diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/functions/injectQuery.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/functions/injectQuery.md
index 044f2091c7c..971f41edfe9 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/functions/injectQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/functions/injectQuery.md
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ Additional configuration
 [`CreateQueryResult`](../type-aliases/CreateQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The query result. `status()` is `'error'` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `'success'` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `'pending'` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are type-guard methods
-for convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `'success'` if the query has cached data (even if `select`
+returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `'pending'` otherwise.
+`isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are type-guard methods for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
index 83b064ee427..f48ef8c471c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index d5a9fa32d6a..b5ce3f86221 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1565](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1565)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `false` | `false`, since fetching the previous page didn't fail. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isFetchPreviousPageError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isfetchpreviouspageerror) |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index 54849053197..dd6a84dfc28 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flig
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
index c53ba2ef772..9366e704022 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index fa34dcb4886..b7463c3f5a3 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 7248dbe5602..14a67291f0a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1623](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1623)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is
-kept.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select`
+failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ kept.
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ kept.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error, still has data to display, and didn't fail fetching a page. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 23d3b10de06..518e0183cd7 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
index dcedb5a261b..2305064067a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ The properties shared by every state of a query result, like `data`, `error`, `s
 | <a id="property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index a413c24e4d4..04e30e2964e 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1187](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1187)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+A query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. | - |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index f053574cd3d..2af4c1ac94f 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flight, so `is
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
index f50812cdc65..7bb6710c3e8 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index 052c64bfe3f..684353611a9 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 979f367ef1e..f369206d490 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1236](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1236)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is kept.
+A query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and still has data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 16688e57090..1d0d7cc4b9c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/angular/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
index 83b064ee427..f48ef8c471c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index d5a9fa32d6a..b5ce3f86221 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1565](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1565)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `false` | `false`, since fetching the previous page didn't fail. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isFetchPreviousPageError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isfetchpreviouspageerror) |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index 54849053197..dd6a84dfc28 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flig
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
index c53ba2ef772..9366e704022 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index fa34dcb4886..b7463c3f5a3 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 7248dbe5602..14a67291f0a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1623](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1623)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is
-kept.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select`
+failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ kept.
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ kept.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error, still has data to display, and didn't fail fetching a page. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 23d3b10de06..518e0183cd7 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
index dcedb5a261b..2305064067a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ The properties shared by every state of a query result, like `data`, `error`, `s
 | <a id="property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index a413c24e4d4..04e30e2964e 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1187](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1187)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+A query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. | - |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index f053574cd3d..2af4c1ac94f 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flight, so `is
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
index f50812cdc65..7bb6710c3e8 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index 052c64bfe3f..684353611a9 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 979f367ef1e..f369206d490 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1236](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1236)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is kept.
+A query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and still has data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 16688e57090..1d0d7cc4b9c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/lit/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
index d2fddb14c63..fce84955e5b 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ The same properties as `useQuery`, with the addition of `fetchNextPage`, `fetchP
 | <a id="result-property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="result-property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="result-property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -564,13 +564,13 @@ The same properties as `useQuery`, with the addition of `fetchNextPage`, `fetchP
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="result-property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="result-property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="result-property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="result-property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="result-property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](../interfaces/RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/functions/useQuery.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/functions/useQuery.md
index 023cc25540f..ebc5fdbb7d3 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/functions/useQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/functions/useQuery.md
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@ be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 <a id="result-properties"></a>
 
@@ -493,19 +493,19 @@ convenience.
 | <a id="result-property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="result-property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="result-property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="result-property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="result-property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="result-property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="result-property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="result-property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](../interfaces/RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
index 83b064ee427..f48ef8c471c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index d5a9fa32d6a..b5ce3f86221 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1565](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1565)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `false` | `false`, since fetching the previous page didn't fail. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isFetchPreviousPageError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isfetchpreviouspageerror) |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index 54849053197..dd6a84dfc28 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flig
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
index c53ba2ef772..9366e704022 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index fa34dcb4886..b7463c3f5a3 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 7248dbe5602..14a67291f0a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1623](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1623)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is
-kept.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select`
+failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ kept.
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ kept.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error, still has data to display, and didn't fail fetching a page. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 23d3b10de06..518e0183cd7 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
index dcedb5a261b..2305064067a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ The properties shared by every state of a query result, like `data`, `error`, `s
 | <a id="property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index a413c24e4d4..04e30e2964e 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1187](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1187)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+A query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. | - |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index f053574cd3d..2af4c1ac94f 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flight, so `is
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
index f50812cdc65..7bb6710c3e8 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index 052c64bfe3f..684353611a9 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 979f367ef1e..f369206d490 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1236](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1236)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is kept.
+A query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and still has data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 16688e57090..1d0d7cc4b9c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/preact/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
index 7e9f2905c71..ec22f989d28 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ The same properties as `useQuery`, with the addition of `fetchNextPage`, `fetchP
 | <a id="result-property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="result-property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="result-property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -566,13 +566,13 @@ The same properties as `useQuery`, with the addition of `fetchNextPage`, `fetchP
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="result-property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="result-property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="result-property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="result-property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="result-property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](../interfaces/RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/functions/useQuery.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/functions/useQuery.md
index 906fb028afe..25fca102382 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/functions/useQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/functions/useQuery.md
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
@@ -476,9 +476,9 @@ be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 <a id="result-properties"></a>
 
