Next.js cache behaviour must be verified with next build and next start, not with next dev
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:41.113Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:41.113Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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The App Router has four caches: request memoization inside a single render, the Data Cache across requests, the Full Route Cache of rendered routes, and the client side router cache. Development disables the Full Route Cache and re-runs server components on every request, so a page that looks dynamic under next dev can be baked at build time in production, and the reverse also happens.
revalidatePath and revalidateTag mark entries stale rather than deleting them, and they must be called from a Server Action or a Route Handler. Calling them during render is not supported. After the call the next request regenerates the entry; the current pass does not see fresh data unless it fetches again.
To confirm what is cached, run next build, read the route legend, then run next start and watch whether the server logs an upstream fetch on the second request. Only a fetch tagged with next.tags can be reached by revalidateTag.
Source: https://nextjs.org/docs
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