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Why do nested layouts/pages render before their parent layouts?

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Doberman Pinscher posted this in #help-forum
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Doberman PinscherOP
I have root layout and page.tsx when I added the console log it's first rendering the page then layout i.e in reverse order ideally it should first render layout then page. Does anyone know the reason behind this?
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Nested layouts/pages can render before their parent layouts due to React's concurrent rendering and Suspense features, which aim to improve performance and responsiveness.

Key reasons:
* Concurrent Rendering: React renders parent and child components simultaneously, so child components may render first if they are ready sooner.
* React Suspense: If the parent layout is waiting on data, Suspense can pause its rendering while the child layout renders if it doesn’t depend on that data.
* Client-Side Navigation: Next.js caches parts of the layout, so during navigation, the child page might render faster without reloading the parent.
* Rendering Prioritization: Next.js prioritizes simpler, ready-to-render components, so nested pages can render before more complex parent layouts.
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Chinese Crested Dog
Nested layouts/pages can render before their parent layouts due to React's concurrent rendering and Suspense features, which aim to improve performance and responsiveness.

Key reasons:
* Concurrent Rendering: React renders parent and child components simultaneously, so child components may render first if they are ready sooner.
* React Suspense: If the parent layout is waiting on data, Suspense can pause its rendering while the child layout renders if it doesn’t depend on that data.
* Client-Side Navigation: Next.js caches parts of the layout, so during navigation, the child page might render faster without reloading the parent.
* Rendering Prioritization: Next.js prioritizes simpler, ready-to-render components, so nested pages can render before more complex parent layouts.
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Chinese Crested Dog
was that helpful??
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Doberman PinscherOP
Yes thank you so much. Finally got the answer after so much struggle.

One more thing.
If that is the case suppose how to handle a common logic which is required for all the pages do I need to call that in all pages, maybe using hoc instead of layout or is there any other way to handle such scenarios?
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To handle common logic required across all pages in a Next.js application, you have several approaches that don't involve repeating code on each page. The primary way to apply common logic across all pages is to use the _app.js file. This file allows you to wrap your entire application in a common layout or component, where you can add shared logic, state management, or side effects

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Doberman PinscherOP
I'm looking solution for an app router.
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Chinese Crested Dog
Dm if you can
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