@@ -495,19 +495,19 @@ convenience.
 | <a id="result-property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="result-property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="result-property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="result-property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="result-property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="result-property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="result-property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="result-property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](../interfaces/RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
index 83b064ee427..f48ef8c471c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index d5a9fa32d6a..b5ce3f86221 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1565](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1565)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `false` | `false`, since fetching the previous page didn't fail. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isFetchPreviousPageError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isfetchpreviouspageerror) |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index 54849053197..dd6a84dfc28 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flig
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
index c53ba2ef772..9366e704022 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index fa34dcb4886..b7463c3f5a3 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 7248dbe5602..14a67291f0a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1623](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1623)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is
-kept.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select`
+failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ kept.
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ kept.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error, still has data to display, and didn't fail fetching a page. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 23d3b10de06..518e0183cd7 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
index dcedb5a261b..2305064067a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ The properties shared by every state of a query result, like `data`, `error`, `s
 | <a id="property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index a413c24e4d4..04e30e2964e 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1187](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1187)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+A query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. | - |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index f053574cd3d..2af4c1ac94f 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flight, so `is
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
index f50812cdc65..7bb6710c3e8 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index 052c64bfe3f..684353611a9 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 979f367ef1e..f369206d490 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1236](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1236)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is kept.
+A query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and still has data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 16688e57090..1d0d7cc4b9c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
index a10d3598902..67d4f2dc480 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/functions/useInfiniteQuery.md
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ The same properties as `useQuery`, with the addition of `fetchNextPage`, `fetchP
 | <a id="result-property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="result-property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="result-property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -340,13 +340,13 @@ The same properties as `useQuery`, with the addition of `fetchNextPage`, `fetchP
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="result-property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="result-property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="result-property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="result-property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="result-property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](../interfaces/RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/functions/useQuery.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/functions/useQuery.md
index a6a42b48f60..e4f6d80a999 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/functions/useQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/functions/useQuery.md
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ will be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result, as a Solid store. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from
-a fetch that failed after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display
-(including `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived
-booleans for convenience.
+a fetch that failed after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data
+(even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise.
+`isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
@@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ will be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result, as a Solid store. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from
-a fetch that failed after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display
-(including `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived
-booleans for convenience.
+a fetch that failed after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data
+(even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise.
+`isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 <a id="result-properties"></a>
 
