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cacheLife

Last updated April 23, 2026

The cacheLife option allows you to define custom cache profiles when using the cacheLife function inside components or functions, and within the scope of the use cache directive.

Usage

To define a profile, enable the cacheComponents flag and add the cache profile in the cacheLife object in the next.config.js file. For example, a blog profile:

next.config.ts

JavaScriptTypeScript

import type { NextConfig } from 'next'
 
const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
  cacheComponents: true,
  cacheLife: {
    blog: {
      stale: 3600, // 1 hour
      revalidate: 900, // 15 minutes
      expire: 86400, // 1 day
    },
  },
}
 
export default nextConfig

You can now use this custom blog configuration in your component or function as follows:

app/actions.ts

JavaScriptTypeScript

import { cacheLife } from 'next/cache'
 
export async function getCachedData() {
  'use cache'
  cacheLife('blog')
  const data = await fetch('/api/data')
  return data
}

Reference

The configuration object has key values with the following format:

PropertyValueDescriptionRequirement
stalenumberDuration the client should cache a value without checking the server.Optional
revalidatenumberFrequency at which the cache should refresh on the server; stale values may be served while revalidating.Optional
expirenumberMaximum duration for which a value can remain stale before switching to dynamic.Optional - Must be longer than revalidate

Related

View related API references.

[

use cache

Learn how to use the "use cache" directive to cache data in your Next.js application.

](../../../directives/use-cache/index.md)[

cacheHandlers

Configure custom cache handlers for use cache directives in Next.js.

](../cacheHandlers/index.md)[

cacheLife

Learn how to use the cacheLife function to set the cache expiration time for a cached function or component.

](../../../functions/cacheLife/index.md)

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