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Add startReason to BaseQueryApi and query lifecycle APIs - #5601
Adds a QueryStartReason type and a startReason field that says why a query request started: 'initial' | 'refetch' | 'invalidation' | 'poll' | 'focus' | 'reconnect' | 'upsert' | 'hydrate' | 'nextPage' | 'previousPage'
Passes startReason to baseQuery/queryFn via BaseQueryApi, to fetchBaseQuery's prepareHeaders, and to onQueryStarted and onCacheEntryAdded
Updates the middleware refetch paths (tag invalidation, polling, focus, reconnect) to pass their reason through to initiate
Adds docs for QueryStartReason in the createApi and fetchBaseQuery API pages
This answers the original request in #4757: a queryFn or prepareHeaders can now tell that a refetch came from tag invalidation, and read from the primary database instead of a replica that may be behind.
'initial' vs 'refetch' depends on whether the cache entry has data, not on forceRefetch. A retry after an error with no data counts as 'initial'.
A fetch with a direction on an infinite query that already has pages is 'nextPage'/'previousPage'. A refetch() of an infinite query is 'refetch'.
upsertQueryData reports 'upsert' to onQueryStarted. upsertQueryEntries reports 'upsert' to onCacheEntryAdded.
Mutations get startReason: undefined. A request that joins a running request runs no lifecycle callbacks, so it gets no reason.
'hydrate' is in the union, but nothing sets it yet. It is reserved for the hydration rework.
The union is documented as open-ended: new values may appear in minor releases, so code should not switch on it exhaustively.
I named it startReason rather than trigger, which collides with the lazy query trigger function and the LazyQueryTrigger/MutationTrigger types. I also avoided a plain reason, which collides with signal.reason and the cache entry removal reason.
Internally, the reason travels as a symbol-keyed initiate option and is stored on the thunk arg. A focus or reconnect refetch that is deferred, because it hit a running request with no subscribers, is reported as 'invalidation'.
RTK Query now assigns query requests a startReason and exposes it through base-query and lifecycle APIs. Middleware refetches and upserts supply specific reasons. The reference documentation and tests cover the new reason values and their use.
Changes: Query start reasons
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Summary
Define and select query start reasons packages/toolkit/src/query/baseQueryTypes.ts, packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildInitiate.ts
The public QueryStartReason type and BaseQueryApi.startReason field are added. Query initiation selects a reason from explicit options, upserts, cache state, or infinite-query page direction.
Propagate reasons through query APIs and lifecycles packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts, packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/*, packages/toolkit/src/query/buildSlice.ts, packages/toolkit/src/query/fetchBaseQuery.ts, packages/toolkit/src/query/index.ts
Query execution passes the reason to base queries and lifecycle callbacks. fetchBaseQuery passes it to prepareHeaders. Middleware refetches and cache upserts pass their corresponding reasons.
Document and verify start reasons docs/rtk-query/api/createApi.mdx, docs/rtk-query/api/fetchBaseQuery.mdx, packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/createApi.test.ts, packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/startReason.test.ts
The API documentation describes the reason values and their availability. Tests cover initial requests, refetches, retries, middleware triggers, upserts, infinite-query pages, and mutations.
Assessment against linked issues
Objective
Addressed
Explanation
Expose the request trigger to query code so it can distinguish invalidation refetches from other requests [#4757]
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What it does: Adds a QueryStartReason union and a startReason field exposed on BaseQueryApi, fetchBaseQuery's prepareHeaders, onQueryStarted and onCacheEntryAdded.
What to focus on: Reviewing how a new startReason is computed at initiate time, carried on the thunk arg, and surfaced to baseQuery, prepareHeaders and the lifecycle callbacks. Risk concentrates in the default-reason heuristic and in the middleware paths that override it.