@@ -370,19 +370,19 @@ booleans for convenience.
 | <a id="result-property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="result-property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="result-property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="result-property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="result-property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="result-property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="result-property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="result-property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](../interfaces/RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
index 83b064ee427..f48ef8c471c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index d5a9fa32d6a..b5ce3f86221 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1565](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1565)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `false` | `false`, since fetching the previous page didn't fail. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isFetchPreviousPageError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isfetchpreviouspageerror) |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index 54849053197..dd6a84dfc28 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flig
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
index c53ba2ef772..9366e704022 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index fa34dcb4886..b7463c3f5a3 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 7248dbe5602..14a67291f0a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1623](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1623)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is
-kept.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select`
+failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ kept.
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ kept.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error, still has data to display, and didn't fail fetching a page. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 23d3b10de06..518e0183cd7 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
index dcedb5a261b..2305064067a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ The properties shared by every state of a query result, like `data`, `error`, `s
 | <a id="property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index a413c24e4d4..04e30e2964e 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1187](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1187)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+A query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. | - |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index f053574cd3d..2af4c1ac94f 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flight, so `is
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
index f50812cdc65..7bb6710c3e8 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index 052c64bfe3f..684353611a9 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 979f367ef1e..f369206d490 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1236](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1236)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is kept.
+A query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and still has data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 16688e57090..1d0d7cc4b9c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/solid/reference/variables/createQuery.md b/docs/framework/solid/reference/variables/createQuery.md
index ad979c4a776..8a94cfc7d32 100644
--- a/docs/framework/solid/reference/variables/createQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/solid/reference/variables/createQuery.md
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ will be used.
 [`UseQueryResult`](../type-aliases/UseQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result, as a Solid store. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from
-a fetch that failed after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display
-(including `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived
-booleans for convenience.
+a fetch that failed after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data
+(even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise.
+`isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/functions/createInfiniteQuery.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/functions/createInfiniteQuery.md
index 4fd12ddf739..f3b88b4c190 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/functions/createInfiniteQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/functions/createInfiniteQuery.md
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ to page through the query.
 | <a id="result-property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="result-property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="result-property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -390,13 +390,13 @@ to page through the query.
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="result-property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="result-property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="result-property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="result-property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="result-property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](../interfaces/RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/functions/createQuery.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/functions/createQuery.md
index b6cc54688dc..90ec04f5be1 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/functions/createQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/functions/createQuery.md
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ be used.
 [`CreateQueryResult`](../type-aliases/CreateQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ be used.
 [`CreateQueryResult`](../type-aliases/CreateQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 ### See
 
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@ be used.
 [`CreateQueryResult`](../type-aliases/CreateQueryResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
-convenience.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+are derived booleans for convenience.
 
 <a id="result-properties"></a>
 
@@ -458,19 +458,19 @@ convenience.
 | <a id="result-property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="result-property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="result-property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="result-property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="result-property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="result-property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="result-property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="result-property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="result-property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="result-property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="result-property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="result-property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="result-property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="result-property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](../interfaces/RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="result-property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
index 83b064ee427..f48ef8c471c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index d5a9fa32d6a..b5ce3f86221 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1565](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1565)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `false` | `false`, since fetching the previous page didn't fail. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isFetchPreviousPageError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isfetchpreviouspageerror) |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index 54849053197..dd6a84dfc28 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flig
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
index c53ba2ef772..9366e704022 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index fa34dcb4886..b7463c3f5a3 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 7248dbe5602..14a67291f0a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1623](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1623)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is
-kept.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select`
+failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ kept.
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ kept.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error, still has data to display, and didn't fail fetching a page. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 23d3b10de06..518e0183cd7 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
index dcedb5a261b..2305064067a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ The properties shared by every state of a query result, like `data`, `error`, `s
 | <a id="property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index a413c24e4d4..04e30e2964e 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1187](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1187)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+A query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. | - |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index f053574cd3d..2af4c1ac94f 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flight, so `is
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
index f50812cdc65..7bb6710c3e8 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index 052c64bfe3f..684353611a9 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 979f367ef1e..f369206d490 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1236](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1236)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is kept.
+A query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and still has data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 16688e57090..1d0d7cc4b9c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/svelte/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/functions/useQuery.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/functions/useQuery.md
index 5beba974a25..106a9ad5bb2 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/functions/useQuery.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/functions/useQuery.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const { data, isError, error } = useQuery({
 function useQuery<TQueryFnData = unknown, TError = Error, TData = TQueryFnData, TQueryKey extends readonly unknown[] = readonly unknown[]>(options: UndefinedInitialQueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryKey>, queryClient?: QueryClient): UseQueryReturnType<TData, TError>;
 ```
 
-Defined in: [packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts:240](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts#L240)
+Defined in: [packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts:241](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts#L241)
 
 `enabled` accepts a `ref`, a plain boolean, or a zero-argument getter (`() => ...`): a `ref` or a getter is
 tracked, while a plain boolean isn't tracked on its own. query-core's `(query) => boolean` callback is
@@ -162,10 +162,11 @@ will be used.
 [`UseQueryReturnType`](../type-aliases/UseQueryReturnType.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived boolean `ref`s for
-convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object — `state.data`, `state.isPending`, and
-the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows `state.data` to `TData`.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are
+derived boolean `ref`s for convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object —
+`state.data`, `state.isPending`, and the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows
+`state.data` to `TData`.
 
 ### Examples
 
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ const { state } = useQuery({
 function useQuery<TQueryFnData = unknown, TError = Error, TData = TQueryFnData, TQueryKey extends readonly unknown[] = readonly unknown[]>(options: MaybeRefOrGetter<UseQueryOptions<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryFnData, TQueryKey>>, queryClient?: QueryClient): UseQueryReturnType<TData, TError>;
 ```
 
