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SSR

Wagmi uses client-only external stores (such as localStorage and mipd) to show the user the most relevant data as quickly as possible on first render.

However, the caveat of using these external client stores is that frameworks which incorporate SSR (such as Next.js) will throw hydration warnings on the client when it identifies mismatches between the server-rendered HTML and the client-rendered HTML.

To stop this from happening, you can toggle on the ssr property in the Wagmi Config.

tsx
import { createConfig, http } from 'wagmi'
import { mainnet, sepolia } from 'wagmi/chains'

const config = createConfig({
  chains: [mainnet, sepolia],
  ssr: true,
  transports: {
    [mainnet.id]: http(),
    [sepolia.id]: http(),
  },
})

Turning on the ssr property means that content from the external stores will be hydrated on the client after the initial mount.

Persistence using Cookies

As a result of turning on the ssr property, external persistent stores like localStorage will be hydrated on the client after the initial mount.

This means that you will still see a flash of "empty" data on the client (e.g. a "disconnected" account instead of a "reconnecting" account, or an empty address instead of the last connected address) until after the first mount, when the store hydrates.

In order to persist data between the server and the client, you can use cookies.

First, we will set up cookie storage in the Wagmi Config.

tsx
import { 
  createConfig, 
  http, 
  cookieStorage,
  createStorage
} from 'wagmi'
import { mainnet, sepolia } from 'wagmi/chains'

export function getConfig() {
  return createConfig({
    chains: [mainnet, sepolia],
    ssr: true,
    storage: createStorage({
      storage: cookieStorage,
    }),
    transports: {
      [mainnet.id]: http(),
      [sepolia.id]: http(),
    },
  })
}

Next, we will need to add some mechanisms to hydrate the stored cookie in Wagmi.

Next.js App Directory

In our app/layout.tsx file (a Server Component), we will need to extract the cookie from the headers function and pass it to cookieToInitialState.

We will need to pass this result to the initialState property of the WagmiProvider. The WagmiProvider must be in a Client Component tagged with "use client" (see app/providers.tsx tab).

tsx
import { type ReactNode } from 'react'
import { headers } from 'next/headers'
import { cookieToInitialState } from 'wagmi'

import { getConfig } from './config'
import { Providers } from './providers'

export default function Layout({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
  const initialState = cookieToInitialState(
    getConfig(),
    headers().get('cookie')
  )
  return (
    <html lang="en">
      <body>
        <Providers>
        <Providers initialState={initialState}>
          {children}
        </Providers>
      </body>
    </html>
  )
}
tsx
'use client'

import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query'
import { type ReactNode, useState } from 'react'
import { type State, WagmiProvider } from 'wagmi'

import { getConfig } from './config'

type Props = {
  children: ReactNode,
  initialState: State | undefined,
}

export function Providers({ children }: Props) {
export function Providers({ children, initialState }: Props) {
  const [config] = useState(() => getConfig())
  const [queryClient] = useState(() => new QueryClient())

  return (
    <WagmiProvider config={config}>
    <WagmiProvider config={config} initialState={initialState}>
      <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
        {children}
      </QueryClientProvider>
    </WagmiProvider>
  )
}
tsx
import { 
  createConfig, 
  http, 
  cookieStorage,
  createStorage 
} from 'wagmi'
import { mainnet, sepolia } from 'wagmi/chains'

export function getConfig() {
  return createConfig({
    chains: [mainnet, sepolia],
    ssr: true,
    storage: createStorage({
      storage: cookieStorage,
    }),
    transports: {
      [mainnet.id]: http(),
      [sepolia.id]: http(),
    },
  })
}

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