#11663·query

persistQueryClientSubscribe drops the persistQueryClientSave promise, causing unhandled rejections when persisting fails

Author: n-satoshi061Created Sep 26, 2026Updated Sep 28, 2026

persistQueryClientSubscribe calls persistQueryClientSave(props) on every cache event, but it doesn't handle the returned promise. So if saving fails, I get an unhandled promise rejection on each cache update.

I noticed this while reading the code and confirmed it with a test. It can happen with a custom persister like the IndexedDB example in the docs, because set() from idb-keyval can reject, for example with QuotaExceededError or DataCloneError. It can also happen with the built-in persisters if a dehydrateOptions callback like shouldDehydrateQuery throws.

Small repro:

typescript
const queryClient = new QueryClient()

persistQueryClientSubscribe({
  queryClient,
  persister: {
    persistClient: () => Promise.reject(new Error('quota exceeded')),
    restoreClient: () => undefined,
    removeClient: () => undefined,
  },
})

queryClient.setQueryData(['a'], 1) // -> unhandled rejection

This affects all the persist providers, since they all use persistQueryClientSubscribe. That includes Vue's clientPersister when it's used with persistQueryClient().

The restore side already catches errors and logs a warning in dev (#8969), but the save side doesn't. I know error handling has mostly been left to the persister (#3527), so I'm not sure which way you'd prefer:

  1. catch it in persistQueryClientSubscribe and log in dev, same as restore
  2. keep the code as is, and add a try/catch to the IndexedDB example in the docs

I'm happy to send a PR for either one.