "JSXExpression":
+        case "Unsupported":
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return findings;
+};
+
+// HACK: Inspects an inner HIRFunction (e.g. the callback passed to
+// useEffect) and returns the original setState Place if the function
+// synchronously calls one at the top level. Mirrors `getSetStateCall`
+// from the upstream validator, but without the ref-derived exception.
+const findTopLevelSetStateCall = (
+  fn: HIRFunction,
+  outerSetStateBindings: Map<IdentifierId, Place>,
+): Place | null => {
+  // First, propagate setStates that came from the OUTER scope through
+  // this inner function's bindings via captured places. Capturing is
+  // identity-preserving for our IR (Place identifiers are shared), so
+  // the inner LoadLocal sees the same identifier id.
+
+  const innerSetStateBindings = new Map<IdentifierId, Place>(outerSetStateBindings);
+
+  for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      switch (instr.value.kind) {
+        case "LoadLocal": {
+          const sourceId = instr.value.place.identifier.id;
+          if (isSetStateType(instr.value.place.identifier) || innerSetStateBindings.has(sourceId)) {
+            const originPlace = innerSetStateBindings.get(sourceId) ?? instr.value.place;
+            if (instr.lvalue) {
+              innerSetStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case "StoreLocal": {
+          const sourceId = instr.value.value.identifier.id;
+          if (isSetStateType(instr.value.value.identifier) || innerSetStateBindings.has(sourceId)) {
+            const originPlace = innerSetStateBindings.get(sourceId) ?? instr.value.value;
+            innerSetStateBindings.set(instr.value.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+            if (instr.lvalue) {
+              innerSetStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case "CallExpression": {
+          const calleeIdentifier = instr.value.callee.identifier;
+          if (isSetStateType(calleeIdentifier) || innerSetStateBindings.has(calleeIdentifier.id)) {
+            return innerSetStateBindings.get(calleeIdentifier.id) ?? instr.value.callee;
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case "FunctionExpression":
+        case "MethodCall":
+        case "PropertyLoad":
+        case "ArrayExpression":
+        case "ObjectExpression":
+        case "Literal":
+        case "LoadGlobal":
+        case "Identifier":
+        case "BinaryExpression":
+        case "LogicalExpression":
+        case "UnaryExpression":
+        case "ConditionalExpression":
+        case "JSXExpression":
+        case "Unsupported":
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return null;
+};

From ee67dfa16c0f90e9bef1ff1f923fd478c190b51e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:17:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 05/16] feat(react-doctor): wire HIR validators into the
 existing oxlint plugin runtime
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Two thin oxlint Rules (`hir-no-set-state-in-effect`,
`hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects`) that:

  1. detect a component-shaped function (uppercase FunctionDeclaration
     or const Foo = () => ...)
  2. lower it to HIR and run inferTypes once
  3. forward validator findings via context.report()

Findings retain the React Compiler's diagnostic precision (Place
identity, type tags, source loc) but surface through the oxlint
plugin contract — no compiler runtime, no Babel, no second toolchain.

Registered in plugin/index.ts and oxlint-config.ts (severity: warn)
with category 'State & Effects' in run-oxlint.ts. Help text mentions
'Detected via HIR data flow analysis' so users can distinguish these
findings from the AST-walker rules. The two HIR rules deliberately
share IDs prefixed `hir-` so future ports stay namespaced.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts    |   3 +
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts |   5 +
 .../react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts     | 106 ++++++++++++++++++
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/index.ts     |   4 +
 packages/react-doctor/src/utils/run-oxlint.ts |   6 +
 5 files changed, 124 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
index ee5efdf3..506f5ab8 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ export const GLOBAL_REACT_DOCTOR_RULES: Record<string, RuleSeverity> = {
   "react-doctor/advanced-event-handler-refs": "warn",
   "react-doctor/effect-needs-cleanup": "error",
 
+  "react-doctor/hir-no-set-state-in-effect": "warn",
+  "react-doctor/hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects": "warn",
+
   "react-doctor/no-giant-component": "warn",
   "react-doctor/no-render-in-render": "warn",
   "react-doctor/no-many-boolean-props": "warn",
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61a95401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export * from "./types.js";
+export { lowerFunction } from "./lower.js";
+export { inferTypes } from "./infer-types.js";
+export { printHIR } from "./print.js";
+export { hirNoSetStateInEffect, hirNoDerivedComputationsInEffects } from "./runner.js";
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae6fd7cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import type { EsTreeNode, Rule, RuleContext } from "../types.js";
+import { isComponentAssignment, isUppercaseName } from "../helpers.js";
+import { lowerFunction } from "./lower.js";
+import { inferTypes } from "./infer-types.js";
+import { validateNoSetStateInEffects } from "./validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.js";
+import { validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects } from "./validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.js";
+
+// HACK: bridges HIR validators to the existing oxlint Rule contract.
+// Each HIR-backed rule is a thin wrapper that:
+//   1. detects component-shaped functions (uppercase FunctionDeclaration
+//      or `const Foo = () => ...`)
+//   2. runs `lower()` then `inferTypes()` once per component
+//   3. reports findings via `context.report()`
+//
+// We DON'T cache the lowered HIR across rules because each Rule has its
+// own RuleContext lifecycle. Once we have multiple HIR-backed rules
+// firing on the same scan we can introduce a per-source-file cache;
+// the lowering is cheap relative to oxlint's full pass.
+
+const lowerComponent = (functionNode: EsTreeNode) => {
+  const fn = lowerFunction(functionNode);
+  inferTypes(fn);
+  return fn;
+};
+
+const findEsTreeNodeForLocation = (
+  contextSourceCode: { getNodeByRangeIndex?: (index: number) => EsTreeNode | null } | undefined,
+  loc: { start: { line: number; column: number } },
+  fallbackNode: EsTreeNode,
+): EsTreeNode => {
+  // HACK: the HIR carries SourceLocation but reporting needs an
+  // EsTreeNode. oxlint plugins don't expose `getSourceCode()` so we
+  // synthesize a minimal node using the original component for
+  // reporting position. Validators that need pinpoint reporting can
+  // override this once oxlint exposes more of the source code API.
+  void contextSourceCode;
+  void loc;
+  return fallbackNode;
+};
+
+export const hirNoSetStateInEffect: Rule = {
+  create: (context: RuleContext) => {
+    const visitComponent = (functionNode: EsTreeNode): void => {
+      const fn = lowerComponent(functionNode);
+      const findings = validateNoSetStateInEffects(fn);
+      for (const finding of findings) {
+        const reportTarget = findEsTreeNodeForLocation(
+          undefined,
+          finding.setterPlace.loc,
+          functionNode,
+        );
+        const setterName = finding.setterPlace.identifier.name ?? "<setter>";
+        context.report({
+          node: reportTarget,
+          message: `Calling \`${setterName}()\` directly within an effect can trigger cascading renders. Effects should synchronize React with external systems; either move the setState into the event that caused it, or fold the value into a render-time derivation. (HIR-validated)`,
+        });
+      }
+    };
+
+    return {
+      FunctionDeclaration(node: EsTreeNode) {
+        if (!node.id?.name || !isUppercaseName(node.id.name)) return;
+        visitComponent(node);
+      },
+      VariableDeclarator(node: EsTreeNode) {
+        if (!isComponentAssignment(node)) return;
+        if (!node.init) return;
+        visitComponent(node.init);
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};
+
+export const hirNoDerivedComputationsInEffects: Rule = {
+  create: (context: RuleContext) => {
+    const visitComponent = (functionNode: EsTreeNode): void => {
+      const fn = lowerComponent(functionNode);
+      const findings = validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects(fn);
+      for (const finding of findings) {
+        if (finding.reason !== "all-deps-captured") continue;
+        const reportTarget = findEsTreeNodeForLocation(
+          undefined,
+          finding.effectCallPlace.loc,
+          functionNode,
+        );
+        context.report({
+          node: reportTarget,
+          message:
+            "Effect derives state purely from its dependencies — compute the value during render (or wrap in `useMemo` if expensive). (HIR-validated)",
+        });
+      }
+    };
+
+    return {
+      FunctionDeclaration(node: EsTreeNode) {
+        if (!node.id?.name || !isUppercaseName(node.id.name)) return;
+        visitComponent(node);
+      },
+      VariableDeclarator(node: EsTreeNode) {
+        if (!isComponentAssignment(node)) return;
+        if (!node.init) return;
+        visitComponent(node.init);
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/index.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/index.ts
index 7c667c4e..52b189d9 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/index.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ import {
   rerenderLazyStateInit,
   rerenderStateOnlyInHandlers,
 } from "./rules/state-and-effects.js";
+import { hirNoDerivedComputationsInEffects, hirNoSetStateInEffect } from "./hir/index.js";
 import { noDocumentStartViewTransition, noFlushSync } from "./rules/view-transitions.js";
 import type { RulePlugin } from "./types.js";
 
@@ -229,6 +230,9 @@ const plugin: RulePlugin = {
     "advanced-event-handler-refs": advancedEventHandlerRefs,
     "effect-needs-cleanup": effectNeedsCleanup,
 
+    "hir-no-set-state-in-effect": hirNoSetStateInEffect,
+    "hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects": hirNoDerivedComputationsInEffects,
+
     "no-generic-handler-names": noGenericHandlerNames,
     "no-giant-component": noGiantComponent,
     "no-many-boolean-props": noManyBooleanProps,
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/utils/run-oxlint.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/utils/run-oxlint.ts
index 217db23f..419168b8 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/utils/run-oxlint.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/utils/run-oxlint.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ const RULE_CATEGORY_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
   "react-doctor/rerender-defer-reads-hook": "Performance",
   "react-doctor/advanced-event-handler-refs": "Performance",
   "react-doctor/effect-needs-cleanup": "State & Effects",
+  "react-doctor/hir-no-set-state-in-effect": "State & Effects",
+  "react-doctor/hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects": "State & Effects",
 
   "react-doctor/no-generic-handler-names": "Architecture",
   "react-doctor/no-giant-component": "Architecture",
@@ -329,6 +331,10 @@ const RULE_HELP_MAP: Record<string, string> = {
     "Store the handler in a ref and have the listener read `handlerRef.current()` — the subscription stays put while the latest handler is always called",
   "effect-needs-cleanup":
     "Return a cleanup function that releases the subscription / timer: `return () => target.removeEventListener(name, handler)` for listeners, `return () => clearInterval(id)` / `clearTimeout(id)` for timers, or `return unsubscribe` if the subscribe call already returned one",
+  "hir-no-set-state-in-effect":
+    "Move the setState into the event that caused the change, or compute the value during render. setState inside an effect body triggers cascading renders. (Detected via HIR data flow analysis — the setState is propagated through assignments and useEffectEvent wrappers.)",
+  "hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects":
+    "The effect captures only its declared dependencies (and setStates) — that means it's deriving state. Compute the value during render; if the derivation is expensive, wrap it in `useMemo`. (Detected via HIR data flow analysis.)",
   "async-defer-await":
     "Move the `await` after the synchronous early-return guard so the skip path stays fast",
   "async-await-in-loop":

From 771fac5e42b42d7be4ff67a32b6b8478e6383c5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:17:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 06/16] test(react-doctor): regression + unit tests for the HIR
 port
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Two test files:

  hir-port.test.ts — end-to-end through oxlint
    flag cases: setState-direct, setState-aliased (SSA propagation),
                 article §1 fullName derived-computation
    no-flag cases: setState inside subscription callback (sub-handler),
                   useEffect that reads non-dep prop (genuine sync)

  hir-unit.test.ts — direct calls into lower / infer / validators
    Bypasses oxlint to assert the HIR shape and validator findings on
    parsed source. Useful during development of the lower pass; logs
    a printHIR dump on failure so the IR is visible in CI output.

Adds @typescript-eslint/parser as a dev dep of the react-doctor
package (used by hir-unit.test.ts to parse source into ESTree).

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/package.json            |   1 +
 .../tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts        | 152 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts        |  72 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 225 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/package.json b/packages/react-doctor/package.json
index 26e52f09..cf022663 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/package.json
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/prompts": "^2.4.9",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^8.59.2",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^7.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react-you-might-not-need-an-effect": "^0.10.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..020e1bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import { runOxlint } from "../../src/utils/run-oxlint.js";
+import { setupReactProject } from "./_helpers.js";
+
+const tempRoot = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "rd-hir-port-"));
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  fs.rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+const collectRuleHits = async (
+  projectDir: string,
+  ruleId: string,
+): Promise<Array<{ filePath: string; message: string }>> => {
+  const diagnostics = await runOxlint({
+    rootDirectory: projectDir,
+    hasTypeScript: true,
+    framework: "unknown",
+    hasReactCompiler: false,
+    hasTanStackQuery: false,
+  });
+  return diagnostics
+    .filter((diagnostic) => diagnostic.rule === ruleId)
+    .map((diagnostic) => ({
+      filePath: diagnostic.filePath,
+      message: diagnostic.message,
+    }));
+};
+
+describe("hir-no-set-state-in-effect — HIR-validated rule", () => {
+  it("flags a useEffect that calls a setState directly", async () => {
+    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-direct", {
+      files: {
+        "src/Counter.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+export const Counter = () => {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setCount(1);
+  }, []);
+  return <span>{count}</span>;
+};
+`,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
+    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(hits[0].message).toContain("setCount");
+    expect(hits[0].message).toContain("HIR-validated");
+  });
+
+  it("flags a useEffect that calls a setState via an aliased const (SSA propagation)", async () => {
+    // The compiler's setStateBindings tracking is what makes this case
+    // detectable — the rule must see through `const fn = setCount`.
+    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-aliased", {
+      files: {
+        "src/Aliased.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+export const Aliased = () => {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  const writer = setCount;
+  useEffect(() => {
+    writer(2);
+  }, []);
+  return <span>{count}</span>;
+};
+`,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
+    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT flag setState inside a sub-handler (subscription callback) — that's legit", async () => {
+    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-subscribe", {
+      files: {
+        "src/Sync.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+declare const subscribe: (handler: () => void) => () => void;
+
+export const Sync = () => {
+  const [tick, setTick] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return subscribe(() => setTick(tick + 1));
+  }, [tick]);
+  return <span>{tick}</span>;
+};
+`,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
+    // The setTick is inside a subscription callback — a sub-handler.
+    // The HIR `findTopLevelSetStateCall` only flags top-level
+    // setState calls inside the effect body, so this should NOT fire.
+    expect(hits).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects — HIR-validated rule", () => {
+  it("flags the article §1 fullName example", async () => {
+    // From https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect#updating-state-based-on-props-or-state
+    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-derived-fullname", {
+      files: {
+        "src/Form.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+export const Form = () => {
+  const [firstName] = useState("Taylor");
+  const [lastName] = useState("Swift");
+  const [fullName, setFullName] = useState("");
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setFullName(firstName + " " + lastName);
+  }, [firstName, lastName]);
+  return <p>{fullName}</p>;
+};
+`,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects");
+    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(hits[0].message).toContain("HIR-validated");
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT flag a useEffect that reads a value NOT in deps (genuine sync)", async () => {
+    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-derived-not-pure", {
+      files: {
+        "src/Logger.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+declare const log: (message: string) => void;
+
+export const Logger = ({ name }: { name: string }) => {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    log(\`\${name}: \${count}\`);
+  }, [count]);
+  return <span>{count}</span>;
+};
+`,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects");
+    expect(hits).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..787e4d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { parse } from "@typescript-eslint/parser";
+import { lowerFunction } from "../../src/plugin/hir/lower.js";
+import { inferTypes } from "../../src/plugin/hir/infer-types.js";
+import { printHIR } from "../../src/plugin/hir/print.js";
+import { validateNoSetStateInEffects } from "../../src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.js";
+import { validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects } from "../../src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.js";
+
+const lowerFromSource = (source: string) => {
+  const ast = parse(source, { loc: true, range: true, jsx: true }) as any;
+  const componentNode = ast.body[0];
+  const fn = lowerFunction(componentNode);
+  inferTypes(fn);
+  return fn;
+};
+
+describe("HIR debug — direct lower + validate", () => {
+  it("lowers a Counter component and emits a setState-in-effect finding", () => {
+    const fn = lowerFromSource(`
+function Counter() {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setCount(1);
+  }, []);
+  return null;
+}
+`);
+    const ir = printHIR(fn);
+    console.log("===== HIR =====");
+    console.log(ir);
+    const hits = validateNoSetStateInEffects(fn);
+    console.log("===== setState findings =====");
+    console.log(
+      JSON.stringify(
+        hits.map((h) => ({
+          name: h.setterPlace.identifier.name,
+          type: h.setterPlace.identifier.type,
+        })),
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+  });
+
+  it("lowers the article §1 fullName example and emits a derived-state finding", () => {
+    const fn = lowerFromSource(`
+function Form() {
+  const [firstName] = useState("Taylor");
+  const [lastName] = useState("Swift");
+  const [fullName, setFullName] = useState("");
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setFullName(firstName + " " + lastName);
+  }, [firstName, lastName]);
+  return null;
+}
+`);
+    const ir = printHIR(fn);
+    console.log("===== HIR =====");
+    console.log(ir);
+    const hits = validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects(fn);
+    console.log("===== derived findings =====");
+    console.log(
+      JSON.stringify(
+        hits.map((h) => ({ reason: h.reason })),
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+    );
+    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+  });
+});

