diff --git a/.changeset/real-words-buy.md b/.changeset/real-words-buy.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d256a426b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/real-words-buy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@livekit/components-react': patch
+---
+
+add useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect to fix react useEffect room connection issue
diff --git a/packages/react/etc/components-react.api.md b/packages/react/etc/components-react.api.md
index acdf30abf..d4e59c88f 100644
--- a/packages/react/etc/components-react.api.md
+++ b/packages/react/etc/components-react.api.md
@@ -1078,6 +1078,15 @@ export interface UseRoomInfoOptions {
     room?: Room;
 }
 
+// @public
+export function useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect<R extends Room | undefined>(room: R): UseSequentialRoomConnectDisconnectResults<R>;
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type UseSequentialRoomConnectDisconnectResults<R extends Room | undefined> = {
+    connect: typeof Room.prototype.connect & (R extends undefined ? null : unknown);
+    disconnect: typeof Room.prototype.disconnect & (R extends undefined ? null : unknown);
+};
+
 // @public
 export function useSortedParticipants(participants: Array<Participant>): Participant[];
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/index.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/index.ts
index cdd9ed342..904f5a890 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ export * from './useParticipantAttributes';
 export * from './useIsRecording';
 export * from './useTextStream';
 export * from './useTranscriptions';
+export * from './useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de5b19315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+import { Mutex, type Room } from 'livekit-client';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
+import { log } from '@livekit/components-core';
+
+const CONNECT_DISCONNECT_WARNING_THRESHOLD_QUANTITY = 2;
+const CONNECT_DISCONNECT_WARNING_THRESHOLD_MS = 400;
+
+const ROOM_CHANGE_WARNING_THRESHOLD_QUANTITY = 3;
+const ROOM_CHANGE_WARNING_THRESHOLD_MS = 1000;
+
+/** @public */
+export type UseSequentialRoomConnectDisconnectResults<R extends Room | undefined> = {
+  connect: typeof Room.prototype.connect & (R extends undefined ? null : unknown);
+  disconnect: typeof Room.prototype.disconnect & (R extends undefined ? null : unknown);
+};
+
+/**
+ * When calling room.disconnect() as part of a React useEffect cleanup function, it is possible for
+ * a room.connect(...) in the effect body to start running while the room.disconnect() is still
+ * running. This hook sequentializes these two operations, so they always happen in order and
+ * never overlap.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * const { connect, disconnect } = useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect(room);
+ *
+ * // Connecting to a room:
+ * useEffect(() => {
+ *   connect();
+ *   return () => disconnect();
+ * }, [connect, disconnect]);
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export function useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect<R extends Room | undefined>(
+  room: R,
+): UseSequentialRoomConnectDisconnectResults<R> {
+  const connectDisconnectQueueRef = useRef<
+    Array<
+      | {
+          type: 'connect';
+          room: Room;
+          args: Parameters<typeof Room.prototype.connect>;
+          resolve: (value: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof Room.prototype.connect>>) => void;
+          reject: (err: Error) => void;
+        }
+      | {
+          type: 'disconnect';
+          room: Room;
+          args: Parameters<typeof Room.prototype.disconnect>;
+          resolve: (value: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof Room.prototype.disconnect>>) => void;
+          reject: (err: Error) => void;
+        }
+    >
+  >([]);
+
+  // Process room connection / disconnection events and execute them in series
+  // The main queue is a ref, so one invocation of this function can continue to process newly added
+  // events
+  const processConnectsAndDisconnectsLock = useMemo(() => new Mutex(), []);
+  const processConnectsAndDisconnects = useCallback(async () => {
