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ANTHROPIC SLASHES PROMPT CACHE DURATION TO 5 MINUTES

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SUN, APR 12, 2026

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Anthropic quietly reduced its prompt caching time-to-live from one hour to five minutes on March 6th, potentially impacting developers relying on the feature for cost savings.

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