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  • New Features

    • hydrate now supports partial dehydrated state objects, allowing mutation or query collections to be omitted.
    • Empty mutation and query collections continue to be supported during hydration.
    • Improved type definitions provide clearer guidance when supplying dehydrated state.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Hydration now handles incomplete state payloads more reliably without requiring unused collections.

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hydrate now accepts partial dehydrated states. Mutation and query collections can be omitted or empty. Tests cover these inputs, and a patch Changeset documents the @tanstack/query-core update.

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Partial hydration support

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Partial dehydrated-state hydration
packages/query-core/src/hydration.ts, packages/query-core/src/__tests__/hydration.test.tsx, .changeset/soft-rivers-hydrate.md
hydrate accepts Partial<DehydratedState> and iterates optional collections directly. Tests cover omitted and explicitly empty mutations and queries. A patch Changeset documents the update.

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This change can make hydration throw for nullish or non-object state that was previously ignored, potentially interrupting applications receiving partial or malformed data. Merge should wait until the tolerant behavior is restored and covered by regression tests.

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1 package(s) bumped directly, 24 bumped as dependents.

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@tanstack/query-core5.102.0 → 5.102.1Changeset
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In `@packages/query-core/src/hydration.ts`:
- Around line 194-205: Update hydrate to return early for nullish and non-object
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Comment on lines 194 to +205
export function hydrate(
client: QueryClient,
dehydratedState: unknown,
dehydratedState: Partial<DehydratedState>,
options?: HydrateOptions,
): void {
if (typeof dehydratedState !== 'object' || dehydratedState === null) {
return
}

const mutationCache = client.getMutationCache()
const queryCache = client.getQueryCache()
const deserializeData =
options?.defaultOptions?.deserializeData ??
client.getDefaultOptions().hydrate?.deserializeData

// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
const mutations = (dehydratedState as DehydratedState).mutations || []
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
const queries = (dehydratedState as DehydratedState).queries || []

mutations.forEach(({ state, ...mutationOptions }) => {
dehydratedState.mutations?.forEach(({ state, ...mutationOptions }) => {

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Preserve the runtime guard for invalid hydration input.

The previous implementation ignored null, undefined, and non-object values. The new implementation throws for nullish input when it accesses dehydratedState.mutations. Restore this behavior and retain regression coverage for null and non-object values.

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In `@packages/query-core/src/hydration.ts` around lines 194 - 205, Update hydrate
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Hi @schiller-manuel and @TkDodo - this change of removing then null and undefined checks from the hydrate function is now causing at least in vue-query a major problems in CSR pages, where the incoming dehydratedState is null, and hydrate just throws error, when the plugin is set up as the documentation describes here:

https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/vue/guides/ssr#using-nuxt-js

if(import.meta.client){hydrate(queryClient,vueQueryState.value)}

In CSR, vueQueryState is null, there is no checks anymore in vue-query hydrate, and it tries to access dehydratedState.mutations leading to a throw.

So as I see @coderabbitai was right above.

Can you advise how we can avoid the regression?

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@peterbud Yes. The regression is confirmed.

hydrate now directly evaluates dehydratedState.mutations in packages/query-core/src/hydration.ts Line 205. Optional chaining protects an omitted mutations property. It does not protect a null or undefineddehydratedState value.

The core fix should restore the early runtime guard while keeping the new partial-state support:

exportfunctionhydrate(client: QueryClient,dehydratedState: Partial<DehydratedState>|null|undefined,options?: HydrateOptions,): void{if(!dehydratedState||typeofdehydratedState!=='object'){return}// Existing hydration logic.}

The PR should also restore regression tests for null and undefined input. A test should cover the Nuxt CSR case specifically:

expect(()=>hydrate(queryClient,null)).not.toThrow()expect(()=>hydrate(queryClient,undefined)).not.toThrow()

Until a patched query-core version is available, Vue users can guard the call:

if(import.meta.client&&vueQueryState.value){hydrate(queryClient,vueQueryState.value)}

The core guard is still necessary. It preserves the previous no-op behavior for runtime values from SSR integrations and JavaScript consumers.

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Learning: In the TanStack Query Vue/Nuxt SSR integration, `vueQueryState.value` can be `null` on client-side-rendered pages. The client plugin calls `hydrate(queryClient, vueQueryState.value)`, so `query-core` `hydrate` must safely no-op for `null` or `undefined` dehydrated state values.

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@peterbud Yes. This is a regression in query-core.

hydrate must return before it reads dehydratedState.mutations or dehydratedState.queries when the state is null or undefined. Keep the new partial-state support, but restore the runtime guard:

exportfunctionhydrate(client: QueryClient,dehydratedState: Partial<DehydratedState>|null|undefined,options?: HydrateOptions,): void{if(!dehydratedState||typeofdehydratedState!=='object'){return}// existing hydration logic}

Add regression tests for both inputs:

expect(()=>hydrate(queryClient,null)).not.toThrow()expect(()=>hydrate(queryClient,undefined)).not.toThrow()

Until a patched @tanstack/query-core release is available, guard the Vue call:

if(import.meta.client&&vueQueryState.value){hydrate(queryClient,vueQueryState.value)}

The core guard remains necessary because JavaScript consumers and SSR adapters can supply nullish runtime values. I used the existing Vue/Nuxt integration context for this conclusion.


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Learning: In the TanStack Query Vue/Nuxt SSR integration, `vueQueryState.value` can be `null` on client-side-rendered pages. The client plugin calls `hydrate(queryClient, vueQueryState.value)`, so `query-core` `hydrate` must safely no-op for `null` or `undefined` dehydrated state values.

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Hi @schiller-manuel and @TkDodo - this change of removing then null and undefined checks from the hydrate function is now causing at least in vue-query a major problems in CSR pages, where the incoming dehydratedState is null, and hydrate just throws error, when the plugin is set up as the documentation describes here:

https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/vue/guides/ssr#using-nuxt-js

if(import.meta.client){hydrate(queryClient,vueQueryState.value)}

In CSR, vueQueryState is null, there is no checks anymore in vue-query hydrate, and it tries to access dehydratedState.mutations leading to a throw.

So as I see @coderabbitai was right above.

Can you advise how we can avoid the regression?

I think the docs were / are wrong and should’ve always been:

if(import.meta.client&&vueQueryState.value!==null){hydrate(queryClient,vueQueryState.value)}

You should be getting a type error now because it’s not allowed to pass null to hydrate

I’d appreciate a PR to update the docs 🙏

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@TkDodo You are correct. My previous recommendation to restore nullish handling in query-core does not match the intended hydrate contract.

The current Vue SSR guide has the invalid call in docs/framework/vue/guides/ssr.md Line 46. The maintained Nuxt example has the same call in examples/vue/nuxt3/plugins/vue-query.ts Line 33.

  • Update the Vue SSR guide.
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  • Guard hydrate with vueQueryState.value !== null.
  • Keep the hydrate type contract unchanged.

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Learning: In TanStack Query, `hydrate` accepts a partial dehydrated state but does not accept `null`. Vue/Nuxt SSR callers where `vueQueryState` is typed as `DehydratedState | null` must check `vueQueryState.value !== null` before calling `hydrate`. The Vue SSR guide is `docs/framework/vue/guides/ssr.md`, and the maintained Nuxt example is `examples/vue/nuxt3/plugins/vue-query.ts`.

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