From be7ed0a02382fe7373d7932dcf82f1bd3dec3773 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:20:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 07/16] chore: keep @typescript-eslint/parser confined to
 react-doctor's devDeps
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

The HIR unit test (`hir-unit.test.ts`) parses source via
@typescript-eslint/parser. Earlier in the lower-pass debugging
session a stray `pnpm add` planted the dep at the workspace root
too — that root entry was redundant with react-doctor's own devDep
and added needless monorepo surface. Drop it; the lockfile follows.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pnpm-lock.yaml | 130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 130 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 4c8b087c..6bdf4851 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ importers:
       '@types/prompts':
         specifier: ^2.4.9
         version: 2.4.9
+      '@typescript-eslint/parser':
+        specifier: ^8.59.2
+        version: 8.59.2(eslint@9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1))(typescript@5.9.3)
       eslint-plugin-react-hooks:
         specifier: ^7.1.1
         version: 7.1.1(eslint@9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1))
@@ -1554,6 +1557,43 @@ packages:
   '@types/react@19.2.14':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-ilcTH/UniCkMdtexkoCN0bI7pMcJDvmQFPvuPvmEaYA/NSfFTAgdUSLAoVjaRJm7+6PvcM+q1zYOwS4wTYMF9w==}
 
+  '@typescript-eslint/parser@8.59.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-plR3pp6D+SSUn1HM7xvSkx12/DhoHInI2YF35KAcVFNZvlC0gtrWqx7Qq1oH2Ssgi0vlFRCTbP+DZc7B9+TtsQ==}
+    engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
+    peerDependencies:
+      eslint: ^8.57.0 || ^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0
+      typescript: '>=4.8.4 <6.1.0'
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/project-service@8.59.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-+2hqvEkeyf/0FBor67duF0Ll7Ot8jyKzDQOSrxazF/danillRq2DwR9dLptsXpoZQqxE1UisSmoZewrlPas9Vw==}
+    engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
+    peerDependencies:
+      typescript: '>=4.8.4 <6.1.0'
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/scope-manager@8.59.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-JzfyEpEtOU89CcFSwyNS3mu4MLvLSXqnmX05+aKBDM+TdR5jzcGOEBwxwGNxrEQ7p/z6kK2WyioCGBf2zZBnvg==}
+    engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/tsconfig-utils@8.59.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-BKK4alN7oi4C/zv4VqHQ+uRU+lTa6JGIZ7s1juw7b3RHo9OfKB+bKX3u0iVZetdsUCBBkSbdWbarJbmN0fTeSw==}
+    engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
+    peerDependencies:
+      typescript: '>=4.8.4 <6.1.0'
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/types@8.59.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-e82GVOE8Ps3E++Egvb6Y3Dw0S10u8NkQ9KXmtRhCWJJ8kDhOJTvtMAWnFL16kB1583goCWXsr0NieKCZMs2/0Q==}
+    engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree@8.59.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-o0XPGNwcWw+FIwStOWn+BwBuEmL6QXP0rsvAFg7ET1dey1Nr6Wb1ac8p5HEsK0ygO/6mUxlk+YWQD9xcb/nnXg==}
+    engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
+    peerDependencies:
+      typescript: '>=4.8.4 <6.1.0'
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys@8.59.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-NwjLUnGy8/Zfx23fl50tRC8rYaYnM52xNRYFAXvmiil9yh1+K6aRVQMnzW6gQB/1DLgWt977lYQn7C+wtgXZiA==}
+    engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
+
   '@vercel/analytics@2.0.1':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-MTQG6V9qQrt1tsDeF+2Uoo5aPjqbVPys1xvnIftXSJYG2SrwXRHnqEvVoYID7BTruDz4lCd2Z7rM1BdkUehk2g==}
     peerDependencies:
@@ -1776,6 +1816,10 @@ packages:
   balanced-match@1.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-3oSeUO0TMV67hN1AmbXsK4yaqU7tjiHlbxRDZOpH0KW9+CeX4bRAaX0Anxt0tx2MrpRpWwQaPwIlISEJhYU5Pw==}
 
+  balanced-match@4.0.4:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-BLrgEcRTwX2o6gGxGOCNyMvGSp35YofuYzw9h1IMTRmKqttAZZVU67bdb9Pr2vUHA8+j3i2tJfjO6C6+4myGTA==}
+    engines: {node: 18 || 20 || >=22}
+
   baseline-browser-mapping@2.9.19:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-ipDqC8FrAl/76p2SSWKSI+H9tFwm7vYqXQrItCuiVPt26Km0jS+NzSsBWAaBusvSbQcfJG+JitdMm+wZAgTYqg==}
     hasBin: true
@@ -1787,6 +1831,10 @@ packages:
   brace-expansion@1.1.13:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-9ZLprWS6EENmhEOpjCYW2c8VkmOvckIJZfkr7rBW6dObmfgJ/L1GpSYW5Hpo9lDz4D1+n0Ckz8rU7FwHDQiG/w==}
 
+  brace-expansion@5.0.5:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-VZznLgtwhn+Mact9tfiwx64fA9erHH/MCXEUfB/0bX/6Fz6ny5EGTXYltMocqg4xFAQZtnO3DHWWXi8RiuN7cQ==}
+    engines: {node: 18 || 20 || >=22}
+
   braces@3.0.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-yQbXgO/OSZVD2IsiLlro+7Hf6Q18EJrKSEsdoMzKePKXct3gvD8oLcOQdIzGupr5Fj+EDe8gO/lxc1BzfMpxvA==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
@@ -1930,6 +1978,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Uhdk5sfqcee/9H/rCOJikYz67o0a2Tw2hGRPOG2Y1R2dg7brRe1uG0yaNQDHu+TO/uQPF/5eCapvYSmHUjt7JQ==}
     engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
 
+  eslint-visitor-keys@5.0.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-tD40eHxA35h0PEIZNeIjkHoDR4YjjJp34biM0mDvplBe//mB+IHCqHDGV7pxF+7MklTvighcCPPZC7ynWyjdTA==}
+    engines: {node: ^20.19.0 || ^22.13.0 || >=24}
+
   eslint@9.39.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-LEyamqS7W5HB3ujJyvi0HQK/dtVINZvd5mAAp9eT5S/ujByGjiZLCzPcHVzuXbpJDJF/cxwHlfceVUDZ2lnSTw==}
     engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
@@ -2303,6 +2355,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-VP79XUPxV2CigYP3jWwAUFSku2aKqBH7uTAapFWCBqutsbmDo96KY5o8uh6U+/YSIn5OxJnXp73beVkpqMIGhA==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
 
+  minimatch@10.2.5:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-MULkVLfKGYDFYejP07QOurDLLQpcjk7Fw+7jXS2R2czRQzR56yHRveU5NDJEOviH+hETZKSkIk5c+T23GjFUMg==}
+    engines: {node: 18 || 20 || >=22}
+
   minimatch@3.1.5:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-VgjWUsnnT6n+NUk6eZq77zeFdpW2LWDzP6zFGrCbHXiYNul5Dzqk2HHQ5uFH2DNW5Xbp8+jVzaeNt94ssEEl4w==}
 
@@ -2691,6 +2747,12 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-sf4i37nQ2LBx4m3wB74y+ubopq6W/dIzXg0FDGjsYnZHVa1Da8FH853wlL2gtUhg+xJXjfk3kUZS3BRoQeoQBQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=6'}
 
+  ts-api-utils@2.5.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-OJ/ibxhPlqrMM0UiNHJ/0CKQkoKF243/AEmplt3qpRgkW8VG7IfOS41h7V8TjITqdByHzrjcS/2si+y4lIh8NA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18.12'}
+    peerDependencies:
+      typescript: '>=4.8.4'
+
   tslib@2.8.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-oJFu94HQb+KVduSUQL7wnpmqnfmLsOA/nAh6b6EH0wCEoK0/mPeXU6c3wKDV83MkOuHPRHtSXKKU99IBazS/2w==}
 
@@ -3918,6 +3980,58 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       csstype: 3.2.3
 
+  '@typescript-eslint/parser@8.59.2(eslint@9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1))(typescript@5.9.3)':
+    dependencies:
+      '@typescript-eslint/scope-manager': 8.59.2
+      '@typescript-eslint/types': 8.59.2
+      '@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree': 8.59.2(typescript@5.9.3)
+      '@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys': 8.59.2
+      debug: 4.4.3
+      eslint: 9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1)
+      typescript: 5.9.3
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - supports-color
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/project-service@8.59.2(typescript@5.9.3)':
+    dependencies:
+      '@typescript-eslint/tsconfig-utils': 8.59.2(typescript@5.9.3)
+      '@typescript-eslint/types': 8.59.2
+      debug: 4.4.3
+      typescript: 5.9.3
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - supports-color
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/scope-manager@8.59.2':
+    dependencies:
+      '@typescript-eslint/types': 8.59.2
+      '@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys': 8.59.2
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/tsconfig-utils@8.59.2(typescript@5.9.3)':
+    dependencies:
+      typescript: 5.9.3
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/types@8.59.2': {}
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree@8.59.2(typescript@5.9.3)':
+    dependencies:
+      '@typescript-eslint/project-service': 8.59.2(typescript@5.9.3)
+      '@typescript-eslint/tsconfig-utils': 8.59.2(typescript@5.9.3)
+      '@typescript-eslint/types': 8.59.2
+      '@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys': 8.59.2
+      debug: 4.4.3
+      minimatch: 10.2.5
+      semver: 7.7.4
+      tinyglobby: 0.2.16
+      ts-api-utils: 2.5.0(typescript@5.9.3)
+      typescript: 5.9.3
+    transitivePeerDependencies:
+      - supports-color
+
+  '@typescript-eslint/visitor-keys@8.59.2':
+    dependencies:
+      '@typescript-eslint/types': 8.59.2
+      eslint-visitor-keys: 5.0.1
+
   '@vercel/analytics@2.0.1(next@16.2.4(react-dom@19.2.5(react@19.2.5))(react@19.2.5))(react@19.2.5)':
     optionalDependencies:
       next: 16.2.4(react-dom@19.2.5(react@19.2.5))(react@19.2.5)
@@ -4045,6 +4159,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   balanced-match@1.0.2: {}
 
+  balanced-match@4.0.4: {}
+
   baseline-browser-mapping@2.9.19: {}
 
   better-path-resolve@1.0.0:
@@ -4056,6 +4172,10 @@ snapshots:
       balanced-match: 1.0.2
       concat-map: 0.0.1
 
+  brace-expansion@5.0.5:
+    dependencies:
+      balanced-match: 4.0.4
+
   braces@3.0.3:
     dependencies:
       fill-range: 7.1.1
@@ -4201,6 +4321,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   eslint-visitor-keys@4.2.1: {}
 
+  eslint-visitor-keys@5.0.1: {}
+
   eslint@9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1):
     dependencies:
       '@eslint-community/eslint-utils': 4.9.1(eslint@9.39.2(jiti@2.6.1))
@@ -4552,6 +4674,10 @@ snapshots:
 
   mimic-function@5.0.1: {}
 
+  minimatch@10.2.5:
+    dependencies:
+      brace-expansion: 5.0.5
+
   minimatch@3.1.5:
     dependencies:
       brace-expansion: 1.1.13
@@ -5013,6 +5139,10 @@ snapshots:
 
   totalist@3.0.1: {}
 
+  ts-api-utils@2.5.0(typescript@5.9.3):
+    dependencies:
+      typescript: 5.9.3
+
   tslib@2.8.1: {}
 
   turbo@2.9.7:

From 044d799600f03314f656e1579c79f34744676d8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:39:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 08/16] feat(react-doctor): thread origin ESTree node through
 Place

Add `originNode` to Place so diagnostics can anchor on the
offending source expression instead of the surrounding component.
Mirrors how the React Compiler threads `loc` through every Place,
but uses an actual node reference (not a separate location-to-node
table) since we already have the ESTree nodes in hand.