-Defined in: [packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts:318](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts#L318)
+Defined in: [packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts:320](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts#L320)
 
 Fallback overload for options whose `initialData` presence isn't statically known — for example, a
 `ref`/reactive object built up conditionally, rather than a plain object literal. Prefer one of the other
@@ -366,10 +367,11 @@ will be used.
 [`UseQueryReturnType`](../type-aliases/UseQueryReturnType.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived boolean `ref`s for
-convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object — `state.data`, `state.isPending`, and
-the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows `state.data` to `TData`.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are
+derived boolean `ref`s for convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object —
+`state.data`, `state.isPending`, and the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows
+`state.data` to `TData`.
 
 ### Examples
 
@@ -444,7 +446,8 @@ will be used.
 [`UseQueryReturnType`](../type-aliases/UseQueryReturnType.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>
 
 The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
-after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
-`placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived boolean `ref`s for
-convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object — `state.data`, `state.isPending`, and
-the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows `state.data` to `TData`.
+after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+`undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are
+derived boolean `ref`s for convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object —
+`state.data`, `state.isPending`, and the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows
+`state.data` to `TData`.
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
index 83b064ee427..f48ef8c471c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-hasnextpage"></a> `hasNextPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a next page to be fetched (known via the `getNextPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-haspreviouspage"></a> `hasPreviousPage` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if there is a previous page to be fetched (known via the `getPreviousPageParam` option). |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ them, like `hasNextPage` and `isFetchingNextPage`.
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching the previous page. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index d5a9fa32d6a..b5ce3f86221 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1565](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1565)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so th
 | <a id="property-isfetchpreviouspageerror"></a> `isFetchPreviousPageError` | `false` | `false`, since fetching the previous page didn't fail. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isFetchPreviousPageError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isfetchpreviouspageerror) |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index 54849053197..dd6a84dfc28 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flig
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
index c53ba2ef772..9366e704022 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index fa34dcb4886..b7463c3f5a3 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 7248dbe5602..14a67291f0a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ title: InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1623](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1623)
 
-An infinite query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is
-kept.
+An infinite query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select`
+failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ kept.
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ kept.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error, still has data to display, and didn't fail fetching a page. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 23d3b10de06..518e0183cd7 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ An infinite query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
index dcedb5a261b..2305064067a 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverBaseResult.md
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ The properties shared by every state of a query result, like `data`, `error`, `s
 | <a id="property-failurereason"></a> `failureReason` | `TError` \| `null` | The failure reason for the query retry. - Reset to `null` when the query succeeds. |
 | <a id="property-fetchstatus"></a> `fetchStatus` | `"fetching"` \| `"paused"` \| `"idle"` | The fetch status of the query. - `fetching`: Is `true` whenever the queryFn is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. - `paused`: The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. - `idle`: The query is not fetching. - See [Network Mode](https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/react/guides/network-mode) for more information. |
 | <a id="property-isenabled"></a> `isEnabled` | `boolean` | `true` if this observer is enabled, `false` otherwise. |
-| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error. |
+| <a id="property-iserror"></a> `isError` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. |
 | <a id="property-isfetched"></a> `isFetched` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched. |
 | <a id="property-isfetchedaftermount"></a> `isFetchedAfterMount` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has been fetched after the component mounted. - This property can be used to not show any previously cached data. |
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time. |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display. |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data shown is the placeholder data. |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching. |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch). |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. |
-| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet. - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error. - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` \| `"pending"` \| `"success"` | The status of the query. - Will be: - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw. - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error. - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
index a413c24e4d4..04e30e2964e 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1187](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1187)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+A query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `undefined` | `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the first fetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no
 | <a id="property-isfetching"></a> `isFetching` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - `true` whenever the `queryFn` is executing, which includes initial `pending` as well as background refetch. | - |
 | <a id="property-isinitialloading"></a> ~~`isInitialLoading`~~ | `boolean` | **Deprecated** `isInitialLoading` is being deprecated in favor of `isLoading` and will be removed in the next major version. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
-| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
+| <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
index f053574cd3d..2af4c1ac94f 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverLoadingResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state while the first fetch is in flight, so `is
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `true` | `true`, since the first fetch is in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
index f50812cdc65..7bb6710c3e8 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPendingResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `pending` state: the query has no data yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever the first fetch for a query is in-flight. - Is the same as `isFetching && isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `true` | `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"pending"` | `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
index 052c64bfe3f..684353611a9 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverPlaceholderResult.md
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ yet.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `true` | `true`, since the data shown is the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
index 979f367ef1e..f369206d490 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult
 
 Defined in: [packages/query-core/src/types.ts:1236](https://github.com/TanStack/query/blob/main/packages/query-core/src/types.ts#L1236)
 
-A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is kept.
+A query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select` failed.
 
