# Tanstack Query Foundation

> Use when porting @tanstack/query-core v5's async-state cache kernel — pause/resume retryer machine, fetch dedup/revert ladder, dispatch reducers, canonical-JSON key hashing, structural sharing, transaction-batched notifications, GC refcounting, lazy environment listeners, observer select/placeholder memoization, tracked-prop notification gate, mutation callback ledger, scoped mutation serialization, directional infinite paging, newer-wins hydration with pending promises, streamed query refetch modes, and the render-phase optimistic binding contract.

- Skill: `ryan-brosas/tanstack-query-foundation` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 24 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ryan-brosas/tanstack-query-foundation`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ryan-brosas/tanstack-query-foundation/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: ryan-brosas (https://skillmd.com/u/ryan-brosas)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ryan-brosas/tanstack-query-foundation

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# TanStack Query: async-state cache kernel foundation

## Foundation contract

This is a cold, source-specific foundation, not an operational procedure. It is
historical, revision-pinned evidence rather than timeless guidance. Current
project source, tests, requirements, and runtime behavior outrank this
projection and decide what ships.

## Provenance and revision

- Source record: `tanstack-query`; portable upstream identity, license, coverage caveats, and retrieval history are preserved in the index.
- Recorded revision: `main@bc423b37ef7fa2a34cfc7286945fd640d74b4071`.
- Full provenance, coverage caveats, boundaries, and preserved evidence:
  `references/index.md`.

## Topic map

- Representative topics: Fetch retry kernel; Fetch dedup ladder; Query
  reducer; Optimistic fetchState; Cache hashing; Key prefix matching;
  Structural sharing; Sharing policy gate.
- Scope and retrieval questions: `references/index.md#use-this-for`.
- Complete capsule chooser: `references/index.md#load-the-matching-source-dump`.
- Detailed grouped map: `references/index.md#capsule-map`.
- Source limitations and portability boundaries: `references/index.md#boundaries`.

## Retrieval

Open the index, choose one capsule matching the active question, and load only
that capsule. Revalidate its cited source and revision before relying on it. Do
not bulk-load the inventory, treat historical claims as current truth, or apply
this foundation as a procedure.