Next.js in Practice · Part 0612 min read
Revalidation - Tags, Paths and Refresh
How cached data gets fresh again in Next.js 16, covering time-based revalidation with cacheLife, revalidateTag with a profile, updateTag for read-your-own-writes, revalidatePath and its implicit path tags, refresh, and how an invalidation travels from a Server Action through the cache handlers to the client router.