 ## Extends
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Overrides |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
+| <a id="property-data"></a> `data` | `TData` | The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`data`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-data) |
 | <a id="property-dataupdatedat"></a> `dataUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"success"`. | - |
-| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the refetch failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
+| <a id="property-error"></a> `error` | `TError` | The error the fetch or `select` failed with. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`error`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-error) |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatecount"></a> `errorUpdateCount` | `number` | The sum of all errors. | - |
 | <a id="property-errorupdatedat"></a> `errorUpdatedAt` | `number` | The timestamp for when the query most recently returned the `status` as `"error"`. | - |
 | <a id="property-failurecount"></a> `failureCount` | `number` | The failure count for the query. - Incremented every time the query fails. - Reset to `0` when the query succeeds. | - |
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from befo
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
-| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query failed while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
+| <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `true` | `true`, since the query has an error and still has data to display. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `false` | `false`, since the query isn't in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"error"` | `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
index 16688e57090..1d0d7cc4b9c 100644
--- a/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
+++ b/docs/framework/vue/reference/interfaces/QueryObserverSuccessResult.md
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ A query result in the `success` state with data from the cache.
 | <a id="property-isloading"></a> `isLoading` | `false` | `false`, since the first fetch isn't in flight. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoading`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloading) |
 | <a id="property-isloadingerror"></a> `isLoadingError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while fetching for the first time. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isLoadingError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isloadingerror) |
 | <a id="property-ispaused"></a> `isPaused` | `boolean` | A derived boolean from the `fetchStatus` variable, provided for convenience. - The query wanted to fetch, but has been `paused`. | - |
-| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
+| <a id="property-ispending"></a> `isPending` | `false` | `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPending`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-ispending) |
 | <a id="property-isplaceholderdata"></a> `isPlaceholderData` | `false` | `false`, since the data shown isn't the `placeholderData`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isPlaceholderData`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isplaceholderdata) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetcherror"></a> `isRefetchError` | `false` | `false`, since the query didn't fail while refetching. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isRefetchError`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-isrefetcherror) |
 | <a id="property-isrefetching"></a> `isRefetching` | `boolean` | Is `true` whenever a background refetch is in-flight, which _does not_ include initial `pending`. - Is the same as `isFetching && !isPending`. | - |
 | <a id="property-isstale"></a> `isStale` | `boolean` | Will be `true` if the data in the cache is invalidated or if the data is older than the given `staleTime`. | - |
 | <a id="property-issuccess"></a> `isSuccess` | `true` | `true`, since the query is in the `success` state. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`isSuccess`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-issuccess) |
 | <a id="property-refetch"></a> `refetch` | (`options?`: [`RefetchOptions`](RefetchOptions.md)) => `Promise`\<[`QueryObserverResult`](../type-aliases/QueryObserverResult.md)\<`TData`, `TError`\>\> | A function to manually refetch the query. | - |
-| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
+| <a id="property-status"></a> `status` | `"success"` | `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from `select`. | [`QueryObserverBaseResult`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md).[`status`](QueryObserverBaseResult.md#property-status) |
diff --git a/packages/angular-query-experimental/src/inject-query.ts b/packages/angular-query-experimental/src/inject-query.ts
index ba19463dca6..73cdc95c62d 100644
--- a/packages/angular-query-experimental/src/inject-query.ts
+++ b/packages/angular-query-experimental/src/inject-query.ts
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ export function injectQuery<
  * context, so signals read inside it (in `queryKey`, `enabled`, etc.) drive the query.
  * @param options - Additional configuration