The lower pass now sets `originNode` for:
  - Identifier reads (LoadLocal / LoadGlobal)
  - Literal / TemplateLiteral
  - MemberExpression
  - CallExpression / MethodCall
  - ArrowFunctionExpression / FunctionExpression
  - ArrayExpression / ObjectExpression
  - BinaryExpression / LogicalExpression / UnaryExpression
  - ConditionalExpression
  - JSXElement / JSXFragment
  - VariableDeclarator (Identifier and ArrayPattern locals)
  - destructured prop entries
  - regular function parameters

Synthetic temporaries (e.g. method-call property places that don't
exist as a single AST node) get `originNode: null` and the runner
falls back to the component declaration.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts | 74 ++++++++++++-------
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts |  7 ++
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
index 8c6477cc..e3b6e3b4 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ const createPlace = (
   identifier: Identifier,
   loc: SourceLocation,
   effect: EffectKind = "Read",
-): Place => ({ identifier, effect, loc });
+  originNode: EsTreeNode | null = null,
+): Place => ({ identifier, effect, loc, originNode });
 
 const emitInstruction = (
   env: LoweringEnvironment,
@@ -117,9 +118,10 @@ const emitTemporary = (
   env: LoweringEnvironment,
   value: InstructionValue,
   loc: SourceLocation,
+  originNode: EsTreeNode | null = null,
 ): Place => {
   const identifier = createIdentifier(env, allocateSyntheticName(env), "synthetic");
-  const place = createPlace(identifier, loc);
+  const place = createPlace(identifier, loc, "Read", originNode);
   emitInstruction(env, place, value, loc);
   return place;
 };
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ const collectDestructuredProps = (
     const propName: string = property.value.name;
     const reactType: ReactType = isPropCallbackName(propName) ? "PropCallback" : "Unknown";
     const identifier = createIdentifier(env, propName, "destructured-prop", reactType);
-    const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(property));
+    const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(property), "Read", property.value);
     destructuredProps.set(propName, place);
     setBinding(env, propName, place);
   }
@@ -177,16 +179,14 @@ const collectFunctionParams = (
   for (const param of paramNodes ?? []) {
     if (param.type === "Identifier") {
       const identifier = createIdentifier(env, param.name, "param");
-      const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(param));
+      const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(param), "Read", param);
       places.push(place);
       setBinding(env, param.name, place);
       continue;
     }
     if (param.type === "ObjectPattern") {
-      // Synthetic param that holds the whole props object; individual
-      // destructured names are pre-bound in the env.
       const identifier = createIdentifier(env, "props", "param");
-      const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(param));
+      const place = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(param), "Read", param);
       places.push(place);
       collectDestructuredProps(env, param, destructuredProps);
     }
@@ -196,18 +196,18 @@ const collectFunctionParams = (
 
 const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | undefined): Place => {
   if (!node) {
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: "missing-node" }, ZERO_LOCATION);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: "missing-node" }, ZERO_LOCATION, null);
   }
   const loc = getLocation(node);
 
   if (node.type === "Identifier") {
     const existing = lookupBinding(env, node.name);
     if (existing) {
-      return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "LoadLocal", place: existing }, loc);
+      return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "LoadLocal", place: existing }, loc, node);
     }
     const identifier = createIdentifier(env, node.name, "module");
-    const place = createPlace(identifier, loc);
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "LoadGlobal", name: node.name, place }, loc);
+    const place = createPlace(identifier, loc, "Read", node);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "LoadGlobal", name: node.name, place }, loc, node);
   }
 
   if (node.type === "Literal") {
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
       env,
       { kind: "Literal", value: node.value, raw: String(node.raw ?? "") },
       loc,
+      node,
     );
   }
 
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
         raw: `\`...${expressions.length} interpolations...\``,
       },
       loc,
+      node,
     );
   }
 
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
           computed: false,
         },
         loc,
+        node,
       );
     }
     if (node.computed) {
@@ -259,9 +262,10 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
           computed: true,
         },
         loc,
+        node,
       );
     }
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: "member-expression" }, loc);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: "member-expression" }, loc, node);
   }
 
   if (node.type === "CallExpression") {
@@ -272,6 +276,8 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
       const propertyPlace = createPlace(
         createIdentifier(env, propertyName, "synthetic"),
         getLocation(node.callee.property),
+        "Read",
+        node.callee.property,
       );
       const args = (node.arguments ?? []).map((argumentNode: EsTreeNode) =>
         lowerExpression(env, argumentNode),
@@ -286,13 +292,14 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
           args,
         },
         loc,
+        node,
       );
     }
     const calleePlace = lowerExpression(env, node.callee);
     const args = (node.arguments ?? []).map((argumentNode: EsTreeNode) =>
       lowerExpression(env, argumentNode),
     );
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "CallExpression", callee: calleePlace, args }, loc);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "CallExpression", callee: calleePlace, args }, loc, node);
   }
 
   if (node.type === "ArrowFunctionExpression" || node.type === "FunctionExpression") {
@@ -306,6 +313,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
         capturedPlaces,
       },
       loc,
+      node,
     );
   }
 
@@ -313,7 +321,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
     const elements: Array<Place | null> = (node.elements ?? []).map((element: EsTreeNode | null) =>
       element ? lowerExpression(env, element) : null,
     );
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "ArrayExpression", elements }, loc);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "ArrayExpression", elements }, loc, node);
   }
 
   if (node.type === "ObjectExpression") {
@@ -341,7 +349,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
         });
       }
     }
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "ObjectExpression", properties }, loc);
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "ObjectExpression", properties }, loc, node);
   }
 
   if (node.type === "BinaryExpression") {
@@ -351,6 +359,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
       env,
       { kind: "BinaryExpression", left, operator: node.operator, right },
       loc,
+      node,
     );
   }
 
@@ -361,27 +370,43 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
       env,
       { kind: "LogicalExpression", left, operator: node.operator, right },
       loc,
+      node,
     );
   }
 
   if (node.type === "UnaryExpression") {
     const argument = lowerExpression(env, node.argument);
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "UnaryExpression", operator: node.operator, argument }, loc);
+    return emitTemporary(
+      env,
+      { kind: "UnaryExpression", operator: node.operator, argument },
+      loc,
+      node,
+    );
   }
 
   if (node.type === "ConditionalExpression") {
     const test = lowerExpression(env, node.test);
     const consequent = lowerExpression(env, node.consequent);
     const alternate = lowerExpression(env, node.alternate);
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "ConditionalExpression", test, consequent, alternate }, loc);
+    return emitTemporary(
+      env,
+      { kind: "ConditionalExpression", test, consequent, alternate },
+      loc,
+      node,
+    );
   }
 
   if (node.type === "JSXElement" || node.type === "JSXFragment") {
-    const placeholder = emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Literal", value: "<jsx>", raw: "<jsx>" }, loc);
-    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "JSXExpression", jsxPlaceholder: placeholder }, loc);
+    const placeholder = emitTemporary(
+      env,
+      { kind: "Literal", value: "<jsx>", raw: "<jsx>" },
+      loc,
+      node,
+    );
+    return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "JSXExpression", jsxPlaceholder: placeholder }, loc, node);
   }
 
-  return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: node.type }, loc);
+  return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: node.type }, loc, node);
 };
 
 // HACK: collects which Places the lowered inner function reads from
@@ -430,11 +455,10 @@ const lowerVariableDeclaration = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode): v
     if (!declarator) continue;
     const initPlace = declarator.init ? lowerExpression(env, declarator.init) : null;
 
-    // Single Identifier: `const x = init`
     if (declarator.id?.type === "Identifier") {
       const name = declarator.id.name;
       const identifier = createIdentifier(env, name, "local");
-      const lvalue = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(declarator.id));
+      const lvalue = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(declarator.id), "Read", declarator.id);
       if (initPlace) {
         emitInstruction(
           env,
@@ -447,10 +471,6 @@ const lowerVariableDeclaration = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode): v
       continue;
     }
 
-    // Array destructure: `const [value, setValue] = useState(...)` —
-    // emits one LoadLocal per element and binds them. We do NOT model
-    // destructuring as a single primitive instruction; the per-element
-    // Identifiers are what validators care about.
     if (declarator.id?.type === "ArrayPattern" && initPlace) {
       const elements = declarator.id.elements ?? [];
       for (let elementIndex = 0; elementIndex < elements.length; elementIndex++) {
@@ -458,7 +478,7 @@ const lowerVariableDeclaration = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode): v
         if (!element || element.type !== "Identifier") continue;
         const name: string = element.name;
         const identifier = createIdentifier(env, name, "local");
-        const lvalue = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(element));
+        const lvalue = createPlace(identifier, getLocation(element), "Read", element);
         emitInstruction(
           env,
           lvalue,
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
index 8e1c3490..d043ce26 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ export interface Place {
   identifier: Identifier;
   effect: EffectKind;
   loc: SourceLocation;
+  // HACK: the original ESTree node a Place was lowered from (or
+  // null for synthetic temporaries). Validators read this to report
+  // at the offending source location instead of the surrounding
+  // component. Mirrors the way the React Compiler threads loc info
+  // through Place but uses an actual node reference instead of a
+  // separate location → node lookup table.
+  originNode: unknown | null;
 }
 
 export type InstructionValue =

From 0783d0c37fcc35143ab5fd705d05ca7101ce0b85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:39:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 09/16] feat(react-doctor): track call-site Place in
 setState-in-effect findings

The validator's `findTopLevelSetStateCall` now returns BOTH the
original setter Place AND the call-site Place (the synthetic temp
whose `originNode` points at the offending CallExpression in source).
A parallel `innerCallSites` map propagates that call site through
`LoadLocal`/`StoreLocal`/`useEffectEvent` so a setState wrapped in
`useEffectEvent` still surfaces at the wrapper-call site, not at the
setter declaration site.

`SetStateInEffectFinding` gains a `callSitePlace` field; the runner
uses it in preference to `setterPlace` when reporting.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts        | 73 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts
index 8366a43b..8f6a7cc6 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,29 @@ import {
 
 export interface SetStateInEffectFinding {
   setterPlace: Place;
+  // HACK: Place of the actual `setX(...)` call site inside the effect
+  // (or, when the effect handler was bound to a const, the const's
+  // call-site reference). The runner uses this to anchor the
+  // diagnostic at the offending expression — not the surrounding
+  // component declaration.
+  callSitePlace: Place;
   effectCallPlace: Place;
 }
 
+interface InnerSetStateMatch {
+  setterPlace: Place;
+  callSitePlace: Place;
+}
+
 export const validateNoSetStateInEffects = (fn: HIRFunction): Array<SetStateInEffectFinding> => {
   const findings: Array<SetStateInEffectFinding> = [];
 
-  // Map<IdentifierId, Place> — Place of the original setState binding.
-  // Mirrors `setStateFunctions` in the upstream validator.
   const setStateBindings = new Map<IdentifierId, Place>();
+  // HACK: parallel map that remembers the call-site Place for each
+  // tracked identifier. When the binding came from a FunctionExpression
+  // whose body calls setState, the call site is what should be
+  // reported — not the original setter declaration.
+  const innerCallSites = new Map<IdentifierId, Place>();
 
   for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
     for (const instr of block.instructions) {
@@ -38,6 +52,8 @@ export const validateNoSetStateInEffects = (fn: HIRFunction): Array<SetStateInEf
             const originPlace = setStateBindings.get(sourceId) ?? instr.value.place;
             if (instr.lvalue) {
               setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+              const callSite = innerCallSites.get(sourceId);
+              if (callSite) innerCallSites.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, callSite);
             }
           }
           break;
@@ -48,22 +64,21 @@ export const validateNoSetStateInEffects = (fn: HIRFunction): Array<SetStateInEf
           if (isSetStateType(instr.value.value.identifier) || setStateBindings.has(sourceId)) {
             const originPlace = setStateBindings.get(sourceId) ?? instr.value.value;
             setStateBindings.set(instr.value.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
-            if (instr.lvalue) {
-              setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+            if (instr.lvalue) setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+            const callSite = innerCallSites.get(sourceId);
+            if (callSite) {
+              innerCallSites.set(instr.value.lvalue.identifier.id, callSite);
+              if (instr.lvalue) innerCallSites.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, callSite);
             }
           }
           break;
         }
 
         case "FunctionExpression": {
-          // If the lowered function body calls a setState (or a binding
-          // that resolves to one) at its top level, treat the whole
-          // FunctionExpression's lvalue as a setState carrier — exactly
-          // what the upstream validator does to handle handlers wrapped
-          // in arrow functions before being passed to useEffect.
-          const innerSetState = findTopLevelSetStateCall(instr.value.loweredFunc, setStateBindings);
-          if (innerSetState && instr.lvalue) {
-            setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, innerSetState);
+          const innerMatch = findTopLevelSetStateCall(instr.value.loweredFunc, setStateBindings);
+          if (innerMatch && instr.lvalue) {
+            setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, innerMatch.setterPlace);
+            innerCallSites.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, innerMatch.callSitePlace);
           }
           break;
         }
@@ -71,29 +86,29 @@ export const validateNoSetStateInEffects = (fn: HIRFunction): Array<SetStateInEf
         case "CallExpression": {
           const callee = instr.value.callee;
 
-          // useEffectEvent(arg) where arg is a setState propagator → the
-          // returned function is itself a setState carrier (see
-          // upstream ValidateNoSetStateInEffects.ts:103-114).
           if (isUseEffectEventType(callee.identifier)) {
             const firstArgument = instr.value.args[0];
             if (firstArgument) {
               const originPlace = setStateBindings.get(firstArgument.identifier.id);
               if (originPlace && instr.lvalue) {
                 setStateBindings.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, originPlace);
+                const callSite = innerCallSites.get(firstArgument.identifier.id);
+                if (callSite) innerCallSites.set(instr.lvalue.identifier.id, callSite);
               }
             }
             break;
           }
 
-          // useEffect(callbackPlace, deps) — if callbackPlace resolves
-          // to a tracked setState, that's the violation.
           if (isUseEffectHookType(callee.identifier)) {
             const callbackArgument = instr.value.args[0];
             if (callbackArgument) {
               const setterOrigin = setStateBindings.get(callbackArgument.identifier.id);
               if (setterOrigin) {
+                const callSite =
+                  innerCallSites.get(callbackArgument.identifier.id) ?? callbackArgument;
                 findings.push({
                   setterPlace: setterOrigin,
+                  callSitePlace: callSite,
                   effectCallPlace: callee,
                 });
               }
@@ -124,18 +139,14 @@ export const validateNoSetStateInEffects = (fn: HIRFunction): Array<SetStateInEf
 };
 
 // HACK: Inspects an inner HIRFunction (e.g. the callback passed to
-// useEffect) and returns the original setState Place if the function
-// synchronously calls one at the top level. Mirrors `getSetStateCall`
-// from the upstream validator, but without the ref-derived exception.
+// useEffect) and returns the original setState Place + call-site Place
+// if the function synchronously calls one at the top level. Mirrors
+// `getSetStateCall` from the upstream validator, but without the
+// ref-derived exception.
 const findTopLevelSetStateCall = (
   fn: HIRFunction,
   outerSetStateBindings: Map<IdentifierId, Place>,
-): Place | null => {
-  // First, propagate setStates that came from the OUTER scope through
-  // this inner function's bindings via captured places. Capturing is
-  // identity-preserving for our IR (Place identifiers are shared), so
-  // the inner LoadLocal sees the same identifier id.
-
+): InnerSetStateMatch | null => {
   const innerSetStateBindings = new Map<IdentifierId, Place>(outerSetStateBindings);
 
   for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
@@ -165,7 +176,15 @@ const findTopLevelSetStateCall = (
         case "CallExpression": {
           const calleeIdentifier = instr.value.callee.identifier;
           if (isSetStateType(calleeIdentifier) || innerSetStateBindings.has(calleeIdentifier.id)) {
-            return innerSetStateBindings.get(calleeIdentifier.id) ?? instr.value.callee;
+            const setterPlace =
+              innerSetStateBindings.get(calleeIdentifier.id) ?? instr.value.callee;
+            // The instr.lvalue is the synthetic temp for the call's
+            // result; its originNode points at the full `setX(...)`
+            // CallExpression node (set by lower.ts via the `node`
+            // arg to emitTemporary). That's the right anchor for
+            // diagnostics.
+            const callSitePlace = instr.lvalue ?? instr.value.callee;
+            return { setterPlace, callSitePlace };
           }
           break;
         }

From 53d5ef916d0e4366f3deeea7dd7ff2f8bdebb1c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:39:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 10/16] feat(react-doctor): cache lowered HIR + report at the
 offending call site

Two wiring improvements on top of the bare port:

  1. Per-component HIR cache (WeakMap keyed by the original ESTree
     node). When multiple HIR rules visit the same component during a
     single oxlint pass, lowering + inferTypes runs once instead of
     once-per-rule. The WeakMap lets the cache GC alongside the AST.

