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+"@twilio-paste/select": patch
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+[Select] fix the behaviour of `defaultValue` by removing the rehydration useEffect trick to stop a SSR mismatch. By only rendering the child options on mount via an effect it prevents `defaultValue` from selecting the default value. We will look for other ways of dealing with rehydration mismatches