  * @returns The query result. `status()` is `'error'` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `'success'` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `'pending'` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are type-guard methods
- * for convenience.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `'success'` if the query has cached data (even if `select`
+ * returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `'pending'` otherwise.
+ * `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are type-guard methods for convenience.
  * @see https://tanstack.com/query/latest/docs/framework/angular/guides/queries
  * @see {@link queryOptions} to share these options between `injectQuery` and imperative APIs like
  * `queryClient.fetchQuery`.
diff --git a/packages/preact-query/src/useQuery.ts b/packages/preact-query/src/useQuery.ts
index 9abc32d441e..0e5cd73bd26 100644
--- a/packages/preact-query/src/useQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/preact-query/src/useQuery.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ export function useQuery<
  * @param queryClient - Use this to use a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one from the nearest context will
  * be used.
  * @returns The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
- * convenience.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+ * `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+ * are derived booleans for convenience.
  * @see {@link queryOptions} to share these options between `useQuery` and imperative APIs like `queryClient.query`.
  * @example
  * ```tsx
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ export function useQuery<
  * @param queryClient - Use this to use a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one from the nearest context will
  * be used.
  * @returns The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
- * convenience.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+ * `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+ * are derived booleans for convenience.
  * @see {@link queryOptions} to share these options between `useQuery` and imperative APIs like `queryClient.query`.
  * @example
  * ```tsx
diff --git a/packages/query-core/src/types.ts b/packages/query-core/src/types.ts
index fac9b158bb2..71765403296 100644
--- a/packages/query-core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/query-core/src/types.ts
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverBaseResult<
   errorUpdateCount: number
   /**
    * A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience.
-   * - `true` if the query attempt resulted in an error.
+   * - `true` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw.
    */
   isError: boolean
   /**
@@ -1019,11 +1019,11 @@ export interface QueryObserverBaseResult<
    */
   isLoading: boolean
   /**
-   * Will be `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet.
+   * Will be `true` if the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   isPending: boolean
   /**
-   * Will be `true` if the query failed while fetching for the first time.
+   * Will be `true` if the query has an error and no data to display.
    */
   isLoadingError: boolean
   /**
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverBaseResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: boolean
   /**
-   * Will be `true` if the query failed while refetching.
+   * Will be `true` if the query has an error and still has data to display (for infinite queries, not after a failed page fetch).
    */
   isRefetchError: boolean
   /**
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverBaseResult<
   isStale: boolean
   /**
    * A derived boolean from the `status` variable, provided for convenience.
-   * - `true` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data.
+   * - `true` if the query has cached data or data from `placeholderData`, and no error.
    */
   isSuccess: boolean
   /**
@@ -1071,9 +1071,9 @@ export interface QueryObserverBaseResult<
   /**
    * The status of the query.
    * - Will be:
-   *   - `pending` if there's no cached data and no query attempt was finished yet.
-   *   - `error` if the query attempt resulted in an error.
-   *   - `success` if the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its data.
+   *   - `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed after its retries, or if `select` threw.
+   *   - `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and no error.
+   *   - `pending` otherwise, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   status: QueryStatus
   /**
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverPendingResult<
    */
   isError: false
   /**
-   * `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet.
+   * `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   isPending: true
   /**
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverPendingResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet.
+   * `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   status: 'pending'
 }
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverLoadingResult<
    */
   isError: false
   /**
-   * `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet.
+   * `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   isPending: true
   /**
@@ -1176,24 +1176,24 @@ export interface QueryObserverLoadingResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet.
+   * `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   status: 'pending'
 }
 
