Preserve cache-and-network fetchPolicy when refetching. #4840
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benjamn
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| @@ -1070,7 +1071,7 @@ describe('ObservableQuery', () => { | |||
| const observable = queryManager.watchQuery({ | |||
| query: firstRequest.query, | |||
| variables: firstRequest.variables, | |||
| fetchPolicy: 'cache-and-network', | |||
| fetchPolicy: 'cache-first', | |||
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This test was literally just checking that cache-and-network gets overridden with network-only when refetching, so I think it's safe to check cache-first instead (if we accept the premise of this pull request).
Should help with the problem reported by @supercranky in this comment: #4636 (comment) The apparent reasoning for preserving the no-cache and network-only fetch policies is that refetching requires a "network" fetch policy, but I believe cache-and-network should also count as a "network" fetch policy, since it always attempts to fetch from the network in addition to fetching from the cache. Even if that network request fails, it may be useful (e.g. for offline usage) to return data from the cache.
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Hi @benjamn This change seems to be annoying for some of us (apollographql/react-apollo#3457 (comment)) Do you think it could be possible to pass a custom fetch policy to the "refetch" call? I want my query to have cache-and-network, but I want my refetch() promise to only resolve after the actual network refetch has been done, and this seems impossible currently |
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Should help with the problem reported by @supercranky in this comment.
The apparent reasoning for preserving the
no-cacheandnetwork-onlyfetch policies is that refetching requires a "network" fetch policy, but I believecache-and-networkshould also count as a "network" fetch policy, since it always attempts to fetch from the network in addition to fetching from the cache. Even if that network request fails, it may be useful (e.g. for offline usage) to return partial data from the cache, which is currently not possible when refetching, given therefetchmethod's behavior of overriding non-network/cache-friendlyfetchPolicys.