#11639·query

[vue-query] 5.103.0: UseQueryOptions is no longer assignable to ensureQueryData, fetchQuery and prefetchQuery

Author: maximilian-hammerlCreated Sep 25, 2026Updated Sep 25, 2026

Describe the bug

Since 5.103.0, a value typed as UseQueryOptions can still be passed to useQuery, but no longer to the query client's ensureQueryData, fetchQuery or prefetchQuery:

Type 'symbol' is not assignable to type 'MaybeRefDeep<unique symbol | QueryFunction<string, readonly unknown[], never> | undefined>'.

#11439 widened queryFn in UseQueryOptions with SkipTokenForUseQuery = symbol. The query client methods still take query-core's options, whose queryFn accepts only typeof skipToken, a unique symbol. Plain symbol is not assignable to it, so the whole options object is rejected.

This hits generated clients: Orval's vue-query output types every get…QueryOptions() getter as UseQueryOptions, so queryClient.ensureQueryData(getXQueryOptions()), the usual pattern in a router guard, stops compiling.

Your minimal, reproducible example

5.103.2, fails: https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?ts=6.0.3#code/JYWwDg9gTgLgBAbzgRQK4FMoE8DCAbYdAOxgBo5UBndNTLcmLMdOAVWtuwHkwZgIilOAF84AMygQQcAOQABGAENBSgMYBrAPQA3DAFoAjhmwy4mzXEbNKALjgBWAHQBGAAwBmRwCYAUD4Am6Kp4ilAsqgKU8BC8-IJ27DTGWDx8kQA8UVDARADmAHw+ESpwwYQkcAC8cEToAO4oyfjlMAAUAJR+VEl0rTFpgu1mFhHgwHjolEUExDCOxJSoYZxYACKKSn2xkUPmcJiSUHCUOaosTm6ertMtjmLoMKoAFitbA5S7FgfQx6fnLh5HNcyrNHGAwvdHi9km84h9hvsoIdfkQzg4AVcfEA

5.102.8, compiles: https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?ts=6.0.3#code/JYWwDg9gTgLgBAbzgRQK4FMoE8DCAbYdAOxgBo5UBndNTLcmLMdOAVWtuwHkwZgIilOAF84AMygQQcAOQABGAENBSgMYBrAPQA3DAFoAjhmwy4mzXEbNKALjgBWAHQBGAAwAmRwA4AUD4Am6Kp4ilAsqgKU8BC8-IJ27DTGWDx8kQA8UVDARADmAHw+ESpwwYQkcAC8cEToAO4oyfjlMAAUAJR+VEl0rTFpgu1mFhHgwHjolEUExDCOxJSoYZxYACKKSn2xkUPmpVJg45NwAg4uHt7TLY5i6DCqABYrWwOUuyMHR0KnTm6evmVZo4wGFbvcnskXnE3sN9mMJt8iGc-pcgA

Steps to reproduce

typescript
import { QueryClient, useQuery, type UseQueryOptions } from '@tanstack/vue-query'

declare const options: UseQueryOptions<string>
const client = new QueryClient()

useQuery(options) // compiles
client.ensureQueryData(options) // error since 5.103.0
client.fetchQuery(options) // error since 5.103.0
client.prefetchQuery(options) // error since 5.103.0

Expected behavior

Options that useQuery accepts are also accepted by ensureQueryData, fetchQuery and prefetchQuery, as in 5.102.8.

How often does this bug happen?

Every time

Platform

  • OS: macOS 26 and Ubuntu (GitHub Actions)
  • Browser: none, this is a compile-time error from tsc and vue-tsc
  • Version: n/a

Tanstack Query adapter

vue-query

TanStack Query version

v5.103.2

TypeScript version

v6.0.3

Additional context

#11439's new type tests cover useQuery and queryOptions, but none passes UseQueryOptions to a query client method. Passing a literal skipToken to ensureQueryData still compiles. Only the widened symbol fails.