 /**
- * A query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+ * A query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
  */
 export interface QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult<
   TData = unknown,
   TError = DefaultError,
 > extends QueryObserverBaseResult<TData, TError> {
   /**
-   * `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached.
+   * `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed.
    */
   data: undefined
   /**
-   * The error the first fetch failed with.
+   * The error the fetch or `select` failed with.
    */
   error: TError
   /**
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult<
    */
   isError: true
   /**
-   * `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished.
+   * `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error.
    */
   isPending: false
   /**
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult<
    */
   isLoading: false
   /**
-   * `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time.
+   * `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display.
    */
   isLoadingError: true
   /**
@@ -1225,24 +1225,24 @@ export interface QueryObserverLoadingErrorResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error.
+   * `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw.
    */
   status: 'error'
 }
 
 /**
- * A query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is kept.
+ * A query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select` failed.
  */
 export interface QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult<
   TData = unknown,
   TError = DefaultError,
 > extends QueryObserverBaseResult<TData, TError> {
   /**
-   * The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept.
+   * The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept.
    */
   data: TData
   /**
-   * The error the refetch failed with.
+   * The error the fetch or `select` failed with.
    */
   error: TError
   /**
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult<
    */
   isError: true
   /**
-   * `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished.
+   * `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error.
    */
   isPending: false
   /**
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult<
    */
   isLoadingError: false
   /**
-   * `true`, since the query failed while refetching.
+   * `true`, since the query has an error and still has data to display.
    */
   isRefetchError: true
   /**
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverRefetchErrorResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error.
+   * `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw.
    */
   status: 'error'
 }
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverSuccessResult<
    */
   isError: false
   /**
-   * `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished.
+   * `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error.
    */
   isPending: false
   /**
@@ -1323,8 +1323,8 @@ export interface QueryObserverSuccessResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its
-   * data.
+   * `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from
+   * `select`.
    */
   status: 'success'
 }
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ export interface QueryObserverPlaceholderResult<
    */
   error: null
   /**
-   * `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished.
+   * `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error.
    */
   isPending: false
   /**
@@ -1374,8 +1374,8 @@ export interface QueryObserverPlaceholderResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: true
   /**
-   * `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its
-   * data.
+   * `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or
+   * from `select`.
    */
   status: 'success'
 }
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult<
    */
   isError: false
   /**
-   * `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet.
+   * `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   isPending: true
   /**
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverPendingResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet.
+   * `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   status: 'pending'
 }
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult<
    */
   isError: false
   /**
-   * `true`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet.
+   * `true`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   isPending: true
   /**
@@ -1554,24 +1554,24 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'pending'`, since there's no cached data and no query attempt has finished yet.
+   * `'pending'`, since the query has no cached data, no data from `placeholderData` and no error.
    */
   status: 'pending'
 }
 
 /**
- * An infinite query result in the `error` state when the first fetch failed, so there is no data.
+ * An infinite query result in the `error` state with no data to display, since a fetch or `select` failed.
  */
 export interface InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult<
   TData = unknown,
   TError = DefaultError,
 > extends InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult<TData, TError> {
   /**
-   * `undefined`, since the first fetch failed before any data was cached.
+   * `undefined`, since there was no data to display when a fetch or `select` failed.
    */
   data: undefined
   /**
-   * The error the first fetch failed with.
+   * The error the fetch or `select` failed with.
    */
   error: TError
   /**
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult<
    */
   isError: true
   /**
-   * `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished.
+   * `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error.
    */
   isPending: false
   /**
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult<
    */
   isLoading: false
   /**
-   * `true`, since the query failed while fetching for the first time.
+   * `true`, since the query has an error and no data to display.
    */
   isLoadingError: true
   /**
@@ -1611,25 +1611,25 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverLoadingErrorResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error.
+   * `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw.
    */
   status: 'error'
 }
 
