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Anthropic silently cut cache TTL from 1h to 5min on March 6th
Analysis of Claude Code session data shows Anthropic quietly changed the prompt cache TTL default from 1 hour to 5 minutes around March 6-8, 2026. The regression drove a 20-32% increase in cache creation costs. Data confirms 1h TTL worked...