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Does unstable_cache do anything when called from Pages Router?

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Northeast Congo LionOP
I'm calling an async function wrapped in unstable_cache from getStaticProps inside the Pages router. Does the cache do anything in that case or not, since it only runs at built-time?
Answered by joulev
so yeah, you get the answer. unstable_cache simply doesn't work in the pages router because it follows an entirely different caching system
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joulev
does it even work? im fairly certain it will throw an error
Northeast Congo LionOP
You're right, it threw an error
joulev
so yeah, you get the answer. unstable_cache simply doesn't work in the pages router because it follows an entirely different caching system
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