CDN cache-control headers

New Vercel projects will honor cache-control headers by default when proxying requests to external origins starting April 6th, and existing projects can opt in from the project dashboard.

Vercel | In Edition 28, Saturday 4 Apr 2026

SOURCE Vercel, Vercel's CDN now respects cache-control headers from external origins by default

Added to The Deploy Log Tuesday 15 Sep 2026, updated Thursday 17 Sep 2026. Read Edition 28, the edition that carried it.

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