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description: 'Fetch slower schema fields asynchronously'
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<ExperimentalFeature>
<Note>

**The `@defer` directive is currently [experimental](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/resources/product-launch-stages/#experimental-features) in Apollo Kotlin.** If you have feedback on it, please let us know via [GitHub issues](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-kotlin/issues/new?assignees=&labels=Type%3A+Bug&template=bug_report.md) or in the [Kotlin Slack community](https://slack.kotl.in/).
The incremental delivery format used by `@defer` [isn't yet standardized](https://github.com/graphql/defer-stream-wg). Apollo Kotlin supports [the format implemented by Apollo Router](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/routing/operations/defer#specification-status), which is described in this [specification](https://specs.apollo.dev/incremental/v0.1/).

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```suggestion
The incremental delivery format used by `@defer` [isn't yet standardized](https://github.com/graphql/defer-stream-wg). Apollo Kotlin supports [the format implemented by Apollo Router](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/graphos/routing/operations/defer#specification-status), which is described in the [incremental delivery v0.1 specification](https://specs.apollo.dev/incremental/v0.1/).
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</ExperimentalFeature>
</Note>

Apollo Kotlin provides experimental support of [the `@defer` directive](https://github.com/graphql/graphql-wg/blob/main/rfcs/DeferStream.md), which enables your queries to receive data for specific fields asynchronously. This is helpful whenever some fields in a query take much longer to resolve than the others.
The [`@defer` directive](https://github.com/graphql/graphql-wg/blob/main/rfcs/DeferStream.md) enables your queries to receive data for specific fields incrementally, instead of receiving all field data at the same time. This is helpful when some fields in a query take much longer to resolve than others.

For example, let's say we're building a social media application that can quickly fetch a user's basic profile information, but retrieving that user's friends takes longer. If we include _all_ of those fields in a single query, we want to be able to display the profile information as soon as it's available, instead of waiting for the friend fields to resolve.

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