# What's new in Apollo Client 2.6

DevFeed: [What's new in Apollo Client 2.6](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-s-new-in-apollo-client-2-6-23582.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/whats-new-in-apollo-client-2-6>)

Author: Ben Newman

Published: 2019-06-11T22:01:40Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [apollo-client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apollo-client.md>), [Cache](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cache.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [React](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [apollo-client](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-client.md>), [cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cache.md>), [immutability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/immutability.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [snapshots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snapshots.md>)

## AI overview

Apollo Client 2.6 is a backwards-compatible update that fixes bugs and adds options intended to improve component rendering performance. The article explains how immutable cache results, configurable cache normalization, cache eviction and garbage collection, async iterators, and smaller bundle sizes support the next major version's goals.

## Source excerpt

Apollo Client 2.6 is a backwards-compatible update that fixes bugs and provides new options (namely, , , and ) for rendering components faster and more smoothly. These changes lay the groundwork for the next major version of Apollo Client, whose interrelated goals and guiding principles we think you will find both compelling and worth understanding: - 🔏 Immutability of cache results, enabling equality where possible - 🔂 Selective, configurable cache normalization - ♻ Cache eviction,...