  2. Diagnostics anchor on the offending source expression. Each
     finding's Place carries an `originNode` (set during the lower
     pass). The runner uses it as the report node, falling back to
     the component declaration only for synthetic places that don't
     correspond to a single source node.

New regression test asserts the line number of the diagnostic for a
setState-in-effect violation: must be the line of the `setCount(1)`
call (line 6 in the fixture), not the line of the surrounding
`export const Counter = () => {}` declaration (line 3).

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts     | 66 ++++++++-----------
 .../tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts        | 29 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
index ae6fd7cc..74c71983 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
@@ -4,54 +4,46 @@ import { lowerFunction } from "./lower.js";
 import { inferTypes } from "./infer-types.js";
 import { validateNoSetStateInEffects } from "./validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.js";
 import { validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects } from "./validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.js";
+import type { HIRFunction, Place } from "./types.js";
 
 // HACK: bridges HIR validators to the existing oxlint Rule contract.
-// Each HIR-backed rule is a thin wrapper that:
-//   1. detects component-shaped functions (uppercase FunctionDeclaration
-//      or `const Foo = () => ...`)
-//   2. runs `lower()` then `inferTypes()` once per component
-//   3. reports findings via `context.report()`
 //
-// We DON'T cache the lowered HIR across rules because each Rule has its
-// own RuleContext lifecycle. Once we have multiple HIR-backed rules
-// firing on the same scan we can introduce a per-source-file cache;
-// the lowering is cheap relative to oxlint's full pass.
+// Each rule's `create()` returns visitors that detect a component-shaped
+// function and forward to a shared `getOrLowerHir(node)`. The lowered
+// HIR is cached in a WeakMap keyed by the original component AST node
+// so multiple HIR rules running on the same source file lower it once.
+//
+// Diagnostics carry a `Place` — its `originNode` points back at the
+// ESTree node the place was lowered from. We use that as the report
+// node, falling back to the component declaration when the place was
+// synthetic (no underlying source node).
+
+const lowerCache = new WeakMap<object, HIRFunction>();
 
-const lowerComponent = (functionNode: EsTreeNode) => {
-  const fn = lowerFunction(functionNode);
+const getOrLowerHir = (componentNode: EsTreeNode): HIRFunction => {
+  // WeakMap requires an object key; ESTree nodes are objects.
+  const cacheKey = componentNode as unknown as object;
+  const cached = lowerCache.get(cacheKey);
+  if (cached) return cached;
+  const fn = lowerFunction(componentNode);
   inferTypes(fn);
+  lowerCache.set(cacheKey, fn);
   return fn;
 };
 
-const findEsTreeNodeForLocation = (
-  contextSourceCode: { getNodeByRangeIndex?: (index: number) => EsTreeNode | null } | undefined,
-  loc: { start: { line: number; column: number } },
-  fallbackNode: EsTreeNode,
-): EsTreeNode => {
-  // HACK: the HIR carries SourceLocation but reporting needs an
-  // EsTreeNode. oxlint plugins don't expose `getSourceCode()` so we
-  // synthesize a minimal node using the original component for
-  // reporting position. Validators that need pinpoint reporting can
-  // override this once oxlint exposes more of the source code API.
-  void contextSourceCode;
-  void loc;
-  return fallbackNode;
-};
+const resolveReportNode = (place: Place, fallbackNode: EsTreeNode): EsTreeNode =>
+  place.originNode ? (place.originNode as EsTreeNode) : fallbackNode;
 
 export const hirNoSetStateInEffect: Rule = {
   create: (context: RuleContext) => {
     const visitComponent = (functionNode: EsTreeNode): void => {
-      const fn = lowerComponent(functionNode);
+      const fn = getOrLowerHir(functionNode);
       const findings = validateNoSetStateInEffects(fn);
       for (const finding of findings) {
-        const reportTarget = findEsTreeNodeForLocation(
-          undefined,
-          finding.setterPlace.loc,
-          functionNode,
-        );
+        const reportNode = resolveReportNode(finding.callSitePlace, functionNode);
         const setterName = finding.setterPlace.identifier.name ?? "<setter>";
         context.report({
-          node: reportTarget,
+          node: reportNode,
           message: `Calling \`${setterName}()\` directly within an effect can trigger cascading renders. Effects should synchronize React with external systems; either move the setState into the event that caused it, or fold the value into a render-time derivation. (HIR-validated)`,
         });
       }
@@ -74,17 +66,13 @@ export const hirNoSetStateInEffect: Rule = {
 export const hirNoDerivedComputationsInEffects: Rule = {
   create: (context: RuleContext) => {
     const visitComponent = (functionNode: EsTreeNode): void => {
-      const fn = lowerComponent(functionNode);
+      const fn = getOrLowerHir(functionNode);
       const findings = validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects(fn);
       for (const finding of findings) {
         if (finding.reason !== "all-deps-captured") continue;
-        const reportTarget = findEsTreeNodeForLocation(
-          undefined,
-          finding.effectCallPlace.loc,
-          functionNode,
-        );
+        const reportNode = resolveReportNode(finding.effectCallPlace, functionNode);
         context.report({
-          node: reportTarget,
+          node: reportNode,
           message:
             "Effect derives state purely from its dependencies — compute the value during render (or wrap in `useMemo` if expensive). (HIR-validated)",
         });
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
index 020e1bf7..4373dcfd 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ afterAll(() => {
 const collectRuleHits = async (
   projectDir: string,
   ruleId: string,
-): Promise<Array<{ filePath: string; message: string }>> => {
+): Promise<Array<{ filePath: string; message: string; line: number }>> => {
   const diagnostics = await runOxlint({
     rootDirectory: projectDir,
     hasTypeScript: true,
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ const collectRuleHits = async (
     .map((diagnostic) => ({
       filePath: diagnostic.filePath,
       message: diagnostic.message,
+      line: diagnostic.line,
     }));
 };
 
@@ -77,6 +78,32 @@ export const Aliased = () => {
     expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
   });
 
+  it("reports at the setState call site (not the component declaration line)", async () => {
+    // Wiring assertion: the runner threads `originNode` through Place
+    // so diagnostics anchor on the offending `setX(...)` expression,
+    // not on the surrounding `function Component() {}` declaration.
+    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-call-site-loc", {
+      files: {
+        "src/Counter.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+export const Counter = () => {
+  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setCount(1);
+  }, []);
+  return <span>{count}</span>;
+};
+`,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
+    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    // The component declaration is on line 3; \`setCount(1)\` is on line 6.
+    // The diagnostic must point at line 6.
+    expect(hits[0].line).toBe(6);
+  });
+
   it("does NOT flag setState inside a sub-handler (subscription callback) — that's legit", async () => {
     const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-subscribe", {
       files: {

From eedd5a2b1b791d54bc82bd78cff5ab1b00be2b8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:54:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 11/16] =?UTF-8?q?fix(react-doctor):=20tighten=20HIR=20type?=
 =?UTF-8?q?s=20=E2=80=94=20drop=20`unknown`=20casts=20in=20runner?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

`Place.originNode` was typed `unknown | null`, which forced two
`as` casts in the runner (one for the WeakMap key, one when reading
back the originNode for context.report). Importing `EsTreeNode`
into hir/types.ts (no cycle — plugin/types.ts has no HIR imports)
lets us type the field as `EsTreeNode | null` directly. Both casts
gone; AGENTS.md 'Do not type cast unless absolutely necessary' is
honored.

Also adds the missing `isUseStateHookType` predicate. The type
`UseStateHook` was already in the `ReactType` union but had no
sibling helper alongside `isUseEffectHookType` /
`isUseRefType` etc.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts | 10 ++++------
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts  |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
index 74c71983..3a5caab0 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
@@ -18,21 +18,19 @@ import type { HIRFunction, Place } from "./types.js";
 // node, falling back to the component declaration when the place was
 // synthetic (no underlying source node).
 
-const lowerCache = new WeakMap<object, HIRFunction>();
+const lowerCache = new WeakMap<EsTreeNode, HIRFunction>();
 
 const getOrLowerHir = (componentNode: EsTreeNode): HIRFunction => {
-  // WeakMap requires an object key; ESTree nodes are objects.
-  const cacheKey = componentNode as unknown as object;
-  const cached = lowerCache.get(cacheKey);
+  const cached = lowerCache.get(componentNode);
   if (cached) return cached;
   const fn = lowerFunction(componentNode);
   inferTypes(fn);
-  lowerCache.set(cacheKey, fn);
+  lowerCache.set(componentNode, fn);
   return fn;
 };
 
 const resolveReportNode = (place: Place, fallbackNode: EsTreeNode): EsTreeNode =>
-  place.originNode ? (place.originNode as EsTreeNode) : fallbackNode;
+  place.originNode ?? fallbackNode;
 
 export const hirNoSetStateInEffect: Rule = {
   create: (context: RuleContext) => {
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
index d043ce26..c076efc1 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { EsTreeNode } from "../types.js";
+
 // HACK: Mirrors the structure of React Compiler's HIR but heavily
 // simplified for react-doctor's needs:
 //   - operates on ESTree nodes (oxlint plugin AST), not Babel
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ export interface Place {
   // component. Mirrors the way the React Compiler threads loc info
   // through Place but uses an actual node reference instead of a
   // separate location → node lookup table.
-  originNode: unknown | null;
+  originNode: EsTreeNode | null;
 }
 
 export type InstructionValue =
@@ -130,6 +132,9 @@ export const isSetStateType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
 export const isStateValueType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
   identifier.type === "StateValue";
 
+export const isUseStateHookType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
+  identifier.type === "UseStateHook";
+
 export const isUseEffectHookType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
   identifier.type === "UseEffectHook" || identifier.type === "UseLayoutEffectHook";
 

From d1db9ef9263f6eae84007c828d87949e3ced13b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:54:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 12/16] fix(react-doctor): use FunctionExpression captures (not
 body LoadLocals) in validateEffect
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The previous validateEffect walked every LoadLocal in the inner
function body and treated each one as a 'capture'. That conflated:

  - reads of variables captured from outer scope (real captures)
  - reads of variables LOCAL to the inner function (e.g. a temporary
    bound inside the effect body)

Mismatch in the second category caused inner-scope locals to be
flagged as 'captures-non-dep', which bailed the validator early and
silently dropped a true derived-computation finding. Reproduced by:

  useEffect(() => {
    const combined = firstName + ' ' + lastName;  // ← inner local
    setFullName(combined);
  }, [firstName, lastName]);                       // pure derivation

Fix: use the FunctionExpression instruction's `capturedPlaces` field
(populated by lower.ts's `collectCapturedPlaces`). That set is
exactly the outer bindings the inner reads — the 1:1 analog of the
upstream compiler's `effectFunction.context`.

The `effectFunctions` lookup table now stores both the HIRFunction
and its capture list; the validator iterates only the captures.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 ...date-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts | 58 ++++++++++---------
 .../tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts        | 26 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
index 66495f27..a3c4151a 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import {
 // HACK: port of `babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects.ts`
 // (~229 LOC upstream). Maintains three lookup tables that mirror the
 // upstream code:
-//   - candidateDependencies: lvalue → ArrayExpression instruction
-//   - effectFunctions:       lvalue → FunctionExpression instruction
+//   - candidateDependencies: lvalue → ArrayExpression elements
+//   - effectFunctions:       lvalue → { func, captures }
 //   - locals:                lvalue → underlying source identifier id
 //
 // When we see `useEffect(arg0, arg1)` where arg0 resolves to a tracked
@@ -23,13 +23,24 @@ export interface DerivedComputationInEffectFinding {
   reason: "captures-non-dep" | "missing-dep" | "all-deps-captured";
 }
 
+interface EffectFunctionEntry {
+  func: HIRFunction;
+  // HACK: captured Places are computed once at lower time and stored
+  // on each `FunctionExpression` instruction. We hold onto them here
+  // so `validateEffect` doesn't have to re-derive captures by walking
+  // the inner body — and crucially, doesn't conflate inner-scope
+  // LoadLocals (`const x = a + b; setX(x)` — where `x` is local) with
+  // captures of outer bindings.
+  captures: Array<Place>;
+}
+
 export const validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects = (
   fn: HIRFunction,
 ): Array<DerivedComputationInEffectFinding> => {
   const findings: Array<DerivedComputationInEffectFinding> = [];
 
   const candidateDependencies = new Map<IdentifierId, Array<Place>>();
-  const effectFunctions = new Map<IdentifierId, HIRFunction>();
+  const effectFunctions = new Map<IdentifierId, EffectFunctionEntry>();
   const localAliases = new Map<IdentifierId, IdentifierId>();
 
   for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
@@ -51,7 +62,10 @@ export const validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects = (
       }
 
       if (instr.value.kind === "FunctionExpression" && lvalueId !== undefined) {
-        effectFunctions.set(lvalueId, instr.value.loweredFunc);
+        effectFunctions.set(lvalueId, {
+          func: instr.value.loweredFunc,
+          captures: instr.value.capturedPlaces,
+        });
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -62,15 +76,15 @@ export const validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects = (
         if (instr.value.args.length !== 2) continue;
         const callbackArgument = instr.value.args[0];
         const depsArgument = instr.value.args[1];
-        const effectFunction = effectFunctions.get(callbackArgument.identifier.id);
+        const effectEntry = effectFunctions.get(callbackArgument.identifier.id);
         const depsList = candidateDependencies.get(depsArgument.identifier.id);
-        if (!effectFunction || !depsList || depsList.length === 0) continue;
+        if (!effectEntry || !depsList || depsList.length === 0) continue;
 
         const dependencyIds = depsList.map(
           (dep) => localAliases.get(dep.identifier.id) ?? dep.identifier.id,
         );
 
-        const finding = validateEffect(effectFunction, dependencyIds, callee);
+        const finding = validateEffect(effectEntry, dependencyIds, callee);
         if (finding) findings.push(finding);
       }
     }
@@ -80,31 +94,21 @@ export const validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects = (
 };
 
 const validateEffect = (
-  effectFunction: HIRFunction,
+  effectEntry: EffectFunctionEntry,
   effectDependencyIds: Array<IdentifierId>,
   effectCallPlace: Place,
 ): DerivedComputationInEffectFinding | null => {
+  // HACK: matches the upstream pattern of iterating
+  // `effectFunction.context` (the captured-from-outer set) instead of
+  // every LoadLocal in the body. Without this distinction, an inner
+  // local like `const x = a + b` would be misclassified as a
+  // non-dep capture and bail the validator early.
   const capturedIds = new Set<IdentifierId>();
-  let captureViolation: "captures-non-dep" | null = null;
-
-  for (const block of effectFunction.body.blocks.values()) {
-    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
-      if (instr.value.kind === "LoadLocal") {
-        const place = instr.value.place;
-        capturedIds.add(place.identifier.id);
-        if (isSetStateType(place.identifier) || effectDependencyIds.includes(place.identifier.id)) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        // HACK: per the upstream compiler — capturing anything OTHER
-        // than effectDeps and setStates means the effect isn't a pure
-        // derivation (it reads a non-dep prop / state / outer binding).
-        // Mark and bail; the rule shouldn't flag this case at all.
-        captureViolation = "captures-non-dep";
-      }
+  for (const capture of effectEntry.captures) {
+    capturedIds.add(capture.identifier.id);
+    if (isSetStateType(capture.identifier) || effectDependencyIds.includes(capture.identifier.id)) {
+      continue;
     }
-  }
-
-  if (captureViolation === "captures-non-dep") {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
index 4373dcfd..3128de2c 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,32 @@ export const Form = () => {
     expect(hits[0].message).toContain("HIR-validated");
   });
 
+  it("flags the article §1 example even when the derivation is bound to a local first", async () => {
+    // Regression for the validateEffect bug where every LoadLocal got
+    // added to capturedIds — including reads of inner-scope locals
+    // like `const x = …`, which then bailed the validator.
+    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-derived-with-local", {
+      files: {
+        "src/Form.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+export const Form = () => {
+  const [firstName] = useState("Taylor");
+  const [lastName] = useState("Swift");
+  const [fullName, setFullName] = useState("");
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const combined = firstName + " " + lastName;
+    setFullName(combined);
+  }, [firstName, lastName]);
+  return <p>{fullName}</p>;
+};
+`,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects");
+    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+  });
+
   it("does NOT flag a useEffect that reads a value NOT in deps (genuine sync)", async () => {
     const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-derived-not-pure", {
       files: {

From da60f772da06c15922e06ffc93b307f134646550 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 02:55:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 13/16] fix(react-doctor): handle nested FunctionDeclaration +
 drop dead outerEnv parameter

Two cleanups in lower.ts:

  1. `lowerExpression` now also handles nested FunctionDeclaration.
     Previously a `function helper() {}` inside a component body
     fell through to the Unsupported case AND its name wasn't bound
     in the enclosing env, so a subsequent `helper()` call would
     LoadGlobal the name instead of resolving to the inner function.
     We lower the FunctionDeclaration like an Arrow/FunctionExpression
     and tie its name to the lvalue Place when entering the binding.

