Posts tagged “fetch”

The caching story in Next.js has evolved dramatically. Learn when fetch cache fails, why unstable_cache exists, and how the use cache directive changes everything for production apps in 2026.

In this post we will go over the parts of the fetch api that is just enough to get you very far in your development career. You don't need to understand everything about fetch in order to succeed. You just need the understand the parts you will be asked to do in your projects.