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React Server Components show stale data – how to fix data caching?

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React RSC Caching Data Fetching

We’re using React Server Components (RSC) for data fetching. Some pages display stale data unless we hard refresh. Incremental updates don’t appear immediately.

What are the recommended strategies to invalidate or bypass caches for RSC data? Any best practices for combining revalidate, cache tags, or fetch options to ensure fresh content when records change?

Environment:

  • Next.js 14 App Router
  • Data source: Postgres via REST API
  • CDN in front of app

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