gcTime is 0, but cache remains when refresh page

[aborile]

I set some query's gcTime as 0 to remove the query immediately when this query becomes inactive state.
It works well when I refetch the query or when the query isn't used in the page anymore.
However, when I refresh the page, query cache still remains as inactive state, and garbage collect didn't work I think.

Below is the example video.

• when change the date range, ASSET_TICKETS query refetches
• ASSET_TICKETS query's gcTime is 0

Is there any way to automatically remove the unused inactive queries when page is refreshed?

2025-05-21.3.47.55.mov

[TkDodo]

As usual with code snippets / screenshots / videos, you’re not showing all the information. Per default, the query cache is in-memory only, so when you reload the page, you should see no queries.

That means you probably opted in to persistence, but you’re setting gcTime on the query itself rather than as a global or on dehydrateOptions. But I won’t keep guessing here, sorry.

[aborile]

Oh, you are right! I found that we are using indexDB to persist changes, as you said. I didn't noticed that :(

+) The other query's gcTime is undefined(using as default value), and only the mentioned query's gcTime is set as 0.