import { useEffect } from "react";

export default function GenerateClientID() {
  useEffect(() => {
    const url = new URL(window.location.href);
    const hasClientID = url.searchParams.get("client_id");

    if (!hasClientID) {
      const uuid = crypto.randomUUID?.() || Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15);
      url.searchParams.set("client_id", uuid);
      window.location.replace(url.toString());
    }
  }, []);

  return null;
}

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Somewhere in the distance, crickets buzz.

Zzzzt

You glance in the rearview mirror and catch a glimpse of your face.

You see...

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