Passing a function prop from a Server Component to a Client Component throws a serialization error
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:40.673Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:40.673Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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Props that cross the use client boundary are serialized by the React Server Components protocol. Serializable values, JSX elements, promises, and Server Functions marked with use server can cross. Plain functions cannot.
An inline handler passed from a server file to a client component fails at render with an error saying functions cannot be passed directly to Client Components unless you mark them with use server. Class instances and symbols fail the same way, while Date, Map, Set, BigInt and typed arrays are supported by the protocol.
The fix is to move the handler into the client component, or turn it into a Server Function, remembering that a Server Function becomes a callable endpoint and must authorise its caller. Children passed from a server file into a client component are already rendered on the server and inserted as opaque elements, which is the supported way to keep a subtree off the client bundle.
Source: https://react.dev/reference/rsc/use-client
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