+    return processConnectsAndDisconnectsLock.lock().then(async (unlock) => {
+      while (true) {
+        const message = connectDisconnectQueueRef.current.pop();
+        if (!message) {
+          unlock();
+          break;
+        }
+
+        switch (message.type) {
+          case 'connect':
+            await message.room
+              .connect(...message.args)
+              .then(message.resolve)
+              .catch(message.reject);
+            break;
+          case 'disconnect':
+            await message.room
+              .disconnect(...message.args)
+              .then(message.resolve)
+              .catch(message.reject);
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  const roomChangedTimesRef = useRef<Array<Date>>([]);
+  const checkRoomThreshold = useCallback((now: Date) => {
+    let roomChangesInThreshold = 0;
+    roomChangedTimesRef.current = roomChangedTimesRef.current.filter((i) => {
+      const isWithinThreshold = now.getTime() - i.getTime() < ROOM_CHANGE_WARNING_THRESHOLD_MS;
+      if (isWithinThreshold) {
+        roomChangesInThreshold += 1;
+      }
+      return isWithinThreshold;
+    });
+
+    if (roomChangesInThreshold > ROOM_CHANGE_WARNING_THRESHOLD_QUANTITY) {
+      log.warn(
+        `useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect: room changed reference rapidly (over ${ROOM_CHANGE_WARNING_THRESHOLD_QUANTITY}x in ${ROOM_CHANGE_WARNING_THRESHOLD_MS}ms). This is not recommended.`,
+      );
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  // When the room changes, clear any pending connect / disconnect calls and log when it happened
+  useEffect(() => {
+    connectDisconnectQueueRef.current = [];
+
+    const now = new Date();
+    roomChangedTimesRef.current.push(now);
+    checkRoomThreshold(now);
+  }, [room, checkRoomThreshold]);
+
+  const connectDisconnectEnqueueTimes = useRef<Array<Date>>([]);
+  const checkConnectDisconnectThreshold = useCallback((now: Date) => {
+    let connectDisconnectsInThreshold = 0;
+    connectDisconnectEnqueueTimes.current = connectDisconnectEnqueueTimes.current.filter((i) => {
+      const isWithinThreshold =
+        now.getTime() - i.getTime() < CONNECT_DISCONNECT_WARNING_THRESHOLD_MS;
+      if (isWithinThreshold) {
+        connectDisconnectsInThreshold += 1;
+      }
+      return isWithinThreshold;
+    });
+
+    if (connectDisconnectsInThreshold > CONNECT_DISCONNECT_WARNING_THRESHOLD_QUANTITY) {
+      log.warn(
+        `useSequentialRoomConnectDisconnect: room connect / disconnect occurring in rapid sequence (over ${CONNECT_DISCONNECT_WARNING_THRESHOLD_QUANTITY}x in ${CONNECT_DISCONNECT_WARNING_THRESHOLD_MS}ms). This is not recommended and may be the sign of a bug like a useEffect dependency changing every render.`,
+      );
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  const connect = useCallback(
+    async (...args: Parameters<typeof Room.prototype.connect>) => {
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        if (!room) {
+          throw new Error('Called connect(), but room was unset');
+        }
+        const now = new Date();
+        checkConnectDisconnectThreshold(now);
+        connectDisconnectQueueRef.current.push({ type: 'connect', room, args, resolve, reject });
+        connectDisconnectEnqueueTimes.current.push(now);
+        processConnectsAndDisconnects();
+      });
+    },
+    [room, checkConnectDisconnectThreshold, processConnectsAndDisconnects],
+  );
+
+  const disconnect = useCallback(
+    async (...args: Parameters<typeof Room.prototype.disconnect>) => {
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        if (!room) {
+          throw new Error('Called discconnect(), but room was unset');
+        }
+        const now = new Date();
+        checkConnectDisconnectThreshold(now);
+        connectDisconnectQueueRef.current.push({ type: 'disconnect', room, args, resolve, reject });
+        connectDisconnectEnqueueTimes.current.push(now);
+        processConnectsAndDisconnects();
+      });
+    },
+    [room, checkConnectDisconnectThreshold, processConnectsAndDisconnects],
+  );
+
+  return {
+    connect: room ? connect : null,
+    disconnect: room ? disconnect : null,
+  } as UseSequentialRoomConnectDisconnectResults<R>;
+}