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🎯 Changes

Related to #11320 (see @slorber's comment: #11320 (comment))

The section "High memory consumption on the server" recommends a smaller gcTime as a solution. But any finite value schedules a timer on the server as well. In Node, a timer keeps the request's AsyncLocalStorage context alive until it finishes. Therefore, a smaller value may not necessarily fix the issue, just shorten it.

This PR:

• explains why a finite gcTime retains requests on the server.
• explains why the server needs a different treatment, that is, using environmentManager.isServer() to keep the server gcTime Infinity.
• removes the suggestion for adding a smaller gcTime
• notes that queryClient.clear cancels pending GC timers.

Applied to the React, Preact, Vue and Solid SSR guides. The Solid one also had the server default backwards.

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  • Updated server-side rendering guidance for Preact, React, Solid, and Vue to explain that finite cache times schedule timers that can retain Node.js request context in memory.
  • Clarified that server cache times default to infinity and that default cache-time settings apply on the server as well as in the browser.
  • Added examples for using different cache times on the server and in the browser, and cautions that short or zero server values can remove prefetched data before rendering or dehydration completes.
  • Advised clearing the query cache after queries settle when using finite server-side cache times.

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The Preact, React, Solid, and Vue SSR guides now describe server-side gcTime behavior, including finite-value timers and potential Node.js AsyncLocalStorage context retention. They show server and browser configuration examples and explain when to clear a QueryClient.

Changes: SSR gcTime guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document server gcTime behavior docs/framework/preact/guides/ssr.md, docs/framework/react/guides/ssr.md, docs/framework/solid/guides/ssr.md, docs/framework/vue/guides/ssr.md	The guides explain that server-side gcTime defaults to Infinity and that finite values schedule per-query timers. They describe possible AsyncLocalStorage context retention, show server and browser configuration examples, and advise clearing the QueryClient after queries settle when finite server-side gcTime is used.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Suggested reviewers: sukvvon

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 90d79

The SSR guides now explain that a finite server gcTime can keep request context alive. They recommend Infinity on the server and say to clear the client only after queries settle. The concerns raised earlier have been addressed, and no merge-blocking risk remains for this documentation change.

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Title check		The title "docs(ssr): explain why a finite gcTime keeps requests in memory on the server" names the main change. The four SSR guides (React, Preact, Vue, Solid) now explain that a finite server gcTime…
Description check		The description follows the template. It has a Changes section that explains the motivation, the fix, and the removal of the smaller-gcTime suggestion. It links related issue #11320 and includes the c…
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The title "docs(ssr): explain why a finite gcTime keeps requests in memory on the server" names the main change. The four SSR guides (React, Preact, Vue, Solid) now explain that a finite server gcTime schedules a timer that can retain AsyncLocalStorage request context. The title is specific and matches the changeset, though it does not mention the removed smaller-gcTime advice or the framework scope.

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Review comments at @docs/framework/react/guides/ssr.md:
- Line 599: Update the finite `gcTime` guidance in the SSR section to remove the
claim that `2 * 1000` gives enough time; state that a query can be
garbage-collected before dehydration if it finishes while slower prefetches are
still running. Preserve the recommendation to use `Infinity` on the server.
- Line 601: Update the finite-gcTime guidance in the SSR guide to clarify that
queryClient.clear() cancels in-flight fetches, and that a pending fetch
schedules a new GC timer after settling. Instruct readers to wait for pending
fetches to settle before calling clear().
- Line 601: Clarify the `gcTime` cleanup guidance by naming whether it applies
to the loader-owned `queryClient` returned through `dehydrate(queryClient)` or
to the rendering client created in `_app.tsx` or `app/root.tsx`. For a
loader-owned client, identify a valid cleanup point within the loader before it
returns, or state that the guidance does not apply; do not imply cleanup can run
after the loader returns.

Review comments at @docs/framework/solid/guides/ssr.md:
- Line 228: Update the Solid SSR cleanup sentence around queryClient.clear() to
retain the finite server gcTime condition and describe clearing the cache and
its pending timer without tying cleanup to a dehydration milestone.

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