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content = """ ✅ Summary of Strategies Attempted to Solve Hydration Lateness in Bubble Plugin:

  1. Used on page load workflow
    → Attempted to trigger hydration check and set a flag (isHydrated) early.

  2. Created helper group (booleanHelper)
    → Used dynamic expressions (5 is 5, current date/time > constant) to produce a yes/no flag.

  3. Bound readyToUpdate exposed state to booleanHelper’s output
    → Verified with debugger that it eventually becomes yes.

  4. Blocked update() in plugin code
    → Guard clause: if (!instance.data.readyToUpdate) return.

  5. Observed plugin still updating too early
    → Console logs confirmed update() runs before state was yes.

  6. Discovered reattaching plugin element was necessary
    → Realized field/state definitions are not hot-linked — must re-add plugin element for changes to take effect.


💡 Design Suggestions for Bubble:

  • Auto-bind newly exposed states to existing plugin instances.
  • Allow field expressions to be static literals (yes, no, 1, etc.).
  • Expose a true plugin lifecycle hook (like afterPageLoad) instead of relying on hacky on page load + group hydration.
  • Provide clear hydration status directly on plugin instance (instance.isHydrated() or similar).
  • Warn if a plugin is using undefined or stale field/state bindings.

These issues, while surmountable, make Bubble plugin development more brittle than it needs to be — especially for experienced developers expecting clear lifecycle guarantees. """

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