A small note on cache lifetimes in the App Router

Three caches, three lifetimes, and the diagram I wish someone had handed me a year ago. If you have ever been surprised by stale data in a server component, this one is for you.

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Three caches, three lifetimes, and the diagram that explains stale data in server components.

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