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Stale-if-error cache-control directive now supported for all responses

2026-02-13
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Endigest AI Core Summary

Vercel CDN now supports the stale-if-error Cache-Control directive for more resilient caching during origin failures.

  • The stale-if-error directive specifies how long (in seconds) a stale cached response can be served when an origin request fails
  • When the origin returns an error, the CDN may serve a previously cached response instead of returning the error to the client
  • Covered error types include 500 Internal Server Errors, network failures, and DNS errors
  • This allows applications to remain available and respond gracefully during temporary upstream service outages