Offer a way to avoid the waterfall because of nested layouts, `await parent()` to retrieve `locals` / Bring back `session`
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Description
Describe the problem
Let's say I have a few layouts that fetch data using session credentials.
// hooks.server.ts
export const handle = ({event, resolve}) => {
if (hasACertainCookie) {
event.locals.session = getSessionFromCookie()
}
return resolve(event)
}
// Root +layout.server.ts
export const load = ({locals}) => locals; // Expose all locals to layouts and pages
// Many +layout.ts and +page.ts look like this
export const load = ({parent}) => {
const {session} = await parent();
return { thing: fetch(..., session) }
}
This will unfortunately create a waterfall, despite the only needed data are the one from local.session
Describe the proposed solution
Svelte-Kit < 1 had a session feature which allowed constant-time access to a bag of top props, and it can be used as inspiration
Alternatives considered
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Importance
would make my life easier
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the issue's examples in hooks.server.ts, +layout.server.ts, and the nested +layout.ts/+page.ts load functions, focusing on how await parent() exposes locals and creates a waterfall. Define a way to access session data without waiting through nested layouts, and verify that the resulting loads avoid the described waterfall while preserving access to session.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100