fix(query-db-collection): settle invalid and deferred refetch results - #1881
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe query collection now rejects invalid successful results as application errors. Public refetch waits for result application, including deferred replacements, and rejects on application failure or cleanup cancellation. Tests cover independent and overlapping refetches, and an oracle record documents review observations. ChangesQuery result settlement
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant QueryCollection
participant QueryObserver
participant DeferredBarrier
Caller->>QueryCollection: Call public refetch
QueryCollection->>QueryObserver: Await observer result
QueryCollection->>DeferredBarrier: Wait for deferred application
DeferredBarrier-->>QueryCollection: Release barrier
QueryCollection->>QueryObserver: Refetch with throwOnError true
QueryObserver-->>QueryCollection: Return replacement result
QueryCollection-->>Caller: Settle refetch promise
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Deferred refresh failures can make optionless refetches reject, and a retained query can report success before an invalid result is validated. The offline-refresh test may also miss a premature settlement. Resolve these issues before merging. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to Deferred refetches can now wait for result application, but one failure path can reject even when a caller opts out of transport errors. The identified impact is on the refresh contract and failure handling; no security exploit or expanded deployment boundary is established. Retained concerns
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In `@packages/query-db-collection/src/query.ts`:
- Around line 1727-1731: Update refetch to await getResultApplicationSettlement
for the query before calling readExceptionalSettlement, so it observes the
current result’s settlement and does not reuse a stale rejected
InvalidQueryResultError.
- Around line 2537-2539: Update the refetch flow containing
readExceptionalSettlement so calls made inside a transaction mutation handler
return the observer result without waiting for a pending settlement; preserve
settlement waiting for callers outside the handler and existing
rejected-settlement behavior.
- Around line 1097-1110: Track distinct deferred barriers on each pending
exceptional result settlement in exceptionalResultSettlements. Before each
observer.refetch, await the next recorded barrier while swallowing its
rejection; after refetch, process any barriers added during that fetch before
checking getResultApplicationSettlement. Resolve the settlement only after the
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| void barrier | ||
| .then(async () => { | ||
| if (exceptionalResultSettlements.get(hashedQueryKey) !== settlement) { | ||
| throw new CancelledError() | ||
| } | ||
| const observer = state.observers.get(hashedQueryKey) | ||
| if (!observer) throw new CancelledError() | ||
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| const result = await observer.refetch({ throwOnError: true }) | ||
| const application = getResultApplicationSettlement(hashedQueryKey) | ||
| if (application !== true) await application | ||
| return result | ||
| }) | ||
| .then(resolveSettlement, rejectSettlement) |
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Track deferred barriers on the pending settlement.
QueryObserver.refetch() notifies its listeners before its promise resolves. If a second barrier is active, handleQueryResult skips that result and reuses the existing settlement. The barrier cleanup can then clear collection.deferDataRefresh before the settlement continuation runs. A loop that reads only the current collection field can therefore fulfill with an unapplied result.
Record each distinct barrier on the pending settlement. After each replacement refetch, await every barrier recorded during that refetch before checking application state. Swallow barrier rejection before refetching so rejected barriers also trigger a replacement fetch.
🐛 Suggested fix
type ExceptionalResultSettlement =
| {
type: `pending`
promise: Promise<QueryObserverResult<unknown, unknown>>
reject: (error: unknown) => void
+ barriers: Array<Promise<void>>
+ seenBarriers: Set<Promise<void>>
}
| { type: `rejected`; error: unknown }
...
const existing = exceptionalResultSettlements.get(hashedQueryKey)
- if (existing?.type === `pending`) return existing
+ if (existing?.type === `pending`) {
+ if (!existing.seenBarriers.has(barrier)) {
+ existing.seenBarriers.add(barrier)
+ existing.barriers.push(barrier)
+ }
+ return existing
+ }
...
const settlement = {
type: `pending` as const,
promise,
reject: rejectSettlement,
+ barriers: [barrier],
+ seenBarriers: new Set([barrier]),
}
exceptionalResultSettlements.set(hashedQueryKey, settlement)
- void barrier
- .then(async () => {
+ const settle = async () => {
+ for (;;) {
+ const currentBarrier = settlement.barriers.shift()
+ await currentBarrier?.catch(() => {})
if (exceptionalResultSettlements.get(hashedQueryKey) !== settlement) {
throw new CancelledError()
}
const observer = state.observers.get(hashedQueryKey)
if (!observer) throw new CancelledError()
const result = await observer.refetch({ throwOnError: true })
+ if (settlement.barriers.length > 0) continue
const application = getResultApplicationSettlement(hashedQueryKey)
if (application !== true) await application
return result
- })
- .then(resolveSettlement, rejectSettlement)
+ }
+ }
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In `@packages/query-db-collection/src/query.ts` around lines 1097 - 1110, Track
distinct deferred barriers on each pending exceptional result settlement in
exceptionalResultSettlements. Before each observer.refetch, await the next
recorded barrier while swallowing its rejection; after refetch, process any
barriers added during that fetch before checking getResultApplicationSettlement.
