fix(query-core): preserve invalidation intent during an initial fetch - #11529
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invalidateQueries() marks the query invalid and then refetches through Query.fetch(), which can only cancel and restart an in-flight fetch when the query already has data. During an initial fetch there is no data, so the refetch piggybacks on the fetch that was already running, and the success reducer then clears isInvalidated. The invalidation is lost and data read from a pre-invalidation server state stays cached. Remember when an invalidation lands while a fetch is in flight: that fetch started earlier, so its result cannot satisfy the invalidation. The next refetch then lets it settle for a first result and fetches once more. The flag is cleared as soon as any fetch starts, so a fetch that begins after the invalidation still satisfies it and concurrent invalidations coalesce onto a single trailing fetch. Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe query core now preserves invalidation intent during an active initial fetch. It performs one trailing refetch after the in-flight fetch settles, coalesces concurrent invalidations, respects ChangesInitial fetch invalidation
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The new behavior is likely implemented as intended, but its primary regression test cannot distinguish a stale initial response from the trailing response. Capture the request-time value before merging to preserve coverage of the intended cache update. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@packages/query-core/src/__tests__/queryClient.test.tsx`:
- Line 2599: Update the queryFn mock to capture serverState immediately when
each invocation starts, then return that captured value after the sleep delay.
Keep the invalidation and fetch-count assertions unchanged so the final-data
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| it('should refetch once more when invalidated during the initial fetch', async () => { | ||
| const key = queryKey() | ||
| let serverState = 'before' | ||
| const queryFn = vi.fn(() => sleep(10).then(() => serverState)) |
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Capture the server value when queryFn starts.
The delayed callback reads serverState after invalidation, so both fetches can return "after". The call-count assertion proves that a second fetch starts, but the final-data assertion cannot prove that its result replaced the initial response.
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- const queryFn = vi.fn(() => sleep(10).then(() => serverState))
+ const queryFn = vi.fn(() => {
+ const response = serverState
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| const queryFn = vi.fn(() => sleep(10).then(() => serverState)) | |
| const queryFn = vi.fn(() => { | |
| const response = serverState | |
| return sleep(10).then(() => response) | |
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In `@packages/query-core/src/__tests__/queryClient.test.tsx` at line 2599, Update
the queryFn mock to capture serverState immediately when each invocation starts,
then return that captured value after the sleep delay. Keep the invalidation and
fetch-count assertions unchanged so the final-data assertion verifies the second
fetch replaces the initial response.
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Fixes #11526.
invalidateQueries()marks matching queries invalid and then refetches them throughQuery.fetch(). The de-duplication guard there can only cancel-and-restart an in-flight fetch whenstate.data !== undefined:During an initial fetch there is no data yet, so the invalidation piggybacks on the fetch that was already running, and when that fetch resolves the
successreducer clearsisInvalidated. The invalidation is gone, nothing schedules a trailing fetch, and data read from a server state that predates the invalidation stays cached indefinitely. The issue describes the user-visible version of this: a mutation succeeds, the query it invalidates is still loading, and the UI settles on a result that contradicts the backend.This restores the invariant that a fetch which started before an invalidation must not permanently satisfy it:
invalidate()records that the invalidation landed while a fetch was in flight — that fetch provably started earlier, so its result cannot satisfy the invalidation.fetch(), when that is the case, the caller getsretryer.promise.then(() => this.fetch(options, { ...fetchOptions, cancelRefetch: false }))instead of the bare in-flight promise.This is strategy 1 from the issue: the first result still arrives at exactly the same time as before, then a single trailing fetch converges on current server state. Returning the chained promise also means
await invalidateQueries()resolves once the trailing fetch has settled, which matches the documentedrefetchQueriescontract.The trailing fetch has to observe the query after the in-flight fetch has written its result, otherwise it would re-piggyback a settled retryer. It does:
Retryer.start()returns the same promise object it later resolves,fetch()registers its ownawaitcontinuation on that promise before any later caller can attach a.then, promise reactions run in registration order, and that continuation runssetData()plus thefinallythat clears#retryersynchronously in a single job.Deliberately out of scope:
invalidationBehavior: 'queue' | 'cancel'option proposed in the issue. That is new public API onQueryClient,defaultOptions.queriesandInvalidateOptions, and the reporter notes the naming is still unsettled. The invariant fix stands on its own and strategy 2 remains expressible today withcancelQueries()followed byinvalidateQueries(). Happy to follow up in a separate PR if you want the policy.successreducer still clearsisInvalidated. Keeping it set through the trailing fetch would changeisStaleand observer results more broadly than this bug requires.refetchType: 'none'and queries that should not refetch. The trailing fetch is always chained by a caller that already asked to fetch, never by the settling fetch itself, so a query that was told not to refetch never acquires one.refetch({ cancelRefetch: true })during an initial fetch with no invalidation. Still a no-op, as asserted bypackages/svelte-query/tests/createQuery/createQuery.svelte.test.ts.errorreducer already setsisInvalidated: true, so the query stays stale and retry behaviour is untouched.Four tests in
describe('invalidateQueries'). The two covering the new behaviour (one trailing refetch that lands the post-invalidation data, and coalescing of repeated invalidations) fail onmainwithexpected 2 calls, got 1. The other two pin what must not change:refetchType: 'none'gets no trailing fetch, and an invalidation on an idle query still fetches exactly once.✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr, or these tests do not apply to this pull request.pnpm nx run @tanstack/query-core:test:libpasses (1601 tests, no type errors), as do@tanstack/react-queryand@tanstack/svelte-query. Inpnpm run test:preverything passes except two failures that also reproduce on a clean checkout ofmainand are unrelated to this change: the 22PiPContextlocalStorage tests inquery-devtools, and thesolid-start-streamingexample build failing to resolvesolid-jsfrom@solidjs/start.I have not run
pnpm run generate-docs, since it needs a fullpnpm build:alland the autofix step regenerates the reference pages in CI — let me know if you would rather have it in the diff.🚀 Release Impact
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refetchType: 'none'continue to avoid refetching.Tests