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How does caching work in Spring Boot applications?

Updated May 6, 2026

Short answer

Spring Boot caching stores frequently accessed data to improve performance.

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It uses abstraction via @Cacheable, @CacheEvict, and providers like Redis, Ehcache, or Caffeine.

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