Fix <RouteAnnouncer/> shouldn't announce initial path under strict mode and React 18

packages/next/client/route-announcer.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export function RouteAnnouncer() {
 
   // Only announce the path change, but not for the first load because screen
   // reader will do that automatically.
-  const initialPathLoaded = React.useRef(false)
+  const previouslyLoadedPath = React.useRef(asPath)
 
   // Every time the path changes, announce the new page’s title following this
   // priority: first the document title (from head), otherwise the first h1, or
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ export function RouteAnnouncer() {
   // https://www.gatsbyjs.com/blog/2019-07-11-user-testing-accessible-client-routing/
   React.useEffect(
     () => {
-      if (!initialPathLoaded.current) {
-        initialPathLoaded.current = true
-        return
-      }
+      // If the path hasn't change, we do nothing.
+      if (previouslyLoadedPath.current === asPath) return
+      previouslyLoadedPath.current = asPath
 
       if (document.title) {
         setRouteAnnouncement(document.title)

test/integration/client-navigation-a11y/test/index.test.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import webdriver from 'next-webdriver'
 import { join } from 'path'
 
 const context = {}
+const appDir = join(__dirname, '../')
 
 const navigateTo = async (browser, selector) =>
   await browser
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ const getMainHeadingTitle = async (browser) =>
 describe('Client Navigation accessibility', () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
     context.appPort = await findPort()
-    context.server = await launchApp(join(__dirname, '../'), context.appPort, {
+    context.server = await launchApp(appDir, context.appPort, {
       env: { __NEXT_TEST_WITH_DEVTOOL: 1 },
     })
 
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ describe('Client Navigation accessibility', () => {
   afterAll(() => killApp(context.server))
 
   describe('<RouteAnnouncer />', () => {
+    it('should not have the initial route announced', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(context.appPort, '/')
+      const title = await getAnnouncedTitle(browser)
+      expect(title).toBe('')
+    })
+
     it('has aria-live="assertive" and role="alert"', async () => {
       const browser = await webdriver(context.appPort, '/')
       const routeAnnouncer = await browser.waitForElementByCss(

test/integration/react-18/app/next.config.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const withReact18 = require('../test/with-react-18')
 
 module.exports = withReact18({
+  // reactStrictMode: true,
   experimental: {
     reactRoot: true,
     // runtime: 'edge',

test/integration/react-18/test/index.test.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 import blocking from './blocking'
 import concurrent from './concurrent'
 import basics from './basics'
+import strictMode from './strict-mode'
 
 // overrides react and react-dom to v18
 const nodeArgs = ['-r', join(__dirname, 'require-hook.js')]
@@ -106,6 +107,26 @@ describe('Basics', () => {
   })
 })
 
+// React 18 with Strict Mode enabled might cause double invocation of lifecycle methods.
+describe('Strict mode - dev', () => {
+  const context = { appDir }
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    nextConfig.replace('// reactStrictMode: true,', 'reactStrictMode: true,')
+    context.appPort = await findPort()
+    context.server = await launchApp(context.appDir, context.appPort, {
+      nodeArgs,
+    })
+  })
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    nextConfig.restore()
+    killApp(context.server)
+  })
+
+  strictMode(context)
+})
+
 describe('Blocking mode', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     dynamicHello.replace('suspense = false', `suspense = true`)

test/integration/react-18/test/strict-mode.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* eslint-env jest */
+
+import webdriver from 'next-webdriver'
+
+export default (context) => {
+  describe('<RouteAnnouncer />', () => {
+    it('should not have the initial route announced', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(context.appPort, '/')
+      const title = await browser
+        .waitForElementByCss('#__next-route-announcer__')
+        .text()
+
+      expect(title).toBe('')
+    })
+  })
+}