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All broken links are now fixed, thank you! |
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| async function getProductPrice(productId: string) { | ||
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| cacheTag(`product-price-${productId}`) | ||
| cacheLife({ stale: 3600 }) // 1 hour |
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Do you mean revalidate? I thought stale was the client-side cache.
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| When Next.js encounters certain APIs like [`connection()`](/docs/app/api-reference/functions/connection), [`cookies()`](/docs/app/api-reference/functions/cookies), or [`headers()`](/docs/app/api-reference/functions/headers), the context becomes "dynamic". In a dynamic context: | ||
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| 1. **Regular `use cache` stops working** - it won't cache anything |
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Maybe mention that it'll error in development? Because the fear is that this will happen silently.
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| > **Good to know:** Without `'use cache: remote'`, functions in dynamic contexts would execute on every request, potentially creating performance bottlenecks. Remote caching eliminates this issue by storing results in server-side cache handlers. | ||
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| ### Storage behavior |
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Somewhere in this section, you may want to link to how to configure cache handlers. Otherwise, it's not actionable.
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I feel this section is repetitive, since we already mentioned when to use each.
I do like the distinction between using cacheTag to revalidate, and cacheLife to expire, good wording.
Co-authored-by: Delba de Oliveira <32464864+delbaoliveira@users.noreply.github.com>
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use cache: remote.