Shiny app enigma

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Hello,

Launch the app below. Type "xxx" in the text input, then click the first button (in the table). Now type "yyy" in the text input and click the second button. Then the second observer prints "xxx ~~~~ yyy". Why "xxx"? Enjoy.

library(shiny)
library(DT)

ui <- fluidPage(
  sidebarLayout(
    sidebarPanel = sidebarPanel(
      textInput("txt", "Type text"),
    ),
    mainPanel = mainPanel(
      DTOutput("dtable")
    )
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  
  output[["dtable"]] <- renderDT(
    data.frame(
      "content" = rep(input[["txt"]], 5L),
      "buttons" = unlist(lapply(1:5, function(i){
        as.character(
          tags$button(
            id = paste0("ab", i), 
            onclick = "Shiny.setInputValue(this.id, 42, {priority: 'event'})",
            paste0("ab", i)
          )
        )
      }))
    ),
    escape = FALSE
  )
  
  abObserver <- function(i, message = " is greeting you"){
    print(paste("observeEvent is being created:", i))
    observeEvent(input[[paste0("ab", i)]], {
      print(input[[paste0("ab",i)]])
      print(paste0(
        "observing ab", i, " with message: ", message, " ~~~~~ ", input[["txt"]]
      ))
    })
  }

  observerlist <- lapply(1:5, abObserver, message = input[["txt"]])

}

shinyApp(ui, server)
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Hello,

Launch the app below. Type "yyy" in the text input and then click on the first button (in the table). Then the observer prints "yyy ~~~~ yyy". Now type "zzz" and click on the second button. Then "yyy ~~~~ zzz" is printed. Why "yyy"?

library(shiny)
library(DT)

ui <- fluidPage(
  sidebarLayout(
    sidebarPanel = sidebarPanel(
      textInput("txt", "Type text"),
    ),
    mainPanel = mainPanel(
      DTOutput("dtable")
    )
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  
  output[["dtable"]] <- renderDT(
    data.frame(
      "content" = rep(input[["txt"]], 5L),
      "buttons" = unlist(lapply(1:5, function(i){
        as.character(
          tags$button(
            id = paste0("ab", i), 
            onclick = "Shiny.setInputValue(this.id, 42, {priority: 'event'})",
            paste0("ab", i)
          )
        )
      }))
    ),
    escape = FALSE
  )
  
  abObserver <- function(i, message = " is greeting you"){
    print(paste("observeEvent is being created:", i))
    observeEvent(input[[paste0("ab", i)]], {
      print(input[[paste0("ab",i)]])
      print(paste0(
        "observing ab", i, " with message: ", message, " ~~~~~ ", input[["txt"]]
      ))
    })
  }

  observerlist <- lapply(1:5, abObserver, message = input[["txt"]])

}

shinyApp(ui, server)
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