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spec/Section 3 -- Type System.md

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The `@defer` directive may be provided on a fragment spread or inline fragment
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to indicate that execution of the related selection set should be deferred. When
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a request includes the `@defer` directive, it may return an _incremental stream_
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consisting of an _initial response_ containing all non-deferred data, followed
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by one or more _subsequent payloads_ including the deferred data.
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consisting of an _initial response payload_ containing all non-deferred data,
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followed by one or more _subsequent response payload_ including the deferred
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data.
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The `@include` and `@skip` directives take precedence over `@defer`.
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GraphQL services honor the `@defer` and `@stream` directives on each execution.
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However, the specification allows advanced use cases where the service can
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determine that it is more performant to not defer and/or stream. Therefore,
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GraphQL clients _must_ be able to process a _response_ or _incremental stream_
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that ignores individual `@defer` and/or `@stream` directives. This also applies
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to the `initialCount` argument on the `@stream` directive. Clients must be able
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to process a streamed field result that contains more initial list items than
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what was specified in the `initialCount` argument.
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GraphQL clients _must_ be able to process a _response_ that ignores individual
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`@defer` and/or `@stream` directives. This also applies to the `initialCount`
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argument on the `@stream` directive. Clients must be able to process a streamed
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field result that contains more initial list items than what was specified in
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the `initialCount` argument.

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