I had this question too, and eventually found the answer in the docs
If the state where the invoked promise is active is exited before the promise settles, the result of the promise is discarded.
The invoke property seems like a little bit of "magic" in XState and it took me a while to understand what is actually happening there.
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David, thanks for writing this, having a concrete example really helped understand XState and I look forward to seeing more.
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I had this question too, and eventually found the answer in the docs
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invokeproperty seems like a little bit of "magic" in XState and it took me a while to understand what is actually happening there.David, thanks for writing this, having a concrete example really helped understand XState and I look forward to seeing more.