1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/react-query.ts b/src/lib/react-query.ts
index 6b425d3b4..6ec620f74 100644
--- a/src/lib/react-query.ts
+++ b/src/lib/react-query.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ export const queryClient = new QueryClient({
       // so we NEVER want to enable this
       // -prf
       refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+      // Structural sharing between responses makes it impossible to rely on
+      // "first seen" timestamps on objects to determine if they're fresh.
+      // Disable this optimization so that we can rely on "first seen" timestamps.
+      structuralSharing: false,
+      // We don't want to retry queries by default, because in most cases we
+      // want to fail early and show a response to the user. There are
+      // exceptions, and those can be made on a per-query basis. For others, we
+      // should give users controls to retry.
+      retry: false,
     },
   },
 })