State Management · Middle · Question 64 of 75

How does `mutateAsync` differ from `mutate`?

✓Correct answer: mutateAsync returns a promise you can await (and must catch); mutate handles errors via callbacks
2mutateAsync runs on the server
3They are the same

Explanation

Use mutate with onSuccess/onError for most UI; use mutateAsync when you need to chain logic, e.g. close a dialog after the save resolves.

Further reading

TanStack Query: Mutations ↗

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