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Aria Reddy
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Cache repeated model work without serving stale answers

Caching is valuable when many requests share the same instructions, reference material, or deterministic transformation. It becomes dangerous when the answer depends on user state, rapidly changing data, permissions, or time-sensitive facts. Build the cache key from the model, prompt version, relevant parameters, normalized input, data version, and authorization context. Set a clear expiry, and invalidate entries when any dependency changes. Prompt-prefix caching and application-level response caching solve different problems. The first reduces repeated model processing; the second reuses a prior result. Treat them separately so a cost optimization does not become a correctness bug.
Category
Automation
Platform
Web
George Harris@george_harris

The cache key should include prompt version and authorization context; omitting either can return an answer that is technically valid but wrong for the request.

Greta Bauer@greta_bauer

Never share cache entries across users when the prompt includes private data or role-dependent access.