diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/' b/spiffworkflow-frontend/'
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c54c427a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/'
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+// @ts-ignore
+import { Breadcrumb, BreadcrumbItem } from '@carbon/react';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam } from '../helpers';
+import {
+  HotCrumbItem,
+  HotCrumbItemArray,
+  HotCrumbItemObject,
+  ProcessGroup,
+  ProcessGroupLite,
+  ProcessModel,
+} from '../interfaces';
+import HttpService from '../services/HttpService';
+
+type OwnProps = {
+  hotCrumbs?: HotCrumbItem[];
+};
+
+// export default function ProcessBreadcrumb({ hotCrumbs }: OwnProps) {
+export const default ProcessBreadcrumb = React.memo(({ hotCrumbs }: OwnProps) => {
+  const [processEntity, setProcessEntity] = useState<
+    ProcessGroup | ProcessModel | null
+  >(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const explodeCrumbItemObject = (crumb: HotCrumbItem) => {
+      if ('entityToExplode' in crumb) {
+        const { entityToExplode, entityType } = crumb;
+        if (entityType === 'process-model-id') {
+          HttpService.makeCallToBackend({
+            path: `/process-models/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
+              entityToExplode as string
+            )}`,
+            successCallback: setProcessEntity,
+            onUnauthorized: () => {},
+          });
+        } else if (entityType === 'process-group-id') {
+          HttpService.makeCallToBackend({
+            path: `/process-groups/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
+              entityToExplode as string
+            )}`,
+            successCallback: setProcessEntity,
+            onUnauthorized: () => {},
+          });
+        } else {
+          setProcessEntity(entityToExplode as any);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    if (hotCrumbs) {
+      hotCrumbs.forEach(explodeCrumbItemObject);
+    }
+  }, [hotCrumbs]);
+
+  const checkPermissions = (crumb: HotCrumbItemObject) => {
+    if (!crumb.checkPermission) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return (
+      processEntity &&
+      'actions' in processEntity &&
+      processEntity.actions &&
+      'read' in processEntity.actions
+    );
+  };
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
+  const hotCrumbElement = () => {
+    if (hotCrumbs) {
+      const leadingCrumbLinks = hotCrumbs.map(
+        (crumb: HotCrumbItemArray | HotCrumbItemObject) => {
+          if (
+            'entityToExplode' in crumb &&
+            processEntity &&
+            processEntity.parent_groups &&
+            checkPermissions(crumb)
+          ) {
+            const breadcrumbs = processEntity.parent_groups.map(
+              (parentGroup: ProcessGroupLite) => {
+                const fullUrl = `/process-groups/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
+                  parentGroup.id
+                )}`;
+                return (
+                  <BreadcrumbItem key={parentGroup.id} href={fullUrl}>
+                    {parentGroup.display_name}
+                  </BreadcrumbItem>
+                );
+              }
+            );
+
+            if (crumb.linkLastItem) {
+              let apiBase = '/process-groups';
+              let dataQaTag = '';
+              if (crumb.entityType.startsWith('process-model')) {
+                apiBase = '/process-models';
+                dataQaTag = 'process-model-breadcrumb-link';
+              }
+              const fullUrl = `${apiBase}/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
+                processEntity.id
+              )}`;
+              breadcrumbs.push(
+                <BreadcrumbItem
+                  key={processEntity.id}
+                  href={fullUrl}
+                  data-qa={dataQaTag}
+                >
+                  {processEntity.display_name}
+                </BreadcrumbItem>
+              );
+            } else {
+              breadcrumbs.push(
+                <BreadcrumbItem key={processEntity.id} isCurrentPage>
+                  {processEntity.display_name}
+                </BreadcrumbItem>
+              );
+            }
+            return breadcrumbs;
+          }
+          if (Array.isArray(crumb)) {
+            const valueLabel = crumb[0];
+            const url = crumb[1];
+            if (!url && valueLabel) {
+              return (
+                <BreadcrumbItem isCurrentPage key={valueLabel}>
+                  {valueLabel}
+                </BreadcrumbItem>
+              );
+            }
+            if (url && valueLabel) {
+              return (
+                <BreadcrumbItem key={valueLabel} href={url}>
+                  {valueLabel}
+                </BreadcrumbItem>
+              );
+            }
+          }
+          return null;
+        }
+      );
+      return <Breadcrumb noTrailingSlash>{leadingCrumbLinks}</Breadcrumb>;
+    }
+    return null;
+  };
+
+  return <Breadcrumb noTrailingSlash>{hotCrumbElement()}</Breadcrumb>;
+})
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessBreadcrumb.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessBreadcrumb.tsx
index 8a6db736f..465a49247 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessBreadcrumb.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ProcessBreadcrumb.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import {
 } from '../interfaces';
 import HttpService from '../services/HttpService';
 
