Backlog Roast issue handoff: vercel/swr #2925
Repository: https://github.com/vercel/swr
Issue: https://github.com/vercel/swr/issues/2925
Snapshot: 2026-10-05T13:04:44.509Z (54bfd882-3880-4c23-aca5-76f14a5550c3)
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Handoff context observed: 2026-10-05T13:05:51.453Z. 4 of 4 reported comments read. Body truncated: false. Comments bounded or missing: false. No implementation files were read.
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Issue title (source data): "typescript is incorrect when using different fetchers but the same key"
Observed evidence:
handoff:2925:body (https://github.com/vercel/swr/issues/2925): "# Bug report\r\n\r\n## Description / Observed Behavior\r\n\r\n```ts\r\nimport useSWR from \"swr\";\r\n\r\nasync function fetchOne(key: string): Promise<string> {\r\n return \"1\";\r\n}\r\n\r\nasync function fetchTwo(key: string): Promise<number> {\r\n return 2;\r\n}\r\n\r\nexport default function One() {\r\n let { data } = useSWR(\"test\", fetchOne);\r\n\r\n if (data != null) {\r\n data.charCodeAt(0); // Error: data.charCodeAt is not a function\r\n }\r\n\r\n return (\r\n <>\r\n <div>one {data}</div>\r\n <Two />\r\n </>\r\n );\r\n}\r\n\r\nfunction Two() {\r\n let { data } = useSWR(\"test\", fetchTwo);\r\n\r\n return <div>two {data}</div>;\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\nresults in\r\n\r\n```\r\nError: data.charCodeAt is not a function\r\n```\r\n\r\nDespite having no TypeScript errors\r\n\r\n\r\n## Expected Behavior\r\n\r\n```\r\none 1\r\ntwo 2\r\n```\r\n\r\n## Repro Steps / Code Example\r\n\r\nhttps://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/test-swr-mfvvvg\r\n\r\n## Additional Context\r\n\r\nSWR version: 2.2.4 & 2.25\r\n\r\n"
handoff:2925:comment:3212503212 (https://github.com/vercel/swr/issues/2925#issuecomment-3212503212): "So you have no typescript errors as the title suggests. You are using the same key for different data types during runtime. That's never gonna work. You have to make the key for each type unique. \"testOne\" and \"testTwo\""
handoff:2925:comment:2078885707 (https://github.com/vercel/swr/issues/2925#issuecomment-2078885707): "But I would expect the fetcher to, implicitly, be part of the cache key. So that \"test\" + \"fetchOne\" is cached in a different slot than \"test\" + \"fetchTwo\". That would also fix the error with the types."
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Goal: Determine whether SWR intends the fetcher to affect cache identity when two useSWR calls use the same key, and whether this report needs a product change or guidance to use distinct keys. Request an authoritative maintainer decision or documentation evidence before proposing code changes.
Acceptance criteria:
- Record the project's intended cache-key behavior for identical keys used with fetchers returning different types.
- Determine whether the reported result is expected under that behavior or is a defect.
- If a behavior change is requested, document the expected cache and type semantics before creating an implementation task.
Unknowns to verify:
- The supplied issue and comments do not establish an authoritative project decision on whether fetchers affect cache identity.
- The issue reports versions 2.2.4 and 2.25, but no independent reproduction evidence is supplied.
- The available paths do not establish what the repository documentation or implementation says about cache-key identity.
- The current implementation and issue state may have changed since this snapshot.
Verification:
- Request an authoritative maintainer statement or project documentation describing cache identity for this case.
- If available, compare a reproduction on the reported versions with the stated behavior.
- Do not change files during this investigation.
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