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Cache - Asynchronous stale-while-revalidate

UpdateUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026

Cloudflare's stale-while-revalidate support is now fully asynchronous. Previously, the first request for a stale (expired) asset in cache had to wait for an origin response, after which that visitor received a REVALIDATED or EXPIRED status.

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