How do I fix the React-Bootstrap 'createContext' undefined error in Vite?

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I'm working on a React project using Vite and React-Bootstrap, but I keep seeing an error related to React's createContext when running the app.

react-bootstrap.js:1415 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'createContext')
    at react-bootstrap.js:1415:97
    at react-bootstrap.js:16925:3
    at react-bootstrap.js:16928:12
    at webpackUniversalModuleDefinition (react-bootstrap.js:9:28)
    at react-bootstrap.js:10:3

In addition, the console shows this warning:

bash
[vite] (client) Failed to load source map for C:/.../Assignments/Full-Stack/client/node_modules/react-bootstrap/dist/react-bootstrap.js.
Error: An error occurred while trying to read the map file at module.js.map
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:/.../Assignments/Full-Stack/client/node_modules/react-bootstrap/dist/module.js.map'

Here are my currently installed versions:
react@19.0.0
react-dom@19.0.0
react-bootstrap@2.10.8
vite@6.0.11
@vitejs/plugin-react@4.3.4

Though the error doesn't affect the functionality of the project, it is persistent. I've tried the following solutions without success:

Reinstalling dependencies.
Verifying that I'm using the correct versions of React and React-Bootstrap.
Importing components using both approaches:

import { Container } from "react-bootstrap";

import Container from "react-bootstrap/Container";

Adding the following options in vite.config.js:

optimizeDeps: { include: ["react-bootstrap"] }
build: { sourcemap: false }

What could be causing this error, and how can I resolve it?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

Below are a few things to check and try:

1. Dedupe React

When bundling with Vite, duplicate copies of React in the dependency tree can lead to problems such as React Bootstrap not receiving the same React instance (hence React.createContext coming out as undefined in that copy). Make sure Vite uses a single copy of React by adding a dedupe rule in your vite.config.js:

JS
// vite.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  resolve: {
    dedupe: ['react', 'react-dom']
  },
});

2. Dependency Versions

Double-check your installed versions. (The error message shows React 19.0.0, but as of now React 18 is the latest stable release.) Incompatible versions between React, React DOM, and React-Bootstrap could cause unexpected issues.

3. Source Map Warning

The warning about the missing source map in react-bootstrap is benign. It means that the distributed file in react-bootstrap has a reference to a source map (module.js.map) that isn’t present in the package. This doesn’t affect the running of your application. For production, you can safely ignore this error, or disable sourcemaps during the build if it’s too noisy.

Summary

The error about "createContext" is most likely caused by your app bundling multiple copies of React. The dedupe configuration should resolve that by ensuring every module (including React-Bootstrap) references the same React instance. Meanwhile, the sourcemap error is just a warning you can generally ignore.

Give these steps a try and let me know if you run into further issues.

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