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Updated on 2024-08-15 GMT+08:00

What Are the Differences Between Cache Purge and Cache Prefetch?

  • Cache purge

    After you submit a cache purge request, cached content on CDN PoPs will be forcibly expired. If a user requests that content, CDN has to pull fresh content from the origin server and then caches that new content.

  • Cache prefetch

    After you submit a cache prefetch request, the origin server proactively sends the most current content to a CDN PoP for caching. If a user requests the content, the CDN PoP immediately returns the cached content. It does not pull any new content.