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Cache Invalidation

Cache invalidation is the policy for expiring or purging locally stored copies of data your automations read, such as enrichment results, segment membership lists, or scoring inputs.

Unlike sync terms, which cover moving records between systems, invalidation addresses the gap between a cached copy and its source, and how stale that copy is allowed to be.

Without an explicit policy per data type, automations act on data that is hours old.

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A practical example

Example: an automation reads a cached segment of trial users to send an upgrade offer.

If the cache still lists a customer who already bought, the offer goes to the wrong person; a short time-to-live on purchase-related segments prevents it.

What to evaluate before investing

  • Can you set a different time-to-live per cached data type, not one global expiry?
  • Does the platform support purging a cached entry when the source record changes?
  • Can you inspect how old the cached copy was when an automation ran?

Limitations and tradeoffs

Aggressive invalidation multiplies source API calls and can slow automations; lax policies surface as customer complaints, so staleness limits are a judgment call per data type.

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