From 8eaa4e618ddf0b33aef539ba5da1ef54aab4b6bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SohamBhattacharjee2003
 <125297948+SohamBhattacharjee2003@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 14:42:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] perf(hooks): normalize query keys and add placeholderData to
 optimize thread loading

---
 .../components/layout/ui/sidebar/AllPrivateChatsSidebar.tsx   | 1 +
 surfsense_web/components/onboarding-tour.tsx                  | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/layout/ui/sidebar/AllPrivateChatsSidebar.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/layout/ui/sidebar/AllPrivateChatsSidebar.tsx
index 1bc773374..63d69ecd1 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/layout/ui/sidebar/AllPrivateChatsSidebar.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/layout/ui/sidebar/AllPrivateChatsSidebar.tsx
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ export function AllPrivateChatsSidebarContent({
 		queryKey: ["all-threads", searchSpaceId],
 		queryFn: () => fetchThreads(Number(searchSpaceId)),
 		enabled: !!searchSpaceId && !isSearchMode,
+		placeholderData: () => queryClient.getQueryData(["threads", searchSpaceId, { limit: 40 }]),
 	});
 
 	const {
diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/onboarding-tour.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/onboarding-tour.tsx
index 1c52169cb..d35799137 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/onboarding-tour.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/onboarding-tour.tsx
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ export function OnboardingTour() {
 
 	// Fetch threads data
 	const { data: threadsData } = useQuery({
-		queryKey: ["threads", searchSpaceId, { limit: 1 }],
-		queryFn: () => fetchThreads(Number(searchSpaceId), 1), // Only need to check if any exist
+		queryKey: ["threads", searchSpaceId, { limit: 40 }], // Same key as layout
+		queryFn: () => fetchThreads(Number(searchSpaceId), 40),
 		enabled: !!searchSpaceId,
 	});