Resolve the settlement only after the replacement result has been applied.
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| const settlement = readExceptionalSettlement(hashKey(qKey)) | ||
| if (settlement?.type === `rejected`) throw settlement.error | ||
| return settlement?.type === `pending` ? settlement.promise : result |
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Do not await the deferred settlement from a mutation handler.
OfflineExecutor uses executeAll() as collection.deferDataRefresh. executeAll() waits for the transaction mutation function and its handler to finish. During that handler, refetch() can create a settlement that waits for the same barrier. The handler then waits for refetch(), which waits for the handler through the barrier.
When refetch() runs inside the transaction handler, return the observer result without awaiting settlement.promise. Keep deferred settlement waiting for callers outside the handler.
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In `@packages/query-db-collection/src/query.ts` around lines 2537 - 2539, Update
the refetch flow containing readExceptionalSettlement so calls made inside a
transaction mutation handler return the observer result without waiting for a
pending settlement; preserve settlement waiting for callers outside the handler
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In `@packages/query-db-collection/src/query.ts`:
- Around line 2561-2566: Update reconcileSuccessfulResult to validate the result
shape and record any rejected settlement synchronously before its first await,
reusing the existing validation and settlement behavior from
applySuccessfulResult. Add an oracle case covering an invalid refetch result on
the retainedQueriesPendingRevalidation path.
- Around line 1094-1110: Update the deferred refresh in getDeferredRefresh to
call observer.refetch without forcing throwOnError and return an unsuccessful
replacement result before checking exceptional settlements. In refetch, apply
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- Line 268: The timer in the offline refresh test does not ensure stale-result
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Summary
Query Collection now settles two exceptional refetch paths at the collection boundary.
A successful Query transport can return data that the adapter cannot apply. It can also finish while
deferDataRefreshblocks application. Before this change, both paths could fulfillutils.refetch()without a collection result.This change enforces one law for these exceptional paths. Each result applies through a replacement, rejects, or ends through cancellation or retirement. A deferred result remains pending.
This scope relates to #1828. It does not add the general application barrier or the diff-free signal from that issue.
Public behavior
InvalidQueryResultError.nullor another non-object value also rejects.InvalidQueryResultErrorrejects the promise for boththrowOnErrorvalues.throwOnErroroption.CancelledError.The original RED tests produced these failures:
The
nullmember cases failed in the same way for boththrowOnErrorvalues.Cause and implementation
TanStack Query resolves
QueryObserver.refetch()at the transport boundary. Query Collection applies the successful result after the observer notification.The former adapter returned that transport success when result application failed or entered deferral. Early settlement also let later results reuse stale settlement state.
Settlement state now uses the exact
QueryObserverResultobject as its key. A later valid refetch cannot inherit an earlier rejection or pending promise.Deferred refreshes use the barrier promise and query key as their identity. Results under one barrier share one replacement refresh. A replacement result that reaches a newer barrier waits for that newer barrier.
Retained revalidation validates result shape before it loads the persisted baseline. An invalid result now rejects before a slow persisted scan completes.
A sync-session token cancels public waiters after cleanup. One application-error logger preserves the original diagnostic without a duplicate message.
Oracle coverage
The existing ownership and lifecycle oracle owns this public settlement boundary. Its model uses abstract operation IDs, barrier IDs, and terminal outcomes.
The model does not copy production maps, Query state, or observer control flow. The production driver observes only public promise settlement and public rows.
The oracle and focused replays cover these cases:
Hostile checker cases reject silent fulfillment, stale rejection reuse, and settlement against an older barrier.
The offline end-to-end test waits for a defer-barrier subscription signal. It proves that the public refetch stays pending while optimistic state covers stale data.
Scope and follow-up
This PR does not add general application waiting after every successful refetch. It does not add accepted-result generations or a diff-free application signal.
This PR also leaves one separate deadlock design issue unchanged. A mutation handler can await
utils.refetch()while it ownsdeferDataRefresh.Query Collection has no caller-context signal that identifies the barrier owner. That behavior needs a separate API decision and separate coverage.
Verification
pnpm --filter @tanstack/query-db-collection test:oracles pnpm --filter @tanstack/query-db-collection test pnpm --filter @tanstack/query-db-collection test:e2e pnpm --filter @tanstack/query-db-collection build pnpm --filter @tanstack/query-db-collection lint git diff --checkReview trailhead
src/query.tscontains result-specific settlement and barrier-specific replacement refreshes.tests/ownership-lifecycle.oracle.test.tsspecifies and refines the settlement law.tests/query.test.tscovers diagnostics and deferred replacement transport behavior.e2e/offline-refresh.e2e.test.tscovers the offline refresh integration.src/errors.ts, the changeset, and the oracle review record document the public error and release context.Related to #1828. This PR does not close or absorb it.