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Doc'd that UpdateCacheMiddleware and cache_page affect downstream caches. 

Thanks to Nick Pope for review.
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David D Lowe 2019-09-07 16:16:27 +01:00 committed by Carlton Gibson
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@ -530,8 +530,9 @@ cached separately. This middleware expects that a HEAD request is answered with
the same response headers as the corresponding GET request; in which case it can
return a cached GET response for HEAD request.
Additionally, ``UpdateCacheMiddleware`` automatically sets a few headers in each
:class:`~django.http.HttpResponse`:
Additionally, ``UpdateCacheMiddleware`` automatically sets a few headers in
each :class:`~django.http.HttpResponse` which affect :ref:`downstream caches
<downstream-caches>`:
* Sets the ``Expires`` header to the current date/time plus the defined
:setting:`CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS`.
@ -621,6 +622,10 @@ The ``key_prefix`` and ``cache`` arguments may be specified together. The
``key_prefix`` argument and the :setting:`KEY_PREFIX <CACHES-KEY_PREFIX>`
specified under :setting:`CACHES` will be concatenated.
Additionally, ``cache_page`` automatically sets ``Cache-Control`` and
``Expires`` headers in the response which affect :ref:`downstream caches
<downstream-caches>`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.1
In older versions, the ``max-age`` directive from the ``Cache-Control``
@ -1109,6 +1114,8 @@ instance, to do this for the ``locmem`` backend, put this code in a module::
...and use the dotted Python path to this class in the
:setting:`BACKEND <CACHES-BACKEND>` portion of your :setting:`CACHES` setting.
.. _downstream-caches:
Downstream caches
=================