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Every place that writes or reads startReason matches the others: initiate writes it to the thunk arg (packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildInitiate.ts:460); buildThunks reads it into BaseQueryApi (packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildThunks.ts:597); cacheLifecycle reads it on pending (`packag…
The refetchQuery signature takes startReason both in the type (packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/types.ts:83) and in the implementation (packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/index.ts:201). The implementation passes it on through [startReasonSymbol] (index.ts:211…
fetchBaseQuery destructures startReason from the api (packages/toolkit/src/query/fetchBaseQuery.ts:243) and passes it to prepareHeaders (fetchBaseQuery.ts:274), which matches the widened Pick (fetchBaseQuery.ts:138).
Every refetchQuery call site passes a reason that matches its trigger. Repo search finds only invalidationByTags.ts:112 ('invalidation'), polling.ts:138 ('poll') and windowEventHandling.ts:60 (focus/reconnect, keyed on type), so no caller was left without a reason.
In refetchValidQueries (packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/windowEventHandling.ts:57), the type passed in from the handler at lines 22/25 maps to 'focus' only for refetchOnFocus and to 'reconnect' otherwise, so the two event types cannot be confused.
queryLifecycle (packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildMiddleware/queryLifecycle.ts:477-480) checks 'startReason' in action.meta.arg before reading it. Mutation thunk args have no such field, so onQueryStarted gets startReason: undefined for mutations, which is the documented behaviour.
The startReason: 'upsert' on the upsertQueryEntriesqueryDescription (packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSlice.ts:383) only feeds the synthetic action passed to calculateProvidedByThunk (line 394), so adding the field does not change how tags are calculated.
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Preserve compatibility for query action argument types.
Consumers can derive action types from endpoint matchers and construct their meta.arg in tests. Those arguments now fail to typecheck without startReason. Preserve compatibility for existing query and infinite-query action arguments.
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Make startReason optional in the query action argument type where it is declared
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If fetchBaseQuery forwards undefined instead of the query reason, the current tests will not detect it. Add assertions for a defined query reason and the mutation undefined case in prepareHeaders.
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Add tests for fetchBaseQuery’s prepareHeaders forwarding: assert that a query
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startReason: QueryStartReason | undefined
startReason?: QueryStartReason
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Document that startReason can be undefined.
For mutation requests, prepareHeaders receives undefined for startReason. The JSDoc signature suggests that callers can use it without a check.
Correct the signature
--- "a/packages/toolkit/src/query/fetchBaseQuery.ts"+++ "b/packages/toolkit/src/query/fetchBaseQuery.ts"@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
* The base URL for an API service.
* Typically in the format of https://example.com/
*
- * @param {(headers: Headers, api: { getState: () => unknown; arg: string | FetchArgs; extra: unknown; endpoint: string; type: 'query' | 'mutation'; forced: boolean; startReason: QueryStartReason; }) => Headers} prepareHeaders+ * @param {(headers: Headers, api: { getState: () => unknown; arg: string | FetchArgs; extra: unknown; endpoint: string; type: 'query' | 'mutation'; forced: boolean; startReason: QueryStartReason | undefined; }) => Headers} prepareHeaders
* An optional function that can be used to inject headers on requests.
* Provides a Headers object, most of the `BaseQueryApi` (`dispatch` is not available), and the arg passed into the query function.
* Useful for setting authentication or headers that need to be set conditionally.
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QueryStartReasontype and astartReasonfield that says why a query request started:'initial' | 'refetch' | 'invalidation' | 'poll' | 'focus' | 'reconnect' | 'upsert' | 'hydrate' | 'nextPage' | 'previousPage'startReasontobaseQuery/queryFnviaBaseQueryApi, tofetchBaseQuery'sprepareHeaders, and toonQueryStartedandonCacheEntryAddedinitiateQueryStartReasonin thecreateApiandfetchBaseQueryAPI pagesThis answers the original request in #4757: a
queryFnorprepareHeaderscan now tell that a refetch came from tag invalidation, and read from the primary database instead of a replica that may be behind.Fixes #4757
🤖 Description
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