@apollo/client - npm Package Versions

3.9.0

Minor Changes

Memory optimizations

• #11424 62f3b6d Thanks @phryneas! - Simplify RetryLink, fix potential memory leak

  Historically, RetryLink would keep a values array of all previous values, in case the operation would get an additional subscriber at a later point in time.

  In practice, this could lead to a memory leak (#11393) and did not serve any further purpose, as the resulting observable would only be subscribed to by Apollo Client itself, and only once - it would be wrapped in a Concast before being exposed to the user, and that Concast would handle subscribers on its own.

• #11435 5cce53e Thanks @phryneas! - Deprecates canonizeResults.

  Using canonizeResults can result in memory leaks so we generally do not recommend using this option anymore. A future version of Apollo Client will contain a similar feature without the risk of memory leaks.

• #11254 d08970d Thanks @benjamn! - Decouple canonicalStringify from ObjectCanon for better time and memory performance.

• #11356 cc4ac7e Thanks @phryneas! - Fix a potential memory leak in FragmentRegistry.transform and FragmentRegistry.findFragmentSpreads that would hold on to passed-in DocumentNodes for too long.

• #11370 25e2cb4 Thanks @phryneas! - parse function: improve memory management

  • use LRU WeakCache instead of Map to keep a limited number of parsed results
  • cache is initiated lazily, only when needed
  • expose parse.resetCache() method

• #11389 139acd1 Thanks @phryneas! - documentTransform: use optimism and WeakCache instead of directly storing data on the Trie

• #11358 7d939f8 Thanks @phryneas! - Fixes a potential memory leak in Concast that might have been triggered when Concast was used outside of Apollo Client.

• #11344 bd26676 Thanks @phryneas! - Add a resetCache method to DocumentTransform and hook InMemoryCache.addTypenameTransform up to InMemoryCache.gc

• #11367 30d17bf Thanks @phryneas! - print: use WeakCache instead of WeakMap

• #11387 4dce867 Thanks @phryneas! - QueryManager.transformCache: use WeakCache instead of WeakMap

• #11369 2a47164 Thanks @phryneas! - Persisted Query Link: improve memory management

  • use LRU WeakCache instead of WeakMap to keep a limited number of hash results
  • hash cache is initiated lazily, only when needed
  • expose persistedLink.resetHashCache() method
  • reset hash cache if the upstream server reports it doesn't accept persisted queries

• #10804 221dd99 Thanks @phryneas! - use WeakMap in React Native with Hermes

• #11355 7d8e184 Thanks @phryneas! - InMemoryCache.gc now also triggers FragmentRegistry.resetCaches (if there is a FragmentRegistry)

• #11409 2e7203b Thanks @phryneas! - Adds an experimental ApolloClient.getMemoryInternals helper

• #11343 776631d Thanks @phryneas! - Add reset method to print, hook up to InMemoryCache.gc

Suspense-enabled data fetching on user interaction with useLoadableQuery

• #11300 a815873 Thanks @jerelmiller! - Introduces a new useLoadableQuery hook. This hook works similarly to useBackgroundQuery in that it returns a queryRef that can be used to suspend a component via the useReadQuery hook. It provides a more ergonomic way to load the query during a user interaction (for example when wanting to preload some data) that would otherwise be clunky with useBackgroundQuery.

  function App() {
    const [loadQuery, queryRef, { refetch, fetchMore, reset }] =
      useLoadableQuery(query, options);
  
    return (
      <>
        <button onClick={() => loadQuery(variables)}>Load query</button>
        <Suspense fallback={<SuspenseFallback />}>
          {queryRef && <Child queryRef={queryRef} />}
        </Suspense>
      </>
    );
  }
  
  function Child({ queryRef }) {
    const { data } = useReadQuery(queryRef);
  
    // ...
  }
  

Begin preloading outside of React with createQueryPreloader

• #11412 58db5c3 Thanks @jerelmiller! - Add the ability to start preloading a query outside React to begin fetching as early as possible. Call createQueryPreloader to create a preloadQuery function which can be called to start fetching a query. This returns a queryRef which is passed to useReadQuery and suspended until the query is done fetching.

  const preloadQuery = createQueryPreloader(client);
  const queryRef = preloadQuery(QUERY, { variables, ...otherOptions });
  
  function App() {
    return {
      <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading</div>}>
        <MyQuery />
      </Suspense>
    }
  }
  
  function MyQuery() {
    const { data } = useReadQuery(queryRef);
  
    // do something with data
  }
  

Testing utility improvements

• #11178 4d64a6f Thanks @sebakerckhof! - Support re-using of mocks in the MockedProvider

• #6701 8d2b4e1 Thanks @prowe! - Ability to dynamically match mocks

  Adds support for a new property MockedResponse.variableMatcher: a predicate function that accepts a variables param. If true, the variables will be passed into the ResultFunction to help dynamically build a response.

