Draft Mode & Revalidation

[adrocodes]

I am working on a client project and we're having some issues with draftMode not pulling in the latest content. I feel like it was working fine until recently, maybe before the new 13.5.x releases.

I haven't worked on a replication repo which is why I don't have a issue, I am hoping someone has run into a similar issue and has a fix or suggestion.

I have a page that is similar to this;

async function getData() {
  const { data } = await getClient(isPreview()).query({...})
  return data
}

export default async function Homepage() {
  const data = await getData()
  return <>...</>
}

export const revalidate = 43200; // 12 hours in seconds

In this case getClient will return a ApolloClient instance and isPreview() essentially wraps draftMode().isEnabled. The ApolloClient instance will change based on the isPreview() value. We're using Dato so we're adding the required headers.

I've added fetchPolicy: isPreview() ? 'no-cache' : undefined to the query options and that seemed to work (until recently).

I also changed my getClient method to just return a fetch wrapper similar to what Dato outlines in their docs. That also didn't make a difference.

I don't really want to use the experimental apollo package for app directory, but since fetch also didn't work, I can't imagine it would make a huge difference.

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From Dato CMS there is a Preview Link which runs the draftMode().enable() and then redirects to the page.

I'd expect when I jump into draftMode that the page would pull in the latest content, but it doesn't. To get the preview to show the latest content I either need to run a revalidatePath any time there is a draft change or rebuild the entire site which obviously isn't ideal.

In my mind, I want this page to be built at deploy time and revalidate every 12 hours. When I jump into draftMode the revalidate time should be ignored and the page should pull in the latest content on every refresh.

Keen to hear if anyone else is facing a similar issue or if I am doing something wrong.

[wpiron10]

@adrocodes hi, did you get any workaround / solution ? i have the same problem