React input loses external updates

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1function NameField({ user }: { user?: { name?: string } }) {

2 const [name, setName] = useState(user?.name);

4 return (

5 <input

6 value={name}

7 onChange={(e) => setName(e.target.value)}

8 placeholder="Your name"

9 />

10 );

11}

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