From 6417c76ebbed2dbaf7d57d948a344cede5775358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: No767 <73260931+No767@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 04:51:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] dont bring down the whole page when network error exists

---
 src/routes/index.tsx | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/routes/index.tsx b/src/routes/index.tsx
index cb3c4d77..3e553b7f 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/index.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
 export const Route = createFileRoute("/")({
   component: Index,
-  loader: ({ context: { queryClient } }) => queryClient.ensureQueryData(eventsQueryOptions),
+  // `prefetchQuery` warms the cache without rejecting on fetch errors. If the API is down,
+  // the route still renders and `useQuery` falls into the error state, which the carousel
+  // gracefully degrades to an empty list — instead of taking the whole page down.
+  loader: ({ context: { queryClient } }) => queryClient.prefetchQuery(eventsQueryOptions),
 });
 
 /// Interfaces & Types

From 69e0e38d080e7c383964db2becc6e7eeb86097ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: No767 <73260931+No767@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 04:57:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] done

---
 src/routes/index.tsx | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/routes/index.tsx b/src/routes/index.tsx
index 3e553b7f..f2a25625 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/index.tsx
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
 export const Route = createFileRoute("/")({
   component: Index,
-  // `prefetchQuery` warms the cache without rejecting on fetch errors. If the API is down,
-  // the route still renders and `useQuery` falls into the error state, which the carousel
-  // gracefully degrades to an empty list — instead of taking the whole page down.
   loader: ({ context: { queryClient } }) => queryClient.prefetchQuery(eventsQueryOptions),
 });
 
@@ -142,6 +139,13 @@ const eventsQueryOptions = queryOptions({
   // Events don't change minute-to-minute; treat the cache as fresh for a minute so
   // navigating back/forward doesn't refetch immediately.
   staleTime: 60_000,
+
+  // Once Kanae is live, then these will be removed
+  // So we don't send out a ton of API requests for no reason
+  retry: false,
+  refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+  refetchOnReconnect: false,
+  refetchOnMount: false,
 });
 
 function Index() {