How long does Cloudinary save "fetch"ed images for?

Sergei D.

November 18, 2013 06:36

Say, if I fetch an image and save in in my cloudinary account using http://res.cloudinary.com/<acct>/image/fetch/http://site.com/image.jpg

How long would Cloudinary keep the fetched image in my account before it'd decide to go and fetch a new copy of the image?

 

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  Itay Taragano

  November 18, 2013 09:33

  Hi Sergei,

  Fetched resources are cached for one week. We then check whether the original has been modified and re-fetch it if it was.

  UPDATE: Default behavior was changed and fetched resources are now cached for a 7 day period unless otherwise configured. See different options here.

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  Alastair MacMurray

  March 19, 2014 14:19

  If the original is deleted is the file also deleted on the CDN? If there anyway to prevent this? 

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  Itay Taragano

  March 24, 2014 10:08

  Hi Alastair,

  When using fetch, Cloudinary will automatically refresh only if it is specifically enabled for your account (refresh is disabled in default). 
  
  Which means that if fetch refresh is enabled for your account, and the original image is updated or deleted, the image in your Cloudinary account will be updated or deleted as well.

  Using the new Lazy migration will fetch your images from remote URLs, and they won't get deleted after being uploaded, even if the original was.

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  Nikola Medjugorac

  April 07, 2014 16:38

  Where is option to enable "refresh"? 

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  Itay Taragano

  April 07, 2014 16:52

  If you want refreshing enabled for your account, please share your cloud name and we'll be happy to enable it for you.
  
  Please note that automatic refreshing is supported to our paid plans only.

  If you prefer privacy, you can always open a ticket and we'll be happy to further assist.

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  Nikola Medjugorac

  April 11, 2014 08:53

  Thanks. don't need it at the moment. How can i do this myself, via php?

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  Nikola Medjugorac

  April 11, 2014 09:54

  Got it .. ignore my last question

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  Mike Deverell

  November 06, 2018 16:43

  As of today (Nov 6, 2018), the latest update to this post is:
  
  > Default behaviour was changed and fetched resources are now cached indefinitely unless otherwise configured.

  Is this still the case? The article linked in Itay's post has more recent comments on it stating that the default cache is 7 days.

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  Ido

  November 08, 2018 10:44

  Hi

  Thanks for bringing this to our attention. 

  The default cache period for fetched resources is indeed 7 days

  We will change the update accordingly.

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