Fetch policy of no-cache on polling useQuery is ignored, cache is updated

Intended outcome: useQuery hook that is polling with a fetchPolicy: no-cache should not update the cache. Actual outcome: The cache is updated with the query results from polling.

How to reproduce the issue: I have the following simple query below which fetches ID and one field the SQN. Document

const LOAD_DASHBOARD = gql`
	query LoadDashboard($id: ID!) {
		dashboardById(id: $id) {
			id
			sqn
		}
	}
`;

Code

const { data, startPolling, stopPolling } = useQuery<Query>(gql, {
		fetchPolicy: "no-cache",
		variables: {
			id,
		},
	});

If I call startPolling the next time the query is run the cache is updated when the call issue from the polling is executed, despite the fetch policy of no-cache. Are fetch policies ignored when polling?

Versions System: OS: macOS 12.2.1 Binaries: Node: 14.18.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/node Yarn: 1.22.4 - /usr/local/bin/yarn npm: 6.14.15 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v14.18.1/bin/npm Browsers: Chrome: 101.0.4951.54 Firefox: 94.0.2 Safari: 15.3 npmPackages: @apollo/client: ^3.5.10 => 3.5.10 @apollo/react-testing: ^4.0.0 => 4.0.0

[MrDoomBringer]

Here’s a super quick reproduction of what I believe @jmtimko5 is talking about: https://codesandbox.io/s/fetch-policy-cache-polling-xqzwdi?file=/src/index.jsx

Here’s a link to a similar open issue involving watchQuery: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/issues/6187

[MrDoomBringer]

Commenting to say this should be resolved in https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/pull/10020! Thanks for opening this issue

All the best, Emmanuel, Intern 😃