 /**
- * An infinite query result in the `error` state when a refetch failed, so the data from before is
- * kept.
+ * An infinite query result in the `error` state that keeps the data from before a fetch or `select`
+ * failed.
  */
 export interface InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult<
   TData = unknown,
   TError = DefaultError,
 > extends InfiniteQueryObserverBaseResult<TData, TError> {
   /**
-   * The data from before the failed refetch, which is kept.
+   * The data from before the fetch or `select` failed, which is kept.
    */
   data: TData
   /**
-   * The error the refetch failed with.
+   * The error the fetch or `select` failed with.
    */
   error: TError
   /**
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult<
    */
   isError: true
   /**
-   * `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished.
+   * `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error.
    */
   isPending: false
   /**
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult<
    */
   isLoadingError: false
   /**
-   * `true`, since the query failed while refetching.
+   * `true`, since the query has an error, still has data to display, and didn't fail fetching a page.
    */
   isRefetchError: true
   /**
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverRefetchErrorResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'error'`, since the query attempt resulted in an error.
+   * `'error'`, since a fetch failed after its retries or `select` threw.
    */
   status: 'error'
 }
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult<
    */
   isError: false
   /**
-   * `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished.
+   * `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error.
    */
   isPending: false
   /**
@@ -1718,8 +1718,8 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverSuccessResult<
    */
   isPlaceholderData: false
   /**
-   * `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its
-   * data.
+   * `'success'`, since the query has cached data and no error from a fetch or from
+   * `select`.
    */
   status: 'success'
 }
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult<
    */
   error: null
   /**
-   * `false`, since the query has data or a query attempt has finished.
+   * `false`, since the query has cached data, data from `placeholderData` or an error.
    */
   isPending: false
   /**
@@ -1777,8 +1777,8 @@ export interface InfiniteQueryObserverPlaceholderResult<
    */
   isFetchPreviousPageError: false
   /**
-   * `'success'`, since the query has received a response with no errors and is ready to display its
-   * data.
+   * `'success'`, since the query shows `placeholderData` and has no error from a fetch or
+   * from `select`.
    */
   status: 'success'
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-query/src/useQuery.ts b/packages/react-query/src/useQuery.ts
index b7af6dce603..9fa86768eaf 100644
--- a/packages/react-query/src/useQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/react-query/src/useQuery.ts
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ export function useQuery<
  * @param queryClient - Use this to use a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one from the nearest context will
  * be used.
  * @returns The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
- * convenience.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+ * `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+ * are derived booleans for convenience.
  * @see {@link queryOptions} to share these options between `useQuery` and imperative APIs like `queryClient.query`.
  * @example
  * ```tsx
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ export function useQuery<
  * @param queryClient - Use this to use a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one from the nearest context will
  * be used.
  * @returns The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
- * convenience.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+ * `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+ * are derived booleans for convenience.
  * @see {@link queryOptions} to share these options between `useQuery` and imperative APIs like `queryClient.query`.
  * @example
  * ```tsx
diff --git a/packages/solid-query/src/useQuery.ts b/packages/solid-query/src/useQuery.ts
index f66ea2a8691..9c07621bf9d 100644
--- a/packages/solid-query/src/useQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/solid-query/src/useQuery.ts
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ export function useQuery<
  * @param queryClient - An accessor for a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one from the nearest context
  * will be used.
  * @returns The current query result, as a Solid store. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from
- * a fetch that failed after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display
- * (including `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived
- * booleans for convenience.
+ * a fetch that failed after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data
+ * (even if `select` returns `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise.
+ * `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for convenience.
  * @see {@link queryOptions} to share these options between `useQuery` and imperative APIs like `queryClient.query`.
  * @example
  * ```tsx
diff --git a/packages/svelte-query/src/createQuery.ts b/packages/svelte-query/src/createQuery.ts
index 8df41fb5d7e..0fbaa66b5fc 100644
--- a/packages/svelte-query/src/createQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/svelte-query/src/createQuery.ts
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ export function createQuery<
  * @param queryClient - Use this to use a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one from the nearest context will
  * be used.
  * @returns The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
- * convenience.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+ * `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+ * are derived booleans for convenience.
  * @see {@link queryOptions} to share these options between `createQuery` and imperative APIs like `queryClient.query`.
  * @example
  * ```svelte
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ export function createQuery<
  * @param queryClient - Use this to use a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one from the nearest context will
  * be used.
  * @returns The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived booleans for
- * convenience.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+ * `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError`
+ * are derived booleans for convenience.
  * @see {@link queryOptions} to share these options between `createQuery` and imperative APIs like `queryClient.query`.
  * @example
  * `select` derives whatever `data` a component needs from the cached value, without changing what's
diff --git a/packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts b/packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts
index 20dfba5be4c..84fca30dd4c 100644
--- a/packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-query/src/useQuery.ts
@@ -95,10 +95,11 @@ export function useQuery<
  * @param queryClient - Use this to use a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one provided by `VueQueryPlugin`
  * will be used.
  * @returns The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived boolean `ref`s for
- * convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object — `state.data`, `state.isPending`, and
- * the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows `state.data` to `TData`.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+ * `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are
+ * derived boolean `ref`s for convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object —
+ * `state.data`, `state.isPending`, and the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows
+ * `state.data` to `TData`.
  * @example
  * A query key built from a reactive `ref` — the query refetches whenever `postId` changes:
  * ```vue
@@ -263,10 +264,11 @@ export function useQuery<
  * @param queryClient - Use this to use a custom `QueryClient`. Otherwise, the one provided by `VueQueryPlugin`
  * will be used.
  * @returns The current query result. `status` is `error` if the query has an error from a fetch that failed
- * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has data to display (including
- * `placeholderData`), and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are derived boolean `ref`s for
- * convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object — `state.data`, `state.isPending`, and
- * the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows `state.data` to `TData`.
+ * after its retries or if `select` threw, `success` if the query has cached data (even if `select` returns
+ * `undefined`) or data from `placeholderData`, and `pending` otherwise. `isPending`/`isSuccess`/`isError` are
+ * derived boolean `ref`s for convenience. `state` is that result as one readonly reactive object —
+ * `state.data`, `state.isPending`, and the rest are plain values, and `state.status === 'success'` narrows
+ * `state.data` to `TData`.
  * @example
  * Passing a whole-options getter so `staleTime` reacts to a setting stored elsewhere, not just `queryKey`:
  * ```vue