Type error returning IGNORE object when using a generic TypedDocumentNode mutation

[sneyderdev]

Issue Description

There's a type error when returning the IGNORE sentinel object from optimisticResponse that is inferring from a TypedDocumentNode<>.

Given the following document:

We get the following type error:

I've checked the type definitions and it's fixed if we explicitly return an union type instead of only returning the inferred type. I created a PR #11944 changing this.

Link to Reproduction

https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/optimisticresponse-apollo-ts-error-mv34ws

Reproduction Steps

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@apollo/client version

3.10.8

[phryneas]

Good catch - answering in the PR :)

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