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Summary

Fixes await-ing and returning temporary references in async functions. These two operations invoke .then() under the hood if it is available, which currently results in an "Cannot access then on the server. You cannot dot into a temporary client reference..." error. This can easily be reproduced by returning a temporary reference from a server function.

Fixes #33534

How did you test this change?

I added a test in a new test file. I wasn't sure where else to put it.
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@denk0403 denk0403 changed the title #33534 Allow returning a temporary reference inside an async function Allow returning a temporary reference inside an async function Jul 11, 2025
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oss-stable/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.production.js = 6.68 kB 6.68 kB = 1.83 kB 1.83 kB
oss-stable/react-dom/cjs/react-dom-client.production.js = 530.70 kB 530.70 kB = 93.70 kB 93.70 kB
oss-experimental/react-dom/cjs/react-dom.production.js = 6.69 kB 6.69 kB = 1.83 kB 1.83 kB
oss-experimental/react-dom/cjs/react-dom-client.production.js = 655.25 kB 655.25 kB = 115.40 kB 115.40 kB
facebook-www/ReactDOM-prod.classic.js = 675.13 kB 675.13 kB = 118.75 kB 118.75 kB
facebook-www/ReactDOM-prod.modern.js = 665.56 kB 665.56 kB = 117.11 kB 117.11 kB

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## Summary

Fixes `await`-ing and returning temporary references in `async`
functions. These two operations invoke `.then()` under the hood if it is
available, which currently results in an "Cannot access then on the
server. You cannot dot into a temporary client reference..." error. This
can easily be reproduced by returning a temporary reference from a
server function.

Fixes #33534

## How did you test this change?
I added a test in a new test file. I wasn't sure where else to put it.
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