React-Query is very aggressive about refreshing the cache by default, including whenever the browser receives focus, on a set schedule, and automatically retrying failed queries multiple times, these can all be disabled. If any queries use the same key they should share data, but I haven't experimented with it enough to learn all its intricacies.
Sure, all the other settings work fine (refresh on focus, failure retry, etc.), I just would have hoped to limit the requests made when the same data is requested in many different places.
I was similarly surprised at how 'chatty' react-query was by default, but changing these defaults quieted it down. Great library though, and I understand the argument for these defaults.
