Vuex is resetting already set states - vue.js

Question

Have started to play around with Vuex and am a bit confused.
It triggers the action GET_RECRUITERS everytime I load the component company.vue thus also making an api-call.
For example if I open company.vue => navigate to the user/edit.vue with vue-router and them go back it will call the action/api again (The recruiters are saved in the store accordinly to Vue-dev-tools).
Please correct me if I'm wrong - It should not trigger the action/api and thus resetting the state if I go back to the page again, correct? Or have I missunderstood the intent of Vuex?
company.vue
<template>
<card>
<select>
<option v-for="recruiter in recruiters"
:value="recruiter.id">
{{ recruiter.name }}
</option>
</select>
</card>
</template>
<script>
import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
export default {
middleware: 'auth',
mounted() {
this.$store.dispatch("company/GET_RECRUITERS")
},
computed: mapGetters({
recruiters: 'company/recruiters'
}),
}
</script>
company.js
import axios from 'axios'
// state
export const state = {
recruiters: [],
}
// getters
export const getters = {
recruiters: state => {
return state.recruiters
}
}
// actions
export const actions = {
GET_RECRUITERS(context) {
axios.get("api/recruiters")
.then((response) => {
console.log('API Action GET_RECRUITERS')
context.commit("GET_RECRUITERS", response.data.data)
})
.catch(() => { console.log("Error........") })
}
}
// mutations
export const mutations = {
GET_RECRUITERS(state, data) {
return state.recruiters = data
}
}
Thanks!

Answer 1

That's expected behavior, because a page component is created/mounted again each time you route back to it unless you cache it. Here are a few design patterns for this:
Load the data in App.vue which only runs once.
Or, check that the data isn't already loaded before making the API call:
// Testing that your `recruiters` getter has no length before loading data
mounted() {
if(!this.recruiters.length) {
this.$store.dispatch("company/GET_RECRUITERS");
}
}
Or, cache the page component so it's not recreated each time you route away and back. Do this by using the <keep-alive> component to wrap the <router-view>:
<keep-alive>
<router-view :key="$route.fullPath"></router-view>
</keep-alive>