Optimisations to try and lower the number of rerenders required when switching tasks

src/modules/manager/workflowTemplates/components/TasksEditor.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useCallback } from "react";
+import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
 import {
   TaskDefinition,
   TaskMetadata,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ interface TaskEditorProps {
   onValidate: (taskId: string, isValid: boolean) => void;
 }
 
-export const TaskEditor: React.FC<TaskEditorProps> = ({
+const TaskEditorComponent: React.FC<TaskEditorProps> = ({
   task,
   tasks,
   tasksMetadata,
@@ -41,23 +41,34 @@ export const TaskEditor: React.FC<TaskEditorProps> = ({
     [onValidate],
   );
 
+  const tasksRef = React.useRef(tasks);
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    runValidation(task, tasks, tasksMetadata);
-  }, [task.config.guid, runValidation]);
+    tasksRef.current = tasks;
+  }, [tasks]);
 
-  const handleTaskChange = (updatedTask: TaskDefinition) => {
-    // Update the task list
-    const updatedTasks = tasks.map((t) =>
-      t.config.guid === updatedTask.config.guid ? updatedTask : t,
-    );
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    runValidation(task, tasksRef.current, tasksMetadata);
+  }, [task.config.guid, runValidation, tasksMetadata]);
 
-    runValidation(updatedTask, updatedTasks, tasksMetadata);
+  const handleTaskChange = useCallback(
+    (updatedTask: TaskDefinition) => {
+      // Update the task list
+      const updatedTasks = tasks.map((t) =>
+        t.config.guid === updatedTask.config.guid ? updatedTask : t,
+      );
 
-    // Bubble updated task up
-    onChange(updatedTask);
-  };
+      runValidation(updatedTask, updatedTasks, tasksMetadata);
 
-  const taskMeta = tasksMetadata.find((t) => t.taskType === task.type);
+      // Bubble updated task up
+      onChange(updatedTask);
+    },
+    [tasks, tasksMetadata, runValidation, onChange],
+  );
+
+  const taskMeta = useMemo(
+    () => tasksMetadata.find((t) => t.taskType === task.type),
+    [tasksMetadata, task.type],
+  );
 
   return (
     <div>
@@ -83,3 +94,22 @@ export const TaskEditor: React.FC<TaskEditorProps> = ({
     </div>
   );
 };
+
+export const TaskEditor = React.memo(
+  TaskEditorComponent,
+  (prevProps, nextProps) => {
+    const taskIdChanged =
+      prevProps.task.config.guid !== nextProps.task.config.guid;
+    const metaChanged = prevProps.tasksMetadata !== nextProps.tasksMetadata;
+    const onChangeChanged = prevProps.onChange !== nextProps.onChange;
+    const onValidateChanged = prevProps.onValidate !== nextProps.onValidate;
+
+    // Skip tasks comparison - we use a ref to access it
+    return !(
+      taskIdChanged ||
+      metaChanged ||
+      onChangeChanged ||
+      onValidateChanged
+    );
+  },
+);

src/modules/manager/workflowTemplates/components/TasksTab.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import React, { useEffect, useState, useCallback } from "react";
 import templateVersionsService, {
   CreateWorkflowTemplateVersion,
   TaskDefinition,
@@ -60,10 +60,31 @@ const TasksTab: React.FC<TasksTabProps> = ({
     setSelectedTask(tasks[0]);
   }, [tasks, taskValidation, selectedTask]);
 
-  const handleTasksChange = (newTasks: TaskDefinition[]) => {
-    // Update the parent form state
-    onTasksChange("tasks", newTasks);
-  };
+  const handleTasksChange = React.useCallback(
+    (newTasks: TaskDefinition[]) => {
+      // Update the parent form state
+      onTasksChange("tasks", newTasks);
+    },
+    [onTasksChange],
+  );
+
+  const handleTaskEditorChange = React.useCallback(
+    (updatedTask: TaskDefinition) => {
+      const newTasks = tasks.map((t) =>
+        t.config.guid === updatedTask.config.guid ? updatedTask : t,
+      );
+
+      handleTasksChange(newTasks);
+
+      // Use the updated object from the array, not the raw updatedTask
+      const updatedFromArray = newTasks.find(
+        (t) => t.config.guid === updatedTask.config.guid,
+      );
+
+      setSelectedTask(updatedFromArray!);
+    },
+    [tasks, handleTasksChange],
+  );
 
   return (
     <div className="two-column-grid no-scroll">
@@ -84,20 +105,7 @@ const TasksTab: React.FC<TasksTabProps> = ({
             tasksMetadata={tasksMetadata}
             task={selectedTask}
             tasks={tasks}
-            onChange={(updatedTask) => {
-              const newTasks = tasks.map((t) =>
-                t.config.guid === updatedTask.config.guid ? updatedTask : t,
-              );
-
-              handleTasksChange(newTasks);
-
-              // Use the updated object from the array, not the raw updatedTask
-              const updatedFromArray = newTasks.find(
-                (t) => t.config.guid === updatedTask.config.guid,
-              );
-
-              setSelectedTask(updatedFromArray!);
-            }}
+            onChange={handleTaskEditorChange}
             onValidate={onValidate}
           />
         </div>