  2. `collectCapturedPlaces` had a dead `outerEnv` parameter the
     comment apologized for with `void outerEnv`. The function only
     ever needed the inner HIRFunction (Place identifier ids are
     already shared via the root-env id allocator, so an outer-env
     argument was never load-bearing). Drop it.

Test cleanup: `hir-unit.test.ts` no longer uses `as any` to coerce
the parser output; it does a single explicit `as unknown as
EsTreeNode` with a HACK comment explaining why the parser's
Program.body[0] is structurally compatible with our EsTreeNode
interface.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts | 39 +++++++++++--------
 .../tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts        |  9 ++++-
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
index e3b6e3b4..89b4d3c0 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
@@ -302,10 +302,14 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
     return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "CallExpression", callee: calleePlace, args }, loc, node);
   }
 
-  if (node.type === "ArrowFunctionExpression" || node.type === "FunctionExpression") {
+  if (
+    node.type === "ArrowFunctionExpression" ||
+    node.type === "FunctionExpression" ||
+    node.type === "FunctionDeclaration"
+  ) {
     const lowered = lowerFunctionInEnv(node, env);
-    const capturedPlaces: Array<Place> = collectCapturedPlaces(env, lowered);
-    return emitTemporary(
+    const capturedPlaces: Array<Place> = collectCapturedPlaces(lowered);
+    const place = emitTemporary(
       env,
       {
         kind: "FunctionExpression",
@@ -315,6 +319,14 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
       loc,
       node,
     );
+    // HACK: a nested FunctionDeclaration introduces a binding in its
+    // enclosing scope (`function helper() {}` ≈ `var helper = ...`).
+    // Tie the name to the FunctionExpression's lvalue so subsequent
+    // `helper()` calls resolve to it, not LoadGlobal.
+    if (node.type === "FunctionDeclaration" && node.id?.type === "Identifier") {
+      setBinding(env, node.id.name, place);
+    }
+    return place;
   }
 
   if (node.type === "ArrayExpression") {
@@ -413,18 +425,14 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
 // any enclosing scope. Because env IDs are shared (root env's
 // allocator is reused by every child), we just look at every
 // LoadLocal whose source identifier was bound OUTSIDE the inner
-// function's own params/locals — that's a capture.
-const collectCapturedPlaces = (
-  outerEnv: LoweringEnvironment,
-  innerFn: HIRFunction,
-): Array<Place> => {
+// function's own params / destructured props / lvalues — that's a
+// capture. The outer env isn't needed here because the captured
+// Place is the SAME Place object (identifier id and originNode)
+// that exists in the outer scope.
+const collectCapturedPlaces = (innerFn: HIRFunction): Array<Place> => {
   const captured: Array<Place> = [];
-  const seenIds = new Set<number>();
-  // The inner function's own locals are anything bound during its
-  // lowering — we approximate by looking at the params + the lvalues
-  // of its instructions. Anything else in a LoadLocal must have come
-  // from outside.
-  const innerOwnIds = new Set<number>();
+  const seenIds = new Set<IdentifierId>();
+  const innerOwnIds = new Set<IdentifierId>();
   for (const param of innerFn.params) innerOwnIds.add(param.identifier.id);
   for (const place of innerFn.destructuredProps.values()) {
     innerOwnIds.add(place.identifier.id);
@@ -444,9 +452,6 @@ const collectCapturedPlaces = (
       captured.push(place);
     }
   }
-  // Mark `outerEnv` as referenced so future maintenance can use it
-  // without lint screaming.
-  void outerEnv;
   return captured;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
index 787e4d18..ecb9227f 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 import { parse } from "@typescript-eslint/parser";
+import type { EsTreeNode } from "../../src/plugin/types.js";
 import { lowerFunction } from "../../src/plugin/hir/lower.js";
 import { inferTypes } from "../../src/plugin/hir/infer-types.js";
 import { printHIR } from "../../src/plugin/hir/print.js";
@@ -7,8 +8,12 @@ import { validateNoSetStateInEffects } from "../../src/plugin/hir/validators/val
 import { validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects } from "../../src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.js";
 
 const lowerFromSource = (source: string) => {
-  const ast = parse(source, { loc: true, range: true, jsx: true }) as any;
-  const componentNode = ast.body[0];
+  const ast = parse(source, { loc: true, range: true, jsx: true });
+  // HACK: @typescript-eslint/parser returns a Program node whose
+  // `.body[0]` is a FunctionDeclaration shape compatible with our
+  // EsTreeNode contract (every property we read is present and the
+  // dynamic index signature on EsTreeNode permits the rest).
+  const componentNode = ast.body[0] as unknown as EsTreeNode;
   const fn = lowerFunction(componentNode);
   inferTypes(fn);
   return fn;

From 5176810f322f18737f6fe962df367f57935dea31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 05:21:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 14/16] =?UTF-8?q?fix(hir):=20round-5=20deep=20review=20fix?=
 =?UTF-8?q?es=20=E2=80=94=20type-tagging,=20scoping,=20edge=20cases?=
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Five issues found on a fresh deep review of the HIR port (PR #164):

1. inferTypes conflated useState/useMemo/useContext returns under
   ReactType "Object". The PropertyLoad index-0/index-1 → StateValue/
   StateSetter branch keyed off "Object", so a destructure like
   `const [n, runIt] = useMemo(...)` would tag `runIt` as a
   StateSetter and the validators would treat `runIt()` as a
   setState call. Fix: add a distinct `StateTuple` ReactType, gate
   the PropertyLoad branch on it. Regression test added.

2. The HIR rules duplicated `noDerivedStateEffect` on the canonical
   single-setter-call shape (article §1 fullName example), producing
   two diagnostics on the same line. Fix:
   `hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects` now defers when the
   effect body has no intermediate local bindings (StoreLocal in the
   inner HIR), preserving the multi-statement-with-locals path the
   AST walker can't see through. `hir-no-set-state-in-effect`
   stays unscoped because distinguishing direct vs aliased setter
   calls reliably from the HIR is not workable at v1; the duplicate
   on the simplest shape is documented as a known v1 limitation.

3. `lowerExpression` silently dropped `SpreadElement` arguments
   (`f(...args)` lowered to a CallExpression with the spread
   missing). Extracted `lowerCallArguments` that unwraps the
   spread's `argument` so the operand identity is still threaded
   through — losing only the spread shape (not modeled in v1) but
   keeping setState/alias propagation working through spread args.

4. `lowerStatement` only handled VariableDeclaration, ExpressionStatement,
   ReturnStatement, BlockStatement, IfStatement, and the function-
   declaration shapes. `for`, `while`, `do-while`, `for-of`,
   `for-in`, `switch`, `try`, `throw`, `labeled` all silently
   fell through, so a useEffect (or any hook call) inside any of
   these blocks was invisible to validators. Added recursive
   descent for all of them — control flow collapses into the
   surrounding block (no real CFG terminals yet) but the bodies
   get lowered.

5. The hir-unit test for the article §1 example used the single-
   setter-call shape that the round-2 scoping fix now defers on;
   updated to the multi-statement-with-locals form to keep the
   coverage on the validator's unique path.

All 490 tests pass; lint, typecheck, format clean.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts    | 10 ++
 .../src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts             | 14 +--
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts | 88 +++++++++++++++--
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts |  6 ++
 ...date-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts | 19 ++++
 .../tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts        | 98 ++++++++++---------
 .../tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts        | 10 +-
 7 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
index 506f5ab8..2145c7ae 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
@@ -313,6 +313,16 @@ export const GLOBAL_REACT_DOCTOR_RULES: Record<string, RuleSeverity> = {
   "react-doctor/advanced-event-handler-refs": "warn",
   "react-doctor/effect-needs-cleanup": "error",
 
+  // HACK: HIR-backed rules — v1 of the IR-based analysis pass. Known
+  // overlap with the AST-walker `no-derived-state-effect`: both fire
+  // on the canonical "useEffect with single setter call deriving
+  // from deps" shape, producing two diagnostics on the same line.
+  // The HIR rule additionally catches multi-statement-with-locals
+  // shapes the AST walker misses. Future work: scope the HIR rule
+  // so it only reports on shapes the AST walker wouldn't, then
+  // retire the walker. Until then, users who don't want the
+  // duplicate can disable the AST walker rule (or this one) via
+  // `react-doctor.config.json`.
   "react-doctor/hir-no-set-state-in-effect": "warn",
   "react-doctor/hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects": "warn",
 
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
index d72aba3e..f962078f 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const inferTypes = (fn: HIRFunction): void => {
           const calleeType = instr.value.callee.identifier.type;
           if (lvalue) {
             if (calleeType === "UseStateHook") {
-              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "Object");
+              setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "StateTuple");
             } else if (calleeType === "UseRefHook") {
               setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "RefValue");
             } else if (calleeType === "UseEffectEventHook") {
@@ -94,11 +94,13 @@ export const inferTypes = (fn: HIRFunction): void => {
           const objectType = instr.value.object.identifier.type;
           // `const [value, setValue] = useState(...)` lowers to two
           // PropertyLoad instructions on the useState return. Index 0
-          // is the state value, index 1 is the setter.
-          if (objectType === "Object" && instr.value.computed) {
-            // Heuristic: the object came from a useState/useReducer
-            // call (we tagged it `Object` above), and the index is "0"
-            // or "1".
+          // is the state value, index 1 is the setter. Gated on
+          // `StateTuple` (not generic `Object`) so a `useMemo`
+          // returning an array doesn't have its destructure
+          // misclassified as state — the lvalue of that PropertyLoad
+          // would otherwise get StateSetter and trigger
+          // `validateNoSetStateInEffects` on a non-setter call.
+          if (objectType === "StateTuple" && instr.value.computed) {
             if (instr.value.property === "0" && lvalue) {
               setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "StateValue");
             } else if (instr.value.property === "1" && lvalue) {
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
index 89b4d3c0..216cee6c 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,24 @@ const collectFunctionParams = (
   return places;
 };
 
+// HACK: `f(...args)` in ESTree wraps the spread in `SpreadElement`,
+// which `lowerExpression` doesn't recognize and would otherwise drop
+// silently. Lower the spread's `argument` directly so the spread
+// source still appears as a Place in the call's args list — the
+// "spread"-ness is lost (we have no SpreadPlace shape in v1) but
+// the operand identity is preserved, which is what validators that
+// trace setState propagation through arguments care about.
+const lowerCallArguments = (
+  env: LoweringEnvironment,
+  argumentNodes: Array<EsTreeNode> | undefined,
+): Array<Place> =>
+  (argumentNodes ?? []).map((argumentNode: EsTreeNode) => {
+    if (argumentNode.type === "SpreadElement") {
+      return lowerExpression(env, argumentNode.argument);
+    }
+    return lowerExpression(env, argumentNode);
+  });
+
 const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | undefined): Place => {
   if (!node) {
     return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: "missing-node" }, ZERO_LOCATION, null);
@@ -279,9 +297,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
         "Read",
         node.callee.property,
       );
-      const args = (node.arguments ?? []).map((argumentNode: EsTreeNode) =>
-        lowerExpression(env, argumentNode),
-      );
+      const args = lowerCallArguments(env, node.arguments);
       return emitTemporary(
         env,
         {
@@ -296,9 +312,7 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
       );
     }
     const calleePlace = lowerExpression(env, node.callee);
-    const args = (node.arguments ?? []).map((argumentNode: EsTreeNode) =>
-      lowerExpression(env, argumentNode),
-    );
+    const args = lowerCallArguments(env, node.arguments);
     return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "CallExpression", callee: calleePlace, args }, loc, node);
   }
 
@@ -531,6 +545,68 @@ const lowerStatement = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | unde
     return;
   }
 
+  // HACK: control-flow statements collapse into the surrounding block
+  // for v1 (no real CFG terminals yet). We still recurse into their
+  // bodies so a `useEffect` inside `try { ... }` or `for (...) { ... }`
+  // gets lowered — silently dropping these statements would have
+  // missed real validator findings.
+  if (node.type === "ForStatement" || node.type === "WhileStatement") {
+    if (node.test) lowerExpression(env, node.test);
+    if (node.update) lowerExpression(env, node.update);
+    if (node.init) {
+      if (node.init.type === "VariableDeclaration") {
+        lowerVariableDeclaration(env, node.init);
+      } else {
+        lowerExpression(env, node.init);
+      }
+    }
+    lowerStatement(env, node.body);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "DoWhileStatement") {
+    lowerStatement(env, node.body);
+    if (node.test) lowerExpression(env, node.test);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "ForOfStatement" || node.type === "ForInStatement") {
+    if (node.left?.type === "VariableDeclaration") {
+      lowerVariableDeclaration(env, node.left);
+    }
+    if (node.right) lowerExpression(env, node.right);
+    lowerStatement(env, node.body);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "SwitchStatement") {
+    if (node.discriminant) lowerExpression(env, node.discriminant);
+    for (const switchCase of node.cases ?? []) {
+      if (switchCase.test) lowerExpression(env, switchCase.test);
+      for (const consequentStatement of switchCase.consequent ?? []) {
+        lowerStatement(env, consequentStatement);
+      }
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "TryStatement") {
+    lowerStatement(env, node.block);
+    if (node.handler?.body) lowerStatement(env, node.handler.body);
+    if (node.finalizer) lowerStatement(env, node.finalizer);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "ThrowStatement") {
+    if (node.argument) lowerExpression(env, node.argument);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (node.type === "LabeledStatement") {
+    lowerStatement(env, node.body);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (
     node.type === "FunctionDeclaration" ||
     node.type === "ArrowFunctionExpression" ||
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
index c076efc1..33119790 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ export type ReactType =
   | "UseMemoHook"
   | "UseContextHook"
   | "UseEffectEventHook"
+  // HACK: `[value, setter]` tuple returned by useState/useReducer.
+  // Distinct from `"Object"` so the indexed-PropertyLoad type tagging
+  // (which produces StateValue / StateSetter) doesn't fire on
+  // unrelated tuple-returning hooks like useMemo or arbitrary
+  // user-defined hooks that happen to return arrays.
+  | "StateTuple"
   | "StateValue"
   | "StateSetter"
   | "RefValue"
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
index a3c4151a..169d3b6c 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,25 @@ const validateEffect = (
     }
   }
 
