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Version: `v2025-01-13`	Includes use: Yes

Behavior name: Caching

Control content caching on edge servers: whether or not to cache, whether to honor the origin's caching headers, and for how long to cache. Note that any NO_STORE or BYPASS_CACHE HTTP headers set on the origin's content override this behavior. For more details on how caching works in Property Manager, see the Learn about caching section in the guide.

Default behavior

These samples reflect the behavior's default settings. You can use these as is in your configurations or make adjustments based on the behavior's available options.

data "akamai_property_rules_builder" "caching" {
  rules_v2025_02_18 {
    name     = "Caching"
    comments = "Controls content caching on edge servers."
    behavior {
      caching {
        behavior        = "MAX_AGE"
        must_revalidate = false
        ttl             = ""
      }
    }
  }
}

"behaviors": [
  {
    "name": "caching",
    "options": {
      "behavior": "MAX_AGE",
      "mustRevalidate": false,
      "ttl": ""
    }
  }
]

Options

Option	Description
`behavior`	Enum Specify the caching option. Value is one of: `MAX_AGE`. Honor the origin's `MAX_AGE` header. `NO_STORE`. Clears the cache and serves from the origin. `BYPASS_CACHE`. Retains the cache but serves from the origin. `CACHE_CONTROL_AND_EXPIRES`. Honor the origin's `CACHE_CONTROL` or `EXPIRES` header, whichever comes last. This adds support for the `s-maxage` response directive specified in RFC 7234. Use this alternative value to instruct a downstream CDN how long to cache content. `CACHE_CONTROL`. Honor the origin's `CACHE_CONTROL` header. This adds support for the `s-maxage` response directive specified in RFC 7234. Use this alternative value to instruct a downstream CDN how long to cache content. `EXPIRES`. Honor the origin's `EXPIRES` header.
`must_revalidate`	Boolean \| Requires Requires `behavior` is one of: `CACHE_CONTROL_AND_EXPIRES` `CACHE_CONTROL` `MAX_AGE` Determines what to do once the cached content has expired, by which time the Akamai platform should have re-fetched and validated content from the origin. If enabled, only allows the re-fetched content to be served. If disabled, may serve stale content if the origin is unavailable.
`ttl`	String \| Requires: `behavior` is `MAX_AGE` The maximum time content may remain cached. Setting the value to `0` is the same as setting a `no-cache` header, which forces content to revalidate.
`default_ttl`	String \| Requires Requires `behavior` is one of: `CACHE_CONTROL_AND_EXPIRES` `CACHE_CONTROL` `EXPIRES` The maximum time content may remain cached. Setting the value to `0` is the same as setting a `no-cache` header, which forces content to revalidate.
`enhanced_rfc_support`	Boolean \| Requires Requires `behavior` is one of: `CACHE_CONTROL_AND_EXPIRES` `CACHE_CONTROL` This enables honoring particular `Cache-Control` header directives from the origin. Supports all official RFC 7234 directives except for `no-transform`.
`honor_no_store`	Boolean \| Requires: `enhanced_rfc_support` is `true` Instructs edge servers not to cache the response when the origin response includes the `no-store` directive.
`honor_private`	Boolean \| Requires Requires `behavior` is one of: `CACHE_CONTROL_AND_EXPIRES` `CACHE_CONTROL` Instructs edge servers not to cache the response when the origin response includes the `private` directive.
`honor_no_cache`	Boolean \| Requires: `enhanced_rfc_support` is `true` With the `no-cache` directive present in the response, this instructs edge servers to validate or refetch the response for each request. Effectively, set the time to live `ttl` to zero seconds.
`honor_max_age`	Boolean \| Requires: `enhanced_rfc_support` is `true` This instructs edge servers to cache the object for a length of time set by the `max-age` directive in the response. When present in the origin response, this directive takes precedence over the `max-age` directive and the `default_ttl` setting.
`honor_s_maxage`	Boolean \| Requires: `enhanced_rfc_support` is `true` Instructs edge servers to cache the object for a length of time set by the `s-maxage` directive in the response. When present in the origin response, this directive takes precedence over the `max-age` directive and the `default_ttl` setting.
`honor_must_revalidate`	Boolean \| Requires Requires `behavior` is one of: `CACHE_CONTROL_AND_EXPIRES` `CACHE_CONTROL` This instructs edge servers to successfully revalidate with the origin server before using stale objects in the cache to satisfy new requests.
`honor_proxy_revalidate`	Boolean \| Requires: `enhanced_rfc_support` is `true` With the `proxy-revalidate` directive present in the response, this instructs edge servers to successfully revalidate with the origin server before using stale objects in the cache to satisfy new requests.

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