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Use URL based data caching using react-query instead of manual

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Description

Currently, pgAdmin uses manual caching/busting for a lot of endpoint data. It also uses some kind of node based mechanism to store data.
While this works in most cases, it doesn't in few cases and is not easy to fix as well. Manual caching is also prone to error.
I suggest we should use URL based caching overall without getting into which node the cache should be on. Its noteworthy that we already have server group id, server id, db id, etc in our URL endpoints.
API querying and caching can be easily taken care by react-query for a more streamlined solution.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reading the linked react-query documentation and locating pgAdmin's existing manual caching, cache-busting, and node-based storage mechanisms; done would mean a defined URL-based caching approach replaces the current manual approach across the intended endpoint data.

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Assessment

Tech stack
node.js, react
Domain
backend-api-design, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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