From 07b79de20355112b4c21a1f13c68aa5ec5e39a1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lostb1t <coding-mosses0z@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 09:11:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Do not cache background request for mediasources (#1602)

---
 .../items/page.tsx                                         | 6 ++++--
 app/_layout.tsx                                            | 5 +++--
 hooks/useItemQuery.ts                                      | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home,libraries,search,favorites,watchlists)/items/page.tsx b/app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home,libraries,search,favorites,watchlists)/items/page.tsx
index d61072177..b62761791 100644
--- a/app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home,libraries,search,favorites,watchlists)/items/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(auth)/(tabs)/(home,libraries,search,favorites,watchlists)/items/page.tsx
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ const Page: React.FC = () => {
     ItemFields.MediaStreams,
   ]);
 
-  // Lazily preload item with full media sources in background
-  const { data: itemWithSources } = useItemQuery(id, isOffline, undefined, []);
+  // Lazily preload item with full media sources in background — never cache
+  const { data: itemWithSources } = useItemQuery(id, isOffline, undefined, [], {
+    gcTime: 0,
+  });
 
   const opacity = useSharedValue(1);
   const animatedStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
diff --git a/app/_layout.tsx b/app/_layout.tsx
index 79278b702..dd7d9e964 100644
--- a/app/_layout.tsx
+++ b/app/_layout.tsx
@@ -375,8 +375,9 @@ function Layout() {
         maxAge: 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24, // 24 hours max cache age
         dehydrateOptions: {
           shouldDehydrateQuery: (query) => {
-            // Only persist successful queries
-            return query.state.status === "success";
+            return (
+              query.state.status === "success" && query.options.gcTime !== 0
+            );
           },
         },
       }}
diff --git a/hooks/useItemQuery.ts b/hooks/useItemQuery.ts
index 370b5f35a..d7616b8cc 100644
--- a/hooks/useItemQuery.ts
+++ b/hooks/useItemQuery.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@ export const excludeFields = (fieldsToExclude: ItemFields[]) => {
   );
 };
 
+type ExtraQueryOptions = {
+  gcTime?: number;
+  staleTime?: number;
+};
+
 export const useItemQuery = (
   itemId: string | undefined,
   isOffline?: boolean,
   fields?: ItemFields[],
   excludeFields?: ItemFields[],
+  queryOptions?: ExtraQueryOptions,
 ) => {
   const [api] = useAtom(apiAtom);
   const [user] = useAtom(userAtom);
@@ -53,5 +59,6 @@ export const useItemQuery = (
     refetchOnWindowFocus: true,
     refetchOnReconnect: true,
     networkMode: "always",
+    ...queryOptions,
   });
 };