--- title: "Understanding React concurrency" publication: "React Status" issue: 340 published_at: "2023-05-24" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/340" --- Plus a whole React-based stack prepared for you, React on TVs, and why you might not need React Query. | #​340 — May 24, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/340) Together with [![Frontend Masters logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_300,h_70/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:5/nk0tfdvalivacz8rw7rt.png)](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/fullstack-v3/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=reactstatus&utm_content=fullstackv3) React Status [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/luoneoh4virya7r6i1ft.jpg)](https://www.epicweb.dev/epic-stack) [The Epic Stack: An Entire Opinionated Stack in One](https://www.epicweb.dev/epic-stack) — A new opinionated ‘project starter’ and stack to help you or your team leapfrog analysis paralysis when figuring out what tools and libraries to use in your next, fresh project. 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