diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 194905b6dc..f27151110f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,10 +22,17 @@ should change the heading of the (upcoming) version to include a major version b
 
 ## @rjsf/core
 - Added `ref` definition to `ThemeProps` fixing [#2135](https://github.com/rjsf-team/react-jsonschema-form/issues/2135)
+- Updated the `onChange` handler in `Form` to use the new `preventDuplicates` mode of `mergeObjects()` when merging `extraErrors` when live validation is off, fixing [#3169](https://github.com/rjsf-team/react-jsonschema-form/issues/3169)
 
 ## @rjsf/utils
 - Updated `computedDefaults` (used by `getDefaultFormState`) to skip saving the computed default if it's an empty object unless `includeUndefinedValues` is truthy, fixing [#2150](https://github.com/rjsf-team/react-jsonschema-form/issues/2150) and [#2708](https://github.com/rjsf-team/react-jsonschema-form/issues/2708)
 - Expanded the `getDefaultFormState` util's `includeUndefinedValues` prop to accept a boolean or `"excludeObjectChildren"` if it does not want to include undefined values in nested objects
+- Updated `mergeObjects` to add new `preventDuplicates` mode when concatenating arrays so that only unique values from the source object array are copied to the destination object array
+
+## Dev / docs / playground
+- Removed extraneous leading space on the examples in the validation documentation, fixing [#3282](https://github.com/rjsf-team/react-jsonschema-form/issues/3282)
+- Updated the documentation for `mergeObjects()` for the new `preventDuplicates` mode of concatenating arrays
+- Updated the documentation for unpkg releases to the correct name fixing the confusion found in [#3262](https://github.com/rjsf-team/react-jsonschema-form/issues/3262)
 
 # 5.0.0-beta.13
 
diff --git a/docs/api-reference/utility-functions.md b/docs/api-reference/utility-functions.md
index 8448288ef9..e57cf92626 100644
--- a/docs/api-reference/utility-functions.md
+++ b/docs/api-reference/utility-functions.md
@@ -257,14 +257,14 @@ Recursively merge deeply nested objects.
 #### Parameters
 - obj1: GenericObjectType - The first object to merge
 - obj2: GenericObjectType - The second object to merge
-- [concatArrays=false]: boolean - Optional flag that, when true, will cause arrays to be concatenated
+- [concatArrays=false]: boolean | "preventDuplicates" - Optional flag that, when true, will cause arrays to be concatenated. Use "preventDuplicates" to merge arrays in a manner that prevents any duplicate entries from being merged.
 
 #### Returns
 @returns - A new object that is the merge of the two given objects
 
 ### mergeSchemas()
 Recursively merge deeply nested schemas.
-The difference between mergeSchemas and mergeObjects is that mergeSchemas only concats arrays for values under the 'required' keyword, and when it does, it doesn't include duplicate values.
+The difference between mergeSchemas and mergeObjects is that mergeSchemas only concats arrays for values under the 'required' keyword, and when it does, it doesn't include duplicate values. NOTE: Uses shallow comparison for the duplicate checking.
 
 #### Parameters
 - obj1: GenericObjectType - The first object to merge
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index e5022f1d41..4dba752c6b 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ Our latest version requires React 16+. You can also install `react-jsonschema-fo
 ### As a script served from a CDN
 
 ```html
-  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@rjsf/core/dist/react-jsonschema-form.js"></script>
+  <script src="https://unpkg.com/@rjsf/core/dist/core.cjs.production.min.js"></script>
 ```
 
-Source maps are available at [this url](https://unpkg.com/@rjsf/core/dist/react-jsonschema-form.js.map).
+Source maps are available at [this url](https://unpkg.com/@rjsf/core/dist/core.cjs.production.min.js.map).
 
-> Note: The CDN version **does not** embed `react` or `react-dom`.
+> Note: The CDN version **does not** embed `react` or `react-dom`. If you want other distributions (i.e. umd, esm), look [here](https://unpkg.com/@rjsf/core/dist/) for all releases
 
 You'll also need to alias the default export property to use the Form component:
 
diff --git a/docs/usage/validation.md b/docs/usage/validation.md
index 46aca1d0da..6323c99acc 100644
--- a/docs/usage/validation.md
+++ b/docs/usage/validation.md
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ NOTE: The `ajv-i18n` validators implement the `Localizer` interface.
 
