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Edge caching for web services is now generally available

You can now enable edge caching for any paid web service in the Render Dashboard. Backed by a global CDN, edge caching dramatically speeds up response times when serving most types of static assets (images, documents, audio, and more):

Diagram illustrating edge caching for web services

In a simple curl test, enabling edge caching reduced the average wall-clock response time for the same image file by over 40%.

Edge caching is available for all paid web services at no additional charge. Enable it from your web service's Settings page in the Render Dashboard:

Enabling edge caching in the Render Dashboard

Learn how to configure your web service's edge caching behavior in the documentation.