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File: MutationCache.md | Updated: 11/15/2025

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The MutationCache is the storage for mutations.

Normally, you will not interact with the MutationCache directly and instead use the QueryClient.

tsx

import { MutationCache } from '@tanstack/react-query'

const mutationCache = new MutationCache({
  onError: error => {
    console.log(error)
  },
  onSuccess: data => {
    console.log(data)
  },
})


import { MutationCache } from '@tanstack/react-query'

const mutationCache = new MutationCache({
  onError: error => {
    console.log(error)
  },
  onSuccess: data => {
    console.log(data)
  },
})

Its available methods are:

Options

  • onError?: (error: unknown, variables: unknown, context: unknown, mutation: Mutation) => Promise<unknown> | unknown
    • Optional
    • This function will be called if some mutation encounters an error.
    • If you return a Promise from it, it will be awaited
  • onSuccess?: (data: unknown, variables: unknown, context: unknown, mutation: Mutation) => Promise<unknown> | unknown
    • Optional
    • This function will be called if some mutation is successful.
    • If you return a Promise from it, it will be awaited
  • onSettled?: (data: unknown | undefined, error: unknown | null, variables: unknown, context: unknown, mutation: Mutation) => Promise<unknown> | unknown
    • Optional
    • This function will be called if some mutation is settled (either successful or errored).
    • If you return a Promise from it, it will be awaited
  • onMutate?: (variables: unknown, mutation: Mutation) => Promise<unknown> | unknown
    • Optional
    • This function will be called before some mutation executes.
    • If you return a Promise from it, it will be awaited

Global callbacks
----------------

The onError, onSuccess, onSettled and onMutate callbacks on the MutationCache can be used to handle these events on a global level. They are different to defaultOptions provided to the QueryClient because:

  • defaultOptions can be overridden by each Mutation - the global callbacks will always be called.
  • onMutate does not allow returning a context value.

mutationCache.getAll
--------------------

getAll returns all mutations within the cache.

Note: This is not typically needed for most applications, but can come in handy when needing more information about a mutation in rare scenarios

tsx

const mutations = mutationCache.getAll()


const mutations = mutationCache.getAll()

Returns

  • Mutation[]
    • Mutation instances from the cache

mutationCache.subscribe
-----------------------

The subscribe method can be used to subscribe to the mutation cache as a whole and be informed of safe/known updates to the cache like mutation states changing or mutations being updated, added or removed.

tsx

const callback = event => {
  console.log(event.type, event.mutation)
}

const unsubscribe = mutationCache.subscribe(callback)


const callback = event => {
  console.log(event.type, event.mutation)
}

const unsubscribe = mutationCache.subscribe(callback)

Options

  • callback: (mutation?: MutationCacheNotifyEvent) => void
    • This function will be called with the mutation cache any time it is updated.

Returns

  • unsubscribe: Function => void
    • This function will unsubscribe the callback from the mutation cache.

mutationCache.clear
-------------------

The clear method can be used to clear the cache entirely and start fresh.

tsx

mutationCache.clear()


mutationCache.clear()

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