feat(shared): Remove SWR

.changeset/polite-cars-lose.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/shared': patch
+---
+
+Fix `useClearQueriesOnSignOut` hook to comply with React Rules of Hooks

.changeset/remove-swr-switches.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/shared': major
+---
+
+Remove SWR hooks and env-based switchovers in favor of the React Query implementations; promote @tanstack/query-core to a runtime dependency.

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
   unit-tests:
     needs: [check-permissions, build-packages]
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.draft == false }}
-    name: Unit Tests (${{ matrix.filter-label }}${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' && ', RQ' || '' }})
+    name: Unit Tests (${{ matrix.filter-label }})
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: write # needed for actions/upload-artifact
@@ -220,12 +220,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - node-version: 22
             test-filter: "**"
-            clerk-use-rq: "false"
             filter-label: "**"
-          - node-version: 22
-            test-filter: "--filter=@clerk/shared --filter=@clerk/clerk-js"
-            clerk-use-rq: "true"
-            filter-label: "shared, clerk-js"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
@@ -247,18 +242,6 @@ jobs:
           # turbo-team: ${{ vars.TURBO_TEAM }}
           # turbo-token: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Rebuild @clerk/shared with CLERK_USE_RQ=true
-        if: ${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm turbo build $TURBO_ARGS --filter=@clerk/shared --force
-        env:
-          CLERK_USE_RQ: true
-
-      - name: Rebuild dependent packages with CLERK_USE_RQ=true
-        if: ${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm turbo build $TURBO_ARGS --filter=@clerk/shared^... --force
-        env:
-          CLERK_USE_RQ: true
-
       - name: Run tests in packages
         run: |
           if [ "${{ matrix.test-filter }}" = "**" ]; then
@@ -270,7 +253,6 @@ jobs:
           fi
         env:
           NODE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-          CLERK_USE_RQ: ${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq }}
 
       - name: Run Typedoc tests
         run: |
@@ -286,15 +268,15 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ env.TURBO_SUMMARIZE == 'true' }}
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
-          name: turbo-summary-report-unit-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-node-${{ matrix.node-version }}${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' && '-rq' || '' }}
+          name: turbo-summary-report-unit-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-node-${{ matrix.node-version }}
           path: .turbo/runs
           retention-days: 5
 
   integration-tests:
     # needs: [check-permissions, build-packages]
     needs: [check-permissions]
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.draft == false }}
-    name: Integration Tests (${{ matrix.test-name }}, ${{ matrix.test-project }}${{ matrix.next-version && format(', {0}', matrix.next-version) || '' }}${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' && ', RQ' || '' }})
+    name: Integration Tests (${{ matrix.test-name }}, ${{ matrix.test-project }}${{ matrix.next-version && format(', {0}', matrix.next-version) || '' }})
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: write # needed for actions/upload-artifact
@@ -328,23 +310,11 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - test-name: "billing"
             test-project: "chrome"
-            clerk-use-rq: "false"
-          - test-name: "billing"
-            test-project: "chrome"
-            clerk-use-rq: "true"
-          - test-name: "machine"
-            test-project: "chrome"
-            clerk-use-rq: "false"
           - test-name: "machine"
             test-project: "chrome"
-            clerk-use-rq: "true"
           - test-name: "nextjs"
             test-project: "chrome"
             next-version: "15"
-          - test-name: "nextjs"
-            test-project: "chrome"
-            next-version: "16"
-            clerk-use-rq: "true"
           - test-name: "nextjs"
             test-project: "chrome"
             next-version: "16"
@@ -406,18 +376,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "affected=${AFFECTED}"
           echo "affected=${AFFECTED}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Rebuild @clerk/shared with CLERK_USE_RQ=true
-        if: ${{ steps.task-status.outputs.affected == '1' && matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm turbo build $TURBO_ARGS --filter=@clerk/shared --force
-        env:
-          CLERK_USE_RQ: true
-
-      - name: Rebuild dependent packages with CLERK_USE_RQ=true
-        if: ${{ steps.task-status.outputs.affected == '1' && matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm turbo build $TURBO_ARGS --filter=@clerk/shared^... --force
-        env:
-          CLERK_USE_RQ: true
-
       - name: Version packages for snapshot
         if: ${{ steps.task-status.outputs.affected == '1' }}
         run: npm run version-packages:snapshot ci
@@ -427,7 +385,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/verdaccio
         with:
           publish-cmd: |
-            if [ "$(pnpm config get registry)" = "https://registry.npmjs.org/" ]; then echo 'Error: Using default registry' && exit 1; else ${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' && 'CLERK_USE_RQ=true' || '' }} pnpm turbo build $TURBO_ARGS --only && pnpm changeset publish --no-git-tag --tag latest; fi
+            if [ "$(pnpm config get registry)" = "https://registry.npmjs.org/" ]; then echo 'Error: Using default registry' && exit 1; else pnpm turbo build $TURBO_ARGS --only && pnpm changeset publish --no-git-tag --tag latest; fi
 
