API Design · Junior · Question 45 of 75

Which responses can HTTP caches store most safely?

1Any response with a cookie
2Responses to POST requests
✓Correct answer: Responses to GET requests with explicit cache headers like Cache-Control: max-age=60

Explanation

Personalized responses need Cache-Control: private or no-store so shared caches don't serve them to other users.

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