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- Prompt caching is most effective when the system prompt is long and stable across many requests. A cached prefix is billed at a fraction of the standard input rate on later reads, while the first write costs more than standard input, so caching pays off only when reads are frequent enough to outweigh the write. Caching also introduces a consistency window: if cached content needs to reflect live state, the cache can serve stale information.
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