Reasonable Time to Live Values

These provide insights into reasonable TTL values given various scenarios. Use your own metrics if available to tune these further.

Use CaseValueNotes
User session data1800sA single session in a system is likely to be within this time range
API rate limiting3600s
Cached search results300s - 86400sCan depend on write frequency of data or UX considerations
Configuration dataNone or 2592000sRarely changing data, stored until explicitly updated or removed
Weather data600sMatching weather update frequency