Lighthouse

# Deferred Fields

Experimental: not enabled by default, not guaranteed to be stable.

WARNING

Currently the @defer directive requires Apollo Client in alpha. Track the state of the PR here: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/pull/3686#issuecomment-555534519

Deferring fields allows you to prioritize fetching data needed to render the most important content as fast as possible, and then loading the rest of the page in the background.

Lighthouse adds support for the experimental @defer directive through an extension. Read more about it here (opens new window).

# Setup

Add the service provider to your config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    \Nuwave\Lighthouse\Defer\DeferServiceProvider::class,
],

# Configuration

Consider the configuration options in your config/lighthouse.php to prevent deferred queries from running to long.


defer_example (image from https://blog.apollographql.com/introducing-defer-in-apollo-server-f6797c4e9d6e (opens new window))

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