+  // HACK: defer to the AST-walker `noDerivedStateEffect` for the
+  // canonical single-setter-call shape — that rule already flags it
+  // with the §1/§2 message split. The HIR rule's unique value is the
+  // multi-statement-with-locals shape (`const combined = a + b;
+  // setFullName(combined);`), which the AST walker can't see through.
+  // Detect via a StoreLocal in the inner function: only present when
+  // there's an intermediate local binding inside the effect body.
+  let hasIntermediateLocalBinding = false;
+  for (const block of effectEntry.func.body.blocks.values()) {
+    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
+      if (instr.value.kind === "StoreLocal") {
+        hasIntermediateLocalBinding = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (hasIntermediateLocalBinding) break;
+  }
+  if (!hasIntermediateLocalBinding) return null;
+
   return {
     effectCallPlace,
     reason: "all-deps-captured",
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
index 3128de2c..b54aa7f8 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ afterAll(() => {
   fs.rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
 });
 
+const setupHirProject = (caseId: string, files: Record<string, string>): string =>
+  setupReactProject(tempRoot, caseId, { files });
+
 const collectRuleHits = async (
   projectDir: string,
   ruleId: string,
@@ -34,9 +37,8 @@ const collectRuleHits = async (
 
 describe("hir-no-set-state-in-effect — HIR-validated rule", () => {
   it("flags a useEffect that calls a setState directly", async () => {
-    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-direct", {
-      files: {
-        "src/Counter.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+    const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-no-set-state-direct", {
+      "src/Counter.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 export const Counter = () => {
   const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
@@ -46,7 +48,6 @@ export const Counter = () => {
   return <span>{count}</span>;
 };
 `,
-      },
     });
 
     const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
@@ -56,11 +57,8 @@ export const Counter = () => {
   });
 
   it("flags a useEffect that calls a setState via an aliased const (SSA propagation)", async () => {
-    // The compiler's setStateBindings tracking is what makes this case
-    // detectable — the rule must see through `const fn = setCount`.
-    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-aliased", {
-      files: {
-        "src/Aliased.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+    const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-no-set-state-aliased", {
+      "src/Aliased.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 export const Aliased = () => {
   const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ export const Aliased = () => {
   return <span>{count}</span>;
 };
 `,
-      },
     });
 
     const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
@@ -79,12 +76,8 @@ export const Aliased = () => {
   });
 
   it("reports at the setState call site (not the component declaration line)", async () => {
-    // Wiring assertion: the runner threads `originNode` through Place
-    // so diagnostics anchor on the offending `setX(...)` expression,
-    // not on the surrounding `function Component() {}` declaration.
-    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-call-site-loc", {
-      files: {
-        "src/Counter.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+    const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-no-set-state-call-site-loc", {
+      "src/Counter.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 export const Counter = () => {
   const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
@@ -94,20 +87,16 @@ export const Counter = () => {
   return <span>{count}</span>;
 };
 `,
-      },
     });
 
     const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
     expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
-    // The component declaration is on line 3; \`setCount(1)\` is on line 6.
-    // The diagnostic must point at line 6.
     expect(hits[0].line).toBe(6);
   });
 
   it("does NOT flag setState inside a sub-handler (subscription callback) — that's legit", async () => {
-    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-no-set-state-subscribe", {
-      files: {
-        "src/Sync.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+    const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-no-set-state-subscribe", {
+      "src/Sync.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 declare const subscribe: (handler: () => void) => () => void;
 
@@ -119,23 +108,48 @@ export const Sync = () => {
   return <span>{tick}</span>;
 };
 `,
-      },
     });
 
     const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
-    // The setTick is inside a subscription callback — a sub-handler.
-    // The HIR `findTopLevelSetStateCall` only flags top-level
-    // setState calls inside the effect body, so this should NOT fire.
+    expect(hits).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT misclassify `[a, b] = useMemo(...)` as a state destructure (round 5 review)", async () => {
+    // Regression: round-4 inferTypes tagged useState/useMemo/useContext
+    // returns ALL as `Object`, then PropertyLoad index 0/1 produced
+    // StateValue/StateSetter — including for useMemo destructures.
+    // Calling `b()` would then look like a setState call. Distinct
+    // `StateTuple` type now gates that branch to useState only.
+    const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-no-set-state-usememo-tuple", {
+      "src/Memo.tsx": `import { useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
+
+declare const compute: () => [number, () => void];
+
+export const Memo = () => {
+  const [n, runIt] = useMemo(() => compute(), []);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    runIt();
+  }, [n]);
+  return <span>{n}</span>;
+};
+`,
+    });
+
+    const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
+    // \`runIt\` is from useMemo, not useState — the rule must NOT
+    // flag it as a setState-in-effect.
     expect(hits).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 });
 
 describe("hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects — HIR-validated rule", () => {
-  it("flags the article §1 fullName example", async () => {
-    // From https://react.dev/learn/you-might-not-need-an-effect#updating-state-based-on-props-or-state
-    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-derived-fullname", {
-      files: {
-        "src/Form.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+  it("defers to the AST walker on the canonical single-setter-call shape (round 5)", async () => {
+    // Both `noDerivedStateEffect` and this rule used to fire on the
+    // §1 fullName example, producing duplicate diagnostics. The HIR
+    // rule now scopes itself to multi-statement-with-locals shapes
+    // and lets the walker handle the simple case.
+    const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-derived-fullname-defer", {
+      "src/Form.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 export const Form = () => {
   const [firstName] = useState("Taylor");
@@ -147,21 +161,15 @@ export const Form = () => {
   return <p>{fullName}</p>;
 };
 `,
-      },
     });
 
     const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects");
-    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
-    expect(hits[0].message).toContain("HIR-validated");
+    expect(hits).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
-  it("flags the article §1 example even when the derivation is bound to a local first", async () => {
-    // Regression for the validateEffect bug where every LoadLocal got
-    // added to capturedIds — including reads of inner-scope locals
-    // like `const x = …`, which then bailed the validator.
-    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-derived-with-local", {
-      files: {
-        "src/Form.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+  it("flags the article §1 example when the derivation is bound to a local first (HIR-unique)", async () => {
+    const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-derived-with-local", {
+      "src/Form.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 export const Form = () => {
   const [firstName] = useState("Taylor");
@@ -174,17 +182,16 @@ export const Form = () => {
   return <p>{fullName}</p>;
 };
 `,
-      },
     });
 
     const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects");
     expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(hits[0].message).toContain("HIR-validated");
   });
 
   it("does NOT flag a useEffect that reads a value NOT in deps (genuine sync)", async () => {
-    const projectDir = setupReactProject(tempRoot, "hir-derived-not-pure", {
-      files: {
-        "src/Logger.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+    const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-derived-not-pure", {
+      "src/Logger.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 declare const log: (message: string) => void;
 
@@ -196,7 +203,6 @@ export const Logger = ({ name }: { name: string }) => {
   return <span>{count}</span>;
 };
 `,
-      },
     });
 
     const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects");
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
index ecb9227f..b9ad440c 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
@@ -48,14 +48,20 @@ function Counter() {
     expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
   });
 
-  it("lowers the article §1 fullName example and emits a derived-state finding", () => {
+  it("lowers the article §1 fullName example with an intermediate local and emits a derived-state finding", () => {
+    // Round-5 scoping: the validator defers to the AST-walker
+    // `noDerivedStateEffect` on the single-setter-call shape and only
+    // fires on multi-statement-with-locals. The intermediate
+    // `const combined = …` introduces a StoreLocal in the inner
+    // function, which is the signal the validator keys off.
     const fn = lowerFromSource(`
 function Form() {
   const [firstName] = useState("Taylor");
   const [lastName] = useState("Swift");
   const [fullName, setFullName] = useState("");
   useEffect(() => {
-    setFullName(firstName + " " + lastName);
+    const combined = firstName + " " + lastName;
+    setFullName(combined);
   }, [firstName, lastName]);
   return null;
 }

From 8737495bc46d54503502bf8ba7aca5b5bb933237 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 05:33:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 15/16] fix(hir): bind catch param + drop dead inferTypes loop
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Two follow-up cleanups on the round-5 HIR review:

1. `TryStatement` lowering didn't bind the catch parameter
   (`} catch (error) {`), so a reference to `error` inside the
   handler body fell through to LoadGlobal — wrong for any
   future validator that traces identifier reads through try/catch.
   Bind the param's Identifier in the surrounding env (no real
   block scoping in v1; minor over-scope is acceptable).

2. Dead loop at the top of `inferTypes` that walked
   `fn.destructuredProps` and did nothing on every entry —
   removed. The intent (tag function-typed props) is already
   covered by lower.ts's `on[A-Z]` heuristic.

All 490 tests pass; lint, typecheck, format clean.

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts             |  8 -------
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts | 22 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
index f962078f..0a2e740f 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ const setIdentifierType = (identifier: Identifier, type: ReactType): void => {
 };
 
 export const inferTypes = (fn: HIRFunction): void => {
-  // Tag captured props that look like callbacks even before we visit
-  // the body — destructured props are populated at lowering time, but
-  // the type might still be Unknown (the heuristic in lower.ts only
-  // tags onFoo-shaped names).
-  for (const place of fn.destructuredProps.values()) {
-    if (place.identifier.type === "Unknown") continue; // already tagged
-  }
-
   for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
     for (const instr of block.instructions) {
       const lvalue = instr.lvalue;
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
index 216cee6c..43093f03 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
@@ -592,7 +592,27 @@ const lowerStatement = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | unde
 
   if (node.type === "TryStatement") {
     lowerStatement(env, node.block);
-    if (node.handler?.body) lowerStatement(env, node.handler.body);
+    if (node.handler) {
+      // HACK: bind the catch param (`} catch (error) {`) so references
+      // to it inside the handler body resolve as a LoadLocal instead
+      // of falling through to LoadGlobal "error". The param's scope
+      // technically ends with the handler block; we keep it visible
+      // in the surrounding env (no real block scoping in v1) — that's
+      // a minor over-scope which doesn't affect the validators we
+      // currently run.
+      if (node.handler.param?.type === "Identifier") {
+        const paramName = node.handler.param.name;
+        const paramIdentifier = createIdentifier(env, paramName, "local");
+        const paramPlace = createPlace(
+          paramIdentifier,
+          getLocation(node.handler.param),
+          "Read",
+          node.handler.param,
+        );
+        setBinding(env, paramName, paramPlace);
+      }
+      if (node.handler.body) lowerStatement(env, node.handler.body);
+    }
     if (node.finalizer) lowerStatement(env, node.finalizer);
     return;
   }

From 5359e36ec5a7d7021149a56e75d3ec7f118b5c97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 05:45:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 16/16] chore(hir): strip dead code, redundant comments, debug
 logging
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Cleanup pass following round-5 review. No behavior changes — all 490
tests pass, lint/typecheck/format clean.

Removed:
- types.ts: unused predicates (isStateValueType, isUseStateHookType,
  isUseRefType, isRefValueType, isEffectEventType, isPropCallbackType),
  unused 'prop' Identifier.origin variant, unused EffectKind union
  members (Mutate / Capture / Store / Freeze).
- print.ts: entire 80-line file (printHIR was only referenced by
  hir-unit.test.ts's debug logging, which is also removed).
- validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts: dead 'reason'
  field on findings — only one value was ever consumed by the
  runner; collapsed validator to return null on the other paths.
- hir-unit.test.ts: console.log + JSON.stringify debug output that
  spammed CI on every run; replaced with proper expect()s.
- 200+ lines of doc-style comments across types.ts / lower.ts /
  infer-types.ts / runner.ts / validators / hir-port.test.ts that
  re-explained what the code says or repeated information from the
  PR description.

Kept (with concise // HACK: prefix):
- StateTuple discriminator (real semantic distinction)
- SpreadElement unwrap (real ESTree wart)
- Catch-param binding (real correctness fix)
- Multi-statement-with-locals defer (real overlap mitigation)
- Inner-call-site Place tracking (real diagnostic-anchor concern)

Co-authored-by: Aiden Bai <aidenybai@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts    | 15 ++--
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts |  1 -
 .../src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts             | 38 +--------
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts | 74 ++++-------------
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts | 80 -------------------
 .../react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts     | 15 +---
 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts | 51 ++----------
 ...date-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts | 58 +++-----------
 .../validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts        | 37 +++------
 .../tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts        | 15 +---
 .../tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts        | 45 ++---------
 11 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 370 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts

diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
index 2145c7ae..4f27de0a 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/oxlint-config.ts
@@ -313,16 +313,11 @@ export const GLOBAL_REACT_DOCTOR_RULES: Record<string, RuleSeverity> = {
   "react-doctor/advanced-event-handler-refs": "warn",
   "react-doctor/effect-needs-cleanup": "error",
 
-  // HACK: HIR-backed rules — v1 of the IR-based analysis pass. Known
-  // overlap with the AST-walker `no-derived-state-effect`: both fire
-  // on the canonical "useEffect with single setter call deriving
-  // from deps" shape, producing two diagnostics on the same line.
-  // The HIR rule additionally catches multi-statement-with-locals
-  // shapes the AST walker misses. Future work: scope the HIR rule
-  // so it only reports on shapes the AST walker wouldn't, then
-  // retire the walker. Until then, users who don't want the
-  // duplicate can disable the AST walker rule (or this one) via
-  // `react-doctor.config.json`.
+  // HACK: HIR-backed rules. `hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects`
+  // is scoped at the validator level to defer to the AST-walker
+  // `no-derived-state-effect` on the simple shape, but
+  // `hir-no-set-state-in-effect` still overlaps with the walker on
+  // single-setter effects — disable either via config to dedupe.
   "react-doctor/hir-no-set-state-in-effect": "warn",
   "react-doctor/hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects": "warn",
 
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts
index 61a95401..a1d5618b 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 export * from "./types.js";
 export { lowerFunction } from "./lower.js";
 export { inferTypes } from "./infer-types.js";
-export { printHIR } from "./print.js";
 export { hirNoSetStateInEffect, hirNoDerivedComputationsInEffects } from "./runner.js";
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
index 0a2e740f..3241d46f 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/infer-types.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,9 @@
 import type { HIRFunction, Identifier, ReactType } from "./types.js";
 
-// HACK: pared-down version of the compiler's `inferTypes()` pass. The
-// compiler runs full unification across hook return shapes; we need
-// just enough to power our validators — recognize the React hook
-// callees and tag the values they produce.
-//
-// Strategy: walk every instruction once, tagging identifiers by:
-//   1. LoadGlobal of a known React hook name → tag the binding's type
-//   2. CallExpression / MethodCall whose callee identifier is tagged
-//      as a hook → propagate the return type to the lvalue (and to
-//      array-destructure children for `useState` / `useReducer`)
-//   3. PropertyLoad of `.current` on a `RefValue` → tag the lvalue
-//      as `RefCurrent`
-//   4. StoreLocal / LoadLocal → propagate the source identifier's type
-//      so `const fn = setState; fn(x)` is still seen as a setState
-//      call, the way the compiler tracks setState through `LoadLocal`
-//      and `StoreLocal` in `validateNoSetStateInEffects`.
+// HACK: pared-down `inferTypes` pass — recognizes React hook callees
+// (LoadGlobal name match), propagates return types to call results,
+// and threads types through LoadLocal / StoreLocal so aliased setters
+// stay typed as `StateSetter`.
 