+// it is recommend to use a state for hotCrumbs so ProcessBreadCrumb does not attmept
+// to re-render. This is because javascript cannot tell if an array or object has changed
+// but react states can. If we simply initialize a ProcessBreadCrumb when
+// the component that uses it renders, we may get a request to process model show
+// every time a state changes in the parent component (any state, not even a related state).
+// For an example of usage see TaskShow.
 type OwnProps = {
   hotCrumbs?: HotCrumbItem[];
 };
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
index df40865f2..cd5aadfc9 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useNavigate, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import { Grid, Column, Button, ButtonSet, Loading } from '@carbon/react';
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   BasicTask,
   ErrorForDisplay,
   EventDefinition,
+  HotCrumbItem,
   Task,
 } from '../interfaces';
 import CustomForm from '../components/CustomForm';
@@ -31,6 +32,14 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
   const [basicTask, setBasicTask] = useState<BasicTask | null>(null);
   const [taskWithTaskData, setTaskWithTaskData] = useState<Task | null>(null);
 
+  // put this in a state so ProcessBreadCrumb does not attempt to re-render
+  // since javascript cannot tell if an array or object has changed
+  // but react states can. If we simply initialize a ProcessBreadCrumb when
+  // this parent component renders, we get a request to process model show
+  // every time someone types a character into a user task form (because we change ANY
+  // state. in this case, setTaskData).
+  const [hotCrumbs, setHotCrumbs] = useState<HotCrumbItem[]>([]);
+
   const params = useParams();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const [formButtonsDisabled, setFormButtonsDisabled] = useState(false);
@@ -49,20 +58,23 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
 
   // if a user can complete a task then the for-me page should
   // always work for them so use that since it will work in all cases
-  const navigateToInterstitial = (myTask: BasicTask) => {
-    if (UserService.onlyGuestTaskCompletion()) {
-      setGuestConfirmationText('Thank you!');
-    } else {
-      navigate(
-        `/process-instances/for-me/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
-          myTask.process_model_identifier
-        )}/${myTask.process_instance_id}/interstitial`
-      );
-    }
-  };
+  const navigateToInterstitial = useCallback(
+    (myTask: BasicTask) => {
+      if (UserService.onlyGuestTaskCompletion()) {
+        setGuestConfirmationText('Thank you!');
+      } else {
+        navigate(
+          `/process-instances/for-me/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
+            myTask.process_model_identifier
+          )}/${myTask.process_instance_id}/interstitial`
+        );
+      }
+    },
+    [navigate]
+  );
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const processBasicTaskResult = (result: BasicTask) => {
+  const processBasicTaskResult = useCallback(
+    (result: BasicTask) => {
       setBasicTask(result);
       setPageTitle([result.name_for_display]);
       if (!result.can_complete) {
@@ -76,7 +88,28 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
           navigateToInterstitial(result);
         }
       }
-    };
+      const hotCrumbList: HotCrumbItem[] = [
+        ['Process Groups', '/process-groups'],
+        {
+          entityToExplode: result.process_model_identifier,
+          entityType: 'process-model-id',
+          linkLastItem: true,
+          checkPermission: true,
+        },
+        [
+          `Process Instance Id: ${result.process_instance_id}`,
+          `/process-instances/for-me/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
+            result.process_model_identifier
+          )}/${result.process_instance_id}`,
+        ],
+        [`Task: ${result.name_for_display || result.id}`],
+      ];
+      setHotCrumbs(hotCrumbList);
+    },
+    [navigateToInterstitial, navigate]
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
     const processTaskWithDataResult = (result: Task) => {
       setTaskWithTaskData(result);
 
@@ -102,7 +135,7 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
     });
     // FIXME: not sure what to do about addError. adding it to this array causes the page to endlessly reload
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [params]);
+  }, [params, processBasicTaskResult]);
 
   // Before we auto-saved form data, we remembered what data was in the form, and then created a synthetic submit event
   // in order to implement a "Save and close" button. That button no longer saves (since we have auto-save), but the crazy
@@ -422,26 +455,7 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
       !('allowGuest' in basicTask.extensions) ||
       basicTask.extensions.allowGuest !== 'true'
     ) {
-      pageElements.push(
-        <ProcessBreadcrumb
-          hotCrumbs={[
-            ['Process Groups', '/process-groups'],
-            {
-              entityToExplode: basicTask.process_model_identifier,
-              entityType: 'process-model-id',
-              linkLastItem: true,
-              checkPermission: true,
-            },
-            [
-              `Process Instance Id: ${basicTask.process_instance_id}`,
-              `/process-instances/for-me/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
-                basicTask.process_model_identifier
-              )}/${basicTask.process_instance_id}`,
-            ],
-            [`Task: ${basicTask.name_for_display || basicTask.id}`],
-          ]}
-        />
-      );
+      pageElements.push(<ProcessBreadcrumb hotCrumbs={hotCrumbs} />);
       pageElements.push(
         <h3>
           Task: {basicTask.name_for_display} (