TanStack Query treats any resolved promise as success, so a fetch 404 is cached as data

finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:56.608Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:56.608Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous

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The fetch API only rejects on a network failure. A 404 or a 500 resolves normally with ok set to false, so a queryFn that returns res.json() directly stores the error body as data. isError stays false, retries never happen, and the component renders an error payload as though it were a result.

The queryFn must throw for the library to see a failure. Check res.ok and throw an Error carrying the status, or use a client such as axios or ky that throws on non-2xx by default.

Confirm the behaviour quickly by pointing a query at a URL that returns 500 and logging status alongside data. Once errors throw, retry, retryDelay and the error boundary integration all start working as documented, and the three retries with exponential backoff apply.

Source: https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/query-functions

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