Fix issue with useQuery polling when skip was initialized with true

.changeset/chilly-games-punch.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@apollo/client": patch
+---
+
+Fix an issue where `useQuery` would poll with `pollInterval` when `skip` was initialized to `true`.

src/core/ObservableQuery.ts

@@ -1423,7 +1423,12 @@ Did you mean to call refetch(variables) instead of refetch({ variables })?`,
       options: { fetchPolicy, pollInterval },
     } = this;
 
-    if (!pollInterval || !this.hasObservers() || fetchPolicy === "cache-only") {
+    if (
+      !pollInterval ||
+      !this.hasObservers() ||
+      fetchPolicy === "cache-only" ||
+      fetchPolicy === "standby"
+    ) {
       if (__DEV__) {
         if (
           !this.didWarnCacheOnlyPolling &&

src/react/hooks/__tests__/useQuery.test.tsx

@@ -2357,6 +2357,53 @@ describe("useQuery Hook", () => {
       }
     });
 
+    // https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/issues/13154
+    it("doesn't poll when initially skipped", async () => {
+      const query = gql`
+        query {
+          hello
+        }
+      `;
+
+      const requestHandler = jest.fn<
+        ReturnType<ApolloLink.RequestHandler>,
+        Parameters<ApolloLink.RequestHandler>
+      >(() => of({ data: { hello: "world" } }));
+
+      const cache = new InMemoryCache();
+      const client = new ApolloClient({
+        cache,
+        link: new ApolloLink(requestHandler),
+      });
+
+      using _disabledAct = disableActEnvironment();
+      const renderStream = await renderHookToSnapshotStream(
+        () => useQuery(query, { pollInterval: 80, skip: true }),
+        {
+          wrapper: ({ children }) => (
+            <ApolloProvider client={client}>{children}</ApolloProvider>
+          ),
+        }
+      );
+      const { takeSnapshot } = renderStream;
+
+      {
+        const result = await takeSnapshot();
+
+        expect(result).toStrictEqualTyped({
+          data: undefined,
+          dataState: "empty",
+          loading: false,
+          networkStatus: NetworkStatus.ready,
+          previousData: undefined,
+          variables: {},
+        });
+      }
+
+      await expect(takeSnapshot).not.toRerender({ timeout: 100 });
+      expect(requestHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
     it("should start polling when changing skipToken to options", async () => {
       const query = gql`
         {