 const REACT_HOOK_NAME_TO_TYPE: Record<string, ReactType> = {
   useState: "UseStateHook",
@@ -84,14 +72,6 @@ export const inferTypes = (fn: HIRFunction): void => {
         }
         case "PropertyLoad": {
           const objectType = instr.value.object.identifier.type;
-          // `const [value, setValue] = useState(...)` lowers to two
-          // PropertyLoad instructions on the useState return. Index 0
-          // is the state value, index 1 is the setter. Gated on
-          // `StateTuple` (not generic `Object`) so a `useMemo`
-          // returning an array doesn't have its destructure
-          // misclassified as state — the lvalue of that PropertyLoad
-          // would otherwise get StateSetter and trigger
-          // `validateNoSetStateInEffects` on a non-setter call.
           if (objectType === "StateTuple" && instr.value.computed) {
             if (instr.value.property === "0" && lvalue) {
               setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "StateValue");
@@ -99,7 +79,6 @@ export const inferTypes = (fn: HIRFunction): void => {
               setIdentifierType(lvalue.identifier, "StateSetter");
             }
           }
-          // `<refIdent>.current` access
           if (
             objectType === "RefValue" &&
             !instr.value.computed &&
@@ -126,13 +105,4 @@ export const inferTypes = (fn: HIRFunction): void => {
       }
     }
   }
-
-  // HACK: useState/useReducer destructuring — heuristic above only
-  // works when the lowering went useState → ArrayPattern → indexed
-  // PropertyLoad. To make the StateValue/StateSetter tagging robust
-  // against the call's lvalue staying `Object` (no real array shape),
-  // we run a second sweep that finds `<x> = useState(...)` followed
-  // by a `[a, b] = <x>`-style pattern. This is already covered by the
-  // PropertyLoad branch above as long as `lower.ts` emits the indexed
-  // loads, which it does.
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
index 43093f03..df829f49 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/lower.ts
@@ -16,30 +16,10 @@ import type {
   Terminal,
 } from "./types.js";
 
-// HACK: lower ESTree → HIR. Mirrors the structure of React Compiler's
-// `BuildHIR.ts::lower` but with several deliberate simplifications:
-//
-//   - single block per function (no control flow modeled in v1)
-//   - no SSA: a mutable name→Place table tracks current bindings
-//   - no aliasing / mutation effect inference (every Place gets
-//     `effect: 'Read'` for v1; validators don't depend on this yet)
-//   - JSX folded into a single `JSXExpression` placeholder per JSX
-//     node — we don't need to model individual elements/attrs to
-//     detect setState calls in a return position
-//
-// What carries over from the compiler:
-//   - lvalue / value-place / operand-place shape so validators can
-//     `switch (instr.value.kind)` exactly like the upstream code
-//   - identifier IDs are stable per-binding, so propagation analyses
-//     (e.g. setState flowing through a const) work the same way
-//   - source locations threaded through every Place
-
 interface LoweringEnvironment {
-  // HACK: id allocators are SHARED across all nested envs of the same
-  // lowering. A child env references the same allocator object so a
-  // captured outer binding keeps its IdentifierId when seen by the
-  // inner function — this is how the compiler's `loweredFunc.func.context`
-  // ends up referencing identifiers shared with the outer function.
+  // HACK: id allocators are shared across all nested envs of one
+  // lowering so a captured outer binding keeps its IdentifierId when
+  // seen by an inner function.
   ids: { nextIdentifierId: number; nextInstructionId: number; nextSyntheticName: number };
   bindings: Map<string, Place>;
   parent: LoweringEnvironment | null;
@@ -143,11 +123,6 @@ const setBinding = (env: LoweringEnvironment, name: string, place: Place): void
   env.bindings.set(name, place);
 };
 
-// HACK: mirrors the destructured-prop scaffolding in noPropCallbackInEffect.
-// For `function Foo({ value, onChange }) {}`, we walk the ObjectPattern
-// and create one Identifier per shorthand entry, tagging callbacks
-// (`/^on[A-Z]/`) so prop-callback rules don't have to re-derive that
-// every time.
 const PROP_CALLBACK_NAME_PATTERN = /^on[A-Z]/;
 
 const isPropCallbackName = (name: string): boolean => PROP_CALLBACK_NAME_PATTERN.test(name);
@@ -194,13 +169,8 @@ const collectFunctionParams = (
   return places;
 };
 
-// HACK: `f(...args)` in ESTree wraps the spread in `SpreadElement`,
-// which `lowerExpression` doesn't recognize and would otherwise drop
-// silently. Lower the spread's `argument` directly so the spread
-// source still appears as a Place in the call's args list — the
-// "spread"-ness is lost (we have no SpreadPlace shape in v1) but
-// the operand identity is preserved, which is what validators that
-// trace setState propagation through arguments care about.
+// HACK: SpreadElement (`f(...args)`) isn't a real expression node in
+// ESTree, so unwrap to its `argument` to keep operand identity.
 const lowerCallArguments = (
   env: LoweringEnvironment,
   argumentNodes: Array<EsTreeNode> | undefined,
@@ -333,10 +303,8 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
       loc,
       node,
     );
-    // HACK: a nested FunctionDeclaration introduces a binding in its
-    // enclosing scope (`function helper() {}` ≈ `var helper = ...`).
-    // Tie the name to the FunctionExpression's lvalue so subsequent
-    // `helper()` calls resolve to it, not LoadGlobal.
+    // HACK: nested `function helper() {}` declares `helper` in the
+    // enclosing scope; bind the name so call sites resolve to it.
     if (node.type === "FunctionDeclaration" && node.id?.type === "Identifier") {
       setBinding(env, node.id.name, place);
     }
@@ -435,14 +403,10 @@ const lowerExpression = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | und
   return emitTemporary(env, { kind: "Unsupported", reason: node.type }, loc, node);
 };
 
-// HACK: collects which Places the lowered inner function reads from
-// any enclosing scope. Because env IDs are shared (root env's
-// allocator is reused by every child), we just look at every
-// LoadLocal whose source identifier was bound OUTSIDE the inner
-// function's own params / destructured props / lvalues — that's a
-// capture. The outer env isn't needed here because the captured
-// Place is the SAME Place object (identifier id and originNode)
-// that exists in the outer scope.
+// HACK: a "capture" is any LoadLocal whose source Identifier wasn't
+// declared inside the inner function (params, destructured props,
+// instruction lvalues). Shared id allocator means the captured Place
+// is already === the outer Place.
 const collectCapturedPlaces = (innerFn: HIRFunction): Array<Place> => {
   const captured: Array<Place> = [];
   const seenIds = new Set<IdentifierId>();
@@ -546,10 +510,8 @@ const lowerStatement = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | unde
   }
 
   // HACK: control-flow statements collapse into the surrounding block
-  // for v1 (no real CFG terminals yet). We still recurse into their
-  // bodies so a `useEffect` inside `try { ... }` or `for (...) { ... }`
-  // gets lowered — silently dropping these statements would have
-  // missed real validator findings.
+  // for v1 (no CFG terminals modeled). We recurse into their bodies
+  // so hooks/effects inside them still get lowered.
   if (node.type === "ForStatement" || node.type === "WhileStatement") {
     if (node.test) lowerExpression(env, node.test);
     if (node.update) lowerExpression(env, node.update);
@@ -593,13 +555,8 @@ const lowerStatement = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | unde
   if (node.type === "TryStatement") {
     lowerStatement(env, node.block);
     if (node.handler) {
-      // HACK: bind the catch param (`} catch (error) {`) so references
-      // to it inside the handler body resolve as a LoadLocal instead
-      // of falling through to LoadGlobal "error". The param's scope
-      // technically ends with the handler block; we keep it visible
-      // in the surrounding env (no real block scoping in v1) — that's
-      // a minor over-scope which doesn't affect the validators we
-      // currently run.
+      // HACK: bind catch param so references inside the handler body
+      // resolve as LoadLocal, not LoadGlobal.
       if (node.handler.param?.type === "Identifier") {
         const paramName = node.handler.param.name;
         const paramIdentifier = createIdentifier(env, paramName, "local");
@@ -632,7 +589,6 @@ const lowerStatement = (env: LoweringEnvironment, node: EsTreeNode | null | unde
     node.type === "ArrowFunctionExpression" ||
     node.type === "FunctionExpression"
   ) {
-    // Treat as an expression so it gets a FunctionExpression instruction.
     lowerExpression(env, node);
     return;
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d3fb620c..00000000
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/print.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-import type { HIRFunction, Instruction, Place } from "./types.js";
-
-// HACK: minimal pretty printer for the HIR. Mirrors the spirit of
-// React Compiler's PrintHIR — useful for debugging the lower pass and
-// for snapshot tests of validators that want to assert a specific IR
-// shape was produced.
-
-const formatPlace = (place: Place): string => {
-  const name = place.identifier.name ?? `$${place.identifier.id}`;
-  const typeAnnotation = place.identifier.type === "Unknown" ? "" : `:${place.identifier.type}`;
-  return `${name}#${place.identifier.id}${typeAnnotation}`;
-};
-
-const formatInstruction = (instr: Instruction): string => {
-  const lvaluePart = instr.lvalue ? `${formatPlace(instr.lvalue)} = ` : "";
-  switch (instr.value.kind) {
-    case "LoadLocal":
-      return `${lvaluePart}LoadLocal ${formatPlace(instr.value.place)}`;
-    case "LoadGlobal":
-      return `${lvaluePart}LoadGlobal ${instr.value.name}`;
-    case "StoreLocal":
-      return `${lvaluePart}StoreLocal ${formatPlace(instr.value.lvalue)} = ${formatPlace(instr.value.value)}`;
-    case "CallExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}Call ${formatPlace(instr.value.callee)}(${instr.value.args.map(formatPlace).join(", ")})`;
-    case "MethodCall":
-      return `${lvaluePart}MethodCall ${formatPlace(instr.value.receiver)}.${instr.value.propertyName}(${instr.value.args.map(formatPlace).join(", ")})`;
-    case "PropertyLoad":
-      return `${lvaluePart}PropertyLoad ${formatPlace(instr.value.object)}.${instr.value.property}`;
-    case "FunctionExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}FunctionExpression [captured: ${instr.value.capturedPlaces.map(formatPlace).join(", ")}] (${instr.value.loweredFunc.body.blocks.size} blocks)`;
-    case "ArrayExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}ArrayExpression [${instr.value.elements
-        .map((element) => (element ? formatPlace(element) : "<hole>"))
-        .join(", ")}]`;
-    case "ObjectExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}ObjectExpression { ${instr.value.properties
-        .map((property) => {
-          if (property.spread) return `...${formatPlace(property.value)}`;
-          return `${property.key ?? "<computed>"}: ${formatPlace(property.value)}`;
-        })
-        .join(", ")} }`;
-    case "Literal":
-      return `${lvaluePart}Literal ${JSON.stringify(instr.value.value)}`;
-    case "Identifier":
-      return `${lvaluePart}Identifier ${formatPlace(instr.value.place)}`;
-    case "BinaryExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}Binary ${formatPlace(instr.value.left)} ${instr.value.operator} ${formatPlace(instr.value.right)}`;
-    case "LogicalExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}Logical ${formatPlace(instr.value.left)} ${instr.value.operator} ${formatPlace(instr.value.right)}`;
-    case "UnaryExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}Unary ${instr.value.operator}${formatPlace(instr.value.argument)}`;
-    case "ConditionalExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}Conditional ${formatPlace(instr.value.test)} ? ${formatPlace(instr.value.consequent)} : ${formatPlace(instr.value.alternate)}`;
-    case "JSXExpression":
-      return `${lvaluePart}JSX ${formatPlace(instr.value.jsxPlaceholder)}`;
-    case "Unsupported":
-      return `${lvaluePart}Unsupported(${instr.value.reason})`;
-  }
-};
-
-export const printHIR = (fn: HIRFunction): string => {
-  const lines: Array<string> = [];
-  lines.push(`function ${fn.name ?? "<anonymous>"}(${fn.params.map(formatPlace).join(", ")}) {`);
-  if (fn.destructuredProps.size > 0) {
-    const destructuredEntries: Array<string> = [];
-    for (const [name, place] of fn.destructuredProps) {
-      destructuredEntries.push(`${name}=${formatPlace(place)}`);
-    }
-    lines.push(`  // destructured props: ${destructuredEntries.join(", ")}`);
-  }
-  for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
-    lines.push(`  ${block.id}:`);
-    for (const instr of block.instructions) {
-      lines.push(`    [${instr.id}] ${formatInstruction(instr)}`);
-    }
-    lines.push(`    terminal: ${block.terminal.kind}`);
-  }
-  lines.push("}");
-  return lines.join("\n");
-};
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
index 3a5caab0..970c7147 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/runner.ts
@@ -6,18 +6,8 @@ import { validateNoSetStateInEffects } from "./validators/validate-no-set-state-
 import { validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects } from "./validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.js";
 import type { HIRFunction, Place } from "./types.js";
 
-// HACK: bridges HIR validators to the existing oxlint Rule contract.
-//
-// Each rule's `create()` returns visitors that detect a component-shaped
-// function and forward to a shared `getOrLowerHir(node)`. The lowered
-// HIR is cached in a WeakMap keyed by the original component AST node
-// so multiple HIR rules running on the same source file lower it once.
-//
-// Diagnostics carry a `Place` — its `originNode` points back at the
-// ESTree node the place was lowered from. We use that as the report
-// node, falling back to the component declaration when the place was
-// synthetic (no underlying source node).
-
+// HACK: per-component HIR cache so multiple HIR rules visiting the
+// same file lower it once.
 const lowerCache = new WeakMap<EsTreeNode, HIRFunction>();
 
 const getOrLowerHir = (componentNode: EsTreeNode): HIRFunction => {
@@ -67,7 +57,6 @@ export const hirNoDerivedComputationsInEffects: Rule = {
       const fn = getOrLowerHir(functionNode);
       const findings = validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects(fn);
       for (const finding of findings) {
-        if (finding.reason !== "all-deps-captured") continue;
         const reportNode = resolveReportNode(finding.effectCallPlace, functionNode);
         context.report({
           node: reportNode,
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
index 33119790..e62b96c5 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/types.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
 import type { EsTreeNode } from "../types.js";
 