 Using a specific locale while including all of `ajv-i18n`:
 
- ```tsx
+```tsx
 import { RJSFSchema } from "@rjsf/utils";
 import { customizeValidator } from '@rjsf/validator-ajv8';
 import localizer from "ajv-i18n";
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ render((
 
 Using a specific locale minimizing the bundle size
 
- ```tsx
+```tsx
 import { RJSFSchema } from "@rjsf/utils";
 import { customizeValidator } from '@rjsf/validator-ajv8';
 import spanishLocalizer from "ajv-i18n/localize/es";
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/Form.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/Form.tsx
index b4b916201f..8487032251 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/Form.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/Form.tsx
@@ -581,7 +581,11 @@ export default class Form<
       };
     } else if (!noValidate && newErrorSchema) {
       const errorSchema = extraErrors
-        ? (mergeObjects(newErrorSchema, extraErrors, true) as ErrorSchema<T>)
+        ? (mergeObjects(
+            newErrorSchema,
+            extraErrors,
+            "preventDuplicates"
+          ) as ErrorSchema<T>)
         : newErrorSchema;
       state = {
         formData: newFormData,
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/mergeObjects.ts b/packages/utils/src/mergeObjects.ts
index ef8896ec30..de8e597f79 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/mergeObjects.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/mergeObjects.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ import { GenericObjectType } from "./types";
  *
  * @param obj1 - The first object to merge
  * @param obj2 - The second object to merge
- * @param [concatArrays=false] - Optional flag that, when true, will cause arrays to be concatenated
+ * @param [concatArrays=false] - Optional flag that, when true, will cause arrays to be concatenated. Use
+ *          "preventDuplicates" to merge arrays in a manner that prevents any duplicate entries from being merged.
+ *          NOTE: Uses shallow comparison for the duplicate checking.
  * @returns - A new object that is the merge of the two given objects
  */
 export default function mergeObjects(
   obj1: GenericObjectType,
   obj2: GenericObjectType,
-  concatArrays = false
+  concatArrays: boolean | "preventDuplicates" = false
 ) {
   return Object.keys(obj2).reduce((acc, key) => {
     const left = obj1 ? obj1[key] : {},
@@ -19,7 +21,16 @@ export default function mergeObjects(
     if (obj1 && key in obj1 && isObject(right)) {
       acc[key] = mergeObjects(left, right, concatArrays);
     } else if (concatArrays && Array.isArray(left) && Array.isArray(right)) {
-      acc[key] = left.concat(right);
+      let toMerge = right;
+      if (concatArrays === "preventDuplicates") {
+        toMerge = right.reduce((result, value) => {
+          if (!left.includes(value)) {
+            result.push(value);
+          }
+          return result;
+        }, []);
+      }
+      acc[key] = left.concat(toMerge);
     } else {
       acc[key] = right;
     }
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/mergeObjects.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/mergeObjects.test.ts
index b7957d9637..040e1471f4 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/mergeObjects.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/mergeObjects.test.ts
@@ -87,5 +87,23 @@ describe("mergeObjects()", () => {
         a: { b: [1, 2] },
       });
     });
+
+    it("should not concat duplicate values in arrays when concatArrays is 'preventDuplicates'", () => {
+      const obj1 = { a: [1] };
+      const obj2 = { a: [1, 2] };
+
+      expect(mergeObjects(obj1, obj2, "preventDuplicates")).toEqual({
+        a: [1, 2],
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("should not concat duplicate values in nested arrays when concatArrays is 'preventDuplicates'", () => {
+      const obj1 = { a: { b: [1] } };
+      const obj2 = { a: { b: [1, 2] } };
+
+      expect(mergeObjects(obj1, obj2, "preventDuplicates")).toEqual({
+        a: { b: [1, 2] },
+      });
+    });
   });
 });