       - name: Edit .npmrc [link-workspace-packages=false]
         run: sed -i -E 's/link-workspace-packages=(deep|true)/link-workspace-packages=false/' .npmrc
@@ -501,7 +459,6 @@ jobs:
           E2E_NEXTJS_VERSION: ${{ matrix.next-version }}
           E2E_PROJECT: ${{ matrix.test-project }}
           E2E_CLERK_ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${{ matrix.clerk-encryption-key }}
-          CLERK_USE_RQ: ${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq }}
           INTEGRATION_INSTANCE_KEYS: ${{ secrets.INTEGRATION_INSTANCE_KEYS }}
           NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS: ${{ github.workspace }}/integration/certs/rootCA.pem
           VERCEL_AUTOMATION_BYPASS_SECRET: ${{ secrets.VERCEL_AUTOMATION_BYPASS_SECRET }}
@@ -510,7 +467,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ cancelled() || failure() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: playwright-traces-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-${{ matrix.test-name }}${{ matrix.next-version && format('-next{0}', matrix.next-version) || '' }}${{ matrix.clerk-use-rq == 'true' && '-rq' || '' }}
+          name: playwright-traces-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}-${{ matrix.test-name }}${{ matrix.next-version && format('-next{0}', matrix.next-version) || '' }}
           path: integration/test-results
           retention-days: 1
 

packages/clerk-js/package.json

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     "@solana/wallet-standard": "catalog:module-manager",
     "@stripe/stripe-js": "5.6.0",
     "@swc/helpers": "catalog:repo",
-    "@tanstack/query-core": "5.87.4",
+    "@tanstack/query-core": "5.90.16",
     "@wallet-standard/core": "catalog:module-manager",
     "@zxcvbn-ts/core": "catalog:module-manager",
     "@zxcvbn-ts/language-common": "catalog:module-manager",

packages/clerk-js/src/core/auth/AuthCookieService.ts

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class AuthCookieService {
   private refreshTokenOnFocus() {
     window.addEventListener('focus', () => {
       if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {
-        // Certain data-fetching libraries that refetch on focus (such as swr) use setTimeout(cb, 0) to schedule a task on the event loop.
+        // Certain data-fetching libraries that refetch on focus use setTimeout(cb, 0) to schedule a task on the event loop.
         // This gives us an opportunity to ensure the session cookie is updated with a fresh token before the fetch occurs, but it needs to
         // be done with a microtask. Promises schedule microtasks, and so by using `updateCookieImmediately: true`, we ensure that the cookie
         // is updated as part of the scheduled microtask. Our existing event-based mechanism to update the cookie schedules a task, and so the cookie

packages/clerk-js/src/test/create-fixtures.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 
 import type { ClerkOptions, ClientJSON, EnvironmentJSON, LoadedClerk } from '@clerk/shared/types';
-import { useState } from 'react';
 import { vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { Clerk as ClerkCtor } from '@/core/clerk';
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ const unboundCreateFixtures = (
 
     const MockClerkProvider = (props: any) => {
       const { children } = props;
-      const [swrConfig] = useState(() => ({ provider: () => new Map() }));
 
       const componentsWithoutContext = [
         'UsernameSection',
@@ -108,11 +106,7 @@ const unboundCreateFixtures = (
       );
 
       return (
-        <CoreClerkContextWrapper
-          clerk={clerkMock}
-          // Clear swr cache
-          swrConfig={swrConfig}
-        >
+        <CoreClerkContextWrapper clerk={clerkMock}>
           <EnvironmentProvider value={environmentMock}>
             <OptionsProvider value={optionsMock}>
               <RouteContext.Provider value={routerMock}>

packages/shared/global.d.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ declare const JS_PACKAGE_VERSION: string;
 declare const UI_PACKAGE_VERSION: string;
 declare const __DEV__: boolean;
 declare const __BUILD_DISABLE_RHC__: boolean;
-declare const __CLERK_USE_RQ__: boolean;
 
 interface ImportMetaEnv {
   readonly [key: string]: string;

packages/shared/package.json

@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@
     "test:coverage": "vitest --collectCoverage && open coverage/lcov-report/index.html"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@tanstack/query-core": "5.90.16",
     "dequal": "2.0.3",
     "glob-to-regexp": "0.4.1",
     "js-cookie": "3.0.5",
-    "std-env": "^3.9.0",
-    "swr": "2.3.4"
+    "std-env": "^3.9.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@base-org/account": "catalog:module-manager",
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@
     "@solana/wallet-standard": "catalog:module-manager",
     "@stripe/react-stripe-js": "3.1.1",
     "@stripe/stripe-js": "5.6.0",
-    "@tanstack/query-core": "5.87.4",
     "@types/glob-to-regexp": "0.4.4",
     "@types/js-cookie": "3.0.6",
     "@wallet-standard/core": "catalog:module-manager",