By default, the Edge Network and browser will not cache, unless you set the following headers in your function as needed: Cache-Control,CDN-Cache-Control, and Vercel-CDN-Cache-Contol. You can set these headers to:
- Set the cache depending on location
- Set the same cache duration everywhere
- Set caching for Vercel's Edge Cache
- Set caching for all CDNs
Setting the cache in functions takes priority over config files.
app/api/cache-control-headers/route.ts
export async function GET() {
return new Response('Cache Control example', {
status: 200,
headers: {
'Cache-Control': 'max-age=10',
'CDN-Cache-Control': 'max-age=60',
'Vercel-CDN-Cache-Control': 'max-age=3600',
},
});
}Vercel uses the following priority when you specify multiple cache control headers:
Vercel-CDN-Cache-ControlCDN-Cache-ControlCache-Control
This sets the same maximum cache duration for Vercel, CDNs, and the client:
app/api/cache-control-headers/route.ts
export async function GET() {
return new Response('Cache Control example', {
status: 200,
headers: {
'Cache-Control': 'max-age=3600',
},
});
}This sets the maximum cache duration for Vercel's Edge Cache only.
app/api/cache-control-headers/route.ts
export async function GET() {
return new Response('Cache Control example', {
status: 200,
headers: {
'Vercel-CDN-Cache-Control': 'max-age=3600',
},
});
}This sets the cache duration on Vercel and also on other CDNs
app/api/cache-control-headers/route.ts
export async function GET() {
return new Response('Cache Control example', {
status: 200,
headers: {
'CDN-Cache-Control': 'max-age=60',
},
});
}