How to make the query optimistic?

I can’t figure out, how to make the queries optimistic. I’m using the API like this:

const deleteContact = useMutation(gql(mutations.deleteContact));

handleClick = async id => {
  const res = await deleteContact({ variables: { input: { id } } });
  console.log('Delete Contact', res);
}

And res has Symbol(isOptimistic): false. How can I make that true?

[lukasluecke]

Great! Yeah, the manual cache update stuff always feels a bit cumbersome, even with “plain” Apollo.

Do you think I could use the buildMutation helper (from the link of my last comment) if I pass it client from useApolloClient? That might work, but then you would bypass the mutation hook altogether 😉

[janhesters]

@lukasluecke It works! It’s super verbose, but I guess that is the best that it can be at the moment. Thank you for your help 🚀