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fix(query-core): recompute placeholders when select changes - #12564
Changing or removing select while a query uses placeholder data returns the previous selection. For example, placeholder 2 selected with value * 2 remains 4 after changing the selector to value * 3, instead of becoming 6.
Include selector identity when reusing selected placeholder data. Unchanged selectors retain the existing memoization. Covers constant and functional placeholders, changing/removing/re-adding the selector, and React rerenders with and without Strict Mode.
Related to the optimization in #9007. Reproduced on 5.101.2, stable 5.103.1 source, and main (bb9d313). All four added core/React regression cases failed before the fix. Afterward, 1,599 core assertions and 585 React tests pass.
Replacement for #11535: same patch, but the old PR's head ref detached from its branch after the identity rewrite, so GitHub kept showing the frozen head 5998b73 and a stale conflict. This PR points at the rewritten branch (9d11c4e), which sits directly on current main. Will close#11535.
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Bug Fixes
Placeholder data now reflects the current selector, including when the selector changes or is removed, keeping displayed results consistent across updates and rerenders.
Placeholder results are recalculated when an interrupted render used different options, preventing stale selections from appearing later.
Selected placeholder data from one query is no longer reused for another query’s data.
Placeholder selections remain accurate when options appear unchanged but selector results distinguish values such as negative and positive zero.
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QueryObserver now tracks the raw input and selector associated with cached selections. It checks selector identity when reusing placeholder results and keeps optimistic results paired with their options. Core and React Query tests cover selector changes, selector removal, and interrupted optimistic renders.
Changes: Placeholder selector updates
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Update placeholder result reuse packages/query-core/src/queryObserver.ts, .changeset/placeholder-select-fix.md
QueryObserver tracks the raw input for cached selections and checks the selector and placeholder options before reusing placeholder results. It records the options used for optimistic results and keeps current results paired with their options. The changeset declares a patch release for @tanstack/query-core.
Cover selector changes in core and React Query packages/query-core/src/__tests__/queryObserver.test.tsx, packages/react-query/src/__tests__/useQuery.test.tsx
Core tests cover placeholder selector changes and removal, interrupted optimistic renders, switching queries, and -0 versus 0. React Query tests cover selector changes and removal with and without Strict Mode.
TanStack/query#11536: Adds a selector identity check to placeholder memoization and handles selection state when select is removed.
Suggested reviewers:tkdodo, sukvvon
Merge Risk: Low · up to 3706c
The selector fix is mergeable with bounded owner awareness: equal placeholder results can cause repeated computation, and unchanged failed placeholder selections no longer retry automatically. Confirm that error-caching behavior is acceptable.
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Whole-PR diff for packages/query-core/src/queryObserver.ts, from merge base 8f6da1e to head 3706c4c, contains four changes. All four affect the placeholder and select memoization path. (1) The placeholder memo condition adds options.select === prevResultOptions.select. This implements the reported defect: selected placeholder data is recomputed when the selector changes or is removed. (2) The new #selectInput field stores the raw query data behind #selectResult. The select memo check compares data === this.#selectInput instead of prevResultState?.data. The code comment ties this to speculative renders that overwrite the cache. The commit rationale describes the same stale-result case. (3) #currentResultOptions now records the options used to create the optimistic result. (4) updateResult assigns #currentResultOptions only when the result changes, which keeps it paired with #currentResult. The commit message gives the same rationale. The removed prevResultState local is no longer used. Items (2) to (4) extend cache correctness for the same stale selection symptom. They go beyond the narrow selector-identity check, but they are connected to it. Tests and the changeset, as summarized, cover placeholder and select rerenders. Limitation: the diff hunks do not show full function bodies, and the test and changeset files were assessed from the repository summary, not from direct reads. The author reports passing test:lib and test:types.
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Review comments at @packages/query-core/src/queryObserver.ts:
- Around line 623-624: Track the options that produced the optimistic result in
the placeholder-data memoization condition near the comparison of
placeholderData and select. Ensure reuse is based on the selector and
placeholder options that actually produced the previous optimistic result, so an
interrupted render that changes select cannot cause a later render to reuse the
wrong placeholder value.
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The optimistic cursor in getOptimisticResult created the result from the render's options argument but recorded this.options in currentResultOptions. Since setOptions runs in an effect, an interrupted background render with a changed select could leave a result selected by the new selector next to options describing the old one, and a later render with the old selector would pass the memoization check and reuse the wrong value.
The fix records the argument options (currentResultOptions = options), so the memoization always compares against the options that actually produced the previous result. Added a regression test in queryObserver.test.tsx that reproduces the discarded-render sequence and fails without the fix. Also rebased onto current main.
Include selector identity when reusing selected placeholder data. Changing or removing select must recompute from the original placeholder rather than return the previous transformation.
Cover constant and functional placeholders, removal and re-addition, and React rerenders with and without Strict Mode.
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getOptimisticResult creates the result from the render's options argument
but recorded observer options in currentResultOptions. setOptions runs in
an effect and may not have applied them yet, so an interrupted background
render with a changed select could leave a result selected by the new
selector next to options describing the old one. A later render with the
old selector then passed the placeholder memoization check and reused the
wrong value.
Record the argument options instead, and add a regression test.
