HTTP Cache-Control Extensions for Stale Content¶
Nottingham, M. (2010). HTTP Cache-Control Extensions for Stale Content. RFC 5861.
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Mechanisms¶
- Resolver Cache with TTL
- When the TTL lapses the app revalidates in the background; crucially, it applies a stale-while-revalidate discipline
This sourceDefines stale-while-revalidate as serving stale content while asynchronous validation proceeds, and stale-if-error as serving stale content instead of eligible hard errors.
- When the TTL lapses the app revalidates in the background; crucially, it applies a stale-while-revalidate discipline
- Stale-While-Revalidate Cache
- The behavior is standardized as the `stale-while-revalidate` directive of RFC 5861.
This sourceStandardizes the HTTP Cache-Control `stale-while-revalidate` extension, which permits a cache to serve a stale response while it asynchronously revalidates it.
- The behavior is standardized as the `stale-while-revalidate` directive of RFC 5861.
- Web Cache
- The discipline: mark user-specific responses `private`/`no-store`, set `Vary` correctly so variants do not collide, and use stale-while-revalidate
This sourceSpecifies stale-while-revalidate, which permits a stale cached response during asynchronous refresh so clients need not block on revalidation.
- The discipline: mark user-specific responses `private`/`no-store`, set `Vary` correctly so variants do not collide, and use stale-while-revalidate
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