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+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+/* eslint-disable react/prop-types */
+
+import {useCallback} from 'react';
+import {useSelector, useDispatch} from 'react-redux';
+import {configureStore} from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+
+import {describe, test, expect, testing} from '@gsa/testing';
+
+import {fireEvent, rendererWith, screen} from 'web/utils/testing';
+
+import useShallowEqualSelector from '../useShallowEqualSelector';
+
+const reducer = (state = {value: 0}, action) => {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case 'increment':
+      return {...state, value: 1};
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+};
+
+const update = () => ({type: 'increment'});
+
+const TestComponent1 = ({renderCallback}) => {
+  const state = useSelector(state => state.counter);
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const updateCounter = useCallback(() => dispatch(update()), [dispatch]);
+  renderCallback();
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <div data-testid="counter">{state.value}</div>
+      <button data-testid="update" onClick={updateCounter}>
+        Increment
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+const TestComponent2 = ({renderCallback}) => {
+  const state = useShallowEqualSelector(state => state.counter);
+  renderCallback();
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <div data-testid="shallowCounter">{state.value}</div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+describe('useShallowEqualSelector tests', () => {
+  test('should return the selected state', () => {
+    const renderCount = testing.fn();
+    const shallowRenderCount = testing.fn();
+    const store = configureStore({
+      reducer: {
+        counter: reducer,
+      },
+      middleware: () => [],
+    });
+
+    const {render} = rendererWith({store});
+
+    render(
+      <>
+        <TestComponent1 renderCallback={renderCount} />
+        <TestComponent2 renderCallback={shallowRenderCount} />
+      </>,
+    );
+
+    const counter = screen.getByTestId('counter');
+    const shallowCounter = screen.getByTestId('shallowCounter');
+    expect(counter).toHaveTextContent('0');
+    expect(shallowCounter).toHaveTextContent('0');
+    expect(renderCount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(shallowRenderCount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    const updateCounter = screen.getByTestId('update');
+    fireEvent.click(updateCounter);
+
+    expect(counter).toHaveTextContent('1');
+    expect(renderCount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(shallowCounter).toHaveTextContent('1');
+    expect(shallowRenderCount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    fireEvent.click(updateCounter);
+
+    expect(counter).toHaveTextContent('1');
+    expect(renderCount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(shallowCounter).toHaveTextContent('1');
+    expect(shallowRenderCount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/web/hooks/useShallowEqualSelector.js b/src/web/hooks/useShallowEqualSelector.js
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+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import {useSelector, shallowEqual} from 'react-redux';
+
+/**
+ * A hook to use a redux selector with shallow equality check
+ *
+ * By default useSelector uses a strict equality check `===` to determine if the
+ * state has changed. This hook uses a shallow equality check to determine if the
+ * state has changed.
+ *
+ * @param {*} selector A redux selector
+ * @returns {*} The selected state
+ */
+const useShallowEqualSelector = selector => useSelector(selector, shallowEqual);
+
+export default useShallowEqualSelector;