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The optimistic cursor in getOptimisticResult created the result from the render's options argument but recorded this.options in currentResultOptions. Since setOptions runs in an effect, an interrupted background render with a changed select could leave a result selected by the new selector next to options describing the old one, and a later render with the old selector would pass the memoization check and reuse the wrong value.
The fix records the argument options (currentResultOptions = options), so the memoization always compares against the options that actually produced the previous result. Added a regression test in queryObserver.test.tsx that reproduces the discarded-render sequence and fails without the fix. Also rebased onto current main.
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Review comments at @packages/query-core/src/queryObserver.ts:
- Around line 312-316: Track the input associated with the selector cache in
QueryObserver alongside #selectResult, and verify it before reusing the cached
selection. When #currentResultState changes between populated query data and
another query’s placeholder, recompute the selection unless the cached input
matches; preserve the existing selector behavior for matching inputs.
- Around line 657-658: Update QueryObserver’s selected-placeholder reuse and
comparison logic so `-0` and `0` are treated as distinct selected values when
`structuralSharing` is false. When the selected value changes, update both the
result and its associated options so later placeholder reads use the value
produced by the current selector.
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The select memoization compared the current data against
currentResultState, but an interrupted speculative render for another
query can overwrite selectResult while currentResultState still
describes the previous query. A later render for the original query
then passed the input check and reused a selection computed from the
other query's placeholder.
Track the raw input the cached selection was computed from and compare
against it directly, so the cache is only reused when both the input
and the selector match.
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Review comments at @packages/query-core/src/queryObserver.ts:
- Around line 697-698: Update the placeholder selection reuse check in
QueryObserver so a failed selector result is not treated as reusable; retry
selection on the next render and ensure the error result cannot expose selected
data from the previous query. Preserve reuse for successful selections when the
input data and selector are unchanged.
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…-equal updates
updateResult recorded the new options before the shallow-equality early
return, but only assigned the new result after it. When an update is
shallow-equal to the previous result (e.g. a select changing from -0 to
0 with structuralSharing disabled), the observer kept the previous
result while recording the new options, and the placeholder memoization
then reused a value the previous selector produced.
Assign the options together with the result, after the equality check.
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- Around line 2072-2074: Update the observer’s selector-change handling so the
snapshot exposed by getCurrentResult() reflects the optimistic result from
getOptimisticResult(optionsB), with data equal to 0 rather than -0. Add an
assertion for getCurrentResult().data after obtaining the optimistic result.
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- Around line 797-801: Update the equal-result handling around #currentResult
and #currentResultOptions so changing placeholderData from function A to
function B, when both produce the same value, memoizes B’s value across pending
calculations. Keep the selector and result aligned; do not record B’s options
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Check the current snapshot after the selector changes.
The optimistic result is 0, but getCurrentResult().data remains -0. Add a snapshot assertion and update the observer so it passes.
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around lines 2072 - 2074:
Update the observer’s selector-change handling so the snapshot exposed by
getCurrentResult() reflects the optimistic result from
getOptimisticResult(optionsB), with data equal to 0 rather than -0. Add an
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Verified — you're correct that getCurrentResult().data stays -0 here (confirmed with the exact sequence: the optimistic result is 0, the stored snapshot is -0).
We're skipping this one, but transparently about the trade-off: what useQuery renders comes from getOptimisticResult and is correct (0). The stored snapshot keeps -0 because the shallow comparison classifies the update as no-change, and the early return is also what keeps the useSyncExternalStore snapshot identity stable — assigning the new result there without notifying would violate the getSnapshot caching contract.
Making the snapshot itself distinguish -0 from 0 would require Object.is semantics in shallowEqualObjects — a global change to the library's equality semantics (every render-optimization would suddenly treat signed zero as a change), which we think is a maintainer decision rather than something to slip into this PR. Happy to implement it separately if they want that.
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Yes please — a follow-up issue for the signed-zero equality semantics would be a good way to put that decision in front of the maintainers. Thank you for the thorough review.
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@brennanbutler01 I opened issue #12567 for maintainers to evaluate the signed-zero equality semantics.
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Changing or removing
selectwhile a query uses placeholder data returns the previous selection. For example, placeholder2selected withvalue * 2remains4after changing the selector tovalue * 3, instead of becoming6.Include selector identity when reusing selected placeholder data. Unchanged selectors retain the existing memoization. Covers constant and functional placeholders, changing/removing/re-adding the selector, and React rerenders with and without Strict Mode.
Related to the optimization in #9007. Reproduced on 5.101.2, stable 5.103.1 source, and main (
bb9d313). All four added core/React regression cases failed before the fix. Afterward, 1,599 core assertions and 585 React tests pass.Replacement for #11535: same patch, but the old PR's head ref detached from its branch after the identity rewrite, so GitHub kept showing the frozen head
5998b73and a stale conflict. This PR points at the rewritten branch (9d11c4e), which sits directly on current main. Will close #11535.✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr, or these tests do not apply to this pull request.The full cross-framework
test:prrun was not performed. Both affected packages passedtest:lib,test:types,test:eslint, andtest:buildthrough Nx, including dependency builds. The compiler matrix covers TypeScript 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 6.0, and 7.0. Existing lint warnings are in unchanged code. Tested on Node 24.13.0.Implemented and locally verified with AI assistance. The contributor understood, reviewed, and takes responsibility for every line.
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