Hotfix/v1.107 species cache

[aanchaljain01]

Description

Added caching for the species list using @tanstack/react-query to improve performance and reduce unnecessary API calls.

Issue(s) addressed

• Resolves Add React Query to our admin panel #1137

What kind of change(s) does this PR introduce?

• [!] Enhancement
• Bug fix
• Refactor

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Issue

What is the current behavior?
The species list was fetched on every render without caching.

No spinner was visible during loading.

What is the new behavior?

• Species list is cached for 5 minutes using react-query.

• Spinner shows when data is loading.

• Dropdown updates correctly from cached data.
  Screen Recording 2025-09-02 at 10.28.52 AM.zip

Breaking change

Does this PR introduce a breaking change?
No

Other useful information

Further improvements can be made for approval functionality once clarified.

[dadiorchen]

Do you think we need to put this species loading somewhere before we open this page for Dumbo in the dashboard homepage because for the first loading either way is slow @aanchaljain01

[aanchaljain01]

@dadiorchen Thanks for the feedback! Right now, I’ve set up the Species list to load with React Query and cache results, which helps on subsequent loads. For the first load, I agree it would still be slow.

We could add a prefetchQuery on the dashboard homepage (or app initialization) so the data is ready before the Species page is opened. Should I go ahead and add that optimization as part of this PR, or do you prefer we track it as a separate improvement?

[dadiorchen]

Yes, I think adding a new fetch in the homepage is harmless. So please go ahead and add this.

[Davidezrajay]

@dadiorchen and aanchaljain01 Could we fix the immediate bug by merging this now and then make future improvements? This has become project critical as we have a lot of users needing this feature now and it is not working.

[aanchaljain01]

Yes working on it

[aanchaljain01]

@dadiorchen and @Davidezrajay i am facing errors fixing the new improvements
could you merge the previous fixes with the cache and i will keep working on the new improvments

[dadiorchen]

@aanchaljain01 let us try to fix your problem, sent message to you on slack