New useQueryRefHandlers hook

• #11412 58db5c3 Thanks @jerelmiller! - Create a new useQueryRefHandlers hook that returns refetch and fetchMore functions for a given queryRef. This is useful to get access to handlers for a queryRef that was created by createQueryPreloader or when the handlers for a queryRef produced by a different component are inaccessible.

  const MyComponent({ queryRef }) {
    const { refetch, fetchMore } = useQueryRefHandlers(queryRef);
  
    // ...
  }
  

Bail out of optimisticResponse updates with the IGNORE sentinel object

• #11410 07fcf6a Thanks @sf-twingate! - Allow returning IGNORE sentinel object from optimisticResponse functions to bail-out from the optimistic update.

  Consider this example:

  const UPDATE_COMMENT = gql`
    mutation UpdateComment($commentId: ID!, $commentContent: String!) {
      updateComment(commentId: $commentId, content: $commentContent) {
        id
        __typename
        content
      }
    }
  `;
  
  function CommentPageWithData() {
    const [mutate] = useMutation(UPDATE_COMMENT);
    return (
      <Comment
        updateComment={({ commentId, commentContent }) =>
          mutate({
            variables: { commentId, commentContent },
            optimisticResponse: (vars, { IGNORE }) => {
              if (commentContent === "foo") {
                // conditionally bail out of optimistic updates
                return IGNORE;
              }
              return {
                updateComment: {
                  id: commentId,
                  __typename: "Comment",
                  content: commentContent,
                },
              };
            },
          })
        }
      />
    );
  }
  

  The IGNORE sentinel can be destructured from the second parameter in the callback function signature passed to optimisticResponse.

Network adapters for multipart subscriptions usage with Relay and urql

• #11301 46ab032 Thanks @alessbell! - Add multipart subscription network adapters for Relay and urql

  Relay

  import { createFetchMultipartSubscription } from "@apollo/client/utilities/subscriptions/relay";
  import { Environment, Network, RecordSource, Store } from "relay-runtime";
  
  const fetchMultipartSubs = createFetchMultipartSubscription(
    "http://localhost:4000"
  );
  
  const network = Network.create(fetchQuery, fetchMultipartSubs);
  
  export const RelayEnvironment = new Environment({
    network,
    store: new Store(new RecordSource()),
  });
  

  Urql

  import { createFetchMultipartSubscription } from "@apollo/client/utilities/subscriptions/urql";
  import { Client, fetchExchange, subscriptionExchange } from "@urql/core";
  
  const url = "http://localhost:4000";
  
  const multipartSubscriptionForwarder = createFetchMultipartSubscription(url);
  
  const client = new Client({
    url,
    exchanges: [
      fetchExchange,
      subscriptionExchange({
        forwardSubscription: multipartSubscriptionForwarder,
      }),
    ],
  });
  

skipPollAttempt callback function

• #11397 3f7eecb Thanks @aditya-kumawat! - Adds a new skipPollAttempt callback function that's called whenever a refetch attempt occurs while polling. If the function returns true, the refetch is skipped and not reattempted until the next poll interval. This will solve the frequent use-case of disabling polling when the window is inactive.

  useQuery(QUERY, {
    pollInterval: 1000,
    skipPollAttempt: () => document.hidden, // or !document.hasFocus()
  });
  // or define it globally
  new ApolloClient({
    defaultOptions: {
      watchQuery: {
        skipPollAttempt: () => document.hidden, // or !document.hasFocus()
      },
    },
  });
  

3.8.10

Patch Changes

• #11489 abfd02a Thanks @gronxb! - Fix networkStatus with useSuspenseQuery not properly updating to ready state when using a cache-and-network fetch policy that returns data equal to what is already in the cache.

• #11483 6394dda Thanks @pipopotamasu! - Fix cache override warning output

3.8.9

Patch Changes

• #11472 afc844d Thanks @alessbell! - Fix delay: Infinity when set on a MockResponse passed to Mocked Provider so it indefinitely enters loading state.

• #11464 aac12b2 Thanks @jerelmiller! - Prevent useFragment from excessively unsubscribing and resubscribing the fragment with the cache on every render.

• #11449 f40cda4 Thanks @phryneas! - Removes refences to the typescript "dom" lib.

• #11470 e293bc9 Thanks @phryneas! - Remove an unnecessary check from parseAndCheckHttpResponse.