Browser and CDN cache audit

Cache-Control Header Checker

Understand whether a URL can be cached, for how long and why a CDN may report a hit, miss or bypass.

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Tests one live public response; results can change when the site configuration changes.

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Inspect HTTP caching behavior

The audit parses Cache-Control and reports Age, CDN cache status, validators, expiry, Vary and other cache-related headers.

Interpret the result

Set deliberate browser and shared-cache lifetimes, retain validators where useful and investigate unexpected bypass or no-store responses.

Prioritize fixes

One request cannot prove every cache node is configured identically or predict a later hit after cache warming.

How to interpret HTTP caching behavior

The audit parses Cache-Control and reports Age, CDN cache status, validators, expiry, Vary and other cache-related headers.

Limits of this check

One request cannot prove every cache node is configured identically or predict a later hit after cache warming.

Frequently asked questions

What does this tool check?

The audit parses Cache-Control and reports Age, CDN cache status, validators, expiry, Vary and other cache-related headers.

How should I use the result?

Set deliberate browser and shared-cache lifetimes, retain validators where useful and investigate unexpected bypass or no-store responses.

What are the limits?

One request cannot prove every cache node is configured identically or predict a later hit after cache warming.

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