-// HACK: Mirrors the structure of React Compiler's HIR but heavily
-// simplified for react-doctor's needs:
-//   - operates on ESTree nodes (oxlint plugin AST), not Babel
-//   - no SSA / phi nodes (uses a mutable name → Place binding map)
-//   - single block per function (no if/loop terminals modeled in v1)
-//   - 13 instruction kinds (vs the compiler's 30+)
-//
-// What's preserved:
-//   - data model (HIRFunction → blocks → instructions → places)
-//   - SSA-flavored "lvalue / value-place / operand-place" shape so
-//     validators are written like the compiler's: iterate blocks →
-//     instructions → switch on `instr.value.kind`
-//   - type inference layer (`isSetStateType`, `isUseEffectHookType`,
-//     etc.) so detection is type-driven rather than name-matching
-//   - source location threaded through every Place / Instruction so
-//     diagnostics keep their report site
-
 export type IdentifierId = number;
 export type InstructionId = number;
 export type BlockId = string;
@@ -34,11 +17,9 @@ export type ReactType =
   | "UseMemoHook"
   | "UseContextHook"
   | "UseEffectEventHook"
-  // HACK: `[value, setter]` tuple returned by useState/useReducer.
-  // Distinct from `"Object"` so the indexed-PropertyLoad type tagging
-  // (which produces StateValue / StateSetter) doesn't fire on
-  // unrelated tuple-returning hooks like useMemo or arbitrary
-  // user-defined hooks that happen to return arrays.
+  // HACK: tuple returned by useState/useReducer. Kept distinct from
+  // `Object` so the indexed-PropertyLoad branch (StateValue /
+  // StateSetter) doesn't fire on useMemo destructures.
   | "StateTuple"
   | "StateValue"
   | "StateSetter"
@@ -47,7 +28,7 @@ export type ReactType =
   | "EffectEvent"
   | "PropCallback";
 
-export type EffectKind = "Read" | "Mutate" | "Capture" | "Store" | "Freeze" | "Unknown";
+export type EffectKind = "Read" | "Unknown";
 
 export interface SourceLocation {
   start: { line: number; column: number };
@@ -58,19 +39,13 @@ export interface Identifier {
   id: IdentifierId;
   name: string | null;
   type: ReactType;
-  origin: "module" | "prop" | "destructured-prop" | "param" | "local" | "synthetic";
+  origin: "module" | "destructured-prop" | "param" | "local" | "synthetic";
 }
 
 export interface Place {
   identifier: Identifier;
   effect: EffectKind;
   loc: SourceLocation;
-  // HACK: the original ESTree node a Place was lowered from (or
-  // null for synthetic temporaries). Validators read this to report
-  // at the offending source location instead of the surrounding
-  // component. Mirrors the way the React Compiler threads loc info
-  // through Place but uses an actual node reference instead of a
-  // separate location → node lookup table.
   originNode: EsTreeNode | null;
 }
 
@@ -135,24 +110,8 @@ export interface HIR {
 export const isSetStateType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
   identifier.type === "StateSetter";
 
-export const isStateValueType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
-  identifier.type === "StateValue";
-
-export const isUseStateHookType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
-  identifier.type === "UseStateHook";
-
 export const isUseEffectHookType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
   identifier.type === "UseEffectHook" || identifier.type === "UseLayoutEffectHook";
 
-export const isUseRefType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean => identifier.type === "UseRefHook";
-
-export const isRefValueType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean => identifier.type === "RefValue";
-
 export const isUseEffectEventType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
   identifier.type === "UseEffectEventHook";
-
-export const isEffectEventType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
-  identifier.type === "EffectEvent";
-
-export const isPropCallbackType = (identifier: Identifier): boolean =>
-  identifier.type === "PropCallback";
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
index 169d3b6c..d81b4330 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.ts
@@ -6,31 +6,17 @@ import {
   isUseEffectHookType,
 } from "../types.js";
 
-// HACK: port of `babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects.ts`
-// (~229 LOC upstream). Maintains three lookup tables that mirror the
-// upstream code:
-//   - candidateDependencies: lvalue → ArrayExpression elements
-//   - effectFunctions:       lvalue → { func, captures }
-//   - locals:                lvalue → underlying source identifier id
-//
-// When we see `useEffect(arg0, arg1)` where arg0 resolves to a tracked
-// effect function and arg1 resolves to a tracked deps array, we run
-// `validateEffect`: the inner function must (a) capture only the deps
-// (or setStates), and (b) capture each dep at least once.
+// HACK: port of `babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects.ts`.
+// Reports when a useEffect's inner function captures only deps + state
+// setters AND has at least one intermediate local binding (the
+// AST-walker `noDerivedStateEffect` already covers the simple case).
 
 export interface DerivedComputationInEffectFinding {
   effectCallPlace: Place;
-  reason: "captures-non-dep" | "missing-dep" | "all-deps-captured";
 }
 
 interface EffectFunctionEntry {
   func: HIRFunction;
-  // HACK: captured Places are computed once at lower time and stored
-  // on each `FunctionExpression` instruction. We hold onto them here
-  // so `validateEffect` doesn't have to re-derive captures by walking
-  // the inner body — and crucially, doesn't conflate inner-scope
-  // LoadLocals (`const x = a + b; setX(x)` — where `x` is local) with
-  // captures of outer bindings.
   captures: Array<Place>;
 }
 
@@ -98,11 +84,6 @@ const validateEffect = (
   effectDependencyIds: Array<IdentifierId>,
   effectCallPlace: Place,
 ): DerivedComputationInEffectFinding | null => {
-  // HACK: matches the upstream pattern of iterating
-  // `effectFunction.context` (the captured-from-outer set) instead of
-  // every LoadLocal in the body. Without this distinction, an inner
-  // local like `const x = a + b` would be misclassified as a
-  // non-dep capture and bail the validator early.
   const capturedIds = new Set<IdentifierId>();
   for (const capture of effectEntry.captures) {
     capturedIds.add(capture.identifier.id);
@@ -113,35 +94,16 @@ const validateEffect = (
   }
 
   for (const dependencyId of effectDependencyIds) {
-    if (!capturedIds.has(dependencyId)) {
-      return {
-        effectCallPlace,
-        reason: "missing-dep",
-      };
-    }
+    if (!capturedIds.has(dependencyId)) return null;
   }
 
-  // HACK: defer to the AST-walker `noDerivedStateEffect` for the
-  // canonical single-setter-call shape — that rule already flags it
-  // with the §1/§2 message split. The HIR rule's unique value is the
-  // multi-statement-with-locals shape (`const combined = a + b;
-  // setFullName(combined);`), which the AST walker can't see through.
-  // Detect via a StoreLocal in the inner function: only present when
-  // there's an intermediate local binding inside the effect body.
-  let hasIntermediateLocalBinding = false;
+  // HACK: defer to AST-walker `noDerivedStateEffect` on the simple
+  // single-setter-call shape; HIR rule's unique value is the
+  // multi-statement-with-locals shape, which produces a StoreLocal.
   for (const block of effectEntry.func.body.blocks.values()) {
     for (const instr of block.instructions) {
-      if (instr.value.kind === "StoreLocal") {
-        hasIntermediateLocalBinding = true;
-        break;
-      }
+      if (instr.value.kind === "StoreLocal") return { effectCallPlace };
     }
-    if (hasIntermediateLocalBinding) break;
   }
-  if (!hasIntermediateLocalBinding) return null;
-
-  return {
-    effectCallPlace,
-    reason: "all-deps-captured",
-  };
+  return null;
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts
index 8f6a7cc6..291fd0bc 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.ts
@@ -7,23 +7,13 @@ import {
   isUseEffectHookType,
 } from "../types.js";
 
-// HACK: port of `babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoSetStateInEffects.ts`
-// (~347 LOC upstream). Skipped for v1: ref-derived setState exception
-// (control-dominator analysis), aliasing-effect tracking. Kept: the
-// transitive setState propagation through `LoadLocal`, `StoreLocal`,
-// `FunctionExpression`, and `useEffectEvent`.
-//
-// We track which IdentifierIds resolve back to a setState. When we
-// see a `useEffect(arg, ...)` call whose `arg` is one of those tracked
-// IdentifierIds, we report.
+// HACK: port of `babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateNoSetStateInEffects.ts`.
+// Tracks IdentifierIds that resolve back to a state setter through
+// LoadLocal / StoreLocal / FunctionExpression / useEffectEvent, then
+// reports each useEffect whose callback id is in that set.
 
 export interface SetStateInEffectFinding {
   setterPlace: Place;
-  // HACK: Place of the actual `setX(...)` call site inside the effect
-  // (or, when the effect handler was bound to a const, the const's
-  // call-site reference). The runner uses this to anchor the
-  // diagnostic at the offending expression — not the surrounding
-  // component declaration.
   callSitePlace: Place;
   effectCallPlace: Place;
 }
@@ -37,10 +27,8 @@ export const validateNoSetStateInEffects = (fn: HIRFunction): Array<SetStateInEf
   const findings: Array<SetStateInEffectFinding> = [];
 
   const setStateBindings = new Map<IdentifierId, Place>();
-  // HACK: parallel map that remembers the call-site Place for each
-  // tracked identifier. When the binding came from a FunctionExpression
-  // whose body calls setState, the call site is what should be
-  // reported — not the original setter declaration.
+  // Parallel map: id → call-site Place inside the effect body. Used
+  // so the diagnostic anchors at `setX(...)` not the setter decl.
   const innerCallSites = new Map<IdentifierId, Place>();
 
   for (const block of fn.body.blocks.values()) {
@@ -138,11 +126,9 @@ export const validateNoSetStateInEffects = (fn: HIRFunction): Array<SetStateInEf
   return findings;
 };
 
-// HACK: Inspects an inner HIRFunction (e.g. the callback passed to
-// useEffect) and returns the original setState Place + call-site Place
-// if the function synchronously calls one at the top level. Mirrors
-// `getSetStateCall` from the upstream validator, but without the
-// ref-derived exception.
+// Walk an inner HIRFunction and return the setter + call-site if it
+// synchronously calls a setState at the top level. Mirrors upstream
+// `getSetStateCall` without the ref-derived exception.
 const findTopLevelSetStateCall = (
   fn: HIRFunction,
   outerSetStateBindings: Map<IdentifierId, Place>,
@@ -178,11 +164,6 @@ const findTopLevelSetStateCall = (
           if (isSetStateType(calleeIdentifier) || innerSetStateBindings.has(calleeIdentifier.id)) {
             const setterPlace =
               innerSetStateBindings.get(calleeIdentifier.id) ?? instr.value.callee;
-            // The instr.lvalue is the synthetic temp for the call's
-            // result; its originNode points at the full `setX(...)`
-            // CallExpression node (set by lower.ts via the `node`
-            // arg to emitTemporary). That's the right anchor for
-            // diagnostics.
             const callSitePlace = instr.lvalue ?? instr.value.callee;
             return { setterPlace, callSitePlace };
           }
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
index b54aa7f8..9117057e 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-port.test.ts
@@ -114,12 +114,7 @@ export const Sync = () => {
     expect(hits).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
-  it("does NOT misclassify `[a, b] = useMemo(...)` as a state destructure (round 5 review)", async () => {
-    // Regression: round-4 inferTypes tagged useState/useMemo/useContext
-    // returns ALL as `Object`, then PropertyLoad index 0/1 produced
-    // StateValue/StateSetter — including for useMemo destructures.
-    // Calling `b()` would then look like a setState call. Distinct
-    // `StateTuple` type now gates that branch to useState only.
+  it("does NOT misclassify `[a, b] = useMemo(...)` as a state destructure", async () => {
     const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-no-set-state-usememo-tuple", {
       "src/Memo.tsx": `import { useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
 
@@ -136,18 +131,12 @@ export const Memo = () => {
     });
 
     const hits = await collectRuleHits(projectDir, "hir-no-set-state-in-effect");
-    // \`runIt\` is from useMemo, not useState — the rule must NOT
-    // flag it as a setState-in-effect.
     expect(hits).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 });
 
 describe("hir-no-derived-computations-in-effects — HIR-validated rule", () => {
-  it("defers to the AST walker on the canonical single-setter-call shape (round 5)", async () => {
-    // Both `noDerivedStateEffect` and this rule used to fire on the
-    // §1 fullName example, producing duplicate diagnostics. The HIR
-    // rule now scopes itself to multi-statement-with-locals shapes
-    // and lets the walker handle the simple case.
+  it("defers to noDerivedStateEffect on the single-setter-call shape", async () => {
     const projectDir = setupHirProject("hir-derived-fullname-defer", {
       "src/Form.tsx": `import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
diff --git a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
index b9ad440c..11d45ed2 100644
--- a/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/react-doctor/tests/regressions/hir-unit.test.ts
@@ -3,24 +3,21 @@ import { parse } from "@typescript-eslint/parser";
 import type { EsTreeNode } from "../../src/plugin/types.js";
 import { lowerFunction } from "../../src/plugin/hir/lower.js";
 import { inferTypes } from "../../src/plugin/hir/infer-types.js";
-import { printHIR } from "../../src/plugin/hir/print.js";
 import { validateNoSetStateInEffects } from "../../src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-set-state-in-effect.js";
 import { validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects } from "../../src/plugin/hir/validators/validate-no-derived-computations-in-effects.js";
 
 const lowerFromSource = (source: string) => {
   const ast = parse(source, { loc: true, range: true, jsx: true });
-  // HACK: @typescript-eslint/parser returns a Program node whose
-  // `.body[0]` is a FunctionDeclaration shape compatible with our
-  // EsTreeNode contract (every property we read is present and the
-  // dynamic index signature on EsTreeNode permits the rest).
+  // HACK: parser returns a Program node; .body[0] is a
+  // FunctionDeclaration whose dynamic shape conforms to EsTreeNode.
   const componentNode = ast.body[0] as unknown as EsTreeNode;
   const fn = lowerFunction(componentNode);
   inferTypes(fn);
   return fn;
 };
 
-describe("HIR debug — direct lower + validate", () => {
-  it("lowers a Counter component and emits a setState-in-effect finding", () => {
+describe("HIR — direct lower + validate", () => {
+  it("lowers a Counter and emits a setState-in-effect finding", () => {
     const fn = lowerFromSource(`
 function Counter() {
   const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
@@ -30,30 +27,13 @@ function Counter() {
   return null;
 }
 `);
-    const ir = printHIR(fn);
-    console.log("===== HIR =====");
-    console.log(ir);
     const hits = validateNoSetStateInEffects(fn);
-    console.log("===== setState findings =====");
-    console.log(
-      JSON.stringify(
-        hits.map((h) => ({
-          name: h.setterPlace.identifier.name,
-          type: h.setterPlace.identifier.type,
-        })),
-        null,
-        2,
-      ),
-    );
     expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(hits[0].setterPlace.identifier.name).toBe("setCount");
+    expect(hits[0].setterPlace.identifier.type).toBe("StateSetter");
   });
 
-  it("lowers the article §1 fullName example with an intermediate local and emits a derived-state finding", () => {
-    // Round-5 scoping: the validator defers to the AST-walker
-    // `noDerivedStateEffect` on the single-setter-call shape and only
-    // fires on multi-statement-with-locals. The intermediate
-    // `const combined = …` introduces a StoreLocal in the inner
-    // function, which is the signal the validator keys off.
+  it("emits a derived-state finding only when the body has an intermediate local", () => {
     const fn = lowerFromSource(`
 function Form() {
   const [firstName] = useState("Taylor");
@@ -66,18 +46,7 @@ function Form() {
   return null;
 }
 `);
-    const ir = printHIR(fn);
-    console.log("===== HIR =====");
-    console.log(ir);
     const hits = validateNoDerivedComputationsInEffects(fn);
-    console.log("===== derived findings =====");
-    console.log(
-      JSON.stringify(
-        hits.map((h) => ({ reason: h.reason })),
-        null,
-        2,
-      ),
-    );
     expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
   });
 });