diff --git a/src/lib/react-query.ts b/src/lib/react-query.ts
index 6b425d3b..9886e87b 100644
--- a/src/lib/react-query.ts
+++ b/src/lib/react-query.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ export const queryClient = new QueryClient({
       // so we NEVER want to enable this
       // -prf
       refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+      // Structural sharing between responses makes it impossible to rely on
+      // "first seen" timestamps on objects to determine if they're fresh.
+      // Disable this optimization so that we can rely on "first seen" timestamps.
+      structuralSharing: false,
     },
   },
 })