Get isStale using queryClient

[mattsputnikdigital]

Im struggling to find out how to use the queryClient to find out if the data is stale.

The reason I am using the queryClient is that I am using the react router loader and I want to be able to decide if to update the data if it is stale without having the component reshow the loading spinner.

[TkDodo]

The reason I am using the queryClient is that I am using the react router loader and I want to be able to decide if to update the date if it is stale without having the component reshow the loading spinner.

queryClient.fetchQuery respects the staleTime you pass to it and will give you data from the cache if it's considered fresh

[mattsputnikdigital]

@TkDodo that is what I was using, but unfortunately if not it returns a promise and the component then shows the spinner.

I would need to know if the data is stale so I could get it to do and update of the data in the background and then have it rerender with the new data rather than showing the loading spinner.

[TkDodo]

sorry, I don't get it. The default behaviour of react query is to update stale data in the background without showing a spinner ...