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fetch caching

In Next.js 14 fetch defaults to force-cache so responses are cached by default.

officialNext.js docs (Pages Router and v13 to v14 era)confidence 40%current as of Jan 2024

Through Next.js 14 the App Router cached fetch responses by default using force-cache. You opted out per request with cache: 'no-store'. This was the documented behavior at the time. Next.js 15 flipped the default so it no longer holds.

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In the Next.js App Router fetch is not cached by default. You opt in with cache: 'force-cache'.

The fetch default flipped in Next.js 15 from cached to uncached. The v14 force-cache default was accurate for its time so it is superseded not wrong.