Feature: @defer support

[hwillson]

This issue will be used to track our progress on adding @defer (not @stream) support to @apollo/client.

Related to:

• Support for defer/stream #7691
• Add experimental support for @defer, @stream, and @live apollo-feature-requests#3

[maraisr]

From a transport perspective meros is a great place to start to get the multipart fetching aspect fast and easy! Let me know however if you do decide to use this, but isnt 100% your api. Happy to have a chat.

[joelzwarrington]

@hwillson have noticed that @defer support has been bouncing around release milestones and what-not.

Is there anything that can be done to assist with this functionality?

Would really love to see this functionality, and don't want to have to use a fork to get that.

[maraisr]

@hwillson have noticed that @defer support has been bouncing around release milestones and what-not.

Is there anything that can be done to assist with this functionality?

Would really love to see this functionality, and don't want to have to use a fork to get that.

I kicked off the implication a few months back, but was told they'd be taking it on internally. Perhaps Apollo might be back to being open to a community contribution here, as ya 😅 think y'all seeing it as a back burner task?

[brainkim]

It’s actually being worked on right now! I apologize for the delay. There were mitigating circumstances which led me to work on other things in the meantime 😓

Would really love to see this functionality, and don't want to have to use a fork to get that.

I’m personally always happy to see forks! It indicates that a codebase is relatively easy to understand and modify (this can not be said of the current repository).

I kicked off the [implementation] a few months back, but was told [Apollo would] be taking it on internally. Perhaps Apollo might be back to being open to a community contribution here, as [...] y'all [see] it as a back burner task?

It’s definitely not a back-burner task! We’ve tentatively committed to releasing it in 3.6, and our “second half” plans for the company seem to indicate @defer/@stream support will be widely available on all Apollo technologies by the end of the year, though of course, plans change. The thing is, it doesn’t seem @defer/@stream is going to be available in graphql-js@16, and we still haven’t really gotten around to implementing it in apollo-server (I’m using graphql-helix to test changes live).

I’m always happy for help. I personally think we as a company haven’t been as great about handling external contributions, despite the fact that... uhh... it would make our lives easier. @maraisr/@joelwarrington-jobber I’m happy to take calls about defer/stream whenever if you’d like to chat. Just send me an email!

[dkogithub]

Hi @brainkim, do you have any news about it? Are you still working on it?
Can we have a hope to have it available in 3.6 release? We are really waiting for the @defer directive support by apollo-client :) Thanks in advance! :)

[extjbhlego]

@hwillson - The updates to the tags and this comment is a bit disheartening to be honest. Can you provide some insights to your expected new timeline for this?

[hwillson]

@extjbhlego we'll have our @defer PR up for public review shortly.

[mauricedoepke]

@hwillson any updates on this?

[imranhassan87]

when can we expect this? any timeline?

[stewartmcgown]

You can follow along with their progress on this feature here: #9598

[jpvajda]

👋 @defer support is now available as a preview feature in Apollo Client 3.7. We have some preliminary documentation here. . You can use the beta version of our package on NPM to test.