Browser & Web Performance · Junior · Question 38 of 75

What does `Cache-Control: max-age=3600` mean?

1The server will keep the file for 3600 seconds
✓Correct answer: The response can be reused from cache without asking the server for 3600 seconds
3The browser must revalidate the response every 3600 milliseconds

Explanation

During that hour the response is fresh. After it expires the cache must revalidate or refetch it.

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