# AN-2026-0708: Next.js App Router: React client hooks (useState, useEffect, ...), createContext or class components in a Server Component fail; mark the file with "use client"

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- id: AN-2026-0708 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0708/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/react-client-hook-in-server-component>
- more sources: <https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/context-in-server-component> <https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/class-component-in-server-component> <https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/4e5335a00314be7fbb2aace5e9be56a88e64e5a8/packages/next/src/lib/format-server-error.ts> <https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/4e5335a00314be7fbb2aace5e9be56a88e64e5a8/crates/next-custom-transforms/src/transforms/react_server_components.rs>
- services: nextjs
- affected: npm:next
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Next.js error pages react-client-hook-in-server-component, context-in-server-component and class-component-in-server-component (opened 2026-11-03): React client hooks, createContext, and React.Component / React.PureComponent only work in Client Components; in the App Router every component is a Server Component unless it or a parent module is marked with 'use client'.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. In next@16.4.5 the compiler (crates/next-custom-transforms react_server_components.rs) reports: You're importing a module that depends on `<api>` into a React Server Component module. This API is only available in Client Components. To fix, mark the file (or its parent) with the `"use client"` directive; for imports of client-only modules: ... It only works in a Client Component but none of its parents are marked with "use client", so they're Server Components by default.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. At runtime (packages/next/src/lib/format-server-error.ts) a "<hook> is not a function" or "createContext is not a function" error is rewritten to: <hook or createContext> only works in Client Components. Add the "use client" directive at the top of the file to use it.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Add 'use client' as the first line of the file that uses the hook, createContext or class component (or of a small wrapper component), and keep data fetching in the parent Server Component; for class components either convert to a function component or mark the file 'use client'.
```

## Error signatures
- substring: `only works in Client Components. Add the "use client" directive at the top of the file` (next@16.4.5 packages/next/src/lib/format-server-error.ts)
- substring: `into a React Server Component module. This API is only available in Client Components` (next@16.4.5 crates/next-custom-transforms react_server_components.rs)
- substring: `It only works in a Client Component but none of its parents are marked with` (next@16.4.5 crates/next-custom-transforms react_server_components.rs)

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## History
- v1 2026-11-04 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28